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

He was put in a difficult position when pressured by Old Lady Xia.

Yu's mother could no longer maintain her dignified image; it vanished the moment Old Lady Xia told her son to marry into the woman's family. Seeing that Old Lady Xia was still pressuring her son, and that he was hesitating instead of immediately refusing, she lost all reason. With a swift movement, she overturned Old Lady Xia's table, sending the bowls and uneaten meat and fish tumbling to the ground.

"What is Chen Xianghong? She's lucky she even got to enter my house. Your ancestors' graves must be emitting auspicious smoke. Your family is dirt poor and you still dream of such a thing. Why don't you just fly to the moon? You want my son to marry into the family? I'll have my old Yu shoot you all, believe it or not?"

The table was violently overturned, and Chen Xiangbei lost his balance and fell to the ground. His hand landed on a shard of broken bowl, and he bled instantly.

He raised his hand mournfully, feeling utterly unlucky. How many good things did he eat all year round? He had finally managed to eat something nice to replenish his body at his second brother's wedding banquet yesterday, and now, all that bleeding had stopped in an instant. He pouted, "Mom!"

The moment she overturned the table, Old Lady Xia rushed over and slapped her five or six times, knocking her to the ground. Then she climbed on top of her and started hitting her face.

"What makes you so noble? If you want to shoot me, shoot me on the head. Do you think I, Old Lady Xia, am afraid of death? If you have the guts, pull out your gun. Today, either I die or you die."

"The country gave you weapons to fight the enemy, but you've turned your guns on us ordinary people. How come you're so capable? Today I'll see if your man has the guts to fire this gun."

"You're still being arrogant with me? So what if I hit you right now? If I get shot here today, none of you will leave this house either. We'll all die together."

Grandma Xia beat Yu's mother mercilessly. How could Yu's mother, a pampered woman who only knew how to gossip and scheme behind people's backs, possibly beat her? After a long time, her hair was disheveled, her face was swollen, and her whole body ached. At first, she was cursing and swearing, but later she could only shout, "Old Yu, save me."

Yu's father rushed over, seemingly to separate them or to help beat up Old Lady Xia. As he took his first step, Chen Xiangnan and Old Chen grabbed him and were then beaten.

Yu Hongzhen tried to pull his father away, and Chen Xianghong tried to pull his mother away, but the enraged Yu father was not so easy to separate. Old Chen and Chen Xiangnan couldn't hold him back and were hit by a lot of punches. Their tempers flared up, and they started fighting with Yu's father, a soldier, without any regard for their own moves.

Chen Xiangbei shouted again, "Dad!"

He realized that Grandma Xia didn't need his help at all, so he rushed over and joined his father's fighting group. The three of them were still a bit outmatched against Yu's father.

It wasn't until Old Lady Xia had a moment to kick Yu's father hard in the lower body that a scream pierced the roof of Old Chen's house. Yu's father clutched that spot and knelt down.

The room fell silent. Yu Hongzhen and the other men present seemed to share the same feeling and swallowed hard.

Old Chen recalled the long-standing legend circulating in their compound, a shadow over all men. Now... the scene was repeating itself, and he said that the women in their compound were absolutely not to be messed with. Fortunately, he had been more obedient lately.

Chen Xiangnan was thinking a little further. If his mother really crippled Battalion Commander Yu's father, would his mother be sent to a labor camp? Judging from how meticulous and calculating their family was, it was very likely that they were in trouble. He had just gotten married and didn't want to be affected by his mother; he wondered if they would be able to separate from the family afterward.