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Chapter 480: That’s How Rumors are Spread

Chapter 480: Chapter 480: That’s How Rumors are Spread

Suizi felt there was something off in her mother-in-law’s words.

After much contemplation, she realized the problem lay in the term "Fourth Master".

"My father is called the fourth in the family, which isn’t odd, and Jiaojiao was born the year my father passed away, so it’s not weird for them to know it; but what’s odd is that people in our village call my father Fourth Brother, Fourth Uncle, or Uncle Fourth, but they never call him Fourth Master. As for the neighbors, nobody knows what my father did outside the village."

Everyone thought he went away and did manual labor for years, not knowing he was a powerful figure in the outside world.

"Now, the only people who know my father’s real identity are our family, Yang Jinhuan and Shen Liangyin. If I really said those things, I would only talk about how my father-in-law is, never about how Fourth Master is."

The last sentence marked Suizi’s self-exoneration.

She knew her in-laws trusted her, but it was important to clarify things. Doubt can be the hardest thing to root out once it takes hold, and once there, you can never quite go back to the way things were.

Yu Jingting’s eyes darkened when he caught her insecurities, he reached out to hold her hand.

Wang Cuihua looked at Suizi sympathetically and complained,

"Look at you, even if you didn’t say anything, we still wouldn’t think you said those things."

Her heart ached a bit for Suizi.

Previously, Chen Lijun had left Suizi alone in the village after weighing the pros and cons. Although the truth had been revealed now, Suizi still felt haunted by the shadow of the past. Having been abandoned before, she was particularly cautious and cherished her current family.

"Yang Jinhuan is really despicable, spreading this kind of rumor. If we had believed her nonsense, wouldn’t our family have fallen apart?"

Wang Cuihua’s words made Yu Shuisheng’s face grow even darker.

"Fall apart, my ass! It’s not her place to meddle in our family affairs. I’ll break her arm off and throw her back across the border."

"Not yet."

Suizi stopped her father-in-law’s rage.

"Jingting and I are planning to counter-attack against Shen Liangyin, we can’t let them know we are aware, let them think that they have fooled us and create a false image of their plans succeeding."

"It’s so frustrating to keep all this anger bottled up." Wang Cuihua was eager for a fight right now.

"A little patience now can lead us to a bigger victory later. We just need to bide our time, and then we can take them all down at once."

"How long should we hold back?" asked Wang Cuihua.

"Not too long, just until the day the women’s team reaches the finals..."

Suizi calculated, hmm, that truly was a promising day.

The women’s team could win the championship, Yue’e could get her certificate, and she and Jingting could catch the thief that day.

The plan was set, but the play still had to go on.

After stirring up trouble, Wu Gang’s mother placed her ear against the wall, but heard no movement.

Thinking about why the old Yu family was so calm, finally, she could hear some arguments.

Wang Cuihua’s cursing was the loudest. Yu Shuisheng, unable to muster any emotional investment, struggled to participate. Under his wife’s compulsion, he tried to recall the recent TV series, picturing himself as a good person who was deceived by the villain, managing to muster up a few shouts.

But it was only a few, no more.

Suizi’s tears came easily. This was method acting, thinking in her heart about her father’s tragic death, where he was knocked into a river by a mother pig, sobbing, empathetic tears flowed down her cheeks.

Jingting, not to be left out, created noise effect by slamming beer bottles.

Jiaojiao and two kids were pre-informed that the family was rehearsing a play to be performed at the factory celebration, so they weren’t scared and sat on the bed cheering the elders on.

For a moment, the entire Yu family was abuzz with activity. Suizi thought to herself between sobs that the scene would be more lively if they added some loud music and colorful lights, making it look like a rave party.

This commotion gave the neighbors much joy, Wu Gang immediately put on his coat and rode his bike out.

Suizi’s shrieks were coupled with her vigilant eyes observing the surroundings. Seeing Wu Gang leaving, she signaled Jingting, who was smashing beer bottles.

"He’s out, go quickly, follow him. Take a shortcut from the backdoor; he must be going to the Shen’s."

Wang Cuihua, having vented sufficiently, wiped her sweat.

"Is that enough?"

Cursing without a physical target present was slightly challenging, mainly because Suizi requested authenticity, not wanting it to sound like reciting a text.

Wang Cuihua had to curse a name while silently reciting the names of the exceptional relatives of the Yu family.

The list consisted of Old Lady Yu, First Uncle Yu, Second Uncle Yu, First Aunt Yu, and even her blood brother. Wang Cuihua was at a loss for who else to curse.

Cursing any further meant repeating the same names again, which was exhausting.

Suizi glanced at the clock. They had been causing a ruckus for almost half an hour, enough for now.

With Suizi’s signal of wrapping up, the whole family took a breather.

They replenished their hydration and tidied the place. For a generally peaceful family, maintaining an argument was indeed exhausting.

The next day, as soon as Suizi arrived at school, she was stopped by Wang Mengmeng before she could even step into the office.

"Director, why are you at work today?"

"It’s not a day off, so why wouldn’t I be working?"

Wang Mengmeng covered her mouth, unable to suppress her glee.

Suizi felt it strange. Had she hit her head on a door, or taken some expired medicine? Was she losing her mind?

"Are you...okay?"

"I’m not married, what could possibly happen to me? But you on the other hand..." Wang Mengmeng suddenly held Suizi’s hand, patting it twice.

It was like she was a leader consoling someone.

"Director, your family issues have spread throughout the place. You were beaten by your mother-in-law, it was terrible. I thought you’d take a few days off — hey, should I call the women’s union for you?"

Wang Mengmeng was practically glowing with glee.

Her bright mood was palpable, even her lipstick was a happy bright red.

She felt like the past grievances with Suizi were repaid at this moment.

After hearing her, Suizi’s eyes darkened, glancing at Wang Mengmeng with a playful gaze.

"Oh? When did you learn about my family issues?"

"This morning, oh come on, don’t take it wrong. Your family issues have been spread across the area. Heard it from your neighbors when I was buying Fried Dough Sticks this morning."

Hmm, that would rule out the suspicion of her being an accomplice of Wa’s family.

Suizi withdrew her threatening aura.

She had been ignoring Wang Mengmeng’s antics for a long time, primarily because Wang Mengmeng never touched Suizi’s core interests.

Unaware of her near miss, Wang Mengmeng continued prying unawares, looking Suizi up and down trying to find traces of injuries.

"What do people say about our family?" Suizi asked with interest.

"They say you were bad mouthing your mother-in-law, and when she found out, she stripped you, tied you to a tree and whipped you——"

"Wait, there’s something wrong with the logic. If I’m tied to a tree, how could I be hung?"

So, that’s how rumors are spread?

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