After being jilted, the entire neighboring village was filled with deep regret.

Chapter 230 The Zhu Family Adoption Scandal
Shen Yi nodded slightly to him in gratitude.

Zhu Yixuan quickly found out the results and went to find Shen Yi in person. "That person is called Xiong Kai. He is from Zhaohua County, just like us. He committed a crime and was imprisoned. When the war broke out, he was sent to the border ahead of time. He has already been on the battlefield and survived. That's why he was pardoned and transferred to our new recruits."

Upon hearing this, Ye An immediately became excited, "You mean he's innocent now?"

Zhu Yixuan paused, then nodded. "That's how it is."

"That's so unfair!" Ye An clenched his fists in anger.

Zhu Yixuan remained calm, saying, "There's no such thing as fairness or unfairness. Those who were exiled here for committing crimes were forced to go to the front lines on the battlefield from the very beginning. If one out of ten survives, they're lucky. Xiong Kai has charged into battle more than once, and I've heard that some generals admire him greatly. It's only a matter of time before he's pardoned."

However, he was only pardoned; it won't be easy for him to earn merit and climb the ranks, or rather, it will be even harder than for us, since he has a criminal record.

Ye An still felt uneasy.

Shen Yi didn't react much. He stepped forward, bowed to Zhu Yixuan, and thanked him solemnly.

Zhu Yixuan waved his hand, "Speaking of which, I should be thanking you. After all... never mind, let's not talk about that. If you ever need my help in the future, just let me know. If you don't like that Xiong Kai, I can keep an eye on him for you."

"Thank you!"

After Zhu Yixuan left, Song Yongnian slowly said, "That Xiong Kai is really lucky. It's true that evil lives on for a thousand years!"

Shen Yi thought of Su Chunlin and immediately said, "I must remind my father-in-law and the others that Xiong Kai is not the same Xiong Kai as before. He has definitely killed people and is even more ruthless than before."

Just by looking him in the eye, he could feel the ferocity and malevolence emanating from Xiong Kai.

The two nodded in unison.

Song Yongnian seemed to realize something, and his eyes widened suddenly. "Right, didn't he lose his manhood? How come he's still so vigorous?"

This question immediately stumped everyone else.

When Su Chunlin and the others found out about Xiong Kai, they all felt as if they had swallowed a fly.

Su Chunlin was even more eager to settle scores with Xiong Kai, but Su Chunsen stopped him.

"We don't know his background yet, so don't make any rash moves. Let's wait and see."

Just then, the battalion commander to which Zhu Yixuan belonged started making a scene.

They quickly ran over to see what was going on.

A group of people surrounded Xiong Kai and kept attacking him.

"You say Shen Yi is unlucky? I think you're the unluckiest one. Back when there was a severe drought, we decided to ask Shen Yi to help us dig a well, but it was you and Mo Laotian's family who blocked us, causing us to miss the opportunity to make a fortune and almost starve to death!"
"It's all because of you that we failed to plant high-yield crops in time. Now, East Gate Village and Middle Gate Village are both rich, while our West Gate Village is still dilapidated. It's all because of you two rotten apples!"

"Brother, what's the point of bringing up old grievances? We want him to pay back the money!"

"Yes! We have to pay you back! We haven't settled the score for the fireworks yet, and you went and harmed people, ruining my sister's marriage. Now, people avoid us like the plague when they hear we're from Ximen Village. It's all your fault!"

"Xiong Kai, how dare you still live? People like you should just die!" Xiong Kai remained silent in the face of the villagers' accusations.

Su Chunlin frowned deeply after watching for a while and muttered to Su Chunsen beside him, "No, something's not right. There's something wrong with this kid. We need to be more careful in the future."

Su Chunsen wholeheartedly agreed.

Shen Zhuang was confused. "What are you talking about? I don't understand."

The two brothers sighed in unison.

Su Chunlin explained to him, "Xiong Kai is impulsive. He gets angry and fights people at the slightest provocation. Several times he has caused trouble because of his impulsiveness. Look at how nasty those people are saying to him. They deliberately provoke Xiong Kai to make him fight, but look at his reaction."

Not only does he not get angry and suppress his emotions, but he doesn't even show the slightest emotional fluctuation. Such a person is either completely indifferent to everything or has something pent up inside. Which one do you think he is?

Shen Zhuang realized what was going on, and goosebumps immediately rose all over his body. "Forget it, let's go. We'll try to stay away from this person in the future."

Su Chunlin touched the thing on his wrist, itching to take it, but in the end reason prevailed over impulse, and he turned and left.

Su Tai, who had just had a reunion dinner with Ke Yunyun and the others, led the children to set off small fireworks in the yard.

The three little children were attracted by the light of the sparklers and sat obediently in a row, clapping for Su Tai.

Ke Yunyun was eager to try it out and joined in.

While there was laughter and joy on one side, the Zhu and Bai families in the county town had no festive atmosphere at all.

Because her beloved son went to the battlefield, Madam Bai seemed to have lost all her energy and spirit. She spent her days eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist prayers, and she seemed to have given up the power that she used to hold onto, leaving it all to Zhu Shi to manage.

Zhu was naturally delighted, but she had no children and worried that she would be doing all the work for someone else. After taking over the household, she couldn't help but feel anxious and uncertain.

In the second year of junior high school, he immediately took Rulan back to his parents' home to complain to Madam Zhu.

Unexpectedly, she heard that Madam Zhu was ill as soon as she entered the door, and hurriedly ran to the main courtyard.

Upon seeing her, Madam Zhu burst into tears. "What a tragedy! What a tragedy! How could I have married such a troublesome daughter-in-law? Waaah!"

"Mother, what's wrong with my sister-in-law again? Her family has already fallen on hard times, and she's still not behaving herself?" Madam Zhu clenched her fists instinctively, wanting to stand up for Madam Zhu.

Madam Zhu shook her head and angrily cursed, "She's a madwoman now, she can't be reasoned with. What if you go there and cause trouble and get beaten by her?"
Although I don't like her, she is, after all, your elder brother's wife. We'll have to wait until he returns to decide how to deal with her.

Zhu was somewhat confused. "Mother, what exactly did she do?"

Madam Zhu sighed in frustration, "After losing her son, she tried every means to adopt him, saying that the Zhu family's children didn't have her bloodline and she didn't want them. She insisted on adopting children from her maternal family. Listen to that, is that reasonable? Oh, does it mean that the Cui family's children have our Zhu family's bloodline?"

She's really something, openly scheming to seize our Zhu family's assets! She brought it up on New Year's Eve, and I refused on the spot. She wouldn't have it, making a huge scene and even smashing plates. Your father got angry too, and immediately yelled at Cui Shi, saying he would make your eldest brother divorce his wife.

I thought she would continue to act crazy and cause trouble for your father, but to my surprise, she calmed down and just kept crying, saying how much she had sacrificed for the Zhu family over the years, and that the Zhu family had wronged her. Your father was furious, but since he couldn't deal with his daughter-in-law, he could only leave her to me. I really didn't want to deal with her, so I had her locked up temporarily and told everyone that she was sick.

"I wonder how long they'll be locked up! Even though the Cui family has fallen, a fallen camel is still bigger than a horse; they still have connections and resources. Who knows, they might be able to make a comeback. We can't afford to be too ruthless."