She glared at him and roared, “Have you lost your mind? This is your flesh and blood! No, I won’t agree. This child must be born. If you dare to force Yaoyao to abort, I, I’ll go to Yunniang’s family to make a scene!”
She originally wanted to say she’d hang herself.
But remembering that when she previously threatened suicide, Jia Yang didn’t care,
She changed her words.
Sure enough,
With this statement, Jia Yang’s attitude softened immediately: “Mother, you can’t force things. My heart has always belonged to Yunniang. Please don’t do this, okay? Besides, Yunniang can still have children; as long as her health improves, we will have sons in the future.”
Chapter 26: You Are Not Human
Jia Yang didn’t realize that the more he spoke like this, the more uneasy Lin Shi felt.
Lin Shi glanced at the dispirited Su Yunniang and said, “Who can say for sure? What if she only gives birth to daughters in the future? Then wouldn’t you be left without an heir? No, I won’t agree!”
Seeing that persuasion was futile,
Jia Yang said with a cold face, “I don’t care if you agree or not; I won’t go back to see her.”
“You, you’re going to anger me to death!”
Lin Shi, in her fury, started throwing things around.
Jia Yang ignored her, supporting Su Yunniang as they went to the backyard with Jia Xiaohua.
After a fit of tantrum with no effect, Lin Shi had to return home angrily.
Lin Yaoyao thought that Jia Yang would at least care a little for the sake of the child, but she never imagined he wouldn’t even come to see her.
“Auntie, I don’t want to live anymore; let me die.”
Lin Yaoyao threw off the thin quilt and feigned sadness, attempting to bang her head against the wall.
Lin Shi quickly stepped forward and pulled her back: “You silly girl, now that you’re pregnant, how can you have such thoughts?! Rest assured, I will definitely find a way to help you.”
“Help? How can you help? Are you going to tie him up and bring him to me?”
Lin Yaoyao sat on the ground, crying pitifully.
Tying someone up was definitely not an option.
Because you can tie someone up for a while, but not for a lifetime.
What should be done?
As Lin Shi was pondering, Jia Huai, rubbing his eyes, walked in from outside: “What’s going on now?”
Seeing him,
An idea suddenly popped into Lin Shi’s mind, and she grabbed his clothes, dragging him outside.
“Mother, what are you doing?!”
Jia Huai looked utterly confused.
Lin Shi whispered, “Aren’t you supposed to go with your brother to fetch vegetables tomorrow?”
“Yes, what’s the matter?”
Jia Huai was momentarily stunned.
Isn’t she supposed to know this already?
Why ask again?
Lin Shi continued, “Yaoyao is pregnant, and your brother doesn’t want the child…”
Jia Huai frowned and said, “What, he doesn’t want it? What can I do about it? You’re not suggesting I help drug him again, are you? That’s not possible; because of the last time, he already holds a grudge against me.”
Lin Shi explained, “I’m not suggesting that. I want you to go with your brother to his shop, help unload the vegetables, and then bring back our vegetables.”
What’s all this about?
Isn’t she angry with him?
Just as Jia Huai was about to ask, Lin Shi said, “Since he only has Su Yunniang in his heart, I want to see if he still wants her if someone else touches her!”
Hearing this,
Jia Huai thought his mother was planning to have someone defile Su Yunniang’s purity.
“Mother, are you insane? Doing such a thing is illegal!”
Lin Shi hit him on the back and said, “What are you shouting about? Do you think I’m that stupid? Have you forgotten Butcher Li who used to come here to buy vegetables? He lost his wife a long time ago and hasn’t remarried because he fancies your sister-in-law. If he finds out where she is now, and your brother isn’t home tomorrow, he’ll definitely go looking for her…”
Jia Huai certainly remembered Butcher Li.
He had seen him make inappropriate advances towards Su Yunniang.
If there was no one else around,
He might really do something to Su Yunniang.
Jia Huai looked at Lin Shi and said, “Mother, I understand what you mean. You’re afraid that brother won’t pursue this matter, so you’re planning to have me…”
“Yes!”
Lin Shi didn’t believe that Jia Huai would let it go after this.
…
They decided to act immediately.
The next day, Lin Shi calculated the time and had someone leak the information to Butcher Li.
As for herself, she observed secretly.
Things unfolded just as she expected.
Upon hearing the news, Butcher Li had someone watch his stall and drove his ox-cart towards the street where Su Yunniang’s shop was located.
Fifteen minutes later,
Butcher Li got off the ox-cart and, after searching, spotted Su Yunniang seeing off a customer.
Su Yunniang’s life had improved; she looked a bit plumper than before, and her skin was better.
Seeing her like this, Butcher Li felt an itch in his heart.
He checked his surroundings to make sure no one was passing by and headed straight for Su Yunniang’s shop.
Su Yunniang hadn’t noticed him as she was currently leading Jia Xiaohua to get some water.
“Yunniang!”
Butcher Li entered the shop, rubbing his hands together, and called out.
Su Yunniang turned around, her face paled upon seeing him: “Brother Li, what… what brings you here? Are you here to buy vegetables? What would you like?”
She spoke, but her body instinctively stepped back.
“Yunniang, I’m not just here to buy vegetables; you don’t know how much I’ve missed you. Let me hug you, and whatever you want to sell to me, I’ll buy.”
Butcher Li reached out his arms towards Su Yunniang.
Su Yunniang pulled Jia Xiaohua back, dodging him. She intended to run outside, but Butcher Li anticipated her move and blocked their path.
“Brother Li, if you keep this up, I’ll scream for help!” Su Yunniang said tremblingly.
Li the Butcher laughed, “Go ahead and scream. When someone comes, I’ll say you seduced me while selling vegetables.”
“You’re shameless!”
Su Yunniang never thought he would come here to do such a thing to her.
“What do I need face for? I just need you. Your man clearly doesn’t work, if you follow me, I’ll make sure you’re happy every day and get nice and plump.”
Li the Butcher said as he walked towards her.
Su Yunniang, not caring about anything else, grabbed a radish and threw it at him.
Seeing he was still unrelenting.
Su Yunniang pulled Jia Xiaohua and ran towards the backyard.
Her plan was to get inside, close the door, and then they could escape through the back.
However.
Jia Xiaohua wasn’t as fast as her.
She tripped and fell.
And was caught by Li the Butcher.
With a hostage in hand, Li the Butcher was triumphant: “Run, go on, run. If you run, I’ll take your daughter back with me…”
Jia Xiaohua was so scared she kept crying.
“You’re not human!”
Su Yunniang was so anxious her eyes turned red.
Li the Butcher didn’t care about these insults, he laughed and said, “Make your choice, serve me well, or…”
“No!”
Su Yunniang shook her head, refusing to choose.
Li the Butcher slapped Jia Xiaohua’s face, making her cry out in pain.
“No!”
Su Yunniang was utterly desperate, completely out of ideas.
To stall for time.
Su Yunniang suggested she needed to wash up, but Li the Butcher didn’t agree: “Hurry up, don’t think I don’t know what you’re planning.”
Fearing Jia Xiaohua would cause trouble.
Li the Butcher made Su Yunniang fetch a rope to tie her up.
Her mouth was also gagged.
Su Yunniang was completely desperate. As she led him into the room, she secretly removed her hairpin, determined to kill him today rather than let him have his way.
Jia Xiaohua was frantic but could only make muffled noises.
Just then.
Jiang Yan arrived.
Chapter 27: What Happened?
