I won't be a prince's concubine; I'll cook delicious food and raise two villainous cu

Just then, a small figure suddenly rushed out of the house. It was none other than Li Shuoya.

Li Shuozhou followed closely behind, looking exasperated, and said to Li Dalang, "Brother, I really couldn't stop her..."

Unexpectedly, Li Shuoya rushed to Li Dalang's feet, hugged his leg, and burst into tears: "Waaah... Big brother, I don't want her to be my sister-in-law, I don't want her—"

Li Shuoya pointed at Ye Xiaoqin, who instantly froze, her lips trembling as she stammered, "Yaya, I'm Sister-in-law Ye, how could you say that..."

But Li Shuoya didn't even glance at her. Instead, she suddenly pulled up her sleeve, revealing shocking bruises on her arm, and cried as she accused Li Dalang, "Brother, she doesn't give me any food at all. She only lets me drink thin soup and eat leftovers. She also secretly pinches me. Look at these injuries... Waaah..."

"She even threatened me, saying that if I dared to tell you and my second brother about these things, I wouldn't even be able to get soup after she married into our family. Big brother, Yaya is so scared..."

"She also said that if I didn't obey, she would marry me off to a cripple or a madman, and I would never have a good life..."

"Every time you give her meat, she secretly saves it for herself and Xiao Niu, never giving me any. Big brother, I really don't want her as my sister-in-law, I only want my sister! I only want Sister Shen—"

Li Shuoya cried her heart out, almost collapsing. Shen Yu stood to the side, completely stunned. She never imagined that this little girl, who would one day become an unparalleled femme fatale, would suffer such abuse!

It turns out that Li Shuoya's usual gluttonous behavior, and the fact that her two older brothers doted on her but she always seemed to be hungry, was all because she had suffered these grievances at Ye Xiaoqin's house.

On Li Shuoya's delicate arms, old and new bruises mingled, a shocking sight. These scars, usually overlooked by her two careless older brothers, had never been noticed before!

Li Dalang hugged his younger sister tightly, his heart filled with pain, regret, and overwhelming anger.

A chilling, ruthless look appeared on his cold, hard face, but he still gently comforted his younger sister in his arms, "Yaya, don't be afraid. Your brother will never marry her, not in this lifetime!"

Upon hearing this, the last glimmer of hope in Ye Xiaoqin's eyes was completely extinguished.

Li Dalang turned his head, staring intently at Ye Xiaoqin with an almost murderous gaze, and shouted angrily, "I originally didn't want to hold a grudge against you because of Brother Chen's passing, and I planned to sever all ties with you! But you dared to mistreat Yaya, you're courting death!"

"Brother Chen still owes me twenty taels of silver. I'm giving your family three days to pay it back in full!"

"If you dare to default on your payment, don't blame me for taking you directly to the authorities and making you regret it!"

"Get out of here, all of you!"

Li Dalang was furious.

He spent years hunting wild animals in the mountains, and he carried a menacing aura about him. Although he was only nineteen years old, he had a full beard and a tall, burly build. His furious appearance made the village women present tremble with fear.

Aunt Chen and the others dared not linger any longer. They quickly had four strong women hold Ye Xiaoqin down and cover her mouth, fearing that she would say something crazy that would make Li Dalang even angrier.

"You wicked, vile woman! You've ruined the reputation of all the women in Chenjia Village!"

"How could there be such a vicious and foolish person as you in this world, abusing a six-year-old child? You are truly guilty of a heinous crime!"

"Pah! You wicked woman! You deserve what you get!"

A group of village women who had arrived with great fanfare now fled in a disheveled state.

They all knew in their hearts that being deceived by Ye Xiaoqin today and causing such a big misunderstanding would not be easily resolved.

If this gets out to other villages, the girls of Chenjia Village will be ridiculed, and the reputation of the entire village will be damaged.

More importantly, they were afraid of angering Li Dalang—he was the only Li Xiaoyun on the mountain, and if he held a grudge and caused trouble for the village, no one would benefit.

Therefore, a satisfactory explanation must be given to the Li family in order to quell this matter.

After the women came down the mountain, they immediately returned home and told the men in their families what had happened. That evening, the clan chief summoned all the households in the village to Ye Xiaoqin's house.

Chen Weisheng was an only child. After his death, only his elderly mother, wife Ye Xiaoqin, and daughter Xiaoniu remained in the family, effectively ending the family line. Unless Xiaoniu finds a husband to live with them in the family in the future, the Chen family line will be completely cut off. Because of this, the villagers usually take good care of the widow and her daughter.

But no one expected that Ye Xiaoqin would be so heartless as to do such a stupid thing! If she could really get together with Li Dalang, it would be a wonderful thing, but she had no such intention at all, and instead she abused Li Dalang's sister.

She has a daughter of her own, Li Shuoya, who is only six years old. How innocent is she? What is even more infuriating is that Li Dalang often gave her meat and made her owe twenty taels of silver. Yet she was still greedy and wanted to ruin Li Dalang's reputation as his "cousin". Who in the village could not see through her little scheme?

Ye Xiaoqin was pinned down in her own yard, her hands and feet bound, her mouth gagged, her face streaked with tears, yet her eyes still held a hint of resentment. The crowd told Chen's mother what she had done, and Chen's mother fainted on the spot from anger.

The next day, Ye Xiaoqin was kicked out of Chenjia Village by her husband's family. The little girl was left behind and could only rely on her elderly grandmother for survival, living a very miserable life.

Shen Yu was completely unaware of all this, as Doctor Lin was treating her leg injury.

"This young lady..." Doctor Lin hesitated, seemingly unsure of what to say. Shen Yu immediately understood and quickly replied, "Doctor, my surname is Shen."

Dr. Lin nodded and said seriously, "Miss Shen, your leg is indeed broken. If you don't get proper treatment and rest, you will definitely suffer from chronic pain for the rest of your life."

This Dr. Lin was indeed a skilled physician. He not only prescribed medicine for Shen Yu, but also put a splint on her leg to immobilize it, and strictly ordered her to rest for one hundred days and not to move around at will.

"Brother, I have all these medicines at home. Come with me and I'll get them for you," Doctor Lin said to Li Dalang.

It turned out that Dr. Lin usually practiced medicine in town and would return to Lin Village two or three times a month to visit his elderly mother. After learning about this, Li Dalang went to Dr. Lin's house to try his luck, and to his surprise, he actually managed to get him to come, saving him the trouble of going to town.

Upon learning this, Shen Yu felt deeply grateful to Li Dalang.

Li Dalang personally escorted Doctor Lin back to the village, returning late at night. An oil lamp was still lit in Shen Yu's room; Li Shuozhou had already gone to sleep, but she remained awake.

Hearing the commotion outside, Shen Yu called out softly, "Is the eldest son back?"

Li Dalang paused, walked to the bedside, and whispered, "Hmm. How is Ya Ya?"

His tone was full of worry for his sister, and an unconcealable sense of guilt—because of his negligence, his sister had suffered so much.

Shen Yu looked at Li Shuoya, who was sleeping soundly in her arms, and said softly, "She was frightened a bit today, but she's alright. Young Master, Ya'er is still young, and after experiencing all this, the family needs an older woman to take good care of her."

Shen Yu's words subtly hinted that she hoped to stay and take care of Li Shuoya. But Li Dalang seemed to have suddenly lost his hearing, remaining silent and unresponsive. If it weren't for his shadow cast on the ground, Shen Yu would have almost thought he had already left.

Shen Yu didn't want to drag things out until the next day, so she got straight to the point: "Young Master Li, I had no choice but to impersonate your cousin today, so I hope you'll forgive me. Do you remember that I promised to do three things for you that weren't immoral?"

Li Dalang remained silent.

Shen Yu had no choice but to continue, "Dr. Lin said that my leg needs to rest for a hundred days to recover."

"So, the first thing... I want to ask you, let me continue to stay in your house and take care of Ya'er until my leg injury heals, okay?"

Shen Yu knew in her heart that what she said was really shameless, but she had to stay now—not only to recover from her leg injury, but also to take the opportunity to cultivate a relationship with the future wicked concubine and treacherous minister, which was the key to rewriting her destiny.