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'you ugly wretch look at what you gave birth to, a sick deformed beast'
'Like mother like daughter' My poor son ehhhhh, he sacrificed himself for the country and this is what he gets, an adulterous wicked woman' The old woman screched.
'Yes mom' the daughter chimed 'This is why you you refused to get a certificate so you can run away' Gu Erzi continued even twisting the truth to suit their narrative.
A crowd slowly formed as people at the market stopped to listen.
'Mother, sister why would you twist the truth, that was the agreement besides I have received the marriage certificate Lu Huiayu is just a friend.
'Just a friend and you gave my brother's only heir to him and you happy laughing over my brother's death'
'What Gu Huizhe is dead?' she asked shocked.
'Look at her pretending you wicked things' the woman screamed as she grabbed her hair slapping the still shocked woman. 'Did the government officials not come here and inform you, why are you pretending?'
Lu Huiayu pries off the old woman hand to which she screams even louder falling on the ground 'Help me, help me, this adulterous widow ran away before my son's death and now is rejoicing openly with another man'
'My son a hero, who died and sacrificed for the country and this is what he got a cheating widow who plans to runaway with my son heir after giving birth to a deformity before' she yelled slamming her hands why crying.
'Heaven knew her sins that why it gave her such a disease and a deformed daughter' Gu Erzi yelled tears pouring down her face.
The people faces changed as they looked at her with disdain some whispering about how they thought she was a good woman suffering but now they see even her illness is a punishment because of her poor conduct.
Crying the woman insulted asks the man to leave before helping the woman off the floor.
She pleads with her saying she would follow her back. Before turning back to pack her and her kids things.
The woman disdainful voices and loud insults could still be heard, as for her kids the mother-daughter duo held them to prevent her from running.
Gasping she woke up immediately from the dream it felt so real, she could still hear the curses and her children pleading with the women to stop cursing their mother.
She held her hair her scalp hurting, her eyes still clouded by the dream. She couldn't even recognize reality.
Walking towards the toilet, her eyes seemed fogged, her pupils dark with no light. Her facial expressions nothing like a youth. It looked like a woman who had experienced the troubles of life.
She walked bent as if her body had aged. She needed a cut to fill better.
Hearing the doorbell ring she goes to open it.
"Shenyu", "sister how are you?" Two voices immediately shouted. Shenyu frozen looked at them dumbfounded "It's me Huizhe's mom, how are you doing, little darling?"
Still frozen, Li Shenyu stares at them. Her eyes still fogged.
Embarrassed because of the neighbors gathering outside, Gu mother continues "I brought his sister along, I hope it's no problem we decided to drop by"
"Come in" she answers robotically, heading to the kitchen.
She pours hot water in a basin and then grabs a sharp kitchen knife.
"When is that damn girl going" Gu mother whispers. 'I have to convince her of this marriage before your damn brother arrives or her mom calls"
"Maybe..." Before she could finish Shenyu pours the hot water on her, she screamed like a pig in the slaughter house about to be killed.
"Still rubbing her skin and screaming" Gu Erzi glared at her. Running to her mother's side she yells even louder.
Gu mother displeasure finally showed on her face instead of hiding it.
She screamed " How dare you touch my daughter, ehhhhh", sitting on the floor she cried looking shocked.
The listening neighbors tried to push open the unlocked door but Shenyu moves even quicker bolting it.