C1 He Risked His Life to Save His Wife

"You piece of trash, you can't even carry a foot wash. Get out here and kneel!"

Along with a scream, Shi Lei, who was dressed in tattered pajamas, barefooted, and had a bright red palm print on his right cheek, was pulled by his ear and thrown out of the house.

Shi Lei looked at the door and saw that the floor had caved in from his kneeling. He smiled bitterly and knelt in front of the door.

He knelt there and sighed in his heart. Old Master Chen, when can I pay what I owe you back?

Eight years ago, Old Master Chen died in order to save Shi Lei. Before he died, he hoped that Shi Lei could marry into his family and marry his daughter.

This decision shocked everyone, especially Old Master Chen's daughter and wife. No matter what, they would never agree to let the person who harmed Old Master Chen become their son-in-law.

However, Old Master Chen insisted. He made a will that if Shi Lei didn't marry into the Chen family, he wouldn't be able to rest in peace.

Just like that, after Old Master Chen's death, Shi Lei married into the Chen family. For the past eight years, whenever the mother and daughter of the Chen family thought of Old Master Chen's death, they would vent their anger on him. These eight years, they had been living a life worse than death.

It was late at night. Shi Lei couldn't hold on any longer. His body fell to the ground and he fell into a deep sleep.

After an unknown period of time, the sound of subtle footsteps could be heard from the room. Shi Lei opened his eyes and quickly and skillfully knelt in his original position.

But it was too late. The door opened and his mother-in-law stared at Shi Lei with hatred. Shi Lei smiled bitterly and slowly closed his eyes, preparing to welcome the storm.

"You bastard! How dare you sleep! You are an executioner, a loser. I will beat you to death." The mother-in-law's face seemed to show some pity, but it was soon covered up by anger.

Her longing for Old Chen had already caused this woman to become neurotic. She even began to hate herself, not knowing when she had become like this.

Following her mother-in-law's scolding, five bloody marks appeared on Shi Lei's face. Shi Lei knelt there without moving, letting her vent her anger on him.

"Damn you, look at the heartless person you saved. He always bullies us, orphans and widows. You deserve to suffer a thousand cuts. You just left us, mother and daughter, and you are bullied by this trash every day!"

His mother-in-law squatted on the ground and cried in pain.

Shi Lei silently endured all of this. The hatred was quickly covered up by guilt.

"Mom, let's go back!" Shi Lei did not need to open his eyes to know that his wife, Chen Yurou, had come.

Chen Yurou supported her mother-in-law and walked into the house. After a few steps, she looked back at Shi Lei and said, "You should rest too."

Everything quieted down. Shi Lei dragged the wounds all over his body and stood up. He gently closed the door and laid on the single bed on the balcony. He looked at the bright moon outside the window and silently shed tears.

At 6: 30 in the morning, Shi Lei punctually opened his eyes and began doing what he did day after day. Do it well. Breakfast. Prepare Chen Yurou and her daughter's braces. Then, he sat back in the corner of the balcony. When they were washing up, he also placed breakfast on the dining table on time.

When they were eating breakfast, Shi Lei sat in the corner of the balcony with his rice bowl in his hands as usual.

Everything seemed to have returned to calm, but the depressing atmosphere that was about to erupt at any moment was getting heavier and heavier.

When they had just gotten married, Shi Lei had tried to change the strange atmosphere, but he had failed. Later on, he could only bear it silently.

When Chen Yurou went to work, she looked at Shi Lei, who was sitting in the corner of the balcony, covered in wounds. There was some pity in her eyes, but then she angrily gritted her teeth and walked out of the house.

Soon, Shi Lei also took the paper bag and left the house. He walked among the trash cans with a numb face.

Shi Lei was already used to the complex gazes of pedestrians. Some of them were sympathetic, but most of them were disdainful, sarcastic, or indifferent.

Who would have thought that a famous university student, who was in his prime, would pick up trash.

And this was what Chen Yurou and her daughter had made Shi Lei do for the past eight years.

Under the scorching sun, Shi Lei was bending over to pick up the mineral water bottle that someone had thrown away. Suddenly, he heard a familiar voice, "Catch the thief, catch the thief..."

Shi Lei hurriedly looked up and saw Chen Yurou chasing after a young man.

He threw away the thing in his hand and ran towards the thief.

"Stop, give the thing back to her..." Shi Lei rushed in front of the thief and opened his arms to stop him.

At this time, Chen Yurou caught up with him while panting. She immediately grabbed the thief's arm and pulled it up. "Give me back the jade pendant!"

Jade pendant?

Only then did Shi Lei realize that the thief's left hand was tightly holding onto a blood-red jade pendant.

It was the only thing left behind by Old Master Chen for Chen Yurou.

While Shi Lei was in a daze, the thief took out a dagger from his waist and stabbed towards Chen Yurou, "What the f * ck, I'll kill you."

"Be careful!" Shi Lei subconsciously shouted and pounced on Chen Yurou, knocking her to the side.

The dagger stabbed into Shi Lei's stomach.

Chen Yurou turned around and saw the scene in front of her. She screamed, "No..."