Chapter 106

Su Ruo silently pondered in her heart; the aunt's words just spoken — at that time Li Yanhong had only Li Zeyu beside her, and Li Yanhong also said that someone pushed her, causing her to lose balance and drop the child into the oil pot.

If Li Yanhong is telling the truth, the person who pushed her is very likely Li Zeyu.

Although it's said that even a tiger won't eat its own cub, this inference is too outrageous, but Su Ruo knows Li Zeyu is absolutely capable of such an act.

In her previous life, after Li Zeyu returned to the city, he could simply kick Su Ruo aside, completely disregarding her efforts and the dire situation she would later face, which shows how malicious his mind is.

In this life, Li Zeyu can marry Li Yanhong for profit, showing that for his own benefit he can do anything.

Such a sinister, cunning, profit‑driven person, yet because the Battalion Commander lost a leg and can only stay in the countryside for life, how could he resign himself? How could he not hate?

And now what traps Li Zeyu is Li Yanhong and this child; if the child were gone, although he is disabled, he would still have a chance to return to the city.

But as long as the child remains, he can never escape the Battalion Commander's control and must stay in the countryside for life.

So Li Zeyu has every motive to do this, and given his character, he would certainly dare to do it!

If it were someone else, Su Ruo might not think them so vicious, but toward Li Zeyu she has no qualms, imagining him in the most malicious light.

However, Su Ruo has no evidence; these are merely her speculations.

In her previous life, Li Yanhong hated Su Ruo because Li Zeyu chose Su Ruo, leaving her love unrequited; even after she later learned Su Ruo was being used, she still hated her.

By rights we should take Li Yanhong back for interrogation, but in her current state even bringing her back would yield nothing, so I want to ask you how you intend to handle this.

After Li Liangping sat down, he didn't beat around the bush, directly telling Su Ruo: 'The few hooligans who harassed you during your College Entrance Exam have been caught.'

And after Su Ruo's treatment, Li Yanhong indeed improved considerably; although she remains mentally dull and unresponsive to anyone's words, she has become much quieter, no longer shouting and screaming.

Finally, the Battalion Commander had no choice but to have someone knock Li Yanhong unconscious and forcibly take the child away to bury it.

Su Ruo has been too busy lately; if Wang Liangping hadn't mentioned it today, she would have forgotten this matter.

Villagers sigh whenever they mention the Battalion Commander's family; who could have imagined that a once‑happy family would end up like this, as if ever since Li Yanhong married Li Zeyu they have known no peace.

But Su Ruo doesn't see it that way; if Li Zeyu could be considered a good man, then there would be no scoundrels in the world.

Li Zeyu has not yet abandoned Li Yanhong only because he hasn't found a suitable opportunity.

But from that day on, Li Yanhong went completely mad, beginning to howl day and night, crying out for her child.

At that moment, upon hearing Wang Liangping's words, Su Ruo fell into thought; based on Li Shirou's performance on the College Entrance Exam day, she still assumed this matter was Li Shirou's doing.

That day Wang Liangping suddenly came to the clinic; he was handling a case here and happened to come see Su Ruo.

Seeing Su Ruo lost in thought, Wang Liangping did not urge her, but waited quietly until she came to and said: 'Li Yanhong in this state, even if taken to the Police Bureau, would yield nothing; she has already paid the price, so let this matter be.'

The Battalion Commander's wife, seeing her daughter so distressed, could not stop shedding tears, washing her face with tears all day, her eyes almost crying blind.

The Battalion Commander, seeing his daughter like this, knew she was heart‑broken and could not bear to upset her further, so he could only let Li Yanhong keep holding the child.

The Battalion Commander also smoked day and night, making him seem aged twenty years; one could no longer see his former vigorous, decisive self.

After that day, the Battalion Commander again came to ask Su Ruo to treat Li Yanhong's madness, and Su Ruo did not refuse.

After bringing the unconscious Li Yanhong home, the Battalion Commander wanted to find a place to bury the child; village custom holds that a child who dies young cannot be interred in the ancestral grave.

But before the Battalion Commander could act, Li Yanhong woke up, gone mad, clutching the child in her arms, letting no one touch it; whoever tried to take the child she would rush at, biting and gnawing, behaving completely insane.

That day, because it was the summer harvest, the Battalion Commander led all the villagers to the fields to gather the crop, leaving only Su Ruo, Li Yanhong, and the lame Li Zeyu at home.

Unexpectedly, it was Li Yanhong; speaking frankly, in both past and present lives Su Ruo finds Li Yanhong's hatred toward her utterly inexplicable.

Su Ruo says this not because she pities Li Yanhong and is ready to let her off, but because she knows that in Li Yanhong's current state, even if Wang Liangping took her to the Police Bureau, he could do nothing to her; she wants to handle this matter herself.

Su Ruo originally thought this had nothing to do with her; after all, she hadn't even attended Li Yanhong's child's hundred‑day celebration, so the matter could not possibly involve her, yet she didn't expect that some troubles cannot be avoided.

Li Yanhong's cousin and his gang of troublemakers, although they haven't caused you any actual harm, still have other cases pending; they won't be coming out anytime soon.

The ringleader is none other than Li Yanhong's cousin, who has confessed that it was Li Yanhong who had them intercept you, all to prevent you from taking the College Entrance Exam.

"Let's go! This isn't our concern, don't overthink it." Su Ruo said, then led the way back to the house, with Zhao Di following behind her, and they returned together.

In this life, Li Yanhong got her wish to marry Li Zeyu; Su Ruo also has no further contact with Li Zeyu, yet Li Yanhong still hates her.

But Li Yanhong held the child for three days straight, until the corpse rotted and stank, yet she still refused to let go.

But one must find a place to bury the child properly; after all, with the hot weather the corpse would soon rot if left unburied.

Speaking of Li Zeyu, villagers used to look down on him as a pretty boy, but now when they mention him everyone praises him, thinking that even though Li Yanhong has become like this, Li Zeyu still stands by her without leaving—truly a good man.

Su Ruo only feels that human relationships are truly subtle; some people seem born with incompatible fates, destined to become enemies.

As usual, Su Ruo gave Li Yanhong acupuncture; after finishing the needling, she walked up to Li Zeyu and asked: 'Li Zeyu, was it you who pushed Li Yanhong back then, causing the child to fall into the oil pot?'

"Su Ruo, you must speak with evidence; what proof do you have that I did this, and why would I harm my own child?"

Li Zeyu sneered as he spoke, but he failed to notice that Li Yanhong, whose eyes had been dazed, now gazed at him with astonishing clarity, filled with disbelief.

However, because of the Silver Needle on her head, she could neither move nor speak.