Chapter 303 Tearing off the Mask
Xu Huiran's harsh and piercing voice cut through the dilapidated courtyard, stinging people's eardrums painfully.
Even Xu Jingyi's family looked grim, wondering how venomous one's tongue had to be to say such things at this kind of gathering.
They felt that what they were doing to their own family today was indecent enough; only because Xu Hong owed high-interest debts and had no choice did they proceed with such ruthlessness!
However, now that someone else had stepped forward to play the villain, they were, in fact, quite pleased to see it.
The mother and daughter, who had been sobbing with their heads in their hands, suddenly stopped crying. Ju Hong's face turned pale as she silently wiped away tears of grievance—it was all because they were poor!
If their own family had money and did not owe others, there would be no need to endure such humiliations!
Xu Miaotong clenched her jaw tightly and stopped crying as well. Tears wouldn't solve any problems but would only invite cold mockery and humiliation.
At this moment, she finally understood the saying, "A kind person is taken advantage of, a kind horse is ridden hard." One should not indulge others in their bad habits!
"Xu Huiran, get the hell out of our house; you're not welcome here. What right do you have to insult my mother? Do you think you're such a saint?
"You're nothing but a slut, and you have the nerve to stand here and yell at us. Get lost!" Xu Miaotong mustered all her strength and pointed at Xu Huiran's nose as she cursed loudly.
At this outburst, everyone present was dumbfounded.
Especially Xu Huiran, who stood there stunned, her face a picture of disbelief. She couldn't believe her ears. Did Miaotong, that stinky girl, dare to curse her and reveal her scars?
In her youth, she had a reckless affair and flirted with a coworker, resulting in his wife catching her in public, cutting off her hair—and at that time, she wasn't even married!
This was a family disgrace. But back then, only Second Elder Xu Jingyi and Xu Man knew about it.
But unbeknownst to her, Miaotong knew about it today. It must have been Xu Man who told Ju Hong, who in turn told Miaotong about it.
It seemed this family had been chewing on her name behind her back, illustrating that those pitied often have loathsome traits.
At that moment, she felt a raging anger burning in her chest like an erupting volcano, making her feel like she was about to explode.
Yin Huiying, upon hearing these words, looked at her mother with a surprised and puzzled expression. Miaotong's words were shocking and challenged her values, but she did not remember her mother ever being indiscreet.
Her parents seemed loving most of the time, which didn't fit the picture, yet her mother's reaction suggested Miaotong had hit the mark, leaving her with mixed emotions.
Xu Jingyi's family, watching Xu Huiran, had odd expressions on their faces; they had discussed this matter behind her back as well.
Guo Lan even mocked Xu Huiran for being trendy like a mistress when she first heard the story from Xu Jingyi.
"You little hussy, how dare you curse at me? I'll tear your mouth apart for trying to act so innocent in front of us while not knowing how slutty you are behind our backs!" Xu Huiran screamed, swinging her Nine Yin White Bone Claw at Miaotong, rushing toward her.
When Ju Hong heard her daughter's cursing, she was stunned as well. Old Xu had repeatedly warned her never to bring up this incident in front of Huiran!
This was her inverse scale, and speaking of it would only lead to a fight to the death!
In the moment Ju Hong was dazed, she saw Xu Huiran charging over and grabbing Miaotong, and the two of them started scuffling.
"You disrespectful little beast, I'll see if I don't kill you today!" Xu Huiran's face twisted with rage.
She cursed through clenched teeth as she reached for Miaotong's hair, no longer resembling an elder, but rather a profanity-spewing, brawling shrew on the streets.
Miaotong was no match for her and was quickly pressed to the ground and slapped across the face.
"You ill-mannered thing, I let you get away with too much. Today, I'll teach you a lesson for your broom star of a mother, you shameless thing. You really think I've been indulging you, huh!"
"Slap...Slap...."
Xu Huiran straddled Xu Miaotong, one hand clutching her hair, the other swinging left and right, hitting and cursing—no vulgar words spared!
Xu Miaotong didn't have as much strength and could only struggle with her arms, desperately protecting her head.
"You shameless wretch, you reek of filth and dare to insult others, you old hag relying on your age. You think I'm scared of you? If you're so capable, kill me today!" Xu Miaotong retorted just as irrationally, not yielding an inch verbally.
"Yah yah yah, you're really rebelling against the heavens, still being defiant. You're driving me mad; I'm going to scratch up your face!" Xu Huiran flew into a rage, her eyes reddening, heedlessly reaching out to scratch Xu Miaotong's face.
Ju Hong, who was standing to the side, snapped to her senses. Seeing her daughter being bullied on the ground, she immediately yelled out and rushed over, toppling Xu Huiran to the ground with a crash.
Using all her strength to knock Xu Huiran to the ground, she reached for the other's hair, "I'll let you hit my daughter, today I'm going all out with you!"
Ju Hong, fiercely protective of her calf, lost her rationality upon seeing Xu Miaotong's swollen and bruised face. A daughter was her bottom line. She could tolerate her own humiliation, but her daughter's torment was absolutely unbearable.
Ju Hong was frail and usually no match for Xu Huiran, but fueled by a surge of adrenaline, and catching Xu Huiran unprepared, she actually got the upper hand.
"Son of a bitch, you dare hit me?" Xu Huiran's shrill voice suddenly screamed.
"What are you lot standing around for? Don't you know why you're here today?"
At these words, Xu Jingyi's family immediately rallied, Guo Lan hesitated, but then Yin Huiying shrieked and, no longer caring about seniority, rushed forward seeing her mother attacked.
Instantly, Xu Huiran and her daughter were entangled in a fight with Ju Hong. Ju Hong had initially shown surprising ferocity, but now with the addition of Xu Huiran's backup, she was quickly overpowered, pinned down and beaten by the two.
Xu Miaotong, having just gotten up from the ground, ignored the pain on her face and, seeing her mother bullied, also charged into the fray. Both mother-daughter duos wrestled with each other, plunging the scene into chaos.
"Second Elder's family, you're enjoying the show, huh!" Xu Huiran yelled while tussling with Ju Hong's hair, shouting over to Xu Jingyi's side.
Guo Lan hesitated for a moment, then also rushed over. After all, someone from their family had to take the stage in this chaos, and it had to be her!
"Xiao Lan, you and Huiying hold down Ju Hong. I'll handle that little wench Xu Miaotong!" Xu Huiran immediately started commanding the battlefield.
Xu Miaotong and her mother were no match for Xu Huiran and her cronies; they were quickly subdued.
On one side Xu Huiran was grabbing Xu Miaotong, while on the other, Guo Lan and Yin Huiying held Ju Hong, who now appeared disheveled, with blood at the corner of her mouth, and Xu Miaotong wasn't faring any better. Enjoy more content from My Virtual Library Empire
"You two families are going too far, you will get your comeuppance!" Ju Hong pursed her lips and gritted her teeth.
"Hmph, a family of fools. Let me tell you, Young Master Jie has come today, and if he takes a fancy to your little hoof of a daughter, that'd be your family's good fortune—smoke rising from your ancestral grave!" Xu Huiran scoffed.
Just then, a black Mercedes slowly drove into the alley. The driver was a slick young man with gelled hair and a shiny, well-cut suit.
"Damn, what kind of place is this, a slum? There's actually a beauty in this damn hole? F**k my life!" The young man carefully drove the Mercedes along the crumbling stone path.
Every time the car jolted and scraped the undercarriage, it pained his heart—this was a custom-made car, after all.
If Yin Huiying hadn't assured him again and again, swearing how the beauty was incomparably stunning and ethereal, he wouldn't have set foot in this godforsaken place.
"Damn it, you better not have fooled me, or I'll f**k you up!" the young man complained.