Chapter 204: Pop Rocks Candy (7)_1
Liu Mei’s face turned ugly after being rebuked by two respected figures in the village.
Realizing she wouldn’t gain the upper hand in this situation, she turned and slapped Xiu Cheng across the face, "You dimwit! Did our family short you on food or what? Why the hell did you go and steal other people’s food?"
"Can’t you open your eyes and see? Are they someone you can afford to bully?" Her words dripped with acid, mocking the Ruan Family for having powerful backers.
All adults understood what she meant, and the expressions of Doctor Lu and the Captain changed, as they fully grasped her unreasonable and relentless pestering.
Xiu Cheng was also aggrieved. Having been beaten up, he received neither comfort from his mother nor a slap. He covered his face where he was hit and cried to Liu Mei, "Mom, wasn’t it you who told me to just go and snatch it? Why are you hitting me! I was just following your instructions."
That was something Liu Mei had offhandedly said when she and the Ruanlin Family failed to get popsicles, and Xiu Cheng whined about wanting one. She had casually remarked, "If you want it that badly, why don’t you go and snatch it?" What use was it to keep crying to her?
It was in this same manner that she had previously encouraged him to steal Xiu Xi’s belongings, so Xiu Cheng did not doubt her words and immediately took action.
What he didn’t know was that Ruan Jiaojiao was no pitiful child without anyone to cherish her. Daring to target her meant inevitable beating by the Ruan boys until even his own father wouldn’t recognize him.
Liu Mei was so furious with her foolish son that she almost spit out a mouthful of blood.
She had just said something casually that day, and he took it seriously. And even if he was to steal, he should have waited until there was no one around, not brazenly in front of all the Ruan family members; wasn’t that just asking for a beating?