After four years of living alone after marrying far away, he went back to his parents' home and

Lan Yujuan covered her daughter's ears and raised her voice, "What are you yelling about? What right do you have to yell at me!"

"Liu Zhiyuan, ask yourself this honestly!"

"In these four years of marriage, have I been living my life with you?"

"Ever since I gave birth and started my postpartum confinement, and you left home after our argument, our marriage has existed in name only!"

"In the past three years, my husband and I have only seen each other a handful of days."

"Except for the first day of the Lunar New Year this year, the money you've spent on me over the past few years isn't even as much as you've spent on a single cell phone!"

"What, do you really think marrying you and living with you is some kind of blissful life?"

The couple's argument was so loud that the neighbors, who loved to join in the fun, gradually gathered around.

Liu Zhiyuan was extremely annoyed and yelled at the people around him, "What are you looking at?"

"Have you never seen a married couple argue? Every pot has ash at the bottom!"

Some onlookers, embarrassed by the insults, stepped back, but others, unafraid of trouble, mingled in the crowd and started arguing back:

"That's right, whose pot ash is as much as your Liu family's!"

As soon as he finished speaking, laughter erupted from the crowd, causing an uproar.

Lan Yujuan turned her head away and stopped talking.

She didn't mind exposing all the Liu family's dirty secrets and making them a laughingstock for the whole village.

But the prerequisite is that she and her daughter cannot be in the middle of the vortex.

Taking advantage of Liu Zhiyuan's momentary lapse in attention, Lan Yujuan hung up the phone.

Because she had already seen a figure in the distance, pulling a suitcase and walking towards the convenience store.

Liu Zhiyuan's face was dark and sullen. His face, which had just been bruised, hadn't even had time to be treated yet, and now his fists were clenched tightly again.

"Do you know why? This is why I studied so hard, worked so hard to get into a big city, worked so many overtime hours, and wanted to settle down in a big city on my own, and why I never wanted to go back to my hometown!"

"My hometown is wonderful, but the people here are just so awful!"

Lan Yujuan raised her head, looked at her former lover, now her husband, and said coldly:

"That's not what you said when you tricked me into going home and coaxed me into getting married and having children."

"Back then, you sang the praises of your hometown and its people to the skies!"

"What, only now are you finally telling the truth?"

"If you want to stay in the big city so badly, why did you trick me into coming back here?"

"Liu Zhiyuan, four years ago, was your opportunity to go from internship to full-time employment really taken by someone with connections, forcing you to change jobs?"

"Or is that just a carefully fabricated reason you wanted to lure me back to my hometown?"

Liu Zhiyuan stood frozen in place, his gaze towards her gradually losing its affection, leaving only coldness and unfamiliarity.

"You knew all along?"

Liu Zhiyuan stared at her, his eyes gradually narrowing. "So, when did you find out?"

"No wonder! Your personality has changed drastically since I came back this year, and your attitude towards me is completely different."

"My once gentle, kind, and unassuming wife has suddenly become cold, mean, and greedy!"

"He deliberately lied to me, took 80 yuan and didn't return it, tricked me into buying 20 yuan worth of gold, and even made me sign some kind of bullshit cohabitation agreement..."

"Lan Yujuan, what are you planning? What exactly are you trying to do!"

Liu Zhiyuan stared intently at her, approaching her step by step.

"You don't necessarily intend to bring the child with you..., do you?"

Before Liu Zhiyuan could finish speaking, a figure suddenly rushed up from behind him, forcefully grabbed his shoulder, and slapped him across the face. "Smack!"

Lan Yujuan was stunned and instinctively stepped aside, holding her child.

Liu Zhiyuan was stunned by the blow and only reacted after a few seconds. When he raised his hand to retaliate, he finally saw who it was.

"You dare?"

Unexpectedly, Liu Zhiyuan actually stopped.

Li Jiaojiao rushed forward, her face stubborn, her eyes red as she questioned:

"Liu Zhiyuan, you've been hiding your true colors really well!"

"You still want to hit me?"

"Have you forgotten how you swore and vowed in front of my dad and brothers this past Chinese New Year?"

"You dare touch a single hair on my head, try and get me!"

"On my way here, I kept my itinerary updated with my family. If you dare to bully me, I'll have my dad and brothers come and dig up your Liu family's ancestral graves!"

Li Jiaojiao grew angrier the more she thought about it, and after she finished speaking, she angrily slapped Liu Zhiyuan twice more.

"Pah! You dog of a man! You scumbag!"

"You dare let me become your mistress without even knowing it? Why don't you just die!"

Taking advantage of his momentary lapse in attention, Li Jiaojiao kicked him hard in the groin, then turned and stormed off with her suitcase.

"Ouch!" Liu Zhiyuan clenched his knees in pain and fell to his knees, gasping for breath.

Even now, he still called out to Li Jiaojiao's retreating figure, "Jiaojiao, don't go! You...you have to let me explain..."

Liu Zhiyuan's sister-in-law caught up just then and was about to help him up when she asked, "Brother, are you alright?"

When she saw Liu Zhiyuan's appearance clearly, her sister-in-law gasped in shock.

"Ouch! Brother, that injury on your face..."

Liu Zhiyuan urged anxiously, "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and go get Jiaojiao back!"

"Who was it that told me she wouldn't come looking for me? She can't even handle this simple task; I'm wasting your allowance!"

The sister-in-law also felt wronged, "I did want to stop her, but only if she was willing to listen to me!"

"I don't know what happened, but after that phone call, she was like a completely different person!"

Without thinking twice, Liu Zhiyuan frowned and waved his hand, saying, "There are no buses from our village to the county town. She can't walk out with her luggage!"

"What if we encounter bad people on the road? Anything could happen; it's not safe!"

Tell her to stay in the village for the night, and I'll take her out of the village first thing tomorrow morning.

"Anyway, no matter what method you use, as long as you succeed, I'll buy you the latest model phone!"

Upon hearing about the reward, the sister-in-law's eyes lit up. "Okay, I'll go after him right now and bring him back!"

Lan Yujuan stood to the side with her child, watching and listening from a distance the whole time.

The little one in my arms tilted his head back and asked softly:

"Mommy, does Daddy like that auntie and not want us anymore?"

Lan Yujuan looked at her daughter in her arms, and tears immediately fell down her face. She quickly turned her head to wipe them away.

She tried to compose herself, then patted her daughter's head and gave her a gentle, relaxed smile.

"Baby, this is a bit difficult, even Mommy doesn't know the answer."

"But Mommy loves her baby the most, and that will never change!"

The daughter, who had just been frowning, suddenly broke into a smile. The little one leaned forward to kiss her mother's cheek, beaming with delight.

Having recovered, Liu Zhiyuan limped towards the mother and daughter, his face completely cold.

"Let's go home!"

Lan Yujuan didn't move, and calmly said:

"Didn't you say you were going to take us to the provincial capital? I booked a ride-hailing car, it'll be here soon."

Seeing that she didn't move, Liu Zhiyuan used the same trick again and stepped forward to snatch the child.

But Lan Yujuan was prepared. She turned around and hid with the child in her arms, not giving him a chance to take the child away.

But to her utter surprise, the furious Liu Zhiyuan suddenly reached out and grabbed her hair.

"You disobeyed, and you dare to hide?"