She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

Zhu Wenying slowly raised her head and looked at Old Lady Yin standing by the door with her lifeless eyes, which were now just slits. She looked like the one who had been beaten, so what kind of blind person could say such things?

She tried to speak, but the movement pulled at her swollen face, making her wince in pain. She looked more like she was threatening Old Mrs. Yin.

Grandma Yin was even angrier. What kind of miserable life had her good friend Yue'e been living?

She was indignant. "Wenying, I'm not trying to criticize you, but what you did was really too much. Your in-laws are elders, after all. Even if you have disagreements sometimes, you can't hit people. Besides, your mother-in-law has been incredibly good to you. Have you ever done any housework since you married into the family? Hasn't your mother-in-law done it all?"

“Go outside and see, which mother-in-law can do what your mother-in-law does? You can bring things back to your parents' house, and she never says anything. Besides going to work at the factory, she does housework and takes care of your children. When you were pregnant with Baoyuan, she would get up in the middle of the night in winter and make you something to eat. What more could you ask for?”

Grandma Xia was initially a little guilty, but when she heard Grandma Yin helping her as always, and thought of her tragic past life, she felt wronged.

Yes, she was so good to them in her past life, how could they treat her like that?

Grandma Xia, feeling wronged by her past life, choked up, covered her face, and cried silently.

The neighbors who were discussing what had happened in their family overheard Old Mrs. Yin's words and were completely enlightened. So that's the truth. Although it was outrageous that the daughter-in-law had beaten up her father-in-law, mother-in-law, and husband all in one day, it seemed somewhat expected when it happened in the Chen family and to Zhu Wenying.

Seeing Old Mrs. Xia crying so bitterly again, the other elderly women of her generation felt a strange sense of empathy. If they had met Zhu Wenying, they might have cried even more bitterly than Old Mrs. Xia.

Who is Zhu Wenying? She's the most notorious daughter-in-law in their compound! In other families, it's the wicked mother-in-law who torments the daughter-in-law, but in the Chen family, it's Zhu Wenying who torments the all-powerful mother-in-law.

“Sister-in-law Wenying, you’ve gone too far. Aunt Xia is such a good person, and you actually hit her.”

"Yes, Aunt Xia finally couldn't take it anymore and complained to your parents. I know you're unhappy, but you can't take it out on Brother Xiangdong and Uncle Chen."

"Is it because Aunt Xia exposed her beating her mother-in-law during the day, and she's afraid to hit Aunt Xia anymore, that she's resorting to violence against Brother Xiang Dong and Uncle Chen?"

"But Zhu Wenying was also beaten badly. Weren't they fighting each other?"

"The two grown men probably felt embarrassed to fight back against the woman, otherwise they wouldn't have been beaten like this. Look how badly they were beaten; they must have been forced to fight back."

"Chen Xiangdong is really unlucky to have married a wife like this."

"Yue'e, don't cry. If you ever feel wronged in the future, come to me."

“Yes, Aunt Xia, if Zhu Wenying continues to behave badly, tell me. I work in the same workshop as her, and I will tell the factory leaders that our factory cannot keep such a vicious person.”

Seeing that everyone thought she had hit someone, Zhu Wenying was so angry that she even tightened her grip on the child. Just as she was about to retort despite the pain, Baoyuan cried out in pain, "Mommy, it hurts so much!"

Old Mrs. Yin's eyes widened. "Zhu Wenying, you vicious woman! You even harm your own son! Are you even human?"

Zhu Wenying gathered her strength and roared, "I didn't hit her, it was her, she hit us!"

After saying that, he felt his face and mouth hurt even more. Damn old woman, she really beat them to death.

"Zhu Wenying, you can't even make up a decent lie. We believe you when you say Aunt Xia hits outsiders, but I absolutely do not believe you hit her."

"That's right, that's right. Yue'e is so protective of her own. She even makes us lose face if we say a bad word about you. You say she beat you up? She beat up all three of you by herself? I'd rather believe that my good-for-nothing husband became a high-ranking official."

"Aunt Wang, you'll probably be hoping Uncle Zhang will become a high-ranking official in your next life."

"Hahaha, then I'll believe Zhu Wenying's nonsense in my next life."

Zhu Wenying was furious: "If you don't believe me, ask Xiang Dong, and my father-in-law too."

Chen Xiangdong nodded with difficulty.

Old Chen kept his head down, neither nodding nor shaking his head, not even giving them a glance.

The crowd was even more skeptical, their gazes towards Chen Xiangdong growing increasingly disdainful. What kind of man was this? Although it's true that most men "forget their mothers after getting married," his wife had already beaten his parents like this, and he, as the son, was still blindly siding with her. How utterly pathetic was he?

Grandma Yin knew that her best friend's favorite son was this eldest son, so she didn't want to criticize him openly, for fear that Grandma Xia would break off their friendship.

After holding it in for a long time, she finally said, "Xiangdong, your mother... she's had a tough time. Please be kind to her, she's suffering a lot inside."

Chen Xiangdong pointed at Old Lady Xia and shouted at her fiercely with difficulty, "Mom, say something!"

Grandma Xia was still immersed in the humiliations of her past life, crying uncontrollably. Hearing this voice, she trembled, saw her son being pointed at and whispered about by others, and heard the neighbors' gossip. She finally realized that they had misunderstood.

Grandma Xia stammered in a hoarse voice, "Yes... hiccup... I hit them, I hit them."

She was crying so hard that she even hiccuped while speaking.

What a tragedy! Old Mrs. Yin felt even more sorry for Old Mrs. Xia. Back in the countryside, she had never suffered as much as Old Mrs. Xia, being bullied like this by the younger generation, and having to take the blame and be the one to shoulder the responsibility for her son's every word. It was so pitiful.

Everyone else fell silent, but upon closer inspection, it became clear that no one believed that Old Lady Xia had hit the person; they all thought that Old Lady Xia had been threatened by her son.

Chen Xiangdong, how could he treat his own mother like this? He's not human.

Hearing his mother admit it, Chen Xiangdong finally breathed a sigh of relief; he had almost been wrongly accused. He didn't see the expressions of the others at all; his swollen eyes left him with no energy to observe them.

Everyone should just keep quiet. Anyway, the fact is that his mother beat all three of them up badly.

Chen Xiangdong staggered and pulled his wife along, "Wenying, let's go back inside and lie down, my body hurts too much."

He turned to Grandma Xia and said irritably, "Mom, if you still consider me your son, then get us some medicine. We won't be able to go to work for the next few days, and we'll have to ask for leave. It's all your fault. I don't know what's wrong with you."

He left those words behind, then helped his wife and carried the child back home. Poor old Chen was left sitting there, lost in thought.

The neighbors glanced at old Chen, who was sitting pitifully on the stool, then turned to look at old Xia, who was being pulled by the hand by old Mrs. Yin, wiping away her tears.

This son was born in vain.

He only cares about his wife and son, completely ignoring his parents.

Actually, Chen Xiangdong wasn't truly indifferent; he even felt he had been extremely filial that day. He felt that he and Zhu Wenying were too badly injured to take care of Old Chen, so he could only take care of himself first, then take his crying son away, making it much easier for his mother to care for his father.

However, he didn't say it out loud. He thought his mother knew what he was thinking. After all, his mother's favorite saying was that she had a filial eldest son. No matter what he did that was brought up by others, it would always end up being about how he was a filial son, even if what he did had nothing to do with filial piety.

Therefore, Chen Xiangdong had complete faith that his mother would clear his name of all his bad reputation. As for whether she herself was taking the blame, Chen Xiangdong didn't care.

The neighbors cursed for a while longer, but when they saw Old Lady Xia take a bottle of safflower oil out of the house, they all sighed inwardly how many good deeds Old Chen must have done in his past life to be able to marry such a good wife as Old Lady Xia in this life.

Seeing that Grandma Xia was still heartbroken, but couldn't bear to see Old Chen's headache, she wiped away her tears with her sleeve while preparing to apply medicine to Old Chen's head.

What a perfect wife!

The neighbors were both envious and felt that Old Mrs. Xia was too weak-willed, no wonder she was so easily controlled by her family. If she continued to be so soft-hearted, she would have a lot of hard times ahead of her.

Grandma Xia just felt that Old Chen was too old, and if his injuries were serious, he would have to go to the hospital and spend money, which was not worthwhile.

Since her rebirth, she has tried her best not to feel sorry for her family anymore; she wants to live for herself in this life.