Parents, elder brother and sister-in-law, I only have one daughter, Ranran. I'm begging you to spare her; she's only twelve, still a child. Everyone in the village knows how you've treated Huilan and me. We adults can get through this, but Ranran is too young; she can't do it.
Go back now. Today you provoked Ranran and hurt her, causing her personality to change drastically. She can't even recognize people anymore and thinks you are villains who came into the house to persecute our family. When she resisted, she accidentally injured you.
Ranran is still unconscious and can't apologize to you directly, so I apologize on her behalf. Surely you four adults won't hold a grudge against a child?
No, we won't hold it against you for four adults ganging up on a child and causing her to fall into a coma. You won't hold it against her either, and you won't hold her wrongdoing against her.
Su's father launched into a tirade of sarcastic remarks, taking the initiative. After all, the injuries on the faces of the four men in the old house were visible to the villagers. If he didn't find an excuse to shut them up first, his family's reputation would be ruined. After all, beating an elder was enough to drown people in gossip.
Old Man Su, Old Woman Su, and the eldest son and his wife were so angry their mouths were almost crooked. They never expected that Su Xingran, that madwoman, had changed, the second son's wife had changed, and now even the second son had changed.
This family of three looked like they were possessed by ghosts. Thinking of this "ghost," the four of them exchanged knowing glances. Wasn't that madman just like a demon when he went crazy? Could it be that the second brother's family was possessed by ghosts? Or was that madman a ghost?
The four of them rolled their eyes, thinking about what had happened that day, the way the madwoman had suddenly gone berserk, and how her eyes were red when she was being beaten by the madwoman. The more they thought about it, the more horrified they became.
They believed that Su Xingran was a ghost, an evil ghost at that, and that the second brother and his wife must have been bewitched by it. The evil ghost was so powerful that it beat them so badly that they were powerless to fight back, yet it could defeat Su Xingran, who was such a big person.
If that evil spirit really wanted them dead, wouldn't it be as easy as strangling a chicken? Thinking of this, the four men's legs trembled uncontrollably. They couldn't stay here any longer. If that evil spirit woke up and saw them, wouldn't it tear them apart?
The four of them started imagining all sorts of scenarios, like a whole bunch of ghost stories from Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, and they were so scared that they scrambled away from Su Lao Er's house.
Not only did the surrounding villagers find it strange, but even Su's father, seeing the bizarre actions of those people at the old house, wondered if they were crazy. One second they looked like they were going to settle accounts, and the next second they were filled with fear and scrambled away.
The people from the old house had left, but the villagers who had gathered around were still there, their faces filled with curiosity. If they hadn't misheard, the four people at the Su family's old house were from Su Lao Er's family, the one who had beaten up Su Xingran, who was only twelve years old at the time.
When they first saw the four people with the same face, they assumed it was Su Lao Er who had beaten them, since Su Lao Er was tall and, although thin, was lean. Later, they understood what Su Lao Er was saying: it was Su Xingran who had beaten the four of them.
What a major news story! The granddaughter and niece beat up their grandparents and uncle and aunt. It's unbelievable that the usually thin and frail Su Xingran is so formidable.
Some people thought that such a fierce girl, who would dare to marry her in the future without being beaten to death? Others felt that Su Xingran was unfilial for daring to hit her elders, and that if such a girl was not disciplined, she would be a disaster for her husband's family in the future.
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