When I went out for a walk in the evening, I happened to run into Li Jun and Hong Yu, holding hands and chatting happily. Li Jun showed no signs of sadness for losing his wife and son.

Due to my past with Li Jun, they pretended not to see me. I didn't want to get involved in this bad luck either, so I lowered my head and pondered what to eat for dinner.

"You scoundrel! My daughter and grandson just died, and you bring this seductress home. I'll beat you to death."

An unkempt woman rushed toward Li Jun and Hong Yu. A water bucket bag worth a few dollars smashed onto the woman's head, scaring Hong Yu into hiding behind Li Jun.

"Mom, calm down." Li Jun stopped his mother's rampage. "Mom, I know you're grieving, but Zhang Jing is gone. I can't remain unmarried forever."

"Bah, you and this seductress conspired to kill my daughter. Don't think I don't know. You bought a high insurance policy for my daughter in advance. Now that she's gone, you're the one benefiting."

"I won't pursue this out of respect for you being my mother-in-law. If you spread rumors again, I'll sue you for defamation."

"Bah, just you wait. I'm going to the police station right now to report you."

Ms. Zhang, the stepmother, is a fiery woman, beautiful enough to seduce my father into transferring the house into Zhang Jing's name.

Moreover, she is calculating and meticulous. I've never seen her lose, even managing to silence Grandma, who vehemently opposed my father marrying her.

Now, encountering Li Jun, I wonder who's more formidable.

After the stepmother left, Hong Yu held her stomach and cried out in pain, frightening Li Jun into calling 911.

I've never seen Li Jun so flustered, not even during Zhang Jing's childbirth.

I chuckled self-deprecatingly and finally decided to have tomato scrambled eggs for dinner.

I grabbed two tomatoes. Just as I inserted the key into the lock, the door next to mine opened.

Due to our shared status as suspects, I rarely initiate conversations with young men: "Are you going out to eat?"

The young man seemed visibly stunned, as if he didn't expect me to speak to him: "Yes."

"I bought too many tomatoes. How about we eat together?" I considered having neighbors around for future support.

"No, thanks. I'm going out to eat." The man declined my offer and shouted inside the door, "Xiao Ju, I'm going out."

After calling out, he seemed to realize something, fell silent for a while, then closed the door.

I withdrew my gaze and went inside to contemplate my dinner.