The deep, dark eyes before her seemed to pierce her very soul, like the cold, ruthless eyes that had chilled her to the bone in her past life. Fang Li's lips turned pale, and her whole body trembled uncontrollably. She shook her head, her voice filled with tension and fear.
"How...how could this be!"
Xu Qingqing moved closer to her, which startled her so much that she retreated in a panic until she had nowhere left to go in the crowd. Xu Qingqing felt strange. This person seemed to know her and was very afraid of her, as if she were an irredeemable villain.
"Your reaction tells me that you know me, or even fear me!" Xu Qingqing pointed out.
As it happened, the other person's expression made her even more convinced that this person must know her. But there was one thing she didn't understand. Thinking back on everything she had done since coming here, well, it didn't seem like she had done anything that outrageous.
Xu Qingqing was unsure. On the other side, Fang Xiaomei couldn't break free. Seeing Fang Li's fear, she assumed Xu Qingqing was responsible and shouted at Xu Qingqing through the crowd, "Xu Qingqing! What are you going to do to my niece?"
The sound was sharp and piercing, and those close to Fang Xiaomei covered their ears. Seeing this, Fang Xiaomei took the opportunity to break free and ran to Fang Li's side. She looked her over from head to toe and, finding no external injuries, breathed a sigh of relief.
She looked up at Xu Qingqing, glaring at her angrily: "It's not enough that you bullied me, you've come to bully my niece too! Don't push your luck!"
"Damn it! You two, aunt and niece, are addicted to taking advantage of me, aren't you! One of you is a lunatic, and the other has paranoia. I'm so lucky to have met you two."
Did she dig up the Fang family graves or something? One after another, they came to provoke her.
When Fang Xiaomei saw that Xu Qingqing wouldn't admit it, she blamed the previous humiliation and being fired from the steel factory on her, and roared: "If it wasn't you, why would she be crying? I saw it with my own eyes, how could it be wrong? It must have been you who did it. You just can't stand it, that's why you want to bully us. It's one thing to bully me, but you also bullied my niece!"
Tsk!
Xu Qingqing was quite annoyed, somewhat regretting coming here to join the fun. Fang Li, in particular, was crying very appropriately. People who didn't notice the situation would think that Xu Qingqing was bullying someone.
"Comrade Xu, she didn't provoke you, how could you bully her?"
Some people started criticizing Xu Qingqing, while those squeezed at the back, unable to understand what was happening in the center, began asking those around them what was going on when they heard that Xu Qingqing was also involved.
It can only be said that everyone's attention was initially focused on Fang Xiaomei, and they knew nothing about Xu Qingqing and Fang Li's affairs until Fang Xiaomei roared and accused Xu Qingqing, which brought them to their attention.
A woman was crying, and Xu Qingqing was standing opposite her. The woman seemed to be frightened by Xu Qingqing and dared not cry out loud.
That's going a bit too far.
Gradually, more and more people began to be dissatisfied with Xu Qingqing. Among them were people who had a grudge against Xu Qingqing and were stirring up trouble. These people were still in jail because their sons had offended Xu Qingqing with their careless remarks.
It was just a few words, it won't hurt you, why bother reporting it to the police?
Fang Xiaomei's anger gradually subsided as everyone pointed at Xu Qingqing. She glanced at Xu Qingqing triumphantly, feeling extremely pleased with herself.
"Everyone has discerning eyes; no matter how you try to argue this time, it's all in vain!"
"Really?" Xu Qingqing tilted her head and smiled, laughing at Fang Xuemei's naivety. She would never talk nonsense with the enemy. She counted on her fingers and walked towards her step by step: "I really, really hate people like you who have no brains, and your niece who only knows how to cry and cause misunderstandings."
"How difficult is it to say a single sentence? Or will it kill you? You have a mouth but don't know how to use it, so I'll sew it shut for you."
After saying that, he kicked Fang Xiaomei in the stomach, and Fang Xiaomei was sent flying backwards. Fang Li behind her was also not spared and fell backwards. The people standing behind the two of them were also unlucky and fell down in large numbers.
"Hey! Sorry, I'm blind, I didn't see you."
Xu Qingqing apologized verbally, but her expression showed no remorse; instead, she was full of sarcasm towards them.
Seeing the ferocious Xu Qingqing, everyone else took a few steps back. The leaders stopped shouting and trying to stir things up, each one wishing they could hide at the back. They regretted their past actions, thinking that if they lost a tooth, they could just get a replacement, and that being in jail wasn't so bad. They could just grit their teeth, pay the fine, and be more careful next time.
In short, of all things to do, he had to provoke Xu Qingqing. Now he can only secretly pray that she hasn't discovered him.
Li Jianjun stepped out of the gate and saw a large crowd gathered there, blocking his way home. He impatiently pushed aside the people in front of him and said, "Get out of the way! What are you all doing here if you're not going home?"
The man who was pushed aside immediately cowered when he saw it was Li Jianjun. The people around him consciously dispersed and made way for him. Someone kindly reminded him, "Hey, your wife has been beaten so badly by Comrade Xu that she can't get up. Why don't you go and take a look?"
"What?! My wife got beaten up?!"
Upon hearing this, Li Jianjun rushed inside. When he saw the person lying on the ground clutching her stomach, it was his wife. His eyes blazed with anger, and he angrily raised his fist to strike Xu Qingqing, but was stopped halfway by Bo Jingran, who had just arrived.
Bo Jingran was waiting on the side. When he heard everyone criticizing his wife, he immediately sensed something was wrong and pushed through the crowd. Just then, he saw someone about to lay a hand on his wife. His eyes instantly turned cold. He grabbed Li Jianjun's wrist and said coldly, "Who gave you the guts to lay a hand on my wife!"
Xu Qingqing turned around and raised an eyebrow slightly: "What? Haven't you had enough of the lesson last time? Now you want to come up and taste it again? You two are a match made in heaven, both of you are so annoying."
Li Jianjun's face was darker than the bottom of a pot. He shook off Bo Jingran's hand and gritted his teeth, saying, "You two are just as detestable!"
"You flatter me, I admit it," Xu Qingqing said with a smile.
Bo Jingran stood beside Xu Qingqing and asked in a low voice, "Wife, didn't you come in to see what was going on? How did this get involved with you? What exactly happened?"
"I guess I'm the kind of person who attracts a lot of negative attention. There are many people who are jealous and envious of me, and many who are blind to my true feelings."
To put it simply, Xu Qingqing's gaze towards Li Jianjun turned colder. Amidst the gasps of the crowd, she used Bo Jingran's shoulder as leverage to kick Li Jianjun while her body was suspended in mid-air.
Xu Qingqing was incredibly fast; Li Jianjun didn't have time to dodge and was kicked in the left shoulder. He staggered back a few steps, but gritted his teeth and held on, not wanting to fall to the ground in a sorry state. Clutching his shoulder, he roared angrily through gritted teeth:
"You actually attacked me from behind!"
"No, this wasn't a sneak attack. I kicked you right in front of you, right under your gaze. If we're talking about sneak attacks, you were the one who attacked me from behind earlier. It seems you were the one who launched the sneak attack."
Xu Qingqing retorted, her smile fading as she took a few steps back and stepped on Fang Xiaomei.
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