If her husband could beat her up over some trivial matter, Meng Huan felt that such a husband wasn't worth keeping.
At the moment, no matter how Xia Yuezhen tried to defend herself, no one believed her words; everyone assumed Meng Jie had bullied her.
Usually, although Xia Yuezhen was hypocritical, her public image was that of a kind and virtuous woman. People thought someone like her must have been mistreated because of Meng Jie's bad temper.
Seeing that the more she explained, the stronger everyone's disdain for Meng Jie became, Xia Yuezhen eventually stopped explaining altogether.
She stole a glance at Meng Jie and found him staring at her as well.
The look in his eyes seemed to say one thing: she was doomed.
How much she wished she could just close her eyes and faint, so that the most humiliating scene would dissolve into unconsciousness.
Yet deep down, her resentment toward Cheng Lie grew even greater.
