“What are you doing here?” Axiang asked coldly.
“Axiang, have you caused enough trouble outside? e back with me now!” Zhao Datu spoke in a manding tone.
He thought, of course, Axiang would want to go back; she was probably just waiting for him to ask.
To Zhao Datu’s approach, Axiang just found it baffling. She took a step back and scoffed, “Go back with you? Zhao Datu, what kind of act are you putting on now?”
“I’m not putting on any act. You’re the woman I married, naturally, you should e back with me. You left for your family’s home without a word a while back, and I thought to myself, ’You can’t spoil a woman like that, once you start, it’ll lead to trouble.’ But you never returned, so I figured you must be angry too. Let’s say I was wrong about the past, I’ll apologize, and that should settle it. But now you can’t keep causing trouble outside. Hurry up and e back!” Zhao Datu said.
He believed that his gesture to lower himself and even apologize would surely soften her heart.
She was always the one to soften easily, after all.
But contrary to his expectations, not an ounce of softness appeared in Axiang; she was even more assertive: “Zhao Datu, you admit you were wrong in the past and tell me to go back with you. But if I actually went back, what would you do? Tell everyone in the village how cheap I am for ing back willingly? Then continue to treat me as your family’s servant, to be humiliated by you and your mother?”
Zhao Datu watched Axiang, his tone carrying a hint of sincerity, “Axiang, if you e back with me this time, I definitely won’t let you be treated like a servant. I promise you’ll live fortably; I won’t let you do any hard or heavy tasks.”
“If I don’t do them, who will?”
“Of course, I will,” Zhao Datu said firmly, looking at Axiang.
He had never been this gentle before. His demeanor caused Axiang to momentarily bee dazed.
Could he really have changed?
Zhao Datu, seeing Axiang quickly falling into a daze, knew she must have wavered.
This woman really is easy to coax. She must be suffering with Shagen, right?
Just as Zhao Datu thought he was about to succeed, a punch suddenly swung from behind, sending him staggering, his vision filled with stars, disoriented.
At that moment, Axiang also jerked back to reality.
It was a close call. If Shagen hadn’t shown up just in time, she might have believed Zhao Datu’s lies.
Had Zhao Datu ever been gentle before? Only during the time he was deceiving her. And after he got what he wanted, when had he ever been gentle?
He was obviously here to deceive her again.
Axiang, Axiang, you already fell for it once, a fall that nearly cost you your life. Are you really going to fall for it again?
After punching Zhao Datu, Shagen went over and took the pair of buckets from Axiang’s shoulders, worried that they were too heavy for her.
Axiang handed over her burden to Shagen and then said to him, “Let’s go water the vegetables.”
As for Zhao Datu on the ground, suddenly beaten up, he was utterly stunned.
Shagen, always as quiet as a gourd, had such strength? To e up punching? There’s a saying, ’developed limbs, simple mind,’ and although Shagen’s mind was simple, his limbs were strong as an ox’s.
Datu didn’t dare to chase after him, but instead stayed on the ground, putting on a pitiful act, “Axiang, it hurts so much, Axiang…”
She should turn around and look at him, right?
But unexpectedly, Axiang didn’t even glance at him, following Shagen as she walked away.
Only after Axiang had gone far did Zhao Datu begrudgingly get up, his face covered in dirt.
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