"She's just a girl. She'll get married sooner or later. Besides, she's sickly. Who knows when she might drop dead?
Rather than waste silver on her, you might as well let me buy booze with it."
"You'll get that silver over my dead body."
"Then go die with that girl."
The people around them murmured among themselves:
"Kong Laosan's drunk and beating his wife again."
"Poor Sixth Madam and her two children."
"Why haven't we seen Kong Siyu today? Doesn't he always protect his mother and sister when Kong Laosan goes on a drunken rampage?"
"Kong Siyu should still be at school at this hour."
"Kong Laosan only dares bully Sixth Madam and her daughter because Kong Siyu isn't home."
"What sins could Sixth Madam and her children have committed to end up with someone like Kong Laosan?"
Everything changed in an instant. As the woman in the distance ran, her foot slipped, and she fell to the ground. Kong Laosan caught up with her and began snatching at the money pouch clutched against her chest.
Sixth Madam desperately shielded the money pouch in her arms.
Kong Laosan cursed:
"Hand over that pouch right now, or I'll beat you!"
"You'll get it over my dead body."
"You bitch! Since you want to die, I'll grant your wish."
With that, Kong Laosan swung his fist...
Song Yaoyao was about to order someone to intervene when a young man came running from nearby, shouting:
"Stop! Don't you dare bully my mother!"
Kong Laosan clearly hadn't expected the young man to appear, either, and froze.
In that brief moment, the young man had already planted himself in front of Sixth Madam:
"Don't you dare bully my mother."
"Siyu, you're back?
I wasn't bullying your mother. I was just, just..."
Guagua's voice