Chapter 181 Keep an eye out for me
Wu Caifeng reached out to pull Zhizhi, her voice trembling as she asked, "Zhizhi, what you said..."
Zhizhi immediately showed a wronged and innocent expression. "Mom, it's all my fault for being young and ignorant back then. I didn't know that Tianfang wasn't my biological mother. I obeyed her every word and dared not disobey her at all."
"Otherwise, she would join Xie Lanlan and her daughter in mocking and belittling me, making me feel useless."
"I was so naive back then. I always wanted Tian Fang's approval, so I listened to her a lot."
"She...she told me that even sleeping with her man required money, so...so she could be a good son to him, and I...I stupidly listened to her, so..."
Although Zhizhi spoke unclearly, everyone understood.
That old woman from the Xie family is vicious. Knowing that her daughter isn't her own, she deliberately stirs up trouble for other people.
For a married couple, if the husband asks his wife for money, what kind of son-in-law does he take? And what kind of daughter does he take?
Wu Caifeng couldn't take it anymore. With a howl, she opened her arms and rushed towards Xie Lanlan, yelling, "You heartless, rotten bitch, I'll beat you to death today!"
Wu Caifeng suddenly attacked, and Xie Lanlan was caught off guard and pinned to the ground, being struck by both hands.
Xie Hongchao wanted to step forward and pull the people away, but Zhou's neighbors surrounded him, raising their hands and cursing him, "Doing such a despicable thing, aren't you afraid of retribution?"
"Exactly, that's really wicked, they could even come up with such a trick."
"No wonder you sent your child to the Zhou family back then. Was that what you were planning? The young couple didn't have any children, so they could raise your son, right?"
"Seriously, how can you be so shameless?"
"You really thought Zhou Lin..."
"Shameless! You still have the nerve to come here and cause trouble!"
Xie Hongchao and Wei Guihua were scolded by Zhou's neighbors and relatives.
Xie Lanlan was personally slapped hard by Wu Caifeng.
This made her already bruised face even worse.
In the end, it was Zhou's third aunt who led people forward and pulled Wu Caifeng away.
It's true that Wu Caifeng hit someone to vent her anger, but it's unacceptable if she actually hurt the person, after all, we live in a society governed by the rule of law.
Wu Caifeng was pulled up, still pointing at Xie Lanlan and cursing, "You heartless wretch, try coming here again and see if I don't tear your face to shreds."
"You've done so many bad things, and you still have the nerve to come here and cause trouble? Do you really think our family is easy to bully?"
"You have the nerve to complain when your heartless, rotten-necked mother is in jail? In my opinion, she should be eaten with peanuts and slapped to death, that old hag."
"That old, heartless bastard, kill her!"
Wu Caifeng was truly angry; in her anger, she wished she could go up and beat Xie Lanlan up again.
Xie Lanlan was badly torn apart by her, and she knew she couldn't hit her anymore.
Catching sight of Xie Hongchao, Wu Caifeng looked towards the yard, suddenly ran over, grabbed a bamboo stick, and turned back to hurl it at Xie Hongchao, yelling, "You bullies! You bullies! You bastards..."
Xie Hongchao screamed and ran away as he was beaten.
Wei Guihua looked around, then naturally covered her face and ran away.
The last one left was Xie Lanlan. Xie Lanlan was still not convinced, but Wu Caifeng couldn't catch up with Xie Hongchao, so she turned her attention to her.
She was in pain too, and immediately yelled, "You old hag, if you hit me again, I'll report you to the commune!"
She said this and left angrily.
As soon as she left, many people spat out, "Pah, what a piece of trash."
Only Zhang Fenfen stared at Zhizhi, then leaned closer and asked, "Sister-in-law, is your biological father really a commander?"
Her face rarely showed such fawning.
Zhizhi looked at her and asked, "Sister-in-law, is something the matter?"
Zhang Fenfen didn't answer that question, but only said, "Won't the second son become a high-ranking official in the future?"
Zhizhi didn't answer, but just looked at her with a puzzled expression.
Before Zhang Fenfen could reveal her plans, Wu Caifeng threw down the bamboo stick, spat, and turned back, saying, "This family is shameless and utterly immoral."
She walked back to Zhizhi's side and looked at her with sympathy, saying, "That old woman Tian Fang deserves to be killed, let alone imprisoned. You've been tormented by her for so many years for nothing."
"What a wicked person! Knowing you're from a good family, he not only doesn't send you back, but he also finds all sorts of ways to torment you."
"They're really heartless."
Aunt Zhou comforted her, saying, "People like that will get their comeuppance."
Others chimed in, "That's right, look at her, she's ended up in jail."
Everyone took turns criticizing the Xie family's wickedness, and then went home.
Zhou Chan also stood at the gate of her own courtyard and called out, "Mom, the buns in the pot are cooked."
Wu Caifeng clapped her hands and said, "They're here!"
Zhang Fenfen wanted to say something to Zhizhi, but Zhou Lin stepped forward to help Zhizhi straighten her clothes and asked her, "Are you cold?"
Zhizhi immediately shook her head.
Wu Caifeng called out from the front, "Zhizhi, come and try this pot of buns."
Unlike the Zhou family, where things quickly calmed down, Xie Lanlan and her two companions, after leaving the Zhou family's house, angrily sat down by the roadside and began cursing Zhizhi.
Xie Lanlan, in particular, was the most vocal in her criticism.
Wei Guihua envied Zhizhi's current wealth, saying, "If we hadn't had such a bad falling out back then, and she had been brought back, wouldn't we have been able to have a taste of the good life too?"
"If you ask me, my mother is really something. She clearly knows she's from a wealthy family, so why doesn't she treat her better?"
"If we find them, won't our whole family rise to prominence along with them?"
Xie Lanlan immediately scoffed, "Dream on! 'Even the chickens and dogs can rise to heaven,' do you think she'll remember the good things our family has done?"
"She only hates our family and wishes we were dead."
"Look at how smug she is now."
"You've all come back in big trucks, your faces are covered in grime. I'm a young lady, tsk, you still remember our kindness? Don't overthink it."
Wei Guihua opened her mouth, but for a moment she didn't know how to refute it.
Xie Hongchao said, "Zhou Lin is the regimental commander, and her father is the commander-in-chief. She's destined to be rich and powerful for the rest of her life."
These words made Xie Lanlan tremble with anger.
She always remembered what her mother had said before: What's the use of being good-looking?
She's good-looking but has a bad life; she'll have to be a maid for their family for the rest of her life.
But now...
The man is the regimental commander...
What if the man isn't the battalion commander?
Once Zhou Lin is brought down for his mistakes, will she still be as smug as she is now?
Even if she doesn't get a divorce by then, she'll still have a commander as her father, and the man will be a good-for-nothing, and the child he has won't amount to anything either.
If they get divorced, what good man would want a used woman who has been married and had children?
The more Xie Lanlan thought about it, the stronger the malice in her eyes became.
He asked Xie Hongchao, "Hongchao, do you want to get revenge?"
Xie Hongchao asked, puzzled, "How do I get out?"
Xie Lanlan gazed in the direction of the Zhou family from afar. "The car Zhou Lin drove back was obviously a military vehicle. The military probably let him drive it back because of that little bitch's father."
"So tell me, if this car breaks down, will the military hold him accountable?"
Xie Hongchao tensed up, "What do you want to do?"
Xie Lanlan said, "Don't worry, it won't involve you. You just need to keep watch for me from a distance."
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