Chapter 118 (2/2)

“Shameless, so shameless ah!” Fang s.h.i.+ fumed as she stared at Sang Wan, “Luckily, you didn’t fall into her trap! I see that you’ve learnt a lot from the s.h.i.+ household. Now you’re acting more like a lady from an established family! If this were in the past, hehe!”

Sang Wan knew what she was hinting at without her finis.h.i.+ng her sentence. With Sang Wan’s past personality, she would have completely complied with Li s.h.i.+’s words and give the bracelet to her. However, today, she did not!

“Sister-in-law, just listen to what you’re saying! Am I that naive?” Sang Wan smiled and said.

But she sighed to herself. Her past life had taught her a painful lesson. In life, there are some who cannot be treated nicely because they will never feel grateful and will continue to seek benefits for themselves by taking advantage of others.

“Eh, I did not say that!” Fang s.h.i.+ swiftly disagreed and the both of them laughed.

Li s.h.i.+ was secretly upset. She sat her bottom down and mumbled to herself, “The richest in Qingzhou, yet look at her stinginess! She didn’t even seem like she wanted to give that worthless bracelet to her elder, really!”

The officials ate and left Sang Hong’s house, satisfied with the food. The Sang Brothers and Li Zheng went to see them off at the gate.

“Li Zheng and all the seniors here, we would like to arrange a spread in two days time to treat the villagers. I would like all of you to come as well!” Sang Hong bowed to them and announced.

Everyone laughed and accepted the invitation. The top escorted examinee was the pride of their village! Moreover, they might be able to receive some of the blessing he had!

Li Zheng grabbed Sang Hong’s hand and smiled, “If there’s any help you need, please tell us. This piece of good news is something that should be celebrated as a village, everyone will be willing to give you a hand!”

“Yes ah, yes ah!” The village elders smiled and said.

Sang Pingliang still remained unshaken and spoke arrogantly to Sang Hong, “Much preparation is needed for it. You’re young and inexperience; what do you know? Let me be the one to handle this instead!”

“How can we trouble you with our own matters?” Fang s.h.i.+ overhead him as she came out and could not help but interrupt!

“For a woman, do you think you’re in the position to speak? Li Zheng and all my old brothers, did you see how disrespectful and unfilial this woman is towards her elder? How could she be worthy to be our top escorted examinee’s sister-in-law? Ah Hong, you have to do away with your relations.h.i.+p with her!” Sang Pingliang scolded with a face full of anger. His self-esteem was regained after everyone treated him courteously during lunch just then and he immediately scolded with an inflated ego.

“You—” Fang s.h.i.+ was infuriated but Sang Yufei quickly indicated for her to stop.

Sang Yufei whispered quietly to s.h.i.+ Fengju and said, “Brother-in-law, you must be tired. Why don’t you go take a rest in your room for a while?”

Having an outsider witness a family feud was embarra.s.sing.

s.h.i.+ Fengju was aware of the situation and agreed. After bidding farewell to Li Zheng and the rest, he turned to leave.

“Eh ya, nephew-in-law, you can’t just leave!” Sang Pingliang became agitated and held onto s.h.i.+ Fengju’s arm as he complained, “Nephew-in-law, you’re knowledgeable about etiquette; you must speak up for me! Tell me whether a disrespectful woman like Fang s.h.i.+ should be dealt with!”

Everyone else understood s.h.i.+ Fengju’s intention to leave and knew it was only for the best as he could not speak his heart out in front of others. But they were at a loss after seeing Sang Pingliang’s disgusting actions as no one would be so thick-skinned as to pull someone back.

“That wouldn’t be good!” s.h.i.+ Fengju smiled and said. He freed his arm from Sang Pingliang’s grasp before saying, “There are Li Zheng and the elders present. Ask them to make the decision instead of me as I am but an outsider. Please forgive me for not intervening! Aiya, my head’s feeling a little dizzy. I’ll go take a rest, apologies for my absence!”

“Please do!” Everyone bade him farewell as they watched Zhan Huan help him to his room. Sang Pingliang wanted to pull him back, but s.h.i.+ Ming and a few other men stepped forward to stop him.

“Hmph!” Sang Pingliang glared at everyone else, “This must be part of your plan, right? What? Are you afraid that my nephew-in-law will speak up for me?”

Sang Pingliang terribly wished that the word “nephew” could be replaced with “son”. If the s.h.i.+ family’s eldest son was his son-in-law, these people would be grovelling at his feet. There was no way they’d dare to be this rude towards him if s.h.i.+ Fengju were his son-in-law!

“Old Brother Sang, speak with your conscience, that white paper with black words is no laughing matter! If you continue to fool around, don’t blame me for being heartless and disregarding our relations.h.i.+p as neighbors!” Li Zheng said coldly.

“You think I’m scared?” Sang Pingliang couldn’t care less at this moment. He pointed at Fang s.h.i.+ and said coldly, “This rude woman is disrespectful to her elder, and neither is she filial. Instead of speaking up for me, you threaten me. Are you really fit to be the village’s officer?”

“Outrageous!” An elder, with white hair and beard, named Uncle Liu was so furious that he scolded, “Is there anyone who speaks like you? You’ve already cut ties with them, so why should they still be respectful to you? Just look at your own preposterous face, do you think you deserve to be treated with respect? Let me tell you, not just Li Zheng, we elders are also present, so watch your att.i.tude!”

The rest of the elders nodded, “That right. All these years, have you helped Ah Hong and his brother with anything? When Sang Wan got married, did you help prepare her dowry? No, not at all! Not just that, you even bullied them and took advantage of them. Are there even uncles like you? Oh, and you were the one who insisted on cutting ties. Now that they’re tasting success, you try to use your status as an elder to exploit them. Aren’t you being too greedy!”

“Aren’t you guys the same!” Sang Pingliang said angrily, “Did you guys give them any help in the past? Aren’t you guys just doing the same as well!”

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