Chapter 61: Who Dares to Bully My Mother-in-Law!
Thinking of Liu Yuzhi’s thin and weak appearance, coupled with the image of her covered in blood from being beaten, Yun Qinghuan felt a surge of anger.
Seeing so many people gathered around, she felt even more certain that Liu Yuzhi had been seriously bullied!
In an instant, her eyes turned fierce.
During these days together, Yun Qinghuan had developed some feelings for Liu Yuzhi, especially considering how genuinely kind Liu Yuzhi had been to her, always thinking of her. Even though Yun Qinghuan was somewhat indifferent, witnessing Liu Yuzhi’s kindness towards her had touched her.
Therefore, while Yun Qinghuan couldn’t guarantee that she treated Liu Yuzhi like her own mother, she did regard her as a relatively close elder.
At this moment, seeing so many people bullying Liu Yuzhi, even though she hadn’t fully understood the situation yet, her first instinct was to go help Liu Yuzhi.
She hurried over with the stick and shouted, “Who dares to bully my mother-in-law!”
The surrounding onlookers, who had been chattering incessantly, suddenly fell silent. Seeing Yun Qinghuan, the person directly involved in the situation, they tactfully dispersed to the sides, leaving a path open.
Yun Qinghuan: “…”
She followed the cleared path and saw two people standing in the center, their hair disheveled. However, she recognized the clothes worn by one of the women. Hurriedly, she ran over in distress, grabbing Liu Yuzhi and beginning to inspect her. “Mom, are you okay? Who hurt you? How did you get beaten up like this?”
Seeing the bruises on Liu Yuzhi’s face, Yun Qinghuan felt extremely distressed.
Moreover, her clothes had been torn, and her hair was a mess.
Seeing Yun Qinghuan arriving, Jiang Wenshu breathed a sigh of relief. She stepped forward and said, “Qinghuan, don’t worry too much. Mom is fine.”
As she spoke, she glanced somewhat awkwardly at the angrily huffing Aunt Wang standing nearby, her face covered in blood, which was genuinely frightening.
Liu Yuzhi added, “Don’t worry, Mom won’t suffer. It’s others who will suffer!”
She still had a bit of a proud demeanor, wanting to smile, but accidentally touched the bruised area on her face, causing her to wince in pain.
“Mom!” Yun Qinghuan called out to her helplessly.
But it was also evident that Liu Yuzhi probably had the upper hand in the fight, and judging from her injuries, they shouldn’t be too severe, which relieved Yun Qinghuan.
She went to see the other protagonist of the fight. Earlier, she had been too worried about Liu Yuzhi’s condition to pay attention, but now as she looked over, she saw Aunt Wang’s miserable state. Her hair was even more disheveled than Liu Yuzhi’s, and she could clearly see a bald spot on her head, covered in blood. Her face was also smeared with blood, indicating that she was seriously injured.
Even her clothes had been torn to the point of being almost unwearable.
Yun Qinghuan’s lips twitched, feeling deeply impressed by her mother-in-law.
Indeed, she hadn’t let her down.
Aunt Wang, upon seeing her, was furious. Ignoring the pain in her mouth, she cursed, “You little widow, you jinx! Both you and your mother-in-law are cursed with widowhood! It serves you right to remain widows for the rest of your lives!
“It hurts so much!
“Liu Yuzhi, remember this: if you dare to hit me today, I’ll dare to settle the score with you tomorrow. And when there aren’t so many people around, let’s see who will help you then!”
Her words were full of malice!
Yun Qinghuan’s face darkened as she looked at Aunt Wang without mincing words. She understood Liu Yuzhi; her mother-in-law had always been low-key and wouldn’t pick fights. So, it was obvious that this fight had been provoked by Aunt Wang’s disrespectful mouth.
She bluntly retorted, “Who knows whose dog you are? Barking incessantly. If you know that a dog bites, you should tie it up. Otherwise, if it bites someone to death, it won’t be good.”
“Who are you calling a dog?” Aunt Wang was so angry that she was about to hit Yun Qinghuan again.
Liu Yuzhi’s eyes narrowed, and she shouted, “Aunt Wang, dare you!”
The originally kind-hearted old woman now had a somewhat fierce look in her eyes.
At least Aunt Wang was startled. Thinking about how she had been virtually powerless just now, she stopped in her tracks, but continued to mutter curses under her breath.
Yun Qinghuan wasn’t afraid either. In fact, she had even beaten big men like Lu Sunhua before, and those men hadn’t been able to fight back. Naturally, she didn’t care much about an elderly woman like Aunt Wang.
She chuckled disdainfully, “Whoever fits the shoe should wear it.”
Even Jiang Wenshu, who usually had a high sense of humor, couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
With a snort, when Aunt Wang glared at her with resentment, Jiang Wenshu quickly covered her mouth and, without showing any fear, said, “I’m not laughing at you. I just ate too much for lunch.”
Aunt Wang: “…”
Who would believe that? It’s so hard to overeat these days.
But Jiang Wenshu had always been eloquent. In the past few years, when she was criticized by the villagers for not giving birth to a son, she hadn’t hesitated to go to people’s doorsteps and curse them, which had made those people avoid her the next time they saw her.
So, Aunt Wang gritted her teeth, enduring the pain in her chest even more.
But she didn’t dare say a word against Jiang Wenshu.
Yun Qinghuan didn’t let her off the hook either. After all, Aunt Wang’s words just now had been really offensive. “Aunt Wang, you’re so old, yet you still come here to pick a fight with my mom. Aren’t you afraid of becoming a laughingstock, especially with your daughter-in-law here? She’s useless, and when you get older, you’ll probably be even more useless.”
Yun Qinghuan had heard a lot of gossip from the village, and combined with what Liu Yuzhi had told her, she had already guessed that this farce was definitely instigated by Yang Guihua.
Looking at Yang Guihua’s obsequious appearance now, Yun Qinghuan felt a bit annoyed.
If she were truly timid and averse to trouble, that would be fine—at least she wouldn’t cause trouble.
But Yang Guihua, on the surface appearing to be someone who was bullied, actually enjoyed stirring up trouble. She couldn’t go a day without being sarcastic, and she couldn’t stand to see others doing well.
So, Yun Qinghuan didn’t feel the slightest bit embarrassed mentioning her at this moment.
As soon as Yang Guihua was mentioned, her face turned slightly pale, and she quickly lowered her head, shoulders shaking with fear.
Adding fuel to the fire, Liu Yuzhi chimed in, “Exactly! Aunt Wang, you can’t even manage your own household affairs properly, yet you come here to meddle in others’. Just the other day, I saw your daughter-in-law carrying a package towards her parents’ house. Who knows, maybe she’s hiding something good to share with her brothers at her parents’ house.”
Yang Guihua was really quite interesting. Despite being a victim of favoring sons over daughters, she didn’t harbor any resentment towards her parents’ family mistreating her. After getting married, she not only became someone who favored sons over daughters but also eagerly wanted to give the good things from her in-laws’ house to her parents’ family, regardless of the fact that her own daughter was starving and thin.
As for Aunt Wang, she was also quite interesting. Bullied and exploited by her mother-in-law when she was young, she now, as a mother-in-law herself, had become a tyrannical one.
With the family’s style like this, Yang Guihua was likely to become a tyrannical mother-in-law in the future.
Hearing Yun Qinghuan and Liu Yuzhi’s words, Aunt Wang’s eyes narrowed, her eyelids twitching with anger.
Coupled with the grievances she had suffered in front of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law at the Bai family’s residence, she directly blamed her daughter-in-law, Yang Guihua, for everything.
“You little slut, are you sneaking off to your parents’ house behind my back again?”
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