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

He hadn't seen Chen Xianghong much since she came back; he didn't know where she'd gone off to again. So many things had happened at home and she hadn't seen her come back.

"I went to hang out with my friends, and I came back because I ran out of money. Where's the brown sugar?" Chen Xiangbei was rummaging through the cupboard in the kitchen. He remembered there was brown sugar in there, and he wanted to drink some sweet brown sugar water.

"Stop looking through it, there's nothing left in here except sweet potatoes and potatoes." Chen Xiangnan closed the cabinet door. His family had been eating well lately, and his mother was generous with the ingredients; the brown sugar was long gone.

"Ah! I'm starving!" Chen Xiangbei squatted on the ground. "Brother, can you give me some money?"

"Dream on." Chen Xiangnan slapped his head and pulled a piece of candy from his pocket. "Here, your niece's candy, have one."

Chen Xiangbei popped the candy into his mouth and said, "Thank you, Second Brother."

He stood up, sat down, glanced at him, then lowered his head, and then glanced at him again.

"What's wrong?" Chen Xiangnan raised his eyebrows. "You're acting strange."

Chen Xiangbei hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Second brother, is my second sister-in-law home?"

Chen Xiangnan: "No, she's in the hospital."

Chen Xiangbei blushed, a mixture of anger and embarrassment, "Which...which hospital?"

Chen Xiangnan pointed southeast, "Then that one nearby."

Chen Xiangbei was in despair, feeling even the candy in his mouth taste unappetizing. He cautiously said, "Second Brother, I don't know if I didn't see clearly last night, I really can't guarantee it was Second Sister-in-law... it's just..."

Chen Xiangnan frowned. "Speak properly. Is there anything you can't say?"

Chen Xiangbei took a deep breath and lowered his head. "I saw my second sister-in-law at the hospital last night. She... she was being chased and beaten by people who said she seduced another man and was caught in the act."

After he finished speaking, he felt like he was about to die. No man could tolerate being cuckolded, absolutely no one!

His second brother... he'll be furious.

So he added, "I can't guarantee it was her, it's possible... I was mistaken, really, I think I was mistaken. My second sister-in-law is so timid, she wouldn't do such a thing."

He heard laughter overhead; his second brother's laughter was particularly terrifying, like that of a... murderer.

Chen Xiangbei was so scared that tears welled up in his eyes. Had his second brother gone mad?

Chen Xiangnan suddenly remembered the scene of Dong Chunmiao asking him for money. Before leaving, she told him not to regret it.

So, she cheated on her husband in revenge?

That woman is incredibly stupid; even if she cheated, she would have been caught immediately.

He hadn't even figured out how to get a divorce yet, and now, a reason has been handed to him.

Chen Xiangbei was startled by his second brother early in the morning. Seeing that something was wrong with him, he yelled and tried to go into his parents' bedroom to find him, but he couldn't open the door.

However, the noise was so loud that it woke up Old Chen.

"What are you yelling about?" Old Chen was already sweating and uncomfortable, and then he was woken up so early in the morning.

Upon closer inspection, wasn't this his youngest son?

Old Chen slapped his forehead. There had been too much going on these past few days, and the kid had run away from home again. They hadn't had time to look for him, and of course, most of the time they hadn't even thought about him.

Old Chen, feeling a rare surge of paternal tenderness, was just about to comfort his youngest son when he heard him say...

"Dad, it seems my second sister-in-law cheated on my second brother, and she was caught in bed with him."

Old Chen's vision went black on the spot. "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll beat you to death!"

Chen Xiangbei immediately scurried behind his second brother. "I'm not lying. I saw it at the hospital. They were fighting fiercely. My sister-in-law had a large patch of hair torn off."

Old Chen's hands trembled. "Are you sure?"

Chen Xiangbei: "Of course..."

Before he could finish speaking, he remembered his poor, cuckolded second brother and, not daring to be too certain, changed the subject, saying, "...I'm not entirely sure, maybe I'm mistaken."

So, Old Chen chased him all over the courtyard, yelling, "You're spouting nonsense about things you haven't even confirmed! I might as well just beat you to death!"

Chen Xiangbei felt utterly wronged.

With such a commotion, the whole family gradually got up.