The wicked mother-in-law doesn't try to whitewash herself; she only abuses her awful children.

"Mother, you must be mistaken."

The eldest daughter-in-law, Tang, intended to comfort her mother-in-law. There was a bloodied person lying on the ground, with a swollen face and a bloody hole the size of a bowl on the head. It was uncertain whether it was the second son.

Madam Hua was furious and almost slapped Madam Tang. She had personally chosen the fabric for her son's clothes; anyone else could be wrong, but she couldn't.

Suppressing her anger, Tang ordered people to quickly fetch a doctor while directing several old women to carry the second young master into the house.

Madam Hua rushed over and hugged the Second Young Master Lian, crying her heart out. She wouldn't let anyone move.

Lian Hengruo went over and checked the second young master's breathing, saying, "Mother, second brother is still breathing. Sigh, I came to change my clothes, and I heard a noise inside the house while I was at the door. I was so scared that I didn't dare to go in. Ruyun is familiar with Mother's room, so she came in first. I saw that she was in there for a long time and didn't come out, so I couldn't wait and came in. When I went in, I found that Ruyun was gone and I saw second brother lying on the ground. I was so scared that I didn't know what to do."

"Waaah, Mother, will my second brother die? Will he become an idiot? I heard someone say his head was smashed."

"Shut up! No one will die, Cheng'er won't. Cheng'er won't become an idiot, no, no."

Hua was heartbroken and cried her heart out. Why was her second son so unlucky? First, his manhood was severed, and now his head was destroyed. What would become of him?

Why hasn't the doctor arrived yet?

Madam Hua was so focused on crying while embracing the Second Young Master Lian that she had no time to care about anything else.

Gu Ruinian and Gu Taohua were standing not far from the Second Young Master Lian, but she didn't even see them.

Just because she didn't see it doesn't mean the ladies who were with her were blind.

Seeing the two entangled together, the ladies exchanged glances. Lian Hengruo's words were too mild; they were afraid that the thief had not stolen gold and silver jewelry but something else entirely.

Xu Zaohua was beaten half to death by Gu Taohua and was in a daze. Her face was hidden in Gu Ruinian's pants, so no one could see her face. Since Gu Ruinian was a stranger to everyone, the ladies except Tong Huaqiong assumed that it was a maid and servant in Hua's house having an affair, which was discovered by the Second Young Master Lian, hence the commotion.

Some wives even speculated that the second young master had forced the maid, who already had a favorite servant and couldn't stand his harassment and coercion, so she joined forces with the servant to smash the second young master's clothes.

Regardless, this is a shameful incident in the Hua family compound. If everyone is sensible, they should leave on their own initiative.

But the desire to watch the drama unfold overcame reason, and no one wanted to leave, so everyone stood like nails at the door of Hua's room.

There was a doctor in the Lian family mansion, and he arrived quickly with his medicine box. When he saw the Second Young Master Lian's bloodied face, his heart pounded in his chest. He checked the boy's nose and found that he was still breathing, so he bandaged him up and started to treat him on the spot.

Even though the Second Young Master was unconscious, he was wrapped up like a dumpling and carried to Madam Hua's bedroom.

"Will the person be alright? Will they become mentally impaired? When will they wake up?"

Madam Hua asked questions as soon as the doctor came in, and even after her son was carried away.

The doctor, as always, answered without hesitation: "It depends on tonight. I am not a god and cannot predict the future. The second young master is very fortunate and should be able to wake up."

Hua was so angry she wanted to curse the doctor.

What do you mean by "should"? Her son must be alright.

Gu Ruinian had already woken up, trembling with fear. He tried his best to push Xu Zaohua off him, but he was too weak. He had been beaten so badly by Gu Taohua that he had no strength left.

After Xu Zaohua regained consciousness, she began to play dead.

She hoped that Ms. Hua would leave quickly and not notice her.

How to do?
How to do?
Xu Zaohua bit her lip tightly.

She is the widow of the eldest son of the Zheng family. Now she is entangled with a boy. What will people think of her if word gets out?

What does the Zheng family think of her?

What if the Zheng family takes her son away, shaves her head, and throws her into the Zheng family temple? If that happens, all her bargaining chips will be for naught.

"Mother."

Madam Hua continued to repeatedly ask the doctor when her son would wake up, completely oblivious to anything else. Lian Hengruo, however, would never allow Madam Hua's attention to be solely focused on her son.

Madam Hua looked at Lian Hengruo impatiently. Her son's life or death was unknown, and this little brat didn't care at all.

Upon seeing Lian Hengruo, Madam Hua's mind gradually cleared. The poor girl raised by her stepmother had never been easy to deal with; at the age of five, she could persuade her husband to discipline their three sons with just a few words.

Thinking of her second son's scheme, Madam Hua suspected that the wound on her son's head was inflicted by Lian Hengruo.

“Mother, look at that! Two thieves. It must be them, it must be them who knocked Second Brother unconscious.” Lian Hengruo pointed to Gu Ruinian and Xu Zaohua behind Hua Shi, silencing Hua Shi who wanted to question her.

Gu Ruinian wanted to die.

Lian Hengruo's beautiful face, in his eyes, was like a poppy flower releasing poison.

The venom was aimed at him.

When Ms. Hua turned around, she saw the two of them entangled on the ground.

I wish they were really thieves.

What exactly happened in between?
The second son simply told her that he had a way to get the money-losing girl married into the Zheng family, and all she had to do was find a way to get her to leave the banquet and come to her courtyard.

She wasn't unaware of the second son's intentions, but she hated Aunt Tang and her worthless daughter so much that she tacitly approved of the second son's actions.

Anyway, marrying a worthless girl into the Zheng family would only benefit the Lian family, not harm them.

But these two...
Hua's brain is not working properly again.

Lian Hengruo thought disdainfully that the stepmother was the epitome of stupidity and wickedness. She could only be the legal wife because of her family background. If the stepmother were smart, her stepmother wouldn't have had the chance to cause trouble.

“Mother, although I didn’t see it with my own eyes, the noises coming from inside the house indicate that they were the ones who smashed my second brother.” Without giving Madam Hua a chance to think, Lian Heng shouted, “Where’s Ruyun? Ruyun went into the house and hasn’t come out. Look for her, lest they kill her to keep quiet.”

Ruhua, accompanied by her maids and servants, searched the entire house and finally found Ruyun in a side room.

"Ruyun, what's wrong with you?"

When Tang, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Hua family, saw Ruyun being led out bound hand and foot with something stuffed in her mouth, she ordered someone to remove the rag from her mouth.

Ru Yun glanced at the old woman who had been watching over her and shrank back. If she didn't dare to give the young lady's testimony, she would be the first one to be beaten to death.

Ru Yun pointed at the two people on the ground, trembling, and said, "They...they...when I came in, I saw them smashing the Second Young Master with a vase. I was terrified. They tied me up and hid me in the side room, saying they were going to kill me."

Before she could finish speaking, she collapsed softly to the ground, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.

She was terrified, afraid of being questioned, so she simply pretended to be dead.

Ruyun was the maidservant that Madam Hua trusted the most. As soon as she spoke, Madam Hua believed her to a great extent.

Although she still didn't understand the intricacies of the matter, she was convinced that her son must have been hit by those two people.

"Tie these two thieves up!" Madam Hua roared. "Let me see which two thieves they are."

Tang thought to herself that her mother-in-law was really stupid; no wonder she couldn't beat Aunt Tang.

Who could break into her house and be a thief?

She knew her second uncle was plotting against her sister-in-law today, but she couldn't care less; she figured the fisherman would benefit from the fight between the snipe and the clam.

My second uncle inherited my mother-in-law's stupidity; how did he manage to make things turn out like this?

The most important thing the mother-in-law should do at this moment is not to beat the two people on the ground to death for being thieves in the family, but to apologize to the ladies and let them go home first.

Now she's actually going to unveil it in public. (End of Chapter)