"Qin Ming, I'll let you wash your clothes, and I'll let you drag the ground!"
"You good-for-nothing, what else can you do?"
"What's the use of our family raising you? Even raising a dog is better than you!"
...
A shrill and harsh voice rang out. His mother-in-law, Li Profound, pointed at Qin Ming's nose and scolded him.
"Mom, don't be angry. I'll drag it out when it's dirty..."
Qin Ming said in a low voice. He held the mop in his hand and carefully dragged it on the floor.
"Don't call me mom. You are a good-for-nothing and you don't deserve it!"
Li Wangna's expression was one of disdain and disdain.
Qin Ming was silent. He didn't dare to talk back.
He was an orphan, without parents. He grew up in an orphanage.
Three years ago, the Old Master of the Ma family had a sudden illness and he happened to run into him.
He carried Old Ma on his back and ran seven to eight miles away. He sent Old Ma to the hospital in time for treatment, which saved Old Ma's life.
After that, Old Ma might have insisted on marrying his legitimate granddaughter, Ma Lu, regardless of the objections of his family.
From then on, he would be a live-in son-in-law of the Ma family for three years.
In the past three years, he had been working in the Ma family's company during the day. All of his salary had been handed over to his wife, Ma Lu.
When he went home in the evening, he had to wash clothes, drag the ground, cook, and do all the housework.
He had been working hard to bear the blame.
However, because he was an orphan and had no ability or background, Ma Lu's family looked down on him from the bottom of their hearts.
No matter how well he did, Ma Lu's family was always like picking a bone from an egg. They often beat and scolded him.
In the Ma family, the only person who was good to him was Old Ma.
In the past, with Old Ma's protection, his mother-in-law could still be a little more restrained.
However, ever since Old Ma's death a month ago, the Li family had gone even further and wanted to chase him out.
He had become the most redundant person in the family and lived worse than a dog...
Qin Ming was deep in thought when the door opened. A beautiful young lady in fashionable clothes walked in from outside.
She was Qin Ming's wife, Ma Lu.
Ma Lu's cheeks were flushed. She seemed to be drunk. She must have just returned after drinking.
"Qin Ming, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and go and get some dew and foot-washing water!"
Li Wangna berated.
"No need!"
"Qin Ming, in the past three years, I have already suffered enough of a useless person like you!"
"Let's get divorced!"
Ma Lu gave Qin Ming a cold and arrogant look. His expression was one of disdain.
"A divorce?"
Qin Ming was like a bolt from the blue. He was completely dumbfounded.
He knew that he was not good enough for Ma Lu. In the past three years, he had been working hard and accepted everything in order to get Ma Lu's approval.
However, he had never dreamed that his hard work would be exchanged for a divorce!
"Ma Lu, you... you may be drunk. I'll help you go back to your room to rest first..."
Qin Ming forced a smile and stretched out his hand to help Ma Lu up, but Ma Lu shook him off.
"Don't touch me!"
"Quickly pack your things and get ready to leave. Tomorrow, the two of us will go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get the divorce certificate!"
"Why?"
Qin Ming was unwilling to give up.
"If you want to know why, I'll tell you frankly!"
"I'm pregnant!"
"Is this reason enough?"
Ma Lu pointed at her belly with a mocking expression.
"Who... who did it?"
Qin Ming's face was pale, without a trace of blood.
After three years of marriage, he had been sleeping in the living room. Ma Lu had never allowed him to touch her, and he had never dared to touch her.
"Don't worry about who it belongs to. It's definitely not yours!"
"Well, do you want to be a father?"
Ma Lu smiled mockingly. She looked at Qin Ming as if she was looking at an azure sand.
"Lulu, is the baby in your belly Young Master Sun's?"
"You did so well!"
Li Wangna was overjoyed and gave his daughter a thumbs-up.
"Mom, I'm tired. Please help me back to my room to rest!"
"I feel sick when I see this trash!"
Ma Lu shot a disdainful glance at Qin Ming, and then the mother and daughter proudly left.
Qin Ming was dumbstruck. He stood in the living room as if he had been petrified. His heart was filled with humiliation, anger, and even more chilling emotions...
After a long time.
Qin Ming left home. Along the way, he had a lonely expression on his face. He didn't know how long he had been walking before he arrived at a secluded cemetery in the suburbs.
After Old Ma died of illness, he was buried here.
Qin Ming was very grateful to Old Ma for protecting him in the past three years. Before the divorce, he wanted to worship Old Ma for the last time.
Although he was offering sacrifices, he didn't have any money on him. He couldn't even afford the cheapest Underworld paper.
"Grandpa, thank you for taking care of me these three years..."
"I'm going to divorce Ma Lu tomorrow..."
"I've let you down..."
In the darkness of the night, Qin Ming's eyes were red as he knelt down several times in front of Old Ma's tombstone. His heart was filled with unspeakable bitterness and sadness.
After the sacrificial ceremony.
Qin Ming took out a jade pendant and held it in his hand. He leaned against the tombstone and sat there in a daze. His eyes were blank as he licked the wound in his heart.
This jade pendant had been brought up by Qin Ming since he was young. According to the director of the orphanage, when he had been sent to the orphanage, this jade pendant had been placed in a corner.
Perhaps this jade pendant was not worth much money, but it might be the relic left by his parents and the most precious thing in his life.
Creak!
Suddenly, the sound of a few branches breaking rang out in the silent night sky, waking up Qin Ming who was in a daze.
This was a cemetery, surrounded by tombstones. The sudden noise almost scared Qin Ming out of his wits.
"Is... is it haunted?"
Qin Ming shivered, and a chill rose from his feet.
But soon he was not afraid anymore!
He was an orphan and had nothing. Moreover, his wife, Ma Lu, was pregnant with another man's bastard and insisted on a divorce.
He was so desperate that he wanted to die.
Why are you afraid of ghosts?
"Brother Song, there is a river outside this cemetery that leads straight to the bottom of the river. As long as we throw her into the river and the river flows, I promise there will be no clues or traces left!"
"Okay, keep an eye on her first. I'll find a stone to tie her up. Don't let her float up..."
...
There was a burst of conversation.
From Qin Ming's position, through the fence of the cemetery, two young men could be seen carrying sacks on their shoulders. They gradually walked to the river not far from the cemetery.
Fortunately, due to the darkness of the night, coupled with the cover of the trees and tombstones, the other party did not discover Qin Ming in the forest.
"Wu wu..."
A crisp and desperate whimper came from the sack. It seemed that there was a woman in it, struggling to resist, but it was useless.
After a while.
Brother Song moved a huge and heavy stone and tied the sack and the woman inside to the stone.
"Plop!"
They carried the stones and threw them into the river.
