Chapter 11: Seeking a Solution from Liu Yongming

Lin Qin nodded heavily, accusing them word by word, "I am Liu Li’s second sister-in-law. Back then, when Liu Li’s second brother, Liu Yongming, got into high school but didn't have the money to attend, he found out I had a hundred yuan in my dowry and came to propose. After I married into the Liu family, they took that hundred yuan from me for various reasons!

For these past six years, I’ve worked like a beast of burden in the Liu family! Six years! I haven't even dared to buy myself a new piece of clothing or a new pair of pants. Look at what she wears and what she uses!

I gave my all to the Liu family, and now that Liu Yongming is about to graduate from college, their whole family looks down on me for being uneducated and for giving birth to a daughter. They want to kick us mother and daughter out!

Over half a month ago, they conspired to knock me unconscious and framed me for having an affair. It was only when my father called the police and they intervened that they admitted to their crimes.

While I was at my parents' home recovering, they sent someone to pass a message saying Liu Yongming was back and wanted us to return. But when we got back, we didn't see Liu Yongming, and my child was sent to the hospital after Liu Li threw a ladle of boiling water on her!

Afterward, they claimed my child was being naughty and bumped into the eldest sister-in-law, causing both the sister-in-law and herself to get hurt!

But that’s not what happened at all! It was my mother-in-law, Liu Cuihua, and my eldest sister-in-law, Xu Manzhi, who held me down on both sides, letting Liu Li pour boiling water on me. My child knocked into Xu Manzhi to save me, which is why the water splashed onto my child and Xu Manzhi’s backs!

Liu Li did all of this! She is a vicious, heartless, ungrateful wretch!

I can swear to the heavens that everything I’ve said today is true. If there is a single lie, may I be struck by lightning and die a horrible death!"

Zhang Hua looked at the hysterical Lin Qin, then at Liu Li, who was flickering her eyes and keeping her head bowed. Her heart sank to the bottom.

Liu Li was a student she had taught from the first year of middle school to the third. She was a promising student, usually sweet-mouthed and sensible, and got along well with her classmates. How could she do such a thing?

She didn't want to believe it. Looking at Liu Yaya, who was lying on the stretcher, Zhang Hua crouched down and asked gently, "Little one, tell Auntie, who caused your injuries?"

Liu Yaya looked up at Liu Li. "It was her! She’s a bad woman. She hit my mommy, kicked her, cursed at her, and poured boiling water on her. She is really, really, really bad."

"You're lying! I didn't!" Liu Li’s vision blurred with tears, and she cried out in anger.

Lin Qin retorted loudly, "There are many children from our neighborhood studying at this school; you only need to ask to know if Liu Li has done these things! The day my daughter was injured, I went door-to-door begging neighbors to lend me money for her medical treatment—everyone knows that! It’s not something you can just deny!

And at the police station, the records are still there. Everything about how your Liu family conspired to bully me is written down!

Liu Li, how can your heart be so poisonous? Your second brother was only able to continue his studies because he married me. Not only are you ungrateful, but you also want to poison us. Aren't you afraid of retribution?"

Seeing Lin Qin so agitated, Zhang Hua immediately ran to the next room to ask several students who lived in the same neighborhood as Liu Li.

Under the investigation of the class teacher, the results were surprisingly similar to what Lin Qin had said.

The crowd was in an uproar, pointing fingers at Liu Li.

For the first time, Liu Li felt terrified, helpless, and at a loss. It was clearly that bitch Lin Qin who had splashed her with water first; she was only paying her back in kind. Why was everyone scolding her!

Zhang Hua shook her head in disappointment and apologized to Lin Qin, "Comrade Lin Qin, we know the general situation, but this is a matter of private morality and doesn't violate school rules or discipline. I have no authority to punish her; I can only make her apologize to you. Do you think that will work?"

"No need!" Lin Qin kept a straight face, looking coldly at Liu Li. "I came here to tear off Liu Li’s hypocritical mask and let everyone know what kind of person she is. Her apology is too cheap; I don't want it, and I don't need it! I’ll just wait and see what kind of end a vicious woman like her will have!"

After saying this, Lin Qin bowed to Zhang Hua. "I'm sorry, teacher. I apologize for disrupting your class. I will take my child and leave now."

Her actions made Zhang Hua and the students feel even more sympathy and pity.

After Lin Qin left, everyone glanced at Liu Li with hidden meaning. Those who used to have a good relationship with her turned their heads away, ignoring her.

Zhang Hua didn't say anything and continued the lesson.

It was as if nothing had happened, but only Liu Li understood that from today on, she was completely famous—and notoriously so. She was no longer the sister of the college student brother everyone envied, nor was she the promising student in the eyes of her teachers.

Lin Qin! She caused all of this!

Liu Ling had watched the grand drama and ran home faster than the person involved, Liu Li, after school.

As soon as she got home, she couldn't wait to tell her family about Lin Qin’s feat.

Grandma Liu was stunned. "This... this... with Lin Qin making such a scene, will Ma Cuihua’s family spare her? Oh no! Something big is going to happen!"

Liu Li was Ma Cuihua’s daughter born in her later years, and Ma Cuihua doted on her like the apple of her eye. She couldn't stand to see Liu Li suffer the slightest grievance. Lin Qin had truly poked a hornet's nest this time.

Sure enough, as soon as Grandma Liu reached her doorstep, she heard Liu Li’s crying and Ma Cuihua’s furious cursing.

"Did that bitch Lin Qin really run to your school to complain to your teachers and classmates?"

Liu Li stomped her feet in anxiety, her face covered in tears and snot. "Now the teachers look at me differently, and my classmates won't play with me. They are even cursing me behind my back and pointing fingers at me. Mom! What am I going to do? What am I going to do?"

Ma Cuihua’s eyes darted around wildly, and she decisively pulled Liu Li outside. "Let’s go find your second brother. Only he can help you now!"

The mother and daughter asked for directions all the way to Liu Yongming’s internship unit.

"Mom, Little Sister, why are you here?" Liu Yongming frowned involuntarily when he saw Liu Li’s disheveled appearance.

Ma Cuihua was furious and launched into a barrage of complaints. "Don't even ask! If it weren't for your future, your sister wouldn't have targeted Lin Qin. I didn't expect that bitch to be so bold. She went to your sister’s school to cause trouble and told the teachers and students about our family affairs. Now your sister can barely stay in school! What are you going to do about this?"

Liu Yongming was shocked. "How is this possible! If Lin Qin had such guts, she wouldn't have been suppressed by you all these years!"

"Don't you dare say that!" Ma Cuihua glared at him in anger.

Liu Yongming quickly changed his tune. "Alright, alright, Mom. You take Little Sister back first. I’ll go to Shanglin Village in a while. As long as I make Lin Qin go back to school to explain, it will be fine. It’s not a big problem."

Ma Cuihua calmed down a little. "She’s becoming more and more lawless. If she keeps making scenes like this, we won't be able to take it. If it comes to it, just divorce her!"

"Mom! I want to! But I can't find a reason! If I divorce her for no reason, what will happen to my reputation? This involves issues of conduct and will affect my job placement. I can't be so reckless." Liu Yongming paced back and forth, frustrated, trying to think of a strategy.

Regardless, that woman Lin Qin had to be dealt with. His, Liu Yongming’s, wife could only be a highly educated intellectual like Fang Ying.