Chapter 48: Hitting So Hard

Hu Laoye saw this situation and coughed loudly, “Kids, don’t go and cause trouble. If it really gets out of hand, I won’t be able to take care of you, stay home and behave yourselves.”

As soon as the grandfather spoke, Lin Xiangxi and the other younger ones all sighed in despair, but they could only obediently put the sticks back in place.

Lin Xiangnan felt that she definitely wasn’t part of the kids’ group, she calmly stayed put.

Hu Laoye glanced at her, then glanced at her again. Seeing that Lin Xiangnan didn’t react, he had to say, “Xiaonan, you stay at home too. After all, Gu Fugen and the others are your elders.”

The two families were engaged, Hu Daxi and Hu Meili could stand up for Lin Xiangnan and beat people up, but Lin Xiangnan couldn’t do it herself, it wouldn’t sound good.

Lin Xiangnan quickly stated, “I won’t hold a grudge against Gu Chouni and her husband. I’ll just beat up Gu Zhenguo.”

“Okay. Go ahead. You need to move your limbs personally, otherwise, you’ll feel suffocated.” After Hu Laoye finished speaking, he instructed Hu Daxi, “Remember to reason with them first.”

“Understood.”

Reasoning with them meant explaining the reason to the neighbors before they started fighting, so that everyone knew who was wrong, to avoid affecting the Hu family’s reputation.

The Gu family was just spreading rumors behind their backs, but if they were left unchecked, who knows what they would do. So this warning was necessary.

They all hid their sticks when they went there, afraid of being seen, but as soon as they arrived at the Gu family’s, everyone took out their sticks and looked menacing.

Hu Meili pushed the woman who had come to talk to her about marriage forward, “Come on, in front of Gu Chouni and everyone, tell them what Gu Chouni said.”

“Gu Chouni said that your daughter has a problem, and she asked me to go and talk to you about marriage…”

“You’re lying. I never said those things. You’re slandering me.” Gu Chouni didn’t dare to admit it.

Gu Zhenhua was just a knife hanging above her head, not yet falling. But this group of people from the Hu family had already almost put the knife to her neck. She dared not admit it.

“You coward, you dare to say it but not admit it.” If Gu Chouni didn’t admit it, she would be the one who suffered, so this woman confronted Gu Chouni personally.

“It was the day before yesterday, you told me under the tree outside the pharmaceutical factory. Many people saw it. Besides me, you’ve also secretly whispered to Sister Liu and Sister Xu these past two days, you definitely said the same things. I don’t believe you can deny it.”

There was no need to confront anyone else, someone in the crowd of onlookers from the same courtyard quietly said, “I heard it too.”

Gu Chouni regretted it so much.

She had told too many people, she really couldn’t deny it.

Since she couldn’t explain it anyway, Gu Chouni simply sat on the ground and played the victim, “I just saw them hugging and kissing, they dare to do it but not let people talk about it!”

If someone else said this, it wouldn’t be believable. But Gu Chouni was Gu Zhenhua’s mother, what she said was very believable.

Seeing that Lin Xiangnan wanted to stand up, Hu Meili directly pressed her down, she rushed forward and slapped Gu Chouni twice.

She slapped her and asked, “When, where, if you can’t tell me the details, I’ll slap you to death.”

Gu Chouni really couldn’t say.

So she was slapped twice more by Hu Meili.

Gu Chouni had been doing manual labor for many years, she was quite strong. After being slapped a few times, she wanted to break free from Hu Meili’s grip. But the aunts who came to help weren’t just there to watch the fun, they immediately went forward to help hold her down, and also twisted her arms and the soft flesh on her stomach.

While beating her, they didn’t forget to curse.

Lin Xiangnan was shocked by the fighting ability of these middle-aged women. They fought until the end, they weren’t seriously injured, but the humiliation was extreme.

She really couldn’t participate in this fight, her face was not thick enough.

Lin Xiangnan moved her gaze away from Gu Chouni and looked at the other Gu family members.

Gu Zhengjun, the sixth son of the Gu family, wasn’t there, he hadn’t come home yet, it was so late. He was a bit like Gu Zhenhua, he wasn’t home most of the time, except when he was sleeping at night.

Gu Zhenguo’s wife was hiding in the corner with her two daughters, pretending to be invisible, not getting involved at all. She grew up in the countryside and was actually quite strong, but Gu Chouni was not good to her, so she didn’t care when Gu Chouni was beaten.

There were only two men left in the house, Gu Zhenguo and Gu Fugen, but they didn’t dare to help Gu Chouni when she was being bullied, they even tried to distance themselves.

“I don’t know. I didn’t say anything. Gu Chouni just made it up.”

“You beat her, don’t beat me.”

Gu Fugen’s cowardly appearance made Lin Xiangnan frown, how could there be such a man.

“Not beat you? I’m beating you. Smash it.” Second Uncle Hu Shuangxi spat, he took the lead and rushed forward, kicking Gu Fugen to the ground with two kicks. He couldn’t stand this cowardly man.

The other cousins went to smash things, but Lin Xiangnan walked towards the sandbag she had already chosen – Gu Zhenguo.

Gu Zhenguo thought he would face some weak punches, he secretly felt relieved. Who knew that after one punch, he almost couldn’t catch his breath.

“I forgot to tell you, I also know a little bit of martial arts. Next time you secretly say bad things about me, I’ll beat you to death.”

Lin Xiangnan punched him twice more, then curiously asked, “Who hurts you more, me or Gu Zhenhua?”

Gu Zhenguo honestly answered, “Gu Zhenhua.”

“Huh?” Lin Xiangnan was unconvinced, she punched him twice more, harder. “Now?”

Gu Zhenguo screamed, “You, you, you! You hit the hardest.”

“That’s right. Will you dare to say bad things about me next time?”

“I won’t.”

Hu Daxi smashed things very quickly, before the mediators arrived, they had already smashed the Gu family’s house to pieces.

As soon as the people from the street office spoke, Hu Daxi stopped.

“Okay, I’ll give you face, let’s just forget about it today. But if Gu Chouni spreads rumors about our child again, we’ll come back.”

It was wrong for the Hu family to come and smash things, but Gu Chouni was wrong first, and the two families were also in-laws. Tonight’s matter, even if it went to the police station, it couldn’t be sorted out.

Besides, the Gu family’s reputation was really bad. Every time the people from the street office mediated neighborhood disputes, whenever the Gu family had a conflict with someone else, it was obvious that the Gu family was wrong. If they weren’t afraid of causing a death, they wouldn’t even want to get involved.

So the people from the street office just verbally reprimanded Hu Daxi a few times and then left, they didn’t care about the Gu family at all.

Lin Xiangnan and the others vented their anger and left proudly, the Gu family members hugged each other and cried.

“Son, where are you hurt? Tell Mom, Mom will rub medicine for you.” Gu Chouni wiped away her tears while checking Gu Zhenguo’s wounds.

After checking, Gu Chouni couldn’t help but scold, “You beast, you hit so hard.”