Chapter 389: Chapter 385: Xu Wenwan Is Whipped

Yun Hao came from an excellent family, and he was exceptionally talented in his own right.

He admired Mr. Bai Mu and enjoyed writing, often submitting his work for publication. While he wasn’t as accomplished as Mr. Bai Mu, he had still published quite a few articles in the city newspaper—an impressive feat under the current political climate.

Among all the educated youths at the settlement, only Li Fenggu could be considered his equal when it came to literary talent.

’How could he possibly be an ordinary person?’

Hu Ziqiang laid Yun Hao down on his bed. The other educated youths who saw this jumped in shock.

"What’s wrong with Yun Hao?"

Hu Ziqiang shook his head. "I don’t know either. He just suddenly passed out."

A few of the educated youths exchanged glances, completely at a loss!

"Should we go get Doctor Liu to take a look?"

Hu Ziqiang nodded.

"Okay, keep an eye on him. I’m going to get Doctor Liu right now."

With that, he rushed out of the dormitory.

Xu Wenwan paid no mind to the collapsed Yun Hao. After running out of the Educated Youth Settlement, she returned home with a dark expression on her face.

Today, she had siphoned away Yun Hao’s luck, so she no longer had any intention of marrying him.

’After all, now that Yun Hao has lost his protagonist’s luck, he’s just an ordinary person. If he likes Gu Jiaojiao, so be it!’

’In any case, there was no way she was going to marry him now.’

’I need to become more exceptional, more beautiful, and make Yun Hao regret this.’

With that thought, Xu Wenwan entered her house.

The moment she stepped into the courtyard, she saw her mother standing there with a willow switch, staring daggers at her.

Xu Wenwan...

’I must be seeing things. Why else would my mother be looking at me like she wants to whip me to death?’

She backed out of the doorway, then pushed the door open and walked in again.

Chen Xiumin advanced on her, willow switch in hand.

Xu Wenwan squeezed her eyes shut. ’Why do these people always resort to violence? Can’t anything be resolved with words?’ 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

’So barbaric.’

Chen Xiumin didn’t hold back. She strode forward, raised the willow switch, and brought it down hard.

There was no telling how long the willow switch had been in use; it was dark and glossy, and exceptionally flexible. Even through her thick clothes, Xu Wenwan could still feel the stinging pain on her back.

After striking her twice, Chen Xiumin decided it wasn’t effective enough and stopped.

Xu Wenwan breathed a sigh of relief.

Just as she was about to speak, she heard her mother say,

"Take off your jacket."

Xu Wenwan...

’She’s going to make me take off my jacket before she whips me.’

Xu Wenwan didn’t move. With a pained expression, she cried, "Mom, what’s gotten into you? I did a lot of housework today! Why are you still hitting me? Am I even your real daughter? You’re going to break me if you keep this up!"

At these words, Chen Xiumin’s suppressed fury finally erupted.

"I wish you weren’t my daughter! How could I have given birth to such a shameless creature? Why did you go and seduce Leng Yuan? Why?"

As she spoke, she pointed the willow switch menacingly at Xu Wenwan’s nose.

When Xu Wenwan heard what this was about, she felt a pang of guilt. But then, she reminded herself that she hadn’t seduced Leng Yuan at all—it was a misunderstanding—and she immediately began to explain.

"Mom, I didn’t seduce Leng Yuan! Don’t listen to their nonsense. They just have it out for me."

But Chen Xiumin wasn’t listening. She just made Xu Wenwan take off her padded jacket and laid into her.

Xu Wenwan howled in pain, tears instantly bursting from her eyes.

"Mom, I’m your daughter! You don’t believe me, but you’ll believe those outsiders? They just can’t stand to see me happy!"

Chen Xiumin turned a deaf ear, the blows from her switch only growing harsher.

’If her daughter still had the strength to talk, it meant she was being too lenient.’

Eventually, Xu Wenwan was reduced to heaving sobs, gasping for breath and wishing she could just pass out then and there.

Chen Xiumin had never been optimistic about Xu Wenwan and Yun Hao, but now, she was starting to think Yun Hao wasn’t a bad choice after all.