Reborn as a Tough Army Wife

Li Aihua was persuading Fang Pingying, "After all, you're a daughter-in-law. If you fight with her in front of so many people, you'll be the one people blame. And if things escalate, your relationship with Zhiyong will deteriorate, since she's his mother after all."

Hearing this, Li Yuchun quickly chimed in, "That's right, just let me and your mom handle her. We are her peers after all, so nobody will have much to gossip about. And even if Zhiyong comes, he can't do much to us. You just stay out of it."

After speaking, Li Yuchun cursed bitterly, "That Zhou Yunmei, I must teach her a lesson so that she doesn't dare to look down on her daughter-in-law again."

In fact, aside from Fang Pingying, Li Yuchun also wanted to take revenge for Fang Xiu, who had been bullied by Zhou Yunmei a lot at the Luo Family's home.

Fang Pingying felt that Li Aihua and Li Yuchun made some sense. Moreover, even if she went out to quarrel with Zhou Yunmei now, it wouldn't resolve anything clearly and would only let others laugh at her.

Zhou Yunmei and Luo Cuilan had likely been cursing outside for a good half an hour when Luo Zhiyong hurried over from the military unit on his bicycle.

As soon as Zhou Yunmei saw Luo Zhiyong, she started wailing as if she had suffered a great injustice, crying out, "Zhiyong, you're finally here. If you were even a step later, your mother would have been bullied to death by your wife's family."

Luo Zhiyong saw the nail marks on Zhou Yunmei's face and guessed that they had come to blows. He felt somewhat annoyed, not needing to think twice about it. It was clearly his mother who had gone to someone else's house to cause trouble, definitely cooking up some mischief again.

Luo Zhiyong was not yet aware that Li Yuchun and the others had come, but he knew that if Zhou Yunmei hadn't gone too far, Fang Pingying wouldn't have let Li Aihua argue with her either.

He asked impatiently, "Mom, what on earth do you want to do? Why did you come here in the first place?"

Zhou Yunmei said, "I just missed my eldest grandson and wanted to come and see him. I didn't expect that whole family to gang up and try to kill me."

Luo Zhiyong naturally knew that things weren't so simple and asked again, "What exactly happened?"

Between sobs, Zhou Yunmei quickly recounted the day's events, though her narrative was, of course, not entirely factual. How could a person like Zhou Yunmei ever admit her own faults? According to her, the blame lay entirely with others.

Luo Zhiyong was no fool; hearing her recount, he instinctively knew some things didn't add up and wouldn't fully believe her.

Given the current situation, with many onlookers enjoying the spectacle outside, they couldn't allow Zhou Yunmei to continue the ruckus, especially since this was a military family compound.

He frowned slightly and said to Zhou Yunmei, "Regardless of what happened, we should head home first and talk about it there."

No sooner had Luo Zhiyong finished speaking than Luo Cuilan started shouting, "Go back to what home? My mother was beaten today, and if we can't beat them back, we're not going home today."

"That's right, I must have my revenge," Zhou Yunmei declared resolutely.

"What revenge are you talking about? There's no such thing," Luo Zhiyong looked at her, angry, "Mom, I've told you before, if you want to stay here, you should live peacefully. Otherwise, go back home. Since you like causing trouble so much, you and Luo Cuilan go home tomorrow. You can make a ruckus there."

"You..." Zhou Yunmei saw that Luo Zhiyong didn't even go inside to ask the people in the house before he accused her, and she felt immensely annoyed. She plopped down on the ground and started yelling, "Is there no justice left? I was the one who got hit today, and without asking for any details, you're already blaming me. Is this really what it's come to? Once you have a wife, you don't value your mother at all?"

"Good heavens..."

Zhou Yunmei was making such a fuss outside that the children inside the house were all terrified. Fang Pingying, seeing that Luo Zhiyong had also arrived, walked out of the house agitatedly, opened the yard gate, and sternly said to Luo Zhiyong and Zhou Yunmei, "Zhiyong, take your mom back. She may not care about losing face, but I do. Don't make a scene screaming and shouting here, it's annoying."

Zhou Yunmei got up as if she wanted to rush at Fang Pingying but was held back by Luo Zhiyong.

Luo Zhiyong entered the yard and asked Fang Pingying, "Pingying, what exactly happened today?"

Fang Ping recounted to Luo Zhiyong in detail what had occurred that day, and Luo Zhiyong had already guessed it would be something similar, so he remained calm.

When he heard that Zhou Yunmei was carried out by Li Yuchun and Li Aihua, he couldn't help but snort with laughter and whispered to Fang Pingying, "Your two moms are really something."

"Stop laughing, just take your mom away. Otherwise, if my two moms come out again, who knows if they'll start fighting," Fang Pingying said, pushing him impatiently. "Their temperaments are not as mild as mine."

Luo Zhiyong nodded at her, "Understood, you go back in first. I'll send them home and come back later."

Fang Pingying nodded and entered the house.

Zhou Yunmei, seeing that Fang Pingying and Luo Zhiyong hadn't said much and had just gone in, shouted loudly, "Where are you going? This matter isn't clear yet, you think you can just leave?"

Luo Zhiyong stopped her, his eyebrows knitted in annoyance, "Mom, I'll take you home."

"What do you mean?" Zhou Yunmei glared at Luo Zhiyong with crossed brows.

"I'm asking you, you keep saying you were beaten today, but why would anyone hit you?" Luo Zhiyong frowned at her. "People are not crazy; they wouldn't hit someone for no reason, right?"

"I..."

Before Zhou Yunmei could finish, Luo Zhiyong continued, "The truth is, you didn't understand the facts and started hitting Pingying. Their moms were worried about their daughter and that's why they hit you, isn't that right?"

"So what if it is," Zhou Yunmei had to admit it now and retorted stubbornly, "I'm the mother-in-law. Can't I discipline my daughter-in-law?"

"Yes, you can talk things out, but you shouldn't resort to violence," Luo Zhiyong felt it was also necessary to curb Zhou Yunmei's habit of hitting people, angering him as he shouted at her, "And you're the one who misunderstood."

Zhou Yunmei was stunned by Luo Zhiyong's shout, then started to complain as if she had been wronged, "What misunderstanding? They just don't care about my grandson. Look at those scratch marks on his face, I don't know what happened."

"Mom, don't make trouble out of nothing. They are all Pingying's relatives, Ruirui's grandmother and grandfather. They'd be too concerned to do anything, and those marks on the face are from Ruirui and Yaoyao scratching themselves with their hands, it's not a big deal. All kids get those," Luo Zhiyong looked at her, trying to reason with her.

"Besides, the child is under Pingying's own care. Do you think she as a mother would love the child less than you, the grandma?"

"I..."

"So, Mom, let's let this matter go," after a long stare, Luo Zhiyong said sternly, "I hope this is the one and only time such a situation happens. Don't ever come to make a scene at someone's house again. If it happens a next time, don't blame me, your son, for being unfilial. Just go straight back home and don't come to the provincial city anymore. Even if you do, I won't be dealing with you." (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)