Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife

Old Liu’s son’s luck was terrible. After hanging out at the gambling den for two days, he lost the entire 500 taels of silver he had borrowed. Knowing he had caused a big problem, he planned to run away at night, but Mr. Li and his men caught him outside the town.

Li Shengxiong, a tyrant in Yunzhou City, wouldn’t allow someone to borrow money and escape his sight. That night, he dragged Old Liu’s son back to the house and beat him half to death, demanding immediate repayment.

Unfortunately, Old Liu’s son had no money to repay, so Li Shengxiong took him to Old Liu’s home for the money, declaring that if the debt wasn’t paid, Liu Ran’er would be taken as a concubine.

In fact, Li Shengxiong had already secretly investigated and knew all of Old Liu’s land had been gambled away by his son, leaving nothing to repay the debt, not to mention the interest as high as 5%.

Old Liu couldn’t produce the silver, so they imprisoned his son in the Li Mansion, stating that only by marrying off Liu Ran’er would they release his son, leading to the earlier scene of the forced marriage proposal.

The old man clutched his daughter and cried, "Ran’er, your brother was taken by Mr. Liu, and we don’t know if he’s alive or dead. Can you really bear to watch your brother beaten to death and let our Liu family have no descendants?"

"He deserves it! Who asked him to gamble? Why should I bear the consequences of his mistakes?" Liu Ran’er utterly looked down upon that old Li Shengxiong and didn’t want to ruin her life.

She had known her brother’s character since childhood; they weren’t close siblings and she wouldn’t sacrifice her future for a worthless gambler.

However, Old Liu’s wife also pleaded earnestly, "Ran’er, please go along with Boss Li. Your brother is the only heir of our Liu family. If he’s gone, how will your father and I live? Ran’er, just listen to your mother..."

Being begged by her own parents, Liu Ran’er felt sad and heartbroken. She lamented that she wasn’t born a son to carry on the Liu family name but was more unwilling to be a bargain for Li Shengxiong.

Determined, she said, "If you force me again, I’ll die right in front of you!"

As she said this, she pulled out a pair of scissors from inside her clothing, holding them to her neck, ready to die.

At that moment, Qi Jingyu and Fang Shijie rushed simultaneously, "Miss, you mustn’t!"

One grabbed the scissors from behind, and the other from the side, swiftly seizing them from Liu Ran’er’s hands.

Liu Ran’er had secretly hidden these scissors in her sleeve, intending to stab Li Shengxiong or kill herself on the wedding night. Unexpectedly, her plan was thwarted halfway.

She thought she had finally struck back and her parents wouldn’t force her to marry that old man, but unexpectedly, her parents still only cared about that useless brother of hers, not caring for her happiness.

She cried loudly, angrily scolding her parents for caring only about her brother’s survival and not hers.

Long Yue watched, feeling deeply sympathetic as a woman, and furiously cursed, "You two old folks are heartless! You gave birth to your son, but isn’t your daughter yours too? How can you push her into a fire pit like this?"

Mrs. Liu cried in defense, "Madam, we really have no other choice. Mr. Li said if we don’t send Ran’er, he will kill my son. What else can two old people like us do?"

Long Yue had no sympathy for gamblers and didn’t care about her son’s fate. She went over to grab Liu Ran’er’s hand and said, "Don’t be afraid, sister. I’ll protect you, and I’ll make sure you don’t become Mr. Li’s concubine!"

Li Qingmu was long accustomed to such matters, but since Yue’er was determined to protect someone, he could only agree unconditionally, for Yue’er was his wife and the mother of his children.

Seeing Long Yue pull Liu Ran’er behind her, Old Liu and his wife both knelt, pleading, "We beg the three heroes to save our family. We’ve nowhere else to turn..."

Such matters were extremely troublesome. Blame it on their useless son. Having no money, why go gamble? Borrow money, lose it, and even think of running away. Truly, he deserved to die.

Yet Liu Ran’er was innocent and shouldn’t bear her brother’s consequences. Thus, Qi Jingyu helplessly shook his head, "I won’t save your son, but I won’t let Li Shengxiong take your daughter either. This is all I can do!"

Fang Shijie also said angrily, "Why save such trash? Isn’t he ruining you enough already?"

Old Liu, tears streaming down his face, said, "It’s true we pampered him too much, spoiling him rotten. But he is our son after all. What parent doesn’t cherish their child? Is it wrong for us to do so?"

From a worldly perspective, they indeed weren’t wrong. Not every pampered child turns bad, but their son was the one who didn’t work hard and chose the wrong path.

However, sacrificing their daughter to save their son, Long Yue couldn’t stand it. When would the societal evil of favoring sons over daughters ever change?

The three of them stayed temporarily at the Liu household. The next day, as expected, Li Shengxiong arrived with many thugs, demanding Old Liu hand over his daughter, threatening to burn down the Liu’s home otherwise.

Facing such a bully, Fang Shijie was the first to rush out. The night before, he had specially washed up, changed into clean clothes, and tidied his hair, looking much cleaner and more handsome.

Standing in front of Li Shengxiong, he coldly cursed, "You vile thief, you dare to come again? Do you want another beating?"

Li Shengxiong nervously took a few steps back, flanked by several henchmen, sneering, "Stinking beggar, don’t think a bath makes you unrecognizable. Hand over that Liu young lady, or I’ll crush your balls today!"

He had specially recruited over ten exceptionally strong thugs from the city, coming not only for revenge for that kick last time but also to take Liu Ran’er back for the wedding ceremony.

Before Fang Shijie could speak, Qi Jingyu, with a serious expression, said, "I advise you to release Old Liu’s son to avoid being punished by the rod!"

"Haha, what a joke. That stinking boy owes me 750 taels and doesn’t repay it, with written proof. Even if brought to the government office, he has no justification!"

Li Shengxiong wasn’t scared at all. Holding the IOU, he had justification wherever he went. Even if he pushed Old Liu’s family to death, with some cash to smooth things over with the County Magistrate, he could get away with it.

Qi Jingyu was left speechless, for it’s only right to repay debts, and even if he wanted to help Old Liu rescue their useless son, there was no reasonable ground for it.

And paying off the debt for that unfilial son was unworthy, as even if released, he’d still be a worthless spendthrift in the future.

At this moment, Long Yue thought of a solution, smiling as she stepped forward, standing beside Qi Jingyu, "Mr. Li, is it? If you release Old Liu’s son, I will repay the debt for him."

Li Qingmu and Qi Jingyu both looked over simultaneously, wondering if Long Yue had lost her mind, offering help in such troublesome matters, didn’t she know what kind of scoundrel that wastrel was?