Female-dominated society: My husband is clingy and I can't shake him off

Li Mo'er looked at the wounds on Su Yanli's back. The wounds covered her back one after another, and some of them were even overlapping. There were blue and purple marks, and almost no place was spared.

Li Mo'er was completely stunned. She never expected that the original owner of this body, who was so thin and weak, could be so ruthless when she hit people.

A pang of pity welled up in her heart. If he were in modern times, he would probably be a shining young man and wouldn't have to suffer like this.

Looking at that horribly mangled back, Li Mo'er reached out to touch it, but suddenly pulled back. His avoidance just now must have been a sign of extreme disgust towards her.

Li Mo'er felt a tightness in her throat, and her voice choked up. She wanted to say something, but she was worried that she would lose control of her trembling voice if she opened her mouth.

Looking at the injuries, she thought that applying some medicine would help, so she went into the house and started rummaging through drawers and cabinets.

Su Yanli listened to the sound of Li Mo'er rummaging through things, and glanced at the branch lying quietly beside her. It turned out that she didn't like the tool she had found.

Li Mo'er had no idea what Su Yanli was thinking at that moment; she was only focused on finding the medicine and forgot that Su Yanli was still kneeling outside.

Why is there nothing there? Li Mo'er even searched the mouse hole in the corner of the wall, but didn't see a single mouse.

Li Mo'er suddenly remembered that she had some copper coins on her, which she could use to buy medicine.

Without further ado, Li Mo'er walked out while counting her copper coins. She only had twenty-three. Would that be enough to buy the medicine?

Li Mo'er walked out of the room and saw Su Yanli still kneeling on the ground.

She slapped her forehead, realizing she had forgotten about him, and quickly went over to help him up.

After Su Yanli was helped up by Li Mo'er, she immediately backed away, as if Li Mo'er were some kind of filthy thing.

Actually, he was afraid that Li Mo'er would think he was dirty and that it would make her angry.

"I have to go out for a bit, wait for me."

After Li Mo'er finished speaking, she left. Su Yanli stared blankly at the closed door.

She must have found the money he hid under his pillow, so she couldn't wait to leave.

Su Yanli estimated that Li Mo'er probably wouldn't be coming back tonight. She almost always stayed out all night, and he was already used to it.

Su Yanli was numb. He didn't know how to describe his feelings at this moment. Was it the luck of escaping a beating, the helplessness of having no money, or the grief of seeing no hope?

Su Yanli picked up a branch from the ground, placed it in the corner of the wall, and then planned to go inside to tidy up the room that Li Mo'er had messed up.

When Su Yanli pushed open the door and saw the same room as before, he was stunned for a moment, then returned to his numb state.

He walked to the table, picked up the embroidery and continued embroidering. He needed to keep earning money, otherwise his family wouldn't even have enough to eat, and there would be even more expenses in the future.

He looked at the bright red cloth in his hand, on which he had embroidered a half-finished mandarin duck, and his hand holding the needle paused.

A month ago, he was also embroidering this pair of mandarin ducks. At that time, he was overjoyed, thinking that he had a family and that things would get better once Li Mo'er got married.

When he and his father first arrived in Lijia Village, it was Li Mo'er's parents who helped them, and it was Li Mo'er's mother who arranged for his father to teach at a private school, which enabled them to survive.

So, her father discussed the engagement with them. But Li Mo'er wasn't like this when she was little; at most, she was just mischievous. But now...

Su Yanli recalled the past month or so, filled with nothing but beatings and scoldings, but he longed for a home and family.

When Li's mother was still alive, she told him that they were his family, and she truly lived up to that, visiting him at his home almost every day.

After Li's mother passed away, the village chief arranged for them to get married according to her last wish, hoping that Li Mo'er could help take care of Su Yanli. Perhaps Li's mother also hoped that Li Mo'er could settle down.

However, things did not improve. Without her mother, Li Mo'er became even more outrageous. Before, she would just go out and fool around, but now she not only fooled around, but also went to brothels and drank wine and women.

"Crack-"

A tear slid down Su Yanli's cheek and landed on the back of his hand. He came back to his senses, wiped away his tears. Shouldn't he have given up long ago? Why was he still crying?

Li Mo'er only shared a room with him on their wedding night when she was completely drunk; the rest of the time she stayed in the room on the east side.

He still remembered that Li Mo'er was unusually excited that night, with bloodshot eyes and a strong smell of alcohol. Moreover, she was very rough and showed no mercy, disregarding her own body.

But he naively thought that she was just drunk and would be fine once she sobered up, so he bit his lip all night and silently endured the excruciating pain.

The next day, when Li Mo'er woke up and found herself sleeping next to her, she flew into a rage and gave herself a severe dressing-down.

At that time, he just thought she was in a bad mood, so he dragged his body, which felt like it had been run over by a car, to cook for her.

If it weren't for... how could he have persevered? He might have left this world long ago, or he might have cried and begged for a divorce from Li Mo'er, but he couldn't.

Su Yanli realized that everything around her had become blurry, so she wiped away her tears and continued embroidering.

Li Mo'er wasn't home, so he didn't need to cook for her just to please her.

When Li Mo'er was home, she wouldn't let him eat at all, saying that marrying him was a waste of food and money; when Li Mo'er wasn't home, he was too lazy to cook, so he never ate dinner.

Li Mo'er left home to buy medicine, but when she was halfway there, she suddenly remembered that she didn't know the way and didn't know if she had enough money.

So she went to Li Lin's house instead, and luckily Li Lin pointed it out to her when he took her home.

"Bang bang bang-"

"Er Gouzi, Er Gouzi, open the door—"

Li Mo'er banged on the door loudly. Li Lin was eating when he heard Li Mo'er's voice and froze.

Didn't she just get home? Why are you looking for her so soon?

Li Lin's mother, Li Tianming, was about to get up to open the door when Li Lin stopped her.

"Mom, I'll go open it. I guess Sister Mo'er wants to see me about something."

Li Lin reluctantly put down her bowl. She had been working hard all day and hadn't eaten enough, but she didn't dare to delay. If her mother went to open the door, Mo'er might be exposed.

Moreover, her mother was unaware that she had gone gambling again and lost another two taels of silver.

Li Lin hurriedly went to the door, opened it, slipped out, and then closed the door behind him.

When Li Mo'er saw Li Lin come out, she immediately grabbed her and asked anxiously, "Er Gouzi, do you know where the clinic is?"

Li Lin thought something had happened to Li Mo'er, so he quickly turned her head back to her.

"What happened? Did you get a head injury? I should have taken you to see a doctor sooner, but now this has happened, sigh..."