Chapter 42: Forty-one, The Tragic Ruffian Chapter 42: Forty-one, The Tragic Ruffian “Honey, grab a stick; we’re going up to help,” Uncle Chen sohow found two bamboo sticks and handed one to Aunt Chen.
“Alright!” Aunt Chen took the bamboo stick, and together with Uncle Chen, they charged at the gang of hooligans.
“I’m going to beat you good-for-nothing brats to death for bullying Luo Shu. Are you blind?”
“Let’s see how you like my Dog Beating Staff Technique, kiddo!” Uncle Chen really enjoyed reading Jin Yong’s novels, so he had quite a vivid mory of the Dog Beating Staff Technique.
Seeing Uncle Chen and Aunt Chen brandishing their bamboo sticks and rushing up, Luo Shu couldn’t help but chuckle. With a flick of her fingers, she sealed the acupoints of the advancing hooligans.
Aunt Chen and Uncle Chen went up and hit the hooligans several tis with their bamboo sticks. Seeing that they only cried out and didn’t even try to dodge, they stopped and looked at Luo Shu puzzled, “Are they stupid? Why don’t they know how to get out of the way?”
The hooligans nearly spat out blood in frustration upon hearing this. Who the hell doesn’t want to dodge? The problem was they simply couldn’t move. What kind of sorcery had that woman used on them?
“Uncle, Auntie, please feel free to hit them. It’s not often you get living punching bags, and there’s no need to be polite. It’s good for your health to exercise more.” Luo Shu said with a laugh as she walked to one side, almost as though she were about to grab a chair to sit and watch the show.
“Sis!” Luo Shan also had a bamboo stick in her hand, and she too wanted to go up and help. But being timid by nature, she was a bit scared.
“Xiao Shan, take a trip to the Public Security Office and tell Big Brother Chen that sothing has happened here,” Luo Shu whispered to Luo Shan. Changing a person’s nature isn’t sothing that can be done in an instant.
Luo Shan, with a bit of envy, looked at Uncle Chen and Aunt Chen, who were ‘exercising,’ and nodded. She put down the bamboo stick and walked away. Actually, she really wanted to know what it felt like to hit soone, but she just didn’t have the courage.
Neighbors who heard the commotion ca out too, and they were a bit stunned to see Aunt Chen and Uncle Chen beating people with bamboo sticks.
“Old Chen, what’s going on? Who are these people?”
“They’re the local ruffians, not good folks,” Uncle Chen kept moving as he spoke breathlessly to Uncle Zhang. And really, even though it was tiring, it felt pretty good.
“Luo Shu said it’s good for the elderly to exercise more, so everyone please don’t hold back. Co on up and join in,” Aunt Chen stopped and cheerfully waved to the people around, inviting them to join in. Most of the young people in the alley had gone to work in the factory, leaving primarily elders like themselves at ho.
“Good idea! I’m going to find a stick.”
“Grab one for too!”
“I want in!” With such a rare opportunity, everyone seed eager to try.
Upon hearing this, the hooligans just cried. What on earth was going on? They ca to teach others a lesson, not to be taught one themselves.
Lin Yu leaned back on the sofa, cracking sunflower seeds and watching TV. The thought that her brother had promised to help her teach Luo Shu a lesson filled her with joy.
“Bang!” The door was kicked open.
Startled, Lin Yu jumped up from the sofa and saw Ma Zhenhai stride in, his face twisted with rage. Pointing at him, she scolded, “Are you out of your mind? Doors aren’t free to fix, you know?”
Ma Zhenhai walked up to Lin Yu and slapped her face. “I’m crazy? You must be the crazy one! Do you want to keep Yifan in a coma for the rest of his life? How could I have married such a foolish woman?”
He had been dealing with official work in his office that afternoon when Chen Zhihe ca in with several thugs who looked miserable. They told him that those thugs were sent by his brother-in-law, Lin Tianfu, to teach Luo Shu a lesson. He imdiately called his brother-in-law to find out the situation and discovered it was all his wife’s doing.
“You hit ?” Lin Yu covered her face, looking at Ma Zhenhai in disbelief. Since their marriage, he had always been very accommodating, never raising his voice at her, let alone hitting her. Now he hit her for soone who was nothing to him, how could she bear it? Her hatred for Luo Shu deepened; she would not let Luo Shu get away with this.
Taking a deep breath, Ma Zhenhai looked at Lin Yu and said slowly, “If slapping you can wake you up, I don’t mind doing it a few more tis. Lin Yu, I have indulged you over the years, not because I’m afraid of you, but because you are my wife. I thought you were considerate, but you’ve disappointed this ti!”
“Fine! If that’s how it is, then let’s get a divorce,” Lin Yu angrily threatened. She didn’t believe Ma Zhenhai would dare divorce her.
Ma Zhenhai looked at Lin Yu for a long while, pursed his lips tightly, and said, “Tomorrow morning, I’ll wait for you at the registry office!” After that, he turned and walked away. Yifan was his son; he must do everything he can to wake him up, and no one should get in his way.
Lin Yu blankly watched Ma Zhenhai’s retreating figure until the sound of the door closing brought her back to reality. She swept everything from the coffee table onto the floor in a frenzy, threw herself onto the sofa, and burst into loud sobs, “Ma Zhenhai, you bastard! You want to divorce , you’ll never get your wish in this lifeti! Wuu wuu wuu…”
After crying for a long ti, Lin Yu gradually cald down and wiped the tears from her face. “No, I must go to Ma Zhenhai, I can’t get a divorce.” Having been married to him for so many years, she knew what kind of person he was; once he made a decision, it was hard to change his mind.
Standing up, she washed her face in the bathroom and hurried out the door.
It wasn’t until Lin Yu arrived at the Public Security Office that she found out Ma Zhenhai hadn’t co back at all.
“What shall I do now? It’s getting dark; where could he be? It can’t be that he’s got another woman outside, and that’s why he wants to divorce ?” The more Lin Yu thought about it, the more likely it seed, making her even more anxious.
Rembering that Ma Zhenhai always listened to her father, Lin Yu quickly headed to her parents’ house.
The Lin Family in Cloud City was an influential clan. Because of this, the daughters of the Lin Family were all well-married. The youngest daughter, Lin Yue, even married a high official from Jinchen, which elevated the Lin Family’s status even more.
Seeing her eldest daughter co ho crying, Lin Qiansheng had an idea of what had happened. He had been nearby when Ma Zhenhai called his son in the afternoon, so he roughly knew the course of events.
“Dad… I don’t want a divorce… You have to stand up for …” Whimpering pitifully, Lin Yu looked at her father with tears streaming down her face.
“Zhenhai has really gone too far this ti, to think of divorcing Xiao Yu for soone unrelated. Old man, you must stand up for Xiao Yu. And as for that Luo Shu, we cannot let her off easily. Knowing so dical skills doesn’t make her great, and yet she dares to provoke our Lin Family,” Li Xiangqin said, patting Lin Yu’s back with a pained expression, speaking with indignation to Lin Qiansheng. Her daughter was her pampered child; she couldn’t let outsiders bully her.
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