After the homeroom teacher announced the dates to collect exam results and graduation certificates, school was dismissed. Liang Hui rushed home to report on the exam, while Lin Suyu strolled leisurely behind Wang Shunda.
That brat dared to slander her—then he should be prepared for her revenge! She might be small and not physically strong, but she was excellent at striking from the shadows!
The walk from school to her little courtyard wasn’t far, but Wang Shunda wasn’t the type of kid who would just go straight home. He was risking trouble, taking a detour into the small woods to snatch bird eggs.
Perfect. That made things easier for her. Glancing left and right, seeing no one nearby, she habitually pulled out a sack from her backpack, slipped it on, and swung her stick with a series of rapid strikes.
“Ah! Who’s hitting me… stop… ah, it hurts, stop hitting me, help…”
Though the sack obscured her, with her mental perception Lin Suyu could precisely avoid critical areas like the head, while her stick landed with rapid thwacks on Wang Shunda’s back.
After a while, feeling satisfied, she struck him once more with a hidden blow, knocking him unconscious. She felt her skill in delivering hidden strikes was improving.
Seeing that most of Wang Shunda was inside the sack, Lin Suyu decided it was too much trouble to hold it, so she tossed him a small amount of compensation money—after all, one should at least pay a little after hitting someone.
A few days later, once she collected her graduation certificate, her summer vacation would officially begin. For the long two months ahead, she needed to plan how to spend her time.
If possible, Lin Suyu intended to visit the local street office to get some referral letters and travel to places like Jing City and Haishi. Now that no one was watching her, she could also try trading some food.
Although she had emptied the Lin family secret vault, she didn’t have much cash on hand. No money meant no sense of security—a thing she couldn’t tolerate.
She had also sorted through everything the Lin family hadn’t taken. There were piles of clothes and shoes to sell secondhand, and ordinary wooden furniture and decorations she could convert to cash.
As Lin Suyu pondered all this while walking home, she ran into the Wang family at the alley entrance—Huang Jinhua’s eldest son, Wang Shunfa.
“Hongying, you know my family’s situation. Could you give me a little more time? My mom is already looking for a house.”
Wang Shunfa was tugging at a female colleague’s sleeve, quietly pleading, but she didn’t give him a favorable response.
“Wang Shunfa, did I not give you enough time? I asked six months ago, and you promised, even tricking me that you’d buy that courtyard on our street for our marriage. And now? The courtyard already has an owner, and you still want to fool me?”
Wei Hongying was furious. Because of Wang Shunfa, she had wasted over half a year. Now someone else was pursuing her, and she liked their conditions. This time, she was determined to break off the engagement.
“No, I won’t cancel the engagement. Hongying, you know how much I value you. Please give me a bit more time, okay? I’ll find a house. I promise you won’t suffer.”
“No need. I don’t want to waste each other’s time. I’ll return the engagement gift money and hope you don’t pester me again.”
Wei Hongying pulled her sleeve away decisively, signaling the end of the engagement.
“I won’t agree. I’ll never cancel this engagement.”
Wang Shunfa grabbed Wei Hongying’s arm, speaking fiercely. Then he noticed Lin Suyu preparing to go home and blocked her path while still holding his fiancée.
“Lin, you heard that, right? If you don’t rent me a room, my fiancée will break off the engagement. If I can’t marry her, it’s all your fault! So please, rent me a room!”
…These people really didn’t know when to quit. Lin Suyu said nothing, quietly watching Wei Hongying, curious about her reaction.
“Wang Shunfa, I don’t want a rented room. We agreed you’d buy a house.”
Hmm, this woman was sensible—she wasn’t dragging their dispute onto Lin Suyu. Lin Suyu nodded in approval. However, Wang Shunfa pressed further, trying to twist it into selling the house to him.
“Fine, fine, buy a house. Lin, why not sell your house to me? Otherwise—”
“Otherwise, no one will want you? Or you’ll be a lifelong bachelor? Perfect! With your character, don’t ever get married. You’d ruin a woman’s life.”
Lin Suyu didn’t want to hear more of Wang Shunfa’s nonsense—this man had issues.
“Uh-huh…” Wei Hongying couldn’t believe this young girl spoke so bluntly and couldn’t help but smile.
“Wang Shunfa, why should this girl sell her home to you? Don’t drag me into your nonsense.”
She wasn’t naive. That girl had completed the transfer of the courtyard in a single day. Without some authority, she couldn’t have done it so smoothly.
Wei Hongying wasn’t going to anger anyone over a fiancé she was about to break off with. Wang Shunfa hadn’t even prepared a marital house—clearly his family was incompetent.
“Yes! If your family tries to force a sale, I’ll sue. How dare you meddle in private transactions and try to snatch my house?”
Lin Suyu, normally averse to arguments, couldn’t help retorting. She said her piece and decided to leave.
“You can’t leave! If you don’t sell me the house, I’ll lose my fiancée. You can’t walk away.”
“Enough, Wang Shunfa. I can tell you clearly—even if you buy the house immediately, I won’t marry you.”
Wei Hongying, not wanting Lin Suyu dragged into trouble, grabbed Wang Shunfa to prevent him from continuing to bother Lin Suyu.
“Lin, go home. This isn’t your fault,” she said, signaling for Lin Suyu to leave.
Wang Shunfa, now frenzied, pushed Wei Hongying aside and grabbed Lin Suyu’s arm.
“You’re the reason I can’t marry! Damn you! Why did you buy that courtyard? Our family was going to buy it. Why did you get it first?”
He tugged at her with all his resentment, enough to make her arm numb and sore.
“Let go!” With a shout, Lin Suyu unleashed her mental power. Her head throbbed slightly, and Wang Shunfa seemed stunned as he released her.
Seizing that brief moment, Lin Suyu ran home, unlocked the door, and shut it tightly behind her.
After what had just happened, seeing the red finger marks on her arm, Lin Suyu acutely felt her own weakness. Overusing her mental power had left her head throbbing.
Now she urgently wanted to improve her combat ability. Otherwise, against someone who couldn’t be reasoned with, she would suffer greatly.
Wang Shunfa had been rejected by Wei Hongying. Given his character, he might not dare resent her fiancée—but he would definitely resent Lin Suyu.
So, no matter what, she had to find a way to teach Wang Shunfa a lesson—or rather, dig a pit deep enough for him to fall into.