Chapter 168 - Chapter 168: I’m Not a Saint!
Chapter 168: I’m Not a Saint!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Someone’s been hit. Someone’s been hit!” Niuniu Xiong and several other children cried at the top of their lungs, clapping in wild excitement. They enjoyed the show.
“Where’s Su Wen? Why isn’t Su Wen around?” Su Wen’s absence was only felt then, and people suddenly thought of looking for her. However, when they turned around, they realized Su Wen was staring at them coldly with her arms crossed.
She was not even frowning.
“Su Wen, hurry up and stop them!”
“Don’t fight! Grandma Gou Dan is known to hold a grudge. If you provoke her, your family will be cursed with eight lifetimes of bad luck!”
Grandma Gou Dan was famous for her strength, despite her age. Many villagers still recalled how she tormented her mother-in-law to death, and not even her relatives could do anything to stop her. Now that Su Wen and her sisters had offended Grandma Gou Dan, they could forget about living a peaceful life in the village.
Zhang Chunxiang could not stand the sight of the sewing machine in the Su family’s possession. The more she looked at it, the angrier she became. Had it not been for how close she lived to Su Wen’s and heard the commotion, she would not have stuck her head out to see what was causing such a fuss.
However, since she had already stepped out of the house, she might as well watch the show that was sure to unfold. Zhang Chunxiang could not wait to see Su Wen and her family drowning in misery.
No one would be happier than she if the sewing machine were destroyed. With everyone trying to give their penny’s worth, Zhang Chunxiang was not about to let go of this prime opportunity to add insult to injury. “Su Wen,” she began, “You mustn’t embarrass the Su family. Hurry up and have your sisters apologize to Grandma Gou Dan. What they did was wrong. Besides, what is a sewing machine to the goodness you should extend to your neighbors? Being stingy will only result in bad blood.” Zhang Chunxiang did not bother to hide her sarcasm.
‘Serves her right for being so flashy!’ Zhang Chunxiang thought.
Su Wen locked onto Zhang Chunxiang and said, “Second Aunt, are you feeling embarrassed and saying these things because you can’t afford a house and have set your sights on my sewing machine instead?” Su Wen was in no hurry to intervene. After all, Grandma Gou Dan was at a disadvantage, not her sisters.
Su Wen was furious. She found it increasingly difficult to rein in her anger. She had gone to the washroom, and the next thing she knew, someone had started a commotion outside her house. All of them were shameless. The sewing machine was supposed to be the start of something good, but now it left a bitter aftertaste.
She was no longer in a good mood.
Zhang Chunxian flushed, having had her grudge against Su Wen exposed to the whole village. She looked away and hurried off without another word.
Once Zhang Chunxiang left, the rest were pinned under Su Wen’s cold gaze. They retracted their necks like tortoises, hoping she would not come after them for wanting to take advantage of her sewing machine. The arrogant, self-assured confidence they had shown in front of Su Qing and Su Xiu was nowhere to be seen.
Su Qing and Su Xiu were easy targets, and they could bully them as they wished, but the same could not be said for their older sister, Su Wen.
Several more upstanding villagers, like Mrs. Yang and Wang Chunyan, who arrived later than the rest, tried to mediate the situation. They pulled Su Wen along and tried to smooth things out between the other villagers and her. They asked Su Wen not to take the incident to heart, but how could she?
Was it even possible?
Wouldn’t she be a saint if she did nothing after being bullied and allowed her sisters to endure the same treatment?
Su Wen had no intention of becoming a saint.
“Su Wen, hurry up and tell Second Sister and Third Sister to stop.”
“We can’t do much more to help…”
“No. I won’t ask them to stop. If anything, Grandma Gou Dan should be told to stop first.” Su Qing and Su Xiu were not as experienced as Grandma Gou Dan, nor did they have more strength than her. They still had the upper hand because they had surprised Grandma Gou Dan. If they released Grandma Gou Dan, she would not hesitate to hurt Su Qing and Su Xiu.
Moreover, since they were already fighting, telling her sisters to stop would be as good as admitting defeat, and everyone would see them as wrongdoers despite merely trying to save Little Sister Su. It would put them on the social back foot regarding relations with their fellow villagers; it was not something Su Wen could allow.
Su Wen scanned the courtyard and saw a few leftover bricks meant to build another house. With a few light steps, she arrived before the pile and picked up a brick under the wary eyes of the crowd. She tested its weight and added more until she was happy.
Once satisfied, she readied herself.
The crowd stared wide-eyed in shock. They still remembered how Su Wen had broken Sun Dahai’s arm not three days ago. The current Su Wen was not a person who could be bullied or asked to endure an endless stream of sarcastic comments.
Oh my god! She was so dangerous!
The crowd parted as she walked towards Grandma Gou Dan with a brick in hand. Those who wanted to stop the fight, and those who did not, retreated one after another.
None dared to face Su Wen..