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

Chapter 717 Completely Transformed into a Shrew
Fan Tong had never been so humiliated.

He knelt before the woman.

Moreover, this woman is his wife; if word gets out, will the Fan family lose face?

Gu Honglian looked down at Fan Tong.

Fan Tong was in a terrible state, his blue robe was torn.

Gu Honglian took two steps forward, and Fan Tong covered his face with his hands, saying tremblingly, "Honglian, I really know I was wrong. Come home with me."

Gu Honglian suddenly smiled.

Suddenly I realized that Fan Tong was nothing special after all.

He was also afraid of pain and being hit.

Moreover, even though Fan Tong lost so much face, he didn't want to divorce her; on the contrary, he was very afraid that she would leave the Fan family.

"Didn't you hear what I just said? Have your mother and sister-in-law come and apologize to me, or I won't go back to the Fan family."

"roll."

Gu Honglian's face was icy cold.

"Are you deaf? Didn't you hear what your aunt said?" Gu Dahan picked up Fan Tong and threw him outside the door.

After Fan Tong left, Gu Honglian was almost completely exhausted.

Grandma Gu held Gu Honglian's hand with heartache.

Because of the excessive force, Gu Honglian's hand was burning with pain and she couldn't move it as if it were cramping.

As she rubbed the wound, Grandma Gu said, "Won't Fan Tong regret not wanting my Honglian after he goes home?"

According to Old Mrs. Gu, since the fight has already happened, the anger has been vented, and Fan Tong has apologized, Gu Honglian might as well back down and go back to the Fan family with Fan Tong.

She was really afraid that when Fan Tong got home, the old lady Fan would get angry and make him divorce Gu Honglian.

Gu Honglian said, "Fan Tong thinks the same way you do; he's playing a game with me right now."

Tong Huaqiong thought to herself that Gu Honglian had become more intelligent after this battle and had learned to use her brain.

Gu Honglian turned to Tong Huaqiong and said, "Sister-in-law is right. I need to beat him into submission so he won't dare to bully me in the future. But that's not enough."

Then he said to Old Mrs. Gu, “The Fan family will not divorce me. Even if the old woman wants to divorce me, Fan Tong will not agree. Fan Tong is still hoping that Jingzhe will pass the imperial examination and help him. I just realized that I am the aunt of a Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations). Our entire Pingchuan County has never produced a Jinshi. It is only the Fan family that has a reason to fawn over me, not the other way around.”

Tong Huaqiong rubbed her forehead. Gu Jingzhe wasn't even a Jinshi yet, but Gu Honglian had such confidence in him.

Gu Honglian wiped her hands; her thoughts went far beyond that.

She thought that even if Jingzhe became a Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations) and a high-ranking official, she wouldn't let Jingzhe promote Fan Tong to a very high position.

Fan Tong is a petty person. After suffering such a great humiliation today, he will only retaliate against her even more severely when he becomes successful.

If Fan Tong could pass the imperial examination, he could become a local gentry and a successful candidate in the examination. This way, he would be neither here nor there and would be under her control.

If she couldn't pass the imperial examination, she could become a scholar and ask her nephew for help to find a private school in Pingchuan County to teach. Behind closed doors, she could still control him and live a comfortable life.

Fan Tong stumbled back to the Fan family home.

Grandma Fan and her eldest sister-in-law were furious.

Not only did they fail to catch the person, Gu Honglian also beat up Fan Tong.

It is simply contrary to Tiangang.

Grandma Fan cried and scolded Fan Tong on the spot, demanding that he write a letter of divorce.

Her son was a scholar who was destined to become a high-ranking official, but he was beaten by a village girl.

The eldest sister-in-law of the Fan family said that divorcing Gu Honglian was too lenient for her; Gu Honglian should be made to cry and beg to return to the Fan family, to be treated like a slave for a while, and then she should be drowned in a pond under some pretext. Fan Tong felt like he had come out of hell after his time in the Gu family, and he even developed PTSD.

If he could, he would also like to divorce Gu Honglian.

However, by divorcing Gu Honglian, he would be going against Tong Huaqiong and Gu Jingzhe, and his reputation would be utterly ruined throughout Pingchuan County.

Moreover, if he divorces Gu Honglian, he won't be able to use the relationship between Tong Huaqiong and Gu Jingzhe.

I can't just stay married; the thought of being beaten makes me feel incredibly humiliated.

After much deliberation, he decided to swallow his anger and try to coax Gu Honglian back to the Fan family before venting his frustration.

So Fan Tong explained to Old Madam Fan and his sister-in-law why Gu Honglian couldn't be divorced, and also mentioned Gu Honglian's request to return to the Fan family.

"The Gu family has gone too far in bullying us."

"What is she thinking? It's already a great honor for a country girl like her to marry a scholar. I haven't even complained about her small dowry or her inability to work, but she's already making a fuss. She wants your sister-in-law and me to go and beg her three times and four times? We'd be willing to visit her three times, but we'd better see if she's really Liu Bei." Old Mrs. Fan started cursing as soon as she heard this.

"That little slut, how dare she make such a request! She's so spoiled. Second brother, you should slap her across the face! Just like you slapped her last time, you should slap her the same way this time. A wife who's been beaten into submission is like dough that's been kneaded softly. Now that you've given in, she's just riding roughshod over me and Mother!" Sister-in-law Fan cursed.

She thought to herself that her brother-in-law was too useless; how could he have been beaten like this by Gu Honglian?

Fan Tong felt a bitter taste in his mouth and thought to himself, "If I dare to slap someone this time, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave the Gu family."

This is only Gu Honglian making a move; Gu Dahan and Gu Fengnian haven't made a move yet.

"Mother, sister-in-law, for my future, please make the trouble of going to the Gu family. To be honest, sister-in-law, you shouldn't have hit her so hard back then." Fan Tong persuaded Old Madam Fan and her sister-in-law to go to the Gu family to pick up Gu Honglian, but neither of them dared to apologize.

Grandma Fan refused on the spot, wiping away her tears and saying that her son had forgotten his mother after getting married.

Sister-in-law Fan pointed at Fan Tong and almost cursed him for being an ingrate, saying that he felt sorry for his wife after only hitting her a few times.

Finally, the two declared that unless the Gu family sent the person over, the Fan family would give Gu Honglian a letter of divorce.

Unable to persuade her mother and sister-in-law, Fan Tong had no choice but to go to the Gu family again the next day.

He thought that Gu Honglian had hit him, but after a day her anger had subsided, and if he said a few kind words, Gu Honglian would go with him.

After arriving at the Gu family home, Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu were somewhat tempted to let Gu Honglian go back to the Fan family home with them.

Following the eldest son's wife's example, there's no way you can avoid a disastrous outcome.

Gu Honglian had become a die-hard fan of Tong Huaqiong. She only listened to Tong Huaqiong's words and saw that Fan Tong had entered the house expressionlessly with no one behind him.

"Honglian, come home with me," Fan Tong pleaded.

That face, which usually looked quite photogenic, swelled up like a pig's head, and the swelling didn't go down overnight; in fact, it got even more swollen.

Waiting for Fan Tong was Gu Honglian, who came out carrying a knife.

“Little aunt, watch out, don’t cut his crotch, you still want to have a son. You can’t cut his stomach, if you kill him you’ll go to jail. Just cut his butt, the flesh there is thick, you won’t kill him but you won’t hurt him in the root.” Wu Na stood under the corridor and shouted excitedly.

Without saying a word, Gu Honglian slashed at Fan Tong.

Fan Tong ran out of the Gu family's old house, howling loudly.

Soon, chaos erupted in Qinghewan.

Fan Tong ran wildly ahead, shouting as he ran, until his voice became distorted.

Gu Honglian pursued closely behind, her knife flashing in afterimages.

The chickens, ducks, and geese on the road were so frightened that they squawked and ran away.

Villagers came out of their homes to see what was happening.

Gu Honglian completely abandoned her pride and transformed into a shrew.