Xu Suyu’s mood had been thoroughly disgusted earlier, and it still lingered.
Passing the small park in the compound, she went to sit by the artificial lake for a moment, hoping to calm herself.
But she had barely had a few minutes of peace before a mocking, deliberately teasing voice sounded behind her:
“Yo, little beauty, how come you’re all alone?”
The man leapt onto the fake rock formation and circled around, landing directly across from her.
The moment he saw her face, he clearly froze—then tilted his head and grinned lewdly.
“Beauty, you’re Jiang Zhun’s fiancée, huh? You’re new here, so you probably don’t know—Jiang Zhun is no good thing. Following a mad dog like that is such a waste. Why don’t you follow me instead? Big brother knows how to treat a woman right… I’ll make sure you feel real comfortable, hm?”
Xu Suyu shot him a sideways glance.
So it was Li Baoxiang—this man who dared to flirt with practically every young married woman in the compound.
If Jiang Zhun was an arrogant, lawless rich kid, then Li Baoxiang was the very definition of a filthy lecher.
If anyone tried to report him for harassment, he would laugh it off as a “joke” and even apologize sincerely—he knew exactly how to stay just within the legal line to avoid punishment.
In her previous life, he had flirted with her in front of Cao Meiru and Han Shumo.
Han Shumo tried lecturing him, but Li Baoxiang didn’t change—he only got filthier, saying he didn’t mind “sharing” her with Han Shumo so she could see who was better.
She had wanted to report him then, but Cao Meiru stopped her.
Cao Meiru said:
“Leader Li is protective of his son. If you send his boy to the police over a few words, that’s not appropriate—this will make the Han family enemies.”
She had thought Han Shumo would side with her. But he also said:
“Li Baoxiang didn’t actually do anything physical. Even if you send him to the police, it won’t change anything. If he holds a grudge, he’ll only retaliate. Forget it. Just avoid him in the future.”
And Li Baoxiang?
With a powerful father behind him, he disgusted people in the compound for nearly twenty years before heading south in the late ’80s to make money. Rumor had it he lived quite well.
Truly the kind of pest that lingers for generations.
“Little sister, what are you thinking about?”
Li Baoxiang waved a hand in front of her face.
Xu Suyu pulled herself out of her memories.
In her last life, she kept the peace to avoid causing trouble for the Han family.
But this life—absolutely not.
She widened her eyes in pretend fear, glancing around.
Not far away, several military wives were taking shade under a tree. Two of the younger ones left quickly the moment they saw Li Baoxiang.
Only the older ones remained—with three children watching the commotion with curiosity.
Xu Suyu looked toward them with pleading eyes.
“Aunties, can you help me call the police? This comrade is saying disgusting things and harassing me…”
Li Baoxiang snorted.
“Little sister, I’m just joking with you. Even if the police come, they can’t arrest me for a joke.”
Then he lowered his voice.
“Little slut, you want to report me? If only you were this bold when I actually take you.”
Her back trembled as if in fear—
But her eyes, fixed on Li Baoxiang, were full of contempt. She, too, lowered her voice.
“Take me? With you— a coward who only knows how to flap his mouth? Let me guess: the reason you only dare talk and never act must be… underdevelopment, right? Lacking something, so you’re desperate to show off something. You pathetic, useless eunuch.”
Li Baoxiang had never in his life been spoken to like this by a woman. Enraged, he grabbed her shoulder—
“Bitch! You dare insult me?!”
Xu Suyu shrieked in perfectly staged panic, crying loudly:
“No—! Help! Help me—!”
Her voice rang across the park.
And although tears welled in her eyes, there wasn’t the slightest true fear behind them—only deliberate provocation.
Li Baoxiang realized too late that something was wrong and tried to let go.
Before he could, a boot slammed hard into his side, kicking him straight into the artificial lake.
Xu Suyu turned— and saw Jiang Zhun.
He had come out to pick her up, but on the way heard that she was being harassed by Li Baoxiang.
He panicked and rushed over, still fuming.
“Xu Suyu! At home you act all tough with me—why is it that once you step outside you—”
Halfway through scolding her, he noticed the tears hanging on her lashes.
He froze.
“…Uh—why are you crying? I wasn’t yelling at you.”
“Jiang Zhun, you damned mad dog! How dare you kick me!”
Li Baoxiang thrashed in the water, shouting curses as he swam toward the shore.
Jiang Zhun’s attention snapped back.
He strode over and kicked him right back into the water again.
“You filthy worm—you dare touch my woman?! I’ll kill you today!”
When it came to being unreasonable, no one in the compound could compete with Jiang Zhun.
He picked up stones from the fake mountain and hurled them mercilessly at Li Baoxiang—each one hitting its mark.
Li Baoxiang screamed; blood seeped from a wound on his forehead.
Fearing things would go too far, Xu Suyu started forward to pull Jiang Zhun away— but at that moment, a shrill girl’s voice approached behind her.
“Jiang Zhun! Stop! My brother’s bleeding!”
Xu Suyu turned to see a girl—homely, with a short, round body, dark reddish skin, and two thick black braids—running over and spreading her arms to block Jiang Zhun.
Jiang Zhun recoiled in disgust.
“Li Baomei, you yam-headed freak, get lost! Your idiot brother dared touch my wife—”
“She’s not your wife! You aren’t married yet!”
Li Baomei stomped her foot, glaring at Xu Suyu.
Up close, she realized—this woman really did look like a seductive fox spirit!
This morning she heard Jiang Zhun was marrying some outsider woman. She had even tracked this woman down and brought her brother to teach her a lesson.
But now…
“Jiang Zhun! I don’t care! This isn’t my brother’s fault—it’s this woman who seduced him! If you refuse to let it go, then my brother should just marry her!”
Jiang Zhun barked a curse and shoved her aside.
“You yam-headed freak, are you insane? That useless gutter rat dares compete with me for a woman? Get lost!”
Li Baomei stumbled, almost falling.
Her eyes turned red as she looked at him accusingly.
“You… you pushed me…”
“If you keep yapping, I’ll beat you!”
Meanwhile Li Baoxiang had dragged himself out of the water, clutching his bleeding head.
“I was only joking with the woman, and you tried to kill me—Jiang Zhun, you bastard! You’ve broken the law! I’m calling the police!”
Li Baomei grabbed his arm tearfully.
“Brother, no! I like Jiang Zhun—you can’t send him to jail!”
Li Baoxiang narrowed his eyes at Jiang Zhun.
“Well… unless he marries you and becomes my brother-in-law, I’ll forget today’s incident.”
Xu Suyu let out a cold laugh in her heart.
These two shameless people— they were really trying to bargain with her life?
Did they really think she was easy to bully?
Jiang Zhun was about to explode— but before he could, Xu Suyu acted first—