143 Ingrates (1)

Shi Bangqing could not out-talk the crowd. His neck was thick and red as he said in embarrassment and anger, “It’s my family’s business. It’s none of your business!”

“Who would want to interfere in your rotten affairs? But you’re not a good person. If we don’t interfere, you’ll beat Chunjiao to death.”

An old woman in the village said angrily, “Ever since Chunjiao married you, she was diligent and filial. As a woman, she relied on her own hands to support the family. You, on the other hand, said that you were working outside. Not only did you not send back a single cent, you even found a woman outside to live happily with. How did our Stoneback Village have a scumbag like you? You heartless thing!”

This old woman was somewhat related to Chunjiao’s family. Yuan Chunjiao called her aunt.

At the same time, this old woman was also Yuan Chunjiao’s aunt.

When the two of them got married, she was their matchmaker.

Had she known that Shi Bangqing was such an unreliable man, she would not have introduced her niece to him back then.

Now that the child was born and she was taking good care of the two elders, he was too heartless.

“You’re still hitting a woman now. Don’t you have any shame?” Yuan Erying was really too angry and kept scolding Shi Bangqing.

Shi Bangqing’s face and neck turned red from the scolding, but he still defended himself. “I already said that I could compensate her 5,000 dollars for the divorce and let her think about it. But in the blink of an eye, she hit Hongmei. Since she did that, I have to hit her. If a man doesn’t protect his woman, is he a man?”

The Hongmei he was talking about was naturally the woman he had returned with.

Yuan Chunjiao defended herself, “I didn’t hit her. Don’t malign me!”

Hearing that Yuan Chunjiao refused to admit it, Shi Bangqing’s anger rose again.

He pulled Li Hongmei, who was standing behind him, and pulled her hand down. What appeared in front of everyone was a red palm print.

Li Hongmei sobbed and said aggrievedly, “Sister, I… I know you don’t want a divorce and want me to leave, but I… I really love Brother Qing. I… I can understand if you hit me.”

When Gu Qingming followed her grandmother and the others here to watch the commotion, she saw this woman crying silently. Her pitiful appearance evoked a man’s desire to protect her.

What a trouble-making b*tch!

The corners of Gu Qingming’s mouth twitched. Why was this woman’s performance so familiar?

Oh, right, wasn’t this the same performance put up by Lan Ruomei back then?

However, Lan Ruomei was young and beautiful. She had a pitiful look on her face. She was the kind of delicate and moving beauty that could evoke a man’s protective instincts.

However, although this woman looked more fashionable and had make-up, Gu Qingming simply felt disgusted that an old woman in her thirties or forties would look like this.

However, there were men who would fall for this.

Shi Bangqing pointed at the palm print on Li Hongmei’s face and questioned his wife angrily, “Look, you said you didn’t hit her. Then what’s with the palm print on her face? Did she hit herself?”

“How would I know what caused the slap mark on her face?” Yuan Chunjiao defended herself weakly. “Can’t she hit herself?”

“Why would she hit herself for no reason?” Shi Bangqing asked angrily. “She’s not a fool!”

“She’s not a fool. The real fool is you!” Yuan Chunjiao’s aunt was really angry. “Why can’t this woman hit herself? If she doesn’t hit herself, how can she wrong Chun Jiao?”

“Boohoo… I… I didn’t hit myself!” Li Hongmei said even more aggrievedly. “Brother Qing, believe me, I didn’t hit myself! Look at the size of my palm. Does it look like I hit myself?”

Second Sister-in-law stood beside Gu Qingming. She lowered her head and asked softly, “Mingming, do you think she hit herself with this palm print?”

“No!” Gu Qingming said. “Someone else did it.”

“Huh?” Jiang Yao asked curiously. “Why?”

“When you hit yourself, the mark on your palm is light. The main force is on your fingers. When you hit yourself, you can control your strength. As a woman, your face is the most important. She won’t be so ruthless to herself. When others hit her, the mark on her palm is deeper and stronger.”

As Gu Qingming explained to her two sisters-in-law, she looked around. When she saw someone at the door, her eyes flickered. Then, she continued,

“Moreover, the position of her palm print is obviously lower. This means that the person who hit her should be shorter than her. Yuan Chunjiao is obviously taller than Li Hongmei. If she was the one who hit her, her position would definitely be higher. Second Sister-in-law, who is that short old woman standing by the door?”

Second Sister-in-law looked over and said, “It’s Aunt Chun Jiao’s mother-in-law.”

After saying this, she immediately reacted and asked softly, “Mingming, do you mean that Chunjiao’s mother-in-law slapped her?”

Gu Qingming nodded and said, “Most likely.”

Jiang Yao said, “Aunt Chun Jiao has been taking care of her mother-in-law all these years. Now that her son has brought a woman back, it’s only right for her to slap this woman to vent her anger on her daughter-in-law.”

Gu Qingming shook her head and said, “Third Sister-in-law, if she really hit this woman for her daughter-in-law, why didn’t she stand up and stop her son when he hit her daughter-in-law? If she said it, do you think her son would still hit her daughter-in-law?”

“Ah, that’s right!” Jiang Yao asked in confusion, “Why is that? Look at how badly Shi Bangqing beat up Aunt Chunjiao, yet she didn’t say that she was the one who hit her?”

Gu Qingming curled her lips and said, “It’s very simple. She’s in cahoots with that woman now. She also wants to chase Aunt Chunjiao away now. That’s why she didn’t say it out loud. She even got involved in framing Aunt Chunjiao!”

“No way!” Second Sister-in-law said in disbelief, “Why did Third Mother-in-law do this? Aunt Chunjiao took care of her and Third Uncle like she was taking care of her biological parents. She did her best!”

“What’s wrong with that? I’m afraid the woman their son brought back promised greater benefits!” Gu Qingming said.

Jiang Yao said in surprise, “If that’s the case, then Aunt Chunjiao is too pitiful. Mingming, do you have any evidence to expose them? Aunt Chunjiao is too pitiful. Let’s help her?”

“I don’t have evidence!” Gu Qingming said. “I don’t have evidence, but I have a way to get the truth out of them!”

“What idea?” Second Sister-in-law asked anxiously.

“Call Grandma over and bring that child over!”

“Alright, I’ll go now!”

A moment later, Grandma Shi came over with the child.

Grandma Shi asked in confusion, “Ming’er, why were you looking for me?” She even asked her to bring the child over.

“Grandma, it’s like this.” Third Sister-in-law told her grandmother Gu Qingming’s guess.

Her grandmother looked furious. “So what are we going to do, Ming’er?” she asked.

Gu Qingming said softly, “Grandma, you…”