"Baoshan, he... he didn’t do it on purpose. My mother-in-law says if he doesn’t hand over his salary, she’ll cause trouble. He’s afraid of losing his job so... My mother-in-law also wants to come live at my house, saying she wants to take care of me since I’m pregnant. But I don’t want her to move into my house. I’m afraid... I’m afraid she’ll make us give her the money as well, then we’ll be left with nothing, not even money to buy clothes for the baby. And there’s only the room left where my parents lived, I... I don’t want my mother-in-law to move into my parents’ room. It’s the only memory I have left of them, and I don’t want it to be disrupted by outsiders."

Yuan Chun spoke pitifully, feeling helpless and despondent.

Instantly, she garnered sympathy from all the kind-hearted neighbors present.

They all said, "Yuan Chun, that’s the house your parents left you, you decide who gets to live there. If Baoshan wants to bring his mom over, let him rent a place for her."

"Exactly, Baoshan is the son-in-law; it’s understandable he lives in his father-in-law’s house. But for a mother-in-law to live in her in-law’s house, that doesn’t make sense."

"Yuan Chun, don’t be too easy to bully. If your mother-in-law dares to move into your house forcefully, just report to the police."

"Yuan Chun, someone from the workshop from the Lin family’s neighboring village mentioned once about your mother-in-law, saying she’s known in the village as a shrew, and is lazy. It’s said she doesn’t do any housework at home, cooking and laundry were done by her sisters-in-law. After the families split, the housework was done by her two older daughters. I’ve heard she favors the youngest daughter and son, and your husband managed to graduate high school with his grandfather’s financial support. Last year, his grandfather passed away, and the Lin family apparently separated."

"Tsk tsk tsk, if she doesn’t do housework at home, can she suddenly become diligent and take good care of Yuan Chun when she comes here?"

"Laboring in the fields to earn work points is tiring, she probably just wants to come here to shirk and escape work."

"Yuan Chun, if your mother-in-law comes here, don’t let her live in your house for anything."

"Right, give her no place to stay, and she’ll return to her hometown."

...

A group of kindly ladies offered various suggestions to Yuan Chun.

Yuan Chun looked troubled, "She is my mother-in-law after all, I also can’t really shut her outside the door. If I do that, people will say I’m not filial. Plus, my mother-in-law is good at making a scene, and I’m physically frail, unable to fight her. I... I can’t really report to the police either, I don’t know what to do..."

Like a bullied little rabbit, Yuan Chun sobbed pitifully, eliciting compassion from the group of ladies.

"Yuan Chun, don’t be sad, if your husband’s family is bad, you still have us. If your mother-in-law dares to bully you, we’ll stand by you."

"Yes, yes, we’ll support you."

"Your parents sacrificed themselves to protect the assets of our food factory, leaving just you, a young girl. We’ll surely look after you, making sure no one takes advantage of you." 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

...

Yuan Chun looked at the kind-hearted ladies, responding with agreement.

In the previous life, the original character was bullied by the Lin family. These enthusiastic people had tried to stand up for the original character, but at that time, the original character had not seen through the true colors of her mother-in-law’s family and had hopeful expectations for them, thus refusing their kindness.

By the time she understood the true colors of her mother-in-law’s family, she had been beaten and suffered a miscarriage, fell gravely ill, and was bedridden, unable to even seek help.

The Lin family spread the story outside that she had accidentally fallen, resulting in the miscarriage, that the child was gone, and she was recuperating at home, not wanting visitors.

The neighbors felt it was inappropriate to visit her.

When the neighbors learned of her death, she had already been buried in the ground by the Lin family.