“Sis, Mom has already lowered herself and begged you. What more do you want?”
Su Mingzhu put her hands on her hips and questioned her righteously, as though Su Qingwan were the one being unreasonable.
Su Qingwan leaned against the window and gently curled her finger, smiling innocently.
“Come here. I have something to tell you.”
Su Mingzhu did not understand what she meant. Just as she leaned her head closer to the window, Su Qingwan raised her hand and slapped her hard across the face.
“Smack!”
The crisp sound of the slap echoed through the courtyard.
Su Mingzhu covered her face and screamed, her eyes widening in disbelief.
“Su Qingwan, how dare you hit me!”
“Then I’ll apologize. I’m sorry. Happy now?”
Su Qingwan looked completely perfunctory. She even casually picked at her ear before looking at the stunned Su Mingzhu with an innocent expression.
“I already apologized. What more do you want?”
“You, you, you!”
Su Mingzhu stomped her feet in anger before turning to complain to Su’s mother.
“Mom, listen to what Sister is saying! She deliberately bullied me!”
Su Qingwan sneered.
“Is this bullying? Then when you were morally blackmailing me just now, why wasn’t that bullying? Now that you’re suffering the consequences, suddenly it’s bullying? What a double standard!”
As she spoke, she remembered how Su Mingzhu had sucked the original owner’s blood and sweat dry to support her fiancé in the original story, even using her sister as a stepping stone to climb higher. Su Mingzhu had also played a major role in driving the original owner and Gu Jinchuan apart.
A trace of murderous intent flashed through Su Qingwan’s eyes, yet she smiled sweetly.
“Fine, fine! I was wrong just now. Why don’t you come over again?”
Su Mingzhu snapped angrily, “Don’t even think about it!”
Su Qingwan looked regretful.
“Fine. I just feel like I didn’t hit hard enough. Let me slap you a few more times, otherwise I won’t be able to sleep tonight.”
Su Mingzhu’s expression completely froze.
“Su Qingwan, are you sick?”
“You’re right! I am sick.”
As she spoke, Su Qingwan casually picked up a wooden stick beside the door and waved it around, smiling brightly.
“So you’d better let me slap you a few more times and get this anger out of my system. Otherwise, next time you’ll be dealing with a kitchen knife.”
Su’s mother remembered that knife from yesterday, and her face turned pale with fear. She hurriedly grabbed her younger daughter’s arm to stop her from rushing forward, terrified that this lunatic might actually attack them.
“Don’t! Don’t go over there!”
Su Mingzhu stomped her feet furiously, tears welling up in her eyes.
“Mom! Look at her! She’s bullying me!”
Seeing her younger daughter suffer, Su’s mother could only grit her teeth and step forward herself. She slapped the door and cursed.
“Su Qingwan, your wings have grown strong, haven’t they? You even dare to hit your own younger sister! We only came today because of Gu Jinchuan, so don’t push your luck!”
Seeing that Su Qingwan remained unmoved, Su’s mother swallowed and brought up the old debt.
“Don’t forget, your surname is Su! If we hadn’t brought you home back then, you would have frozen to death by the roadside! After all these years of raising you, has your conscience been eaten by a dog?”
Su Qingwan sneered.
“If you hadn’t brought me home, I wouldn’t have suffered for all these years either. I could have died sooner and been reborn sooner. Maybe I would have lived a happier life than I do now.”
“You!”
Su’s mother was so furious that she nearly passed out. This girl was truly insane and seemed determined to anger her to death.
“What? You two don’t seem to like hearing me talk?”
Su Qingwan raised her chin with complete indifference.
“If you’re really so unwilling to keep this relationship, why don’t we go to the village chief right now and get an official document severing our family ties?
From now on, you go your way and I’ll go mine. We can completely cut ties and never have anything to do with each other again. Everyone can live in peace.”
“Don’t even think about it!”
Su’s mother’s face turned the color of pig liver as she finally dropped all pretense and shouted.
“Don’t think that marrying Gu Jinchuan means you can throw us aside!
Dream on! In this lifetime, you’ll be a member of the Su family while you’re alive and belong to the Su family even after you die! Your purpose in life is to pave the way for Mingzhu and Yaozu!”
The moment the words left her mouth, Su’s mother realized she had revealed her true thoughts. She immediately tried to cover it up.
“I was only saying that out of anger! You made me angry!”
“So that’s what you really think?”
Su Qingwan’s eyes were full of mockery.
“You raised a daughter just so she could pave the way for your biological children, yet you still pretend to be a loving mother. How disgusting!”
Su’s mother regretted letting those words slip, but she could only stubbornly defend herself.
“What nonsense are you talking about? We’re family. Naturally, we should help one another.”
“Mom…”
Su Mingzhu tugged at her mother’s sleeve and stepped forward, putting on an expression of immense grievance as tears streamed down her face.
“Sister, I know you’re angry, but we all know we were wrong. How can a family hold a grudge overnight? You said you’d watch me and my younger brother get married and have children. How can you suddenly cut ties with us? If Mom made you angry, I’ll apologize on her behalf. I’ll give you whatever you want!”
Su Qingwan looked at her fake performance and smiled.
“Really? Anything?”
Thinking Su Qingwan had softened, Su Mingzhu quickly nodded through her tears.
“As long as I have it, I’ll give it to you.”
“Fine. Give your city match to Gu Jinchuan’s cousin. She’s eighteen this year, younger and prettier than you, so she’d be a perfect match for a man from the city.”
The mother and daughter instantly froze.
Give up the city match?
That was even more painful than killing them!
Su Mingzhu’s face turned deathly pale as she looked at her mother.
She had deliberately postponed the arranged meeting precisely because she wanted to get her hands on Su Qingwan’s things. That man was her stepping stone to moving to the city and even getting into university. How could she possibly give him away?
Su’s mother was also counting on this city’s son in law to support her son in the future. There was no way she would agree.
Su’s mother instantly exploded in anger. She pointed at the door and cursed.
“Su Qingwan, you shameless girl! You actually dare to steal your sister’s man and give him to someone from the Gu family. Have you no shame?”
“As expected, it was all just talk.”
Su Qingwan had anticipated this reaction. She sneered.
“Get lost. Otherwise, don’t blame me for being rude!”
As soon as she finished speaking, she slammed the window shut and locked it.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
The mother and daughter outside were furious and began pounding on the door like mad.
Su Qingwan did not even furrow her brows. She picked up a basin of dirty kitchen water that had not yet been thrown away and poured it directly over them.
“Ah! Su Qingwan, you wretched girl! How dare you throw dirty water on us!”
“Get lost! If you don’t leave now, next time it won’t be dishwater. It’ll be urine and feces!”
The moment she said that, the people outside finally fell silent.
Su Qingwan listened as their footsteps gradually faded away, her eyes cold.
It seemed that simply staying at home and defending herself wasn’t enough. She needed to find a suitable opportunity to take the fight directly to the Su family and make such a huge scene that the heavens themselves would be turned upside down. Only then would these bloodsuckers truly be afraid of her.
By evening, the villagers had finished their farm work and were gradually making their way home.
The Su family’s house was located in the middle of the village, making the road outside it the route everyone had to take on their way home.
Today, however, no one hurried past. Everyone stopped in shock when they saw the scene at the entrance of the Su residence.
Su Qingwan was sitting on the stone steps outside the Su family’s main gate, wailing at the top of her lungs.
“I can’t go on living like this! My mother and sister came to smash the door of my house today. They insisted that I empty the Gu family’s belongings and give everything to them. When I refused, they threatened to drive me to my death! Everyone, please come and judge this fairly!”
“Huang Cuilan and Su Mingzhu are heartless monsters who want to drive me to my death so they can take my place! They’ve set their sights on Gu Jinchuan! A mother in law lusting after her own son in law is completely insane!”