Rebirth: Solely Cherished by the Devoted Commander novel Chapter 607

Zhou Jinzhu watched the crowd, smiling: "What's going on? What's happened? Is there a performance coming?"

"Not a performance, your wife has died!"

Zhou Jinzhu was stunned and looked at everyone incredulously: "What did you say?"

"Your wife has died!"

"Yes, Sun Chan died from exhaustion while working in the field!"

Zhou Jinzhu was someone you couldn't mess with. Everyone used to keep their distance from him, not saying unpleasant things. But now that Sun Chan was dead, people couldn't hold back. Some were merely watching the spectacle, some expressed pent-up resentment, and some just thought the more dramatic the better, talking about how hard Sun Chan had it, how pitiful she was, dying tragically.

The implication also condemned Zhou Jinzhu. He felt no affection for Sun Chan; she was just a woman, a wild child by the well whose parents nobody knew. Plenty was paid for the bride price back then, and now that she's dead, so be it. Nothing to be done about it.

But with everyone talking like this, it made him feel ashamed: "Enough already! Shut your mouths! My wife wasn't young anymore, everyone faces life and death. Get out of here! Stop looking for trouble! Go, all of you!"

Zhou Jinzhu put on a stern face and drove everyone off, and they left unhappily.

Sun Chan stood on the sidelines, unable to move, only watching him from afar.

Feeling suddenly lonely, Zhou Jinzhu looked at the empty courtyard.

Soon though, he shook his head, forcing himself to reclaim the feeling. She's dead, just find another one.

The small courtyard was neatly maintained, corners planted with vegetables, clothes still wet from morning washing hung on the line. Zhou Jinzhu's parents always bullied Sun Chan but when they died, it was Sun Chan who handled the funeral as Zhou Jinzhu was out gambling and drinking, staying away for quite a time.

Upon returning home, his parents were already buried, and the village chief scolded him severely. In anger, he beat Sun Chan, accusing her of not taking care of his in-laws.

From that day, Sun Chan stopped speaking, her eyes dim, perhaps beginning her walk towards death, yet she persisted for the sake of the adopted son Liangliang.

Now that Sun Chan was dead, Liangliang hadn't returned. The child despised Zhou Jinzhu, having tried to help Sun Chan several times when she was bullied, but being too small, he was beaten. Sun Chan would hold him back, bearing the brunt herself.

Liangliang glared at him fiercely: "Someday, I'll get revenge!"

Zhou Jinzhu sneered: "Revenge? I feed you, you call me dad, you serve me!"

"You've done nothing! Mom did all the work in the house! You're just useless! Why should I serve you!"

In the end, in a fit of anger, Zhou Jinzhu beat him again, even Sun Chan couldn't stop it.

Now Sun Chan's life is over, and Liangliang is nowhere to be found. A boy not even ten, Zhou Jinzhu didn't care. Even if he returned, he wouldn't be cared for, he wasn't brought in by Zhou Jinzhu, his parents forced him to adopt before they died. Might as well sell him, boys get dealt with quickly nowadays!

Zhou Jinzhu didn't handle Sun Chan's funeral cause he's buried in debt, with nothing left, just bluffing.

Zhao Xiuxia and her daughter didn't bother either. Zhao Xiuxia said: "A married daughter is like spilled water, no longer part of our Sun Family, doesn't matter, I can't care."

Sun Lijuan was busy with her own affairs, of course, she would not care.

The owner scoffed: "Not that I look down on you, have you worked the fields in years? Your wife is dead, who helps you now? The weeds in your fields are taller than the seedlings." 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

He felt icy cold all over, was this haunting? He hurried off, glancing around, fleeing quickly.

Sun Chan regretted after hitting him, what's the point, if she said she didn't care, why hit him?

Her concern was now for Liangliang, such a poor child, barely ten and wandering. Would he run into trouble?

But she could only follow Zhou Jinzhu, powerless.

Zhou Jinzhu encountered Sun Lijuan while heading home. Sun Lijuan wore a stylish dress, looking pleased, seeing Zhou Jinzhu, wrinkled her brow, and went down another path. Such a useless man was beneath her notice.

Upon seeing Sun Lijuan, Zhou Jinzhu's eyes lit up, and he followed her.

"Hey beautiful, visiting your folks?"

"Hmm." She kept walking swiftly.

"I hear your family's land is to be requisitioned, the government will pay lots, right? Is there any for my family? Can I make money?"

Sun Lijuan looked at him disdainfully: "Pretty much, by this time next year."

"Oh, that's great," Zhou Jinzhu smiled, "when I get the money, how about I go to the city to find you?"

Sun Lijuan chuckled: "Sure! But I suspect, you won't make it to the city before blowing it all. Who doesn't know you?"