I was reborn after my cousin stole my life.

Chapter 42: My Lover Has a Gentle Nature

Yuan Juan was completely dumbfounded. This was utterly shameless!

She was the one who got slapped in the face, so how come she has to apologize to Yuan Xiu?

"You, you..." Yuan Juan was somewhat afraid of Jiang Zhou. This person was too cold and too tough, and his words were unpleasant. He didn't give her any face at all.

"You're lying! She was the one who hit me..."

Jiang Zhou: "I have witnesses."

Yuan Xiu and Yuan Juan turned their heads at the same time. At the door of Guiying's house next door, Instructor Liu smiled awkwardly.

He was also holding a bicycle, with a sewing machine strapped to it.

"Yes, I did see Comrade Yuan Juan baring her teeth and claws as she charged toward Comrade Yuan Xiu."

He was telling the truth. As for what happened between the two of them before, he really didn't know or see it.

"Where are your witnesses?"

Jiangzhou asked Yuan Juan.

Yuan Juan didn't have any of those damned witnesses. She pointed to her face and said, "This is the evidence."

Jiang Zhou: "It's also possible that you hit it yourself."

That's shameless!

"I'm not sick! Why would I hit myself!"

Jiang Zhou's gaze was cool: "You'll have to ask the doctor about that."

Yuan Xiu was really about to lose her temper.

She wanted to laugh.

Jiangzhou is so cute!

It's cute to lie through your teeth.

Your unwavering choice of her is admirable.

Zhou Lei ran all the way here.

He was told by a child that Battalion Commander Jiang was waiting for him at home and that he should hurry over, so he rushed over.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?"

When Yuan Juan saw him arrive, she threw herself at him with a pitiful expression, "Old Zhou."

As soon as she got close to Zhou Lei, he grabbed her arms and pushed her away, saying, "Stand up straight, we're still outside."

This little wife is good in every way, except she's spineless and always wants to stick to him. It's fine at home, but if people see her like this outside, they'll think Zhou Lei is a lewd person.

Yuan Juan's face flushed red instantly, feeling both wronged and upset.

Even when Yuan Xiu was beaten, Jiang Zhou knew to help her.

He didn't even notice the two bright handprints on her face.

"Deputy Battalion Commander Zhou, I called you here to deal with the matter of your wife's attempted assault on my wife."

"What?" Zhou Lei doubted his ears. He instinctively looked at Yuan Juan: "Why did you hit her? Where did you hit her?"

Yuan Juan: "..."

You believe everything people say? Are you deaf?

"She hit me. Look at my face."

Zhou Lei then noticed that his wife's face was red. "Battalion Commander Jiang, look at this?"

It was clearly a fight between two people, how can you say that my wife beat up your wife?

"Who can prove that my wife hit me? My wife is very gentle and wouldn't even hurt an ant. She wouldn't hit anyone."

Instructor Liu: Hmm? My wife said that Xiao Yuan is very skilled at killing fish, and his knife skills are particularly good.

"And the fact that your spouse attempted to assault my spouse is something that I and Instructor Liu witnessed with our own eyes."

Instructor Liu nodded.

Jiang Zhou continued, "If it really was my wife who hit her, then it must be because your wife hurt her, which made her fight back! Where there is oppression, there is resistance; that's what the leader said."

Yuan Xiu nodded. "That's right, I resisted, and she scolded me."

Jiang Zhou stared at Yuan Juan with his cold, icy eyes: "How did you hurt my lover? Tell me!"

Yuan Juan's lips trembled with anger, "I...I..."

She looked at her man.

Zhou Lei didn't want to offend Jiang Zhou: "Battalion Commander Jiang, it's normal for women to quarrel. They're cousins, so it's even more normal for sisters to bicker. Let's just let it go and make a big deal out of it."

Yuan Juan glared at Zhou Lei. His wife had been beaten, and he was just going to let it go like that?

Does he have no backbone at all?!

Jiang Zhou shook his head: "Comrade Yuan Juan must apologize to my wife."

He glanced calmly at Zhou Lei: "Of course, she doesn't have to apologize. She hit my wife, so she's hitting me. Let's settle this with a man's duel. Should Deputy Battalion Commander Zhou arrange a time, or should I arrange it?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Lei felt excruciating pain all over his body.

"No!" He waved his hand. "Women's problems are better resolved among women themselves. We men shouldn't interfere."

He pulled Yuan Juan aside: "Apologize to them."

Yuan Juan wanted to cry. What's the point of marrying a man who doesn't take charge of his wife?

She was the one who got beaten, yet she had to apologize to Yuan Xiu. Why should she?

Yuan Juan was truly crying. She was first frightened by Jiang Zhou's cold face, and then pushed out by her own man to apologize. At this moment, she felt a deep pain in her heart.

After all, she was only an eighteen-year-old girl, and she couldn't help feeling wronged. The more she thought about it, the sadder she became, and tears streamed down her face.

Zhou Lei hadn't expected his wife to cry like this. He frowned, feeling that she hadn't given him any face in front of him. "Why are you crying? If you did something wrong, just apologize. She's your cousin, not a stranger. What's there to cry about? Don't be so delicate."

His mother said that Yuan Juan was spoiled and didn't seem like a virtuous daughter-in-law who would take care of her family and husband. He felt that his mother was wrong.

Yuan Juan also came from a rural background, and she believed that a rural wife should be like that.

Looking at it now, it does seem a bit spoiled.

She doesn't even consider the man's feelings. Jiang Zhou is half a grade higher than her, and his mother always tells him to get along well with people. But instead, she comes here and offends someone else's wife.

Yuan Juan cried even harder after hearing what he said, and ran away covering her face.

Zhou Lei was embarrassed. "I'm really sorry. I'll definitely give her a good talking to when I get back. I'll apologize to my sister and sister-in-law on her behalf."

Standing beside Jiang Zhou, Yuan Xiu said gently, "Deputy Battalion Commander Zhou must go back and give her a good talking-to. Everyone knows about what happened between us, which is already awkward enough. It would be best if we had less contact in the future, or even no contact at all, to avoid people in the compound gossiping about our two families. That would be better for both of us, don't you think?"

Zhou Lei nodded.

Yuan Xiu sighed: "I've always done it this way, but she's already come to my door several times... Alas, she's still too young and doesn't understand how nasty the gossip behind the scenes is."

Zhou Lei nodded again: "That's true, sister-in-law is very thoughtful."

He was the one who heard the most of these rumors. Yuan Juan knew the words were unpleasant, so she rarely went out. But he was different; everyone in the camp knew how he had managed to marry his wife.

There are quite a few people who are talking about him behind his back.

Speaking of being young, Yuan Xiu and Yuan Juan are about the same age, yet Yuan Xiu is so thoughtful. Why can't she think of that?

No wonder her mother was willing to praise Yuan Xiu, but didn't want to say a single good word about Yuan Juan.

It must have been something Yuan Juan said that went too far that made Yuan Xiu hit her.

They don't look like the kind of person who would make trouble unreasonably.

"Thank you, sister-in-law. I'll go back and talk to her properly," Zhou Lei said.

Yuan Xiu smiled and nodded: "Go ahead, and give them a good talking to."