Chapter 117: The Real Show
That man was unfamiliar; they didn’t recognize him. But that woman was all too familiar, though she wasn’t Su Yaoguang’s mother Zhang Zhaodi, but Su Yaoguang’s aunt Su Guilan.
Su Guilan was barely covered by her clothes, clutching the quilt and screaming at the top of her lungs: “Ah… get out, get out!”
“Bitch, what did you do?” Su Guilan’s husband rushed in from outside. Seeing the scene before him, he grabbed the stick on the ground and swung it over. “I’m going to beat you to death, you shameless woman. You actually dared to commit adultery. If someone hadn’t told me you were committing adultery here, I wouldn’t have believed it. I’ve been waiting outside for so long, and I finally caught you, this unchaste bitch, giving me a green hat.”
Grandpa Su, Grandma Su, Second Uncle Su, and Second Aunt Su were completely dumbfounded on the spot.
How could it be Su Guilan?
This was completely different from their plan.
“Where is Zhang Zhaodi? The informant clearly said they saw her come in with a man. It’s impossible for her to have vanished; she must be hiding here.” Second Aunt Su shouted loudly.
At this moment, Su Guilan’s husband and that adulterous woman were beating the man and woman on the bed like crazy. Su Guilan and Jiang Fang were disheveled, their bodies emitting a certain scent. This was no act; something had definitely happened.
Grandpa Su and Grandma Su, who were usually somewhat kind to Su Guilan, did not protect her at this time. Their minds were filled with panic and anger over the plan’s failure, wanting to bring this matter back under control.
Zhou Wangshu covered Su Yaoguang’s eyes and said, “This matter here has nothing to do with you now. Go outside and wait first.”
“Yes, yes, Yaoguang, get out quickly. This is too disgusting.” Zhang Pandi said, “Your maternal aunt and I can handle things here.”
“Since we’re here, let’s watch them finish their play!” Su Yaoguang said, “Second Uncle and Second Aunt rushed in to catch someone, didn’t they? Maybe my mother is inside. I’ll wait here.”
“What’s going on here?” Zhang Zhaodi’s voice came from the doorway. “Why are there so many people?”
Su Yaoguang and the others turned back and looked at the bewildered Zhang Zhaodi: “Mother, why are you here?”
Zhang Zhaodi scratched her cheek and said puzzledly, “I saw everyone had drunk a lot, so I went to the pharmacy to buy hangover pills. But I was really dizzy, so I sat there for a while before coming back.”
Second Aunt Su and Second Uncle Su pushed Jiang Shi and Tong Chunlai out.
Jiang Shi and Tong Chunlai were drunk, looking like they hadn’t sobered up.
“What happened?” Jiang Shi looked at the chaos before her, her mind finally clearing.
When she saw Zhang Zhaodi standing at the doorway, her eyes flickered. She turned back and saw the naked Su Guilan and Jiang Fang, her face changing drastically.
“It’s her, it’s Zhang Zhaodi.” Su Guilan pointed in Zhang Zhaodi’s direction and shouted, “I heard she was seducing a man here, so I came to catch her in the act. But when I arrived, there was only a drunkard in the room. He pinned me down and wouldn’t let go; he forced me. I don’t know anything.”
“Nonsense.” Zhang Zhaodi cursed, “This old lady doesn’t even know this person.”
“Then why are you here?” Su Guilan still didn’t forget to throw dirty water on Zhang Zhaodi at this point.
She kicked Jiang Fang.
Jiang Fang reacted and said, “Right, my fling is her. I got the wrong person.”
“Good, Zhang Zhaodi, I knew you weren’t proper.” Grandma Su immediately had something to say.
Su Yaoguang dug in her ear: “Now let’s sort this out. You splashed dirty water on my mother; do you have any evidence? Catch the thief with stolen goods, catch the adulterers in the act. The adulterers caught now are yours. My mother is innocent, yet you splashed dirty water on her. If there’s no explanation, I’ll sue you for slander. Plus, I found those thieves who robbed my mother’s things, and they have testimony. Want to hear it?”
Jiang Shi and Tong Chunlai exchanged a glance.
They weren’t stupid; they already understood that Su Yaoguang had long known this was their setup. Now she was just turning the tables, scheming them into it.
Su Yaoguang approached Jiang Shi and Tong Chunlai, lowering her voice: “Those thieves confessed something very interesting. Do you want to hear it?”
“It’s her, it’s her who seduced my brother.” Jiang Shi pointed at Su Guilan and shouted, “My brother couldn’t resist her temptation, so he used our family to do this outrageous thing.”
“Right, that’s how it is.” Tong Chunlai echoed.
Su Guilan wanted to get out of bed to argue, but she had no clothes on, so she was too furious to fight back effectively.
“Since this has nothing to do with us anymore, we won’t disturb your fun.” Su Yaoguang said as she walked toward Zhang Zhaodi, “Mother, let’s go!”
Zhang Zhaodi looked coldly at Jiang Shi: “From today on, you and I are done. Don’t come looking for me anymore.”
Jiang Shi said nothing awkwardly and didn’t dare look at her.
After leaving that messy courtyard, Zhang Pandi asked, “I’m totally confused. What exactly happened?”
Zhang Yingdi pressed her head: “Don’t say you; I don’t understand either. My head is buzzing now, full of that woman and Su Guilan’s husband’s cursing and fighting voices.”
“Jiang Shi and Tong Chunlai deliberately approached my mother. They were instructed by Su Guilan to use a hero-saving-beauty act to get close to my mother, build a relationship with her, then gradually make her lower her vigilance, arrange an adultery scene to grasp her, and turn her into their money tree. If my mother had fallen for it, been drugged and dazed by them, the ones caught in the act would have been her. In their original plan, they didn’t intend to alert us. Only then would my mother, to cover up this scandal, let them extort her. But I deliberately leaked this news to Jiang Fang’s woman and had someone lead Su Guilan’s husband here… I put this matter out in the open, breaking all their schemes.”
“What about Su Guilan? How did she get dragged into this trap?” Zhang Pandi asked.
“My mother told them she had no time lately and wouldn’t go out for a long time. They panicked upon hearing that and decided to act that very night—after all, miss this village and wait ages for the next shop. When Tong Chunlai went out, that was to notify Su Guilan; just follow him to know Su Guilan’s location. By the time Tong Chunlai returned, Su Guilan was already under our control. We knocked her out and carried her into that room. On the other side, they originally planned to drug my mother, but she took the antidote in advance and secretly drugged them when they weren’t paying attention. So, this play turned into our home field, didn’t it?”
“Just letting those people off like this is too cheap for them, isn’t it?” Zhang Yingdi was unwilling.
“Jiang Shi, Tong Chunlai, and that Jiang Fang all have dirty hands. I’ve already reported them to the government office, and I’ve also handed over those local ruffians they previously teamed up with to put on an act. As for Su Guilan, she should suffer terribly, after all, this scandal can’t be hidden. Those in the Su family, Su Guilan alone is enough for them to deal with. We’ll just sit back and watch the show.” Su Yaoguang hugged Zhang Zhaodi’s arm. “Mom, what I’m most worried about is you. You finally made a friend, but she turned out to be such a two-faced person. Are you okay?”
