The Girl Who Dared to Blossom

CHAPTER 12

Arrival of the Village Chief_1

Mingyue has always been a submissive, kind, and gentle individual.

She never seemed so defiant.

Yilin suddenly felt uneasy as a throbbing sensation raced through her head.

Not at all!

She was unable to release Mingyue from her hold.

Yilin smiled forcefully and focused on Mingyue. "Yangyang, what's gotten into you? Your grandmother is thinking of your best interests! How could you talk to her like that? Do you have any idea how wealthy my cousin is? If you marry him, you could live a luxurious life. So many girls crave this opportunity yet you've got it. Stop angering your grandmother, apologise to her and get my cousin back here."

"If your cousin is such a catch, why not marry him yourself? Isn't this perfect, seeing as how you're a widow too?" Mingyue Replied with a sharp smile.

With her anger no longer hidden, Yilin's eyes widened and she said, "You shameless girl, what are you babbling about?"

Yongqiang burst in from the yard at that precise moment, his expression one of shock, saying, "Mom, I caught up with Dazhuang, but he refuses to return...

Who knew what Wang Dazhuang was up to?

A short while ago, he was obviously quite interested in Mingyue. But after having a wild play in the fields, he came back looking completely different.

Refuses to come back? How come he won't come back? My $1,000! My $1,000! GrannyShufen's face was deathly pale, and she was so furious it hurt more than if she were about to burst into flames.

One thousand yuan was that!

One thousand dollars!

"Jinbao, kill this smug wench with a beating! Until she dies, beat her! Granny Shufen spit out angrily and gestured to Mingyue.

Mingyue Would not be happy if she were currently being beaten to death!

This cheap wench really was that bad!

Yongqiang, who was also hankering after a thousand yuan, walked up to Mingyue, held up his hand, and gave him a severe slap.

Just as Yongqiang's hand was about to make contact with Mingyue, Xiumei abruptly moved to the front and gave her a hard slap across the face.

The force caused Xiumei's head to jerk sideways, but she didn't run away. Instead, she looked up at Yongqiang and found the bravery to say,

"I'm ready for a divorce, Yongqiang!"

Separation?

Xiumei was ridiculed by Yongqiang.

"You're just an old cow that ourShufen family paid for and bought! It is not your place to demand a divorce! In life and death, you are a member of the Shufen family! You can never flee from theShufen household."

It's true that Yongqiang essentially paid three yuan for Xiumei.

As Xiumei heard these words, his expression darkened.

Yes.

How could she have forgotten?

It was the Shufen family who purchased her.

Can't she file for divorce?

What should she do if her divorce isn't possible?

Does that imply that she will be stuck with this scum for the rest of her life?

At that moment, some figures emerged from outside the door and paused to hear what was going on inside.

Yongqiang could see the village chief of Dam Village among the group if he lifted his head to look outside.

Mingyue approached Xiumei and declared, "It is illegal to traffic in human beings! You don't have the authority to deny my mother her freedom; she wants to divorce you right now!"

It wasShufench simpler to resolve this issue because Xiumei had never registered with Yongqiang!

Mingyue caught sight of the shadow on the ground and started planning her plan.

Yongqiang was so enraged at Mingyue's reply that he grabbed an axe and threw it towards Mingyue, "You ungrateful brat! If I don't kill you today, I'm not Jingfen!"

Xiumei gasped and quickly hid Mingyue behind her.

But Mingyuewas not afraid of Yongqiang, "You don't have the right to hit me! And you sure as hell have no right to be my father! Don't think I don't know who Yilin is, she's your mistress and she's carrying your bastard child! You're keeping a woman on the side and yet you still expect my mother to slave for you! People like you should all rot in hell!"

Upon hearing that, drops of sweat dotted Yilin's temples.

Mingyue knew about her and Yongqiang's friendship.

What should she do?

What now?

She thought she could control Mingyue, but she never expected this girl to be so fierce!

Besides, it's a sensitive time now, if people find out about her friendship with Yongqiang, she won't get off scot-free!

Yongqiang was enraged by Mingyue's words and swung the axe straight down.

"Ungrateful brat! I'll kill you today!"

Just when he was about to strike, a person ran in from outside, grabbed Yongqiang's hand.

"What's going on? Is there no respect for law in your eyes?"

The guy who came in was no other than the old village chief along with several men in suits.

The one who grabbed Yongqiang's wrist was indeed the old village chief.

Despite his age, the village chief's strength wasn't lower than any young man's.

"Village chief, what wind blows you our way?" Yongqiang asked jokingly as he looked towards the village head.

The village chief also surnames Shufen and was a cousin of Yongqiang, so he wasn't particularly afraid of the village chief.

How bad could it be if the village chief found out that he was hitting his wife and children?

Would he turn against his own family for this?

Impossible!

But the village chief wasn't as helpful as usual and demanded harshly: "If I didn't come now, there would have been a homicide! Comrade Yongqiang, no matter the reason, it can't be an excuse for you to beat your wife and children!"

Yongqiang, grinning ear to ear, said, "Village chief, I was just disciplining my wife and kids. You're making it sound like Jingfenrder..."

How many guys in this village don't hit their wives?

Even the village chief himself perhaps isn't clean in this sense.

Furthermore, in this remote and poor town, even if one were to beat someone to death, no one would care.

If someone really got beaten to death, one would only need to drag the body up to the mountain and bury it.

It wouldn't be the first time someone had beaten their partner to death in the town.

"Comrade Yongqiang, take this seriously!" The village chief scolded him, "What you just did was attemptedShufenrder!"

If it were any other day, the village chief wouldn't have worried about such things. In Dam Village, wife-beating was a daily event, and if he had to deal with every case, he wouldn't be able to manage it all.

But not today. Today, standing next to him were a few officials with quite a bit of power!

At this moment, Mingyue tugged at Xiumei's arm.

Xiumei quickly understood and fell to her knees, bursting into tears, "Village Chief, please don't support these people just because they share your surname! You Shufenst stand up for us! We mother and daughters have had such difficult lives, Yongqiang isn't human, it's bad enough that he's having affairs outside, now he even wants to kill us both! I've been married to the Shufen Family for seventeen years, given birth to five daughters for him and he abandoned three. These children are my life... Now I want a divorce, I want to divorce this Shufenrderer, we cannot go on like this, please village chief, stand up for us..."