Chapter 76 What? Isn’t Xu Rong your mother?
Not long after Fu Yucheng left, Xu Runli's curses were heard outside the courtyard gate, as sharp as nails scraping against glass: "Yun Tangyin, you bitch! Get out here!"
Yun Tangyin paused as she was checking the accounts. Jiang Jianhua was so frightened that he dropped the needle and thread in his hand. "She... why is she here again?"
"I'm here to show off." Yun Tangyin closed the account book, stood up and walked out. "It's a good opportunity to show her that the Fu family is not a place where anyone can act wildly if they want."
Jiang Jianhua quickly followed: "I'll go with you."
As soon as the two of them walked into the yard, Xu Runli rushed in by pushing open the half-open gate. Her hair was messy and there were oil stains on her cloth jacket. It was obvious that she had run in without taking care of herself.
Jiang Zhicheng followed behind her, his face ashen, but he did not stop her.
"Yun Tangyin, make Fu Yucheng apologize to me!" Xu Runli pointed at Yun Tangyin's nose, spitting all over the floor. "Why did he let Yu Xia drive me away? I'm the daughter-in-law of the Jiang family, so it's only natural for me to visit the Fu family! Why did he abuse his power to drive me out of Northeast China?"
"Visiting relatives?" Yun Tangyin laughed, folding her arms and leaning against the door frame. "Bringing your man to the Fu family to swear in the street, is this called visiting relatives? Xu Runli, do all your relatives visit like this?"
Jiang Zhicheng stepped forward, his voice as heavy as rain: "Runli spoke harshly, but she was also angry. What happened yesterday..."
"What happened yesterday?" Yun Tangyin interrupted him, her eyes as cold as ice.
"When she stuffed the complaint letter into the suggestion box yesterday, why didn't you say she was angry? When she instigated the second sister-in-law to change the account book yesterday, why didn't you say she was angry? Jiang Zhicheng, if you can't figure it out, don't come here and embarrass yourself!"
Jiang Zhicheng's face turned purple, he clenched his fists and couldn't speak.
Seeing this, Xu Runli threw a tantrum, rolled over, sat on the ground, and began to cry: "Everyone come and see! The Fu family is bullying us! The daughter of a capitalist married an officer and they act like a tyrant! They even killed all our relatives!"
When she made such a fuss, the wives of several soldiers from the neighboring families all leaned over the wall to look outside, and the sound of them pointing and talking drifted into the yard.
I have to say, this is a bit like Yun Tangyin's impression of Xu Runli.
Before, Yun Tangyin thought she had changed her personality.
It turns out that I just can't pretend anymore.
Jiang Jianhua stamped his feet anxiously beside him: "Runli, get up quickly! What a disgrace!"
"I won't get up!" Xu Runli cried even louder. "Unless Yun Tangyin kowtows and apologizes to me, I will die in the Fu family courtyard!"
Yun Tangyin bent down, picked up a stone, and held it in her hand like a child playing with stones, throwing them one by one at Xu Runli: "That's it?"
Xu Runli screamed in pain and sat up suddenly: "You dare to hit me?!"
"What's wrong with beating you?" Yun Tangyin took two steps forward and looked down at her. "You acted wildly in the Fu family compound and slandered military families. According to the rules, I can tie you up and send you to the security department. I didn't tie you up now because I wanted to save face for Jiang Zhicheng. Don't be so shameless."
"I'm shameless?" Xu Runli glared at her, her eyes full of resentment. "You, Yun Tangyin, are shameless! Back then, you..."
"What happened to me back then?" Yun Tangyin suddenly raised her voice, deliberately letting the military wives on the wall hear. "Back then, my mother donated all her property to the front line like water. I am the daughter of a hero! Unlike some people, who live by picking up other people's leftovers and complain all day long!"
She pointed at Xu Runli's nose and said, "Do you think others don't know about your dirty thoughts? You are jealous of my good marriage and the Fu family's kindness to me, so you want to bring me down. Unfortunately, you don't have the ability to do that. You can only howl here like a mad dog!"
Xu Runli's face turned pale and blue. She suddenly rushed forward and tried to tear Yun Tangyin's hair, but was held tightly by Jiang Jianhua: "Runli, you are crazy!"
"I'm crazy!" Xu Runli struggled and screamed, "This woman has driven me crazy! Jiang Zhicheng, what are you doing watching me? Help me!"
Jiang Zhicheng stood there without moving, looking at the spoiled Xu Runli, feeling a little unfamiliar, and even for the first time, disgust showed in his eyes.
The wives of the soldiers on the wall started to talk even more fiercely: "This woman is too outrageous!"
"The new daughter-in-law of the Fu family is very polite. If it were me, I would have slapped her in the face a long time ago."
Yun Tangyin watched all this with a cold eye, and suddenly raised her voice and said, "Xu Runli, didn't you say I had something shameful to do? Tell me now! Let everyone hear what I, Yun Tangyin, have done that is so evil that you would send me a letter of denunciation in the middle of the night and make a scene during the day!"
Xu Runli's voice suddenly stopped and she opened her mouth for a long time without saying anything.
She didn't have any real evidence. Those were just fabrications she made up just to make Yun Tangyin's life miserable.
"You can't tell me?" Yun Tangyin sneered, "Because you're talking nonsense! Do you think you can destroy me by spreading rumors? Let me tell you, Fu Yucheng trusts me, the Fu family trusts me, and everyone in the group knows that I, Yun Tangyin, am upright and honest. Your tricks can't even fool a three-year-old!"
Yun Tangyin looked at Xu Runli's face and touched his pocket: "Since you don't want to save your face, why not... return the money to me?"
Of course she still has the IOU.
It was written stroke by stroke by Xu Runli's biological mother, Xu Rong.
The moment Yun Tangyin took it out of her pocket, Xu Runli's face turned pale.
The IOU showed wrinkled edges in the morning light. Xu Runli's pupils suddenly shrank, and she jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on, but was held down by Jiang Jianhua.
"You...you still have this?" Xu Runli's voice was drifting, her fingertips trembling like leaves in the autumn wind. "That was written by Xu Rong, it has nothing to do with me!"
"Oh?" Yun Tangyin slowly unfolded the IOU and pointed at the name at the end. "Xu Rong, your mother's name is written in black and white. What? Are you saying that Xu Rong is not your mother anymore?"
The discussions on the wall suddenly exploded.
Xu Runli's face instantly turned pale, and she frantically tried to grab the IOU: "You forged it! Yun Tangyin, you liar!"
Yun Tangyin dodged sideways and raised the IOU higher: "Fake? Should we go find Xu Rong now? We'll know the real thing once we compare them!"
These words hit Xu Runli on the head like a club. She collapsed on the ground, staring at Jiang Zhicheng's ashen face, and suddenly burst into tears: "Jiang Zhicheng, look at her! She's blackmailing me with a piece of torn paper! Please help me tear it up!"
Jiang Zhicheng seemed not to hear, staring at the IOU, his Adam's apple rolling for a long time, and suddenly raised his foot and spat in front of Xu Runli: "Xu Runli, you are really capable!"
He turned to look at Yun Tangyin, his voice hoarse as if it had been rubbed by sandpaper: "If this money is really owed by her, I will pay it back for her."
After saying that, he picked up Xu Runli from the ground and walked away, refusing to let go no matter how she struggled.
Jiang Jianhua watched this scene from the side, looking at Xu Runli, then at Yun Tangyin...
She couldn't understand it at all. She had originally planned everything well and thought that she would have a good life once Jiang Zhicheng and Xu Runli came.
But now it seems like these two are both unreliable...
Jiang Jianhua closed her eyes in disgust. Forget it, she should just save herself first. She must not let Yun Tangyin equate her with Xu Runli.
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