Three Women in the Cage

Since their last meal together, Liu Chunxiang and Zhang Sanmao seemed to be getting closer, while his relationship with Yang Yu, seemingly instigated by Zhang's mother and Zhang Sanmao, had become increasingly distant. Whenever he came over, he no longer looked for Yang Yu, but went straight to Zhang Sanmao, avoiding even eye contact with Yang Yu.

Because of the instigation of Zhang's mother and Zhang Sanmao, Yang Yulian and Liu Chunxiang no longer had the opportunity to talk to each other in private. Yang Yu became powerless to stop them from interacting, so she wanted to find out what her parents' attitude was.

That day, Yang Yu said hello to Zhang Erfa, saying that she was going back to her parents' home, and then packed up and left. When she arrived at her parents' village, Yang Yu did not go back first, but took a detour to Liu Chunxiang's home. When she arrived, Liu Chunxiang's parents seemed to be getting ready to go out.

Yang Yu was the first to greet them, "Uncle, Aunt, are you getting ready to go to work?" Liu Chunxiang's parents were startled at first when they heard the voice, and then said, "It's Xiaoyu, I haven't seen you for a while, are you back to visit?" "Yes, it's been a while, so I thought of coming back to see you. By the way, where's Chunxiang? I came to talk to her."

It would have been fine if they hadn't said it, but once they did, Liu Chunxiang's parents realized, "By the way, hasn't she been coming to your place recently, saying that she wants to learn abacus from you so that she can get a job as an accountant? How come you're back, but he didn't come back with you?" Liu Chunxiang's parents looked at Yang Yu with confusion.

Yang Yu pretended to be surprised and said, "She came to see me a few days ago, but she didn't ask me to teach her how to count the abacus. I had a lot of things to do at home and didn't have the chance to learn. She just came to talk to me about daily life. In the past few days, she didn't come to see me much. Instead, she learned how to dig out bird nests from my brother-in-law. My brother-in-law is not very busy. I advised Chunxiang not to get too close to him. However, Chunxiang seemed to be angry with me, so I didn't know what to say. I thought my uncles and aunts knew something, so I came here today to ask her. Uncles and aunts, she is back, you can talk to her, I'll leave first." After that, Yang Yu left.

Liu Chunxiang's parents were at a loss. They hadn't even known about this. It was one thing for their daughter to lie, but for an unmarried girl to be fooling around with a man was outrageous. The problem was that her husband's family was from the same village. They'd heard they were broke, with many brothers and plenty of gossip—not a good place to live. They couldn't let their daughter get involved, thinking they'd lock her up inside and teach her a lesson when she got home.

After Yang Yu had dinner at her mother's house, she prepared to go back. On the way back, it was almost dark, and she returned to the village by moonlight. At this time, every household had lit kerosene lamps, and sporadic light shone through the windows. Although it was not bright, it was a little light in the dark night.

Entering the courtyard, the house was serenely quiet, lit only by the dim glow of a kerosene lamp. The usually quiet evening seemed unusually deserted. Confused, Yang Yu pushed open the living room door. It creaked open, letting in the light of several kerosene lamps. Following the light, he saw a row of people sitting quietly inside. Zhang's father, mother, Zhang Erfa, and several of his brothers-in-law all looked sullenly at Yang Yu standing in the doorway.

Before Yang Yu could react, a cold question came over, "It's you who's gossiping!"

"You really can't stand me being good?"

"How am I bothering you?"

After three questions, each one tinged with venom, Yang Yu finally recognized the person asking them. Zhang Sanmao's eyes were bloodshot, and he stared at her fiercely. Seeing this, Yang Yu guessed something. She hadn't expected it to happen so quickly. She figured she'd barely finished explaining this to Liu Chunxiang's parents when they came and took him away.

After knowing the whole story, Yang Yu did not hide it and said with a sneer, "What's wrong with me? Don't forget that she is from the same village as me, she is my sister. She came to me in the beginning, but you deceived her with bad intentions. I just want to tell my uncle and aunt to prevent you..."

With a "bang", before he could finish his words, Yang Yu was kicked to the ground.

Zhang Sanmao wanted to rush over viciously, but Zhang Erfa grabbed his arm. Zhang Sanmao turned to Zhang Erfa and yelled, "Brother, just because you got a wife, can't we have our own wives? It was your wife who made me lose the wife I had. If she doesn't explain it to me today, I will beat her to death." Zhang Sanmao said this relentlessly, staring at Zhang Erfa with a pair of hungry wolf eyes.

Zhang Erfa is cowardly by nature and always listens to his parents, while Zhang Sanmao has been favored by his parents at home since he was a child and has always been arrogant and domineering. He doesn't take his second brother seriously in his heart and probably looks down on him. He also doesn't take Yang Yu's so-called second sister-in-law seriously. Usually, they get along peacefully as long as their interests are not involved, but now that his reverse scale has been touched, he shows his ferocious side without caring about anything.

Facing Zhang Sanmao like this, Zhang Erfa finally said nothing, kept his head down, and did not let go of his hand. Yang Yu looked at her silent and cowardly husband, smiled, and turned to Zhang Sanmao and mocked him, "You are so disrespectful to your elders, domineering, vulgar, and useless. You want to get a wife? Do you deserve a wife?"

Hearing Yang Yu's ridicule, Zhang Sanmao immediately became red-eyed and wanted to pounce on him. Just as he was about to break free, Zhang Erfa rushed over first and slapped Yang Yu in the face without hesitation.

With a "slap", everyone was stunned. Yang Yu covered the slap mark on his face. This was the second time. This was the second time Zhang Erfa slapped him. The burning feeling on his face was far less painful than the feeling from his heart.

Tears flowed from the corners of Yang Yu's eyes. She raised her eyes, looked at Zhang Erfa with a dead heart, and yelled, "You hit me again. This is the second time you hit me. You said you would never hit me again. Is this the promise you made to me?"

Zhang Erfa looked at Yang Yu, still choosing to remain silent and lower his head. However, Zhang Sanmao continued to spit, "If you dare to gossip about me in front of Chunxiang again, I will beat you to death." After saying this, he spitted in disgust and turned to leave.

Yang Yu is also a stubborn person. At this moment, he vented without caring about anything, "Come on, if you have the guts, beat me to death in front of everyone today. If you can't kill me, I will definitely stop her from marrying you, a scumbag who beats his brother's sister-in-law."

Zhang Sanmao, who had just turned around, suddenly rushed over as soon as Yang Yu finished speaking, sat on Yang Yu and swung his fist, hitting her face violently, shouting as he hit her, "Fuck, today I'm going to teach my second brother a lesson about you, you bitch. I've been putting up with you for a long time." He beat her ruthlessly. Hearing her screams, Zhang's parents, fearing someone would die, asked their brothers-in-law to help pull them apart. Zhang Erfa only realized it later and dragged Yang Yu into the bedroom.

At this moment, Yang Yu's face was already bruised and swollen. He finally burst into tears and yelled at Zhang Erfa, "You coward, you watch your brother beat your wife like this, but you dare not say a word. You only dare to bully me in your family. I look down on you."

"You deserve a beating. If I don't teach you a lesson, you won't behave yourself. Who the hell asked you to get involved in Sanmao's affairs?" Zhang Erfa scolded loudly without any regret.

"A bastard like him is not worthy of my good sister marrying him. Dream on." Yang Yu continued to yell as if she was not afraid of being heard outside.

Zhang Erfa was afraid that Zhang Sanmao would come in and keep pestering him, and he was also afraid that his parents would nag him, so he could only threaten, "If you don't shut your stinky mouth, I'll beat you up again."

Yang Yu looked at Zhang Erfa in disbelief, then suddenly smiled and said to him, "You are a coward who only dares to beat your wife. If someone else beats your wife, you would be scared to death first. Hahaha, you coward, coward, fool, hahaha."

Yang Yu cried and laughed, laughed and cried, feeling that she had married a piece of crap. Zhang Erfa listened to her insults, and his poor self-esteem seemed to be hit. He was also afraid that his younger brother would think he couldn't control his wife, and he was even more afraid that his parents would say he was a coward. Finally, in the face of Yang Yu's constant ridicule, he also swung his fists and beat and kicked Yang Yu mercilessly.

As he beat her, he said, "See if I can't subdue you today, I'll teach you to be foul-mouthed and arrogant." Zhang Erfa also beat her ruthlessly. Yang Yu lay on the ground, looking at the ceiling with a dead heart. The so-called parents-in-law and brother-in-law outside finally stood by and watched, listening to the movement inside.

At this moment, Yang Yu finally felt ashamed...