NOVPUBChapter 112: Chapter 112: To Death
Chapter 112 -112: To Death
“Bai Yue, really now, he’s your man, and you just watch your sister beat him like this? You’ve gone too far. You’re family after all. Even if your husband is in the wrong, you shouldn’t let your sister hit people! Divorce sounds good to you, huh? Spreading such irresponsible talk. As a married woman, if you get divorced, how are you going to support your son by yourself? Your three sons will need to get married, build houses—with just you? Aren’t you harming them?”
Hurry up and apologize to your man, and this will all blow over. I’ll just assume your sister is young and doesn’t know any better, but even so, just the fact she hit someone means she should be arrested and given a good education,” Liu Baoshan was clearly protecting Li Dashan, treating Bai Yue unfairly.
Li Dashan was smug, of course. Everyone knew Liu Baoshan favored his own—it was his Liu Family fortress, after all. Even if they were wrong, he’d defend them. He waited for Bai Yue to lower her head and apologize.
“Village Chief, hello. I didn’t know that when Li Dashan hit someone and hurt my older sister like this, you didn’t see it! He beat my sister, so it’s only right that I hit him. If you’re saying I should be arrested and educated for this, well then, I wasn’t aware when the Village Chief assumed the role of the police station. When did the Village Chief become the public security, with such great power?”
“Li Dashan hitting people, abusing my sister, now her face and body are covered in bruises, we’re going to sue him for abuse, and we want a divorce. If you won’t handle it, someone else will. I refuse to believe that the Liu Family fortress can do whatever it wants. Are you saying you’re going to silence us by killing us?” Bai Xiao didn’t shrink back at all, her sister couldn’t just endure it today. It was clear that the Village Chief wanted to smooth things over but was acting like a troublemaker, trying to make her sister bow her head, only encouraging Li Dashan to beat his wife, right?
Liu Baoshan was displeased because as the Village Chief, no one had ever challenged his authority like this. Who would dare talk to him that way in the village? In his eyes, Bai Xiao was nothing more than a small orphan girl from Liupan Village, hardly worth his time to listen to her threats of suing—a complete joke.
“You little girl, don’t bite your tongue while you talk. Running to court over every little thing, do you think the courts and police stations are run by your family? You think you can just sue whenever you wish? Besides, this is just a scuffle between a husband and wife. What are you suing for? And divorce? Little girl, you should first ask your sister if she wants a divorce. If she divorces, how are you going to support her and your nephew? It’s just laughable! I have more important things to deal with and no time for your nonsense. Everyone should just mind their own business and stop making a scene,” Liu Baoshan said impatiently, not wanting to get entangled with Bai Yue and Bai Xiao any longer. How could Bai Yue possibly consider divorce? After so many years, with the children grown—divorce?
That would be insanity. Since she wasn’t actually going to divorce, she needed to stop causing trouble.
“Village Chief, I want a divorce! I want to divorce Li Dashan!”
Bai Yue’s declaration made Liu Baoshan halt in his tracks and turn back incredulously, “You want a divorce?” He couldn’t believe his ears. Had this woman from the big mountain gone mad?
“Yes, I want a divorce. The kind of life I’ve endured at the Li Family, you’ve seen but chosen to turn a blind eye because Li Dashan is from your Liu Family fortress, so you protect him. How many times he’s beaten me until I couldn’t get out of bed, and the village turns a blind eye as if they don’t know. I was prepared to grit my teeth and bear it! But today Li Dashan actually said he’d let my son fend for himself. I’m a mother, I can’t watch my son die, so I want a divorce. I want money for my son’s treatment. If you won’t help, I’ll go to the township, the town, the county, the province—I refuse to believe there’s nowhere that justice will be served,” Bai Yue’s determination earned applause from Bai Xiao. Her sister was mighty indeed.
“Village Chief, I’m a college student, and I’m about to go to university. If we’re going to sue, we really do know how to find the right door to knock on, so don’t worry about us. This marriage—it’s over. Every penny in this household was earned by my sister and nephew. You say they won’t survive without him, doesn’t that make you feel ashamed? Rest assured, without Li Dashan, my sister will live a better life. She won’t die,” Bai Xiao used Liu Baoshan’s words against him.
Only then did Liu Baoshan realize they were serious.
“Li Dashan, what do you say?” He couldn’t handle this matter alone—it depended on the couple. If Bai Yue’s little sister was a university student, then there really wasn’t much he could do. Could it really be that he’d go as far as killing people for Li Dashan’s sake? That was impossible.
He didn’t have such a good relationship with Li Dashan, and if it weren’t for the fact they were from the same village, he wouldn’t bother with a loser like Li Dashan.
“Our Dashan can get a divorce, but don’t even think about taking a single penny with you!” An old voice interrupted, and without even looking, one could tell this was a shrewish old lady, Bai Xiao realized, this must be Li Dashan’s mother.
Do all old ladies in this world like to make things difficult for their daughters-in-law?
Everyone turned their heads, Li Dashan hurried over, his face full of joy as he helped the old lady sit down. Just a moment ago, he was all slumped and dispirited, now suddenly he seemed to have a backbone and started to act high and mighty.
“Right, divorce is fine, but not a single penny can be taken away!”
He repeated the old lady’s words like a tape recorder.
Bai Xiao looked over, noticing that the old Mrs. Li’s face was etched with deep lines, especially those maliciousness hidden within those lines—it was apparent that she was not easy to deal with.
“The money was earned by my sister. Why can’t she take it away?” At this time, Bai Yue couldn’t speak up, but that didn’t mean Bai Xiao couldn’t.
Old Mrs. Li glared at Bai Xiao, “Why? Because your sister is shameless, having birthed this bastard with someone else. If our Li Family hadn’t been generous, a woman who doesn’t maintain her chastity like your sister should’ve been hung with broken shoes and paraded through the streets. Just for this, our family won’t give her a penny. Isn’t that enough?”
Bai Yue looked at the old lady’s contemptuous gaze, feeling a chill in her heart. She remembered how her mother-in-law had cried and knelt, begging her father to let her marry into the Li Family, promising to love her as her own daughter. But once Bai Yue married into the family, the old lady grew more and more miserly by the day, wishing she could drain Bai Yue’s dowry to fill the family’s needs, which indeed, she had done, using Bai Yue’s dowry for the Li Family’s expenses. Yet, the old lady still didn’t trust her—a truly chilling thought.
“Xiaosan is a child of the Li Family. I have done nothing to wrong Li Dashan, and I have a clear conscience,” Bai Yue said excitedly, wondering who in this world could prove her innocence.
“Hmph, a clear conscience? If you’re truly innocent, then go smash your head and die, and then I’ll believe you’re innocent.” The old lady’s eyes, sharp as triangles, shot out malicious beams. She truly wished for her daughter-in-law to die! Over the years, the old lady had become more and more resentful when she looked at Xiaosan, wishing for nothing more than Bai Yue’s death.
With sorrow and anger in her heart, Bai Yue thought that she would never be able to clear her name in this lifetime. No one believed she had done nothing to wrong Li Dashan, and instead of living with such a reputation for the rest of her life, she might as well die—end it once and for all, saving herself from others’ scorn.
