In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

"Snapped!"

The burning pain on her cheek made Su Zhizhi open her eyes suddenly. She looked blankly at the angry woman in front of her and subconsciously touched the small box in her arms.

Wasn't she hit by a car while getting the universal capsule? Why is she not in the hospital now but here instead?

Seeing Su Zhizhi looking at her in confusion, the woman became even angrier. She cursed and raised her hand again, "You dirty bitch, get down on your knees and kowtow to your second aunt!"

Second aunt? Kowtow?

Su Zhizhi was even more shocked. Seeing that the slap was about to fall, she subconsciously took a step back to avoid the action. At the same time, a flood of memories instantly flooded into Su Zhizhi's mind.

The body's owner shared her name, and her father was the current Minister of Revenue. He had recently been accused of embezzling military rations and sentenced to death, with his entire family exiled. Her eldest and second uncles, believing her father's fault, constantly harassed her and her mother. To protect her, her mother had no choice but to find a live-in son-in-law for the original owner.

Just now, Second Aunt Li lost a hairpin and insisted that the original owner stole it, so First Aunt Zhou wanted to teach her a lesson without any reason. As luck would have it, Su Zhizhi traveled through time and took the blame for the original owner.

Touching her red, swollen, and burning cheeks, Su Zhizhi was speechless. As someone born in a high-tech age, she had thought it was unfortunate to live in an era of resource scarcity. But now it seemed even more unfortunate to be in a car accident and then travel back in time to an ancient world with a family of extremely bad relatives.

However, before Su Zhizhi could curse, Li Shi saw that she dared to hide. She secretly gritted her teeth and pinched herself, tears streaming down her face. "Sister Zhi, I don't blame you for stealing my hairpin, but it's my dowry! I usually lock it up and don't want to wear it. Auntie, please, just give it back to me!"

As she spoke, Li covered her face with her hands, looking as if she was about to faint.

Zhou was already furious that Su Zhizhi dodged the slap, and now seeing this, she became even more aggressive: "You cheap bastard, you still think you're the precious Miss Su! If you still have any sense of shame, kneel down immediately and return the hairpin to the second wife!"

Su Zhizhi was already angry, and now she was not polite: "You said I stole the hairpin, do you have any evidence? You said that the hairpin was locked up by you, how could I have stolen it!"

Li said aggrievedly, "Maybe you stole my key."

Mrs. Zhou sneered, "The Second House and your family are always at loggerheads. You're full of resentment and want to steal her things to vent your anger. What evidence do you need?"

Su Zhizhi clapped her hands: "You're right, then why didn't I just steal her things and poison her directly?"

Zhou suddenly choked, her cheeks twitching, and she wished she could tear Su Zhizhi's mouth apart: "How dare you! You are simply a traitor! If you really didn't steal the hairpin from the second wife, then produce evidence to prove your innocence!"

Su Zhizhi almost wanted to laugh. She stood up, slammed the table, and said sternly, "Whoever questions it must provide evidence! Why do you want me to prove my innocence instead of asking Second Aunt to produce evidence?! The Su family is a century-old family of scholars. Can our ancestral rules allow us to wrongfully accuse someone like this?!"

"well said!"

Zhou's fingers trembled with anger. She was about to use the old lady as a backer when a voice interrupted her. The three of them looked in the direction of the sound and saw a handsome man striding towards them. His peach blossom eyes should have been full of love and affection, but when he saw the red marks on Su Zhizhi's face, they instantly turned cold.

He quickly stood in front of Su Zhizhi, looking at Zhou and Li with a cold gaze: "Two aunts, you attacked my wife without knowing the truth. You really don't take the third wife seriously!"

Su Zhizhi was stunned. Is this her cheap husband?

Zhou looked at the other person with contempt and did not take the man seriously.

"Xie Chengjin, you are just a son-in-law, what qualifications do you have to act so presumptuous in front of us!"

Xie Chengjin's gentle eyes were now as white as frost. He stared at Zhou's hand and said in a low voice, "Since I am Zhizhi's husband, I should protect her. Besides, this matter has nothing to do with my wife. If you two aunts want to accuse me, you must have evidence!"

Mrs. Li had been playing the pitiful role, but now, seeing Xie Chengjin backing Su Zhizhi up, she couldn't care less. "Chengjin, you've just married into the family, so you don't know Zhizhi's temper. She's usually spoiled and willful, vindictive, and often disrespectful to her elders. If she weren't like that, we wouldn't be suspicious of her."

"If it really wasn't Sister Zhi'er's doing, then let her prove her innocence. If we encounter this kind of thing again in the future, we won't involve her, right?"

Li's words sounded good, but every word was a bad mouth for Su Zhizhi. Su Zhizhi's mouth twitched, and she was about to start mocking him, but was stopped by Xie Chengjin. His narrow eyes flashed with mockery, and his thin lips curled slightly: "That's what my second aunt said. It's a coincidence that I just came from the market and actually found some evidence."

As he spoke, Xie Chengjin took out a pawnshop receipt, and Li's face changed instantly when she saw it.

"This afternoon, I saw Second Aunt take a box to the pawnshop. Out of curiosity, I followed her in to take a look. As soon as I came back, I heard that the hairpin was lost. To avoid any misunderstanding, I went to the pawnshop and asked the owner for the pawn ticket. Second Aunt, take a look. Is this the gold-threaded, embroidered, and jeweled hairpin you lost as written on the ticket?"

Su Zhizhi took the ticket. It was clearly written in black and white, and there was something else on it. Su Zhizhi's eyes rolled, and she suddenly turned around and slapped Li!

This confused Zhou and Li. Before they could react and start shouting, Su Zhizhi shook the pawn ticket and shouted, "Looks like someone is crying thief? By the way, I want to ask Second Aunt, why is the jade pendant of First Aunt also written on the pawn ticket?"

Zhou's eyes widened upon hearing this. She didn't bother to argue with Su Zhizhi. She snatched the pawn ticket and took a look. Her cheeks trembled with anger. She immediately raised her hand and slapped Li in the face: "Shameless thief! It's bad enough that you slandered the third wife, but you actually stole from me!"

Li wailed and immediately started a fight with Zhou. The false accusation instantly turned into a dog-eat-dog fight. Su Zhizhi tutted, "I don't think this will end well. Why don't I ask Grandma to judge the matter?"

Hearing that they would disturb the old lady, Li immediately flinched. Zhou took the opportunity to kick her twice, completely losing her usual calm demeanor. She was furious and had originally wanted to take this opportunity to give Su Zhizhi a good beating, but she hadn't expected that this idiot Li was not only doing dirty things, but also setting her sights on their eldest wife!

So she pulled Li's hair and said sternly, "Sister Zhi is right. Come on! Today I'll take you to the old lady to seek justice!"

Amidst Li's wailing, the two men tore themselves out of the house. Su Zhizhi felt much better after having avenged herself.

"Zhizhi, are you okay?"

Suddenly, a cool fingertip touched the burning spot on her face. Su Zhizhi subconsciously turned her head to look, and the slender hand rested on her lips. Their eyes met, and Xie Chengjin slowly lowered his head, his face like a banished immortal slowly melting into a hint of warmth.

Su Zhizhi suddenly felt her heart skip a beat. She watched the man slowly withdraw his hand. His white jade fingertips were still stained with lip balm, now hidden by the wide, cloud-patterned sleeves, as if hiding their secret. Su Zhizhi couldn't look away for a moment, and it took a long time for her to speak.

"Just now...thank you very much."

Xie Chengjin chuckled, looking completely different from his aggressive demeanor just now: "We are husband and wife, why bother thanking me?"

A gentle voice like floating clouds fell into Su Zhizhi's ears, and she suddenly felt that it would be nice to have such a helper around.