Chapter 36: Bullying the Weak and Fearing the Strong
Everyone here was sighing with emotion, while Zhang, who was beaten until stars were swirling in her eyes and gritting her teeth in pain, looked at Su Mulan with eyes that, from initial anger, gradually turned to fear under Su Mulan’s vigorous slaps, one after another.
In the end, holding her head with her hands, she begged repeatedly, “Stop hitting me, stop hitting me, I know I was wrong…”
“Know you were wrong?”
Su Mulan smirked, “Then tell me, what did you do wrong?”
“I…”
In front of so many people, being beaten into this state by Su Mulan has already lost all dignity. If she admits her mistake now, she’ll have no face to show in the village anymore.
“Looking at this situation, you still don’t understand why you’re so rude. I might have to teach you a lesson again.” Su Mulan snorted coldly, cracked her wrist, and assumed a poised stance, ready to strike again.
Her face was already swollen like a real pig’s head. If she gets slapped a few more times, her face might end up all bruised.
“Don’t, don’t, don’t…” Zhang was so frightened, closed her eyes, gathered courage, and said, “I shouldn’t have spoken those words in front of Lixia and the others, and I shouldn’t have spread rumors about you behind your back. From now on… I won’t dare to do it again…”
“That’s more like it.”
Su Mulan snorted coldly, stood up from Zhang, leisurely rolled down her sleeves, and said, “Today, in front of Uncle Village head and so many villagers, your words aren’t just empty talk. What you say shouldn’t be taken lightly from now on.”
“However, whether you take it seriously or not, it doesn’t matter. If you provoke me, I’ll hit you back. Then we’ll see if it’s my ears that can’t stand words, or your mouth that can’t handle my fists.”
As she spoke, Su Mulan cracked her fingers with a crisp sound.
Filled with a murderous aura, Zhang couldn’t help but struggle backward, unwilling to get too close to Su Mulan.
Seeing Zhang’s reaction, Su Mulan didn’t bother to say more to her, only turned to Bai Kangyuan, “Uncle Village head, I’m fine here. Shuiliu injured her foot, and I need to hurry to find Sancheng to check on her. I’ll head home first.”
“Yeah, Cheng should go see the child.” Bai Kangyuan nodded, watching Su Mulan lead Bai Lixia and Bai Midou towards home, then turned to look at Zhang.
Seeing Su Mulan walking away, Zhang finally breathed a sigh of relief and struggled to climb up from the ground.
Her cheeks were swollen and throbbing painfully, too sensitive to touch. Even a slight pull at the corners of her mouth caused pain in her cheeks. Swallowing saliva was uncomfortable.
“That Su bitch…”
Although feeling somewhat intimidated by Su Mulan’s beating, Zhang couldn’t hold back her anger and cursed as soon as Su Mulan left.
“Oh, Su, why did you come back…” Bai Kangyuan said.
“I, I…”
Zhang immediately started stuttering, instinctively shielding her own face with her hand, and pleaded repeatedly, “It’s because of my big mouth, my mind was clouded. I won’t curse anymore in the future, please don’t hit me, don’t hit me…”
“You bully the weak and fear the strong!”
Bai Kangyuan couldn’t stand Zhang’s two-faced behavior, spat on the ground, “I think Su’s lesson is well-deserved. With your foul mouth, stirring up trouble everywhere, making the whole village restless, you deserve to taste some bitterness!”
“Bai Erniu! As a man of the house, aren’t you going to take responsibility for your wife? Always gossiping behind people’s backs, causing trouble everywhere. How many problems have you caused? You’ve been beaten before, yet you still haven’t learned your lesson?”