Yunye City Su Clan

Su Yun was stunned. She trembled as she pointed a finger at Sikong Jing and shrieked, "You scoundrel, when did you sickly weakling regain your strength? And you dare to hit my people?"

With a cold expression, Sikong Jing took a step forward. "More than that, I dare to hit you too."

However, just as Sikong Jing was about to slap Su Yun, Su Yuexi, who had reacted, cried out, "Wait, don't hit her!"

Feeling his hand being held, Sikong Jing frowned, a look of confusion on his face.

At this moment, Su Yun, who had been frightened, shouted again, "Fine, fine, fine! What a pair of damned dogs, you're dead! I'm going to report this to the Su Clan Enforcement Hall right now. You just wait for severe punishment."

With that, Su Yun quickly turned and ran away.

Her maid and thugs followed, spewing threats before running after her.

Sikong Jing didn't pursue. His hand was still tightly held by Su Yuexi, and he asked, puzzled, "Su... Yuexi, that woman was clearly targeting you. She should have been taught a lesson."

He had been born a commoner, struggling for survival since childhood, and had always detested bullying the weak.

After joining the Great Shang army, Sikong Jing would always intervene whenever he saw someone being bullied. And this person before him was the wife who had been taking care of him for days.

Su Yuexi shook her head vigorously. "She can't be taught a lesson. Su Yun is my second uncle's daughter. Hitting her maid and servants can resolve the issue, but if you hit her, it will blow up into a big problem."

Sikong Jing was even more confused by this explanation.

"If she's your second uncle's daughter, why is she treating you like this?"

Shouldn't relatives take care of each other? Especially such close relatives.

Hearing this question, Su Yuexi's eyes clouded over with sadness. She lowered her head and replied, "Because I'm too ugly and bring shame to the Su family."

Just because she was ugly, even her own relatives despised her?

Suddenly, Sikong Jing looked around at their surroundings, his body trembling slightly. "Judging by Su Yun's attire, your Su family shouldn't be poor. Why are you living in a place like this?"

The surroundings reeked of foul odors, and the thatched hut was so dilapidated it looked like it could collapse with a gust of wind.

This was hardly the dwelling of a young lady from a wealthy family.

Sikong Jing had initially thought Su Yuexi's background wasn't good, but Su Yun, being her second uncle's daughter, with a maid and thugs, surely wasn't from an ordinary family. In fact, she should be quite wealthy.

Su Yuexi's gaze dimmed further. She replied softly, "Our Su family is one of the four great clans in Yunye City, Yun Province. Naturally, we are not poor... and I only moved here five days ago."

His body trembled slightly. Sikong Jing asked, "Five days ago? Was it because of me?"

Five days ago, he had been exiled to Yun Province and designated as Su Yuexi's husband.

Su Yuexi had been thrown into this place five days ago. There had to be a connection.

Su Yuexi nodded, then immediately shook her head. "It's not entirely because of you. The place I was living in wasn't much better to begin with. Because I married you, I brought shame to the Su family again, and I was ordered to live here."

Sikong Jing suddenly understood. He was an exiled criminal. For a young lady of the Su family, one of Yunye City's four great clans, even if she was ugly, marrying a criminal was a disgrace to the entire city.

Therefore, this was the Su family's punishment for Su Yuexi.

But how could this be? Marrying him wasn't Su Yuexi's choice; it was the command of Emperor Yan Tianmo of Great Shang.

"Ultimately, it's still because I'm too ugly," Su Yuexi lowered her head, her eyes filled with self-consciousness.

Seeing this, Sikong Jing couldn't help but ask, "Where are your parents?"

No matter how ugly a daughter was, she was still a daughter. They shouldn't let her suffer such abuse.

"They..."

Su Yuexi was about to answer when she was interrupted by a scream, from the shrew lying on the ground.

"Miss Su Yun, this old servant is crippled! Help me kill that pair of dogs, Su Yuexi and her man!"

At this moment, the shrew had actually regained consciousness. She didn't know Su Yun had already left.

She continued to wail, "Especially that sickly weakling! He chopped off my hands and feet! I'll sit on him and crush him to death!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Su Yuexi's expression changed drastically, her eyes flickering.

Suddenly, a determined and resolute glint flashed in her eyes. She rushed to the shrew's side and pulled a dagger from her embrace, menacingly thrusting it towards the fallen shrew.

But she seemed inexperienced in killing, her hands trembling uncontrollably.

"Ugly monster, what are you doing?"

The shrew cried out in terror and struggled frantically. "You're going to kill me? You scoundrel! Miss Su Yun won't let you go! She'll definitely kill you and your stinking man!"

Hearing this, Su Yuexi subconsciously looked at Sikong Jing, her gaze becoming even more resolute.

Her trembling hands stopped shaking, and she fiercely plunged the dagger into the shrew's heart.