On the wedding day, my wife was abnormal

The Sixth Aunt could no longer hold back and let out an extremely suppressed, animal-like cry. She buried her face deeply in Lin Ge'er's neck, her thin shoulders shaking violently, and silent tears instantly soaked the child's collar.

Wang Youde felt as if he had been hit in the chest by a heavy hammer. He staggered back a step, his lips trembling as he tried to defend himself: "I... I was..."

"Shut up!" Fifth Aunt interrupted harshly, like an angry lioness! Her finger suddenly turned in the direction of the snake, like a venomous snake spitting out its tongue, pointing fiercely at Fourth Aunt, whose face was pale and her nails dug deep into her palm!

"And her! Fourth Sister!!" Fifth Aunt's voice was filled with hatred. "Do you think she followed you willingly?! Ask her! Ask her how those dozens of acres of prime paddy fields from her mother's family came to be in your name?!"

She approached Wang Youde, the flames of revenge burning in her eyes:

"It was you! You colluded with the county clerks! You forged the land deeds! You falsely accused her brothers from her mother's side of the family of tax evasion! You threw them into jail! You tortured them severely! You forced her sixteen-year-old brother into a corner! And finally... you finally tied him to a rock and jumped into the moat! His body wasn't even recovered!!"

The Fifth Aunt's voice broke with extreme anger, like tears of blood:

"She! She wanted to preserve the last bit of her mother's bloodline! To protect her elderly mother! That's why... that's why she had to surrender herself to you, a wolf who devours people without leaving any bones! You, a butcher with blood on your hands!!"

Fourth Auntie's whole body trembled violently. She raised her head suddenly, her eyes blazing with resentment as if it were real. She stared at Wang Youde, her teeth chattering as she squeezed out a few words: "You beast, you shall not die well!"

Wang Youde's face turned from pale to blue, and veins on his forehead bulged. He opened his mouth and made a strange "ho ho" sound in his throat, but he couldn't utter a word.

The Fifth Aunt's fingers were like a judge's pen, sweeping across the trembling concubines huddled in the corners with endless hatred:

"And them! These poor women!!" Her voice was filled with compassion and raging anger.

"Do you think they all walked into this hellhole willingly?! It's you! You, you bastard official!!"

She pointed at Wang Youde fiercely, her fingertips trembling violently with anger:

"Two years ago, there was a severe drought! You embezzled most of the grain allocated by the imperial court for disaster relief! You! You used the pretense of distributing porridge! You put up a sign next to the porridge stall! 'Those who sell their daughters will receive three dou of grain!'!!"

Tears welled up in her eyes, and her voice was filled with tearing pain:

"Them! You bought them from their starving parents with a few buckets of moldy old rice! Look at Xiao Cui! She was only fourteen years old! Less than three months after you bought her! You tortured her until she was covered in wounds! In the end, you threw her into a well! When you pulled her body out, there wasn't a single piece of good flesh on her body!"

The concubines who were pointed out could no longer hold back and hugged each other and cried bitterly. Their cries were shrill and desperate, as if accusing their hellish past.

Wang Youde's body was shaking violently, like a candle in the wind. His face was ashen and his lips were trembling, but he could not make any sound.

Fifth Aunt pointed fiercely at the ignorant children, her voice carrying a final, destructive force:

"And these children! How did their mother die?! You tortured them to death! You gave them away as gifts and then abused them to death! You... you beast in human skin! How much blood is on your hands?! How many families have you destroyed?! How many people have you harmed?!"

She became increasingly agitated as she spoke, her chest heaving violently, her voice breaking with extreme anger, like the final wail of a night owl:

"You do so many evil things! Is it for us?! For this family?! Bah!!"

She spat fiercely, and her saliva splashed on Wang Youde's pale face like hail!

"You're doing this for yourself! For your wealth and glory! For your position and power! To satisfy your filthy and selfish desires!!"

"You are greedy! You are cruel! You are vicious! You have squeezed the blood and flesh of the people of Hu County dry! You have dragged all of us into this abyss of no return!!"

"Now! You still have the nerve to come back! You still have the nerve to say you did it for us?! You still have the nerve to ask us to be grateful to you?!!"

"Wang Youde! Has your conscience been eaten by a dog?! Why don't you just die!!!"

"Wow--!!"

A sharp cry of a child filled with extreme fear suddenly rang like the final death knell!

It’s Brother Lin!

He was completely frightened by the fierce quarrel, his mother's trembling body and the fifth aunt's accusations that were like a ghost demanding his life!

He suddenly broke free from Sixth Aunt's arms, his face pale and his eyes wide open, filled with pure fear of the "person" in front of him!

He pointed at Wang Youde and cried out with all his strength:

"Bad guys! Bad guys! Mom! I'm scared! Wuuuuuu... The bad guys are coming! Beat the bad guys! Beat the bad guys! Wuuuuu..."

This cry, like the sharpest ice spike, carried the purest fear and hatred of a child, instantly pierced Wang Youde's last line of defense! He suddenly looked at the child who was crying heartbreakingly and treating him like a monster—that was his son! His own flesh and blood!

"Bad guy...bad guy..." Wang Youde muttered to himself, and his body shook violently as if all the bones were pulled out!

He staggered, barely able to stand. He looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar faces before him—his wives and concubines, who had once been obedient and fawning over him, now had only indifference, resentment, and fear in their eyes; his son, whom he cherished like a treasure, now regarded him as a monster, calling him a "bad guy"!

A huge, unprecedented sadness and despair, like a Siberian cold wave, instantly overwhelmed him completely!

All his anger, all his grievances, and all his excuses seemed so pale and powerless, so ridiculous at this moment!

It was as if he really saw himself for the first time - an ugly, dirty, and extremely evil devil!

A "bad guy" who even his own son fears and hates!

The blood color on Wang Youde's face completely drained away, leaving only a dead despair.

His back was hunched, as if all his energy had been drained away in an instant, and he looked twenty years older.

He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but only a low and hoarse whimper like a dying beast came out of his throat.

He turned around slowly and staggeringly, no longer looking at anyone, no longer saying a word. Like an empty shell without a soul, he walked towards the twilight outside the door, which was gradually sinking into darkness, step by step, with steps as heavy as lead.

That back figure stretched out in the dim afterglow, filled with endless loneliness, desolation and...complete and irretrievable disillusionment.