If you let her take the upper hand, you’ll basically only be at her rcy.
"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 Xiaong closed her eyes briefly, tightened her lips, and didn’t speak. She knew Rong Qiao had co to her with a purpose.
She was waiting for her to speak.
"Su Xiaong, 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 as a good person, right?"
Treat her as a good person? How could Su Xiaong 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 so 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 beco 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 beco a laughingstock?"
Su Xiaong 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 , what exactly do you want from ?"
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 co in front of her to flaunt power.
Su Xiaong 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 now, and kowtow ten tis. I want to hear every sound!"
Su Xiaong 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 mont, 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 Xiaong 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 tis, 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 ti you see , to rember you’re a filthy slut!"
"Let you step on ? 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 Xiaong again, but Su Xiaong reached out and pushed her hard, "I said you. Not just a pathetic worm, but a disgusting snot worm!"
"Su Xiaong, say it again!"
"Rong Qiao, you’re very proud, aren’t you? Your man spent a night with , and you’re very pleased, aren’t you? Because you have sothing against due to it... What grudge do I have with you? Hmm?"
Su Xiaong 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 ?"
"You seduced my man! I want you to kneel and apologize in front of . Is that too much?!"
Su Xiaong imdiately slapped Rong Qiao’s face. It wasn’t forceful, but stunned Rong Qiao slightly, "The person who should kneel and apologize isn’t ; it’s Ren Yixuan whom you’re protecting!"
Rong Qiao still wanted to raise her hand to hit Su Xiaong, but Su Xiaong 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 rember Brother Shixiu had a severe cleanliness obsession. Knowing his beloved woman slept with soone else outside, I wonder if he’ll be so disgusted that he’ll vomit his entire dinner?!"
Su Xiaong’s eyes turned red, as every word from Rong Qiao pierced her heart, blood seemingly gushing out.
Seeing Su Xiaong’s tears welling up, Rong Qiao knew she struck a nerve and continued, "How about this? Kneel, give ten kowtows, and I won’t pursue this matter further. Brother Shixiu will never know that you slept with soone else behind his back."
There was a hint of coaxing in her voice, and facing Su Xiaong’s unbearable pain, she felt a rush of satisfaction in her heart.
How could Su Xiaong’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, soone 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 so sand and shattered stones, if it ant keeping Yin Shixiu and the children for a few more days, she wouldn’t mind breaking her forehead and shedding so 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 Xiaong, if you’re going to kneel, then do it quickly, lest I change my mind—"
"Do you know how to swim?"
Su Xiaong suddenly asked, without even lifting her head.
Rong Qiao was stunned for a mont, not reacting, "What did you say?"
Su Xiaong raised her eyes, eting hers, and asked again, "Do you know how to swim?"
"Yes, why—ah!"
Before Rong Qiao could finish her sentence, Su Xiaong gave her a sharp push, sending her directly into the Moon River.
"Splash!"
Su Xiaong stood at the riverbank, watching her struggle a few tis, 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 mont that thought flashed, tears gushed out like a fountain...
Rong Qiao swallowed several mouthfuls of river water, shouting as she swam to shore. Su Xiaong didn’t leave; she stood there, looking down at her, "It’s not the Yin Family, it’s the Bai Family, my mother is surnad Bai, my grandfather is nad Bai Fengmao, and my uncle is a criminal police officer. My dad is nad Su Chengji, my grandparents can pick up hoes and chop you to pieces."
Rong Qiao furrowed her brows, listening to Su Xiaong’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 sothing. I am truly scared, indeed, very afraid of things being exposed, afraid of him being disgusted with , afraid of my children looking down on , afraid of my dearest family suffering disgrace because of ... 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 rely a clown. But you’re more laughable than that king because even the crown is not yours."
"You hate because your man used the filthiest ans to get , which, of course, proves his love for . You hate because your brother asked Shixiu for a marriage alliance for you and got rejected, and in the end, he married . You hate out of jealousy, and do you know why jealousy arises?"
In just a few minutes, Su Xiaong seed to have transford into another person, while Rong Qiao, like a drenched hen, still had more than half of her body subrged.
"Because I’m better than you."
"You country bumpkin from the countryside, you say you’re better than ?"
"Rong Qiao, just for saying that, you’re directly opposing the entire Sichuan. Mind your words, all the won 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 ss with."
"Heh, I didn’t realize you’re also quite eloquent!"
Rong Qiao sneered and did not take Su Xiaong’s sowhat playful words to heart.
"You hate because I’m better than you, and I hate you because you’re detestable. I don’t believe a word you say."
Su Xiaong crouched down, gazing intently at her, "After that night, I knew I was dood, it was just a matter of ti. I’m afraid of losing him, and afraid of losing my children, if I could trade my life to turn back ti, I would. At least I’d be left clean. But what are you?"
"Make kneel to you? Make 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 Xiaong stood up, her words chilling, "Wouldn’t I have pushed you?"
Rong Qiao instantly got goosebumps all over her back.
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