After enjoying the spectacle, Second Madam Hu hurried back to the old Hu family house. She was going to snitch to her father-in-law.

Suppressing a grin, she told her in-laws everything she had seen. It wasn’t that she wanted a reward; she was just purely delighted by it all.

"You useless thing! All you know how to do is gossip. Hurry up and go to sleep. There’s work to do tomorrow."

Old Mrs. Hu sat beside Old Man Hu, pointing at Second Madam Hu and scolding her fiercely, her eyes filled with unconcealed disgust.

Second Madam Hu didn’t get angry. She just said to Mr. Hu, "Father, you have to keep Third Sister in line. If she offends the Su family’s eldest brother, what will happen to our family?"

Hearing this, Old Man Hu’s heart sank.

Although he and the Su family were related by marriage and were fellow villagers, they had already offended Su Ermei deeply.

It would probably be very difficult to get their eldest daughter-in-law to be like she was before.

What Old Man Hu didn’t know at that moment was that his eldest daughter-in-law was also enjoying the show.

"Hu Er’s wife, you’re a good daughter-in-law. Go on back to your room and sleep," Old Man Hu impatiently urged his second daughter-in-law to rest.

He, however, sat stunned in the main hall, inwardly cursing his daughter a thousand times over. This was all her doing.

After Second Madam Hu left, Old Mrs. Hu said from the side, "Old man, tell me, why did the Su family have to suddenly come back to Shuanghe Village? If it weren’t for them, we wouldn’t have suffered so much injustice."

Old Mrs. Hu grew angry just talking about it. She felt that ever since the Su Family returned, their lives had been nothing but trouble.

It had only been one day, and it had already thrown the Hu Family into pandemonium. And to think, she had always believed her daughter was a very smart person.

’How could she do something so stupid and drag her own family down with her? It’s infuriating!’

’Isn’t her current husband perfectly fine? Why does she still have designs on the Su family’s eldest brother? What’s the use of him being handsome? He’s not nearly as capable as our own son-in-law!’

Old Man Hu frowned and said nothing. Of course, he also hoped the Su Family would leave Shuanghe Village as soon as possible.

If the Su Family left Shuanghe Village, they wouldn’t have to worry about anyone causing them trouble anymore.

"Old man, say something! Our daughter and us, we’re all in the same boat now. We can’t let people bully us anymore."

Old Man Hu said irritably, "It’s too late to say anything now. And isn’t this all the fault of that good-for-nothing daughter of ours?

"If she hadn’t incited us to bully Su Ermei, we wouldn’t have been so humiliated today.

"Wouldn’t Su’s mother, our in-law, still be giving us all the good stuff like before?

"And now look. They butcher a fat pig and invite the whole village to eat, but they don’t even send us a single pig bristle.

"They even took back the old Su family home. Didn’t you see the Su family’s eldest brother’s men driving off to buy a ton of stuff today?

"He’s probably planning to stay in Shuanghe Village for the long haul to back his sister up. Tell me, how could our daughter be so stupid?"

Seeing her old man unable to stop his torrent of complaints, Old Mrs. Hu was quite frightened.

Her lips trembled as she said, "Old man, what’s wrong with our daughter? She’s still trying to provoke the Su family’s eldest brother. What if our son-in-law finds out? Has she gone mad?"

Old Man Hu sighed and said, "In my opinion, she has gone mad."

Old Mrs. Hu exclaimed, "What? How could she be mad? Old man, don’t you lie to me. How could our daughter go mad?"

’How should I know how she went mad!’ Old Man Hu didn’t bother to reply to Old Mrs. Hu.

He stood up, clearly displeased, and said, "I don’t want to think about it anymore. I’m going to bed. You should get some rest too."

Old Mrs. Hu wanted to argue with him a bit more, but seeing his exhausted expression, she didn’t dare.

"The daughters-in-law of our Hu Family, every last one of them is useless," Old Mrs. Hu muttered under her breath at her husband’s retreating back.

...

In the Su family’s home, Su Ermei settled her son down and saw that her husband and two daughters were already fast asleep.

She tiptoed out of the room, closed the door, and went to find her parents to speak her mind. The past two years had been too stifling for her.

"Dad, Mom, Big Brother is amazing! He’s so rich, buying a whole fat pig to treat the villagers. You have no idea how disgusting the Hu family’s attitude is. They thought that just because my brother was crippled, they could walk all over me and do whatever they wanted..."

The moment Su Ermei entered her parents’ room, she started chattering on and on.

Mr. Su and Su’s mother just watched their daughter quietly. At this moment, they too felt sorry for what their daughter had been through.

But they wouldn’t support her unconditionally like they used to, because their daughter was no saint herself.

’She always liked to use her big brother’s influence to bully the Hu family. Once her brother was crippled, it’s no wonder they ganged up to bully her in return!’

Sure enough, as their daughter continued to speak, she became more and more outrageous.

"Now that Big Brother is well, I can finally vent my anger. I’m going to crush them all under my heel.

"Mom, Dad, you didn’t see it earlier. That bitch Hu Meili was trying to get her claws into my brother!

"So shameless. If she knelt and begged me, maybe I’d even help her out."

Su Ermei said this with a triumphant look on her face, thinking her big brother was just the greatest, so amazing.

Mr. Su suppressed his fury and asked faintly, "Erniu, how do you plan on helping the Third Miss of the Hu Family?"

He had a bad feeling that his daughter, for her own selfish reasons, would definitely do something to harm her brother.

"As long as that bitch Hu Meili gets on her knees and begs me, I’ll let her have my brother and fulfill her wish."

Mr. Su and Su’s mother were stunned!

’Their daughter had become this twisted!’

They knew their daughter was selfish, but they never imagined her values were so warped.

Mr. Su still wanted to save his daughter. He tried to reason with her earnestly, "Erniu, your brother is capable, but what does that have to do with us? We’re just an ordinary family. You’d actually sell out your own brother just to save face in front of the Hu family?"

"Dad, what do you mean, ’sell out’? It’s not like a man loses anything by doing that sort of thing..." Su Ermei failed to detect the gravity in her father’s tone.

"Erniu, do you really want your mother and me to give up on you?" Mr. Su asked coldly.

He really didn’t want to continue this conversation with his daughter. Any more of this would be the death of him.

’His daughter-in-law, Jiaojiao, was so much better. She was raising their own little daughter so well. In the future, he would just have to rely on his son and daughter-in-law.’

Seeing her husband getting angry, Su’s mother also sighed and tried to persuade her. "Erniu, your brother has become successful, and we’ve benefited quite a bit from it. If you try to harm him, we will disown you and return to Qing City tomorrow."

Although Su’s mother was also angry, this was her own daughter, after all. She still wanted to guide her onto the right path.

Su Ermei was struck speechless, but she was indignant. ’Why shouldn’t her successful brother help her out?’

The more she thought about it, the more wronged she felt. Tears streamed down her face as she choked out, "Mom, I just want to crush the Hu family under my heel.

"I want to make the Hu family submit to me, to make them grovel and curry favor just like I had to for the past two years..."