"Agh!!!" A wail shattered the silence in the villa. A burly man lay on the ground, his hands behind his back, supporting his waist. This was the original owner's uncle, Dan Zhuang.
Qiao Zhen's lips twitched involuntarily. She quickly put down what she was holding and bent down to help him up. "Uncle, are you alright?"
Qiao Zhen's cousin, Shan Ge, helped Qiao Zhen up. "What could be wrong? He's always whining and complaining. He deserves a beating! Don't spoil him."
Dan Zhuang sprang to his feet with a somersault, glaring angrily at Dan Ge, "You little brat! How dare you speak ill of me in front of my sister? You're asking for trouble!"
Dan Ge clasped his hands together and twisted his wrists. "Come on, let's have another fight, so you'll be convinced. Cousin, get out of the way."
Qiao Zhen wisely picked up her suitcase, carried Chu Chu, and left the chaotic place.
This is the original owner's private room, so Qiao Zhen conscientiously put her things away. The room's pink theme is completely different from the original owner's personality. Oh, and it was specially decorated by those two rough old men, Dan Zhuang and Dan Ge.
That evening, Shan Zhuang and Shan Ge sat silently at the dinner table. Su Li, the original owner's aunt, looked coldly at the two grown men, both with bruises on their faces, and said, "What's wrong with you two?! You fight every time you meet! You're not acting like sons, and you're not acting like fathers!"
Qiao Zhen silently ate her rice, carefully picking up a piece of braised pork rib with her chopsticks.
Dan Ge took the opportunity to wink at Qiao Zhen, then reached out and nudged Qiao Zhen's arm, while his foot, hidden under the table, also kicked Qiao Zhen.
Su Li smacked Dan Ge's arm with her chopsticks. "What are you pushing for! Reflect on your mistakes at the noodle table, don't you hear me? You won't starve if you skip a meal."
Qiao Zhen would need her uncle and cousin's help in the future, so she smiled ingratiatingly, "Auntie, this really isn't my cousin's or uncle's fault. They had stopped fighting before, but when I came in, I accidentally kicked my uncle, and that kick started them fighting again."
Listening to Qiao Zhen's rife-flawed account, Su Li asked, "Your uncle almost hurt you, didn't he?" Su Li reached out and pinched Shan Zhuang's arm. "Look what you've done! You're always so restless, like you have ADHD!"
Qiao Zhen gave Shan Zhuang and Shan Ge a helpless look, then continued to gnaw on her braised pork ribs as if it were none of her business, staring like an idiot at the two grown men on the noodle table reflecting on their mistakes.
Dan Zhuang was a rough, unrefined man, both physically and mentally, a total simpleton. But Dan Ge was an extremely shrewd man; he only needed to glance at Qiao Zhen's eyes to sense the deep schadenfreude in her gaze.
Dan Ge, thinking he had been discreet, glared at Qiao Zhen, who was always eager for a good show.
Su Li was so angry that she pinched Shan Ge's ear. "Who are you glaring at! Stand up and eat! This is corporal punishment, understand?"
Dan Ge stood up briskly, his back straight. "Yes, sir."
Qiao Zhen got straight to the point and explained her purpose for coming: "Aunt, I have something to discuss with my uncle on the phone."
Su Li advised, "Zhenzhen, life in the tribe is very tiring. Don't be fooled by your uncle and cousin's smooth faces; their bodies are covered in scars when they take off their clothes. You're a girl; if you have scars anywhere, how will your aunt and uncle explain it to your grandparents and your deceased mother?"
Both the individual piles and individual grids nodded in agreement, like chicks pecking at rice.
Qiao Zhen asked hesitantly, "It's just a scar, what's there to explain?"
"Then let me be blunt, Auntie. You'll get married eventually. What if your husband dislikes you because you have a scar?"
The single pile and the single grid nodded again, like chickens pecking at rice.
Qiao Zhen bluntly stated, "I'll beat him until he doesn't dare to complain. Why would I keep a man who would reject me because of my scars?"
The single pile and the single grid nodded again, like chickens pecking at rice.
"Hmm?" Su Li's sharp eyes swept over Dan Zhuang and Dan Ge, but the two grown men shook their heads like weather vanes.
Su Li then turned to Qiao Zhen and said, "Zhenzhen, look, no one is going to bully you. If you want to practice Taekwondo or Wing Chun, or even Tai Chi if you really can't, we have no objection. But your cousin's place is really too tough."
"Nobody's going to bully me, but!"
The three members of the Shan family stared intently at Qiao Zhen. Su Li asked, "But what?"
"But I want to bully people."
Dan Zhuang breathed a sigh of relief. "Then let's go in. It's only for two months. There's no reason for our Dan family's daughter to be afraid. Besides, if you get injured, your cousin can't just run away."
Su Li didn't know what to say, so she could only agree, "Okay, if it's too hard or tiring, your cousin can take you back. If that doesn't work, there's always your grandparents."
"Mmm." Qiao Zhen nodded.
When Dan Ge left, he took Qiao Zhen with him.
Su Li looked at Qiao Zhen with teary eyes. She and Wen Zhen's mother, Zhu Dan, were best friends. Ever since Zhu Dan died in a car accident, she had treated Wen Zhen like her own daughter. However, Wen Zhen suffered too much at that time, which made her personality much colder.
Now Wenzhen (just kidding, she's now Qiaozhen) is much more lively and insists on enduring hardship, which makes Su Li feel bad.
That evening, Danzhuang was kicked out of the room by Su Li and forced to sleep on the sofa.
Two months later.
When Qiao Zhen came out of the military headquarters, she felt refreshed. On her first day in the army, she showed excitement for fighting.
The next day, she displayed her fearlessness, as if she were sharpening her knife and ready to slaughter pigs and sheep.
Every day after that, Qiao Zhen went further and further down the path of violence, until one day she defeated Dan Ge, her talent was truly astonishing!
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