The Husband I Snatched Is Not Right!-Chapter 164: Forced into Marriage

The Zhao Family Village isn’t without people! But over at Sandun Village, everyone had knives and sticks in their hands, and just one look at their stance would intimidate anyone.

Who would dare offend them?

The Yu Family initially thought that since Zhao Yu was no longer studying at the academy, there were no more vulnerabilities at home, and thus nothing to worry about, no matter how the Village Chief’s family from there caused trouble.

She would not let her son be that cheap father.

But while the Zhao Family could stall, the girl’s pregnancy could not be delayed.

A group of people barged in directly to snatch someone away.

Hui Niang: "Some of those people’s hands have been stained with blood."

She seemed to recall something, her gaze towards Yu Tingwan was flickering with a sorrow only she could understand.

Hui Niang’s voice was somewhat low as she gently patted the girl’s hand in comfort.

"Back then, during the famine, too many people died because there was no relief grain, the government was just a figurehead, and the people survived by chewing on bark and eating Guanyin soil. To stay alive, humanity couldn’t withstand the test."

The law became just for show, and cannibalism was not unusual.

There were corpses everywhere.

Not to mention looting, murdering, and arson.

"A group of refugees flooded into Sandun Village."

Each was emaciated, but their gazes were as fierce as wolves.

"The villagers were averse to outsiders. But this group of ferocious refugees stole and robbed grain outside, and occasionally gave some to the villagers."

They called it helping, but clearly, it was saving lives.

Were they abductors?

At least in the eyes of the nearly starving villagers of Sandun Village, they were not.

"The villagers were so grateful for the benefits they received that they were moved to tears."

"The refugees were finally accepted, fully settled down, even intermarried with the villagers, and completely integrated. Within a few years, they managed to manipulate people’s hearts and pushed one of their own to the position of Village Chief."

Their reputation outside was terrible, but in Sandun Village, it was excellent. The Village Chief had done many decent deeds for the village too.

Hui Niang: "Realizing they couldn’t win the fight, the Village Chief of Zhao Family Village wanted to protect Ah Yu and tried to sit down with them to have a good talk."

Yu Tingwan: "And then?"

Hui Niang: "He got beaten up."

The Village Chief of Zhao Family Village was pressed down and beaten.

Who would believe it if this got out?

Yet, they had their reasoning.

——Who doesn’t know the Village Chief! What are you trying to show off in front of me!

——When he fainted, our family saved him out of the kindness of our hearts. Zhao Yu, on the other hand, took advantage while we were off guard and did that shameful thing to my daughter in her room. The Zhao Family won’t admit it, but should we not come knocking? Does the Zhao Family think they can deny it?

——"We haven’t even looked down on the Zhao Family for being poor! Apart from being handsome, what else does Zhao Yu have that makes it worth our while to accept him as a son-in-law? He’s been studying for years, yet hasn’t achieved anything."

——"Not taking responsibility? How can he not take responsibility?"

——"There’s already a child. We originally wanted to peacefully manage the wedding for the young couple, didn’t we approach them nicely at first? What are their intentions by rejecting the Zhao Family’s involvement! It’s no wonder we came knocking!"

——"Anyone supporting them deserves to be beaten."

The words were so convincing that people at Zhao Family Village began to believe it.

Could it be true that Zhao Yu really did something to the girl?

Some began to waver, persuading the Yu Family.

——"If you really bullied someone, this isn’t right; it’ll ruin the reputation of Zhao Family Village. The young men of Zhao Family Village will need to marry wives in the future too."

Thinking about it made Hui Niang furious.

All these ruckuses made it seem like Ah Yu had committed an unforgivable sin.

"Your aunt was so angered at the time, she had never seen such..."

She found herself at a loss for words.

Yu Tingwan assisted.

The girl’s voice was clear and crisp: "Playing the victim after committing the crime."

Committing evil deeds while pretending to be the victim, trying to deceive everyone.

Wei Zhao: ...

Hmm, very sharp.

Hui Niang: "After Ah Yu was taken away, he was locked up in the woodshed. Your uncle and aunt couldn’t stop them, and could only chase them to Sandun Village."

But they wouldn’t release him.

Instead, they turned friendly and even called Zhao Yong and the Yu Family in-laws.

Zhao Yong and the Yu Family never thought of reporting to the authorities, after all, the past shadows lingered.

Although at the time, officials in the four cities were imprisoned, many people went to Ze County to register.

But back then, He Xuran and his cohort hadn’t come to govern Ze County.

The Yu Family truly didn’t believe that the mountains of unjust cases would be thoroughly investigated.

Especially since they’d heard someone mentioned the relief grain issue. With officials protecting each other, it was even more unlikely.

Indeed, if Wei Zhao hadn’t intervened, He Xuran probably couldn’t have come.

If another official had taken the post, they would only muddle through it.

When He Xuran came, he removed the threats for the people.

The news spread slowly, but hadn’t reached the countryside.

"The situation caused such a big commotion that villagers from Zhao Family Village, Sandun Village, and surrounding villages surrounded the Village Chief’s house so tightly that not a drop of water could leak in."

Hui Niang: "Your aunt also saw the girl. But upon a closer look, something was off."

The Yu Family immediately pulled the girl’s hand.

——"Look everyone!"

——"Not to mention that day, everything was clear and innocent, my Ah Yu fainted into unconsciousness. Even if something did happen, the girl’s belly wouldn’t be slightly showing in just a couple of months."

——"If this isn’t a setup, what is? My Ah Yu might not be as academically accomplished, but he’s honest, loyal, and righteous. Yet good people are oppressed, ridden over."

——"Which wild man knocked up your girl, go find him, what harm has my Ah Yu done to deserve this!"

Everyone began to whisper.

Who hasn’t given birth to a child?

The women who had given birth could tell something was off with the girl’s belly.

——"Release my Ah Yu!"

Yu Family was already fiery.

——"Is your girl so lacking a man that she’s desperate enough to give herself away!"

But Yu Family still underestimated how low those people could stoop.

If it was a decent girl, she’d be too ashamed to lift her head.

But the girl stood there confidently.

——"Mother-in-law, you’re hurting me."

——"Why couldn’t this child be Zhao Yu’s? If he could sneak into my bed once, he could do it twice. How would you, mother-in-law, know that Zhao Yu and I haven’t had a clandestine relationship for a while now?"

——"Zhao Yu has a mole on his chest, seen by me during our affections. Anyone who doubts it can go strip him to see."

——"A scholar he might be, but he can’t just eat and not take responsibility. This cannot stand."

What could the Yu Family do?

There truly was a mole on her son’s body.

Very few people knew about such a private detail.

Yet people took it for evidence.

In outsiders’ eyes, it was.

Hui Niang took a sip of water to moisten her throat: "By the time your father and I arrived, they were forcing Ah Yu to conduct a wedding ceremony."

Zhao Yu was a scholar; he couldn’t compare in strength to those burly men, and they forcibly made him bow to heaven and earth.

In the countryside, customs weren’t strict.

But once the ceremony was conducted, they were married.

Wanting to back out later would mean a lifetime of disgrace, never able to lift one’s head again.

The Yu Family and Zhao Yong tried to make a fuss but got tied up.

"Watching them about to bow as a couple."

Hui Niang: "The crowd was both jeering and lighting firecrackers. No matter how much I shouted, it was useless, and I couldn’t squeeze in. At that moment, I thought it was over, the sky was falling."

"Luckily, our benefactor intervened."