Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 422 - 422 417 Madman

Chapter 422: Chapter 417: Madman Chapter 422: Chapter 417: Madman Auntie Song turned her head and saw her son standing there, dumbfounded, and yelled furiously, “You idiot, go call your dad now!”

Little Brother Song came to his senses, skirted around Xie Jingying, and dashed out.

Auntie Song got up from the ground, put her hands on her hips, pointed at Xie Jingying, and scolded furiously, “Are you crazy? What got into you to beat up Xiaoli, what has she ever done to you? The kid just got back from her school break and hasn’t been home for two days, and you beat her up like this, how is she supposed to go to school?”

In the midst of the earlier squabble, Xie Jingying had also been pushed by Auntie Song and stumbled to the ground, but she didn’t care. She calmly got up, dusted off the dirt from her clothes, and with a dark look lifted her head to glare at the mother and daughter, her voice sinister, “Whether she provoked me or not, ask her. At such a young age, yet so vicious and manipulative, making the Jiang Family go to my brother’s house to cause trouble, what malice lies in the heart of that cursed girl? If she doesn’t come clean today, watch as I tear her mouth apart!”

As she spoke, Xie Jingying glared at Song Xiaoli with fierce eyes, scaring her into shivering violently. Xiaoli hadn’t yet gotten up from the ground and shrank back, using her feet to scoot away and hide behind her mother.

Song Lao San stood at the gate, glancing indifferently at the three people in the yard, with no intention whatsoever of stepping forward to join in.

It wasn’t proper for him to meddle in women’s affairs.

But as soon as Auntie Song heard what Xie Jingying said, she pretty much understood what was going on. She cursed Song Xiaoli inwardly for her loose tongue. Hadn’t her father warned her not to get involved in Jiajia’s business? Why wouldn’t she listen? And the whole Jiang Family was no good either.

Now look what happened, she got beaten up by this crazy woman and didn’t even have a leg to stand on.

She understood this in her heart, but her mouth couldn’t admit it aloud.

With a clenched jaw, Auntie Song loudly said, “If the Jiang Family caused trouble at your brother’s house, go find them, what does it have to do with Xiaoli? She’s just a kid, and she repeats whatever others ask her, how does that become instigation? The truth is the truth, are people not allowed to speak it now?”

As she was talking, she seemed to think of something, and sneered, “You don’t want people to talk about Jiajia dating Jiang Yan because she’s not your biological child, right? She was taken back by her real parents, doesn’t recognize you two anymore, is that right?

Moreover, it’s true, you both never really took good care of her since she was small, and you almost sold her once. It’s fortunate that her biological parents didn’t trouble you, and yet you dare to expect more? So now, you forbid anyone from even mentioning Jiajia’s name because you feel guilty, you don’t dare, right?”

In the countryside, most of the household doors are almost always open. Sometimes people even sit at their doorways eating from bowls, and that’s why when there is any commotion in any household’s yard, the neighbors on either side can hear it.

At this moment, quite a few neighbors had gathered around the entrance to Auntie Song’s yard, initially seeing Song Xiaoli’s face swollen and red from being hit. In a short while, it started to swell. They all gossiped, saying how Xie Jingying’s hand was really heavy. She’s a girl, and you’ve beaten her face like this, how is she going to go out now?

When they heard the reason, they felt that Song Xiaoli was quite scheming. Before they could think any further, they suddenly heard a rumor that had always been a curiosity to everyone—was Song’s family’s second daughter, who was the provincial top scholar two years ago, really not the biological child of Song Lao San and his wife?

Not only that, but what else did they hear?

This second daughter, who was acknowledged by wealthy parents, is dating Jiang Family’s eldest son?

Hisss! What was the girl thinking?

The spectators, each one with widened eyes, looked at Auntie Song, hoping she would say a few more details. They also looked at Xie Jingying, hoping for a more detailed rebuttal from her. Nobody went into the yard to break it up; instead, they wished for the two to continue arguing, to keep it up for a while.

However, they all overlooked the fact that Xie Jingying’s temperament was now very different from before. The words she had just said were only to make Auntie Song understand why she had beaten Song Xiaoli.

It didn’t matter if she mentioned Jiang Yan or Jiajia, or even the fact that Jiajia had changed her surname and wasn’t her biological child—she didn’t care about any of it… After all, she had experienced the greatest despair, so why would she mind these rumors and whispers?

But there was one thing she shouldn’t have done; she shouldn’t have instigated people to cause trouble at Xie Yanhai’s house.

In her heart now, only her brother and his family were her real relatives. If Li Yun wanted to tear someone’s mouth, she would do it for her.

Therefore, as soon as Auntie Song finished speaking, Xie Jingying didn’t say another word and went straight up to hit her.

Xie Jingying was half a head taller than Auntie Song and worked in the fields every day, so she appeared quite slim, yet her strength was far from small. Moreover, she struck fiercely without hesitation, and for a while, Auntie Song couldn’t even fend off the blows.

Song Xiaoli wanted to step forward to help, but she was slapped aside by Xie Jingying and fell to the ground. Her face, already swollen and fiery, now tingled with pain.

“This…”

By the time Uncle Song finally arrived, panting from outside, he took a sharp breath when he saw what was happening in his yard.

Just as he was about to step in to help, he was grabbed by Uncle Song Number Three, who said, “It’s a women’s fight, what are you joining in for?”

Uncle Song was shocked, saying in disbelief, “Third Brother, you’re here, and you’re… you’re just watching?”

“What else? Should I join you and gang up on your wife with your sister-in-law?”

Uncle Song: …

He turned to look at the two women tangled in the fight, no, it wasn’t a tangle, it was Xie Jingying single-handedly pummeling. His wife’s mouth was bleeding from the beating at this point.

He had never expected that this woman, who usually seemed so gentle, could be so vicious in a fight!

She couldn’t go on hitting her; if she did, what would become of her face?

On his way back, he had already heard a brief account of the incident from his son and had scolded Song Xiaoli in his heart—why stir up trouble when there was none? Why on earth did you provoke the Jiang Family, those bloodsuckers?

Everyone knew they were used to exploiting their eldest son, and now that he was absent, they’d surely latch onto their eldest grandson.

Why hadn’t Jiang Yan been in contact with them for the past two years if not because of this?

That damn girl really was…

Uncle Song cursed in his mind, turning his head to see Song Xiaoli’s face so swollen she was unrecognizable, disheveled, sitting stupidly on the ground like a madwoman.

He was momentarily unable to bring himself to scold her again.

“Sister-in-law, let go… please let go for my sake. I will discipline the two of them…”

Having vented her anger, Xie Jingying had no desire to continue the beating, especially since her right hand was numb from slapping.

She released Auntie Song, stood up, and dusted off her clothes, then straightened her messy hair and said coldly to Uncle Song, “If I hear any of you speaking about my family again, I’ll make sure she regrets it! Since you all say I’m crazy now, I might as well take a life for a life. But if anyone causes me trouble, I’ll ensure they have trouble too!”

When she spoke the last sentence, her gaze swept over to the main gate, a clear warning to everyone present.

Xie Jingying no longer cared about village kinship or reputation; she had truly changed into a different person, a lunatic!

Meanwhile, Mu Jiawen and Jiang Yan were sitting in the living room at Teacher Yu’s house. They hadn’t even started their conversation when Jiang Yan received a phone call from Xie Yanhai…