CHAPTER 251: CHAPTER 230: KNEEL DOWN

If you let her take the upper hand, you’ll basically only be at her mercy.

"Good for everyone? Why didn’t I notice? I think it’s only good for you, letting you continue to be the Yin Family’s Fourth Young Madam!"

Su Xiaomeng closed her eyes briefly, tightened her lips, and didn’t speak. She knew Rong Qiao had come to her with a purpose.

She was waiting for her to speak.

"Su Xiaomeng, having touched my man, do you still want to continue being a wealthy family wife as if nothing happened?"

Rong Qiao snorted coldly, "You wouldn’t have thought of me as a good person, right?"

Treat her as a good person? How could Su Xiaomeng dare?

Even childhood friends who have been together for twenty years could do such cruel and despicable things to her...

How could she still dare to believe there are good people in this world?

"Rong Qiao, if you had some brains, you’d know that I’m not the only one getting hurt; there’s also you and Ren Yixuan."

"I don’t know."

Rong Qiao squinted her eyes, "I just want to know now, if the Yin Family finds out you’re a virtuous wife on the surface but actually a slut behind their backs, what will they think?"

"Can you still sit steadily as the wealthy family wife?"

"Will Brother Shixiu become the laughingstock of the town because of you? Will the prestigious Yin Family be mocked because of you?"

"Rong Qiao!"

"Your child, when they grow up, will they also become a laughingstock?"

Su Xiaomeng couldn’t conceal her panic, no matter how hard she tried. Her whole body was trembling...

Her eyes slowly turned red, filled with mist, which gradually turned into water...

She took a deep breath and finally spoke first, "Tell me, what exactly do you want from me?"

If the purpose was only to kill her or ruin her reputation, she could simply go to the Yin Family and say it; there was no need to come in front of her to flaunt power.

Su Xiaomeng took a deep breath, waiting for her next words.

Rong Qiao’s eyes flashed with a cold light, her voice chilling to the bone, "Kneel in front of me now, and kowtow ten times. I want to hear every sound!"

Su Xiaomeng quietly looked at her; the wind was blowing around her ears, gently swaying the branches, water flowed, coursing over the shore’s pebbles.

Seeing her not moving, Rong Qiao raised her voice, "What? Unwilling?"

"Why should I kneel?"

In front of her was Rong Qiao’s face, but it wasn’t just Rong Qiao’s face; at that moment, her thoughts drifted far, far away...

Turns out there aren’t so many good people or beautiful things in the world.

Turns out she’s always lived in an ivory tower built by her parents and friends, which is now slowly being dismantled.

Turns out... without the ivory tower, she’s so powerless, anyone can bully her.

Everyone is an independent individual, and no one can rely on others forever. There are always things one must face alone.

Su Xiaomeng knew this matter couldn’t be hidden from Yin Shixiu for long; each day spent with him was the last for her.

She’s not greedy; she just hopes this final deadline can be extended a little, just a little...

Allowing her, a woman who never deserved him, to look at him a few more times, to stay by his children’s side for a few more days.

That’s all she sought.

But Rong Qiao was still forcing her...

"Because I want to step on you! I want you to never raise your head every time you see me, to remember you’re a filthy slut!"

"Let you step on me? What ability do you have? You’re just a pathetic worm deceiving yourself!"

"Who are you calling a pathetic worm?!"

Rong Qiao stepped forward, raised her hand, wanting to hit Su Xiaomeng again, but Su Xiaomeng reached out and pushed her hard, "I said you. Not just a pathetic worm, but a disgusting snot worm!"

"Su Xiaomeng, say it again!"

"Rong Qiao, you’re very proud, aren’t you? Your man spent a night with me, and you’re very pleased, aren’t you? Because you have something against me due to it... What grudge do I have with you? Hmm?"

Su Xiaomeng stepped up further, coldly looking at Rong Qiao with her big eyes, "Or do you just want to stir trouble? Just here to purely have fun with me?"

"You seduced my man! I want you to kneel and apologize in front of me. Is that too much?!"

Su Xiaomeng immediately slapped Rong Qiao’s face. It wasn’t forceful, but stunned Rong Qiao slightly, "The person who should kneel and apologize isn’t me; it’s Ren Yixuan whom you’re protecting!"

Rong Qiao still wanted to raise her hand to hit Su Xiaomeng, but Su Xiaomeng lifted her chin, harshly said, "If you dare to let that slap land, I assure you, both you and your Rong Family will die a horrible death!"

Rong Qiao’s eyebrows twitched slightly, then she suddenly laughed, "Yes, it will be a horrible death. Brother Shixiu loves you so much; he’ll definitely seek justice for you! However, that premise is... he never finds out you’re a cheap whore, right?"

"I remember Brother Shixiu had a severe cleanliness obsession. Knowing his beloved woman slept with someone else outside, I wonder if he’ll be so disgusted that he’ll vomit his entire dinner?!"

Su Xiaomeng’s eyes turned red, as every word from Rong Qiao pierced her heart, blood seemingly gushing out.

Seeing Su Xiaomeng’s tears welling up, Rong Qiao knew she struck a nerve and continued, "How about this? Kneel, give me ten kowtows, and I won’t pursue this matter further. Brother Shixiu will never know that you slept with someone else behind his back."

There was a hint of coaxing in her voice, and facing Su Xiaomeng’s unbearable pain, she felt a rush of satisfaction in her heart.

How could Su Xiaomeng’s heart not waver?

Kneeling was just an action; what she would lose was nothing more than a bit of dignity that had long turned to void.

But if she did not kneel, what she would lose was... her true love, someone she never thought she could love so deeply.

She couldn’t bear to...

She lowered her head, looking at the grass by her toes, likely wet from being near the river.

Around were some sand and shattered stones, if it meant keeping Yin Shixiu and the children for a few more days, she wouldn’t mind breaking her forehead and shedding some blood.

But why?

Clearly, the difference was apparent between that bit of dignity and her beloved husband and children, yet she couldn’t bend her knees.

The dignity already shattered into crumbs, cradled in her palm, she found herself even more unwilling to cast it away...

"Su Xiaomeng, if you’re going to kneel, then do it quickly, lest I change my mind—"

"Do you know how to swim?"

Su Xiaomeng suddenly asked, without even lifting her head.

Rong Qiao was stunned for a moment, not reacting, "What did you say?"

Su Xiaomeng raised her eyes, meeting hers, and asked again, "Do you know how to swim?"

"Yes, why—ah!"

Before Rong Qiao could finish her sentence, Su Xiaomeng gave her a sharp push, sending her directly into the Moon River.

"Splash!"

Su Xiaomeng stood at the riverbank, watching her struggle a few times, her head bobbing up and down in the water, a thought flashed in her mind:

If she sank and never resurfaced, how great would that be?

Not just Rong Qiao, but also Ren Yixuan, and all those who bullied her, hurt her, destroyed her happiness! Could they all just die?!

The moment that thought flashed, tears gushed out like a fountain...

Rong Qiao swallowed several mouthfuls of river water, shouting as she swam to shore. Su Xiaomeng didn’t leave; she stood there, looking down at her, "It’s not the Yin Family, it’s the Bai Family, my mother is surnamed Bai, my grandfather is named Bai Fengmao, and my uncle is a criminal police officer. My dad is named Su Chengji, my grandparents can pick up hoes and chop you to pieces."

Rong Qiao furrowed her brows, listening to Su Xiaomeng’s nonsense... utterly nonsensical!

Who is Bai Fengmao? What does being a police officer matter? Picking up hoes and chopping her to pieces?

Clearly, there was such low threat, yet Rong Qiao was scared.

"Rong Qiao, actually you misunderstood something. I am truly scared, indeed, very afraid of things being exposed, afraid of him being disgusted with me, afraid of my children looking down on me, afraid of my dearest family suffering disgrace because of me... but I’m not afraid of your threats."

"Ren Yixuan is nothing but a beast in my eyes, and you, if I must say..."

"Perhaps like the king who believed he was wearing the world’s most beautiful clothes and paraded through the streets though actually wearing nothing. Without that crown, you’re merely a clown. But you’re more laughable than that king because even the crown is not yours."

"You hate me because your man used the filthiest means to get me, which, of course, proves his love for me. You hate me because your brother asked Shixiu for a marriage alliance for you and got rejected, and in the end, he married me. You hate me out of jealousy, and do you know why jealousy arises?"

In just a few minutes, Su Xiaomeng seemed to have transformed into another person, while Rong Qiao, like a drenched hen, still had more than half of her body submerged.

"Because I’m better than you."

"You country bumpkin from the countryside, you say you’re better than me?"

"Rong Qiao, just for saying that, you’re directly opposing the entire Sichuan. Mind your words, all the women in Sichuan are spicy gals. If you want to taste being pickled in a big jar with chili, just say so... don’t push us too far; otherwise, no one will be easy to mess with."

"Heh, I didn’t realize you’re also quite eloquent!"

Rong Qiao sneered and did not take Su Xiaomeng’s somewhat playful words to heart.

"You hate me because I’m better than you, and I hate you because you’re detestable. I don’t believe a word you say."

Su Xiaomeng crouched down, gazing intently at her, "After that night, I knew I was doomed, it was just a matter of time. I’m afraid of losing him, and afraid of losing my children, if I could trade my life to turn back time, I would. At least I’d be left clean. But what are you?"

"Make me kneel to you? Make me kowtow to you? Rong Qiao, this young mistress isn’t necessarily tougher than others."

"Just now I asked if you can swim, you said yes, and I pushed you. But if you had said no then..."

Su Xiaomeng stood up, her words chilling, "Wouldn’t I have pushed you?"

Rong Qiao instantly got goosebumps all over her back.