CHAPTER 125: CHAPTER 125: REPORTED FOR PROFITEERING

This person actually turned out to be her cousin, Su Zhiqiang. Oh no, she just knocked him out. What should she do?

Wait, there was no one around to see it, so how could he be sure it was her who did it?

Deciding on her course of action, Su Xiaoxiao, without any mental burden, left him there and bolted.

Anyway, her second aunt’s family was nothing good. Beating him up was no big deal.

After a hectic day, Su Xiaoxiao returned home and practically fell straight asleep.

While she was in a daze, she was suddenly awakened by a rapid banging on the door.

"Su Xiaoxiao, get out here! How dare you hit your cousin like that, you wretched girl, you jinx..."

A string of foul curses reached her ears.

Su Xiaoxiao was woken up by the noise, rubbed her messy hair, and crawled out of bed: "Who the hell is calling out spirits so early in the morning?"

She was so exhausted when she came back yesterday that she slept right through the morning light.

When she opened the door and went outside, Liu Cuilan happened to open the courtyard door.

A pitch-black person led a man with a face as swollen as a pig’s head through the door.

Seeing who the two of them were, Su Xiaoxiao almost choked on her saliva.

These two looked like one was a walking fire poker and the other a pig head spirit. It was just too comical.

"Wretched girl, you have the nerve to laugh? Look what you did to your cousin. He’s supposed to go on a blind date in a few days."

Zhang Guifang stood fiercely with her hands on her hips in the courtyard: "Sister-in-law, your third child is getting more and more out of hand, hitting his own cousin so badly?"

While talking, she suddenly heard a splashing sound coming from the large water tank set in the courtyard.

Turning her head, she saw a tank full of big carps.

Each of those carps looked plump and juicy; they would surely be delicious braised.

Zhang Guifang swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "Sister-in-law, what do you say we do about this?"

Liu Cuilan’s gaze swept over the two of them, finally landing on Su Zhiqiang’s face, which was swollen like a pig’s head. Her mouth twitched uncontrollably.

Before she could answer, Su Xiaoxiao spoke first: "Second Aunt, do you have any evidence to prove it was me who hit Cousin?"

It was Zhang Dongmei who gave her inspiration, as there were no surveillance cameras in those days. As long as there was no eyewitness, she wouldn’t admit to anything, no matter who came.

"I saw it myself, what more evidence do we need?"

Su Zhiqiang glared at her angrily, but missing a front tooth, he spoke with a bit of a lisp, making his words unclear.

"Cousin, we need to rely on evidence for everything. You’re falsely accusing me of hitting you just with your words. I could even say that the thousand bucks missing from my house were stolen by you."

Without evidence, he still dared to come and cause trouble, thinking she was easy to bully?

Su Xiaoxiao spoke with a blank face.

Meeting her icy gaze, Su Zhiqiang suddenly remembered getting beaten up last night, and his cheeks seemed to hurt even more.

"Alright, you wretched girl, you dare to act but not admit it? I’m going to report this to the police."

Zhang Guifang gritted her back teeth viciously.

But Su Xiaoxiao was unmoved: "Second Aunt, even if you call the police, I didn’t do it."

"Fine, fine, so you’re bullying people now, huh? Wait and see, I might not have evidence to prove you beat my son, but I have evidence that you’re involved in black-market activities."

Zhang Guifang, being surprisingly clever for once, pointed at the tank full of fish proudly. "Zhiqiang, keep an eye on them. Don’t let them have a chance to hide the fish. I’m going to call the village chief over now."

Saying that, she turned around and rushed out with an excited look.

Su Xiaoxiao saw it clearly; this second aunt couldn’t go a day without stirring up trouble.

Su Zhiqiang was guarding the fish tank warily: "None of you come near, anyone who comes close, I’ll hit them."

With that ridiculous face, he guarded the water tank tightly.

Soon, a clatter of footsteps came from outside.

Su Zhiqiang looked at her smugly: "Just wait until the village chief gets here, you’ll be in big trouble."

At that time, the private economy hadn’t fully opened up, and being caught in black-market dealings was a severe crime.

"Cousin, it was my fault for yesterday. I just didn’t see clearly and mistook you for a thug. How about this, I’ll give you a hundred bucks, and we settle this privately, okay?"

As she spoke, Su Xiaoxiao took a wad of banknotes from her pocket and walked up to Su Zhiqiang, shaking it in front of him.

Seeing so much money, Su Zhiqiang couldn’t take his eyes off it, but he still acted tough: "You think you can brush me off with so little money? Dream on!"

Hearing the approaching footsteps outside the courtyard door, Su Xiaoxiao calmly slapped the large water tank.

The big carps that had been swimming merrily in the water tank were instantly stored away into her space warehouse.

Now that the fish were gone, Zhang Guifang could no longer pin anything on her.

Su Zhiqiang gazed longingly at the money in Su Xiaoxiao’s hand: "Give me two hundred, and I’ll go out later and say it was all just a misunderstanding."

Having achieved her goal, Su Xiaoxiao didn’t want to waste any more breath on him: "Cousin, on second thought, let it go. After all, two hundred bucks isn’t a small amount. Go ahead and let Second Aunt report me."

Seeing the money slip away right before his eyes, Su Zhiqiang was unwilling and glared at her with anger: "Fine, you stinking girl, you’ll regret this. You’ll be crying later."

As soon as he finished speaking, the courtyard door was pushed open.

Into the courtyard came Zhang Guifang, followed by the village chief and several of the village elders known for their wisdom and respectability.

With a face full of pride, she pointed at the water tank: "Village chief, look, these carps here were caught by them to sell, clearly black-market profiteering."

Liu Cuilan broke into a cold sweat with nervousness: "Village chief, let me explain, things aren’t what you think..."

Before she could finish, Su Xiaoxiao spoke up: "Village chief, although I don’t know why Second Aunt is falsely accusing us, we really haven’t been fishing to sell."

She spoke earnestly, with a tone neither humble nor arrogant.

Meeting her gaze, Zhang Guifang suddenly felt uneasy.

Just then, the village chief had already led everyone to the water tank, and they all looked inside in unison.

"Village chief, you’ve seen the fish. Is it time to send this wretched girl to the police?"

Zhang Guifang urged anxiously, but the village chief, after inspecting the tank, slowly furrowed his brow: "Nonsense, there aren’t any fish in here."

"What? How is that possible?"

Zhang Guifang’s face changed immediately upon hearing this, and she rushed forward a few steps.

Upon seeing the empty tank, her expression froze momentarily.

"How could this be? Wretched girl, it must be you, right? You hid all those carps."

"Second Aunt, we may be one family, but how can you bully us, the widow and the orphan, like this?"

"I know, you must have hidden the fish inside the house, right?"

As she spoke, Zhang Guifang pushed Su Xiaoxiao aside and quickly ran inside to search. But soon, she sat down on the floor, her face pale: "How could this happen? Why aren’t they here?"

Just then, she saw something and her eyes lit up.