Chapter 189 Confronting All Sides
"Oh my, the ladies of wealthy families are really different, they even get to experience life. Why can't we have such good things?"
A group of gossipy women unleashed a torrent of sarcastic remarks.
"What? I think she can't make it in the city anymore. Su Youling only uses her face to seduce rich men. Everyone knows that rich men in the city have no shortage of beautiful women who are eager to throw themselves at them. Su Youling has probably been dumped, hasn't she?"
Su Hong couldn't stand it anymore, her face growing increasingly grim. She grabbed the blanket and shook it fiercely in front of the group of gossipy women, saying rudely, "Who told you all this nonsense? You have mouths but can't speak like human beings, huh?"
The woman who had just started the commotion immediately retorted, "Tsk tsk, after living the life of a rich person in the city for a while, you've become much more arrogant, haven't you? Su Hong, who in the village doesn't know what kind of person you are?"
"That's right. Everyone knows about the shameful things you've done. Do you really think you can just shut everyone up?"
Faced with the disdainful and harsh stares of the crowd, Su Hong trembled with anger, as if she had returned to the days when she was condemned by everyone in the village.
Her clearly provoked reaction emboldened these people to escalate their actions.
"How can you say that one bowl of rice can't raise two kinds of people? This mother and daughter are really cut from the same cloth. They both dream of marrying a rich man and rising to prominence. It's just a pity that they're destined to be played with by others."
"It doesn't matter if a woman is poor; we've all suffered before. The most despicable ones are those self-degrading vixens..."
Every word they uttered was like a knife to the heart; these people were clearly making veiled humiliations against Su Hong.
Su Youling originally thought it was better to avoid trouble and didn't want to pay attention to these gossipy women. However, she didn't expect that she would hear their foul verbal attacks as soon as she came out of the house after only going inside to fetch water.
Especially when she saw Su Hong's embarrassed expression and her clenched, white hands, her fair face instantly fell. She slammed the basin aside, rolled up her sleeves, quickly scooped up a ladle of water, and splashed it at the group of gossipy women in the yard. "Who is it that's so foul-mouthed, going out without brushing their teeth?"
"You keep calling her a vixen, are you jealous that my mom is a goddess descended from heaven? You look just like you, with pockmarked faces, bulbous noses, and barrel-shaped waists, how dare you parade around in the streets and scare people?"
As she spoke, another ladle of water was splashed at her. "You unlucky thing, do you think you can just come and go as you please in my house?"
The group of village women, who had just been smug, had no time to react. Their clothes were more or less damaged, and they screamed as they backed away, pointing at Su Youling and cursing, "She really is a wild girl who was born of a mother but raised by no father."
"No wonder you were returned by someone, you and your daughter are both unwanted sluts."
Su Youling's eyes visibly darkened, and with a cold laugh, she simply picked up the entire basin of water and splashed it forcefully.
A group of village women were instantly drenched and jumped up and down in a sorry state.
Su Youling showed no sign of stopping there, pressing closer with a water ladle and basin in hand. "I have plenty of ways to deal with you gossipy women who only know how to talk behind people's backs all day long. You don't really think I wouldn't dare to lay a hand on you, do you?"
Before these people could speak, she smashed the water ladle in her hand to the ground. The ladle shattered instantly, and the flying fragments hit the faces of several village women, making them so frightened that their eyes almost popped out.
Su Youling narrowed her eyes, her words implying...
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It was an undisguised threat: "Things are different now. If any of you dare to come near my daughter and me again, or if I hear you utter another foul word, believe me, I'll rip the roofs off all your houses!"
"Don't you all know I married into a wealthy family? Then don't be stupid enough to provoke me and my mother again, or don't blame me for being impolite and making sure you can't stay in Lingshui Town!"
Su Youling's fierce demeanor was too intimidating, and these village women were used to bullying the weak and fearing the strong. When they remembered the wealthy and powerful city man who came to Lingshui Town to find Su Youling, they felt extremely guilty and couldn't utter a single word.
Su Youling gave them a cool glance, then raised the basin of water in her hand. "Aren't you going to get out of here?"
The group of village women instinctively trembled with fear, terrified that she would actually attack them, and hurriedly returned to their respective homes in a panic.
Su Hong looked at the mess on the ground, her eyes darkened, and she silently walked over to clean up.
Su Youling guessed that she had been influenced by those gossipy women to some extent. Her heart tightened, and she went over to help her up. She looked at her earnestly and said, "Mom, I have the ability to protect you now. No one can hurt you, not even verbally. Please don't be sad."
Su Hong paused for a moment, then reached out and touched her face, smiling as she said, "Mom knows. Those people are just insignificant. Anyway, we'll be leaving soon."
Seeing that she was no longer holding back her grievances, Su Youling breathed a sigh of relief and helped her tidy up the yard.
During the conversation, Su Hong couldn't help but scold her, saying that she was pregnant now and couldn't act impulsively like she did today.
As night deepened, the mother and daughter lay on their old bed, where they could even smell the musty, rotten odor emanating from the house, which had been uninhabited for so long.
But perhaps because it was after so many years that Su Youling returned to Lingshui Town, even though she had many unpleasant memories from her childhood, she felt more warmth at this moment.
The mother and daughter reminisced about Su Youling's childhood, and as they talked for a while, sleepiness gradually crept in, and the room slowly quieted down.
At night, the water is so calm that you can hear the croaking of frogs outside the window.
Because of her pregnancy, Su Youling has been having trouble sleeping lately and is getting up frequently at night.
She was woken up by the urge to urinate as usual in the middle of the night. She carefully got up to go to the toilet. Just as she came out of the toilet, she heard a noise coming from not far away in the yard. It was coming from the old house next door.
Su Youling instinctively peeked over, and upon discovering that the door to the old house had been opened, her last bit of sleepiness vanished instantly.
The old house next door is where her pottery master, the eccentric old man, lives. Could it be that her master has really returned? He really is still alive!
Unable to contain her excitement, Su Youling rushed around the courtyard and ran towards the old house next door.
However, once she stepped inside, she realized something was wrong. Although the door was open, the lights inside were off, and she could only vaguely see the beam of a flashlight flickering back and forth. She could also faintly hear the sounds of someone rummaging through drawers and cabinets.
Through the beam of the flashlight, one could roughly make out the figures of two men, one tall and one short.
Su Youling's heart skipped a beat.
Thefts are common in the village, and these two people acting suspiciously in the middle of the night are definitely thieves.
Su Youling's first reaction was to call for help to catch the thief, but their place was far from other houses, so they would have to walk a distance to call for help.
She first observed the activity inside the room, pursed her lips, and quietly prepared to call someone for help.
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