After Transmigration, I Picked Up A Husband and Daughter-Chapter 58 - Conditioned Reflex
Chapter 58: Chapter 58 Conditioned Reflex
Chapter 58: Chapter 58 Conditioned Reflex
Had become the hot topic of conversation during tea time and after meals.
Facing the surrounding glances that were either surprised, curious, or scrutinizing, Su Yu remained composed, her expression unchanged and her gaze firm.
She thought to herself, “This is just the beginning. When I truly heal Jiang Ziling’s stubborn ailment and enable him to stand on his legs again, that will be the real shock and proof.”
With this firm belief, she accelerated her car, speeding towards that familiar yet distant home.
From afar, she could see a crowd gathered in front of her home. Amid the noisy clamor, Lady Zhao’s anxious and slightly angry scolding could be heard, giving rise to an ominous premonition, causing Su Yu’s heart to tense up.
As soon as Sister-in-law He saw Su Yu driving back, she hurried forward without a moment’s surprise, anxiously saying, “Oh, you’ve finally come back, there’s been a serious incident at home!”
Su Yu’s gaze was tender yet worried, tightly fixed on Sister Sun’s face covered with clouds of sorrow.
Her voice was full of sincere care, “Sister Sun, has something difficult happened at home?”
Sister Sun’s sigh seemed to carry a heavy burden, and the wrinkles between her brows were as though carved by years.
She deeply etched her worries, “Ah! You better go inside and see for yourself to understand the intricacies of the matter.”
Su Yu couldn’t help but feel a surge of confusion. Even Sister Sun, who usually loved to join in the hubbub and meddle in everything, now seemed so hesitant, as if she had lost even the courage to step through the gateway.
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At that moment, a strong, middle-aged man emerged from the crowd, expressing his helplessness to Su Yu, “Although Youfu has awakened, he has become dull and sluggish. Upon hearing this news, your mother-in-law was furious, almost losing control, and she smashed your house into ruins, blaming it on you and Ziling, demanding that you both take responsibility. We, the neighbors, tried to intervene, but she insisted it was all of us who beat up Youfu and demanded everyone be held accountable. Tell me, with this ruckus, we clearly were helping catch a thief, how can we let this false accusation just magically fall upon us?”
“Indeed, what Second Uncle Jiang said is right, this has nothing to do with us.”
The people around uniformly expressed their agreement, their words overlapping, filled with dissatisfaction and grievances.
If Lady Zhao made trouble every day, how could they continue to live peacefully? Thinking of this, everyone felt disheartened.
A complex and indescribable feeling surged in Su Yu’s heart.
The news of Jiang Youfu being beaten into stupidity caught her by surprise and added complexity, as it seemed more difficult to deal with than a direct loss.
She forcefully suppressed the mixed feelings in her heart and assured everyone firmly, “Everyone, rest assured, since the incident occurred at my home, I will not let everyone be implicated.”
Hearing this, the crowd’s emotions finally eased somewhat, showing a hint of relief in their expressions.
Second Uncle Jiang patted his chest and said to Su Yu, “You should hurry and check inside. The house is a mess. Ziling can’t manage alone with his disability. I’ll take care of your horse, don’t worry, there won’t be any problems.”
Su Yu then asked, “What about the village chief? Why isn’t he here to deal with this?”
At such a crucial time, indeed there was a need for an authoritative figure like the village chief to suppress such a troublesome character as Lady Zhao.
Sister Sun took over the conversation, replying with regret, “We’ve already sent someone to fetch the village chief, but unfortunately, he went to the town today and isn’t in the village.”
Su Yu scoffed coldly, her eyes revealing determination, “Even if the village chief is not here, justice resides in people’s hearts. It is a well-known fact that Jiang Youfu barged into my house with a knife in the middle of the night. Everyone acted in self-defense, and wherever we go, reason is on our side, not something Lady Zhao can arbitrarily judge alone.”
Upon hearing Su Yu’s words, people involuntarily straightened their backs, their confidence greatly boosted.
With a solemn face, Su Yu walked through the dense crowd and entered her home, which had turned into a battlefield.
She pondered in secret, wondering what drama Lady Zhao was plotting this time.
As she stepped through the doorway, the chaos of household items scattered all over met her eyes, none spared from Lady Zhao’s fury.
At the center of the storm, Lady Zhao stood on the threshold, hands on hips, unleashing a fierce verbal assault on Jiang Ziling, each word piercing like an arrow.
“Do you really think you’re something special because you got married? Look at yourself before you preen, which decent family’s daughter would fancy such a loser like you? Now, great, the wife ran away, and you both got Youfu into this mess. Let me tell you, she might have run away, but you can’t escape! Today, I must teach you a lesson, avenge Youfu, and see who dares to stop me!”
With Lady Zhao’s angry words echoing, she swung the broom towards Jiang Ziling like a raging storm.
Xixi, the little maid standing by, turned pale with fright upon seeing this.
She rushed forward frantically, grappling Lady Zhao’s trouser legs tightly with her tender hands, trying to stop the impending violence.
However, Lady Zhao just shook her off, and frail Xixi was thrown far away like a falling leaf, rendering the scene instantly heartbreaking.
Su Yu and Jiang Ziling cried out in shock, and hurried towards Xixi as she fell to the ground.
But as Su Yu was further away, she couldn’t catch her in time, and Jiang Ziling was hindered by his leg.
Not only did he fail to catch the child, but he nearly fell himself. The scene was immediately filled with tension and turmoil.
Xixi’s petite body crashed onto the cold ground, amidst a cloud of dust.
Her little mouth opened like a dying fish, desperately trying to scream.
Yet she could only muster a barely audible breath while tears circled her eyes.
Even her cry was strangled by fear in her throat; her little face quickly turned an abnormal shade of bluish-purple, as if life was ebbing away from her.
Seeing this, Su Yu became frantic, nearly instinctively drawing close.
She expertly pinched Xixi’s philtrum; time seemed to stop, stretching each second into agony.
Finally, Xixi’s eyelids trembled slightly, her breath gradually normalized, and her faint cries hesitantly began to fill the air, pulling at everyone’s heartstrings.
Feeling the embrace of the familiar Su Yu, Xixi clung to her as if grabbing onto the most reliable support, her fear and unease making her instinctively snuggle close, her small hands clinging to Su Yu’s clothing, unwilling to let go.
Even though her father had firmly promised that the gentle, beautiful sister would definitely come back.
Xixi’s young heart still harbored seeds of unease, fearing that this was only a fleeting stop, and that Su Yu would disappear without a trace, just like in countless previous dreams.
Jiang Ziling ignored his own dishevelment, struggling to rise from the ground,
Even though the pain in his ankle made him almost unable to stand, his concerned eyes were fixed only on Xixi.
He carefully took Xixi from Su Yu’s hands, gently examining whether she was injured.
His eyes were filled with anxiety and sorrow, those usually calm, composed eyes now brimming with a father’s unique tenderness and tension.
