"Lin Yue’e, I’ve always respected you as my elder and called you auntie, but don’t you dare take my kindness for weakness," Yang Ruxin flicked her hand, the physics principle that action and reaction are equal really held true. The force of her slap was so strong that her own palm felt burning hot, "You can eat whatever you want, but you can’t just say whatever you want!"
Yang Dani and her siblings had been bullied by this woman’s sons and daughters more than a few times. She had been looking for a chance for revenge, and this fool had delivered herself to the doorstep. However, she still felt unsatisfied with the strength of her current body, it was too weak, it still needed training. If it had been her former self, she would have been able to knock this woman to the ground with a single slap. Now, aside from a swollen face, not even a drop of blood was drawn from the woman’s mouth.
"Yang Dani, you bitch, how dare you hit me?" Lin Yue’e was stunned by the slap for a moment, but once she came to, she flared up in anger, rolling up her sleeves, ready to fight back.
Lin Yue’e’s husband Wang Sheng, along with their two sons, were notorious figures in the village. The villagers either tried to curry favor with them or avoided them. Even the old lady of the Yang Family, Mrs. An, would mostly restrain herself when she saw Lin Yue’e. She couldn’t believe that her wooden grand-daughter dared to hit her—this was beyond outrageous.
Yet, Yang Ruxin took advantage of the moment Lin Yue’e raised her arm and, with a backhanded slap, made the other half of her face swell up instantly: "Lin Yue’e, have you ’courted’ men so desperately in the woods that you’ve even run up to the deep mountains? Weren’t you always seen running into the cornfields? I wonder if your husband knows about the green hue growing on his forehead..." She could play dirty too; this woman and her second aunt were cut from the same cloth, both of them deserved a good beating.
"Yang Dani, you’re talking nonsense, I’ll fight you to the end..." Lin Yue’e let out a howl like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and pounced towards Yang Ruxin.
How could Yang Ruxin possibly let her succeed? With a nimble side-step, she dodged the attack, then moved behind her opponent, and with a kick, she sent Lin Yue’e tumbling face-first into the dirt.
"Lin Yue’e, are you mad with embarrassment?" Yang Ruxin was no longer angry. Instead, she folded her arms and watched Lin Yue’e’s miserable state with amusement, "You might want to consider changing locations, why not take your illicit lover up to Dacang Mountain? You could carry on with your affair, and maybe even snag a bear while you’re at it. At that point, I bet your husband wouldn’t mind the greening of his forehead. Hurry up and go, see if you can satisfy that Black Bear or the pack of wolves..."
The onlookers heard this and thought it made sense. Courting in Xiaocang Mountain woods? How eager was she for death? Forget about a black bear, even running into a venomous snake or wolf would mean the end. It seemed Lin Yue’e couldn’t keep her mouth shut, prompting some to start jeering.
"The woman from the Wang Family, who is more formidable, your lover or Wang Sheng?"
"Lin Yue’e, last time I saw you pulling up your trousers coming out of the cornfield, could it be that’s what you’ve been doing there all along?"
"Every time you leave a woman’s home from the back, no matter day or night, one can always hear your moans. What’s the matter? Still not satisfied?"
All these jeerers were people who had been bullied by the Wang Family at one time or another. Now, seeing Lin Yue’e being taught a lesson, they felt a great sense of relief and weren’t afraid to offend her.
Yang Ruxin didn’t expect the nonsense she made up on the spot to actually seem to reveal the truth. She was pleasantly surprised and looked at Lin Yue’e with even greater mockery in her eyes. Moreover, she hoped that this incident would serve as a deterrent to those in the village who harbored ill will towards her family, especially those at the old estate. She wasn’t even afraid of the Wang Family, so all the others were even less of a concern.