He's My Husband

Liu Xiaolan sneered. "This broken house? It's far away from the center of the village and it looks as if it was some dirt building that was abandoned long ago. It even has a broken down roof, and you want me to be grateful?"

"It's not like you gave it to me for free. It's my compensation for working for the Liu family all these years, after all, since you kicked me out than you should pay for my work in the fields and help inside the house…" She added.

Ren Lanfeng broke down their conversation upon noticing the nearby villagers getting more energetic. "Alright, that's enough. Yan Rusheng, girl Liu is telling the truth. Since you've kicked her out, what has she to do with your family?"

Zou Chang added his thoughts as well, "Well, I might not spend too much in the village, but I still know some things. When girl Liu was living with your Liu family, she had to help out in the fields for most of the day and then do housework when she came back. Even before kicking her out of your family, I'm not saying you should pay her, but you guys didn't even give her enough food for most of the time… Not even talking about the abuse she received from you, what are you talking about now?"

Nearby villagers listening to the situation for fun changed their faces. After all, everyone knew that the Liu family kicked Liu Xiaolan out, but most people didn't knew that she suffered in their family and was treated worse than a dog.

Su Jingyi is a well known so-called protector of females in the Luojia Village. During her childhood, her family was living under a strict mother-in-law with patriarchal thinking, leaving her mother and herself for constant abuse.

Now listening to Liu Xiaolan's situation within Liu family reminded her of her own old days and filled her with indignation. "If it was me, I wouldn't wait to be kicked out by that kind of family. I would leave by myself, less I get killed by them…"

"Yes, they keep talking about blood relationship and here they are treating her like some dispensable foreigner."

"Huh, what family, more like a relationship between a master and a slave…"

Grandma Liu looked towards Elder Zuo with hate in her eyes. With just a few words from his mouth, the opinion of villagers around them was swayed. Just what did this dead girl do to recieve help from them?

Shen Meijing touched Grandma Liu's sleeve and said quietly, "Mother, don't talk about useless things. Let's focus on that wild man…"

At this point in time, Mu Yuchen took Liu Xiaolan's hand and looked if it wasn't injured when she slapped Grandma Liu. Upon seeing it, Yan Ruchen shouted, "Look at this pair of adulterers, they're not ashamed even in public…"

Village Head Ren stared at them with hesitation and said, "Liu Xiaolan, you need to explain to us what's going on here. Who's this man and what's your relationship with him?"

Liu Xiaolan looked at the faces of nearby villages and knew that she needs to quickly think of an explanation. If she doesn't properly clarify her relationship with Mu Yuchen right now it's likely that they will kick her out of the village, or perhaps even kill her to save the reputation of the village.

With nothing coming to her head quickly, she decided to play the pity card. Liu Xiaolan looked down and forced some tears to come out of her eyes, saying with a quivering voice. "Grandma Liu, Aunt Shen, do you really need to force me to death? What did I do so wrong that you can't stand me? I just want to live a peaceful life..."

While Liu Xiaolan was a little malnourished, her mother was still a pretty beautiful lady. Thankfully, she received most of her genes from her mother's side, so now with her slender body and rosy face, she looked like a little beauty that was bullied for no reason.

Mu Yuchen didn't know her thoughts, and upon noticing her tears, he couldn't help himself. Moving his hand toward her face, he wiped off her tears and said in a comforting tone, "My lady, please don't cry. I won't let anyone bully my lady in the future so that lady won't be sad anymore…"

Liu Xiaolan looked towards Mu Yuchen and her thoughts slowly changed. Although she only knew him for a very short time, somehow she could feel that he was sincere towards her.

Thinking of man in this era, she knew that she probably wouldn't be able to get used to the different values between the modern and ancient people. Even if she tried to, it would be really hard to install modern thinking concepts onto them, and it's likely that they would just think she was crazy.

Now looking at Mu Yuchen, although he might be a little foolish, at the very least he would listen to her and wouldn't bring too much trouble for herself. Perhaps with his childish mind, she could even turn him into a proper being with modern values.

The more she thought, the more pleasing to her eyes Mu Yuchen looked.

Grandma Liu shouted, "Look at them, how intimate they are with each other. They don't know shame at all, holding each other in public…"

Liu Xiaolan took a deep breath and turned her attention towards her fellow village folks, at the same time taking hold of Mu Yuchen's hand quietly.

"Fellow villagers, this is my newly married husband, Mu Yuchen. We just got married yesterday, but we're poor and couldn't afford to put out a reception and invite anyone to eat with us… We just worshiped the heavens at home and ate a small dinner together."

With these words coming out of her mouth, not only the Liu family, but also other villagers were shocked. The village elders and Ren Lanfeng weren't as shocked as the rest of people, but still looked towards Liu Xiaolan for an explanation.