80 village women marry military officers; it was supposed to be a fake marriage.

"Um, Sister-in-law Niu, are you here to look for something? Is it this underwear?" Lin Yue asked timidly, holding up a piece of underwear in her hand.

“I found this on the hillside behind the mountain yesterday. I heard you crying and shouting, and I thought you were fighting with Brother Niu, so I hid and didn’t dare to go out.”

I saw you wash this underwear by the river. I was thinking of bringing it to you tomorrow, but since you're here today, you can take it.

When Niu's wife saw the underwear, her heart was in her throat. In this day and age, not many people could afford to wear underwear. This one was brought back for her by Niu's eldest brother from another province.

She used to show off in front of people, and almost every woman in the village had seen her and was extremely envious, which made her very proud for a long time.

Niu Erdan was more familiar with this underwear; he was very angry when his older brother gave it to him.

Such a private item shouldn't have been a gift from his brother-in-law, but his wife's wearing of this lingerie brought him a lot of pleasure, so he didn't think much of it.

When she got home yesterday, he noticed she wasn't wearing a bra when he hugged her. She explained that she had rushed out and forgot to put one on.

On the back hillside, she was crying and shouting, and she even took off her underwear. Thinking of this, Niu Erdan glared at Niu's wife through gritted teeth, "I didn't go to the back hillside yesterday."

"Don't listen to her nonsense! She borrowed those lingerie from me, saying she was going to use them to seduce people. I kindly gave them to her, and she's framing me like this. How wicked people can be!" Her voice trailed off as she looked at Niu Erdan's resentful eyes.

"Mom, I clearly saw you wearing it yesterday morning." The eight-year-old Niu family child stood at the door with clear eyes and a stiff neck, saying this.

Beside him was Niu Erdan's mother, who anxiously covered her grandson's mouth and forcibly dragged him outside.

Family scandals should not be aired in public. Even if there is something wrong, it should be discussed at home behind closed doors. It's unacceptable to embarrass yourself here.

"Ah, it hurts! Let me go!" The Niu family's wife cried out.

Niu Erdan held the underwear in one hand and grabbed her hair hard with the other, dragging her to the ground. "Tell me, you were messing around with that bastard. I'll kill him."

The woman from the Niu family struggled to get up, but was slammed to the ground again.

Seeing that backing down was useless, and that Niu Erdan was a fool who believed everything he heard, he was now completely unwilling to listen to anything anyone said.

She decided to throw caution to the wind and yelled, "You good-for-nothing, all you do is get fierce at women, you're all show and no substance!"

You believe everything others say, but you don't trust your own wife. What use are you?

Niu Erdan raised his fist to smash it down, shouting, "What did you say? I'll beat you to death!"

Niu Erdan's mother couldn't care less about her child anymore. She left the child aside and pulled her son away, saying, "Let go of him. We'll talk about it when we get home."

Seeing someone pulling Niu Erdan away, Niu's wife became even more outrageous, shouting, "You've wronged me! You've killed someone! There's not a single good person in the Niu family. All they do is beat me every day. Who will stand up for me?" Niu's wife cried as she searched for Shen Rong's figure.

Seeing him hiding far behind everyone, and having given up hope, he could only stubbornly deny it, "That wicked woman is slandering me, throwing mud at me. My own man isn't even on my side. I bet you've been having an affair with her for a long time."

"You're seducing other men when your own man isn't home? You're shameless!"

The Niu family's wife threw a tantrum on the ground, ignoring the broken porcelain and water stains, and even her clothes were torn apart from the splattering.

The wife of the Niu family was plump, and although her clothes were old, they were tight and showed off her figure. Men passing by would steal a few glances.

Many men have their eyes on her, always taking advantage of her when no one is looking, and flirting with her quite a bit, but she doesn't like any of them.

Once, when she went to the team to calculate work points, Shen Rong forced himself on her, tempting her with work points. She half-heartedly went along with it, and the two of them ended up together.

Some people in the team noticed something was amiss, but no one dared to speak up, as they didn't want to offend Shen Rong.

"She really wasn't wearing a bra." The onlookers whispered among themselves.

“Accountant Shen, you’re a witness. You were there too. She said it hurt, and you even offered to blow on it for her.” Lin Yue’s innocent voice rang out again.

One sentence caused a thunderous shock, shattering Niu Erdan's last bit of restraint: "Shen Rong, you bastard, how dare you play my wife, I'll beat you to death."

"She's talking nonsense," Shen Rong said, then ran away in a flash, clearly feeling guilty.

Niu Erdan chased after him, while Niu's wife stood there, stunned, forgetting to cry out.

"You shameless bastard, I'll beat you to death when we get home!" Niu Erdan's mother grabbed Niu's wife by the hair and dragged her out.

Everyone went to watch the excitement. Chang Jingxiang locked the door, calmed his parents down, and went back to the west room.

Lin Yue was still sitting there with a frown, having forgotten to put on her clothes. The blanket had slipped down, revealing a large expanse of her body.

Last time I wasn't fully conscious and didn't see clearly, but this time I can see it very clearly.

"Cough," Chang Jingxiang coughed deliberately, which brought Lin Yue back to her senses. Looking at Chang Jingxiang's staring eyes, Lin Yue lowered her head.

She shyly burrowed under the covers, only her head peeking out. "I didn't mean to tell anyone. I was afraid they would try to pin it on you. Do you think someone might die?" Lin Yue was also very frightened.

At that moment, Niu's wife could tell that he was about to act like a rogue. She was worried that if Chang Jingxiang hit her again, she wouldn't be able to explain herself even if she was in the right.

If the Niu family really clings to him, he'll be in deep trouble, if not dead, and it will also affect Chang Jingxiang's future career, since he's going back to the capital to become an official.

Lin Yue's hands trembled slightly. She was still very scared when she thought of Niu Erdan's bloodshot eyes.

If something were to happen, she would still feel bad.

Chang Jingxiang knew Lin Yue was kind-hearted, so he comforted her in a deep voice, "It's alright, the secretary has already brought people over, nothing serious will happen."

He thought for a moment and asked, "How did you get that thing?"

Lin Yue knew what he meant. "They forgot it on the back slope. I saw it while I was gathering herbs during the day, so I kept it. I really meant to give it to the Niu family's wife secretly, but I didn't expect them to..."

"Yeah, is this how they usually treat you?"

"People in the village like to gossip, but just ignore it. You don't need to care. After a while, they'll forget about it when new topics come up."

Next time you hear this, just pretend you didn't. The villagers aren't very educated and don't reason with people. If they try to extort you, they'll be very difficult to deal with, just like the woman from the Niu family just now.

Chang Jingxiang silently picked up the broken porcelain shards on the ground, thinking about how they had talked earlier, and how Lin Yue had remained silent.

Later, he retaliated because he was afraid of affecting himself, leaving her alone in this vortex, being pointed at and gossiped about every day.

I was hoping to find some peace and quiet, but now it's time to head down the mountain.