Chapter 300: The Hu Family’s Cunning Plan and Mo Wu’s Family’s Request (2)_1
With no spectacle left to witness, the onlookers who had gathered dispersed amidst a whirl of discussion, still not forgetting to gossip about the feuds between the Li and Zhang families.
Zhang Ming, being not very capable, dared to cause trouble over and over again simply because he believed that Lixiu would not be so heartless towards him. He thought that by allowing her, a hen that did not lay eggs, to return and providing her a place to settle, she should be grateful and return to the Zhang family. Refusing to go back with him yesterday was just a pretense of modesty expected from a woman; if he persisted, with her weak character, she would surely obediently follow him back.
Thus, as soon as he got home, he couldn’t wait to secretly tell Hu family about the encounter with Lixiu.
The Hu family thought that the shop sold off had been given to Lizhong by Mo Yan, and so they harbored crooked thoughts. They wanted to bring Lixiu back to toil like an ox or horse and, through her, manipulate Lizhong to get their hands on the shop. That’s why they came over today, to convince Lixiu, their former daughter-in-law.
In their view, as long as Lixiu agreed to return to the Zhang family, whatever Lizhong did to stop it would be in vain. However, they came back empty-handed, as Lixiu was not in the shop at all; they only saw Liyan. Thus, the mother and son duo joined forces to bully a young girl, pressuring her to reveal Lixiu’s whereabouts.
Liyan hated the Zhangs to death and naturally refused to disclose her aunt’s location, which led to a conflict between the two sides. Had it not been for Mo Yan and another’s timely arrival, the situation might have escalated if Liyan had struck with the pole she held.
Throughout the entire incident, Mo Yan watched coldly as Lizhong dealt with the Zhang family’s people. There was no point in reasoning with such shameless scoundrels; a direct and harsh beating was far more effective than any other methods.
If it weren’t in the middle of the street, she would have wanted to rush forward and give those Zhang scoundrels a good beating, thrashing them so badly they’d be ashamed to show their faces in public again!
Lizhong, picking up the broom and stick from the ground, guiltily said, "Yan girl, we’ve caused you trouble again."
The commotion caused by the Zhang family would surely affect the shop’s business, and if such disturbances continued a few more times, they could forget about maintaining their business.