Chapter 17: Top Green Tea
"Yes! An An!" Xu Yanli immediately came forward and put on an affectionate look.
"You've always been the only one in my heart! You were the one who said you felt uneasy holding those things in your hands, afraid that others would miss you, so you begged us to help you keep them, right?"
As he spoke, he took another step forward and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "You did all this and made such a big fuss, isn't it just to make me change my mind? As long as you let these people go and settle this matter... I promise you that from now on... I will never touch Su Qingyue again. Okay?"
Su Qingyue hated it so much in her heart, but she pretended to be weak and innocent on the surface.
She looked at Ruan Anan with red eyes, her voice so soft that it could squeeze out water: "Sister Anan, no matter how wrong you are, it's all my fault! My...my heart is blinded by greed, and I am obsessed with leaving a legacy for the Ruan family! Calm down, I'm going to pack up and go back to the countryside, and I won't bother you anymore!"
As he said this, he pretended to wipe away tears that didn't exist.
Ruan Anan raised her big, wet eyes and looked at Su Qingyue with an innocent look on her face. Her voice was soft and sticky, with just the right amount of surprise: "Really, sister-in-law? Then you're going to pack up now? I'll ask Political Commissar Li if he can borrow a donkey cart... oh no, send a military vehicle to take you there? The country roads are long and bumpy, and I don't want the baby in your belly to get bumped into anything."
Pretend, keep pretending! Let’s see how you can respond?
The fake smile on Su Qingyue's face froze instantly, as if someone had strangled her neck, and her eyes widened.
Send a military vehicle? Does this damn girl really want to drive her away?
No, she would rather die than go to the countryside!
Thinking of this, Su Qingyue looked at Xu Yanli with tears in her eyes.
“Ali…”
Xu Yanli couldn't stand such a look, and immediately looked at Ruan Anan with a cold face.
"Ruan Anan..."
Before Xu Yanli could speak, Ruan Anan interrupted him, twisting the corner of her clothes nervously with her fingers: "Brother Ali, don't be impatient. I know... I know what to say."
The anger that had just risen up in Xu Yanli was suppressed, and his back straightened by three points.
He knew that this woman couldn't live without him, and now he's making such a fuss just out of jealousy!
Thinking of this, he raised his chin towards the militia captain and said proudly, "You don't believe me, you don't believe my mother, but you can't not believe Ruan Anan, right?"
Li Ying crossed his arms, snorted coldly, and looked at Ruan Anan up and down with contempt in his triangular eyes.
You little bitch! You'll die if you leave my son!
Who are you putting on this show for?
Isn’t it just that you are jealous of Qingyue’s pregnancy?
Bah! My son beckons you to come back and wag your tail like a pug, right?
Su Qingyue lowered her head to hide the resentment surging in her eyes, and her nails dug deep into her palms.
You little bitch! You're just pretending! Wait until you get through this, and see how I deal with you!
The militia captain looked at the confident faces of the Xu family mother and son, and his brows were twisted into knots.
He turned to Ruan Anan, who had been keeping his head down, and said in a deep voice, "Comrade Ruan Anan, tell me yourself! What's going on?"
Ruan Anan was like a frightened deer, her whole body shaking like a sieve, her head lowered even lower, her weak voice tinged with tears, intermittently saying: "I... I think Mom... Mom might be... kind-hearted..."
She raised her eyes timidly and glanced at Li Ying quickly, then shrank back as if burned, her shoulders shrank even more.
"Mom...Mom is so good to me...really...She knows I like to be coquettish and is afraid that if I get fat, Ali will dislike me...so...so whenever there's any oily or meaty things at home...she...she takes them to the side room to nourish my eldest sister-in-law...saying that my eldest sister-in-law is pregnant...precious..."
"And... and those boxes... that my mother left me..."
She seemed to muster up a great deal of courage, her voice trembling, "She said... I'm young... timid... she was afraid... she was afraid that I wouldn't be able to protect these valuables... that they would attract thieves... so she carried away the well-hidden things for me..."
When Ruan Anan said this, she lowered her head and her thin shoulders shrugged, which made people feel distressed.
No one saw the terrifying frost hidden in her eyes.
Just wait, old hag! All the meat you ate and the money you swallowed, you must spit it out today, with interest!
"Bullshit your mother!"
Li Ying was so angry at these "heartfelt" and "good words" that she was furious.
Spit flew everywhere, she pointed at Ruan Anan's nose and jumped up and down, "Little bitch! You...you don't want to enter my Xu family anymore, right?!"
Ruan Anan looked frightened and shrank back suddenly, almost collapsing to the ground.
Li Jianguo took a step forward, standing in front of her like an iron tower, glaring at Li Ying.
"Comrade Ruan Anan! Don't be afraid! The Party and the government will take care of you! I don't see who dares to touch you today!"
The militia captain also stepped forward and said, "Comrade Ruan, don't be afraid. I'm here, no one can threaten you!"
"I, I..." Ruan Anan stood behind Li Jianguo, revealing only a pair of frightened and tearful eyes. Her lips were trembling, as if she had lost her soul due to fear, and she just shook her head desperately.
Xu Yanli was anxious. He pushed through the crowd and took a step forward. He suppressed his irritation and softened his tone in what he thought was a deeply affectionate tone: "An An, be obedient! As long as you explain things honestly to the captain, we can still be as good as before! As for Qingyue..."
He glanced at Su Qingyue, whose face was as pale as a livid one. He gritted his teeth and lowered his voice to a whisper, coaxing her: "Aren't you just trying to annoy her? Fine! I'll let her go! Pack up your things immediately and go back to the countryside to take care of your pregnancy! Out of sight, out of mind! Is that okay?"
Let’s send Qingyue away first and coax this stupid woman through this hurdle.
She loves him so much and can endure anything for him. Shouldn't she give in?
Xu Yanli's heartless words were like an ice spike, piercing Su Qingyue's heart.
The blood drained from her face. She made up her mind and threw herself at Ruan Anan's feet, kneeling down with a thud.
He grabbed Ruan Anan's trouser legs tightly with both hands, his nails almost digging into the fabric, and cried out in a shrill voice:
"An An! It's all my fault! You can hit me and scold me, but you can't...you can't send Ali and Mom to death or to the police station just because you hate me!"
She cried heartbreakingly, as if the sky was falling and the earth was collapsing
"I'm leaving! I'm leaving now! I'm going back to my hometown! I'll never show up in front of you again! Please, have mercy on them and spare them!"
"Oh Qingyue! You're pregnant! Get up quickly! The ground is cold!"
Li Ying was so distressed that she rushed over to pull Su Qingyue.
Su Qingyue knelt down firmly, shook off Li Ying's hand, and the tears in her eyes were filled with stubbornness.
"Mom! Don't pull me! If An An doesn't calm down and forgive me... I... I won't be able to face it!"
Xu Yanli felt a pang in his heart when he saw Su Qingyue kneeling on the ground and crying.
After all, the baby in her belly is his! How could he bear to really not want it?
But thinking of his own situation, he forced himself to turn his face away.
The pulling force from the trouser legs was like a poisonous snake wrapped around the calves. Under Ruan Anan's drooping eyelashes, the cold light was as sharp as a knife.
What a deep friendship! What a person who endures humiliation and bears heavy burdens!
Kneel me down? Pull me down? PUA me? Morally blackmail me?
Okay, Su Qingyue, today I will let you see what top-grade green tea is!
Thinking of this, Ruan Anan looked down at Su Qingyue who was kneeling and crying at her feet, with a faint smile on her lips.
Next second!
"ah--!!!"
A shrill, terrified scream pierced the air!
Ruan Anan seemed to be shoved by a tremendous force, and without warning, she fell heavily backwards to the ground. Tears streamed down her face like beads from a broken string. Su Qingyue, bewildered and confused, asked, "Sister-in-law...Sister-in-law? Why...why did you push me?"
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