Chapter 17: Chapter 17: The Poisonous Woman
Chuner, unaware of the truth, saw her sister crying so miserably she too started crying loudly in fright.
Xuexue’s sudden outburst, although strange to Auntie Sun, didn’t lead her to think too much. Her face grew even more ferocious as she placed her hands on her hips and cursed venomously, “Spare you? Wishful thinking, you little cheap person, daring to bite off my ear, I will make sure you’re disfigured, otherwise, how can I ever let go of this rage?”
“Second mother, please don’t disfigure my face, I won’t dare do it again,” Xuexue wailed loudly, followed by an exaggerated cry.
“Second mother, please don’t disfigure my sister’s face, Chuner is kowtowing to you, thanking you for your great kindness,” Chuner cried in panic as she kneeled and began to kowtow.
Auntie Sun, already harboring a deep hatred for Xuexue, actually entertained the thought spurred by the pleas of the two sisters. She looked around, noticed a pair of scissors on a nearby table, swiftly ran over, grabbed them, and furiously charged toward Xuexue…
“Ah… Second mother, don’t kill me,” Xuexue, with her hands over her head, crouched down in panic, curling up into a ball.
“You little cheap person, you ruined my face, today, I will let you taste this same pain,” Auntie Sun’s eyes glinted with unusual ferocity as she stepped closer to Xuexue, the scissors in her hand raised high…
“You evil woman, what do you think you’re doing?”
Suddenly, a fierce shout descended from nowhere, and a strong, forceful hand fiercely grabbed Auntie Sun’s hand holding the scissors, squeezing hard…
“Clang,” the scissors fell to the ground.
With a painful cry from her hand, Auntie Sun yelled and then rubbed the sore spot with her other hand. Frustrated that her revenge had been unexpectedly interrupted, she cursed without even looking, “Which lowlife scum dares to sneak attack me? Are they tired of living?”
As Auntie Sun turned around, her ferocity swept across the room, and then, like a defeated rooster, her spirit fizzled out, her voice becoming weak and listless, “Husband, Mother-in-law.”
Old Lady Mo and Mo Xiaoqiang, having entered at some unknown time, with the latter glaring angrily at her.
“Well, well, you wicked woman, before marrying into our family, you said you would treat my daughters as your own. Is this how you treat them as if they were your own?”
Mo Xiaoqiang was furious, seeing his two daughters curled up on the ground, trembling uncontrollably, a block of rage stuck in his chest, suffocating him.
“She started it by biting off my ear,” Auntie Sun gritted her teeth, recalling the incident, unable to quench her hatred towards the person who had ruined her beauty.
“Xuexue was delirious with a fever then, she didn’t even know what she was doing, as an elder, can’t you be a bit more forgiving?”
Mo Xiaoqiang, looking at Auntie Sun’s face missing an ear, found it utterly bizarre. While others take concubines with joy and pride, his experience seemed to be cursed.
Old Lady Mo stepped forward with a benign and friendly smile, attempting to lighten the mood, “Qiangqiang, don’t blame Auntie Sun. A woman’s beauty is her life, and with hers disfigured, she’s obviously upset. It’s understandable for her to want to vent her anger.”
This old woman had her own schemes. Though Auntie Sun no longer had one ear, she still had the capability to bear children. She was counting on Auntie Sun to bear Mo Xiaoqiang a son, so naturally, she could not offend her.
“Husband, don’t be angry, Mother-in-law is right, I’ve vented my anger and won’t trouble Xuexue anymore,” Auntie Sun stepped forward, grabbing Mo Xiaoqiang’s arm and coquettishly shaking it.