Chapter 625: Chapter 625: It Takes Two to Tango

As soon as Li Dongmei saw Li Guangyuan, she started crying even louder.

“Brother, you’re finally back. You have to stand up for me.”

Old Mrs. Li chimed in, “Guangyuan, you have to come and see, your sister has been wronged so much. That Zhang Wenbin is no good, he actually hit your sister. Look at your sister, her face is swollen from the beating. Is he hitting your sister, or is he hitting the Li family in the face? You can’t just let this slide. Otherwise, how will your sister continue living with the Zhang Family?”

At this moment, Li Guangyuan also noticed that Li Dongmei’s eyes were red, her face was flushed and swollen, and the corners of her mouth were a bit bruised, which showed how hard the person who hit her had struck.

However, Li Guangyuan didn’t feel much pity. He knew his sister’s temper better than anyone, and his mother had a tendency to exaggerate everything related to his sister, twisting the truth entirely.

As the saying goes, it takes two to tango. If Zhang Wenbin hit his sister, it was unlikely that she was entirely innocent.

Moreover, with Lin Jiayi divorcing him, Li Guangyuan harbored some grudges against this sister of his.

If it weren’t for her constantly coming home asking for money, would Lin Jiayi have left everything behind and divorced him?

When he was caught with Widow Tian, Lin Jiayi wasn’t even as outraged.

Thinking of this, Li Guangyuan’s voice carried a hint of accusation, “Why did Zhang Wenbin hit you? Did you do something?”

Li Dongmei screamed at his words, “Brother, what do you mean? What do you mean by did I do something?”

Old Mrs. Li didn’t expect that Li Guangyuan wouldn’t immediately seek revenge for his sister and instead asked such a question. She stopped crying, her voice shrill, “You scoundrel, your sister gets beaten by someone, and instead of standing up for her and taking revenge, you ask if she did something? Is she automatically at fault no matter what she does? Whose side are you on, anyway? What kind of sin did I commit to raise such a thankless wretch like you? Has your conscience been eaten by a dog?”

Li Guangyuan was scolded thoroughly by the old lady, and in her urgency, she dealt him a few blows, causing him to gradually calm down.

“Mom, I’m just asking. Even if I went to the Zhang Family, I need a reason, right?”

“Your sister got beaten. Why do you need a reason to ask for an explanation?” Old Mrs. Li persisted.

Seeing her unreasonable, Li Guangyuan held back his anger, “Then you tell me, how should I ask for an explanation? As long as you say the word, even if it means killing that beast Zhang Wenbin, I’ll do it. After all, I’m just a lonely bachelor now, and I’m not afraid of anything.”

On hearing her brother’s tone, Li Dongmei became scared and subtly nudged her mother.

She had already explained very clearly to her mother that she was just trying to gain some sympathy, without wanting her brother to confront Zhang Wenbin.

The Zhang Family people, she had already figured them out by now.

The Zhang Family already looked down on them as rural folks. If her brother really went over to cause trouble, the Zhang Family would look down on her even more.

She still hoped to live well with Zhang Wenbin. She had painstakingly become a city dweller and didn’t want to go back to the village.

By then, she’d be a divorced woman, possibly with a child, and what man would want her then?

Li Dongmei thought it through, and so did Old Mrs. Li.

Glancing at her daughter, she suppressed her displeasure towards her son and calmly said, “No matter what, Zhang Wenbin is your brother-in-law. What is all this fighting going to achieve? Do you want to ruin your sister’s life? You can’t manage your own life, couldn’t control your wife, and let her divorce you. Do you want your sister to have a miserable life as well?”

Li Guangyuan said nothing, but his face grew darker.

His wife divorced him, but it wasn’t because he couldn’t manage his wife.

Li Dongmei saw it was enough, gave Old Mrs. Li a signal to stop.

Upon receiving her cue, Old Mrs. Li started crying again, pinching her nose.

“Mom, I know brother is unhappy, and I didn’t want to come back to bring you all grief. But my life is truly hard. We rural folks marrying into the city are already marrying up. Now I’ve only given birth to a daughter, and I’ve let the Zhang Family down…”

Old Mrs. Li wailed instantly, holding Li Dongmei, “My poor daughter, it’s all because of our family’s incompetence. If our family had supported you, let you stand tall in the Zhang Family, you wouldn’t have suffered these grievances. I just hate myself for being an old bag of bones, utterly useless.”

She finished crying for herself and started crying for her late husband, “My poor husband, open your eyes and see. If you hadn’t gone so early, how would I have dragged three children through hardships until they’re grown, only to still not support them? You left early and spared your worries, leaving me to watch our children suffer, it’s ripping my heart out. I might as well have gone with you…”

Li Guangyuan, his head aching from their crying, knew why his mom said all this.

“The money from the house, I have to continue the business. The family relies on this to live. Besides, you married into the Zhang Family to raise children for them. The Zhang Family can’t rely on you to support their whole family, can they?”

“Wenbin lost his job after a fight with someone. Their family has no fields, no land, and they were living off his meager salary. Without it, they can’t even afford flour. My in-laws despise me because I’m from the countryside, without a job or salary. They always think if Wenbin found a city woman, the family wouldn’t go hungry.”

Thinking about her current life, Li Dongmei was filled with bitter tears.

This was the city life she dreamed of marrying into, but it was worlds apart from her imagination.

From childhood, she was influenced by her older sister, and only wanted to marry a city man.

Knowing that meant living a good life, eating commercial food without working in the fields.

Now she doesn’t need to work in the fields, but without work, she doesn’t even have food to eat, let alone the good life she imagined.

Her older sister despised Ma Dazhuang so much, but Li Dongmei knew after her sister married him, she didn’t have to work in the fields. All household chores were done by Ma Dazhuang.

Even washing clothes and cooking, Ma Dazhuang would do.

In contrast, before she married, she was already trying to win over the Zhang Family.

After marriage, they treated her like a servant.

House chores like washing and cooking fell on her, even during her pregnancy.

When she gave birth, they saw it was a girl, and didn’t even let her rest for a month before putting her back to work.

Zhang Wenbin went without saying.

When he had a job, he would come home and wait to be served like a lord.

Without a job, he was still a lord, still ignoring the crying, wet child, much less her.

Moreover, he grew increasingly displeased with her.

Compared to this, it seemed marrying into the city was no better than marrying Ma Dazhuang.

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