Wang Hao didn't want to cause trouble; he was incredibly frustrated.
Li Suhua and Lin Jiajun's sudden arrival meant they must have sensed or discovered something.
He recalled what Lin Jiajun had said the day they left the Lin family's house.
He had said that if he ever found out Wang Hao was treating Lin Wanyi poorly, he would immediately take her back home.
Were they here to take her back now?
He was terrified. He loved Lin Wanyi and would never divorce her, never.
Liu Chunlan was still pulling at him:
"Let's go. How can we let people bully us in our own home? What a joke."
In the end, Wang Hao did not go to confront Lin Jiajun.
At this moment, Lin Jiajun was in Lin Wanyi's room, repeatedly asking:
"Sis, I can tell your mother-in-law isn't easy to get along with. Didn't you buy a house in the city? Why don't you move there and live on your own?"
Lin Wanyi had originally wanted to tell Lin Jiajun everything about the divorce, but Li Suhua stopped her.
Li Suhua had said, "Jiajun is too young and impulsive. Don't tell him yet, or he won't be able to stay here for another second.
"Look at the heavy snow outside. How could we leave now?"
Yes, Lin Wanyi knew that too.
They couldn't leave right now even if they wanted to.
She had no choice but to coax Lin Jiajun:
"We've already planned it out. We'll move out to the city after the New Year. Once the snow stops in a couple of days, I'll take you to the city to see it."
Lin Jiajun didn't say anything more and went to play games with Wang Keke.
Liu Chunlan was complaining to Wang Jianguo:
"How long are those outsiders planning to stay? Am I supposed to wait on them forever?
"Why should I?"
Wang Jianguo glared at her. "Just behave and entertain them properly. Don't embarrass me."
Liu Chunlan felt full of grievances. Just then, Wang Meijuan sent a message:
"Mom, how are you dealing with that family?"
Liu Chunlan almost burst into tears. Her daughter was the most caring after all.
Her daughter was the one thinking of her.
Wang Meijuan continued:
"Don't be too nice to them, or it will make you look lowly, you know?"
Liu Chunlan was just about to call Wang Meijuan when a loud knocking sound came from the door.
In the middle of the night, who could be looking for them?
Liu Chunlan threw on a coat and went to open the door:
"Who is it?"
No one answered, only the continuous pounding on the door.
It was very urgent; more accurately, someone was smashing the door.
Muttering to herself, Liu Chunlan didn't dare to open it. She went to find Wang Hao:
"They won't say who it is. Son, you go open it."
As soon as Wang Hao opened the door, a woman with a face full of blood suddenly rushed in.
On such a freezing day, she was wearing only a thin set of thermal underwear, without even shoes. She was flushed red from the cold.
She screamed, "Save me! Please, save me!"
Wang Hao was startled, and so was Liu Chunlan.
Upstairs, Lin Wanyi heard the commotion and came down.
When the woman saw Lin Wanyi, she immediately rushed over and grabbed her hand:
"Save me, sister! Please save me! They are really going to beat me to death!"
Lin Wanyi's heart was beating incredibly fast. She looked closely and found the woman somewhat familiar, but she couldn't remember who she was.
The woman tried hard to wipe the blood off her face, but because of the wounds on her hands, she only smeared more blood everywhere.
Lin Wanyi felt a profound ache in her heart.
Even though she didn't know who this was, she just felt heartbroken for her.
Li Suhua was terrified. "What happened? Whose daughter is this, and how did she end up like this?"
As she spoke, she found some tissues to wipe the blood off the girl's face.
Only after using more than half a pack of tissues did Lin Wanyi finally see her clearly.
She was Chen Daniu's wife.
The girl they had bought.
Her face was horribly swollen and red, the corners of her eyes were covered in bruises, her lips were cracked, and there were wounds on her ears that were still oozing blood drop by drop.
Trembling all over, the girl begged Lin Wanyi:
"Sister, save me. Please help me call the police. I was trafficked, kidnapped and sold to them.
"My home is in..."
"Shut up!"
Liu Chunlan slapped her right across the face. "Hurry back! Don't spout nonsense in my house.
"Get the hell back to your own house, do you hear me?"
The girl trembled even more violently, her eyes filled with terror.
Li Suhua brought her a thick padded jacket and put a pair of cotton slippers on her feet.
Lin Wanyi shielded her behind her back and confronted Liu Chunlan:
"Why did you hit her? She's already so pitiful, why do you still have to hit her?"
Liu Chunlan yelled, "Don't be a busybody! Daniu's family spent a lot of money to buy her. She is Daniu's wife.
"Why are you meddling in someone else's family affairs? Make her get the hell back quickly. Don't make things difficult for me in the village."
Lin Wanyi had never imagined that Liu Chunlan's heart could be so hard.
They were both women; how could she not feel any sympathy at all?
She asked the woman to sit down. "How did they beat you up like this?"
Crying, the woman said intermittently:
"They are not human, none of them. Chen Daniu abused me, his father abused me too, and today the two of them even tried to abuse me together.
"Sister, I'm going to die. I will die very soon.
"Please help me call the police, please."
"We'll call!"
The young Lin Jiajun was filled with righteous indignation:
"What kind of madness is this? How could things be so outrageous?
"I'll call the police for you, right now!"
He picked up his phone, but before he could dial the number, Liu Chunlan grabbed his hand:
"You are not allowed to call the police! What do you know?
"This is Chen Daniu's family business. If you call the police, how are we supposed to face them in the future?
"Our family will never have a day of peace, do you understand?"
Lin Jiajun didn't know, and he didn't understand:
"How can your hearts be so cold? She's been abused like this. It's just calling the police, why won't you help?
"You might be afraid, but I'm not. I will call them."
Liu Chunlan pressed down on his phone with all her might and shouted at Wang Jianguo:
"Hurry up and notify Daniu! Tell him to take his wife back quickly. Don't let her bring disaster to our house."
Wang Jianguo went out the door.
Wang Hao also tried to persuade Lin Jiajun:
"Jiajun, it's not that we are cruel. It's just that even an upright official finds it hard to settle family quarrels. You don't know their family's situation, so it's better not to interfere."
Even if Lin Jiajun was naive, he could see that this girl had truly reached a dead end.
He shouted, "How can you cover up for bad people like this? Wang Hao, are you even a man?"
While they were arguing bitterly, Lin Wanyi went ahead and called the police.
However, the police said:
"The heavy snow has blocked the roads right now. We can't get through. We will definitely come to investigate the situation tomorrow."
Hearing this reply, the girl instantly deflated.
Her tears never stopped, flowing endlessly.
Flowing together with her blood.
Liu Chunlan glared viciously at Lin Wanyi:
"You just had to be a busybody, you just had to run your mouth!
"There are so many people in the village, and you think you're the only capable one, the only one who knows how to call the police? Do you think the police here don't know?
"Just you wait and see if they actually show up tomorrow."
Lin Wanyi didn't believe it. She had wanted to call the police for a long time, but being alone before, she hadn't dared to.
She had always been terrified remembering what Chen Daniu's father had said.
She had planned to definitely call the police after she got divorced and left.
But now, seeing the girl beaten to such a state, she decided to risk everything.
However, just as she hung up the phone, Chen Daniu came over, looking fierce and aggressive.
