Chapter 44: Letting Off Steam
Su Yufen felt like she was dreaming!
Otherwise, why would she be seeing Su He here? Why would so many villagers from Huangxi Village be standing up for her?
Su He’s eyes were also red with emotion.
Maybe it was the bond of blood, or maybe just sympathy for this pitiful woman standing in front of her.
“Little Aunt,” Su He said softly, “don’t cry. Do you want to let off some steam?”
Su Yufen blinked in confusion. “Let off steam?”
“Yes, let off steam!”
Su He ordered Su Yongguo and two villagers to pin Lü Xingwang to the ground, then turned to Su Yufen and said, “Little Aunt, hit him! However he hit you, you hit him the same way!”
Lü Xingwang gritted his teeth and shouted, “You wretched woman, I dare you!”
Su Yufen flinched and instinctively stepped back in fear.
At that moment, Tie Dan, who had stopped crying, suddenly began wailing again. “Mama, don’t hit Mama…”
Su Yufen’s emotions completely collapsed in that instant!
Her life since marrying this beast hadn’t been human.
Her son had grown up anxious and frightened because of it!
She snapped. Like a madwoman, she began kicking Lü Xingwang and even bit him.
Lü Old Lady finally came to her senses. Relying on her age to protect her from retaliation, she threw herself on the ground, wailing and shrieking:
“They’re going to beat someone to death! They’re trying to destroy our Lü family! The Su family doesn’t want us to live!”
Su He looked at Su Old Man. “Grandpa, you handle her.”
In the past, Su Old Man would’ve cared too much about appearances to raise a hand.
But now? He wasn’t that same man anymore.
Pride be damned!
He marched up and slapped Lü Old Lady across the face. “You wretched old woman! This is all your doing! If you hadn’t stirred up trouble, my daughter wouldn’t have suffered so much!”
Lü Old Lady had a loose tooth to begin with—now it was gone, saving her the dentist fee.
She never imagined Su Old Man would actually hit her.
Clutching her chest, she moaned, “Oh, my heart…”
She was just about to fake a heart attack when, to her shock, Su Old Man collapsed to the ground, twitching.
Su He panicked for a moment, thinking something was seriously wrong.
But then she saw his clear eyes—he was totally faking.
Su He: “…”
Grandpa, you’ve gone from one extreme to the other.
Su Yufen didn’t realize it was an act. Thinking her father had been angered into a stroke, she snapped and lunged at Lü Old Lady.
Scratching and grabbing wildly, she yanked out a large handful of the older woman’s already-thinning hair.
At this point, the Lü household was in complete chaos.
The so-called “Six Tigers of the Lü Family” were all lying on the ground, beaten. The shrews of the household were huddled, trembling with fear.
Inside the house was a mess—furniture smashed to bits. Some villagers, still full of energy, even shattered all the windows just for good measure!
A crowd of villagers from Liushugou had gathered to watch the commotion, but not a single one stepped in to help the Lü family.
The Lü family had bullied the village for years, relying on their many sons to act like tyrants. Everyone was secretly thrilled to see them finally getting what they deserved.
Once Su He felt things had gone far enough, she had the Lü family rounded up in one place.
She drafted a divorce agreement and forced Lü Xingwang to sign and stamp it with his fingerprint.
Then she waved a stick in front of the Lü family members, making their hearts race with fear.
“My Little Aunt worked like a slave for your Lü family for years. Now she’s divorcing—surely she deserves something in return? Lü Old Lady, how much money are you willing to give her?”
Lü Old Lady, trembling with rage and resentment, saw that her usual sick-act routine had been stolen by Su Old Man.
Grinding her teeth, she said, “Our Lü family has no money—ten yuan at most!”
Su He sneered. “Ten yuan? Then forget it! I’ll just break one of your youngest son’s legs, and we’ll call it even.”
As soon as she said it, a Huangxi villager stepped up. “Su He, I’m the one who butchers pigs in our village every year—I know my way around a leg!”
Su He: “…” What a talent. Huangxi Village truly hides dragons and crouching tigers!
Lü Xingwang was so scared he wet himself.
“Ma! Give her more—give her two hundred! Hurry!”
Lü Old Lady was also terrified. “Two hundred! I’ll give two hundred!”
Su He nodded. “Fine, two hundred it is.
And since we came all this way, shouldn’t you also give us some money for fuel and lost work time? I won’t ask much—just a hundred.”
Lü Old Lady was just about to refuse, but the pig butcher lifted Lü Xingwang’s leg.
“Fine! I’ll give it!”
Su He collected the money and the signed divorce papers. She instructed the others to board the minibus, then turned to the Lü family:
“From now on, my Little Aunt and Tie Dan have nothing to do with your Lü family. If any of you dare harass them again, I’ll make sure every last one of you ends up behind bars! Don’t believe me? Try it.”
Then she turned to the crowd of villagers watching from Liushugou and said loudly:
“Dear neighbors, if any of you see the Lü family doing anything suspicious, please let me know. As long as it’s true, I’ll reward you handsomely! At least 20 jin of grain coupons!
Don’t worry—I’ll keep your identity a secret. No one will know who told me.”
The villagers’ eyes lit up instantly!
They were already hoping the Lü family would stir up trouble again—
Now they had a chance to get rich off it!
