Chapter 109: Enemies on a Narrow Road
Fu Mingxue went out in the afternoon.
First, she made a stop at the daily newspaper office.
She just stood at the entrance for a little while.
Then she went to a newsstand, where she picked out several newspapers and bought some magazines.
’Beijing City is really different,’ she thought. ’Newsstands have already popped up here.’
Just as she was about to head home to pore over her new reading material, a sharp cry suddenly rang out. "Fu Mingxue—"
Hearing the hostile voice, Fu Mingxue turned around.
She saw Zhao Sisi—the very same one she had beaten up last time—charging toward her.
Two other women were with her.
"Fu Mingxue, you have the nerve to show your face here."
Fu Mingxue rolled her eyes. "Do you own this road? If not, why shouldn’t I be here?"
"You—" Zhao Sisi was fuming.
She had spent the last few days hiding at home to recover. With hot compresses and medication, she had finally managed to reduce the swelling on her face.
Now, seeing her, she was reminded of the humiliation she had suffered that day.
"What are you two standing around for? Pin her down and beat her up."
’Heh, so what if I can’t beat this country bumpkin alone?’
’What about the three of us?’
’It was a good thing I made a point of bringing these two idiots along today. Luckily, we actually managed to corner this bitch.’
"This... this isn’t a good idea—" Tian Jia hesitated. She wasn’t completely brainless.
Between Zhao Sisi’s furious expression and the name she had just shouted—wasn’t this woman standing before them Qin Wenhao’s new wife?
Even if she were ten times braver, she wouldn’t dare lay a hand on the Qin family’s new daughter-in-law.
’Isn’t that a death wish?’
Besides, she would rather get on Zhao Sisi’s bad side than offend the Qin family.
The other girl’s name was Li Hong.
She was a little less informed and didn’t know who Fu Mingxue was.
But she knew how to read a situation. Seeing Tian Jia’s reluctance, she lowered the foot she had just raised.
She waited in silence.
Zhao Sisi couldn’t believe that Tian Jia actually dared to question her.
This made her furious.
"Tian Jia, if you don’t do something, believe me when I say I’ll make your brother and sister-in-law lose their jobs."
Tian Jia’s expression stiffened.
Her brother and sister-in-law’s jobs had been arranged by the Zhao family. If they lost them, then—her mother would skin her alive.
"I’m counting to three. One, two—"
Before she could say "three," Tian Jia had already made her choice.
It didn’t matter what happened to her, but she couldn’t let her brother and sister-in-law lose their jobs.
And so, she charged at Fu Mingxue—
Zhao Sisi glared at the other girl. "Well? Aren’t you going?"
Li Hong flinched and quickly charged at Fu Mingxue as well.
’I’m sorry,’ she thought. Neither of them could afford to cross Zhao Sisi. After all, the Qin family probably wouldn’t resort to dirty tricks, but the Zhao family would, and so would Zhao Sisi—
Zhao Sisi crossed her arms, a contemptuous look on her face as she watched Fu Mingxue. She was just waiting for the bitch to be restrained so she could be beaten up.
Fu Mingxue watched the two of them charge, not a trace of panic on her face. The thought of running away didn’t even cross her mind.
She just stood there.
As the two of them drew near, she lashed out with a kick.
After knocking one to the ground, she kicked the other.
Tian Jia took the fall, clutching her stomach and crying out, "Agh, it hurts—"
Li Hong was also kicked in the stomach, and for her, the pain was real.
’How is this woman so strong?’
Zhao Sisi saw that her two helpers had been taken down before they could even lay a finger on Fu Mingxue.
She was so furious she started screaming, "Useless! How can you be so worthless? Get up and hit her—"