Liu Dabing didn't let go; instead, he leaned closer to Lin Wanyi:
"You want me to let her go? Fine. Have her kneel down and kowtow to your mother to apologize properly, and I'll let her go.
"Otherwise, I'll take her home and teach her a good lesson.
"Wang Hao, you choose."
Wang Hao's face turned pale with fright:
"Uncle, you can't do that. She is my wife, what would it look like if she goes to your house?
"Let her go first, I will talk to her, I will definitely talk to her nicely."
"Talk about what?"
Liu Chunlan was acting very tough now. She stood with her hands on her hips:
"Your uncle is right. She must kneel down and apologize to me properly right now, and she must write a letter of commitment saying she will always listen to me at home from now on, and never disobey or defy me.
"Otherwise, we'll send her to your uncle to be disciplined."
She paused and added:
"Lin Wanyi, you might not know this, but your uncle really has a way of disciplining women."
Cold sweat trickled down Lin Wanyi's back.
She didn't know for sure, but she had heard the rumors.
Liu Dabing had never been a good person, especially when it came to women.
That was why she never liked going to his house; she had always hated it.
She clenched her teeth tightly, stubbornly refusing to bow her head.
Wang Hao was helpless. He had been terrified of Liu Dabing since childhood, even more than he feared Wang Jianguo.
He tried to persuade Lin Wanyi:
"Honey, just apologize to my mom. Just say a few nice words.
"Don't be so stubborn. She is my mother, it's not shameful to apologize to her.
"Be a good girl, just apologize."
"Apologize my ass!"
Lin Wanyi roared. "What did I do wrong? She slapped me twice and I haven't even paid her back yet. Why should I apologize to her?
"Wang Hao, are you even a man? People are bullying your wife right in front of your face, and you just stand there doing nothing?
"You are such a failure, a fucking failure!"
Before Wang Hao could speak, Liu Dabing raised his hand to slap Lin Wanyi again.
But Lin Wanyi beat him to it, kicking him hard in the crotch.
Caught off guard, Liu Dabing broke into a cold sweat from the sheer agony of the kick.
He grabbed his crotch and hopped around in pain.
Liu Chunlan was terrified and hurried over to support him:
"Brother, brother, are you alright?"
"Lin Wanyi, you dead bitch, are you trying to end your uncle's bloodline?"
Without another word, Lin Wanyi turned and went to the kitchen, grabbing a meat cleaver.
She screamed furiously at Liu Dabing:
"Come on! Come hit me! Tie me up! Let's see who ties up who first!"
Liu Dabing hastily retreated several steps.
Hopping and backing away at the same time, he looked as ridiculous as a clown.
He pointed at Lin Wanyi: "Crazy! You're a fucking lunatic.
"Wang Hao, you can't keep this woman anymore. Think about it carefully."
Wang Hao ignored him and just pleaded with Lin Wanyi:
"Honey, put the knife down. Put it down.
"The New Year isn't even over yet, and you've already pulled a knife twice.
"I know you're upset because you didn't get to visit your parents, so I won't hold this against you.
"Put the knife down, hurry up and put it down!"
Lin Wanyi didn't listen to a word he said. She just glared murderously at Liu Dabing:
"Are you going to get lost or not? Get out!"
Like Wang Meijuan before him, Liu Dabing scrambled away, practically crawling over himself in his haste.
As he ran, he yelled:
"A mother's brother is the highest authority! Have some respect!"
Lin Wanyi gripped the cleaver tightly, her eyes bloodshot.
She knew she must look terrifying right now.
But that was exactly the effect she wanted.
She wanted to act crazy.
She wanted the Wang family to tremble in fear the moment they saw her.
She wanted the Wang family to initiate the divorce themselves.
Sure enough, Liu Chunlan was now slumped on the floor, stripped of the arrogance she had when Liu Dabing was around.
Lin Wanyi approached her with the knife.
She trembled like a leaf:
"What... what are you going to do?
"Hao Hao, son, hold her back! She's crazy, she's really crazy!
"Stop her, quickly!
"She's going to kill me, she's really going to kill me!"
Wang Hao begged Lin Wanyi bitterly:
"Wife, please don't do this. We can talk things out. Just put the knife down, okay?
"I'm begging you, please put down the knife."
Suddenly, Lin Wanyi slapped Liu Chunlan across the face. Amidst Liu Chunlan's screams, she delivered another merciless slap.
Smack! Smack! Liu Chunlan felt the world spinning.
Clutching her swollen face, she shrieked:
"Lin Wanyi, I am your mother, I am your mother-in-law! What right do you have to hit me?
"How could you hit me?"
Lin Wanyi laughed:
"If you can hit me, why can't I hit you?
"I'm just returning the slaps you gave me earlier. Why are you getting so worked up?"
Liu Chunlan screamed even louder:
"I am your mother-in-law! It is my absolute right to teach you a lesson.
"But you can't hit me! A daughter-in-law can never hit her mother-in-law!
"Hao Hao, Hao Hao, are you going to do something about this or not?"
It wasn't that Wang Hao didn't want to intervene; he couldn't. He was powerless.
After returning the two slaps to Liu Chunlan, Lin Wanyi turned to look at Wang Hao:
"If you want to have a peaceful New Year, don't provoke me again.
"Wang Hao, did you hear me?"
She went back to her room. Liu Chunlan pounded the wall in anger:
"Son, what do we do? Look at how she is now, what do we do? Tell me, are we just going to let her run rampant like this?
"No, it can't be like this. I absolutely will not allow her to keep bullying me like this.
"I can't stand it, I can't accept this!"
Wang Hao didn't want this either.
He clutched his phone tightly, thinking about the videos stored inside.
He knew they could definitely be used to threaten Lin Wanyi, but he also knew that once he brought those videos out, he and Lin Wanyi would never have a chance again in this lifetime.
Never again.
Lin Wanyi locked the door to her room, bit down hard on her teeth, and sobbed.
She didn't make a single sound, but tears streamed down her face.
How could she not be afraid?
How could she not be heartbroken?
When Liu Dabing tried to take her away, she really wanted to fight him to the bitter end, to destroy everything if she had to.
But she thought of her daughter. She thought of Wang Keke, whom she hadn't taken away yet.
If anything happened to her, Wang Keke's life in the Wang family would be a living hell.
She hated them.
She hated the Wang family to death, and she hated Liu Dabing to death.
She would wait.
She would wait until the eighth day of the Lunar New Year to process the divorce papers, and then she would immediately take Wang Keke away.
She hid under the covers, crying until the world turned dark.
Other people's New Years were filled with joy, but her New Year was filled only with hatred.
Downstairs, Wang Hao smoked one cigarette after another.
Liu Chunlan cried endlessly.
Suddenly, Wang Jianguo stood up and started heading upstairs. Wang Hao grabbed him:
"Dad, what are you doing?"
"What am I doing? What do you think, Wang Hao? There is only one reason why a woman is disobedient: you haven't fucked her into submission.
"Look at your mother. She constantly complains about me and curses at me every day, but does she run away? Does she ask for a divorce?
"Isn't it because I make her feel good in bed?"
He paused and looked upstairs again:
"Lin Wanyi is the same. If she's disobedient, fuck her into submission. If she wants to run, fuck her until she can't bear to leave.
"If you can't do it, I'll help you.
"I don't believe the two of us can't handle her.
"Wang Hao, are you going first, or should I?"
Wang Hao paled in shock. He blocked Wang Jianguo from going upstairs:
"You're crazy! She is my wife!"
"So what? I am your father, and I am helping you!"
