Living like a widow? My rough neighbor is coaxing me to have a baby every night.

Chapter 98 The Party Secretary's Daughter Forced to Marry a Thug

While the Qin family was enjoying their time together in their courtyard, things were in complete chaos at the home of village secretary Liu Baoguo, like a swarm of wasps that had been disturbed.

Two heavy wooden doors slammed against the earthen wall, causing the old ash on the top of the door frames to fall down in a flurry.

Liu Baoguo, his face dark, gripped the pipe tightly in his hand and grabbed Liu Chunhua's hair with his other hand, dragging her from the courtyard into the main room.

Liu Chunhua kicked her feet wildly on the ground, even losing one of her shoes.

"Dad! It hurts! My scalp feels like it's going to fall off!"

"Pain? You still know what pain is?" Liu Baoguo released his grip and slammed the man to the ground.

Liu Chunhua fell hard onto the ground, hitting her forehead on the bench leg, which immediately swelled up into a large bump.

Before she could even get up, Liu Baoguo turned around, grabbed the bald broom used for sweeping the kang (a heated brick bed) from behind the door, and swung it down on her head.

"Slap! Slap!"

The sound of a broom blade striking flesh is dull and painful to hear.

"Ah—!" Liu Chunhua rolled on the ground, covering her head with her hands, screaming until her throat was hoarse, "Mom! Help! My dad's going to kill someone!"

Liu Chunhua rolled on the ground in pain, clutching her head with both hands, her piercing screams sending chills down one's spine.

"Dad! What are you doing?! Are you trying to kill your daughter?!"

Aunt Liu had just caught up from behind when she saw the scene. She was so frightened that she cried out and rushed forward to protect her daughter.

"Get out of here!"

"A doting mother often spoils her son!"

Liu Baoguo was panting heavily, his chest heaving violently, and veins bulging on his forehead.

He kicked away the broken broom, pointed at the mother and daughter who were embracing and crying, and spat far away.

"If you hadn't spoiled her so much, letting her run wild, would she have done something so shameful? Running around in the cornfield in the middle of the night instead of sleeping! And even trying to stab someone with scissors! She's completely humiliated me today!"

Aunt Liu hugged the trembling Liu Chunhua, wiping away her tears: "But you can't beat her to death... It's all that damned Li Laizi's fault! Let's sue him! Let him get shot!"

"Sue? Go ahead and sue!"

Liu Baoguo stopped, panting heavily as he leaned on his knees. His cloudy eyes were bloodshot, revealing a sinister glint. "Flies don't land on eggs without cracks! If she hadn't acted provocatively, would someone like Li Laizi have gotten away with it? Dozens of eyes in the whole village saw it! Even that big idiot Erhan was watching! Do you think this can be covered up?"

He threw down the broken broom he was holding, pointed at Liu Chunhua who was huddled in the corner trembling, and roared through gritted teeth, "From today onwards, you stay in the house obediently and don't go anywhere! Once this storm has passed, we'll get things done!"

Guiying was stunned upon hearing this: "What...what are you going to do?"

Liu Chunhua covered her swollen face and stared up at her father.

Liu Baoguo pulled a pipe from his pocket, his hands trembling so much he couldn't light it. Finally, he slammed the matchbox to the ground: "What else could it be? Marry her! Marry her off to Li Laizi!"

These words were like a bolt from the blue, completely stunning the two women in the room.

"What?! Marry Li Laizi?!"

Aunt Liu screamed and jumped up from the ground. "Dad, are you crazy? What kind of person is that Li Laizi? He's covered in sores, never knows where his next meal is coming from, and he's a scoundrel! Our Chunhua is the Party Secretary's daughter, how can she marry such a scumbag?"

"If I don't marry him, who will I marry?"

Liu Baoguo whirled around, his eyes bulging as if they were about to burst. "Now the whole commune knows she spent the night in the cornfield with Li Laizi! She's even lost her hymen! And she had it checked in front of everyone! Besides Li Laizi, who would want this slut? Do you want her to be gossiped about in the village for the rest of her life, or do you want me, the Party Secretary, to be pointed at and cursed for failing to raise my daughter properly?"

"I won't marry him! I'd rather die than marry him!"

She gripped the corner of the table so tightly her nails were almost breaking: "I want to marry Qin Rushan! I'll only marry Qin Rushan! That filthy Li Laizi, I feel disgusted even if he touches me! Father, go and arrest Qin Rushan! It's clearly him... it should clearly be his..."

"Snapped!"

A resounding slap landed hard on Liu Chunhua's face, silencing her from the rest of her words.

After slapping her, Liu Baoguo's hand trembled. "You still dare to mention Qin Rushan? Did you not understand what he just said, or are you pretending to be deaf? He has evidence! If there really is blood on the bed sheet, Li Xianglian is innocent! If we dare to cause trouble again, that's falsely accusing a military marriage! Do you want your whole family to go to jail with you?"

Liu Chunhua's head was spinning from the yelling, and her face was covered in tears and snot.

"Stop pretending to be dead!"

Liu Baoguo lowered his voice, his tone sinister, "Was that howl that bastard Li Laizi made in front of the whole village real? Huh? Tell me the truth, when exactly did you unbuckle your belt?"

Liu Chunhua trembled, as if burned by the spittle, her eyes darting around, unable to meet her father's gaze.

She hunched her neck, her hands digging desperately into the dirt on the ground, her fingernails filled with black mud, looking exactly like a plucked, sickly chicken.

Seeing her guilty and cowardly appearance, Liu Baoguo's heart sank completely, and all his last bit of hope vanished.

He abruptly released her, letting Liu Chunhua collapse to the ground, and let out a strange, chilling laugh: "Good... very good. The virgin I've raised for over twenty years, and she's already been defiled? Where's the devil? Huh? Eaten by a dog? Which bastard did it? Was it that four-eyed dog who lived in the educated youth settlement two years ago?"

When Liu Chunhua's secret was exposed, she lowered her head even further, biting her lips until they bled, unable to utter a single word.

How so?

She said that she was bewitched back then. She saw that the educated youth named Xu Wenbin was handsome and fair-skinned, and a few sweet words like "I'll take you to the city to enjoy life" lured her into the sorghum field.

That was two or three years ago.

The late summer heat is intense; the sorghum fields are stiflingly hot, making people feel dizzy.

She laid out fertilizer bags, hoping to get a taste of something new.

But who would have thought that it was just a showy spearhead?

It looked quite presentable, but once you took off your pants, you looked like a featherless white chicken, so skinny that your ribs could be used to play the piano.

Before she could even get a little excited, the boy deflated like a punctured pig's bladder, shivering as he finished. He wasn't even as good as her moldy pillow.

After he finished, the kid pulled up his pants and ran away, returning to the city without leaving a trace.

Although she resented being deceived and having her body taken, she didn't feel particularly regretful.

Those cowards who surrender in three seconds are no match for a tough guy like Qin Rushan, who is all muscle and can split half a mountain with one swing of his axe.

Recalling Qin Rushan's ruthless rage last night, which seemed intent on crushing people, Liu Chunhua felt a pang of bitterness and resentment.

"Speak! Are you mute?"

Liu Baoguo kicked the empty basin with a loud bang, which startled Liu Chunhua so much that she almost wet her pants.

"It's...it's that Xu Wenbin..." Liu Chunhua's voice was so soft it was almost a mosquito's hum, tinged with tears, "But he went back to the city...he left a long time ago..."

"I knew it! I knew it!"

Liu Baoguo was so angry that he paced around the room, grabbed the teacup on the table, and smashed it on the ground. Enamel shards scattered everywhere. "Shameless thing! You paid me! You were given away for free! They just walked away and left you to be a used woman in the village?"

Now look what's happened! This stigma is stuck on your head, and you can't get it off! Li Laizi may be a scoundrel, but his words are now irrefutable proof! The whole village believes you're a slut; if you don't marry him, you'll just rot away at home for the rest of your life!

He took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down. "There's no room for negotiation. Only by marrying Li Laizi can we say that what happened last night was just dating and we hadn't even had a wedding banquet yet, thus covering up this shameful affair. This isn't just for your reputation, but also to protect my job! As long as I'm still the Party Secretary, that good-for-nothing Li Laizi won't dare to do anything to you!"

"I don't... Mother... save me..." Liu Chunhua looked at her mother in despair, who was her last straw.

But when Aunt Liu opened her mouth, seeing the murderous look in her husband's eyes, she finally collapsed to the ground, covered her face, and began to sob.

In this family, Liu Baoguo's words are like imperial edicts, like the heavens above.

As Liu Chunhua watched this scene, the light in her eyes gradually faded.

Instead, there was a chilling stillness and resentment.

On what grounds?

Why is it that Li Xianglian, that slut, can be treated like a treasure by Qin Rushan, living in a spacious courtyard, with a man backing her up?

But Liu Chunhua, the daughter of the Party branch secretary, was to marry a scoundrel covered in pus.

She was not reconciled! She would rather die than accept it!

……

That night, in the east room of the Qin family.

On the brand-new red lacquered wooden cabinet by the kang (heated brick bed), the spoils of today's shopping spree from town were neatly arranged: face cream, clam oil, polyester fabric, and those two precious jars of malted milk powder.

"Brother Shan, no need... really no need." She looked at the man squatting in front of her. "I can wash myself. You've been exhausted all day. I can't let you serve me every day."

Qin Rushan ignored her, focusing only on testing the water temperature in the enamel basin.

"Why all the nonsense?"

Qin Rushan tested the water temperature, then reached out and grabbed her pair of small, white feet without a word, pressing them directly into the steaming water. "Here, there are no such stinking rules of male superiority over females. I'm happy to serve my wife; money can't buy my willingness."

His hands were large and thick, calloused from years of holding guns and steering wheels. They rubbed against Li Xianglian's delicate skin, causing a slight stinging sensation, yet also a strangely soothing feeling.

"You sat in the back seat all day, are your legs sore?" Qin Rushan asked in a deep voice while pressing the Yongquan acupoint on the sole of her foot.