Chapter 173: Chapter 173: What Do You Expect Me to Do?

My goodness!

One against three!

This was what everyone was thinking.

When did Su Qing get so tough? Three adults, and Su Qing was just beating them down. That kick was so powerful, it sent Su Shengguo and his wife sprawling to the ground together!

At this point, Su Shengguo’s family of three were out of the question—even Su Mei didn’t dare step forward. Su Qing was simply too vicious. It was the New Year, after all. They decided not to go looking for a beating.

In the end, it was Su Lifeng who showed some decency, stepping forward to help Zheng Erlian and Su Shengguo to their feet.

Seeing that the rest of the Old Su Family had arrived, Su Qing kicked Su Lidong away. As it happened, Su Lidong fell right onto Su Shengguo. Su Shengguo had just gotten to his feet and hadn’t even fully recovered when he and his son were sent tumbling into a heap again.

The members of the Old Su Family were speechless.

"Su Qing, you damn girl, you..." Zheng Erlian, still dizzy, was helped up by Su Lifeng just in time to see her eldest son and Su Shengguo fall to the ground again. Furious, she pointed at Su Qing, about to curse her out.

Su Qing sneered and said, "It’s the New Year. If you don’t want a peaceful holiday, I’ll play along. Let’s see who breaks first."

Zheng Erlian’s voice trembled with anger. "My Lidong was just kindly reminding you to show some filial piety to your grandparents. Was that wrong? Don’t forget, even if you’ve formally separated from the Old Su Family, you’re still their granddaughter! It’s the New Year! It’s one thing not to come back to the main house for dinner, but you can’t just give them nothing to show your respect, can you?"

"Hah!" Su Qing said coldly. "Just now, Su Lidong told me your family has nothing to eat for the New Year, that you’re reduced to eating husks and wild greens. But I just gave Grandma and Grandpa their support money for the entire year two days ago—twenty-four yuan! I refuse to believe you can’t put together a decent holiday meal with that much money."

What!

She gave them the whole year’s support money?

Su Shengguo and Zheng Erlian, who had just scrambled to their feet, were both stunned.

While the twenty-four yuan was meant for the old couple’s support, borrowing it to prepare for the New Year would have been more than enough for their large family to eat quite well during the holidays.

Before anyone from the Old Su Family could speak, Su Qing continued, "So, don’t you people come crying poor to me, and don’t come looking for trouble during the New Year. I’ll make myself clear right now: anyone who shows up at my door looking for a beating, I will absolutely oblige. Su Lidong here is just a demonstration for you all. Take a good look. This is the new standard. If any of you are itching for a fight, feel free to come try me."

The members of the Old Su Family looked at Su Lidong’s bruised and swollen face and shivered involuntarily. ’Who would dare show up at her door now?’ Last time she just brandished a knife to scare them; this time she beat someone up for real!

’Ouch, look at all those bruises. Tsk, tsk. Only a fool would go looking for a beating like that.’

But Zheng Erlian wasn’t convinced. "Lidong is your older cousin! You beat him up like this, don’t you think you should be held responsible?"

"I haven’t even brought up the fact that he came here looking for trouble. I was just minding my own business at home. Who did I provoke?" Su Qing was unmoved. She then looked at Su Shengguo. "Uncle, if you continue to let your wife and son come here and bother me, then I won’t be so polite with you anymore."

Su Qing’s words sent a jolt through Su Shengguo, and he immediately understood her meaning. At this point, he couldn’t be bothered with anything else. He quickly grabbed his family members and started pulling them toward the Old Su Family’s home. "That’s enough. Let’s go back."

Zheng Erlian was reluctant. "But look at Lidong’s bruised and swollen face."

"I said, we’re going back." Su Shengguo shot Zheng Erlian a glare and forcibly dragged the mother and son away. Su Lidong, still dazed from Su Qing’s beating, followed Su Shengguo back to the Old Su Family’s home in a confused stupor.

As for the other members of the Old Su Family, they had already slipped away quietly when Su Qing started making her threats.

’If we don’t sneak away now, are we supposed to stay here and get beaten? Who knows if that damn girl will go crazy and pound on each of us one by one?’

Su Qing raised an eyebrow at the retreating figures of the Su family members, let out a disdainful snort, and turned to close her door.

When the group returned to the main house, Old Su and his wife gasped when they saw the state Su Lidong was in. They gained a whole new level of understanding of just how ruthless Su Qing had become.

Zheng Erlian was seething with pent-up anger. Not daring to vent it on Old Su and his wife, she found an excuse to start an argument with Tian Aixiang. In the end, the two sisters-in-law came to blows, flipping over the entire table of New Year’s Eve dinner and sending Old Su and his wife into a dead faint from the shock and anger.

Seeing Old Su and his wife pass out, the two sisters-in-law finally stopped. But after all the chaos, the Su Family’s New Year’s Eve at the main house was an absolute disaster. In the end, no one even got to eat dinner. It was a complete mess, but no one dared to go and provoke Su Qing again.

Su Qing could hear everything happening over at the Old Su Family’s place crystal clear, even the shouts of alarm when Old Su and his wife fainted. But she didn’t care in the slightest, continuing to happily eat her own New Year’s Eve dinner.

’What can I say? Knowing you’re all having a miserable time just makes me happy!’

Su Qing was enjoying her New Year’s celebration, all while planning to buy a house in Beijing. Little did she know that in Beijing, someone was growing restless because of her.

Ever since hearing the name Su Qing from Li Huan, Li Yuan had felt a sense of unease. Afterward, she had casually tried to fish for more information from Li Huan and became even more anxious when she learned that Su Qing’s family was from the Northeast.

The next day, the first day of the Lunar New Year, Li Yuan ignored the fact that it was still a holiday, found an excuse to secretly return to her office, and made a phone call.

Thanks to her connections with the Li family, Li Yuan now held the position of department director at the department store and had her own private office. Therefore, she made any calls that were inconvenient to make at home from her office.

The call connected quickly. A middle-aged woman answered on the other end, "Who is this?"

"It’s me," Li Yuan said softly.

The other person recognized Li Yuan’s voice at once and said happily, "Oh, it’s Little Yuan! Happy New Year! Happy New Year!"

Li Yuan’s lips twitched. "Sister-in-law, where’s my older brother?"

"Ah, he’s here, he’s here." The middle-aged woman on the other end didn’t seem to mind Li Yuan’s tone at all. Hearing her question, she quickly and fawningly said, "Little Yuan, wait just a moment. I’ll go get your older brother right now. I’ll be right back."

Then, the middle-aged woman put down the phone and hurried off to get him.

A moment later, a middle-aged man’s voice came through the phone. "Little Yuan, you were looking for me?"

"Brother." Hearing the man’s voice, Li Yuan’s tone became very serious. "Didn’t you tell me that girl Su Qing was being worn down to nothing by the Old Su Family? How is that damn girl up and about now? Did you know she’s even become friends with Li Huan? Li Huan is one thing, but if anyone else from the Li family sees what Su Qing looks like now, what am I supposed to do?"

Li Yuan’s voice was hushed, but her low tone was filled with a seething rage.