The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 142 Burst You (18)_1

Chapter 142: Chapter 142 Burst You (18)_1

Even she couldn’t have a say in this situation, so Pei Houli had no choice but to summon the Chen family over.

But the Chens were not easy to summon. Despite promising a future to the main branch in secret from Pei Houli’s two households, the Chen family had always held on to this as leverage. Especially after the Fang family announced they would no longer recognize Lady Fang as their daughter. This was also the reason why Lady Chen was so arrogant in Old Pei’s House.

Pei Houli rushed to Chen Building Village and brought back Grandma Chen, Old Man Chen, and the two sisters-in-law together.

The old Pei house suddenly became bustling with activity.

Grandma Chen and the two sisters-in-law from the Chen family arrived with great flaunting arrogance, intending to take Lady Fang and strangle both her and Sister Peiqin to death.

Old Pei, Lady Zhu, and Pei Houli all disagreed. They all understood how the arrangement was initially agreed upon. If Lady Fang was pushed too hard, humiliated, and died, once Peiqin and the others made a big fuss, Old Scholar Fang wouldn’t really turn a blind eye. If that happened, not only Pei Wenli’s career prospects would be ruined, but also the marriages of Pei Wenlee and Pei Wenbo! Although using the old scholar’s reputation wasn’t ideal, after all, Pei Wenli didn’t even have a title yet.

However, to ask the Chen family to take Lady Chen away and bear such humiliation, Old Pei’s House couldn’t just stand by without showing any reaction.

As dusk approached, Grandma Chen, Old Man Chen, and a few others arrived at the small courtyard together with Pei Houli and Lady Zhu.

Lady Fang and San Ya were cooking in the kitchen, Si Ya locked the door to prevent the Chen family from suddenly making trouble and bursting into their room.

With her legs crossed, Peiqin sat casually in the courtyard. "I can’t be bothered to listen to your nonsense. You just need to loudly answer my one question, then you can take the person with you."

"Such big audacity from the eldest daughter of Old Pei’s House!" Grandma Chen glared at Peiqin with the same sly, triangular eyes as Lady Chen.

"You’ll all see soon enough how capable I am!" Peiqin, who had waited all afternoon, was really impatient now, "Lady Chen stole my undergarments and sent them to Qian Village. You just have to answer the consequences!"

The consequences! There are only two: either Peiqin marries Qian Dog to become someone else’s stepmother, or death is all that’s left.

The two sisters-in-law of the Chen family, who had prepared a bellyful of arguments, never expected Peiqin to be so formidable. She blocked their mouths right from the start by hitting where it hurt most. With such facts laid bare before their eyes, even if they had countless justifications, they became useless to speak.

"Are you all fucking mute?!" Peiqin, tired of sitting, kicked a chopping knife and stood up with it in her hand.

"Da Ya! This time it’s your aunt’s fault, I apologize to you on her behalf!" Pei Houli was the first to step forward and apologize.

"If apologies worked, what the hell would we need the Government Office for? To freeload?!" Peiqin cursed angrily.

The Chen family misunderstood that she was threatening to sue, and their arrogance waned a bit. Interfering in the Imperial order would surely be dismissed by the Government Office. And as for the theft, it was indeed Lady Chen who was caught. If it hadn’t been caught on the spot, they could have denied it, but now they had no room for excuses.

"I asked a question, so answer it!" If this were modern times, it wouldn’t matter if her underwear, or even her chastity, were taken--the most that could happen is the culprit being beaten to a cripple. But what era was this? A feudal society where even a handkerchief could lead to someone’s death, sending men her underwear was obviously intended to kill her!

Seeing her with the chopping knife, about to explode in a violent rage, Lady Zhu gnashed her teeth in anger, "Either marry Qian Dog or go die! Satisfied now?!"

Peiqin laughed, "Then you tell me. Now that she wants me dead, shouldn’t I knock out a few more of her teeth?!"

Everyone turned pale.

Lady Fang came out, her gaze icy and filled with hate as she glared at Lady Zhu and the others, "Qinqin! Let them take the person away. If there’s a next time, I’ll be done with this life and we’ll see them in the Government Office!"