Chapter 30: The Shameless Elder Sister’s Husband

Chapter 30: The Shameless Elder Sister's Husband

When Ye Xiaoxiao and the others returned home, they gave their grandfather quite a scare.

"Isn't this Ye Lian? What happened! Did she fall on the way?"

Ye Lian was limping, looking as though she had taken a bad fall.

Ye Changyuan helped the two shivering kids onto the heated bed and said with frustration, "She didn't fall. My elder sister was beaten by her mother-in-law."

Miao Fengshan was livid, "How outrageous! How could the Qian family hit someone?"

Ye Changsheng handed Ye Lian a cup of hot water, "Elder sister, does your mother-in-law usually act like this?"

Tears streamed down Ye Lian's pale, thin face before she could even speak, already on the verge of tears.

The two children sat quietly beside their mother, looking uneasy and not saying a word.

Ye Xiaoxiao noticed that not only did Ye Lian look frail, but the two children also looked undernourished.

Ye Lian hugged the children, "Usually, no matter what I do, I can never satisfy that mother and son. I just put up with it as best I can."

Ye Xiaoxiao was outraged, "Elder sister, the more you endure, the more they think you're easy to bully."

It was only then that Ye Lian noticed Ye Xiaoxiao. It was her first time seeing her, and she hadn't heard about the family matters.

Before she could show a puzzled expression, Ye Changyuan quickly introduced Ye Xiaoxiao.

Ye Lian looked embarrassed, "So much has happened at home recently, and I didn't know."

Ye Changsheng said, "Elder sister, everything is fine at home. Now we need to focus on your situation."

Ye Xiaoxiao also said, "I think we should let Uncle and Aunt know about this, then invite my parents over, and together we'll go to the Qian family to get some answers.

Elder sister, do you still want to go back to the Qian family? Why not use this chance to get a divorce?"

Ye Changyuan tightened his fist, "Yes, divorce! We won't go back to suffer anymore."

Ye Lian also wanted to, but bringing two kids back to her parents' place would just be a burden for them. She couldn't be so selfish.

"I'm fine, I'll be better in a couple of days."

Ye Xiaoxiao didn't quite understand, "Elder sister, I see that the Qian family not only treats you poorly but is also extremely harsh on the two children. Even if you stay longer, nothing will change. It's better to get out now."

Seeing her younger siblings taking turns trying to convince her, Ye Lian finally began to waver.

She grasped Ye Changyuan's hand, "Yuan'er, don't tell our parents yet, let me think it over a bit more."

Ye Changyuan furrowed his brow, "Alright."

So Ye Lian stayed with her two children.

Ye Lian's two children were called Qian Yunduo and Qian Yunshuang.

But Ye Lian's mother-in-law usually didn't use the children's proper names, instead calling them directly Zhaodi and Pandi.

When the children were born, if Ye Lian hadn't stood her ground and named them herself, Zhaodi and Pandi would have been their formal names.

Ye Lian stayed with Miao Fengshan for three days.

Every morning, Ye Lian would get up early to cook and clean.

Miao Fengshan had told her more than once to rest at home and not to overwork herself.

But Ye Lian simply couldn’t sit still.

The two children were also well-behaved and obedient, never throwing tantrums or crying.

Every morning, Ye Xiaoxiao would go to the pharmacy, and in the afternoons, she’d read at home.

On the third day, someone unexpected showed up at Miao Fengshan’s house.

Qian Fu seemed to have finally come around and showed up to take Ye Lian and the children home.

But the moment he spoke, his tone was harsh. "When are you coming back? How long are you gonna stay here?"

Ye Changyuan, who had long been fed up with his brother-in-law, immediately wanted to blow up.

Ye Changsheng held him back and turned to Qian Fu. "Brother-in-law, are you here to take my sister back because you finally admit you were wrong?"

Qian Fu looked impatient. "What do you mean, wrong? I wasn’t even home. I don’t even know what happened. Wasn’t it just mom giving you a hard time? With you gone these past two days, there’s no one to do the work, and mom’s even gotten sick because of you."

Ye Xiaoxiao hadn’t even stepped inside when she heard these shameless, disgusting words.

Ye Changsheng’s voice was steady. "Even though you weren’t home, brother-in-law, the neighbors saw everything. It was your mother who hit my sister and the kids. How is she the one who’s sick now?"

Qian Fu’s pockmarked face twisted with anger, but he didn’t dare say anything harsh to the two young men.

He snapped at Ye Lian. "Are you coming back or not? If not, then don’t ever come back."

Ye Lian’s heart, which had been wavering, now felt like a dead weight.

"Qian Fu, if you want me back, you and your mom need to apologize and promise never to hit me or the kids again."

This was one of Ye Lian’s rare moments of courage.

She had thought carefully over the past two days. It didn’t matter if she suffered, but the two children couldn’t go on like this. They were still young and deserved a happy childhood.

"Bah! You bitch, I’ve been too nice to you."

Qian Fu’s face twisted, and he yanked off his shoe and swung it at Ye Lian.

Though Ye Changsheng and Ye Changyuan stopped him quickly, he still got a few hits in.

When Ye Xiaoxiao ran into the yard, Qian Fu was lying on the ground, and Ye Changyuan was on top of him, hitting him.

She ran over and pulled Ye Changyuan away. It was fine to hit someone, but killing him would be bad.

What angered Ye Changyuan was that Qian Fu dared to hit someone in front of her family, and he didn’t know how arrogant he was behind their backs.

Ye Lian wasn’t crying now. All she felt was endless despair.

She looked at Qian Fu, who was getting up from the ground and still cursing.

"Qian Fu, we're getting a divorce."

Qian Fu: "What did you say?"

Ye Lian shouted loudly, "We're getting a divorce! I will never go back to your house again."

Qian Fu: "Alright, alright... you said it yourself. I'm telling you, we can get a divorce, but you have to return the 100 yuan bride price that was given to your family back then, and also pay back for all the food and things you've used over the years in my family."

Ye Lian looked at him in disbelief: "Qian Fu, you're heartless! Haven't I worked enough for the Qian family all these years? I set up everything in this house, and I even gave birth to two children for you. Now you're asking me to pay back the money, do you have a heart?"

Qian Fu laughed: "Right... I almost forgot those two burdens. If you want to take the kids after the divorce, you'll have to pay me, after all, I raised them. And in the future, when they get married, the bride price will have to come back to me."

Ye Xiaoxiao was furious just listening to this. She went into the house and threw a basin of cold water right at Qian Fu.

Qian Fu, caught off guard and soaked through, shivered as the cold wind made it freezing.

"You're shameless! Get out of our house!"

Qian Fu stammered, "You, you, you..."

Ye Changyuan raised his fist, "Are you leaving or not? If not, I'll hit you again!"

Qian Fu threatened, "You just wait."

After saying that, he turned and ran.

Ye Lian had been holding back, and only after Qian Fu left did she burst into tears.

Ye Changyuan quickly comforted her: "Sister, I'll go home tomorrow and get our parents. They definitely don't want to see you bullied."

Ye Xiaoxiao wasn't sure if there was a marriage law now, but a divorce like Qian Fu suggested was definitely not acceptable.

This matter really needs to be discussed and resolved by the elders, and we must not let the Qian family take advantage of us.