Siheyuan: Starting from the Old Society

"Don't touch me!" Sha Zhu pushed Qin Huairu away and yelled, "Qin Huairu, I was so blind to believe you!"

Qin Huairu was frightened by Sha Zhu's anger and took a few steps back. Tears began to well up in her eyes again: "Sha Zhu, listen to my explanation. Things are not what you think..."

"What else do you want to explain? I saw it all! You and this man were flirting and behaving intimately. Do you think I, Sha Zhu, am dead?!" Sha Zhu pointed at Deputy Director Li and roared angrily.

The atmosphere in the ward suddenly dropped to freezing point. Qin Huairu and Deputy Director Li were both silent, with embarrassment and panic written all over their faces.

"What? I was right. You have nothing to say, right?" Sha Zhu sneered, his eyes full of mockery and disappointment.

"Sha Zhu, you misunderstood. Deputy Director Li and I are just ordinary colleagues. It just happened today..." Qin Huairu wanted to explain further, but was ruthlessly interrupted by Sha Zhu.

"Enough! Qin Huairu, I don't want to listen to your stories anymore! Go away, I don't want to see you again!" Sha Zhu turned his head away and no longer looked at Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu wanted to say something else, but was stopped by Deputy Director Li. Deputy Director Li shook his head at her, signaling her not to provoke Sha Zhu again.

"Shazhu, have a good rest. I'm leaving first." After saying this, Deputy Director Li pulled Qin Huairu out of the ward.

Sha Zhu lay on the bed, looking at the ceiling, feeling mixed emotions. He thought of every detail of his time with Qin Huairu, and everything he had done for her, and his heart was filled with bitterness and anger.

He thought he had found true love, a woman he could spend his life with, but he didn't expect that it was all just a scam. Qin Huairu didn't love him at all, she only loved his money, his house, everything he had!

"Qin Huairu, you vicious woman! I was so blind to fall in love with you!" Sha Zhu cursed with gritted teeth, his heart filled with the flame of hatred.

He swore that he would take revenge on Qin Huairu and make her pay for what she had done!

Just then, the door of the ward was pushed open again, and a doctor in a white coat walked in.

"Are you Comrade He Yuzhu?" the doctor asked.

"I am, and you are?" Sha Zhu looked at the doctor puzzledly.

"I'm the director of this hospital, my last name is Liu. This is what happened. We received a notice from the street office saying that your mental state has been unstable recently, so they sent me here to examine you." Director Liu said amiably.

Sha Zhu was stunned for a moment, then he understood what was going on. Qin Huairu and Deputy Director Li must have colluded to send him to a mental hospital!

"What do you want to do? I tell you, I'm in good spirits and don't need a check-up!" Sha Zhu roared, trying to sit up from the bed.

"Comrade He Yuzhu, please calm down! We are doing this for your own good. Don't worry, we won't hurt you." Dean Liu persuaded patiently.

"Get out! I don't need your fake kindness!" Sha Zhu threw back the quilt and got out of bed angrily.

He grabbed Dean Liu by the collar and said viciously: "I warn you, if you dare to mess around, I will not let you go even if I become a ghost!"

Dean Liu was startled by Sha Zhu's sudden action, and his face turned ugly: "Comrade He Yuzhu, please respect yourself!"

At this moment, the door of the ward was suddenly kicked open, and a group of people in uniform rushed in, led by a burly middle-aged policeman.

"What's going on?!" the middle-aged policeman asked sternly, his eyes sweeping over everyone in the ward.

"Captain Wang, you're here at the right time! This man is mentally ill and he wants to attack the police!" Director Liu pointed at Sha Zhu and said loudly.

Before Sha Zhu could react, he was pinned to the ground by two policemen, and cold handcuffs were cuffed around his wrists...

Sha Zhu stared blankly at the two men in front of him, his mind a mess. When the name of Deputy Director Li came out, Sha Zhu's memory was like a floodgate opened, and scenes from the past churned in his mind.

He remembered that this Deputy Factory Director Li was the one Qin Huairu had risked everything to curry favor with in order to return to the city. At the beginning, he foolishly thought that Qin Huairu was forced by someone, and he kept speaking for her, even to the point of almost spending his own sister's tuition to help her pay off her debts.

Now that I think about it, I was really stupid like a pig! What I said was that I was forced to do it, what I said was for the sake of the children, those were all excuses! In the final analysis, it was because she coveted the good life in the city and despised him as a cook from the countryside!

Sha Zhu's face turned red and white, ashamed and angry. He felt like a clown, being played around by Qin Huairu. Qin Huairu, on the other hand, was lowering her head, her shoulders trembling slightly, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

"I... I was just passing by, and saw that Shazhu was sick, so I came in to check on him..." Qin Huairu's voice was weak and whisper-like, but it couldn't hide the panic in her eyes.

"Passing by? Ha, do you think I'm a fool?" Sha Zhu suddenly sat up from the bed, pointed at Qin Huairu's nose and scolded, "Stop pretending here! Don't I know what kind of person you are?"

Qin Huairu's face changed, tears rolled down like beads from a broken string, and she cried, "Silly Zhu, how can you say that to me? I admit that I was sorry for you at the beginning, but I did it for the child! Can you bear to watch the child suffer with me?"

"Don't bring up the children!" Sha Zhu was furious, pointing at Qin Huairu's nose and scolding, "If you really cared about the children, you wouldn't have abandoned them and ran off with another man! You are a fickle woman, I was really blind to fall in love with you!"

Qin Huairu was speechless after being scolded by Sha Zhu, and could only cover her face and cry. Seeing this, Deputy Director Li hurriedly stepped forward, protected Qin Huairu behind him, and glared at Sha Zhu.

"Shazhu, watch your mouth! I know Huairu better than you do what kind of person she is! Stop slandering me here!" Deputy Director Li said righteously, as if he was the one who was wronged.

"You know better than me? What do you know? Do you know how she climbed into your bed?" Sha Zhu laughed in anger, pointing at Deputy Director Li and said, "You two, a pair of bastards, are really a match made in heaven!"

"You..." Deputy Director Li was choked by Sha Zhu's words and was speechless, his face turned pale.

"Why, are you angry because I said it right?" Sha Zhu sneered at them, his eyes full of mockery, "I tell you, I was stupid before and you fooled me. Now I'm awake, don't think of playing me for a fool again!"

Sha Zhu ripped the needle off his hand, struggled to get off the bed, pointed at the door of the ward, and yelled at Qin Huairu and Deputy Director Li: "Get out! Get out! I don't want to see you again!"

Qin Huairu and Deputy Director Li were startled by Sha Zhu's sudden outburst and stood there at a loss as to what to do.

"What? Do you still want me to ask you to leave?" Sha Zhu roared, picked up the water cup on the table and threw it at them.

Deputy Director Li was quick to pull Qin Huairu away and avoid the attack of the water cup. The water cup hit the wall with a loud "bang" and fragments flew everywhere.

"Shazhu, you're crazy!" Deputy Director Li yelled, pointing at Shazhu's nose and cursing, "Who do you think you are? How dare you act wild here!"

"Who am I? I'm telling you, today I'm going to let you see who I am!" Sha Zhu was furious. He grabbed Deputy Director Li by the collar and punched him in the face.

"boom!"

With a dull thud, Deputy Director Li was hit so hard that his nose was bleeding. He staggered back and fell to the ground.

"You dare to hit me?" Deputy Director Li covered his nose and looked at Sha Zhu in disbelief, his eyes full of resentment.

"Hit you? I'm going to beat you to death today!" Sha Zhu roared, rode on Deputy Director Li, and rained punches on his face, leaving him with a swollen nose and face and screaming in pain.

"Stop! Stop it right there!" Qin Huairu was so frightened when she saw this that she screamed and rushed over to try to stop Sha Zhu.

However, Sha Zhu, who was furious, refused to listen and pushed Qin Huairu away, continuing to punch Deputy Director Li.

"what--"

Qin Huairu was pushed to the ground by Sha Zhu, and the back of her head hit the foot of the bed. She let out a scream and immediately fainted.

"Huairu!"

When Deputy Director Li saw Qin Huairu faint, his eyes suddenly turned red with anger. He let out a hysterical roar and struggled hard to get up.

However, Sha Zhu was like a madman, pinning him down tightly, punching him in the face again and again, shouting, "I'll teach you how to bully women! I'll teach you how to seduce other people's wives! I'm going to beat you to death today, you bastard!"

The ward was filled with Deputy Director Li's screams and Sha Zhu's roars. This farce seemed to have just begun...

Sha Zhu stared blankly at the two people in front of him, his head seemed to be filled with paste and buzzing. Deputy Director Li, this name went around in his mind for a few times, and finally matched it with a figure in his memory - Li Huaide from the steel rolling mill, a slicked-back, flattering, and lustful guy!

Sha Zhu has always known that Qin Huairu and Li Huaide are close, and the rumor has long been spreading in the factory that Qin Huairu is a favorite of Li Huaide and often gets benefits from Li Huaide because of her good looks. But Sha Zhu has always been unwilling to believe it. He thinks that although Qin Huairu has some small thoughts, she is still a good woman in essence, especially in front of him, she always behaves gentle and virtuous, and takes good care of him and the children.

But now, looking at Qin Huairu's flustered eyes and Li Huaide's questioning tone, Sha Zhu's hope was completely shattered. Could it be that all his efforts over the years were just a joke in the end? What he supported was not a poor family, but a fickle whore and her adulterer!

"I... I just sent Comrade Sha Zhu to the hospital. He suddenly fainted in the park and I happened to pass by..." Qin Huairu's voice became smaller and smaller, her eyes flickered, and she didn't dare to look directly at Sha Zhu.