My Loyal and Lovely Husband

The court is not spacious with simple decoration and furniture. In front of the court is placed the chair of the county magistrate with several policemen standing at both sides of the room. After a while, a man wearing red official uniform, 40-year-old and robust, walks in the court followed by another man with the uniform of the private adviser of the country magistrate.

Wang Hai wearing the official suite of country magistrate shakes his arms and exclaims, “Start our court trial!” Then the policemen standing aside growl and knock the sticks in order to show the authority of the court. Wang Su and Xu Lan’er shiver with fear because of the atmosphere in the court. Jin Weiwei is kneeling at the left corner of the court calmly. Instead of being afraid of the court, she is a little bit curious about the trial. Wang Hai, the county magistrate, sits and claps the judge’s gavel. “Who is kneeling in the court?” Asks Wang Hai. “Sir, I am Jin Weiwei, the manager of the Jin’s Meat-shop in the county.” Replies Jin Weiwei, kowtowing in no hurry. Hearing that, Wang Su and Xu Lan’er reply to the county magistrate, “I am Wang Su!” “I am Xu Lan’er!” Making a yawn, Wang Hai, a little bit sleepy, says, “Who volunteers to tell me what happened?”

Wang Su begins to speak before Jin Weiwei realizes that she is the real plaintiff of the case. He says, “My lord! Give me justice! About one hour ago, I bought meat in Jin’s Meat-shop to provide nutrition to my wife who gave birth to a baby recently. Unexpectedly, my wife fell into a coma after eating the meat. Thus, I suspected that the mutton is poisoned. Then I took my wife to confront with Jin Weiwei about that. Surprisingly, she not only refused to explain that to me, but beat me fiercely as well!”

The more he explains, the more aggrieved he looks. Then, he even stretches out his bruised hands and cries, “My Lord, look at my hands! They are seriously beaten!” His hands were beaten by the stone shot by Little Rich. At first, his hands were just a little bit red and swollen. But, now his hands have already been swollen seriously like steamed buns.

The country magistrate Wang Hai, stunned, takes a look at Jin Weiwei and says, “Is that true?” Jin Weiwei never foresees that Wang Su confounds black and white and tells lies. Gradually, Jin Weiwei is getting calm. She kowtows and explains the whole thing to the county magistrate. Jin Weiwei explains that it is Wang Su who tried to frame her and ruin her reputation. However, according to Wang Su, they just come to the meat-shop to confront with Jin Weiwei and are beaten by her. The county magistrate is a little bit confused about that.

“Emmm, both of you have your own reasons. It’s hard for me to judge…” Says Wang Hai, touching his beard. “Do you have witnesses?” Suddenly, Jin Weiwei remembers these people who witnessed the whole thing. Aren’t they the best witnesses? However, before she is about to say something, she is interrupted by a woman. “I am the witness!” Says Xu Lan’er. “I am the witness! I witnessed that instead of explaining the poisonous mutton to my husband, she beat him directly!”

Xu Lan’er says that firmly and then she begins to cry, “My husband only wants to seek a reasonable explanation about that poisonous mutton.” “As you said that he is your husband. Thus, your words cannot be considered as evidence.” Says Wang Hai, standing up and walking to them. Touching his beard, he is attracted by the embroidered shoes of Xu Lan’er. This pair of shoes… He looks carefully at the dress of Xu Lan’er; then, his face darkens.

Jin Weiwei follows the eyes of Wang Hai and finds a pair of embroidered shoes. She sneers and thinks, “She said that she just gave birth to a baby. Who will wear such a gorgeous dress after just giving birth to a baby?” Then, Wang Su starts to cry, “My lord! Jin Weiwei beat me without any reason. You make justice for me!”

Jin Weiwei cannot stand it any more. She asks angrily, “Since you said that I beat you, now I wonder how I beat you?” Wang Su is shocked for a little moment. How could he make up the details because Jin Weiwei did not beat him at all. When Wang Hai looks at Wang Su, his face darkens with anger. “Speak!” Hastened by Wang Hai, Wang Su starts to worry and makes up a story. “She…She caught me by my breast and beat me with a stick!”

Actually, Jin Weiwei is glad with his words. Then Jin Weiwei asks immediately, “According to your words, there must be a wound on your breast. Dare you show your wound to our County magistrate? The wound can be the evidence.” Wang Su is suddenly in panic because there’s no wound on his breast. However, at that time, Wang Hai urges, “I think it is quite reasonable! Wang Su, show me your wound.”

With his pale face, large drops of sweat run down from his forehead. Seeing that, Xu Lan’er is so worried that she wants to say something to back him up. However, Wang Hai glances at her coldly. His dignified temperament and the cold eye-sight frighten Xu Lan’er. “Quickly! Show me your wound!” Jin Weiwei says, with a cold smile on his face.

Wang Su has a quick wit and explains hurriedly, “I…I make a mistake…. She did not beat my breast, but grabbed my clothes and beat me with the stick!” “Oh, really?” Says Jin Weiwei, slowly and clearly. Suddenly, she questions, “You must have some wounds…Where are they?” Wang Su stretches out his hands immediately. Seeing his funny behavior, Jin Weiwei sneers at him loudly, and continues to question, “Since you said that I beat you with the stick, you must have lots of wounds on your body. The wounds on your hands wouldn’t be the only ones.”

However, Wang Su only has wounds on his hands. “I…” He hems and haws, with sweat dropping from his forehead. Xu Lan’er knows that their lie is about to be revealed. She has to shout even under the pressure of Wang Hai, “My husband dodges your attack. That’s why he has no wound on his body!” Hearing that, Wang Su takes advantage of her words. He wipes away the sweat and nods, “Yes…Yes…That’s it!”NôvelDrama.Org © content.

Wang Hai is stumped for a moment, but says nothing. He looks back to Jin Weiwei, who senses the eyesight of the county magistrate. With a slight “Hum”, she looks at Wang Su and Xu Lan’er with sympathy, “According to your words, since I beat you fiercely, it is reasonable for me to beat the vital parts of your body. How could I just beat your hands?” Hearing that, Xu Lan’er and Wang Su become awkward and embarrassed.