The Happy Farmer Wanderer-Chapter 110: Yu Lan’s Thoughts_1

Li Qing reached out and grabbed Yu Lan’s wrist, stopping her.

"Aunt, didn’t you get a call today?"

"I didn’t, what call?" Yu Lan asked, puzzled.

Then she said with determination, "I must talk this through with him. If he dares to treat you like this again, I won’t stay with him anymore, I’ll divorce!"

Seeing how Yu Lan was protecting him, Li Qing felt a warmth in his heart and said softly, "Aunt, don’t rush, listen to me, Hu Youyu has been put away."

"Put away where?" Yu Lan was slightly startled and asked.

"He’s been taken into custody, I sent him there, a conservative estimate would be five years." Li Qing said, "The police station just called me, asking me to come over this afternoon, if nothing unexpected happens, it should be to finalize my statement and to discuss compensation for my injuries."

"So, I thought I’d come over and talk to you about it first."

"Five years..." Yu Lan was stunned again.

Her gaze was somewhat vacant, but the corners of her mouth quietly curled up slightly.

"Whatever the amount should be, that’s what you should ask for, the money is his, it has nothing to do with me. I’ve kept count of the money of his I have spent over the years," Yu Lan said with a sarcastic laugh, self-deprecatingly.

"My family looks up to him and doesn’t believe a word I say; I only appear glamorous on the surface, but in reality, I’m treated poorly by everyone."

"I bet no one would believe that I have to earn my own pocket money on a daily basis."

Li Qing felt a sudden pain in his heart as if pricked by a needle, "Aunt, from now on, you’ll have me, and I won’t let you suffer anymore."

"But I am still a married woman..." Yu Lan’s pretty face suddenly flushed with shyness.

"Aunt, I’ll take good care of you," Li Qing said, holding her hand firmly.

Yu Lan quietly withdrew her hand and quickly glanced upstairs, "Xiao Wei is upstairs."

"Actually, I’ve been expecting the things Hu Youyu did to catch up with him one day; it was just a matter of when. Don’t worry about my feelings, do what needs to be done, ask for whatever compensation you should!"

"Alright!" Li Qing nodded firmly.

Yu Lan could say this, and he was completely reassured.

He had always been worried that Yu Lan would hold a grudge against him out of sympathy for the marital bond with Hu Youyu.

"I’ll go check on Xiao Wei." Li Qing said.

Just as Yu Lan was about to speak, her phone suddenly rang.

Yu Lan took out her phone, and saw it was a strange number with the local area code.

After glancing at Li Qing, Yu Lan answered the call.

"Are you Hu Youyu’s family? We are from Dongcheng police station..."

Li Qing didn’t hear the rest of the conversation, but he could guess what it was about.

Yu Lan responded briefly, without asking any further questions.

After hanging up, she looked at Li Qing with a mix of laughter and tears, "The police station asked me to come over this afternoon."

"Let’s go together, but first, I’ll go see Xiao Wei," Li Qing said.

Li Qing had just climbed a couple of steps when Hu Wei came down from upstairs.

"I thought I heard your voice, Qingzi, what happened to you... what’s that?"

His attention immediately went to the bandages that nearly covered Li Qing’s entire arm.

Although the injury on his waist was more severe, it was hidden by his clothes and not visible.

"My dad did it, did he?" Hu Wei’s complexion turned ugly.

Li Qing paused and then nodded.

It was his way of giving an answer.

But this answer seemed to plunge Hu Wei into a dilemma, he murmured in agony, "How could he do this!"

Li Qing didn’t want to trouble this already cowardly chubby guy, so he took the initiative and said, "Your dad was detained, I’m the one who had him sent in. Well, I can’t say it was entirely me, he got himself in by hitting me."

Hu Wei’s expression turned to one of sudden fear.

The overweight body shook violently and then collapsed onto the staircase.

"Don’t blame me, I had no choice," Li Qing said with a complicated look in his eyes.

Hu Wei seemed as if he had lost his soul, his eyes empty as he stared ahead.

It was a good while before he shook his head as if slowly coming back to his senses.

But no more words came out.

At this moment, he must have felt like the sky was falling down.

"Xiao Wei, the police station wants me to come over for a bit. You should come with me," Yu Lan said as she walked out of the kitchen, "Go borrow a car first, I’ll wait for you at home."

"...Okay."

Hu Wei staggered to his feet, clutching the staircase to barely steady himself.

Watching him walk past in despair, Li Qing actually felt bad inside.

But he had no other choice in this matter.

He simply had to do this.

He couldn’t risk putting his own family in danger just to spare Yu Lan and Hu Wei’s feelings.

Or run away like a dog without a home, struggling to make a living outside.

In fact, even if he really ran away, Hu Youyu would still trouble Han Mei and would harass Tian Yue’e.

The power to make more choices was actually in Hu Youyu’s hands, yet he chose to escalate the situation. What could Li Qing possibly do?

After Hu Wei left, Yu Lan suddenly threw herself into Li Qing’s arms, "Qingzi, I feel like... I’ve been set free."

"Hiss..."

Li Qing, caught off guard, was hit squarely on his wound by Yu Lan, causing him intense pain and making him grimace in agony.

He almost bit his own tongue off.

Gently pushing Yu Lan aside, he lifted his loose short sleeve.

"Auntie, the real injury is actually here," Li Qing said with a pale face, in pain.

Yu Lan was startled, becoming somewhat flustered, "I’m sorry, I, I didn’t know."

Li Qing shook his head, "Auntie, it’s fine, it just hurts a bit, I can bear it. As long as you let me do it again next time. Not just this once, but ten times, twenty times, I could bear it."

Yu Lan’s cheeks flushed instantly, "At a time like this, you still say such nonsense. If you’re in too much pain to bear, pinch me. No, you should hurry to the hospital, that’s a fresh wound."

"It’s okay, it’s just a pretty long cut, I’ll get over it. But auntie, you haven’t agreed to what I asked?" Li Qing joked lightheartedly, but was actually in a lot of pain.

Yu Lan’s face bloomed with a crimson blush, lips pursed as she brushed aside a lock of her hair, nodding her head.

"Auntie... agrees... agrees to you," she said.

Li Qing was immediately overjoyed, "Auntie, you can’t go back on your word, I’m taking you seriously."

Yu Lan nodded bashfully and said softly, "I’ll have to rely on you from now on, auntie."

"Auntie, I will definitely protect you well," Li Qing affirmed, his heartbeat involuntarily quickening.

"From now on, in private, stop calling me auntie, it sounds so old," Yu Lan said in a soft voice.

"My little treasure?" Li Qing blurted out.