Xia Dajun’s impression of Liu Fen had always been of a withered, dark, and thin woman.

No man would like such a woman.

At least, Xia Dajun’s feelings toward Liu Fen had nothing to do with liking or dislike.

He couldn’t leave Liu Fen not because their marital feelings were deep, but because after Xia Xiaolan took Liu Fen away from the Xia family, Xia Dajun discovered that without Liu Fen, he couldn’t even live a normal life.

Moreover, in all the surrounding villages, there were only men who drove away women who couldn’t bear children – there had never been a woman who actively proposed divorce!

Xia Dajun truly felt he had lost face – not only did he have no son to care for him in his old age, but his wife had also dumped him. Outsiders thought the Xia family had driven away Xia Xiaolan and Liu Fen, but Xia Dajun knew the truth – he had been forced to sign the divorce papers.

Chen Wangda had been very forceful, later even bringing people to Dahe Village to transfer Liu Fen and Xia Xiaolan’s household registrations.

Xia Dajun had no means to restrain the mother and daughter. Such a defeated man was rarely seen in the countryside. At that time, no one in the Xia family cared about him. When Xia Ziyu mentioned it, Xia Dajun thought that after twenty years of marriage, how could a couple who had shared a bed for so long just separate?

But then Liu Fen had attacked him with a knife… All of Xia Dajun’s impressions of Liu Fen were frozen at that moment of the dark, thin woman brandishing a kitchen knife in Principal Sun’s house. He thought Liu Fen was simply a mad woman!

Could that woman in the brightly lit, glamorous clothing store be Liu Fen?

In mid-March, Guangzhou’s temperature was rising. She wore a thin sweater with slightly flared trousers, probably with high heels like many Hong Kong women Xia Dajun had seen, as Liu Fen looked taller than before.

She used to be thin, and though the sweater was loose now, you could still see her curves.

Her skin had become fair.

The wrinkles were gone.

Her hair was glossy, her face lightly made up. If Liu Fen had been the most rustic before, now she was far more sophisticated than any of the Xia family!

If Li Fengmei hadn’t been standing right there, Xia Dajun wouldn’t have dared to recognize her.

“Ah Fen?!”

How had Liu Fen become like this?

Xia Dajun felt a moment of amazement, followed by anger, because Liu Fen was standing so close to a young man – in broad daylight, had she no shame!

“It is Second Aunt…”

Xia Hongxia and Wang Jingui exchanged glances, both utterly shocked.

Liu Fen was talking seriously with Chen Xiliang, completely unaware of the people outside until Li Fengmei happened to look up and saw the nauseating Xia family members.

“Ah Fen, look, it’s Xia Dajun-“

Liu Fen turned her head and saw Xia Dajun sitting in a wheelchair.

Her fear of Xia Dajun was almost ingrained in her bones. Their unequal physical strength had made her accustomed to yielding to Xia Dajun during their life together. What else could she do but yield? When he got drunk, Xia Dajun’s fists would fall on her. Liu Fen didn’t fear being beaten herself, but she feared Xia Dajun would hurt their daughter… So she chose to endure, always having to be his punching bag.

Li Fengmei clicked her tongue, “Heaven has eyes, this bastard’s in a wheelchair now!”

Wasn’t he good at hitting women? Let’s see him try something new!

Li Fengmei was gloating, and Liu Fen also had a moment of conditioned response before quickly regaining her composure.

She wasn’t afraid of Xia Dajun anymore. At Principal Sun’s house, Liu Fen had learned that as long as you were fiercer than the bad person, what could Xia Dajun do?

Besides Xia Dajun, there was also Xia Hongbing’s family of three.

Liu Fen had no good feelings toward these people either. Seeing this family in tattered clothes looking like beggars, even the honest Liu Fen couldn’t help feeling satisfied – what about being honest? Did honest people deserve to be bullied all their lives? Couldn’t an honest person feel schadenfreude at seeing previously detestable people in misfortune?

Chen Xiliang looked around curiously, “You know them?”

Liu Fen nodded, “They’re my ex-husband’s family. Don’t mind them.”

Ex-husband?

Must be the man in the wheelchair.

Seeing that man’s eyes practically shooting fire, Chen Xiliang didn’t understand – they were already divorced, yet he wouldn’t allow Liu Fen to talk to male comrades.

Chen Xiliang himself was divorced. If his ex-wife Lin Meijuan could quickly remarry, he would thank heaven and earth! Of course, after the divorce he couldn’t control his ex-wife; whatever Lin Meijuan wanted to do was her freedom… Liu Fen’s ex-husband was inappropriate, and controlling too much. Liu Fen ignored them, but they got more aggressive, with the wheelchair-bound man trying to enter the store.

Chen Xiliang quickly stepped forward:

“Comrade, our store hasn’t opened yet, we’re not receiving customers now.”

Xia Hongbing spoke with a sarcastic tone, “You adulterer, get out of the way quickly. We’re not looking for trouble now, but if you’re asking for a beating, don’t blame us!”

Chen Xiliang sized up the skinny man before him, speaking with an out-of-town accent, daring to provoke trouble in Guangzhou – who knew where he got such courage?

Xia Dajun stared at Liu Fen, growing angrier the more he looked.

A woman dressed up like this, so coquettish, clearly didn’t know her place!

The makeup on her face, and the matching clothes, made Liu Fen seem completely foreign to Xia Dajun.

Thinking that Liu Fen might have a relationship with this man before him, or with other men, Xia Dajun felt his head turning green with jealousy.

“Ah Fen, how did you become like this!”

Liu Fen didn’t want to talk to this worthless person, and she didn’t feel there was anything wrong with herself.

She was doing clothing business, how could she still dress rustically? Everyone around her encouraged her, saying she was living better and better. Suddenly meeting Xia Dajun and being questioned by him…

What right did he have to question her?

Liu Fen replied irritably: “Whatever I’ve become has nothing to do with you. You have no right to control me!”

Chen Xiliang held his nose, “You don’t look like customers to me. Here to cause trouble? Leave, leave quickly!”

Of the four Xia family members, three looked like refugees, their stench making Chen Xiliang unable to bear it.

Xia Dajun’s veins bulged on his arms as he gripped the wheelchair, “You’re not behaving like a proper woman-“

“Xia Dajun, is something wrong with your brain? Our whole family doesn’t want anything to do with you. Seeing your whole family makes us sick. Why do you always like to come looking for humiliation? If you can’t understand human speech, we won’t waste words on animals. Take your family and get far away!”

Li Fengmei rolled up her sleeves, ready to fight Xia Dajun.

Xia Hongbing was shouting as he was pushed aside by Li Fengmei… After being tortured for a month, Xia Hongbing was weak and was immediately knocked down by Li Fengmei. Wang Jingui screamed and rushed forward, and several people rushed out from the back of the store.

“Brother Chen, what’s going on?”

These were workers from the garment factory who were moving goods for Chen Xiliang.

They had known Chen Xiliang when he was still working at the factory, and now that Chen Xiliang was a factory client, they certainly wouldn’t let him suffer any disadvantage.

“Don’t know where these troublemakers came from. Should we send them to the police station?”

Chen Xiliang saw the Xia family members being restrained by the workers and asked Liu Fen’s opinion.

Truly trouble comes when you least expect it. Liu Fen was angry but also grateful that Xiaolan had been so determined to take her away from the Xia family back then. After broadening her horizons outside and meeting all kinds of people, she gradually realized just how bad the Xia family she had lived with for so many years was.

Where was this?

This was Guangzhou!

Not Dahe Village!

The Xia family was acting crazy without considering the place – why? Because they had no experience and refused to learn, refused to progress! Liu Fen didn’t believe that after the divorce, Xia Dajun could still control her affairs. Under the Xia family’s incredulous gaze, Liu Fen, who had always been weak and easily bullied, nodded firmly:

“Good, send them all to the police station!”