However, after so many years of being domineering and tyrannical, one cannot simply control their temper.
After taking several deep breaths, Liao managed a smile. "Jiang Meizi, niece-in-law, I was wrong just now. I lost my temper. Let's continue talking for a while."
“No,” Jiang Nuan refused directly, “Just tell me your purpose directly, there’s no need to try to get close to me.”
So many years of grudges and resentments cannot be erased by trying to get close to each other or making a few apologies.
No matter what Liao was planning, Jiang Nuan was determined to stay away from her.
Most people in Huangjiakou are easy to get along with, and they will give in to each other even if there is a conflict. There are only a few who are shrewish, domineering, and love to take advantage of others. Among these people, Liao can be called the leader.
Jiang might not be afraid of this kind of person, but Jiang Nuan felt that she couldn't handle him.
“Then I’ll be frank,” Liao said, quickly wiping the fake smile from her face. “Jiang, you did Lai Zi a great favor by saving his life. Could you help me mediate and get him to let our family go?”
"Let your family go?" Jiang Nuan looked up, puzzled. "What do you mean? What did he do to your family?"
“He just hasn’t done it yet,” Liao said, a flash of hatred crossing her eyes before she quickly concealed it, “but I’ve offended him too badly, so he won’t stop now.”
“That’s your business, it has nothing to do with me,” Jiang Nuan refused without even thinking. “I’m just a widow, no one listens to me. You should go find the clan chief.”
“Impossible,” Liao said firmly. “Although Lai Zi is a scoundrel, he won’t disobey you.”
"Good sister, please help us out. We've known each other for so many years, we have some feelings for each other. Can you really bear to watch our family be bullied by that scoundrel?"
“I’m particularly heartless,” Jiang Nuan said with utmost sincerity. “You reap what you sow. Seeing how scared you are, you must have done something serious. You bullied someone who was all alone and helpless, and you didn’t even allow them to retaliate.”
"You..." These words made Liao's face turn ashen. "Old woman Jiang, if you're not going to help, fine, but why are you making sarcastic remarks? You just wait, I'll make you pay sooner or later."
After saying that, he left in a huff.
A moment later, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the courtyard heard a deafening slamming of the door.
"What kind of person is she?" Xie said, her face flushed with anger. "She turns on you the moment things don't go her way. It's no wonder she has no one to help her."
"Why are you arguing with her?" Jiang Nuan clicked her tongue twice. "This old woman is probably in real trouble."
Liao was always competitive and wanted to be superior to others in every way.
Today, however, he unusually came to my door to beg for help from my mortal enemy.
Although her temper is still not very good, it is already a very rare sacrifice.
It seems she's genuinely afraid of Lai Zi's retaliation.
"Jiaojiao, what grudge does Liao Chunhua have against Lai Zi? How can she be so sure that Lai Zi will retaliate?"
"It's a long story," Xie began slowly. "Everyone in the village is afraid of Aunt Chunhua. They won't argue with her on the surface, but they often talk about her behind her back."
“Back then, when Lai Zi was working for Aunt Chunhua’s family, her husband gave him a chicken. She went to ask for it back but couldn’t get it back, so she went around the village saying that Lai Zi had stolen her chicken and her duck.”
"Mother also knows Aunt Chunhua's eloquence; she speaks so vividly, as if it were true. In addition, some things were indeed stolen in the village during that period, and everyone said that Brother Laizi stole them. Some people even went directly to Brother Laizi's house to demand compensation."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com