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

"You heartless bastard, how dare you? That's your man."

"When you got married, I repeatedly told you to treat your husband as your own and to take good care of your parents-in-law. Did you just ignore me?"

"So what if your man hits you? He didn't kill you. His family paid such a high dowry, so what if he hits you a few times? Can't you just put up with it?"

“That money, in the old society, could have bought several slaves and beaten them at will. Do you know that you almost ruined your brother?”

“Other women who go back to their parents’ home bring lots of things, but you didn’t bring anything and then you came to us crying. If I were your husband, I would beat you. You can’t even say a word.”

Xiao Ma's wife remained expressionless, blankly enduring her mother's beatings and scoldings until her younger brother came over, grabbed her collar, and told her to hurry up and die. Only then did her expression change slightly.

Then, she used the handcuffs to slam them down on her brother's groin, and a pig-like scream pierced Old Lady Xia's ears.

Grandma Xia: ...What a terrible thing, you chicken-killing maniac!

The police station was in chaos. Old Mrs. Xia covered her head and wanted to leave. The two things that happened today were really beyond her capacity to bear.

Although she has lived two lives, she never encountered this situation in her previous life. Is it a problem with her memory or has something changed in this life?

"Aunt Xia."

Just as Old Mrs. Xia turned around, she was stopped by her.

Xiao Ma's wife still bore the marks of being beaten by her mother and brother in their anger; her swollen cheeks and blood-streaked nail scratches made her look even more disheveled.

After her mother and younger brother were stopped by the police, they were taken to the hospital, leaving only Xiao Ma's wife to be reprimanded by the police.

I just don't know what she wants from me?

Grandma Xia turned her head and stood a meter away from her. She was actually a little scared too.

"what happened?"

Xiao Ma's wife said with a smile, "Aunt Xia, you seem to feel sorry for me?"

Grandma Xia: ...I didn't, how did she know?

Xiao Ma's wife didn't expect her to answer, and said to herself, "We are all tamed people, all abused people. You don't need to be sad for me. I have really broken free. I feel very free now."

Grandma Xia asked in confusion: Ah... Have I been tamed? Do you feel free wearing handcuffs?

Seemingly noticing her confusion, Xiao Ma's wife explained, "You are subjected to mental abuse, and I am subjected to physical abuse, but what's the difference? You are taught to sacrifice everything for your family, and I am beaten so that I can only obey them. We are the same kind of people."

"Ah...this..." Old Mrs. Xia opened her mouth awkwardly, "No, I don't think so."

After all, she wouldn't cripple two men in one fell swoop.

"You gave me courage," Xiao Ma's wife said gratefully.

Old Mrs. Xia immediately felt the scrutinizing gaze of the police officers beside her, and she felt a little flustered. What did Xiao Ma's wife mean by this? She hadn't instigated her to fight with the Ma family.

"I've barely spoken to you, we just exchanged greetings when we bumped into each other. How could it be that I gave you... courage?"

Xiao Ma's wife: "After you were beaten by Zhu Wenying, you suddenly woke up and refused to be a nanny for the Chen family anymore. You started to rebel."

“They all say that it was Zhu Wenying who beat your whole family that day, but I know it was you. You’ve changed.”

Grandma Xia: "I..."

Xiao Ma's wife interrupted her and continued, "You can break free, so why can't I? Why can he hit me whenever he wants? Why can't I fight back? Why can't I hit him back?"

"It wasn't until I actually did it that I realized that hitting someone is much more satisfying than being hit."

Grandma Xia stammered, "But you didn't hit anyone, you almost killed them."

Hearing this, Xiao Ma's wife pursed her lips shyly, "I got carried away and the three of them were attacking me. I felt I had to beat them all in one go, and I was afraid I couldn't win, so I grabbed a kitchen knife. By the time I came to my senses, they were... like that."