CHAPTER 72: CHAPTER 72 EVERYONE SHOUTS TO BEAT

Cheng Li snapped back to reality, looking at Jiang Xue who was staring at her mockingly. Rage boiled within her heart, but she didn’t show it on her face, and said, "Little Xue, are you really going to hit me?"

"Cheng Li, what do you mean am I really going to hit you? Wasn’t it you who just said it yourself? As long as it helps you vent your anger, I can hit or scold you, right?"

After saying this, Jiang Xue turned to everyone and asked, "Everyone heard what Cheng Li said just now, right?"

The crowd nodded, looking as if they were anticipating a good show.

"Words, once spoken, are like water thrown out. Since Cheng Li said this, as a good friend, I must fulfill her wish, right?"

Seeing that Jiang Xue really intended to hit Cheng Li, everyone was taken aback. They had long heard that Jiang Xue was an unreasonable and fierce person, and now it seemed that way indeed.

It was a wonder the Old Mu Family could tolerate such a daughter-in-law. If it were them, they would have kicked her out long ago.

Initially, Cheng Li was furious at Jiang Xue’s threat to hit her, but seeing everyone’s gaze, she was not angry anymore; instead, she felt pleased.

As long as Jiang Xue hit her, Jiang Xue’s reputation would surely be ruined, and in the future, she’d be talked about in the village. At that time, the gossip would be unbearable for Jiang Xue.

Thinking this way, Cheng Li nodded to Jiang Xue and said, "What I say, I mean it. If you want to hit, then hit."

Saying this, Cheng Li closed her eyes, waiting for Jiang Xue’s slap to land.

Jiang Xue watched, then sneered without acting immediately. Instead, she turned to everyone and smiled, "You all don’t know what Cheng Li did that makes me refuse to forgive her, right? Now I’ll tell you all, so you won’t think Jiang Xue is bullying people in the future."

"What did Cheng Li do? Tell us quickly!" someone eager for gossip shouted out.

"Hurry up and tell us, we also want to know. You two were so close like wearing the same pants, how come you had a falling out?"

"Yeah, Jiang Xue, stop holding us in suspense."

Cheng Li hadn’t expected the situation to get out of control immediately. She wanted to stop it, so she looked at Jiang Xue with a sorrowful face, "Little Xue, do you hate me this much?"

"Cheng Li, since when did I hate you?"

"Then what are you doing now?"

"I’m just letting everyone know the truth of the matter, so nobody says I’m bullying you. You probably don’t know, there was someone who blamed me just because you shed a few tears, they even barged into my house to beat me."

"So, to prevent this kind of thing from happening, I have to tell the truth. So that those who don’t know any better won’t vent their anger on me."

"What? There’s actually such a thing?"

"Who would dare do that, going to someone else’s home to beat people?"

"I already said not to mention who it was. Let’s continue talking about why Cheng Li and I had a falling out."

"Everyone knows Cheng Li and I are good friends. As good friends, we should hope for each other’s happiness, right? But Cheng Li, she instigated me to divorce. Do you think that’s something a good friend should do?"

"If your good friend did this, what would you do? Would you actually listen to her and get divorced?"

"Really? How could Cheng Li do something like that? She usually appears reliable and a good girl, how could she do such a thing?"

"It’s said that you’d rather ruin ten temples than break up a marriage. How could she persuade someone to divorce?"

"I guess her intentions weren’t good, were they?"

"Someone like that deserves to be hit."

"Yes, deserves to be hit!"