After Zhou Huaian returned and heard Lin Wanning's suggestion, he looked at Fang Qin, who was emaciated and pregnant.
Without hesitation, he nodded in agreement. "Okay, then you two just wait for good news from me at home tomorrow."
...
The next day, dawn was just breaking.
Fang Qin couldn't sleep anymore. "No, I still want to go with you. Otherwise, I'll never be able to let go of all the grievances I've suffered for so long."
Those days in her natal family were truly the darkest moments of her life.
She would never forget those cold remarks and the inhumane days. Moreover, this time when she went, it wasn't just to vent her resentment.
She also wanted to completely sever this relationship. If they didn't write a letter to cut off kinship, she could feel that those bloodsuckers would surely find all kinds of excuses to leech off her.
"Okay, I'll go with you."
Lin Wanning fully supported her sister - in - law. Her family had fallen from grace, and seeing her eldest sister - in - law being bullied like this made her feel extremely sad.
Wasn't this clearly bullying the Lin family for their downfall?
Zhou Huaian, who had already prepared breakfast, saw the two of them going to settle the score with great determination.
He didn't know what to say. One was an injured person, and the other was a pregnant woman. They still wanted to go and settle the score with others.
"Have your breakfast first. I'll drive you there later."
Lin Wanning and Fang Qin exchanged a smile. Fortunately, there was a military fiancé. Their confidence unconsciously increased a bit.
When they arrived at the scene, the two of them really felt more confident. Moreover, Zhou Huaian drove there and even brought two assistants with him just to be safe.
They wouldn't fight. Their whole task was to protect Lin Wanning and Fang Qin.
Old Lady Liu, Old Man Fang, Fang Qin's two younger brothers, and their wives had never seen such a scene in their lives.
A dozen hooligans were sitting in the main hall of their house. They were all sitting with their legs crossed, smoking cigarettes, and eating the melon seeds and peanuts that the Fang family had provided.
Fang Qin saw that everyone in the Fang family was acting submissively, silently serving tea and water. They had none of the arrogance they had shown when they used to order her around like a dog.
Just as Old Lady Liu was serving tea to one of the hooligans, she saw her eldest daughter Fang Qin coming back.
In an instant, her face broke into a smile like a chrysanthemum in full bloom. "Oh, my daughter is back. Come in and sit down quickly. You know, it's just a mother - daughter quarrel. Why take it so seriously? Look at your friends. They've made such a mess of our house!"
Fang Qin snorted. "A quarrel? Is going to the hospital to have an abortion also a quarrel? It's really a big joke!"
Lin Wanning just shook her head when she heard this.
"I sent you to the hospital to have an abortion for your own good. You're divorced. You can't just keep relying on your natal family for food and shelter, right? And that Lin Zhiyuan is no different from a convict. He's definitely not coming back. As a mother, I have to think about your future. What if I'm gone? You can't be alone for the rest of your life, can you?"
When Lin Wanning and Fang Qin heard this, they were so angry that their faces almost turned green.
Lin Wanning didn't even want to say a single word to this disgusting person. Instead, she directly ordered the hooligans sitting in the main hall.
"Smash it! Smash everything to pieces, whether it's useful or not."
The Lin family might have fallen from grace, but they were all honest people. When did they ever have anything to do with convicts?
Fang Qin felt the same way. Her husband was a man of good character and great learning. How could her mother describe the man she loved so deeply as a convict?
Moreover, if it weren't for meeting such a wonderful man as Lin Zhiyuan, Fang Qin wouldn't even know what true love was.
Thinking of this, she quickly followed behind Lin Wanning and echoed, "Yes, smash it!"
After saying that, she picked up a hammer on the ground. With her big belly, she walked into the firewood shed next to the house and started smashing the adobe wall one hammer after another.
Lin Wanning was afraid that something might happen to her sister - in - law, so she quickly walked up to her and snatched the hammer away.
But just as she stepped into the firewood shed, one of the walls in front "boomed" and collapsed, raising a cloud of dust.
Everything inside was now exposed.
In one corner of the floor, there was a layer of straw, and on the straw was a thin quilt.
On the other side, there was a chipped bowl with a pair of chopsticks on it.
Two pairs of shabby cloth shoes with holes big enough to show the thumbs were placed next to the broken bowl.
Everyone on the scene was shocked into silence. At this moment, they all knew how much suffering Fang Qin had endured here.
Lin Wanning stood there in a daze. Was this Fang family even human?
Zhou Huaian's face was so gloomy that it seemed to drip water. He took a deep breath, stepped forward, and took the hammer from Fang Qin's hand.
"Sister - in - law, you rest first. I'll do it."
Under Zhou Huaian's hammer, the firewood shed quickly collapsed into a pile of ruins.
At this moment, Fang Qin couldn't help but burst out laughing. She laughed at herself for being so unlucky in choosing her family, and also laughed at the humiliation she had endured, which would finally be torn apart by her own hands.
They got the money and the household register. On their way back, Lin Wanning didn't let go of those hooligans who had hurt her.
They had agreed to help her with the matter, and all previous grudges would be wiped out. But Lin Wanning didn't care. She just wanted to turn them in.
Just like that, all those hooligans were sent to prison by Lin Wanning.
Lin Wanning also repeatedly told them to bring the mastermind to justice.
...
On the train...
Lin Wanning was sitting by the window. Her sister - in - law was sitting opposite her. Zhou Huaian unceremoniously sat right next to Lin Wanning.
When the train started making the "clank... clank..." sound, they heard a crisp female voice. "Brother Zhou, what a coincidence! I didn't expect that we'd be on the same train going to Heilongjiang Province and even in the same carriage."
Zhou Huaian and Lin Wanning both looked up in surprise. When they saw Song Shuyao, their expressions froze for a moment.
Lin Wanning had heard that Song Shuyao was coming, but she never thought that she would buy a ticket for the same train as them.
As for Zhou Huaian, he had never really paid much attention to Song Shuyao. In his eyes, their interactions were just normal ones between neighbors in the compound.
But why did Song Shuyao suddenly sign up to go to Heilongjiang Province?
Her parents had been there for more than a decade. If she wanted to go, she shouldn't have waited until now.
Zhou Huaian was a former scout. Although he wasn't very sensitive about love between men and women, he still had a bit of a feeling about this.
Thinking of this, he didn't greet Song Shuyao as politely as before. Instead, he nodded with a deliberate sense of distance.
After greeting Song Shuyao, Zhou Huaian immediately put the peeled oranges in front of Lin Wanning. "Try them. See if they're sour."