The Tempting Educated Youth Married to a Rough Man-Chapter 139 - 135: Three People Make a Tiger—How Rumors Spread
To be honest, Wen Ran had seen plenty of clowns like this, but one with delusions, this was a first.
Wu Juhua still wanted to say something, but Hongguo tackled her, sitting on her and smacking her left and right five times, which shut her up.
"Oh my, stop hitting! I won’t talk nonsense anymore!"
"Now you realize you shouldn’t talk nonsense? Why didn’t you think of that earlier?" Hongguo gritted her teeth. "You old thing, you’ve lived all these years for nothing.
Even a young girl like me knows to think before speaking to avoid trouble. You’re practically in your grave and still act like your mouth is your rear end, letting loose whenever you want! Truly eye-opening!"
In a rage, Hongguo seemed unstoppable, suppressing Wu Juhua who couldn’t even fight back.
Hongguo’s hands were like propellers just freshly lubricated, slapping away smoothly and forcefully.
Wen Ran: "!"
Mmm!
Raising her wasn’t for nothing!
Good girl.
Finally, it was Wen Ran who picked up Hongguo and held her back.
"Alright, alright, don’t get angry!"
Funny thing was, even though she was the one involved, Wen Ran wasn’t reacting as strongly as Hongguo.
"I won’t!" Hongguo struggled, kicking her feet in the air. "Sis, let me down, I’m going to tear this old hag apart."
"Calm down!"
Despite her anger, Hongguo listened.
She obediently shut her mouth, glaring at Wu Juhua with hatred.
Wu Juhua, beaten and groaning, yelled, "You’ve lost your conscience to treat an old woman like me so harshly, you brute!"
Wen Ran kindly said, "Alright, old thing, stop cursing, otherwise I’ll put Hongguo down!"
Hongguo looked excited, nodding repeatedly.
Yes, put me down, I’ll bite her!
Wu Juhua: "..."
She shut her mouth, but her face was full of defiance.
Wen Ran cleared her throat, "I don’t know you, haven’t done anything to you, yet you latch onto me, insisting I become your daughter-in-law.
But clearly, I’m not blind.
I’m not interested in you or your son. Today is the first time, and I’m in a good mood, so I won’t fuss with you.
You got this beating due to your own actions, so let’s call it even. In the future, if you dare to come causing trouble again, don’t blame me for being ruthless."
Wu Juhua scrambled away, still spitting threats before leaving, "Just you wait, you conceited little harlot. You’re so arrogant now, but you’ll get what’s coming to you sooner or later."
Wen Ran: "."
Hey!
Isn’t this old thing interesting.
Wen Ran didn’t respond, just quietly put down Hongguo.
As soon as Hongguo touched the ground, she shot off like an arrow, chasing far ahead.
Wu Juhua: "!"
Oh no!
She took off running.
But unfortunately, her old legs couldn’t outrun youthful ones.
Wu Juhua was soon caught by Hongguo and received a few more hits before she sprinted away.
In her panic, she tripped and fell flat on her face.
"Hahahahaha~"
The sound of unrestrained laughter echoed, making Wu Juhua tremble all over with anger.
Just wait, you little wretch, you’ll regret this and make Wen Ran suffer in the future!
Hongguo returned, cheeks puffed with anger.
"Oh my, still mad?"
Hongguo nodded seriously, "Mad, why is she acting like a madwoman?"
"Because they’re envious of my current good life! They want to benefit from me, and I won’t have it, so they become ashamed and angry."
Hongguo thought it made sense.
"Sis, I’ll protect you."
"Mmm," Wen Ran ruffled Hongguo’s hair, "I believe you, you just protected your sister earlier."
Hongguo was frustrated, "But I wasn’t fast enough, otherwise I wouldn’t have let that old thing get away."
From then on, Hongguo was obsessed with her inability to run fast, until the afternoon when she saw Hetao basking under the eaves.
Hongguo: "!"
A bold idea suddenly struck her.
~
As Hongguo was busy tossing around, Wen Ran chatted again with Bao Wenxuan under the eaves.
No choice, it was the slow winter season, without chatting, it was truly boring.
"Sigh!" Bao Wenxuan rested her chin in her hand, "I actually admire you."
"Why? What do you admire about me?"
"I admire that you have a companion," Bao Wenxuan sighed. "Living alone before, I didn’t feel it, but now, coming back from home, it’s such a big difference."
Wen Ran smiled, "Do you also want a little brother or sister?"
"I’d like to, but I know I don’t have your ability."
Bao Wenxuan toils in the countryside, barely making ends meet, needing some aid from her parents and brothers to get by.
Wen Ran is different, she goes up the mountain once, casually brings back more than she can eat.
While this side was peacefully tranquil, over there, Wu Juhua had already stumbled back to the team, complaining to everyone she saw.
Most people didn’t believe her words, but there were always a few who were jealous of Wen Ran.
"I knew it, that educated youth named Wen wasn’t any good."
"Exactly, I thought so too, the way she swings her hips every day, all flirty-like, seducing men all over."
"Who wouldn’t think so, hmph, everyone says she’s capable, goes hunting on the mountain.
But, haven’t we lived here for generations? The mountain might have pheasants and rabbits, but is it something just anyone can catch?"
Finally finding a group to gossip about Wen Ran, these women talked nonstop, very slick with their tongues.
"I hadn’t realized until you mentioned it, it really is like that!" came agreeing voices, "Before, when we went up the mountain to gather mushrooms, those pheasants and rabbits were just looking for food at your feet, and we couldn’t catch any."
"If you ask me, it’s clearly a man who’s catching them and giving them to her."
"..."
Rumors quickly spread across the Silly Deer Team, regardless of whether people believed it, it became a topic of conversation over meals.
As time passed, the rumors eventually reached Mrs. Xiao’s ears.
It was Li Xiaohua who told her.
"Sister-in-law, I remember you being close with that educated youth named Wen, so, the rumors in the team, don’t take them to heart."
Mrs. Xiao: "?"
She looked confused, "What rumors?"
Everyone knew Mrs. Xiao was close to Wen Ran, so when they gossiped, they tactfully excluded her.
Li Xiaohua was confused too, "Sister-in-law, you didn’t know?"
"Uh, was I supposed to?"
Li Xiaohua immediately regretted it, had she known, she wouldn’t have said anything.
Under Mrs. Xiao’s persistent questioning, Li Xiaohua honestly explained everything.
Of course, what she said was the distorted version spread by Wu Juhua and further twisted by word of mouth, now hardly resembling the truth.
"Zhao Sanbao, Wu Juhua’s son, do you know him?"
"I do, this kid isn’t clean-handed, right?"
"Mmm, now everyone’s saying Wen Ran is involved with Zhao Sanbao, asking for three hundred yuan as a dowry from the Zhao Family, and since they can’t afford it, Wen Ran told Wu Juhua to go out and sell."
