Chapter 73 "Jiang Zhicheng, do you want to die?"
As soon as Yun Tangyin finished speaking, heavy footsteps were heard at the gate of the courtyard. Jiang Zhicheng's figure was blocking the door frame, his army green overalls covered in dust.
He didn't look at Yun Tangyin, but instead fixed his gaze on Jiang Jianhua. His voice was as cold as ice: "Sister, where's Runli?"
Jiang Jianhua was frightened by the hostility in his eyes and took a step back, clutching the corner of his clothes and mumbling: "She...she just ran out..."
"Run away?" Jiang Zhicheng suddenly raised his voice. "She made such a fuss at the Fu family, and you let her run away? Are you dead?!"
Originally, Yun Tangyin had no intention of paying any attention to him, but this man actually dared to show her disdain on the Fu family's territory, and she couldn't stand it.
He knocked the shovel directly onto the stove, sparks flying. "What do you mean by that? Xu Runli is acting wildly at the Fu family, and you're blaming the Fu family members?"
"I don't blame her." Jiang Zhicheng turned his head, the bloodshot in his eyes like spider webs, "But Runli is my wife after all, can't you give her some leniency?"
"Let her go?" Yun Tangyin laughed, her voice tinged with icy iciness. "Let her put a letter of denunciation in the suggestion box? Let her instigate my second sister-in-law to change the account books? Or let her cause chaos in the Fu family? Jiang Zhicheng, is your brain stuck in the door?"
Jiang Zhicheng's face turned the color of liver, and his knuckles turned white. "Runli is not that kind of person! She just... just felt aggrieved and wanted to vent her anger. You are all relatives, so what's wrong with giving in to a little girl?"
"Can she harm others just because she's feeling aggrieved?" Yun Tangyin laughed angrily. "She's even planning to write a letter of denunciation and push the Fu family into a fire pit. Is that also feeling aggrieved?"
Jiang Zhicheng's Adam's apple rolled, but he didn't respond.
Suddenly, Xu Runli's cries were heard from outside the courtyard: "Zhicheng! You're here! Yun Tangyin hit me! She even threatened me!"
She stumbled into the kitchen, the spatula mark still etched on the back of her cloth jacket, and her hair was stained with grass scraps. Seeing Jiang Zhicheng, she pounced on him, her nails almost digging into his arms. "She also said she would make it impossible for you to stay in the Northeast! She said the Fu family was going to destroy us!"
Jiang Zhicheng's face darkened instantly, and he looked at Yun Tangyin with a look that was as if filled with poison: "Did you say that?"
"That's what I said." Yun Tangyin met his gaze, playing with the shovel in her hand. "Not only will I destroy her, but I'll also let you see that the good wife you protected stuffed a letter of complaint into the suggestion box in the middle of the night. The name of the complaint was Fu Yucheng, and it was about the Fu family."
Jiang Zhicheng's pupils suddenly shrank, and he pushed Xu Runli away: "You wrote a letter of denunciation? Reporting the Fu family?"
Xu Runli was pushed against the door frame, and the old injury on her lower back was hurt. She glared at Jiang Zhicheng and screamed with her neck stiff, "I didn't write it! It was Yun Tangyin who framed me! She just can't stand us getting along!"
"I saw it with my own eyes." Yun Tangyin added some firewood to the stove, and the flames shot up. "It was last night. Second sister-in-law was there too. Ask her if she will still protect you now?"
Xu Runli's face turned pale, her lips trembled and she couldn't speak.
Jiang Zhicheng looked at her like this and understood everything. He suddenly raised his hand and slapped Xu Runli in the face.
With a crisp "pop" sound, the kitchen instantly became quiet.
Xu Runli covered her face and looked at Jiang Zhicheng in disbelief: "You hit me?"
"I'm going to hit you!" Jiang Zhicheng's voice was shaking, and it was unclear whether it was out of anger or pain. "How many times have I told you not to cause trouble? You insisted on doing something that would kill you!"
Xu Runli suddenly pounced on Jiang Zhicheng like a madman, scratching and biting him: "You helped outsiders beat me? Jiang Zhicheng, you have no conscience! You said you would treat me well for the rest of your life, so I married you! Now you think I'm embarrassing?"
Jiang Zhicheng grabbed her wrist with such force that it seemed as if he was going to crush her bones: "When you stuffed the letter into the suggestion box, why didn't you think about the possibility of getting me into trouble?"
He dragged Xu Runli out, her heels making a harsh sound as they dragged against the ground. She turned around and glared at Jiang Jianhua, the hatred in her eyes almost overflowing: "You just watched me get bullied? Have you forgotten everything I told you?!"
Jiang Jianhua opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Jiang Zhicheng coldly: "Sister, don't pretend to be a good person! Runli told me that she came to you to discuss something, and you agreed to it in person, but then turned around and told Yun Tangyin. Is this how you treat relatives?"
Jiang Jianhua's face flushed instantly: "I didn't! I just... I just think that writing a letter of denunciation is not something I should do..."
"Can't do it?" Jiang Zhicheng sneered and tightened his grip on Xu Runli's hand. "She's your sister-in-law! Even if you did something wrong, you should still protect her! Now you're helping outsiders step on her and watching her get beaten. Jiang Jianhua, you've really lived your life in vain!"
Yun Tangyin leaned the shovel on the ground, and sparks flew to Jiang Zhicheng's feet: "Jiang Zhicheng, do you want to die? Watching her jump into the fire pit without stopping her, you call her a relative? If you think so, the Fu family will not recognize you as a relative in the future!"
Jiang Zhicheng paused, without looking back, but his voice became even colder: "If you don't recognize it, then don't recognize it! The Fu family has a high threshold, and our Jiang family can't climb up!"
He dragged the crying Xu Runli out of the Fu family's courtyard. Xu Runli's cries echoed in the alley: "Jiang Zhicheng, let me go! I want to fight Yun Tangyin! I want her to die a miserable death!"
It was not until the two figures disappeared at the alley that Jiang Jianhua squatted on the ground with his hands covering his face, his shoulders shaking like leaves in the autumn wind.
Yu Xia sighed as she watched from the side: "What kind of thing is this... My kindness is taken for granted. I should have stopped him from coming in earlier."
Yun Tangyin put the shovel back on the stove and handed Jiang Jianhua a handkerchief: "Why are you crying? You're really regretting losing such a brother and sister-in-law?"
"Regret?" Jiang Jianhua raised his head, tears mixed with grievance in his eyes. "He just said that I lived in vain... I was kind enough to try to persuade Runli not to make a mistake, so why did I become an outsider?"
"Because he's stupid." Yun Tangyin added water to the pot, stirring it with a wooden spoon to create a whirlpool. "Xu Runli fooled him around so much that he thought the whole world should be like him, treating stupidity as affection and badness as grievance."
She closed the lid on the pot, and steam quickly emerged from the cracks, covering Jiang Jianhua's face with a layer of moisture. "Remember, if he comes to the Fu family next time, either bring something to apologize, or don't let him in. The Fu family doesn't keep ungrateful people, let alone those who don't know what's going on."
Yun Tangyin is the housekeeper, so it goes without saying how much weight her words carry.
Jiang Jianhua clutched the handkerchief and suddenly wiped his face fiercely: "I know."
In the evening, Fu Yucheng came back and heard about this. He pulled Yun Tangyin into the yard, his brows knotted like knots: "Did someone bully you?"
"I failed to bully her." Yun Tangyin leaned against his chest, smelling the scent of soapberry on him, "I also beat Xu Runli."
Fu Yucheng paused, then smiled: "That's fine."
Yun Tangyin looked up at him: "Are you blaming me for fighting with her?"
"I'm not blaming you, I'm just worried that you've never been beaten before and will be wronged." Fu Yucheng scratched her nose, "People like this won't turn back until they hit the wall. When he comes to the Fu family for help, he'll know how stupid he is today."
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