Back to the 1980s: Transmigrated as the Bigshot's Pampered Wife-Chapter 97: Ruthlessly Destroying the Peach Blossom
Dong Yuanyuan really didn’t want to apologize to Su Shuochi in front of everyone. It was incredibly humiliating.
But she couldn’t withstand Su Shuochi’s murderous gaze. In truth, she didn’t really know him that well.
She had been carrying a torch for Su Shuochi for many years, mainly because he was handsome, young, and successful.
’Someone so outstanding and handsome must have a great personality,’ she thought, having completely imagined his personality for herself.
In the past, Dong Yuanyuan had never dared to get within three feet of him. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to; she was just too afraid.
His eyes always held an imposing, unapproachable pressure. And while Dong Yuanyuan was too scared to get close, that didn’t stop her from being infatuated with him.
Dong Yuanyuan loudly declared everywhere that she was going to marry Su Shuochi, but no one ever told her that it wasn’t just her—everyone in the military compound was afraid of him.
When Su Shuochi was first injured, Dong Yuanyuan didn’t know he had become paralyzed from the waist down.
She begged her dad to help find famous doctors for Su Shuochi, and she used that as an excuse to visit the Su family several times.
She had seen Su Shuochi, too. Even when he was bedridden, his eyes were still dark and his expression was grim.
Once she found out he was paralyzed, the more she looked at him, the more she felt he was nothing special after all. She no longer wanted to marry him.
’How could a beautiful young woman like me, the top flower of the art troupe, possibly spend the rest of my life with a cripple!’
So she used a performance tour as an excuse to leave. When she returned, she heard that the compound’s pampered darling, the Sheng Family’s former precious gem, had actually married him.
This left a bitter taste in her mouth, so she caused a scene a couple of times, but she never came out on top either time.
After Dong Yuanyuan apologized, she saw that the man remained silent. She furtively raised her eyes to sneak a glance at him.
THUMP... THUMP...
Dong Yuanyuan’s heart was pounding. It was partly from attraction, but mostly from fear.
’Oh god! The man sitting in front of me looks like he could send me flying into the mud beside the asphalt road with a single punch.’
"Su... Tuan... I’ll never dare to cross you again~"
Su Shuochi saw the woman’s sincere apology and the onlookers who were hiding like ostriches, scared witless by him. He spoke in a cold and aloof voice.
"Hmph. I’ll forgive you this time. All you gawkers, get over here and clean up these leaves. Move the tree and deliver it to the Su family. We’ll use it for firewood.
Also, someone go report this to the compound’s groundskeeper. This woman will be paying for the damages."
"Yes, sir! We’ll get right on it," the bystanders immediately replied in unison.
Having said his piece, Su Shuochi calmly maneuvered his wheelchair and left.
’Hmph! How dare you gawk at me, Su Shuochi? I’ll teach you all a lesson.’
And just like that, he swaggered away in his wheelchair, leaving behind a group of panicked bystanders who were now glaring daggers at Dong Yuanyuan.
Once Su Shuochi was a good distance away, Dong Yuanyuan stomped her foot in fury and yelled, "What are you all looking at me for? Get to work already!"
Seeing that Su Shuochi was gone, the bystanders grew bold and retorted, "We’ll look at you all we want! We’re waiting for the groundskeeper to come and get the money from you."
"Exactly! Su Tuan said it’s all your fault. We’ll feel a lot better about working after you pay up."
"Money? In your dreams! Are you all blind? He’s the one who broke the tree, but he wants me to pay for it.
Have you no shame? Su Shuochi told you to haul that tree to his house, so why don’t you get to it?"
Dong Yuanyuan might be afraid of Su Shuochi, but that didn’t mean she was afraid of the gossips in the compound.
The bystanders also knew Dong Yuanyuan was doted on at home by Mr. Dong. "If you don’t pay, we’ll just go to Mr. Dong."
"You... You people... Fine, you win." Furious, Dong Yuanyuan threw down five yuan, then hopped on her bicycle and rode off in the opposite direction.
"Hey! Don’t go! We don’t even know if five yuan is enough!"
"Forget it. She reeks of piss, just let her go. If it’s not enough, we can go to Mr. Dong for the rest."
"What rotten luck. Why is an unmarried young woman always pestering a married man?!"
"Exactly! And she dragged us into her mess."
"The Su family is rich, they eat meat every day. I heard Dong Yuanyuan even got into a huge fight with the eldest daughter from Old Zhou’s family last time!"
Even after she had gone a good distance, Dong Yuanyuan could still hear the crowd behind her gossiping about her.
She swore that from now on, she would go out of her way to avoid that cripple. Today had been utterly humiliating.
Gu Jiaojiao had no idea that when she wasn’t around, her husband would take the initiative to ruthlessly prune his own romantic admirers.
The afternoon classes mainly consisted of the teachers going over the questions from the morning’s exam. Gu Jiaojiao listened attentively.
After class, Uncle Song’s younger daughter, Song Qianqian, approached her again to try and get friendly. "Jiaojiao, what score do you think you’ll get on the language arts test?"
"I’m not sure," Gu Jiaojiao replied, her tone neither warm nor cold.
She had estimated she would score above a 90, but why would she say that out loud?
"Qianqian, you’d be better off asking Zhang Mingyu. She just copied off him anyway," Song Dan said with a sneer.
"Which one of your eyes saw me cheat?" Gu Jiaojiao demanded, walking right up to Song Dan and glaring at her.
"I wasn’t talking about you," Song Dan mumbled, shrinking back. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮
It wasn’t just Song Dan who shrank back; the other students’ knees were knocking together. The intimidating aftereffect of Gu Jiaojiao hitting that other girl this morning was still fresh in their minds.
As Gu Jiaojiao remained in the classroom, the other students scattered like birds and beasts, quickly clearing out.
Zhang Mingyu hadn’t finished his spicy snack sticks and resumed eating them after class. "Jiaojiao, want some?"
"No, thanks. My mother-in-law makes them herself. We have plenty at home."
"Cousin Jiaojiao, how about I go buy you a popsicle?" Dong Qiming had already secretly finished his spicy sticks during class.
"I don’t want a popsicle either. Let’s go for a walk on the athletic field," Gu Jiaojiao said. She was quite interested in the school campuses of this era.
Except for when she went to the bathroom, Zhang Mingyu and Dong Qiming were by her side at all times.
The other students didn’t dare get near her. Song Qianqian tried to make friendly overtures to Gu Jiaojiao several times, but was always interrupted by Song Dan and her friends.
There was nothing Song Qianqian could do but watch Gu Jiaojiao wistfully. She truly wanted to thank Gu Jiaojiao’s father.
Her brother was in much better spirits now. He was eating two bowls of rice at every meal and would even laugh and joke with her and their parents.
The Divine Doctor said her brother could have surgery after another half a month of recuperation, which would be right after she finished her college entrance exams.
Their family no longer lived in constant fear that her brother might suddenly die one day.
During lunch, her dad had even joked, "Gu’s daughter is lucky she didn’t marry that good-for-nothing Zijin."
"Hmph! I told you long ago that Zijin was blind as a bat, but you wouldn’t believe me," her mom said smugly.
Her dad told her brother to get to know Gu Jiaojiao’s husband better, saying that Su Tuan was a very impressive man.
Her mom also told her to look after Gu Jiaojiao at school, but Gu Jiaojiao hardly seemed to need any looking after.
Song Qianqian glanced back at Gu Jiaojiao, who was sitting in the back row and appeared to be listening intently to the lecture.
In reality, Gu Jiaojiao wasn’t listening that intently. ’I wonder what Su Shuochi is doing right now,’ she thought.
Su Shuochi was at the post office, calling Lin Haoshi. The call was transferred through several extensions before it finally connected.
"Su, is that really you? You’ve finally pulled yourself together! This is fantastic! Thank God, thank the heavens, thank Bodhisattva..."
