Chapter 495: Specially Pitfalling the Bad Guys

Fang Jie and her husband have two children, a son and a daughter.

Every time she returned home at the end of the year, she would urge her children to study hard so they could go to school in the city when they grew up.

After graduation, they could work in the city and become respectable people!

The idea was very plump, but reality was very skinny.

Her daughter did well in school, but in the year she graduated from primary school, she was betrothed to a man thirty years her senior; Fang Jie's husband accepted fifty thousand yuan in "betrothal gifts" from the man and "married" their underage daughter off.

The daughter cried and refused, wanting to go to the city to find her mother.

But her father twisted her ear and threatened her: "You dead girl, what are you looking for your mother for? Isn't it enough that our family already produced one woman who brings shame and disgrace? If you want to go with her and lose face for this family, I might as well beat you to death right now..."

A teenage girl could never possibly stand up to a burly, full-grown man.

In the end, the girl was hog-tied, bundled up, and carried away on a horse-drawn cart!

Her daughter was married off, but Fang Jie did not know about this.

The whole family kept it strictly hidden from her.

They even lied to her, saying the local middle school wasn't good enough, so they had sent the girl to board at a distant aunt's house to attend middle school.

Fang Jie did not suspect her family of lying to her at all, until a few years later, when her daughter stood before her during the New Year, holding a baby in her arms and leading another by the hand; only then did she realize her daughter hadn't gone to school at all back then, but had been sold by her husband!

That was the most intense argument she ever had with her husband, but the result was that she was beaten severely.

That wolf-hearted, dog-lunged man didn't think he had done anything wrong at all; instead, he argued forcefully: "Women are just money-losing goods; marrying them off early saves on the family's food. Besides, your reputation is so bad, it's rare to find someone who doesn't mind; if you don't marry her off quickly, no one will want her now."

For the first time in many years, Fang Jie defended herself.

She told her husband that she worked as a servant outside, not in that kind of business, so how could her reputation be bad?

She worked at the Sheng Family, which many people in the village knew, but he insisted on being unreasonable.

He used his wife's habit of avoiding conflict as a weakness, gripping this matter firmly in his hand like a pigtail.

Before that year was over, she ran back.

And from then on, she stopped sending money home.

Because that trip back had broken her heart; not only was her daughter sold to an old man, but her son had also dropped out of school.

Her son was good for nothing, wandering around the village all day, idling away his time and looking for trouble.

When Fang Jie stopped sending money home, her husband came to the Sheng Family to demand it.

Afraid that his causing a scene would make her lose her job, Fang Jie had no choice but to keep giving him money!

But this time she kept her wits about her; she wouldn't send all the money back, and she secretly saved her bonuses and raises to secretly subsidize her daughter.

As it turned out, her husband and son found out about this somehow, and they called to curse her and demand the rest of the money.

Fang Jie lied and said she didn't have any.

Today, when she went out to buy groceries, she was blocked and caught, and was beaten right on the street!

Shi Youxuan:...

She had never imagined that such things still happened nowadays?

She also had a daughter; if Shi Ran were treated like this, Shi Youxuan would even have the heart to kill.

"That's too much. Fang Jie, how have you endured him for so many years? Why not get a divorce?"

Shi Youxuan pitied her, but was also angry at her lack of resolve!

"Divorce? I never thought about it." Fang Jie was timid and submissive.

She had never thought about divorce, always resigning herself to her fate.

Not only had she never thought about it, but her daughter had never thought about it either.

If you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog; if you marry a monkey, you roam the mountains.

Previously, Shi Youxuan only thought this was a joke, a shackle on women in ancient times, but she never thought that such things still happened in real society, and that there would be women who thought this way.

Shi Youxuan couldn't understand; what era was this, and there were still women like Fang Jie?

If she had stayed in her hometown, it would be one thing if information was blocked.

But she had been in the city for over a decade; had all that exposure over the years been useless to her? She was still so ignorant.

Wang Yinghao shed tears with Fang Jie, and seeing her daughter-in-law pacing back and forth in anger while holding her belly, she comforted her: "Don't get upset; you're far along now, take care of your health."

Fang Jie also hurriedly said: "It's my fault, it's my fault. Madam, just listen to it as a story and let it go. You absolutely cannot, because of me, let the little young master in your belly..."

She swallowed the second half of the sentence; she didn't say it, as it was unlucky.

"I'm fine."

Shi Youxuan put her hands on her waist, sticking out her big belly, and continued to pace the living room with an air of bravado.

She had experienced great storms and waves; Fang Jie's plight was indeed infuriating, but not enough to harm the fetus.

She paced twice, sat down opposite Fang Jie, and said to her seriously: "Fang Jie, tell me what you think, and I will help you."

"Huh?"

Fang Jie looked at the Madam in confusion; she didn't know what she should think.

Shi Youxuan: "I mean your plan for the future. Do you want to change your husband and son and make them good people? Or do you want to hide from them so they can never find you?"

Faced with this choice, presumably anyone would choose the former.

Fang Jie knew Shi Youxuan had many ways, but she was still half-doubting: "Can they change for the better?"

Shi Youxuan: "Don't worry about whether they can or not for now; answer my question. I'm asking if you want to."

"I want to."

Fang Jie did not hesitate this time; she was very straightforward.

"Alright! Then just sit tight and wait; just do as I say."

The next morning.

The person taking Shi Ran to school changed; it was no longer Fang Jie, but Shi Youxuan instead.

When she led the child out of the unit door, she noticed two people acting suspiciously behind her.

Shi Youxuan curled her lips in a contemptuous smile, pretending she hadn't noticed them.

Lao Qi was driving, acting as both chauffeur and bodyguard.

Upon returning from dropping off the child and entering the unit door, Shi Youxuan discovered those two people were still in their original positions, acting suspiciously.

Lao Qi said in a low voice, "Madam, do you need me to go over and chase them away?"

Shi Youxuan: "No need, just pretend you haven't noticed them, don't pay them any mind."

"Yes."

It was time for Fang Jie's usual grocery shopping.

Shi Youxuan pulled the small cart used for grocery shopping and prepared to head out; Wang Yinghao was worried and came over, saying, "Let me do this kind of thing; you are so far along in your pregnancy, it would be terrible if something were to happen."

Shi Youxuan smiled charmingly: "You go? If those two scoundrels act unreasonably and make a scene in front of you, do you have a way to deal with them?"

Wang Yinghao:...

The only method she could think of was to call the police!

However, this method had already been practiced yesterday and was completely useless.

It could neither cure the root cause nor the symptoms.

"Then I will go with you." She was still worried.

In her heart, she also felt a little bit of resentment that Shi Youxuan was willful and that Sheng Hanyu spoiled her too much.

She did whatever she wanted without considering the child in her belly.

"You just stay at home and wait for good news!" Shi Youxuan pressed her mother-in-law down onto the sofa, not letting her go.

Her personality was similar to Fang Jie's; following along wouldn't help, and it would only increase the chance of giving the game away.

It was already getting a bit hot outside; Shi Youxuan pulled Fang Jie's small cart, wore Fang Jie's sun hat on her head, put on a relatively plain sun-protective jacket, and went out wearing Spring Shoes.

Lao Qi followed quietly in the shadows, not walking with her.

"Ding."

The elevator reached the first floor, and Shi Youxuan walked out of the main entrance with her head lowered; the property management lady greeted her: "Going grocery shopping, Fang Jie?"

Shi Youxuan looked up.

Seeing she had mistaken the person, the property management lady hurriedly apologized: "Oh, I'm sorry, it's Miss Shi; your outfit today is very... plain, I thought you were Fang Jie."

The loose clothing covered her belly, and at first glance, she looked much like Fang Jie.

That was exactly the effect she wanted.

Shi Youxuan smiled: "I got tired of always wearing the same style of clothes, so I changed my style."