Bang! Bang!

Before Wang Xiaobao could finish speaking, he was punched twice by Xiao Moran.

"Why did you hit me?" Wang Xiaobao felt like his nose was about to break. He covered his face with his hands, his voice muffled. "Am I wrong? The whole village knows your wife is hooking up with a rich man..."

Suddenly, Xiao Moran pulled Wang Xiaobao to the side, creating distance between them. Then, he shoved Wang Xiaobao to the ground and began to beat him severely.

It happened so suddenly that people on the roadside covered their mouths in shock, staring blankly, not knowing what to do.

Su Xiaonuan smiled, seemingly appraising Xiao Moran. She thought his actions were very manly. She also wanted to deal with Wang Xiaobao, and now that someone else was doing it for her, she was happy to watch the show.

"Ah!" A scream erupted from the crowd.

"Someone's been killed! Someone's been killed!"

They discovered that Wang Xiaobao had been beaten until he vomited blood, and they couldn't help but cry out in alarm.

"Mo Ran, stop hitting him!" Su Xiaonuan jumped off her bicycle and grabbed his hand as he tried to continue the assault.

Before leaving, Xiao Moran stepped on Wang Xiaobao's back and warned him, "From now on, watch your mouth and don't say anything bad about Su Xiaonuan."

After saying that, he pulled Su Xiaonuan along. "Come on, let's go home."

Xiao Moran lifted the two children onto the bicycle and then slowly pushed it.

Su Xiaonuan glanced at Xiao Moran out of the corner of her eye and thought to herself, "The original owner was really too much of a drama queen. She should have settled down after marrying such a good man. This man isn't ungrateful, is he? After proving that he and Xie Jun were innocent, he was obviously much better. Look, the original owner's drama queen has ruined herself."

"Uh, thank you!" Su Xiaonuan heard Wang Xiaobao's heart-wrenching screams behind her.

"I didn't do this for you, why are you thanking me?"

"For whom?"

"Of course it's me. As long as we're not divorced, you're still my wife. If he says bad things about you, he's embarrassing me. It would be strange if I didn't hit him."

"Okay, I understand. I take back what I said, thank you."

Su Xiaonuan quickly stepped forward, pushed open the courtyard gate, and then stepped aside to let him push the bicycle in.

Pushing open the courtyard gate, Zhang Yulan waved to the two children from afar. "Dou Dou, Guo Guo, come to Grandma's."

"Grandma." The two children got off their bicycles and ran towards Zhang Yulan with their short legs.

"Sister-in-law's back!" Xiao Moxi ran out of the kitchen upon hearing the noise, waving a spatula in her hand. "I've cooked for you all, let's eat together."

The way she was addressed as "sister-in-law" made Su Xiaonuan feel a little uncomfortable, rather than flattered. Her sister-in-law had a good relationship with Lan Yin, so she still had to be careful. As the saying goes, one should not have the heart to harm others, but one should not be without the heart to guard against others.

"We've already eaten, you can eat by yourselves."

“You can eat some more after you’ve eaten; the bike ride back from town burned off the calories,” Xiao Moxi emphasized. “Sister-in-law, try my dishes later and give me your feedback.”

Su Xiaonuan understood. Xiao Moran must have told her mother-in-law and sister-in-law what she had found out, otherwise, they wouldn't have suddenly been so nice to her.

Just as Su Xiaonuan was about to go back inside, she heard a commotion and thought to herself, "Oh no, it must be Wang Xiaobao's family coming to cause trouble."

"Why is it so noisy outside?" Zhang Yulan frowned.

Bang! The courtyard gate was kicked open.

Wang Xiaobao was carried in on a stretcher and placed in the courtyard.

A crowd of onlookers surged in from behind.

"What are you doing?" Zhang Yulan stood up shakily and pointed at Wang Xiaobao on the stretcher.

“Your son beat our Xiaobao up like this, what do you think we should do?” Wang Xiaobao’s family shouted.

"Silence," Zhang Yulan called out.

"Mom, Mo Ran went to the bathroom." Su Xiaonuan responded and came out.

Did Wang Xiaobao hit him silently?

“Yes,” Su Xiaonuan said. “He provoked Moran first, that’s why Moran hit him.”

"Did you hear that? It was your son who hit Xiaobao!" Wang Xiaobao's mother wailed. "My poor son! What will we do if he can't work anymore? He was beaten so badly, he'll probably be a useless piece of trash even after he recovers. Who will support us then?"

Su Xiaonuan knew these people were being unreasonable. She stood on the steps, looking down at the people in the yard, and pointed at Wang Xiaobao, saying loudly, "Grandpas, grandmas, uncles, aunts, brothers, and sisters, tell me, when Wang Xiaobao was perfectly capable, did he ever do any proper work?"

"No," everyone said in unison.

Although Su Xiaonuan has a bad reputation, she has no vested interests with the villagers, so she wouldn't do anything like stealing chickens or dogs. If a villager's house is burglarized, it's undoubtedly Wang Xiaobao who did it.

“Aunt Wang, did you hear that? So many people can testify that your son never does any work. If he doesn’t do any work in the future, don’t blame it on our Moran.” Su Xiaonuan listed the crimes on her fingers as if they were her most treasured possessions. “He’s committed so many crimes before: Aunt Hua’s chickens, Uncle Li’s sheep, Uncle Chen’s piglets, Brother Hao’s cured meat, our family’s lost heirloom bracelet… all of these are related to your Wang Xiaobao. If you want to use this opportunity to frame us, then I’ll go to the town and call the police right now. Let’s see if they arrest your Wang Xiaobao or our Moran!”

After Xiao Moran came out of the restroom, he was watching the righteous and indignant Su Xiaonuan from the corner. His eyebrows twitched a few times. He crossed his arms and quietly sized up Su Xiaonuan, waiting for her to be unable to hold on before making his move.

Zhang Yulan and her daughter looked at Su Xiaonuan with joy and gratitude. Wang Xiaobao was a major scourge in the village, and no one dared to mess with him. Anyone who did would be in big trouble. Even though everyone had lost things, no one dared to do anything to Wang Xiaobao, let alone the Wang family.

"You, you're spouting nonsense."

“Aunt Wang, if you don’t take Wang Xiaobao away, I’ll go to town right now to report this to the police and let them investigate. If they do investigate, it’s probably not just cases in our village; there will likely be cases in the surrounding villages. If several theft cases are committed at the same time, he’ll probably be in jail for ten or eight years.”

Su Xiaonuan was about to push her bicycle when she said that.

Wang Xiaobao's father gave his wife a wink, and she immediately ran to pull Su Xiaonuan away. "Xiaonuan, don't go! Let's carry Xiaobao home right now."

"That won't do." Su Xiaonuan pushed her away, stretched out her leg, and straddled the bicycle. "Your Wang Xiaobao is a notorious petty thief in the surrounding area. He might really have old injuries from being beaten. What if he starts relying on our family later?"

"Aunt Wang promises you that she will never leech off your family again."

“Words are no proof.” Su Xiaonuan waved to the village chief, who was watching the commotion from the crowd. “Village chief, please come out and give our two families a written agreement. This matter must be clearly written down in black and white.”

Lan Yin and Jiang Yi also squeezed into the crowd to watch the excitement. One of them clenched her two little fists in anger, while the other raised her hand to her chin and looked at Su Xiaonuan meaningfully.

Wang Xiaobao went to cause trouble because Lan Yin told him to. She couldn't stand Su Xiaonuan, especially when Jiang Yi secretly looked at Su Xiaonuan in the rearview mirror, which further provoked her. As soon as she returned to the village, she went to find Wang Xiaobao.