Shallow Fate (Lily ABO) mute A - Chapter 1
Fang Yu was squatting by the river washing clothes when she suddenly felt several pebbles hit her back. She turned around and saw several local ruffians leering at her with smirks on their faces.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk! Mute! Look here!”
The leader of the ruffians put his arm on his waist and made several hip-thrusting movements.
“How does your wife feel when you fvck her?”
They often teased Fang Yu. This time, Fang Yu didn’t plan to pay them any attention and turned back to continue washing clothes. Seeing that Fang Yu ignored him, the ruffian’s words became even more outrageous.
“Look at your pathetic self, haven’t even had s3x yet, have you? If you can’t do it, why don’t you let us fvck her? I heard that the Shen family used to be landlords. I wonder what it’s like to fvck a landlord’s daughter~”
Hearing this, Fang Yu couldn’t hold back any longer. She picked up the washing mallet and strode towards the ruffians.
“Yo! The mute’s going to hit someone!”
As soon as the words fell, the leader of the ruffians received several solid blows. One of them hit his bone, making him grimace in pain.
“Ouch, ouch, it hurts! What are you guys just watching for? Hold her down!”
Perhaps they were intimidated by Fang Yu’s fierce look when she hit someone. The younger ruffians had just instinctively dodged a little. Hearing their boss’s words, they suddenly came to their senses and rushed over to hold down Fang Yu’s arms.
Although Fang Yu was restrained, she still glared angrily at the ruffian who had just been beaten.
“You’re asking for it! Stinky mute!” A hard slap landed squarely on Fang Yu’s cheek, and her delicate face immediately became swollen.
“You hooligans, what are you doing!”
A rough, middle-aged woman’s voice exploded. They looked in the direction of the sound and saw Aunt Mo, the butcher’s wife from the village entrance.
“That’s it for today. If I see you again, I’ll beat you until you’re crawling on the ground!”
There was only one butcher’s shop in the village. Offending Aunt Mo meant not being able to buy meat. The ruffian thought for a while and decided to give Aunt Mo some face. He let his underlings release Fang Yu, raised his fist in front of Fang Yu, spat a few times, and then left.
“Xiao Yu, are you alright?”
Aunt Mo hurriedly stepped forward to help Fang Yu up and patted the dust off her.
She and Fang Yu’s mother were cousins. After Fang Yu’s mother passed away, this kind woman naturally took more care of Fang Yu.
Fang Yu nodded and gestured a few times to Aunt Mo, who knew that this meant thank you.
“Your wife is back from vacation, right? I specially brought you some pork belly. Take it back and eat it, don’t be polite with me!”
As she spoke, Aunt Mo stuffed the pork belly into Fang Yu’s arms and left quickly before Fang Yu could refuse.
Fang Yu, carrying the pork, returned to the riverbank, picked up the wash basin, and slowly walked home.
She recalled the words the ruffians had said just now.
She had indeed not had s3x with Shen Zhimo yet.
She and Shen Zhimo had been married for half a year. On their wedding day, Shen Zhimo got drunk, and she was clueless about this kind of thing, so she had to lie there blankly, watching Shen Zhimo all night by candlelight.
The next morning, Shen Zhimo went to the local school to study. This trip lasted for almost half a year, until yesterday when she returned.
When she got home, Shen Zhimo was sitting in the courtyard reading a book. She was wearing a light blue shirt, the hem of which was tucked into a Western-style student skirt. Her hair was neatly combed behind her head, the ends slightly curled, exuding the fragrance of shampoo. Several hens were clucking and pecking for food beside her.
Such a person appearing in a rural courtyard was too out of place.
Fang Yu was stunned and stood rooted to the spot until Shen Zhimo put down her book and looked back at her.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
Because you… are very beautiful…
Fang Yu’s face flushed red. To hide her embarrassment, she put down the wash basin and took out the pork from her arms to show Shen Zhimo.
“Bought it?”
Fang Yu shook her head.
“Someone gave it to you?”
Fang Yu nodded.
“That’s great, you’re quite popular, at least more popular than me~”
Because of her family background, Shen Zhimo had never been very popular here. Resentment towards the rich is almost human instinct, even if Shen Zhimo is just a fallen aristocrat, and the rice jar at home is cleaner than her face. Seeing her family’s empty and luxurious mansion, the villagers will still remember that this is what her ancestors exchanged for by sucking the bl00d of their ancestors.
In addition, her gambling-addicted mother owed debts everywhere, making it impossible for anyone to give Shen Zhimo a kind look.
Fang Yu gestured a few times, but Shen Zhimo didn’t understand. However, she guessed that it was probably asking her what she wanted to eat for dinner.
“Whatever you make is fine.”
Fang Yu walked into the kitchen, thought for a moment, and then went to the courtyard to pick up a hen. The poor hen had no idea that today was the day of its doom. Even when it was picked up, it looked quite leisurely.
By the time Fang Yu finished cooking, it was already dark. Shen Zhimo entered the main room, lit the gas lamp, and continued reading. This gas lamp was also installed for her convenience to read at night.
Fang Yu couldn’t read many words, so reading was not an issue for her. Her previous habit was to rest at sunset and go to the fields at dawn. There were not even a few candles in the house.
Looking at the table full of meat dishes and Fang Yu’s expectant eyes, Shen Zhimo felt even more difficult to talk about that matter.
However, wasn’t marrying Fang Yu for this?
After hesitating for a while, Shen Zhimo still opened her mouth.
“Fang Yu, about… the tuition for the second half of the year…”
Hearing Shen Zhimo’s words, Fang Yu put down her chopsticks, went into the inner room, took out a cloth bag, and handed it to Shen Zhimo.
Shen Zhimo unwrapped the cloth bag layer by layer. Inside were a pile of scattered banknotes and coins. She counted them, and it was exactly the amount of the tuition.
“Thank you…”
Fang Yu waved her hand. She was very simple-minded. Studying is a good thing. She didn’t have the opportunity, but if Shen Zhimo had this opportunity, she was of course willing to support her studies. Besides, they were already married, and this could be considered her responsibility.
“By the way, has my mother looked for you recently? If she does, don’t give her any money.”
Fang Yu nodded.
In fact, her mother-in-law often came to Fang Yu. Even if she couldn’t get money, she would take some vegetables and fruits from the yard. But Fang Yu didn’t want to embarrass Shen Zhimo, so she didn’t plan to tell her these things.
After dinner, Fang Yu consciously cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and boiled water for bathing while washing the dishes. Shen Zhimo continued reading her book, but her heart was beating fast.
It had been delayed for half a year, and it seemed that it had to be done today.
She got up and took out two boxes from her bag. These were things invented by Westerners called condoms, for the purpose of contraception.
She was reluctant to do this with Fang Yu, not for anything else, but if she got pregnant, her studies would be put on hold, and she had no real feeling of being married to Fang Yu in her heart.
She had watched Western dramas and understood the emotions depicted in Shakespeare’s books. In the depths of her heart, she yearned more for this kind of free, passionate love that could produce spiritual resonance.
Anyway… that would never be something that could be produced by living in this small village and with a mute person who could not communicate.
But…
Fang Yu was very good to her, and she still had two years of studies to complete, so she couldn’t keep dragging it on…
Shen Zhimo still took the condoms into the inner room and put them on the dressing table.
Since they were already bought, what else was there to hesitate about?