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

The next day, the weather outside was gloomy and muggy, with a light drizzle.

They live in the south, where summers are always rainy.

Grandma Xia tidied herself up and went to work with her second son. The others, having been beaten, needed to rest at home for a few days, so Grandma Xia asked them for leave.

Upon arriving at the factory, Grandma Xia received many scrutinizing glances. Knowing it was all due to her eldest son's family's troubles, she didn't care and went straight to the factory office, quickly obtaining leave and the necessary permits.

As she came out of the factory office, she ran into several of her close female colleagues from the workshop.

"Yue'e, we've heard about what happened in your family. Are you alright?"

"Oh my, your daughter-in-law is truly a traitor! In all my years, I've never seen a woman who beats her parents-in-law and husband."

"Even your Xiang Dong couldn't stop her?"

"I guess he's too embarrassed to get serious with a woman?"

"She even hit your husband, Old Chen. She's not human. Old Chen is such a good person. How could he have such a daughter-in-law?"

"Are you alright? I heard the screams from your house last night were terrifying."

"If you get injured, don't worry about the cost; you still need to go to the hospital to get it checked out."

Faced with their concern, Grandma Xia felt a little guilty. What did they think? It was obviously her who hit them. Afraid that people would find out later that she had made her daughter-in-law take the blame and that she had underestimated her, Grandma Xia directly admitted: "It wasn't my daughter-in-law who hit them. I was so angry that I hit them."

"You're not treating us like family anymore? Do you think we don't know your personality?"

"Exactly. If you said you argued with us and hit us, I would believe you. But if you hit your son, daughter-in-law, and husband, I absolutely will not believe it."

"With your personality, you're completely under their thumb. How could you possibly hit someone?"

"Even if we take a step back and assume that you had a fight with your daughter-in-law and hit her out of anger, and then, out of anger, Xiang Dong sided with her and hit your eldest son, you still couldn't possibly hit Old Chen, could you?"

"Look at Old Chen's face covered in injuries, how will he ever face anyone again?"

"A father-in-law being beaten by his daughter-in-law, this is truly..."

"Your daughter-in-law is really ruthless."

"I'm not trying to criticize you, but as the mother-in-law, you should stand up for yourself and teach her a lesson so she won't keep riding on your head."

"Zhu Wenying has become increasingly arrogant since she married into the family. It's one thing for her to fight with Xiang Dong and his wife, but why does she beat her mother-in-law during the day and her father-in-law at night? Will she beat people three times a day from now on?"

“If this were the old society, she wouldn’t have gotten away with it.”

"Don't even mention the old society, even now, no matter how capable a daughter-in-law is, she wouldn't be like that. I don't know how the Zhu family raised their children. I wouldn't dare let my daughter-in-law have any contact with them."

"Yes, yes, I also need to go home and remind my daughter that once she goes astray, it's hard to change her ways."

Grandma Xia said expressionlessly, "I really did hit him."

"Alright, alright, stop taking the blame for your good daughter-in-law. Let's get back to work."

"If you need any help from us, please don't hesitate to ask."

"You must take care of yourself."

Fortunately, Zhu Wenying was at home recovering from her injuries and wasn't here. If she had heard these words, she would have gone crazy on the spot.

However, if she's going crazy, she'll have even less to say about it.

Grandma Xia sniffed. She had already explained everything, and it was no one's fault if others didn't listen. It was just that Zhu Wenying was unpopular, and people thought she was the kind of person who would hit her elders and had bad character.

Grandma Xia, holding the certificate, ran into her second son on the road, and they went home together to get their luggage.

She had already explained, but they didn't believe her. There was nothing she could do. It was all because Zhu Wenying had acted so domineeringly in the past, and because she didn't even bother with appearances and treated her badly in front of outsiders.

Everyone's impression of her is that of a second daughter-in-law, and there's nothing she can do about it.