Chapter 179
Elizabeth spotted a familiar face in the crowd—it was that woman.
She rushed over, hearing someone shout, "Stop hitting her! She's your wife! Are you trying to kill her?"
The scene was horrifying. The man was straddling the woman, yanking her hair with one hand and punching her with the other.
"You went to see a doctor behind my back? Do you have money? I told you not to get treated! You're just a woman, a worthless life! You haven't even given me a child, and you expect me to spend a fortune on your treatment? Are you crazy?" His angry shouts made everyone uncomfortable.
"What do you mean, a woman's life is worthless?"
"Who is this uncivilized man?"
"Call the police, quick!"
The woman was bleeding from her nose, lying on the ground, exhausted.
Despite people's attempts to stop him, the man wouldn't relent, repeatedly asking, "Are you still going to get treated? Are you still going to sneak out? Answer me!" He slapped her viciously.
The woman cried, her heart filled with sorrow.
Some people regretted not being born in today's free society, while others regretted being alive in it.
Elizabeth felt heartbroken. Even though Amanda had told her not to interfere with patients' affairs, she couldn't ignore this. He was humiliating not just the woman on the ground but all women!
Were women inferior? Why should they be considered worthless?
"You are a woman, so you should be virtuous. You can't even take care of my home, and you want me to pay for your treatment? Did I marry you to be a decoration? You weren't like this before I married you. Look at you now, what have you become?" His words were like needles piercing the woman's heart.
"If I hadn't married you, would I have become like this?" The woman tried to retort.
But she got a harsh slap in return. "Bitch! Shut up!"
Elizabeth's eyes turned cold. She looked at the man and took off her white coat. Just as he was about to slap again, she grabbed his arm and kicked him in the stomach.
The man fell off the woman.
Gasps erupted around them, everyone looking at Elizabeth in disbelief.
Elizabeth shook her wrist, looking at the man expressionlessly, "Publicly humiliating your wife, do you know what you're doing? Your wife is a person, and everyone is independent and vibrant. Just because she married you and has the title of wife doesn't mean she loses her right to live! Whether she gets treated or not is never your decision, understand?"
Elizabeth frowned, her expression serious and confident.
She had learned these truths after being hurt by Alexander.
If getting married meant losing her identity, that would be too foolish.
She could be Alexander's wife, Mrs. Tudor, but she was also Elizabeth!
"Mind your own business!" The man furiously glared at her.
"I really don't care about your family affairs! I'm just speaking up for women!" Elizabeth took a step forward with resolute eyes.
"In today's society, men and women are equal. Don't use your outdated thinking to judge things!" Elizabeth pointed at the woman on the ground and snapped, "She has the right to choose to live!"
The man sneered. "Live? Without me, she would die!"
"No one dies from leaving anyone!" Elizabeth retorted immediately.
She once thought she would die if she left Alexander. But wasn't she still living well now?
The man's face twisted with anger. His wife had never retorted him, and his household was male-dominated. So Elizabeth's defiance made him very unhappy.
His emotions spiraled out of control. Suddenly, he pulled out a knife, pointing it at Elizabeth, and shouted, "Get out of my way!"
Elizabeth's expression tightened, and she immediately took a step back.
The man actually had a knife.
He pointed the knife at Elizabeth, his anger rising. "If you meddle again, I'll stab you!"
