Back to the 1980s: Transmigrated as the Bigshot's Pampered Wife-Chapter 139: A Soft Heart Will Backfire and Make You a Sinner
"Brother, should we go out there and set the record straight?" Dong Baozhu asked righteously.
"Let’s not get involved for now. That old woman is just trying to find someone to bail out her son. Even Dad couldn’t help, so it must be serious."
Dong Qiming continued, "Treasure Bead, let’s just pretend we didn’t see anything. We can slip away while it’s crowded and hurry to school."
He wanted to go to the school and talk things over with his Cousin Jiaojiao, but he didn’t go back to the hospital to tell his father about it.
The people who had earlier backed away from Sheng Yueyue hadn’t gone far, but they didn’t dare get too close either.
Hearing Mrs. Li’s words, they felt something was off. ’Wasn’t Sheng Yueyue just defending this family against an injustice a moment ago?’
Unfortunately, they were too far away to hear what happened next, but they were certain it couldn’t be the way Mrs. Li was describing it.
The people who arrived later didn’t realize Mrs. Li was twisting the truth, and Sheng Yueyue, with her nose stuck in the air, refused to explain herself.
But whether they were in the know or not, no one wanted to cross the daughter of an official.
It wasn’t that they lacked courage, but only yesterday, Mr. Sheng had personally bowed and apologized to them with such a pleasant demeanor.
Besides, Sheng Yueyue might have gone mad. And while everyone sympathized with the underdog, they also knew to be wary of someone who might be insane.
So, the crowd remained silent. They just wanted to watch the drama unfold; they’d be entertained no matter who ended up in trouble.
When Old Man Li saw that no one in the crowd intended to stand up for them, he started fuming with rage.
He rudely jabbed a finger at Sheng Yueyue’s nose and yelled, "You beat my wife and daughter black and blue! We’re reporting you to the authorities!"
Being pointed at and cursed out in public was infuriating. Already proud and arrogant, Sheng Yueyue refused to be outdone and shot back.
"So what if I did? Let me tell you, you’d better not mess with me, or I’ll have people come and finish you."
The moment Sheng Yueyue finished speaking, Old Man Li started trembling with rage, the hand pointing at her nose shaking uncontrollably.
"Oh, heavens! Oh, earth! Open your eyes and look! Is there any justice left in this world? I can’t go on living...!"
With that, Old Man Li charged toward a nearby wall, ready to smash his head against it. He was really willing to do anything for his only son.
His six sons-in-law managed to hold him back, but he struggled desperately. Old Man Li genuinely intended to slam his head into that wall.
’If bashing my head open saves my son, it’ll be worth it,’ he thought.
"You just wait, girl. You’re going to jail! Look at what you’ve done! You beat my mother and sister black and blue, and now you’ve driven my father to try and kill himself!"
Li Erhua had never lost an argument in her life, right or wrong. She had truly inherited her mother’s knack for being utterly unreasonable.
"I didn’t do anything wrong! Your whole family is unreasonable! You know perfectly well what you did."
Sheng Yueyue was furious. She was usually the one slandering others; being framed by the Li family was a tremendous insult.
"What did we do?" Li Erhua retorted. "Just because our clothes are a little shabby? You look down on us, so you beat us up in the middle of the street?"
"You’re just trying to blackmail me! You want my dad to get your son out of jail! Dream on! I can’t be bothered talking to a bunch of hicks. Get out of my way, I’m going home to eat."
Sheng Yueyue roared. In this life, she was no longer timid. She would be haughty and arrogant at all times.
But because she was so conceited and her attitude so arrogant, no one believed her, even though she was speaking the absolute truth.
Even Sheng Shiwen didn’t believe her, but he wouldn’t say anything.
The onlookers instinctively glanced down at their own faded, old clothes.
They all silently wondered, ’So wearing shabby clothes makes you a hick? Does that mean you deserve to be beaten?’
The Seventh Sister Li added tearfully, "My fifth and sixth sisters’ injuries are plain to see on their faces! Everyone, please, help us get some justice! A savage, unrepentant woman like her—shouldn’t she be arrested?"
At last, murmurs of discontent rippled through the crowd. "Sheng Yueyue, you’re going too far!"
"You weren’t like this when you first came back to the Sheng Family. Why the sudden change?"
"It’s her mother and second brother’s fault for spoiling her. She was so well-behaved when she first returned from the Gu Family!"
Sheng Yueyue was livid. Back then, she had only been pretending to be good. "You idiots don’t know anything! What are you all babbling about?"
"Oh-ho, still acting tough with us?" a man shouted angrily.
"You can’t let people like that get away with it. They need a good beating when they act up. Spare the rod for three days, and they’ll be tearing the tiles off your roof."
"That Sister-in-law Sheng, really... spoiling her daughter with no limits. And look what happened! She raised an ungrateful monster who doesn’t even acknowledge her own family."
"I know, right? Uncle Sheng is such a good man. How can his daughter constantly bring shame on him like this?"
"Sister-in-law Sheng is just too soft-hearted. Doesn’t she know that a soft heart can make you the culprit in the end?"
"Hehe~ Listen to you, getting all philosophical. But it’s true, being too soft-hearted is a disaster. Her daughter just offended someone from the Imperial City yesterday, and today she’s out here beating people up."
Listening to the crowd’s chatter, Mrs. Sheng thought to herself, ’Could it be true? Have I ruined my own daughter by being too soft-hearted?’
Usually, when Jiaojiao and Yueyue fought, Jiaojiao would just loudly protest that her parents were showing favoritism.
But Yueyue, with those clear, shimmering eyes of hers, would just let tears well up, blinking silently without a word of defense.
This always made her feel that Yueyue had been terribly wronged, and that Jiaojiao was just spoiled by her and her husband.
And so, she would unleash a torrent of abuse on her adopted daughter, calling her an ungrateful wretch and saying the most horrible things she could think of.
Her own life, while not wealthy, had certainly been smooth sailing.
Her family was harmonious. She had three sons and one daughter, and the four siblings got along wonderfully. Her sons were sensible, and her daughter was sweet and well-behaved.
Over the years, her eldest son had grown into a strong, upstanding man out in the world.
But just when her happiness felt complete, her biological daughter was found and returned to her, dressed in rags and recounting all the hardships she had endured on the farm.
Her heart ached beyond words. She doted on her biological daughter completely, pitying her for all she’d been through.
She secretly vowed to herself that she would make it up to her, no matter the cost.
Later, for her biological daughter’s sake, she had berated her adopted daughter time and time again, even after discovering the adopted daughter had done nothing wrong.
And because of that same soft heart, she never held Yueyue accountable and couldn’t bear to blame her.
Now, everyone was saying she had spoiled her daughter into an ungrateful monster, and her own soft heart had backfired, making her the real culprit!
In many recent incidents...
Mrs. Sheng had discovered the truth. Not only was she heartbroken, but she was also filled with guilt toward her adopted daughter.
She had even wanted to run from the truth. She had raised Jiaojiao since she was a child, and the girl had a wonderful personality—kind, simple, and beautiful.
Mrs. Sheng suddenly realized something important. Today, her daughter had caused a huge disaster.
And she was the main culprit!
"Owww... the pain is killing this old woman! Heavens above, send a bolt of lightning to strike me down! Don’t let me suffer in this world anymore~~"
Mrs. Li wailed as she banged her head on the ground. For her son’s sake, she truly didn’t hold back.
