Chapter 29: Chapter 29: Your Wife Has a Foul Mouth, and You Get Beaten

Yvonne Shelby opened the door with a smile. "It’s Sierra! Come on in! It’s been too long!"

Just as Sierra Sullivan was about to speak, a woman’s voice rang out from behind Yvonne Shelby.

"She lives right upstairs, but after all these days, she couldn’t be bothered to come down for a visit. So of course it’s been a long time, hasn’t it?"

Yvonne Shelby’s brow furrowed immediately. "Charlotte Morgan, what nonsense are you spouting!"

Charlotte Morgan, Yvonne Shelby’s eldest daughter-in-law.

"Mom!" A smile remained on Charlotte Morgan’s face, but it didn’t reach her eyes. "When did I ever spout nonsense? Isn’t everything I’m saying the truth? She lives right upstairs, and after all this time, she hasn’t come down to see you and Dad!"

As Charlotte Morgan spoke, she walked over, her gaze quickly locking onto the box in Jayce’s hands.

"What’s this? A gift for meeting the parents? What’s inside? This is all she brought for her first time meeting her in-laws?

How come I heard she gave up 10,000 jin of supplies just to keep her apartment? She gave up that much for her apartment, but now that she’s meeting her in-laws, she only brings this little thing?

Mom, this shows she has absolutely no respect for you or Dad!"

The smile had completely vanished from Yvonne Shelby’s face. "Charlotte Morgan, if you say one more word of nonsense, get out!"

Charlotte Morgan pouted nonchalantly. "Mom, I’m just standing up for you and Dad. It’s one thing if you don’t appreciate it, but why scold me? If you’re going to be like this, you’ll really hurt my feelings!"

Jayce stared coldly at Charlotte Morgan. The next moment, he placed the box on the ground and strode purposefully into the house.

Charlotte Morgan had been a little worried at first, but seeing Jayce walk away, that last bit of concern vanished completely.

’Jayce must be angry, right?’

’Of course!’

’Jayce really cares about his parents!’

’How could Jayce not be angry when Sierra Sullivan is treating his parents so disrespectfully!’

Charlotte Morgan looked at Sierra Sullivan with undisguised glee, her heart filled with exhilaration.

’Before, she wouldn’t have given an orphan girl like Sierra Sullivan a second thought. If Jayce wanted to marry her, so be it. It had nothing to do with her anyway.’

’But now!’

’Jayce is a Water Ability User!’

’If Jayce lived at home, wouldn’t she, her children, and her husband be able to use as much water as they wanted?’

’It wasn’t like now, where Jayce only came down to refill their water every two or three days. It forced her to be so stingy with water that she couldn’t even shower and put on makeup every day!’

’They aren’t even married yet!’

’And Jayce is already living at Sierra Sullivan’s place and not coming back.’

’If they really get married, won’t Sierra Sullivan be the one reaping all the benefits?’

’What about the rest of us?’

’Sierra Sullivan can’t blame her. If she has to blame someone, she should blame this damned apocalypse!’

Just as Charlotte Morgan was lost in her thoughts, she suddenly heard a pained groan.

The voice sounded very familiar. ’Could it be... her husband’s voice?’

Charlotte Morgan’s eyes instantly flew wide open.

Before she could make a move, she heard the cries of two children.

"Uncle, stop hitting my daddy!"

"Uncle, why are you hitting my daddy!"

"SOB SOB SOB!"

"WAAAH!"

The two children’s cries made it crystal clear to Charlotte Morgan that she hadn’t misheard.

’Jayce was hitting her husband!’

"Jayce!"

Charlotte Morgan shrieked and ran inside.

Before she could even get in, Jayce was already dragging a man out of the room by his collar.

Right in front of Charlotte Morgan, Jayce punched the man in the face.

The man was knocked directly to the ground.

Just from the sound, you could tell it must have hurt a lot.

"Honey!"

Charlotte Morgan cried out and scrambled forward.

"Honey, are you okay?"

Seeing the man’s battered face and the blood on his lips, Charlotte Morgan was filled with both pain and fury.

"Jayce! Have you lost your mind? Why are you hitting your older brother?"

Tim Everett, who was Jayce’s older brother, got to his feet with Charlotte Morgan’s help. "Jayce, are you crazy? Why did you hit me?"

Jayce’s eyes were still icy, and his voice sounded like it was filled with shards of ice.

"Because your wife runs her mouth!"

"I won’t hit her, but if she runs her mouth, I’ll hit you."

"If she ever dares to say a single bad word about Sierra again, I’ll give you a punch!"

"You two better remember my words! I’m not joking!"

Tim Everett heard what Jayce said, but he didn’t understand a single word of it.

He turned to Charlotte Morgan. "What? What did Jayce just say? What ’Sierra’? Who is Sierra? Who were you badmouthing? Why did you provoke him?"

Charlotte Morgan also hadn’t expected Jayce to resort to violence so readily, without any hesitation.

’That’s his own brother!’

’And he just hit him, just like that, all for Sierra Sullivan?’

Charlotte Morgan didn’t answer Tim’s question. Instead, she turned to Yvonne Shelby. "Mom, look at him! Aren’t you going to do something?"

Yvonne Shelby sneered. "Your big mouth got your husband beaten up. Why should I get involved?"

Rebuffed like that, Charlotte Morgan was momentarily at a loss for words.

Just then, she saw Kevin Everett walk out of the study and felt as if she’d seen her savior.

"Dad!" Charlotte Morgan cried out hurriedly. "Dad, look! He beat up his own brother like this for an outsider! You have to do something!"

Kevin Everett was about five-foot-nine. He wasn’t particularly tall and had an average build and wore glasses, but he possessed an undeniable, commanding presence.

Hearing Charlotte Morgan’s words, Kevin Everett’s expression didn’t change. He just gave her a faint, cool look. "Eldest daughter-in-law, if you keep making trouble out of nothing and sowing discord, your family can just move out."

At his words, the color instantly drained from Charlotte Morgan’s face.

’She could choose to ignore what other people said.’

’But she didn’t dare ignore Kevin Everett’s words.’

’Without Kevin Everett, they wouldn’t have a house like this to live in at all!’

’They’d be lucky just to be crammed into a single apartment with other people!’

’More likely, they’d be huddled together on some outdoor staircase, just barely surviving.’

’She would rather die than live a life like that!’

By now, Tim Everett finally understood what was going on.

’So he’d gotten beaten up for nothing, and it was all because of his own wife!’

Tim Everett shook off Charlotte Morgan’s hand. "Charlotte Morgan, is your life too comfortable for you? Who told you to run your mouth? It’s one thing for you to spout nonsense on your own, but you dragged me into it and got me beaten! How did I end up marrying someone like you? If you keep this up, believe me, I’ll throw you out myself! You don’t think things are the same as before, do you?

Back then, a man had to offer a bride price to get a wife. Now? I can walk outside with a single bottle of water, and there will be plenty of young, beautiful girls willing to spend their lives with me! If you don’t start appreciating what you have, don’t blame me for what happens next!"