“Do you think he’ll get so angry he’ll vomit blood and drop dead?”
Cough, cough.
“Xuegao, can you stop enjoying this so much? A scumbag like him deserves to fall from heaven to hell. Take away everything he cares about, make him suffer until he dies. That’s the only way to feel satisfied. If he dies peacefully, it would be too easy on him.”
“Thinking about what he did to the original owner in the past life makes me want to set his whole family on fire. Since I promised her that I’d come back, I won’t let them live in peace. It’s true what they say: bad bamboo never grows good shoots. If they’re not one family, they’re all the same kind of trash. No one’s innocent.”
Lin Daqiang saw the situation spiraling out of control.
He clenched his fists and silently cursed the entire Lu family for eighteen generations, but still wore a smiling face.
“Everyone, we’re from the same village. We see each other every day—there’s no need to make this ugly. You know we’re in a famine era; no family can easily produce a hundred jin of grain. How about this: we’ll return the grain later when we have it, and we’ll add interest. We won’t short you. As for the two kids—if they can’t get along, we can’t force them either. It’s for their own good, right? Now go home. Go on.”
Xu Mengyi immediately stood up. “Lin Daqiang, you just casually said it and think we’ll leave? Do you really think you’re someone special? Listen: this matter won’t be solved today. Then none of us will go to work. Let’s see who tires out first. I’ve never seen people like you who can’t even control their own son.”
“Oh!”
“I know now. Your son’s behavior is clearly something you parents approved of. Otherwise he wouldn’t dare do such a thing. Since that’s the case, you should’ve said so earlier. My daughter is such a good girl; she doesn’t have to marry your son. You think he’s some kind of treasure? In my eyes, he’s nothing but a useless, ugly kid who can’t lift a thing and can’t bear weight. And he dares look down on my daughter? I haven’t even disliked him, and that’s already enough.”
“If my daughter hadn’t been blinded by the mud before, I wouldn’t even have looked at him. Just seeing him makes my eyes hurt.”
Mom! Could you please spare your daughter some dignity?
I really want to shout: that was the original owner, not me. It wasn’t my fault.
Sigh. Now I have to take the blame. Isn’t that unfair?
Lin Daqiang lowered his head. No one knew what he was thinking.
He probably felt that from now on, the Lu family and his family were enemies.
After all, his son was insulted in front of so many people.
Any parent would be unable to accept that, and he was holding back his anger.
Maybe he was planning something.
Xu Xiuying started to argue and make a scene—completely shameless.
Now that things were exposed, the engagement was broken.
As for the grain—she had already eaten it and had no intention of returning it.
If they wanted it, they could go dig it up themselves.
“Hey Lu family! Do you have any shame left? You come to our house this early demanding grain? Are you planning to rob us? Do you think the law doesn’t exist? Who do you think you are? If people didn’t know better, they’d think you came to start a fight. Looking at you, you’re really frightening. Good thing my son didn’t marry your daughter.”
“What kind of good daughter could be raised in such a crude family? Whoever marries her will have bad luck for eight generations.”
Slap.
Xu Mengyi used to hold back because of her social status, and didn’t argue much with the Lin family—whether in words or money.
She thought, “We’re all one family. Let my daughter suffer a little now so she can have a better life later.”
Now she realized she was wrong.
Some people truly had no shame.
Lin Shou was nothing but an unreasonable shrew.
Good thing her daughter didn’t marry into that family.
Otherwise, she would’ve been bullied mercilessly.
“Ah! Ah…”
“Xu Mengyi, you little bitch! How dare you hit me? I’ll fight you!”
Lu Wanqing, as a supernatural being, would never let her mother suffer even a little.
She lifted her hand and flicked Xu Xiuying.
Xu Xiuying flew uncontrollably and fell to the ground like a dog, face-first.
Thud.
A loud crack was heard. Oh my!
Either her hand or her waist had broken. Poor thing—well, she deserved it.
The sound was so loud it startled the neighbors far away.
Everyone rushed over to see what was happening, thinking: “Why does it sound so bad? Did the Lin family and Lu family start fighting?”
They had heard that the children from both families were fighting, and it was quite fierce.
Even the village chief rushed over.
“Hey! What’s going on? We heard a loud noise from far away. Who can tell me what happened? Speak up!”
Lu Wanqing gave her mother a signal, and Xu Mengyi understood immediately.
“Village Chief, please judge this fairly. Lin Yuchuan didn’t care about my daughter’s life yesterday. He ran to save someone else, and he was hugging and touching her. What about my daughter? And now he wants to break the engagement. Since that’s the case, my daughter is such a good person—there’s no need to force this marriage. We don’t want people to think my daughter can’t marry anyone and is clinging to them.”
“But we already said breaking the engagement is fine. But you must return the hundred jin of grain you owe us. A whole night has passed and there’s been no response. Are they trying to cheat us? Where in the world does such a good thing exist? They want to be with our daughter but don’t want to return the grain. They’re truly scheming like ghosts.”
“We came only for the grain, but they wouldn’t stop. They even hit me.”
“She fell by herself, but she’s trying to blame us. Everyone saw it. We were far away and didn’t touch her. This is what happens when you do too many bad things—karma catches up. Even the heavens can’t stand it.”
“Anyway, we came here for one purpose: to break the engagement and to get our grain back. If they can’t return the grain, they can pay money instead.”
“If they still refuse, I will go to the police and report Lin Yuchuan for being involved with that educated youth. Let the police investigate who’s really in the wrong. I don’t believe there’s no justice in this world.”