My best friend is living a famine-stricken life; you're going crazy, I'm farming.

The village chief said, "You must have misunderstood."

“It’s not a misunderstanding. When my mother-in-law went to get the medicine just now, I saw with my own eyes that the girl was still leaning against our door, craning her neck to look inside. She was clearly staring at Zhou Jingyi.”

Shen Yu sobbed softly, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

The village chief sighed, "Jingyi isn't that kind of person."

“Even if Zhou Jingyi isn’t that kind of person, what about that girl? They’re definitely not normal.” Shen Yu pointed to the girl who had fainted against the wall.

They had absolutely no awareness that knocking someone unconscious was a crime.

Yang Fenglan clicked her tongue and said: As expected of the female lead, she is really sensitive.

In the book, Zhou Jingyi broke his leg because he saw injustice and saved a girl.

And that girl—the one who fainted, the second villainous female supporting character in the book.

She was immediately captivated by Zhou Jingyi's chivalrous spirit and fell in love with him at first sight.

Shen Yu was able to discern the underlying principles within them.

If she weren't in the situation, Yang Fenglan would have wanted to shout "Good!"

The village chief naturally offered some kind words of advice: "Mrs. Shen, divorce is not a trivial matter. You should think it over carefully."

“I’ve thought it through very clearly. Since they don’t cherish me, I don’t need to waste my time in this family,” Shen Yu said firmly.

The village chief looked at Yang Fenglan and said, "Yang, look at yourself. You abuse your wife all the time, and you never repent. Now look what you've done. You've ruined your wife. Are you happy now?"

Yang Fenglan: ?

What did she do?

Ever since Shen Yu married into the family, the original owner had always served her well, never daring to let her suffer the slightest grievance.

But this Shen Yu, she always makes up stories about the original owner of this body and talks badly about her.

She turned a perfectly good-for-nothing into a cruel mother-in-law who mistreats her daughter-in-law.

Spreading rumors isn't scary; what's scary is that most people believe them!

"I abused you?" Yang Fenglan pointed at her own nose and stared at Shen Yu. "Shen Yu, tell me properly, how did I abuse you?"

Shen Yu felt a little guilty. She usually only talked about it behind people's backs, but how could she dare to say it in front of the person in question?

Shen Yu thought for a moment and said ambiguously, "Leaving aside the past, you didn't give me any food today, and you ate all the porridge."

"I asked you, it was you..." Yang Fenglan was about to lose control and explode in public.

The thought that she's the female lead, blessed with good fortune, and that I might need her in the future made me tolerate it.

You can't scold them.

Okay, I won't curse you.

I'll wail, is that alright?

"My righteous and just sir, I've been wronged!"

Yang Fenglan lowered her hand that was about to slap Shen Yu, pounded her thigh, and looked regretful.

"Village chief, here's what happened today. I cooked some porridge, but Xiaoyu complained that it was bland and tasteless, so I ate it all myself. I was thinking of borrowing some fine grains to make her something new."

"Who would have thought that Jingyi would be brought back before we even left the house? I've been so busy treating Jingyi's leg that I haven't had a chance to look after her."

"If I had known that Xiaoyu would be upset about this, I would have gone to your house to borrow rice and meat, even if it meant disregarding Jingyi's life or death, so I could cook it for Xiaoyu first."

The village chief's eyelids trembled as she cried: "I can't even afford to eat myself, and you want to borrow from my house?"

The village chief coughed twice tactically. "You're not wrong either. Of course, Jingyi's leg is more important."

"No, no, no, it's more important for Xiaoyu to have a full stomach. If I let her go hungry, then I'm the one who failed as her mother-in-law, and I deserve to die."

Yang Fenglan raised her hand and slapped herself repeatedly, startling everyone around her into silence.

“I can’t even take care of my daughter-in-law. I let her go hungry. I don’t deserve to live. I feel so guilty. Village chief, don’t worry, once Jingyi can get out of bed, I will jump into the river and atone for my sins to Xiaoyu with my death.”

"Huh?" The village chief was startled and stood there dumbfounded. "Don't worry about it, it's just a small matter. Don't jump into the river so easily."

Everyone still needs that river water, so who would be annoyed if you died inside?

"No, what you consider a small matter is a huge deal to me. Shen Yu has left her parents to marry into my family, so I have to take good care of her on behalf of her parents and dare not let her suffer in the slightest."

"If she complains of a bitter taste in her mouth, I rummage through my drawers to find honey to make her some water; if she can't stand bland food, I turn around and ask Jingyi to go up the mountain to hunt rabbits for her."

“I was afraid she would get tired from washing clothes, so I had Jingyi do it; I was afraid she would choke on leftovers, so I didn’t give her leftovers and made her fresh food instead.”

“I thought I was a perfect mother-in-law, but no matter how much I planned, I never expected that Jingyi would go hungry because of her broken leg. I shouldn’t have done it, I really shouldn’t have…”

Yang Fenglan slapped herself again.

Shen Yu's face turned green.

This isn't slapping yourself; it's clearly slapping her face.