Chapter 208: A Chaotic Brawl
"Ren Cuiping! You have the nerve to ask me that? I heard what you all said at home. Your daughter actually tried to frame my Jiaojiao."
Mrs. Gu stood with her hands on her hips, relentlessly berating Mrs. Sheng. This Ren Cuiping was even a classmate from her childhood.
Originally, she had felt a little guilty toward her old classmate. After all, she had raised her Jiaojiao to be so outstanding, while Sheng Yueyue was such a mess.
But that was no reason for that mother and daughter to hurt Jiaojiao. Today, she was determined to give Ren Cuiping a good, hard beating.
Seeing Mrs. Sheng come out, she immediately rushed forward and asked viciously, "Where’s the ungrateful wretch? Why isn’t she coming out?"
"Dong Yuehua, you stop right there! If you dare take one more step, I’ll beat you to death."
’Just look at what this woman has turned my daughter into!’ Mrs. Sheng truly wanted to thrash Dong Yuehua.
Hearing Mrs. Sheng’s words, Mrs. Gu trembled with rage. Without a second thought, she lunged forward, grabbed Mrs. Sheng’s sleeve, and tried to slap her face.
"This is my home! Don’t you take things too far!" Mrs. Sheng, not to be outdone, grabbed Mrs. Gu’s hair.
As the two women grappled, Mrs. Gu, who had only just recovered from a long illness, was quickly pushed to the ground by Mrs. Sheng.
Mrs. Sheng was muddled by anger and didn’t hold back. Mrs. Gu struggled to her feet and went right back to brawling with Mrs. Sheng.
"OW! Yue Hua, stop hitting her! Her husband is a high-ranking official, you know! Stop it, or you’ll be in for it."
Ren Xiaofang slowly sauntered over to pull the two women apart, fanning the flames as she did.
"Cui Ping, you need to understand, now is not the time for fighting. If you blow this up, how is Yueyue ever going to get married?"
"My daughter is getting married next month, and I won’t let that girl get away with this. If you keep running your mouth, I’ll beat you up too."
Mrs. Sheng shot Ren Xiaofang a vicious glare and then kicked her for good measure.
"You crazy bitch! Everyone says Sheng Yueyue has gone mad, but I think you’re the real madwoman."
Ren Xiaofang clutched her shin, sucking in a sharp breath from the pain. She pointed a finger at Mrs. Sheng and made a threat.
"Let me tell you, if Yue Hua loses so much as a single hair on her head today, the two brothers of the Dong Family won’t let you off!"
Being threatened by Ren Xiaofang like this only made Mrs. Sheng more furious. She let go of Mrs. Gu and started punching and kicking Ren Xiaofang.
"You venomous woman! You maliciously swapped my daughter! See if I don’t beat you to death today!"
Hearing Mrs. Sheng’s cursing resonated with Mrs. Gu. ’This stepmother is even more detestable than Ren Cuiping.’
So, while her hands were busy with Mrs. Sheng, she took the opportunity to land a few kicks on Ren Xiaofang as well.
Ren Xiaofang was no match for the two of them. All she could do was take the beating, and she yelped in pain.
The onlookers, who just wanted to watch the world burn, started taking sides while pretending to break up the fight. Mrs. Sheng’s friends tried to hold back Mrs. Gu and Ren Xiaofang.
This made it easier for Mrs. Sheng to land her hits. Some of the more malicious people even used the chaos to sneak in a couple of blows on the other side.
Mrs. Gu no longer had any friends in the compound, so two women quickly grabbed the hands she was using to hit Mrs. Sheng.
But Ren Xiaofang had many friends. They rushed up to pull away the people holding Mrs. Gu. The three women were once again tangled up in a brawl amidst the crowd.
Just then, Sheng Yueyue heard the commotion outside and rushed out. The first thing she saw was her mother hitting someone.
She was already full of pent-up anger with nowhere to vent it, so she furiously joined the battle.
She specifically targeted Ren Xiaofang. The days of torment she had suffered at the hands of this old witch’s daughter in her previous life were still fresh in her memory.
She wasn’t about to let such a good opportunity pass. Sheng Yueyue was young, after all, and a tiny bit more agile.
"AH! AH!" Ren Xiaofang was kicked several times by both Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Sheng, and then she was punched and kicked by a ferocious Sheng Yueyue.
She screamed in pain, but Sheng Yueyue refused to let her off easy and kept chasing after her to land more hits.
Mrs. Sheng heard her daughter’s voice and turned to see Sheng Yueyue grabbing both of Ren Xiaofang’s arms.
Ren Xiaofang was ultimately no match for Sheng Yueyue. Pinned by her, she could only struggle desperately, but she couldn’t break free.
Seeing that her daughter wasn’t at a disadvantage, Mrs. Sheng felt immensely relieved. She then focused her attention on dealing with Mrs. Gu. The four women split into two pairs to fight.
The people pretending to break up the fight would help out whoever seemed to be losing strength, which only encouraged them to fight even more fiercely.
Sheng Yueyue knelt on Ren Xiaofang’s body and started smacking her in the face, shouting all the while.
"Old witch! That’s for bullying my mom! You dare bully my mom! I’ll kill you today—"
"All of you, stop it!" Mr. Sheng roared. He was riding his bicycle home from work when he heard the shouting from a distance.
He quickly ran over and saw his wife and daughter brawling with other people.
With one hand, he pulled Sheng Yueyue away. Then he stepped forward, grabbed Mrs. Sheng’s clothes, and pulled her to the side.
"What is going on here? Look at you! What kind of behavior is this?"
Mr. Sheng’s face was ashen. He looked incredibly stern. His daughter had beaten Mr. Dong’s young wife to a pulp.
’This morning, I was still too easy on her!’
Then he looked at his own wife, who had also been beaten badly, and he couldn’t hide his embarrassment.
’This wife of mine is really regressing with age,’ he thought. ’Starting a fight right at our own doorstep. Has she no shame?’
Meanwhile, Gu Jiaojiao parked the car, helped Su Shuochi out, and then pushed his wheelchair toward the crowd.
They saw Mr. Sheng holding his wife with one hand and his daughter with the other, while Mrs. Gu and Ren Xiaofang both looked disheveled and utterly wretched with their hair in disarray.
The previous uproar instantly stopped as if someone had pressed a pause button. The entire scene fell silent.
’A fight had broken out in just a few short minutes! And it was this brutal?’ This was something Gu Jiao had not expected.
Looking at the four wretched-looking women before him, Mr. Sheng was overcome with fury.
He turned wearily to his daughter and said, "Yueyue, is this any way to act? Look what you’ve done to Grandma Dong!"
"SOB... The old witch hit Mom first! Dad, you can’t side with this old witch."
Sheng Yueyue cried aggrievedly, pointing out Ren Xiaofang’s wrongdoing, hoping her dad would help her beat up the old witch.
Being pinned down and beaten by Sheng Yueyue was already bad enough for Ren Xiaofang, but hearing Sheng Yueyue’s words made her feel even more wronged.
Especially in front of the man she once admired, she spoke haltingly, her voice full of grievance.
"Yueyue, how did you become like this? You were clearly the one who attacked me without any reason, and now you’re falsely accusing me..."
Sheng Yueyue froze. ’Is this old witch actually trying to act coy with my dad?’
Furious, she immediately accused Ren Xiaofang, "Old witch! You were the one who hit my mom first..."
Hearing the two of them about to start arguing again, and especially his daughter calling her "old witch" over and over, made Mr. Sheng even angrier.
"Yueyue, where are your manners? Hurry up and apologize to them."
Sheng Yueyue didn’t want to apologize at all, but she knew that if she didn’t, her dad would definitely hit her.
"I’m sorry."
After his daughter apologized, Mr. Sheng looked at his wife and asked, "What happened to your face?"