Divorced by her husband's family and rejected by her own! She defiantly turned her life around

Liu Ruxue brought a basin of water and told her father to wash up first. Then she sat down in the shade of the courtyard and waited for Liu Ruyun to speak.

Liu Ruxing quickly brought a stool for her eldest sister to sit on. The sisters all gathered around. Since they weren't home, they didn't know what had happened. Liu Ruyun then recounted what had happened that morning. The two younger sisters were indignant and wanted to avenge Liu Siyue, feeling sorry for their cousin. Looking at the child in Liu Ruyun's arms, they sweetly said, "Little sister, we are your older sisters. We'll take you to play with us from now on, and we'll protect you. We won't let anyone bully you."

Liu Ruxue said, "She can't call you 'sister,' she has to call you 'aunts,' you are the elders, and she is your little niece."

"Little niece, grow up quickly, Auntie will take you to pick fruit to eat."

Liu Dawang's expression didn't change much. "Now that she's home, let her stay here in peace and take good care of herself. Boil an egg for her every meal to help her recover. I'm going to check on that girl."

Liu Dawang didn't look at the child in Liu Ruyun's arms. He got up and walked into the house. This niece was someone he had watched grow up. Although they hadn't seen each other for several years, they still had some affection for each other. Looking at his niece lying motionless on the bed, he felt a pang of sadness. He was a useless man, and with his niece here, he could only suffer along with her.

"Father, Mother said you should go out and inquire about things in April when you have time."

"Okay, let's eat first."

Their family lived at the end of the village. The reason they chose this place was to stay far away from their old house and not have anything to do with them, so the news reached them very slowly.

Which village doesn't have a few idle, gossipy women who talk about this and that all day long—whose husband peeked at a widow bathing, whose baby was drowned in a chamber pot after giving birth...

With such a big event happening in Liujia Village today, how could they let it go? They had already run to Baini Bay to inquire about it.

It is said that birds of a feather flock together, and people are grouped by their kind. The gossipy women team led by Zhu Cuihong from Liujia Village hurriedly arrived at Bainiwan. The two villages were not far apart, and they basically knew each other.

When they arrived at Baini Bay, they went straight to their good friend's house. "Da Ya, are you busy right now?"

"Sister Cuihong, what's going on with you guys?"

"Da Ya, did you know that the Lu family in your village divorced our village girl, Si Yue?"

"Hey, I thought it was something serious. Everyone in the village knows about this. Please sit down, don't stand. I'll get you some water, let's sit down and talk about it slowly."

Ma Daya brought everyone a bowl of water, then sat down herself. "Did that girl go back to Liujia Village?"

"Yes, she went back early this morning. Her family wouldn't let her in and she was scolded. In a moment of despair, she jumped off a cliff with her child and committed suicide. Blood was everywhere, soaking her clothes. By the time they pulled her out, she was barely breathing and probably dying. She was taken to her second uncle's house."

"What? She committed suicide? My goodness, that's two lives lost, driven to their deaths by the Lu family."

"Da Ya, why does the Lu family want to divorce his wife?"

Ma Daya then recounted the fortune teller's prediction for Lu Yunzhou, saying, "Now that the second son of the Lu family is full of energy and has passed the imperial examination, why would he still want her as a child bride? He'll just find some excuse to send her away."

The Lu family didn't explicitly state the reason for this; it was all speculation among the neighbors, but it was probably pretty accurate. The girl was gentle and didn't cause any trouble for the Lu family; she just slunk away with the premature baby.

"The Lu family is bullying us too much! That girl, Siyue, has worked hard in their family for seven or eight years and even has a child with them. How can they just divorce her like that? Which of the seven grounds for divorce has she violated?" Zhu Cuihong was furious.

"As a woman, without her family to stand up for her, she has no choice but to die," Ma Daya lamented.

After hearing this, Zhu Cuihong and the others quickly stood up. "Da Ya, we've kept you from your work. We have to go back now. There's a lot of stuff waiting for us at home. Come visit us in Liujia Village when you have time."

After seeing them off, Ma Daya turned around and locked the door. She then rushed off to share this big gossip with her best friend. By the afternoon, everyone in Bainiwan knew about it: the Lu family had driven Liu Shi to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff.

Jin, the wife of the village chief of Bainiwan Village, told Wei Yuanguang about this. Wei Yuanguang had heard about it yesterday, but he didn't take it to heart. It was a family matter, and the person involved hadn't come to him, so he couldn't interfere. How could the person have jumped off a cliff and died today?

Jin said, "The Lu family is really inhuman; they forced such a good girl to her death like that."

Don't concern yourself with this matter. If someone from Liu's family comes looking for me, I'll think of a way to get some compensation.

The Lu family naturally heard the news that Liu Siyue had jumped off a cliff and died. They were quite happy. With her dead, all was over. No matter who came to their door, they could say whatever they wanted.

Lu Yunzhou was even happier; only the dead can keep secrets. Zhou Xiangxing sat alone in the room, heartbroken.

Liujia Village.

After Liu Dawang finished eating, Madam Feng told him to go out and inquire about the matter of being divorced in April when he had time. "Well, your health is the most important thing. Don't worry about these things. I'll go out and inquire now."

Liu Dawang was on his way to Bainiwan when someone called out to him from under the big willow tree in the middle of the village, "Dawang, is your niece dead now?"

"Dawang, I'm not trying to criticize you, but you shouldn't have meddled in this. Even her own parents don't care about her, so why should you, an uncle who's cut off from her, care? You can't even take care of your own wife and children, yet you're meddling in other people's business. Don't bring bad luck upon her. Quickly roll up some mat, dig a hole, and bury her. Don't let her rot in the wilderness and be eaten by wild dogs. That would be the least you, as her uncle, have done for her."

Liu Dawang ignored him and was about to leave when a gossipy woman stopped him. "Brother Dawang, April was forced to her death by the Lu family. They ruined her life, divorcing her without any reason. It's too much of a bully. I personally went to Baini Bay and found out everything. Sit down and I'll tell everyone." After listening, Liu Dawang went back with a dark face.

When Liu Ruyun saw Liu Dawang return, she quickly asked how he had found out. Liu Dawang then recounted what he had heard in the village, saying that everything would have to wait until April woke up.

That night, Liu Ruyun slept with Liu Siyue, constantly praying that she would wake up soon. The next day at noon, Liu Siyue woke up with a rumbling stomach. She looked around and saw a mud-brick house with a thatched roof. There was only a dilapidated table in the house. The bed she was on made her body ache all over. When she touched it, she found that the bed was made of straw with a sheet on top of it.

What happened? She tried to recall carefully. She had fought with her father's mistress, and during the struggle, she fell and was hit by a car. Could she be dead? This was the underworld. Look how dark and gloomy it was. It was terrifying. She couldn't help but scream.

Hearing the call, Liu Ruyun quickly ran into the room and saw Liu Siyue sitting on the bed. She excitedly said, "Siyue, you're awake! That's wonderful!"

Liu Siyue sized up the woman in front of her. Her clothes were tattered, her hair was tied up with rags, she was thin and about 1.6 meters tall. The room was dimly lit, so she couldn't see the expression on her face clearly.

"Where is this? Who are you? Are you sent by the King of Hell?"