CHAPTER 448: CHAPTER 474: THE STRATAGEM OF SELF-INFLICTED INJURY

Battalion Commander Zhao’s mother angrily said, "Your wife is too wasteful, isn’t she? Not even taking care of you and still wants you to leave money! Just a divorcee, does she think she’s something special?"

"Mom, can you really blame my wife for this? What if my sister-in-law also had nothing and still had to take care of me? Do you think she could do it? Back then, you paid 800 bucks as a bride price to marry her, but did you ever pay a penny for my wife?"

"That’s different; your wife isn’t short of money!"

Battalion Commander Zhao was also helpless: "She’s not short of money, doesn’t need my concern, so why did she marry me? Was it just to provide relief for the poor? Even if she got divorced, her conditions wouldn’t be so bad that she had to suffer with me."

"But since you are already married, why still fuss over these things? Isn’t every household like this? The rich give more; the poor give less. Our family is poor..."

"Is it really about money? You’re not leaving me a single penny, and she’s just not going to live with me. You all know my wife’s family is somewhat capable. Once we get divorced, if the army makes me retire, I’ll have to go back and farm. I have no skills; you all will just have to support me! You all figure it out!"

Obviously, the army wouldn’t force him to divorce. Battalion Commander Zhao said this just to scare them.

His parents were terrified when they heard this. If their elder son also came home, who would send them money?

They were used to hard times, so their love for money was almost pathological, addicted to saving.

Because of this son, they could save so much money every month and hold their heads high in the village, their spines straighter than anyone else’s. But if, because of their greed, their son returned home, wouldn’t that be disastrous?

So the couple didn’t say anything more, but eighty was too much, and they demanded he only keep fifty.

"If you hold on to too much, what if your wife is no good? It’s better if we manage it for you!"

Battalion Commander Zhao agreed, as he never expected to have that money anyway. His plan was initially to keep only twenty or thirty, so keeping even half was a pleasant surprise.

In this way, he could keep a small half of his salary and hand it all over to Bai Fanglan, which should be acceptable. Once he and she had children, giving his parents ten or twenty bucks a month should suffice.

He hadn’t had a chance to tell Bai Fanglan this news when a call came from the compound saying that Bai Fanglan had returned.

Battalion Commander Zhao was overjoyed! He quickly packed up and took leave to return. After all, there wasn’t much going on in the afternoon, just reading newspapers. The leaders knew it was hard for him to see his wife, so they allowed him to return.

As Battalion Commander Zhao hurried back in high spirits, Bai Fanglan stood at the door opposite. She hesitated, took a deep breath, and then knocked on the door.

Sun Chan was cooking when she heard the knock. Without thinking much, she opened the door, only to see Bai Fanglan through the gap, instantly feeling displeased.

When did this woman become a pest! Clinging onto me, huh!

Feeling annoyed, Sun Chan didn’t hide it and directly showed it: "Do you have any business here?"

Bai Fanglan smiled and said, "I came to check on the house here. How about chatting for a bit?"

"I’m not interested. I’m busy!" Sun Chan said as she was about to close the door, but Bai Fanglan stopped it with her elbow, smiling, "Do you need to be like this? After all, we’re friends."

"I have never been friends with you, Bai Fanglan. I don’t know what you want, but don’t try to scheme against me!" Sun Chan rarely spoke so harshly; she was truly angry this time. What exactly is this woman trying to do?

Could it really be like Guihua said, that she’s trying to harm me?

Thinking of this made Sun Chan even angrier. How unreasonable! Coming into someone’s home to do evil! She pushed Bai Fanglan away and slammed the door closed!

This loss of face turned Bai Fanglan’s complexion dark. If it were her, she wouldn’t say another word to Sun Chan, but right now, Yuan Bing was in the room opposite; what to do?

Standing in the doorway of Sun Chan’s house, Bai Fanglan was truly in a dilemma. Continuing to knock would likely result in no one opening the door or acknowledging her, but leaving would mean the person waiting inside... what to do...

After a while, she returned. Seeing her face, Yuan Bing knew it wasn’t going well at all!

"I’m not saying you’re useless, but you’re truly useless! The person is right across, and you can’t bring them over? What are you doing?"

Bai Fanglan bit her lip and said, "She is extremely resistant to me right now; it’s impossible to drag her out. I think you should go back; there will be another chance..."

Yuan Bing came over and kicked her in the belly, though not very hard. Bai Fanglan staggered a few steps but didn’t fall, supporting herself at the door. Yuan Bing knew what kind of place this was and couldn’t go too far.

If someone overheard, it would be a complete disaster.

Yuan Bing thought for a moment and pointed at her nose, speaking in a not too loud but threatening voice: "Today, I must sleep with Sun Chan; hurry up, no matter what method you use, you must succeed, or just wait to be utterly disgraced!"

"You..." Bai Fanglan bit her lip, feeling both angry and sad. How did she end up so unlucky!

"You think I don’t dare? Right now, I’ll tear your clothes off and throw you into the compound. You won’t want to see people again." Yuan Bing said with a mocking smile, "What I despise the most is people like you, wanting to be a whore while trying to make a good name for yourself. Take yourself too seriously!"

Hearing his words made Bai Fanglan angry, anxious, and on the verge of tears, realizing he had agreed to come here with this plan in mind!

But what could she do now? She had to get through this! Bai Fanglan thought for a moment and came up with a bitter scheme. She was ruthless enough to herself. Grabbing a kitchen knife, she directly slashed it across her wrist.

Being a doctor, she knew the position of the blood vessels, so the cut wasn’t deep and avoided critical areas. But even so, there was quickly a large patch of blood, and her fair arm was unrecognizable. Bai Fanglan was sweating heavily from the pain and was in tears.

Yuan Bing laughed and said, "You’re ruthless, but if a woman isn’t ruthless, she won’t achieve anything! Go on, I’ll wait for you here."

Bai Fanglan felt bitter inside; she thought he was a good man, but he was worse than a beast!

Seeing her so badly hurt, not a single word of concern, he laughed instead!