Transmigrated into a seven-year-old child, my fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens.

Liu Jinzhu and his brothers stepped forward and vented all the anger they had been holding in on Mu Sheng, beating him until he screamed in pain.

Seeing his wife and son being beaten, the old man became anxious and stepped forward to try to stop it.

The two men standing nearby exchanged a glance and then stopped him.

The man with thick eyebrows and big eyes said coldly, "In my opinion, you are the one who deserves to be beaten the most. You are the head of the family. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked too. It is the father's fault if the son is not taught. It is all because of your indulgence. In my opinion, you are the one who deserves to be beaten the most."

Another man chimed in, "That's right! The worst one is this old man. Without his permission, how dare that old woman and son be so arrogant? Beat them!!!"

After they finished speaking, the two men immediately surrounded the old man and started punching and kicking him.

The two little girls were already crying, and now seeing their family being beaten made them cry even harder, because they were scared and didn't know if these people would beat them too.

Zhao Lian had already put Xiu Zhen down and helped her sit down on the broken door panel.

Seeing her mother-in-law, father-in-law, and husband being beaten, Xiuzhen remained indifferent; these people were no longer related to her in her eyes.

"Mother~"

Seeing their mother sit down, the two girls looked terrified and huddled close to her.

For them, standing next to their mother was the safest place, because only their mother loved them.

"Come and see your child!"

Sun Shangxiang and Zheng Xiuzhen had already cleaned and wrapped up the child.

Seeing that the child was alright, Xiuzhen couldn't help but burst into tears and quickly reached out to take the child.

The child, now wrapped in swaddling clothes, seemed to feel safe and stopped crying and fussing, though his breathing was a little rapid.

Looking at the little girl, who was thin and small but had a lovely, rosy complexion, Jiang Si couldn't help but exclaim, "Sister, look how pretty this child is with her little nose and eyes. She looks just like you. How could you bear to abandon her?"

Xiuzhen burst into tears after hearing these words. Pressing her face against the swaddling baby, she shook her head helplessly: "I don't want to either, but as a mother, I can't protect my child. That would make me wish I were dead."

The thin woman who had been watching coldly from the side walked over and said through gritted teeth, "I get angry just looking at you. It's better to live than to die. If you really want to live for your child, you have to live."

"You're trying to kill yourself. That's selfish and cowardly. Think about it: if you die, your child will have no one to protect him. He'll be at the mercy of others."

"Think about it, if you die, who will be sad? Only your two daughters will be truly sad, because they will lose their mother."

"Think about it, if they can take advantage of your little girl, next time it might be your eldest and second daughters' turn."

"If they move to a new place and your husband marries a new wife, the children will have a stepmother who will mistreat them in various ways. What's worse, their biological father will also become a stepfather."

Xiuzhen was terrified by what the woman said. Yes! How could she not have thought of this?

Only now did she feel a sense of lingering fear. If she had really died, Da Ya and Er Ya would have lost their mother, and their lives would have been worth less than grass.

While I'm here, at least they still have their mother to love them. But if I'm gone, they can't rely on their father either, and then the two of them will truly be left with no one to depend on.

“You’re right, you’re all right! For the sake of my children, I have to live!” These words awakened her. Xiuzhen’s face was resolute. For her children, she had to live.

Seeing that she had come to her senses and was no longer contemplating suicide, everyone was relieved.

Sun Shangxiang patted her shoulder: "Alright, you just came back from the brink of death, you need to rest well and take good care of yourself so you can take care of the child."

On the other side, several people gave the old couple and Mu Sheng a good beating, leaving them with bruised and swollen faces like pigs, cowering in a ball.

The old woman stood in front of the father and son, prostrated herself on the ground, and kowtowed repeatedly: "Stop hitting us! Please stop hitting us! Spare us!"

Zhao Lian spat in her face, her delicate features flashing a cold smile: "Pah!!! Hitting you would only dirty our hands!"

She managed to control her strength; otherwise, they would all be dead!

"Whether you stop or not is not up to us, you'll have to ask your daughter-in-law." After saying that, Zhao Lian ignored her and turned to Xiu Zhen, asking, "Auntie, what do you think, should we stop?"

Xiuzhen glanced at them, her gaze lingering on Musheng before she looked away, her face indifferent: "Whatever. Anyway, without them, I'm not living such a tiring life."

She had figured it out: having a husband was the same as not having one, and her father-in-law and mother-in-law didn't treat her like a human being. Rather than that, she decided to take it one step at a time with her two children on her own.

Upon hearing Xiuzhen say this, the old woman panicked and knelt down in front of Xiuzhen, tears streaming down her face: "Xiuzhen, I was confused for a moment, please forgive me, please say something, beg her not to hit me anymore! I know I was wrong!"

"Haha~"

Xiuzhen sneered, "Mother, you don't know the pain of a knife until it cuts you. That child is flesh of my flesh, and you actually want to eat her? Tell me, don't you deserve to die?"

"Stop hitting him! Stop hitting him! If you keep hitting him, someone will die!" Yan Guihua came out to stop them.

"Grandmother, don't worry about this. Leave it to me!" Zhao Lian told Yan Guihua to sit down and rest.

She has to resolve this issue; otherwise, it will happen again.

"Young lady, could you please come here for a moment?" Xiuzhen waved her hand, beckoning Zhaolian over.

Zhao Lian raised an eyebrow. Could this woman have some plans in mind?

Zhao Lian leaned close to Xiu Zhen, and Xiu Zhen whispered a few words in his ear.

Upon hearing her words, Zhao Lian's eyes lit up. Hey, I never thought that Xiu Zhen would be so ruthless that even I would admit defeat.

The elderly couple and Mu Sheng and his mother looked at each other, their eyes filled with fear. They watched as Zhao Lian nodded repeatedly after hearing Xiu Zhen's words, occasionally glancing at them.

The mother and her two children were extremely flustered, wondering what Xiuzhen had said to the girl.

They realized that this girl knew kung fu. Could it be that Xiuzhen had asked this girl to kill them?

Thinking of this, the old woman was terrified and quickly crawled to Xiuzhen's side, pleading, "Xiuzhen, it's all my fault. I was bewitched. Please forgive us."

Xiuzhen ignored her, said a few words to Zhaolian, and hurriedly lay down with the child in her arms, closing her eyes to rest.

Giving birth to this child took so much effort for her, and she is now completely exhausted.

"Xiuzhen, say something!" Musheng pleaded.

"Li Musheng, if you want me to let you go, fine. Now you have two choices, see which one you choose."

"you say!"

Zhao Lian's grim expression startled Li Musheng.

Zhao Lian narrowed her eyes: "Do you want to die, or do you want to live?"

These words terrified the mother and her two children. Could it be that Miss Lian wanted to kill them?!