Chapter 14 - 14 14 Getting Beaten Up

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14: Chapter 14: Getting Beaten Up 14: Chapter 14: Getting Beaten Up “Thud! Thud! Thud! ...” Sure enough, as soon as they entered Fat Auntie’s courtyard, they could hear the clear sound of something heavy striking, “Quick, quick, quick...” Luo Xiaoqiong urgently cried out with a sobbing voice. Lin Chuxia was actually even more anxious than Luo Xiaoqiong. If Luo Gangshun seriously injured Hongqi, whether she liked it or not, she would have to marry Hongqi, otherwise her parents could forget about living with dignity. Using every last bit of her strength to rush into the house behind Luo Xiaoqiong, Chuxia couldn’t even make out the situation inside before collapsing on the ground, “Un... Uncle Gangshun, stop... stop hitting.” “Get up quickly, Meiying, help Chuxia up!” Seeing her brother’s flesh mangled, Luo Xiaoqiong sobbed as she pulled Chuxia up, “Dad, he’s your own son, how can you beat him so mercilessly? Not to mention, it’s also delaying his work...” Helped to her feet, Chuxia felt much better and her mind cleared, seeing Hongqi’s condition made her gasp in shock. Despite the chilly weather, his entire body was soaked, and the area around his buttocks was bright red, indicating the severity beneath. Luo Gangshun did not answer his daughter’s question but frowned at Hongqi, “Tell me, did you do wrong?” “I did nothing wrong!” Hongqi stubbornly retorted, “Lin Chuxia, tell me, did you agree to come to my house because of me or because my family had food to eat? If you don’t want me to look down on you, then tell the truth in front of my dad and my sister.” “Thud! Thud! Thud...” Without waiting for Chuxia’s response, Luo Gangshun’s plank met Hongqi again. “Dad, stop hitting, wuwuwu...” Luo Xiaoqiong, crying, tugged at Luo Gangshun’s arm, “Chuxia, are you dead? I didn’t bring you here just to spectate!” “Uncle Gangshun and Fat Auntie have been good to me, I know that, but if you seriously hurt Hongqi for my sake, I will feel indebted to him for my whole life, and so will my parents. If he ends up hating me and treats me poorly because of this, how will I endure this lifetime?” “He wouldn’t dare!” Luo Gangshun said, but he immediately stopped beating, huffing coldly at Hongqi, “For Chuxia’s sake, I’ll let you off today. I’m your father, and you should know my temper. I will let everyone in the village know, Chuxia is the daughter-in-law my wife and I like, and in our house, the daughter-in-law is the most respected!” With that, he exited the house without turning back. “Everyone get out!” It has to be said, Hongqi was indeed robust, for even after being beaten like that by Luo Gangshun, his spirit was still unbroken. At that moment, whatever was said would probably fall on deaf ears for Hongqi, so Chuxia quietly slipped out towards the courtyard, “Chuxia, can you not be so indifferent?” Luo Xiaoqiong hurried after her, visibly furious, “My parents have been good to you, and I have been good to you, but that doesn’t mean we owe anything to you. Can’t you give us a bit of a response? It was wrong of me to go and change my name by myself, and it was wrong of my dad to take the blame for Uncle Baohe, but, mistakes were made, do we have to live with this debt forever? Do you know why I always played with you when we were little? Because both my mom and dad always reminded me, if not to play with anyone else, I must play with you, if not to share food with anyone else, I must share it with you. Gradually, I began to realize that as long as I treated you well, they would treat me well. Conversely, when my brother clashed with you, they would treat him poorly. Why did my brother despise you so much? It’s because he got beaten up every time because of you. These things, my parents forbid us from mentioning. Although I don’t know the reason, I knew that if I didn’t listen to them, I might end up being disliked by them just like my brother. Therefore, I never told you about these things. I admit, at first I was nice to you just to make our parents treat me better. But as I grew up, I truly began to regard you as my best friend. I wanted to protect you because I truly felt you were weaker than me, and I should protect you. But Lin Chuxia, you can’t take our kindness for granted! My brother was wrong, but you just left without saying a word while he was being beaten. Do you even have a heart? Do you have a conscience?” After Xiaoqiong finished her accusations, Lin Chuxia responded with a calm expression, “Would you mind applying medicine to your brother?” “What?” Still immersed in anger, Xiaoqiong gaped at Chuxia, not comprehending her intention. “Could you, apply medicine to your brother?” Chuxia repeated slowly, enunciating each word. Seeing Xiaoqiong blinking blankly, Chuxia touched her forehead helplessly, “If you can apply medicine to Luo Hongqi, I won’t go to Fat Auntie.” “Oh, oh, oh...” Xiaoqiong nodded repeatedly, smiling awkwardly as she linked arms with Chuxia, “Why didn’t you say sooner you were going to see my mom? You made me so angry just now, really.” Chuxia gave her a blank look and seeing that her face still looked a bit off, she changed the subject, “Uncle Gangshun really has some temperament, being able to contain his anger and arrange his work before coming back to beat him, hehe...” “That’s how my dad is; he won’t let anything interfere with work. I bet my mom knew exactly what dad was coming back to do...” Xiaoqiong said, nudging Chuxia, “Look at how much my parents cherish you. My brother has bullied me many times, and I have never seen my dad beat him so harshly. As for my mom, no need to mention her, always treating my brother like a precious jewel, but today she knew my dad was coming back to beat my brother and didn’t stop him. Sigh, once there’s a daughter-in-law, both daughter and son lose their importance, huh...” Chuxia, uninterested in engaging further, quickened her pace, “Weren’t you worried about your brother? Why the sudden change of heart?” “I was just trying to say something nice to cheer you up because I was worried about you getting angry, who knows how anxious I am inside...” “...” Spring had already passed, and in the village, the villagers were organized to turn over the soil in the fields over these few days to prepare for spring planting. So, the fields were bustling. Watching the villagers swinging their arms and sweating profusely, Chuxia looked on with envy. In fact, she was very eager to try this communal labor. However, her parents were reluctant to let her do fieldwork, and she had been listless the past half-year. So, although girls her age in this era had already begun earning work points, she hadn’t earned any herself yet. Catching Chuxia’s gaze, Xiaoqiong was incredulous, “You used to hate farm work the most. Chuxia, what’s gotten into you? I feel like you’re becoming less and less like the Chuxia I knew.”

Chapter 14 - 14 14 Getting Beaten Up

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