Chapter 12 The woman at home is angry
"Go, catch her for me!"
"You are not allowed to bully my stepmother!" Xie Cuicui suddenly rushed out and hugged Su Cheng's slender waist tightly. Her small body was shaking violently, but she still spoke bravely, "You bad guys are not allowed in my house!"
Su Cheng looked at the little girl's furry head, and his heart softened. The grievance he had felt because of Xie Chen disappeared in an instant.
"Cui Cui..." Xie Chen was stunned, staring at his sister who was hugging her stepmother tightly, and suddenly he began to doubt himself.
Did he really do something wrong?
Su Cheng wiped the corners of his eyes, holding back his tears, and reached out to rub the top of Xie Cuicui's head, "It's not in vain that I love you."
Xie Chen bit his lips tightly and lowered his head in silence.
"Cui Jie'er, you're still young and don't understand anything, so naturally you can't see through this bitch's character." Zhou Beibei raised her chin and said arrogantly, "How can such a dirty woman stay in the Xie family?"
Xie Suzhou stood up and moved two steps to the right without leaving any trace, blocking most of Su Cheng's body, "You..."
Before he could finish his words, he was suddenly pulled away.
Xie Suzhou looked back in surprise, the aroma of soapberry filling his nose.
With a snap, the surrounding noise stopped abruptly.
Zhou Beibei was stunned, her cheeks burning with pain, and even her head was hit to the side.
This was the second time that bitch Su Cheng hit her.
Zhou Beibei turned her head viciously, her pretty face instantly twisted, "Su Cheng! You..."
Su Cheng said nothing and slapped him again.
"You dare to hit me!"
The crisp sound of slapping rang out again, and the silence was so eerie that you could hear a pin drop.
"I've been annoyed with you for a long time." Su Cheng reached out and grabbed her collar, a sinister smile curling up at the corner of his lips. "I clearly warned you, but you still tried to use these shameful tricks on me. Do you really think others can't see what you're thinking?"
With this kind of character, is she worthy of being called the protagonist of True, Good, and Beautiful?
Zhou Beibei covered her face with her hands, tears welling in her almond-shaped eyes. She looked at the silent Xie Suzhou for help, and said in a delicate voice, "Brother Suzhou, are you just going to watch her bully me?"
Xie Suzhou frowned, his face cold and distant, "I have nothing to do with you, and you were the one who insulted my eldest sister-in-law first. Since my sister-in-law wants to vent her anger, why should I stop her?"
Su Cheng curled his lips slightly, raised his hands without any hesitation, and attacked left and right.
After a few slaps, Zhou Beibei was speechless.
"This matter will never be let go. You're slandering me with empty words and even trying to incite the neighbors to resort to lynching me, tying my hands and feet and throwing me into the river to drown. You're treating the government like a decoration. Zhou Beibei, prepare to go to jail." Su Cheng loosened her collar and let her fall to the ground. "Song Gang can't hide either. I will remember clearly whoever bullies me."
Xie Chen's body suddenly stiffened, and his small hands hanging at his sides clenched into fists.
Zhou Beibei's cheeks quickly turned red and swollen. She was intimidated by Su Cheng's aura. She looked at her stupidly, not daring to speak, for fear that she would be slapped if she opened her mouth.
"When did the Xie family's daughter-in-law become so angry? She hits people whenever she wants."
"What a shrew!"
"Stop talking, let's go, be careful not to hurt us by mistake!"
Seeing that something was wrong, the surrounding neighbors dispersed, leaving only Zhou Beibei.
“You guys…” Zhou Beibei panicked when she saw that there was no one behind her. She shrank her neck and backed away. “Su Cheng, you… don’t be so proud! You beat me up like this, my father will not let you go!”
Su Cheng sneered, "It seems that I didn't hurt you."
Seeing that she was about to roll up her sleeves to take action again, Zhou Beibei trembled, turned around and hurried away.
The courtyard finally became quiet. Su Cheng turned around expressionlessly, picked up the wooden basin and walked into the kitchen without saying a word.
"sister in law……"
The only response from Xie Suzhou was his back.
Xie Suzhou rubbed his brows in annoyance, and a sigh escaped from his thin lips.
"Thank you."
Being called out suddenly, Xie Chen's body stiffened even more. He pursed his lips and looked up at his second uncle.
Xie Suzhou stared at him, his eyes calm and still. "She's already married into the Xie family, so she's a member of the Xie family. No matter what unpleasantness they had in the past, they must publicly stand together. You helped outsiders bully her, which is undoubtedly throwing a basin of dirty water on yourself. You're precocious, and I thought you could understand such a simple principle. Who knew you're not even as smart as Cuicui."
Xie Chen blushed, clutching the corner of his clothes tightly. After a long while, he finally spoke, "I just want her to leave our house. I saw her and Song Gang today..."
"Shut up." Xie Suzhou frowned, his eyes turning colder. "Xie Chen, don't make me say some things a second time."
After saying this, Xie Suzhou walked away and entered the room of his two younger brothers.
Xie Chen's heart sank to the bottom and his whole body felt cold.
"elder brother……"
Hearing his sister's voice, Xie Chen looked up in a daze and met Xie Cuicui's eyes full of accusations.
"You were lost in the mountains, and stepmother was the first one to rush out to save you." Xie Cuicui's voice was a little choked as she murmured, "I know stepmother wanted to sell us out that day, but she didn't have the heart to do it. Granny Liu told me that my brother and I are a burden to stepmother. Even if she was like our biological mother and didn't want to raise us and ran away, she wouldn't be able to find fault with us."
Xie Chen was dumbfounded and stared at his sister blankly.
Xie Cuicui took a deep breath and two clear tears fell. "Even if you want your stepmother to leave, you shouldn't join outsiders in insulting her innocence."
"I didn't! I saw it with my own eyes..."
"Does seeing something with your own eyes necessarily mean it's true?"
Xie Chen paused and stammered for a long time without being able to utter a word.
Xie Cuicui shook her head and left in disappointment, leaving Xie Chen standing alone at the door, unable to recover for a long time.
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The sun sets in the west and the smoke from the Xie family's roof dissipates.
Su Cheng put the stewed goose and steamed fish on the table, and then took a full bowl of rice and vegetables to his room.
Seeing this scene, the Xie family members had different expressions on their faces.
Xie Cuicui was the first to react. She quickly put some dishes into her bowl, jumped off the stool, and followed her stepmother to her room holding the small bowl.
Xie Chen lowered his head, staring at his toes without saying a word.
Xie Jinyu looked at her own unique vegetable and egg soup in front of her, pursed her lips, and stood up lazily.
Xie Suzhou caught a glimpse of his movements and asked, "Jinyu, what are you going to do?"
Xie Jinyu curled her lips and gently poked Xie Chen's forehead with her thin, slender fingers. "If the woman at home is angry, shouldn't we find a way to coax her?"
Xie Suzhou was puzzled, and even Xie Ming, who was standing beside him, raised his head.
Seeing Xie Jinyu take out the rattan stick from the room, the three people's faces changed at the same time.
"Uncle San..." Xie Chen looked at the two-finger-thick cane in his hand with a panicked expression, "What are you going to do?"
"Today I'll teach you what unity means." Xie Jinyu pulled out the cane, and for the first time, a hint of anger crossed his usually smiling face. "If I let you go any further, our family will fall apart."
"I know I was wrong, Third Uncle, I really know I was wrong!" Xie Chen was so scared when he saw him walking towards him holding the cane that he hid behind Xie Suzhou, "Second Uncle, save me..."
Xie Suzhou swallowed the bran in his mouth, showing no intention of interfering. He spoke slowly, "Your Third Uncle is not in good health. He gets out of breath when he moves a little and coughs when he runs. If he gets sick while chasing you, I will beat you too."
This meant that Xie Chen had to take a few beatings obediently.
"Uncle San, I really know I was wrong—"
The courtyard was extremely noisy. Xie Ming glanced at his second brother who was quietly eating beside him. He felt a little uneasy. After thinking for a while, he spoke, "Second brother, I want to join the army."
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