Reborn as a Tough Army Wife-Chapter 798 - 793: Not Sure If It’s Too Late to Regret (Fifth Update)

(There should be one more update tonight, a total of six updates today, quite impressive, isn’t it?)

The more Zhou Yunmei thought about it, the more she felt that this was unfair to her, too unfair.

Therefore, this deepened Zhou Yunmei’s jealousy towards Xiutao, and she increasingly wanted to make Xiutao’s life uneasy.

So, after confirming Luo Dashan had left, she emerged from behind the house and headed to Xiutao’s place.

When she arrived at Xiutao’s house, she didn’t enter immediately. She just looked through the window to see what kind of scene was inside Xiutao’s house.

Earlier, when Luo Dashan and Xiutao were talking quietly, she didn’t hear every word clearly because she was a bit far away.

Inside, there was a man and a woman, the man sitting on the bed, and the woman almost kneeling below, seemingly changing the man’s trousers.

The woman was naturally Xiutao, and the man was Xiutao’s current husband, Xie Lisheng.

Since Xiutao had stepped out for a while earlier, Xie Lisheng, bedridden, couldn’t take care of himself and had soiled his trousers; now Xiutao had returned to change them.

Xiutao scarcely showed any resentment while changing Xie Lisheng’s trousers, since she was used to this life after all these years.

However, as she changed the man’s trousers, Xie Lisheng kept cursing, "I know I’ve been disabled for so many years, can’t satisfy you, and you’re always itching to find another man outside, but I’ve told you, give up that thought. My legs are crippled because of you, and even in death, I’ll take you with me."

Xiutao didn’t lift her head at all, her hands quickly pulling up his trousers, while she calmly said, "Did I ever say I wouldn’t take care of you? Have I ever treated you unfairly all these years?"

Xie Lisheng wasn’t deterred by Xiutao’s good temper; he coldly snorted and, looking at Xiutao with a cynical tone, said, "Then tell me, what were you doing just now?"

Xiutao hesitated briefly, then told a small lie, "I was chasing after Xiao Wei, and Xiao Wei ran far away. By the time I caught up, quite a bit of time had passed."

Upon hearing this, Xie Lisheng’s face immediately turned livid. He kicked Xiutao away after she had just managed to pull up his trousers, pointing at her and cursing, "You dare to lie to me? Someone told me they saw you talking to a man at the alley, pulling at each other, looking very intimate."

Xiutao was aware that the people living in this alley were fond of gossip, and everyone knew what was going on in their house, seemingly eager to watch their household’s miserable show every day. Apparently, while she was talking to Luo Dashan, someone saw and reported it to Xie Lisheng.

Therefore, Xiutao casually said, "I didn’t, it was just a familiar person, we exchanged a few words."

"So it really is hooking up with men outside, huh?" Xie Lisheng saw Xiutao admit it and leveraged his waist to sit up from the bed, grabbing Xiutao’s hair, he landed several slaps on her face with a resounding "smack smack smack."

Although Xiutao was used to being hit by Xie Lisheng and had become numb to it, encountering Luo Dashan today left her somewhat unsettled, she became uncharacteristically agitated and pushed Xie Lisheng away, shouting recklessly, "Xie Lisheng, what do you really want? If you truly wish me dead, go ahead and kill me once and for all, stop torturing me like this."

Since Xiutao had moved farther, and since Xie Lisheng couldn’t move his legs, he couldn’t lay a hand on her even if he wanted to, so he could only point at Xiutao, angrily saying, "Now you have a man backing you, you dare to stand up to me."

Upon hearing this, Xiutao simply followed his words, "If that’s what you think, then fine. And if you rile me up enough, I’ll really leave, you said yourself you’re a cripple now, let’s see what you can do to me."

"You..." Xie Lisheng suddenly shifted from his earlier bravado, clumsily slid off the bed, began bawling, "Oh heavens, why is my fate so bitter? Not only did I marry a woman who was sullied by someone else, but lost my legs for this woman, and now she’s going to abandon me. What’s the point of living? After all, if I hadn’t been willing to marry her back then, given her unclean..."

Seeing him go further with the insults, almost revealing the past, Xiutao frowned and immediately interrupted him, softened her tone, extended her hand intending to help him up, while saying, "Stop it. If I really wanted to leave, I would have done so long ago, would I wait until today?"

Xie Lisheng was quite satisfied with Xiutao’s attitude, stopped his loud crying, but issued Xiutao a threatening sentence, "Hmph, you’d better give up that thought, otherwise I won’t let you off easily."

Xiutao looked at Xie Lisheng, then at her own bare household, and thought about all those things Luo Dashan had said moments ago, her mind stirred.

If she had stayed with Luo Dashan back then, what kind of life would she have now? Perhaps she’d be cherished by Luo Dashan like something precious, remembering those days, despite Luo Dashan’s poverty, he could still fulfill her wants, breaking his back to procure for her whatever she desired. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

She still remembered, when in the countryside, having not had peanut candy for a long time, life in the countryside was monotonous, often without even enough food to eat, where would one find such luxuries as peanut candy? But upon hearing her desire, Luo Dashan had resolutely traveled back and forth for more than forty miles a day, using all his food stamps to exchange for peanut candy for her.

Had she spent these years with Luo Dashan, she never would have needed to endure such hardships.

Yet, it’s too late to regret now; if fault exists, it lies with her past vanity, her underestimation of a person back then.

She just wasn’t sure if there was still room for regret now.

However, Xiutao didn’t dare dwell on these thoughts right now, she promptly grabbed the trousers Xie Lisheng had just changed out of, took a wooden basin, went out to wash clothes before cooking dinner later.

Unexpectedly, when Xiutao stepped out, she saw Zhou Yunmei standing near her door with a smile on her face, looking at her with a rather malicious gaze.

Honestly, if Zhou Yunmei was furious upon seeing Luo Dashan speaking with Xiutao earlier, then seeing Xiutao at this moment, she felt utterly gloating.

Turns out, Xiutao was worse off than Zhou Yunmei imagined, making her feel a balance in her heart.

But as Xiutao looked at Zhou Yunmei, her heart tightened, and she asked, "Who are you, what are you doing at my door?"

To conceal the presence of Xie Lisheng inside, Zhou Yunmei intentionally raised her voice, "Oh, I live nearby, just moved in not long ago."

After saying this, she approached Xiutao, lowered her voice, and said, "I know everything about you and Luo Dashan. I have something to discuss with you, I’ll be waiting nearby, come over now."

Upon hearing Luo Dashan’s name, Xiutao’s face turned pale, fearing Xie Lisheng might find out, she quickly said inside, "I’ll wash your clothes and be back soon."

After that, she hastily pulled Zhou Yunmei to a secluded spot.