Chapter 33: Is It the Food or the Person That’s Delicious?

The Fu family, who planned to sell Lin Ruanyuan to a wealthy man as a concubine that very day, came looking for her again.

Even though she had encountered many wicked people in her past life, the shamelessness of Fang and her son left her speechless.

These two were like a toad on your foot—not biting, but irritating.

Staring coldly at Fang's greedy and filthy face, Lin Ruanyuan sneered.

She really wanted to ask Fang what made her think she would ever return to the Fu family, but alas, she was a stutterer.

Faced with such a disgusting situation, she couldn't argue; all she could do was resort to violence.

Well, Lin Ruanyuan wasn't one for arguing anyway.

When dealing with repulsive people, a good beating was the solution.

Rolling up her sleeves slightly, Lin Ruanyuan bent down to turn off the charcoal stove and squeezed out of her stall.

Though her belongings weren't particularly valuable, it would be a pity if they got damaged by these scumbags.

Seeing her come out, Fang and her group thought she agreed to return to the Fu family.

Fang glanced smugly at Chen, then pushed Fu Tian forward.

"Go, help Ruanyuan pack. We're going back, and we'll buy some meat to celebrate."

"Alright, I'm on it." Fu Tian, grinning, limped towards Lin Ruanyuan's wooden basin for mixing potatoes.

"Once you're back, quickly give me a big fat grandson, and our family will thrive again."

Fang already imagined Lin Ruanyuan returning, working hard for them, and giving her a plump grandson...

Just thinking about it made her ecstatic.

While she fantasized about a bright future, Fu Tian suddenly screamed in pain.

Snapped back to reality, Fang saw Lin Ruanyuan slowly lowering her raised fist. Above her fist, Fu Tian was leaning back, a trickle of blood running from his mouth.

Lin Ruanyuan casually blew on her fist.

Damn, Fu Tian's jaw was really tough.

"My delicate hands, nearly broken," she muttered.

"Oh my, Tian! How are you bleeding?" Fang, seeing her son hit, forgot all about her future fantasies.

She hugged Fu Tian, and the brief moment of gentleness vanished instantly.

"You cursed girl, how could you hit my Tian? He was already in poor health, and the last time you hit him..."

Mentioning the previous beating, Fang suddenly stopped talking.

Lin Ruanyuan, arms crossed, waited for her to continue, but she didn't.

Fu Tian, enduring the pain, straightened his head. Feeling something gritty, he spat out blood mixed with a tooth.

He couldn't believe it—this stuttering girl knocked out one of his teeth!

"Oh my, how did you become so fierce, hitting people so easily?" Chen was astonished. This girl used to be easy to bully, but now she had such a violent temper.

Lin Ruanyuan rolled her eyes. She couldn't argue with her tongue, but her hands were perfectly capable.

"Curse you, we took pity on you being homeless and came to bring you back, and you repay us like this," Fang gritted her teeth, half-supporting Fu Tian and trying to confront Lin Ruanyuan but hesitated under her fierce gaze.

"Miss Lin, what happened here?" A scholar with a folding fan approached, his previously dejected demeanor suddenly spirited as he noticed the commotion.

He quickly rushed to the front. Like before, he stretched out his hand to shield Lin Ruanyuan behind him.

However, this time was different from the previous times. Before, Lin Ruanyuan was standing inside the stall, but this time she was outside.

The scholar extended his arms, completely blocking her.

But, the scholar was not much taller than her. Moreover, his frail figure did not make much of a barrier.

Lin Ruanyuan looked at the scholar, who hurriedly shielded her, and found it amusing. Despite the humor, she was also touched.

She brushed off the dust on his shoulder that he hadn't managed to get rid of yet, indicating he had just done some hard labor. A frail scholar doing hard labor—it was clear how tough his life was.

"And who are you?" Fang Shi had not finished arguing with Lin Ruanyuan when a scholar suddenly appeared.

She scrutinized the scholar up and down and questioned him.

"Why should you care who I am? Why are you causing trouble here?" The scholar's face was grim, but he still retorted, holding his ground.

"I am her mother-in-law, here to take her back. Any problems with that?"

Fang Shi scrutinized the scholar, giving Chen Shi a suspicious glance.

"Sister-in-law, this is the person I told you about last time," Chen Shi retreated a bit and whispered into Fang Shi's ear.

"So, there really is such a person." Fang Shi frowned, looking at Lin Ruanyuan with even more disdain.

"You haven't been home for long, and you've already found a lover outside?" Fang Shi raised her shrill voice and exclaimed.

Lin Ruanyuan frowned. This person really had a mouth soaked in a cesspool, always choosing the most repulsive words.

"What lover? I just frequently buy things from Miss Lin." The scholar's ears turned slightly red, but he held his ground.

"If you have nothing going on, would you buy things here every day? Last time I came, you were here, and now you are here again. How could it be such a coincidence?"

Chen Shi didn't intend to confront Lin Ruanyuan directly and spoke while staying beside Fang Shi.

After finishing her sentence and meeting Lin Ruanyuan's cold gaze, Chen Shi took half a step back.

"So what if it's like that? Miss Lin's things are delicious. I want to eat them every day," the scholar said unhurriedly

"Is it the food that's delicious or the person? She is a daughter-in-law of the Fu family. Even if you are a scholar, you can't seduce a married woman." Fu Tian, seeing the scholar protect Lin Ruanyuan firmly, couldn't help but get angry.

"Don't talk nonsense," the scholar hurriedly interrupted him.

In the Liang Dynasty, a woman's chastity was highly valued. Lin Ruanyuan being accused like this in public would certainly attract gossip.

"None of your business... none of your business... you... you divorced me."

Lin Ruanyuan had not intended to argue with them, but their absurdity was too much to bear even for a mute person.

"You were divorced?" The scholar quickly turned around, frowning as he looked at her.

She nodded, calmly taking out a divorce letter from her sleeve.

"Since you've been divorced, you are no longer a member of the Fu family." The scholar took the letter and glanced at it briefly.

"She's not a member of the Fu family." Fang Shi sneered, "This divorce letter was forced by her, not something we wanted."