Seeing that Gu Rou had exposed him outright, Lin Dafa no longer tried to hide his intentions. His eyes turned lecherous as he slowly stepped forward, reaching out as if to touch Gu Rou’s face. This girl was about to become his woman, and just thinking about it made his blood boil.
Gu Rou’s gaze grew even colder. In the instant he moved closer, she suddenly raised her right hand and, in a flash, clamped it over Lin Dafa’s mouth.
“Three… two… one…” she muttered to herself.
A huge mass of fat went limp on the ground. Seeing that he had completely lost his strength, Gu Rou shook her hand, walked aside, and desperately rubbed it clean with various leaves. “Ugh, this is disgustingly gross,” she muttered.
After cleaning her hand, she started hammering his stomach with full force. “You went through all the trouble to ambush me here in these mountains, and the moment you saw me, you tried to grope me? Are you tired of living? Still want to ruin my purity here? Don’t you know I’ve become very difficult to deal with recently?”
Since she had been busy all morning, Gu Rou was a bit tired, but she immediately thought of using her Soft Meridian technique against him, so she wouldn’t suffer any hidden losses from this scumbag. Now that Lin Dafa had completely lost his strength, she punched him, targeting pressure points rather than using brute force. Hitting just the flesh wouldn’t help; she wanted him to feel pain down to his bones—that way her effort wouldn’t be wasted.
“Think I’m easy to bully, huh? Everyone wants to take advantage…”
Lin Dafa howled in pain and instantly regretted his actions. Originally, he thought Gu Rou was small and weak; with Gu Li and the others, he could have the upper hand with sheer ruthlessness. But her? He was a big man of 180 pounds—there was no way such a petite woman could defeat him. Yet, after just meeting her, he had already been beaten down.
“Stop… I don’t dare… don’t hit me…”
Lin Dafa had always been the one doing the bullying, never the victim, so he immediately began begging. He had once thought Gu Rou’s small frame was cute, but after today’s beating, he completely gave up on her. Even the most beautiful woman had to have the fortune to withstand it.
“Who told you to come? Or were you planning to harm me from the start?” Gu Rou pounded on him relentlessly.
“Stop… stop… it was all Gu Li’s idea, she taught me! Don’t hit me, I was just being manipulated by her!”
“Enough… your enemy is her, not me. Stop it now…”
“It’s that wretched woman again. Looks like last time’s lesson wasn’t deep enough; she dares to plot behind my back again.”
Hearing Gu Li’s name, Gu Rou thought exactly as she expected: a dog never stops eating filth. Bad people, even after being punished, never truly change. They only regret not using more concealed ways to harm others.
“Being set up, huh?”
“Yes, yes, it was Gu Li’s idea.”
“Then go settle it with her.”
“Alright, alright. I’ll go with you to deal with her. If you go see her, then you won’t hit me anymore, right?” Lin Dafa shivered as he spoke.
“Ha! You get a say? Everything depends on your behavior. Misbehave, and I’ll double it!”
Gu Rou tied him up, then took some herbs from her space and made him chew them, leading him down the mountain like walking a dog. On the way down, villagers saw this and widened their eyes. The son of the village secretary was being led along tied up… his face bruised and swollen.
The villagers had never seen him look so miserable. As a notorious troublemaker in Xiangyang Village, he usually strutted around arrogantly, making many young people suffer at his hands. Today, he followed Gu Rou obediently like a dog.
“Jianguo’s daughter, what are you doing? Why have you tied him up?”
Hearing this, Gu Rou turned and kicked Dafa. “I’m asking you! Speak up!”
Terrified, Dafa confessed everything about how Gu Li had instructed him. The villagers gasped, thinking Gu Li was extremely cruel. She had just caused trouble before, and now she was scheming against her own sister. Xiangyang Village really had produced a poisonous woman.
Many openly scolded Gu Rou and Lin Dafa, and Gu Rou joined in shouting, making it clear she was going to settle the score with Gu Li. The villagers followed her, wanting to watch the drama unfold.
Back at Gu Jiandang’s house, everyone sat waiting for the exciting news that Lin Dafa would bring. Seeing Gu Li grinning with her teeth showing, and the red envelopes at home shrinking, they wished Lin Dafa would deal with Gu Rou completely—only then could they feel vindicated.
The second household’s door remained closed. Gu Rou glanced at the gate, swung her right leg, and kicked it open with a bang. The villagers watching thought that even if they didn’t earn half a day’s work, it was worth it just to see this.
Jianguo and Zhang Cuihua heard the noise and rushed out, immediately seeing Lin Dafa tied up. Their hearts sank.
“Uncle, Auntie, quickly let Gu Rou release me! You didn’t say she could fight like this. I wouldn’t have dared provoke her if I knew she was so hard to deal with!”
As soon as Lin Dafa saw the two of them come out, he told everything in detail about how Gu Li and the others had incited him. At this moment, Gu Jianguo and Li Xiufang also arrived, and as soon as they got there, they heard everything Lin Dafa had said.
Li Xiufang immediately exploded in anger. “Well done! A whole family of black-hearted beasts! When your family was at its most difficult, it was us who helped you out, and this is how you repay us?”
“You animals! A whole family without a shred of conscience! Even beasts know to repay kindness for food, yet you’re worse than animals!”
“When ruining my daughter’s reputation didn’t work, you actually sent someone to defile her. You’re trying to kill my Xiao Rou! What kind of grudge do we have with your family that you want my daughter dead?”
Hearing all this, Li Xiufang couldn’t help but feel lingering fear, but even more so, overwhelming rage. Without a second thought, she rushed forward straight toward Zhang Cuihua and slapped her hard across the face. However, Li Xiufang wasn’t as sturdy as Zhang Cuihua, and once they started fighting, she was quickly overpowered.
Gu Rou immediately stepped forward, grabbed Zhang Cuihua by the hair, and yanked her back several steps. She held her there, signaling for Li Xiufang to strike properly. Seeing this, Li Xiufang swung her arm with all her strength and slapped Zhang Cuihua again and again—smack, smack, smack. Zhang Cuihua could only stand there and take it, unable to struggle at all.
“No! This was all Lin Dafa’s own idea. When he failed, he tried to shift the blame, that’s why he said that. How could I possibly harm my own brother?”
Seeing this, Gu Jianguo also joined in. He clenched his fists and started punching Gu Jiandang in the face—bang, bang, bang—every blow delivered with full force. Gu Jiandang didn’t fare well either. After taking several punches, he finally found a gap to explain himself, stubbornly refusing to admit that his family had instigated any of this.
“I spit on you! You heartless, wolf-hearted trash, and you still dare talk about being family? I don’t have a brother who tries to kill people,” Gu Jianguo spat toward Gu Jiandang.
“I spit on you too! With that filthy mouth of yours, not a single word you say can be believed anymore.”
“Dad, Mom—beat them to death!”