At midnight, in the street-level storefront under the old building, two tables of mahjong were being played with great enthusiasm. A group of smokers puffed out clouds of smoke as they chatted idly while playing cards.
Some people say that their wife spends a lot of money on cosmetics every month, and they complain about it. A middle-aged man who was smoking heard this and laughed: "Your wife is not well-behaved, you should manage her properly, like my wife, she doesn't even dare to fart, let alone buy cosmetics."
Some people rolled their eyes at him, while others teased him, saying: "Old Yu, who dares to beat his wife like you do every day? What if she runs away?"
The old man puffed out a ring of smoke and said with satisfaction, "Pigs are born to be beaten, dogs are familiar with being beaten, the more you beat your wife, the more obedient she becomes. You guys don't understand, it's just that women will only behave when they're afraid of being beaten."
Lao Yu's name is Yu Fu, and he lives on the third floor of this old building. Ten years ago, he married a beautiful wife, and everyone was envious at that time. However, his wife was not fertile, and after ten years of marriage, she only gave birth to a daughter. Lao Yu became increasingly dissatisfied, unhappy with his wife for not giving birth to a son, and often suspected that her beauty would lead her to infidelity. He is a weak and timid person who doesn't dare to fart in front of others outside the home, but when he returns home, he beats his wife fiercely, which has become notorious around here.
He played mahjong until after 2 am, won some small money, and was in a good mood. As he swayed his way upstairs to go home, he saw that the light in his daughter's room was still on, and faintly heard his wife sobbing inside. He suddenly got angry, kicked the door with one foot and scolded: "Crying your heart out in the middle of the night, crying and crying!"
The crying sound behind the door suddenly stopped, and Yu Fu kicked it again: "Don't you hurry up and get out of here to go back to sleep?"
The door opened immediately, and He Ruyi walked out with red eyes, closed the door again, and said carefully: "You're back, Xiaolu has already fallen asleep."
Yu Fu was impatient, "It's just a minor bump on the cabinet, not even the skin is broken, it won't kill you, why are you crying like this?"
Tonight, Yu Fu was in a bad mood and saw his wife chatting with the male neighbor downstairs. He pushed her to the ground and beat her when he got home. Their 9-year-old daughter, Yu Xiaolu, witnessed this and rushed over to stop him but was slapped away by Yu Fu and hit her head on the nearby cabinet, causing a big lump.
Yu Fu thought it was no big deal, scolded for a while and went out to play mahjong. He Ru Meng hugged her daughter and cried for half a day, then put her back on the bed to coax her to sleep. She couldn't help but think of her own hardships over the years and sat at the foot of the bed crying, only to be discovered by Yu Fu.
"I think you just don't want to be with me, cheap woman. You're not going to be with me, who are you looking at?" Yu Fu pushed He Ruyi to the ground and grabbed a broom handle to hit her.
"Bang!"
A nine-year-old girl named Yu Xiaolu, who was lying on a narrow bed, suddenly opened her eyes and wanted to chat with more like-minded people about "Female Leads and Male Seconds HE", "Hot Web Novels" or discuss favorite books with more book friends.
