When Ye Ling saw Shen Chun, it was when their child was starting first grade. She and Shen Bin were taking their child to school, and on the way back, they saw a man violently hitting a woman.

Just like that, hitting her hard on the street. The woman lay on the ground, struggling at first, but then she lay still, as if resigning to her fate. A crowd had gathered around, but no one stepped forward to intervene.

"Old Wang’s wife gets beaten every day. If you don’t know any better, you might think Old Wang is someone terrible, but actually, outsiders don’t know that Old Wang’s wife isn’t decent at all, always flirting with others."

"She looks so honest too, how could she do such things?"

"Honest? What honesty? Old Wang said she wasn’t pure when they got together. Otherwise, why would someone with Old Wang’s good temper beat a woman every day? You see him selling pork on our street for so many years without ever having an argument with anyone."

When Ye Ling and Shen Bin approached, they could hear the gossiping. Originally, with both of them in military uniforms, they weren’t supposed to meddle in such matters, but when Ye Ling wanted to leave, Shen Bin stopped her.

Ye Ling looked up in confusion at Shen Bin, only to see his gaze fixed intently on the woman surrounded by the crowd.

Ye Ling looked over and only then recognized from the side that the woman was indeed Shen Chun.

Back then, when the Shen Family left, Shen Bin would send ten yuan home every month. Ye Ling never commented on it, as they were family after all, and had raised Shen Bin.

There had been no news from Shen Chun for a long time. After Shen Chun snatched Gao Xique’s man, and then was disliked by him, she just disappeared.

There had been no news all these years. The Shen Family cried to Shen Bin to find her a few years back, and he tried, but how could one find a person in such a big country? It wasn’t easy.

Until so many years had passed without finding her, the Shen Family quieted down and stopped pressing Shen Bin to look for her every day.

No one expected Shen Chun to be in this city, and just like that, they ran into her.

Ye Ling recognized the man called Old Wang as the butcher on this street. He had been married before, but being poor, his wife ran off with someone else. Over the years, he slowly built up his business alone and later married Shen Chun, but Shen Chun kept flirting with other businessmen on this street.

The other men’s wives couldn’t stand it, and came to Old Wang’s place to raise a fuss. Every time this happened, Old Wang would beat Shen Chun.

The people on this street had long gotten used to it and didn’t find it strange at all.

Besides, no one sympathizes with a woman who flirts with other people’s husbands.

Having run into this situation, Ye Ling and Shen Bin couldn’t just ignore it.

But before Shen Bin could step forward, a figure dashed in.

"Are you trying to get yourself killed? You’ve almost beaten my daughter to death! Wang, are you even a man? If you can’t keep your wife, don’t blame it on my daughter. If you were capable, would my daughter need to wear clothes gifted by others? And yet, after taking them, you beat her? A man like you without any competence is the most shameless." The person who rushed out was Mrs. Shen.

The sudden appearance of this person left Shen Bin and Ye Ling stunned. Over the years, the only news they had heard was that the Shen Family was still in the countryside. When had they come to the city, and when had they found Shen Chun? They knew nothing of it!

Shen Bin halted, frowning, while Ye Ling couldn’t help but smile. It seemed the Shen Family was indeed plotting against Shen Bin. They already found Shen Chun but kept pressing Shen Bin, perhaps not wishing him well.

Ye Ling knew she should comfort Shen Bin at this moment, but she couldn’t help wanting to laugh.

"Fine, you call me incompetent, then take your daughter away. All of you get out of my house. I’ve been feeding your whole family. Even if I’d been raising a dog all these years, it would know to appreciate my care. But your family? You eat and live off me and still call me incompetent, while flirting with other men. I’d rather stay single for life than take back a woman like that." Old Wang, built strong and clumsy, spoke in a simple, straightforward manner. From a distance, Ye Ling thought he seemed like an honest man.