Yu Jiu said in a firm and resounding voice.
Chen Liangdi was repeatedly defeated by her scolding, and she didn't know where to begin to refute. She could only stand with her hands on her hips and stubbornly argue.
"It's all your fault anyway! Fine, you won't pay up, but mind your own business! I can't be bothered with you!"
"Li Zhaodi, you come here right now! Come back with me!"
Chen Liangdi fiercely stepped forward to twist Li Zhaodi's ear. Li Zhaodi was both angry and scared, and immediately burrowed into Yu Jiu's arms.
"If I don't go back, you'll definitely hit me again! It's clearly not my fault that my brother got burned, yet you still scold me! You let me come out to play just to hide from me, secretly feeding my brother eggs. Don't think I don't know!"
I don't even want to eat eggs anymore, and you still want to frame me? I'm not going back with you, I hate you, waaaaah!
She cried out in distress, her voice filled with resentment, her previous optimism gone.
Perhaps because Yu Jiu herself had suffered from favoritism, she felt particularly sorry for Li Zhaodi now. She put her arm around Li Zhaodi's shoulder and looked at Chen Liangdi firmly.
"Oh, so you got burned because you were secretly giving your son special treatment. Doesn't that make you even more deserving? You caused this mess and you're trying to blame it on your daughter? I don't agree! I was fine before you didn't involve me, but now that you've dragged me into this, I'm going to stand up for Zhao Di this time!"
"Come on, Zhao Di, take me to your house. I refuse to believe that there isn't a single reasonable person in your family. Today I'm going to your house and have a serious talk with your family about who's at fault in this matter!"
Her temper flared up, and she glared coldly at Chen Liangdi. She even abandoned the lotus leaves she had painstakingly picked and placed them directly at Xu Zijiang's doorstep, then dragged Li Zhaodi over to confront her.
Other elderly people and children who hadn't gone to work also heard the commotion and ran over to check what was happening.
"What's going on? Why is it making such a fuss?"
"Yes, Liangdi, it's one thing for you to bully your daughter, but you mustn't bully Yu Zhiqing! Yu Zhiqing is the team leader's girlfriend and she saved everyone. If you bully her, no one will agree!"
"That's right!"
Everyone rallied to support Yu Jiu. Just the fact that Yu Jiu had the team leader lead everyone to safety before the flood came and saved so many lives clearly changed Yu Jiu's status in the team. She was not only Xu Zijiang's future wife, but also a person who had made great contributions. There were simply too many people who respected and admired her.
The only person who would dare to challenge Yu Jiu is probably someone like Chen Liangdi, whose mind is only focused on shirking responsibility.
"Who bullied her! It's clearly her meddling that's bullying me! I'm pregnant, why are you all siding with her and not me!"
Chen Liangdi was so angry that tears were about to come out. She hadn't done anything wrong at all!
"Why should everyone help you just because you're pregnant? Is the child you're carrying theirs? That's ridiculous! We'll find out who's bullying whom after we come to your house. Come on, I'm really going to take care of this today!"
Yu Jiu squeezed Li Zhaodi's hand, and Li Zhaodi wiped away her tears and indeed took Yu Jiu to her house.
Li Zhaodi wasn't entirely a pushover; otherwise, she wouldn't have dared to talk back to her mother, nor would she have secretly eaten all the candy Yu Jiu had given her. If it were any other tamed pushover, she would definitely have saved the candy to take back to her parents and younger brother.
"Let's go, let's go and take a look."
Those who enjoyed the spectacle followed Yu Jiu and went over in a grand procession.
On the contrary, Chen Liangdi was frightened. She hesitated for a few moments, but finally gritted her teeth and followed. What was she afraid of? It was all those two wretched girls' fault anyway! Besides, she was pregnant; her husband certainly wouldn't hit her!
She cheered herself up for a while, then, supporting her pregnant belly, hurried back, seemingly trying to get there first and seize the opportunity. However, she was a few steps too slow; Yu Jiu and Li Zhaodi had already arrived at the Li family's house.
Before even entering, one could hear Li Xiaobao's heart-wrenching cries from the doorway; he kept howling.
"Ouch! It hurts! It hurts! Ahhh!"
Li Xiaobao's left cheek was scalded with a large blister, and his whole face was bright red. He also had burns of varying degrees on his hands, arms, and body, with many small blisters, but the burns on his face were the most severe.
Li Kang tenderly held his son down, letting his mother apply the medicine. The man felt sorry for him and kept trying to comfort him.
"It'll be done soon, little one, stop crying. The medicine will help, don't cry."
"Awoooooo".
Li Xiaobao was in excruciating pain. He twisted his body and struggled, refusing to have the medicine applied. When the pain reached its peak, he glared fiercely and bit his father's hand.
"hiss!"
The one-year-old child had already grown teeth, which were sharp and bit Li Kang, causing him great pain. However, in order to keep his son from applying the medicine, he had no choice but to endure the pain and urge his mother to hurry up.
"Almost there, almost there, just the thighs left to wipe. Baby, bear with it, don't be afraid, Grandma will be gentle. My poor grandson, waaaah."
As Grandma Li applied the medicine to Li Xiaobao, she was heartbroken and tears streamed down her face. She also started wailing.
When Yu Jiu pushed the door open, Li Xiaobao had just finished applying his medicine, and Grandma Li was comforting him, not letting him touch the blisters.
"Dad, Grandma, how is Xiaobao?"
Back home, Li Zhaodi stood at the door and asked timidly, clearly still afraid of her father and grandmother.
"You dare come back! I'll beat you to death! Where have you been in broad daylight! Look at your brother, he's been burned so badly! You want me to pour boiling water on you? I'll let you try it and see if it hurts!"
In his rage, Li Kang didn't notice that so many people had come to his courtyard. As soon as he saw Li Zhaodi, he rushed out, grabbed her by the collar, and looked like he wanted to strangle her.
Li Zhaodi was terrified. She looked weakly at Yu Jiu, and tears streamed down her face.
"Yu, the educated youth..."
"Let her go first. Zhao Di is also your daughter. Why do you always threaten to beat her to death or scald her with boiling water? If you don't want her, why didn't you give birth to her? Do you have to bring her into this world to suffer? Do you think she wants parents like you?"
Yu Jiu was speechless. He forcefully pried open Li Kang's hand and pulled Li Zhaodi out of his grasp.
Blinded by anger, Li Kang paused for a moment before realizing that besides Yu Jiu, the courtyard was filled with many other people. He frowned and asked, puzzled.
What are you doing at my house?
He wondered if his family had done anything wrong, so why were so many people attacking his house?
"What else can you do? Let's see how you plan to scald Zhaodi with boiling water. Li Kang, it's one thing for your wife to be heartless, but I didn't expect you to be so heartless too. No wonder people say that you can't sleep in the same bed with two different kinds of people!"
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