Back to the 1980s: Transmigrated as the Bigshot's Pampered Wife-Chapter 55: A Resonant Drum Needs No Heavy Hammer
Receiving the order, Gu Jingtai and Sheng Shiwu didn’t hesitate for a second. They grabbed Dong Yuanyuan and started dragging her out.
"Shuoci~ Don’t you like me anymore? You can’t do this to your Yuanyuan~"
Dong Yuanyuan was wailing and screaming, but she was no match for the two young men. In no time, she was thrown out of the courtyard.
Having never been wronged like this in her life, Dong Yuanyuan simply plopped down on the ground and howled.
Sheng Shiwu and Gu Jingtai exchanged a look. "Should I go get Grandpa Dong to come pick up his daughter?"
"You go by bike, then. Tell them to hurry. I’ll watch her here."
Gu Jingtai figured that if anyone asked, he would explain the situation to them to prevent people in the compound from blaming his sister and brother-in-law.
Next door, the sisters Zhou Mei and Zhou Ling heard the commotion and leaned over their second-floor balcony to watch the drama unfold.
Seeing Dong Yuanyuan get dragged out, Zhou Mei gloated inwardly. She had been ridiculed by Dong Yuanyuan more than a few times in the past.
Dong Yuanyuan had accused her of being a toad lusting after a swan’s flesh, telling her to stop her delusional daydreaming. ’Couldn’t I even have a secret crush on Brother Su?!’
"Well, well~ What shrew is making a scene in our courtyard? Are you trying to stop us from watching TV?"
"Zhou Mei, if you have the guts, come down here!" Dong Yuanyuan was looking for someone to take her anger out on.
"Coming down! Who’s afraid of who?" Zhou Mei went STOMP STOMP STOMP down the stairs.
To be able to live in the three-story Western-style houses to the east and the two-story ones to the south of the compound, one’s family definitely had a respectable status.
Zhou Mei’s father was also a regimental commander, and her mother was a teacher, teaching the third year of junior high in the compound.
Zhou Mei was twenty-one this year and a junior in college. She had carried a torch for Su Shuochi for years, but he had never paid her any mind.
Every time she tried to get close to Su Shuochi, she found she couldn’t. The man exuded an intimidating and unapproachable aura.
It always made her shrink back. Later, after he became disabled, she thought she might finally have a chance.
But to her surprise, the look in his eyes became even colder and more sinister. He would either say nothing, or open his mouth only to tell her to get lost.
Such a man made Zhou Mei feel both love and hate. That was why on the day Su Shuochi and Gu Jiaojiao got married, Zhou Mei had taken the lead in deliberately provoking Gu Jiaojiao.
She had years of pent-up frustration and was itching to get into a fight with Gu Jiaojiao.
Unfortunately, Gu Jiaojiao was a complete invalid who, upon getting angry, had fallen into a coma for two days and two nights.
This had scared Mrs. Zhou into warning her daughter several times not to provoke the sickly girl again.
If she ever angered the girl to death, it would be a huge disaster that would implicate her father and brother.
Zhou Mei wasn’t an idiot; she naturally understood the gravity of the situation.
So, after Gu Jiaojiao transmigrated, she hadn’t dared to even show her face around Gu Jiaojiao.
But Dong Yuanyuan was healthy; she wouldn’t be angered to death. Thus, Zhou Mei felt the impulse to pick a fight with her.
However, this impulse lasted less than five seconds in her mind.
She knew very well that even if she won, nothing good would come of it. Dong Yuanyuan was definitely not someone she could afford to offend.
So, when she ran up to Dong Yuanyuan, Zhou Mei chose to remain silent, because she had already calmed down.
But this silence didn’t bring Dong Yuanyuan any joy. Instead, it made her feel that Zhou Mei was the more frightening woman.
"You know what? The greatest tragedy of your life is that you love someone but don’t dare to say it."
Dong Yuanyuan spoke with a provocative tone. "You have no idea. I saw with my own two eyes how gentle Shuoci was with his wife."
"Are you jealous of Gu Jiaojiao? But you’re the one who just got thrown out by Brother Su," Zhou Mei retorted caustically.
"I’ll kill you, you bitch, for spouting such nonsense!"
Then, a shrill scream echoed in the night.
"AHHH..."
After the scream came a woman’s heart-wrenching wail.
Zhou Mei was slapped so hard by Dong Yuanyuan that she saw stars. Not to be outdone, she grabbed a handful of Dong Yuanyuan’s long hair.
SLAP! Pained, Dong Yuanyuan struck back with another hard slap.
"You shameless woman! Just because Brother Su doesn’t want you, you take your anger out on innocent people! I’ll kill you, you shameless bitch!"
Immediately, a flurry of smacks and thuds erupted, accompanied by one woman’s pained shrieks and another’s crazed curses.
"You bitch, you dare pull my hair? Trying to make me bald? See if I don’t beat you to death!"
Dong Yuanyuan was taller and bigger than Zhou Mei. She turned the tables and landed several more slaps.
Zhou Mei was dizzy from the blows, her face burning with pain. She clutched her red, swollen cheeks.
She glared at the woman before her, wishing she could eat her flesh and drink her blood, but alas, she had no chance.
With a hard shove from Dong Yuanyuan, she collapsed to the ground, sprawling flat on her back. Her face, red and swollen, was a miserable sight.
"You vicious woman! You’ll die a horrible death..."
"Shut up." Dong Yuanyuan crouched down, grabbed her chin, and forced her to meet her gaze.
"I’m warning you, you’d better not go around spouting nonsense, or you’ll regret it~"
Dong Yuanyuan looked ferocious and menacing. The chill in her eyes could send a shiver down one’s spine. Where was the weak, easily bullied girl from before?
Zhou Mei was scared into silence, a flicker of fear in her eyes. But how could she admit defeat?
She clenched her jaw and said nothing. Seeing her so obedient, Dong Yuanyuan nodded in satisfaction.
Just as she was about to add a few more words of warning, Zhou Mei used all her strength to pull her down and began pummeling her fiercely.
"Stop!" Ren Xiaofang almost fell off her bicycle. She jumped off and rushed over, pushing Zhou Mei down.
Zhou Mei’s sister, Zhou Ling, and Mrs. Zhou also came out. They each rushed to shield their own, and the two sides descended into a chaotic scuffle.
Gu Jingtai hurried back inside and vividly recounted the scene of the two women throwing a fit and rolling on the ground outside, making everyone sigh with dismay.
Gu Jiaojiao shot Su Shuochi a look. "It’s all your fault, you heartbreaker. You made two beautiful young women come to blows."
If your leg ever heals, I’ll spend the rest of my days either fighting your unwanted admirers or on my way to fight them!"
"No one ever dared to fight in front of me before. They only dare to be so audacious now because they see I’m crippled and can’t do anything to them!"
Seeing his wife blame him, Su Shuochi immediately played weak to get her sympathy.
And Gu Jiaojiao really fell for it. "Fine. Even if it comes to a fight, I won’t be afraid of them."
"Jiaojiao, don’t you dare be like them, starting fights at the drop of a hat! You’re no match for them!"
Su’s mother and Mrs. Gu said in unison.
"Exactly."
"That’s right."
Mr. Su, Mr. Gu, and Old Sir Gu also nodded in agreement. Su Shuochi and Second Brother Gu both looked at her with concern.
After Gu Jiaojiao had given him a few needles, Eldest Brother Gu had fallen into a deep sleep.
Seeing everyone’s concerned gazes, Gu Jiaojiao smiled and said, "Don’t worry, I know how to handle things.
With high-class people, you reason with them. There’s no need for fights or curses, because a wise person gets the point without it being beaten into them.
With people in the middle, you must use discretion. You weigh whether a fight is truly necessary, because they don’t respond well to being beaten or cursed out.
As for low-class people, you just beat them into submission. They’re fragile and petty-minded, so you can’t treat them with conventional courtesy."
"Jiaojiao, are you saying... that anyone who makes you resort to hitting them is not a good person?"
