Yin Tianshui woke up from the cold.
His whole body was frozen stiff. His head was shaking slightly. His hands, feet, shoulders, and back didn't seem to belong to him anymore.
His head felt like it was being hit by a hammer. His throat was dry, and his stomach was burning.
He opened his eyes and found himself lying on the cement floor in a cotton shirt and pants. A dim light bulb above his head dazzled his eyes.
As various images flashed through his mind, Yin Tianshui's eyes gradually focused. They changed from confusion to seriousness and sharpness.
Looking around, the house was freshly painted with lime. In the room, other than an old wooden box and a chest of drawers with mottled paint, there was only a mattress covered with straw, stuffed with old cotton, and an old quilt.
Didn't I die?
Now I'm … I'm reborn?!
Yin Tianshui was shocked.
This scene was so familiar. He had lived in this room for nearly 20 years as a son-in-law who moved in with his wife's family.
Every bit of those days was a shame that was engraved in the deepest part of his heart when he recalled it.
At first, he only felt inferior and aggrieved. Many years later, when he figured out the reason, his heart was filled with endless anger and resentment.
Yin Tianshui was an orphan. He and his elder sister, Yin Yuling, were picked up by Granny Pan, one of the five guarantees in the village, and raised painstakingly.
Granny Pan lived frugally to raise them, but didn't protect them well. The siblings, who were bullied, became inferior and timid.
When Yin Yuling was 18 years old, she was taken in by a thirty-year-old widower. Granny Pan rejected him on behalf of her granddaughter. However, the five brothers of the village bully were used to being domineering and turned a deaf ear to the resistance of the orphan.
At that time, Yin Tianshui was only 14 years old. He didn't have the courage to stand up for his elder sister.
The other party found an opportunity to cook the rice and forced Yin Yuling to marry him. However, he didn't cherish it. If he was dissatisfied, he would beat Yin Yuling and use her as a punching bag.
The brother and sister would secretly meet and cry every time.
At the end of 1976, the 18-year-old Yin Tianshui was chosen as a son-in-law by the Fengs in the neighboring village. They liked his orphan status, his handsome appearance, and his 1.8m height.
Yin Tianshui and Old Lady Pan lived in two straw huts made of mud. Many people in the village had already built houses.
He knew that being a live-in son-in-law was inferior and would be looked down upon by others. However, the Feng family had promised that as long as Yin Tianshui married into the family, they would protect Yin Yuling from being bullied and take care of Old Lady Pan.
After much consideration, Yin Tianshui agreed.
They had originally agreed to get married on May 1st of the next year, but the Feng family suddenly brought the date forward by more than two months.
Today was the first day he officially entered the Feng family. It was February 26, 1977, the ninth day of the new year.
The Feng family held a banquet for guests.
Yin Tianshui moved his frozen body, his thoughts intertwining with his past life and present life.
There was a straw mattress next to him, but he was casually thrown on the cold cement floor in the middle of winter. How much did the Feng family look down on him?
It was during the wedding banquet that Yin Tianshui was deliberately made drunk. In his previous life, he was woken up the next morning.
When he opened his eyes, he saw himself lying on his messy new bed.
His newlywed wife, Feng Yumei, wept and accused him of not knowing how to take care of her, raping her and hurting her.
After that, she never allowed him to get close to her on the bed.
After that, Feng Yumei got pregnant and gave birth to a child. She also said that her body was damaged and could never sleep with him.
As a son-in-law who had moved in with his wife, Yin Tianshui was young and ignorant about the matters between men and women. He thought that he had really hurt his newlywed wife after getting drunk and felt deeply ashamed and guilty.
He was originally timid, but after being accused, he became even more submissive.
His father-in-law, Feng Guowei, arranged for him to be a temporary worker at a construction company. He stayed at the construction site for many years and spent very little time at home.
Thinking of this, Yin Tianshui's heart burned with anger. He got up and moved his hands and feet. Looking at the familiar environment in front of him, he raised his hand and slapped himself hard. He cursed in his heart.
"You coward!"
"You blind man!
Idiot! "
"You deserve to die of stupidity!"
Suppressing the thousands of thoughts in his head, Yin Tianshui followed his memory and walked towards the kitchen. He scooped up a scoop of cold water from the water tank and drank a few mouthfuls. He buried his face in the cold water, and the bone-piercing coldness made his mind clearer and clearer.
He recalled Shen Yukang's arrogant and proud words. "Hahaha, you pig, Jiandong is my son, my biological son!
Do you know why I let you marry me in advance?
It was Yumei who found out that she was pregnant with my child and had to give birth to the product of our love. She could only use you as a shield.
"Hahaha."
"Did Yumei find all kinds of reasons to not let you get close to her?
That was because she promised to keep her virginity for me.
You were not at home all year round, and we often huffed and puffed together. You died drunk on your wedding night, and I spent the night with Yumei in the new room. "
"You stupid pig, you were kept in the dark!"
"You worked hard to earn money to support my son, my family, and a few of my lovers. Look at my life, tsk, tsk. How comfortable."
"Don't tell me you've never slept with other women?
Are you really that stupid?
Hahaha, forget it. Jiandong has called you father for 30 years. You didn't lose out. "
"I'm not afraid of others finding out. I'm not the one who will be embarrassed. Now that you're a big boss, do you dare to let others know that you've been cuckolded for decades and that you're still raising someone else's son?"
That time, Shen Yukang was drunk and complacent and spilled the beans. Yin Tianshui was so angry that he almost couldn't breathe.
At that time, he had used up all his strength to suppress his strong killing intent and not take Shen Yukang's life.
The identity and status that he had worked hard to fight for had become his weakness!
He really had to care about his face. More importantly, he had to find out the truth!
Yin Tianshui secretly did a paternity test. For the next five years, other than leaving the Cloudy Aqua Hotel to continue operating, the hotel's profits were only used for investment.
The assets of the other industries were all liquidated and the 'Tianshui Fund' was established to focus on charity. He decisively controlled the financial power.
He thought that he would be sullen and cowardly for the rest of his life, while those who had harmed him lived well. Before he died, he felt indignant.
Who knew that the heavens were still fair and gave him a chance to be reborn!
Yin Tianshui wiped the water stains with his sleeves and used the weak moonlight coming in from the window to find the fire blower in the kitchen. He weighed it, grabbed a few straw ropes, and walked upstairs step by step.
The Feng family was the first rural people to build a house. It had two rooms and two floors, with a courtyard of more than 30 square meters. There were two bungalows at the back to raise pigs and store rice straw and other miscellaneous things.
From time to time, there would be one or two dog barks outside. It was midnight, the time to sleep soundly.
The lights were on in the room above the Feng family's new house, and there was a blushing sound coming from inside.
The sound was not loud, but in Yin Tianshui's ears, it was like thunder, burning his internal organs.
Feng Yumei and her lover, Shen Yukang, were in a fierce fight.
Yin Tianshui laughed at himself. His previous life was a joke, a tragedy!
The blood in his body was boiling with anger!
There was no light in Feng Guowei and Sun Meijuan's room, but they were snoring. Yin Tianshui sneered. This family was so evil.
In his previous life, Yin Tianshui had survived until Feng Guowei retired. At that time, he had successfully started his own business and officially divorced Feng Yumei to get rid of the identity of a live-in son-in-law.
However, he still wanted to raise his son, Feng Jiandong, seriously. Unfortunately, the little bastard was not willing to study hard and was raised by Feng Yumei into a playboy.
After finding out that he had been deceived, Yin Tianshui felt lucky. If Feng Jiandong had not been a loser, Yin Tianshui might have had a chance to control his own wealth.
Everything was predestined!
The door opened with a light push. The two adulterers were really daring. They actually didn't lock the door and started fighting.
Yin Tianshui shouted and pulled the quilt away. The cold air and his sudden appearance woke the two people up. They looked at Yin Tianshui in fear. "Ah!"
Feng Yumei's scream was blocked by something that Yin Tianshui grabbed. She later found out that it was Shen Yukang's underwear.
"Shut up if you don't want the whole village to come and watch the show!"
Yin Tianshui ordered Shen Yukang coldly, but his men quickly tied him up first.
Before Feng Yumei realized what was going on, she was tied up too.
"Yin Tianshui, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. Please let us go. Whatever you want, I promise to satisfy you."
Shen Yukang was cold and embarrassed. His voice was trembling.
He was the son of the director of the town's supply and marketing cooperative. He was married and had a two-year-old daughter.
Feng Guowei was the director of the waste collection station under the supply and marketing cooperative. He was going to promote him to the deputy director.
Yin Tianshui's eyes were red. He raised the flamethrower and hit Shen Yukang's butt hard. "You bastard!
You're worse than a dog! I'll beat you to death! "
Shen Yukang endured the pain and begged for mercy. "Stop, stop! Yin Tianshui, I'll ask my father to arrange a job for you to compensate you!"
"Slap!
Slap!
Slap! "
Yin Tianshui spared no effort to hit him. The humiliation he had suffered in his previous life was caused by this bastard and the Feng family.
"I don't want a job for you!
You're shameless and disgusting. Why do you have to involve me?
Ah!
Today, I'll beat you to death in this bed. You'll die in vain! "
Shen Yukang should have promised Feng Yumei that he would divorce and marry her. But when Yin Tianshui died of illness, he didn't divorce.
How could there be so much infatuation in the world of mortals? The past passion was just self-deception.
After Yin Tianshui's divorce, Feng Yumei kept exploiting Yin Tianshui's money in the name of her son.
Shen Yukang's buttocks and thighs quickly became red and swollen. But he knew the severity of the situation. He gritted his teeth and endured it.
"Woo, woo, woo."
The panic in Feng Yumei's eyes gradually faded. She stared at Yin Tianshui fiercely.
"If you stare again, shameless woman, I'll dig out your eyeballs!"