A reborn woman abducts her husband: after emptying his pockets, she marries a military officer.

Chapter 93 With a stepmother comes a stepfather

Qin Yingxue looked closely at the child. He was about seven or eight years old, with a thin face that made his eyes appear particularly large. Because of the heat, he wasn't wearing any clothes on his upper body, revealing his dark, shiny skin. He was wearing a pair of large shorts that were so worn that their original color was no longer visible, covered in patches upon patches...

In the end, the child was caught by the woman.

Without hesitation, the woman pulled down the child's underwear and raised the rattan cane in her hand, striking the child's bottom forcefully.

The child stubbornly pursed his lips, not uttering a single groan.

Qin Yingxue guessed that the woman's beating wouldn't hurt much, otherwise such a slippery child would definitely beg for mercy.

Just as Qin Yingxue was about to leave, she saw that the child's buttocks had been whipped and had bloody welts.

But the child kept his lips tightly pursed. This time, Qin Yingxue noticed that the child's lips had been bitten until they bled, and tears were glistening in his eyes.

The commotion attracted onlookers, and some bystanders who knew what was going on muttered helplessly. To Qin Yingxue's surprise, most of them sympathized with the child.

"The mischievous monkey is naughty and troublesome, but if he weren't clever, he would have starved to death long ago!"

"Wu Suhua is heartless. She doesn't even give food to a ten-year-old child. If she didn't steal or rob, she would have been gone long ago."

“We can only rely on our neighbors for food. If Wu Suhua finds out, she’ll curse us. Nobody’s food falls from the sky.”

“With a stepmother comes a stepfather. Although Yang Hongbin is a platoon leader, Wu Suhua is the one who calls the shots at home. Wu Suhua dotes on her own children like they're her own eyes. Poor Weijun! I heard he sleeps in the kitchen every night…”

Qin Yingxue stopped in her tracks, her face filled with shock and disbelief.

Two or three people who couldn't bear it stepped forward to stop Wu Suhua and took the rattan cane from her hand.

Yang Weijun was freed. He grinned and pulled up his underwear, then ran away without even glancing at anyone.

However, the way he ran away looked somewhat stiff and awkward.

After being persuaded by several people, Wu Suhua walked back while cursing.

Seeing that there was no excitement to be had, the crowd dispersed.

Qin Yingxue walked at the back, taking a different path from the others, heading in a different direction.

As Qin Yingxue passed a few coconut trees, she faintly heard crying.

The various cries, a mixture of suppressed sorrow and grievance.

Qin Yingxue wanted to pretend she hadn't heard anything and keep walking, but her legs felt as heavy as lead. She sighed and walked toward the source of the crying.

Behind a coconut tree, Yang Weijun was crying his heart out, tears streaming down his face like a faucet.

This is a secret base. Whenever he gets too hungry from being abused, he runs here to chew on coconut leaves. July and August are the season when coconuts ripen, but he is too small and can only look at the coconuts and drool.

As he grew older, he learned to use a stick to hit coconuts.

Although he was not strong, he had great perseverance.

After waving a stick all day, I finally managed to knock down a coconut...

But today, he was extremely sad. Even though his stomach was growling with hunger, he just wanted to cry out his grievances and vent them.

Yang Weijun never imagined that his secret base would be discovered, especially by a strange woman.

He hastily wiped away his tears and was about to run away when he heard the strange woman suddenly say, "Do you want to eat your fill every day? No one will call you a monkey, no one will care about you, and you can live freely and happily?"

Yang Weijun couldn't understand what the woman meant by what she said next, but he understood that she was full every day. He suddenly stopped and looked at her with puzzled eyes.

"As long as you promise me that you will earn money with your own hands, without stealing or robbing, and live an upright life, I guarantee that you will not only have enough to eat, but also new clothes to wear and a place to sleep."

Qin Yingxue looked into his large, clear eyes, which appeared even clearer after being washed by tears, and said each word earnestly.

Yang Weijun's eyes lit up, and he asked hesitantly, "Really?"

"Mm!" Qin Yingxue nodded, a gentle smile appearing on her face.

“Okay, I promise you.” Yang Weijun looked at Qin Yingxue and nodded vigorously. “As long as I don’t go hungry, I will not steal or rob anymore, and I will become a useful person.”

Qin Yingxue was a little surprised, but then quickly smiled and said, "Come home with me first, and then I'll take you somewhere."

Yang Weijun obediently followed behind Qin Yingxue, and the two returned to the military family compound one after the other.

The worry on Zhu Huiwen's face disappeared the moment she saw Qin Yingxue. She walked over quickly and, upon seeing Yang Weijun following behind Qin Yingxue, asked in surprise, "Whose child is this? Poor thing, why is he so thin? Is he not getting enough to eat...?"

"Mom, these are the seafood I picked up last night. Keep them in water. I'm going to eat something to fill my stomach; I've been hungry all night."

Seeing that Yang Weijun was quite uncomfortable, Qin Yingxue quickly changed the subject.

"Tianqing, keep the seafood your aunt has alive." Zhu Huiwen's attention was still on Yang Weijun, but she gave the order to Wen Tianqing behind her.

Wen Tianqing obediently stepped forward, took the seafood from Qin Yingxue, and then filled a basin with water to keep it in the water.

Wen Tiandong stood to the side, looking at Yang Weijun with curiosity, and suddenly asked, "Auntie, will he live with us from now on? Do I have a brother now?"

Qin Yingxue's face darkened, especially when she saw Zhu Huiwen looking at her expectantly, she was even more speechless.

"Mom, come upstairs with me for a moment." Qin Yingxue thought for a moment and then called Zhu Huiwen upstairs.

"Yingxue, what's wrong? Didn't you say you were hungry? I steamed some buns this morning, they're still warm!"

"Mom, that child lives in a military family compound. But because his biological mother died, his father remarried and had two more children. So this child is not well-liked at home, often goes hungry, and doesn't even have a decent set of clothes. I also heard that he sleeps in the kitchen..."

Before Qin Yingxue could finish speaking, Zhu Huiwen exclaimed in surprise, her eyes wide: "Yingxue, this child isn't from the Yang family, is he? Is his stepmother named Wu Suhua?"

"Mom, how did you know?" This time, it was Qin Yingxue's turn to be surprised.

“Yingxue! Wu Suhua is notorious for her shrewishness in the compound. Anyone with a conscience knows that Yang Weijun is pitiful, but why doesn’t anyone in the compound step in and let his stepmother abuse her stepson?”

"Why?" Qin Yingxue asked, following Zhu Huiwen's words.

"Because Wu Suhua is a troublemaker, the higher-ups talked to Yang Hongbin about it and told him to keep his wife in check. But that very night, Wu Suhua cried and made a scene, scratching Yang Hongbin's face. She even made Yang Weijun sleep in the kitchen and starved him for two days. I heard from Grandma Wu next door that Yang Hongbin was originally a good candidate for promotion to company commander, but because of this mess at home, he wasn't dismissed because of his past merits."