Rebirth: Solely Cherished by the Devoted Commander-Chapter 604 - 632 Sun Lijuan’s Madness II

Zhou Jinzhu understood this point quite clearly. Although Sun Lijuan was unwilling to accept it, she knew this was no joke. With Sun Chan's status now, she could easily ruin her if she wanted to. The reason Sun Chan ignored her was not because she forgave Sun Lijuan, but because she simply didn't regard Sun Lijuan as worth her attention.

Zhou Jinzhu said; "You, with your useless ways, can't do anything right. Even if you went to the city, you'd be the kind of person who eats dog shit. You might as well stay in the village. My land has been requisitioned, and you don't have to farm anymore. Just stay with me at home."

There was no way he could find a wife he liked. Which woman would want to marry an old and poor guy like Zhou Jinzhu? Even though there was money from the land, it was spent within a year and only a few hundred were left.

He earned a bit from herding cattle, and he could easily control someone like Sun Lijuan, who had no family to rely on, making it easy to bully her.

Sun Lijuan felt a sense of frustration and despair, similar to an aunt. She probably wouldn't be able to get what she wanted for her entire life.

Zhou Jinzhu was right; she really couldn't survive. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Sun Lijuan sat on the ground looking at Zhou Jinzhu, and Zhou, towering over her, said smugly; "It's up to you. You don't even have a place to stay."

In utter helplessness, Sun Lijuan went home with Zhou Jinzhu. A few days later, Zhou announced to the villagers that he was getting married and would host a banquet. People thought Zhou Jinzhu was silly, taking a woman who had been to jail and wasn't attractive seriously. But he wasn't foolish; he planned to use the wedding to make money!

The wedding was held in Zhou Jinzhu's courtyard with eight or nine tables set up.

Zhou was a terrible person, often teasing pretty young women and wives in the village, so none of those families came. Only a few neighbors and friendly people attended, and they gave minimal gifts.

Zhou Jinzhu was unwilling to spend money on hiring help, so he let Sun Lijuan cook and serve the guests herself. She had no money to buy clothes or dress up and spent the day in the kitchen cooking and serving food. Apart from a few red decorations in the yard, it hardly looked like a wedding. That night, Zhou took the money and went gambling.

He had been injured from owing money and couldn't be with a woman anymore. Even when he tried, it was over in a minute or two, like a useless person. He chose Sun Lijuan to serve him as a servant.

Sun Lijuan resigned herself to fate. She was shameless and had no other options but to marry him, knowing she'd be ridiculed by the villagers.

Zhou Jinzhu remained foolish and unreasonable, continually beating and scolding her. Sun Lijuan initially fought back, but she couldn't beat Zhou Jinzhu. He beat her as if to kill her.

If Sun Lijuan was lazy and unwilling to wash clothes or cook, she would be beaten. Saying something unpleasant would also lead to a beating. Eventually, Zhou would hit her without reason, just because he found her displeasing!

Sun Lijuan was beaten so badly that she couldn't get out of bed sometimes. One day, after being beaten, she lay in a daze and seemed to dream.

In the dream, Sun Chan was the one being beaten, with Zhou Jinzhu forcing her to work and beating her when she returned home, while Sun Lijuan was laughing with her mother, mocking Sun Chan's stupidity. They sold Sun Chan to Zhou Jinzhu and got a lot of money, which she used to buy nice clothes and a bicycle, then married a city man and lived happily.

Later, she heard Sun Chan died in a cornfield, but she just laughed, uncaring. Why should they have cared about an illegitimate child? Letting her live that long was already a gift from their family.

But her mother said, "Now there's no one to work our fields. It's truly a regret."

However, the regret didn't last long because soon the state requisitioned the land and offered a large sum of money.

What happened later? Sun Lijuan didn't see what happened next; she just woke up.

She lay on the cold bed, looking at her husband who was dead drunk beside her, and a constant hatred surged in her heart.

Everything was her own doing! Even if she went to the city begging, she shouldn't have married him! Now she couldn't even leave because Zhou Jinzhu was so domineering and knew she might not come back if she left, so he controlled her tightly.

He'd beat her if she disobeyed, and her legs wouldn't recover.

She slowly sat up and looked at the moonlight outside.

She thought: maybe people really have past lives. In the past, she treated Sun Chan poorly, and now it was still the same, but the only difference was that in this life Sun Chan bravely escaped the village, striving to live, while she ended up failing to harm others and landed herself in such a position.

Sun Lijuan's tears flowed continuously; only until this moment did she truly regret it...

I really wronged Sun Chan. She never harmed me, but I harmed her so cruelly, worse than an animal. Now that I've tasted suffering, I realize how sad and desperate Sun Chan must have felt!

The next day, Sun Lijuan hobbled out and nobody knew where she went. When she returned, she went straight to cooking and obediently made Zhou Jinzhu his favorite egg pancakes.

Zhou Jinzhu laughed, "Finally beaten some sense into you?"

"I won't argue with you anymore. Whatever you say, I'll agree," Sun Lijuan said.

"That's more like it. I'm off to gamble, see if I make anything, my money's running low," he said and left.

Then life returned to being beaten and scolded, but Sun Lijuan stayed silent, enduring everything like the Sun Chan in her dream, gradually becoming compliant. Slowly, Zhou Jinzhu stopped entirely restricting her and allowed her to go out.

She could go with others to pick wild vegetables or take some of their own to sell in the city, but all the money had to be handed over to Zhou Jinzhu for gambling.

Even if she managed to stash a bit, it was only a few cents.

She often went out, doing unknown things.

The descendants of Zhao Xiuxia's brothers all disliked Sun Lijuan, ignoring her, and later drove her away when they saw her.

Despite everything, Sun Lijuan was their relative; she married a man and endured daily beatings, scolding, and bullying, often not having enough to eat, which should have prompted them to stand up for her, but who wanted to deal with that scoundrel? Instead, they blamed her for marrying such a person and decided to drive her away, out of sight, out of mind!

Sun Lijuan said nothing and quietly left when driven away.

Everyone said Sun Lijuan was foolish, but she just smiled, her long face bruised and swollen, looking pitiful. Even the village chief said, "If you divorce him, we'll help you make the decision!"

But Sun Lijuan refused: "I've resigned myself. It's okay. He's just in a bad mood now, it'll be fine when he's old."