Shocking! My Rugged Husband is the Hidden Tycoon in the 70s Novel-Chapter 289: Dog Eats Dog, Hair Flies Everywhere
Kong Lijuan suddenly acted like a mad dog, startling Sun Lai and intimidating Liu Zhenzhu.
Sun Lai, recovering from his shock, became furious and slapped her across the face, "Bitch, if you’re not afraid of dying, go provoke her!"
What a joke, didn’t you see what happened to Zhang Tieshan and Dong Xinmin? Even the secretary didn’t stand a chance against Xu Qinghuan, yet this idiot still wants revenge.
Liu Zhenzhu, now clear-headed, said, "I don’t care about your grievances with Comrade Xu, my son ended up like this because of your tricks. No matter what, not a penny less than five hundred."
"I have no money!" Kong Lijuan, feeling she had nothing to lose, retorted, "Not a single cent."
Liu Zhenzhu lunged and started brawling with Kong Lijuan. Having done farm work for so long, her strength wasn’t what it used to be; unexpectedly, she fought Liu Zhenzhu to a draw.
At a critical moment, Sun Lai helped her, and with the upper hand, Kong Lijuan grabbed Liu Zhenzhu’s hair and slammed it onto the ground, "I’ll show you for bullying me, I’ll fight you to the death!"
Within a few moments, Liu Zhenzhu closed her eyes, tilted her head, and her limp arms fell, resembling a rag doll as she lay motionless on the ground.
Kong Lijuan was still in a frenzy, and Sun Lai was frightened, grabbing her, "Enough, she’s dead, you killed her!"
Kong Lijuan rolled off and sat on the ground, taking a long time to come to her senses, "Dead? No, no, it wasn’t me, I didn’t kill her, I didn’t kill her!"
Qiu Linghua rushed up, shoved Liu Zhenzhu twice, "Wake up, wake up, you can’t die in my house, oh no, damn it, how did my Sun Family end up with such a disaster?"
Sun Lai, surprisingly maintaining some rationality, said, "Mom, hurry and find Comrade Xu to see if Aunt Liu can be saved."
Qiu Linghua hurriedly got up from the ground and dashed out, yelling, "Comrade Xu, help, save us! Comrade Kong killed Liu Zhenzhu, save us!"
The entire production team was alarmed.
After two days of torrential rain, the threshing field was soaked and hasn’t dried yet, and the corn thresher hasn’t been brought out, so farm work was on hold for now.
Some people went to the factory, others to clear wild lands, while some went to the hills to gather mountain goods.
It was lunchtime when the crowd returned, waiting at home for lunch, and Qiu Linghua’s voice almost spread across the entire small team. Word of mouth spread quickly, and the community flocked to Sun Lai’s house.
Jiang Xingye came out, seeing Xu Qinghuan almost being pushed along by the crowd, her footsteps unsteady. He was infuriated and shoved people aside, shielding Xu Qinghuan.
"Why panic? If she’s dead, she can’t be saved; if she’s not, it can wait a moment," he glared at Qiu Linghua.
"Let me clarify, Comrade Kong killed her, it has nothing to do with my Sun Family!" Qiu Linghua hastily stated, seeing the crowd.
Liu Zhenzhu was still lying on the ground, ashen-faced, looking truly dead. Kong Lijuan sat beside her, her eyes vacant, as if in a daze.
Xu Qinghuan approached, first checking Liu Zhenzhu’s nose, finding a faint breath, then took out a silver needle and jabbed it into her Baihui point, jolting her awake.
Still bewildered, Liu Zhenzhu, upon seeing Kong Lijuan, regaining her senses, lunged towards her, "How dare you, Kong Lijuan, you shameless bitch, you almost killed me. Let’s see if I spare you!"
Jiang Xingye, worried about further trouble, grabbed Liu Zhenzhu by the collar, "If you keep fighting, you’ll be kicked out from wherever you came from!"
Liu Zhenzhu, being remarried and bringing two sons to Shangjiang Team, almost severed ties with her former family. If expelled, they’d have nowhere to go, so she backed down.
Jiang Daicao, hidden in the crowd watching the scene unfold, contemplated.
Having suffered such a great loss, Liu Zhenzhu was not easy to deal with. Though she couldn’t hit Kong Lijuan, she wanted Jiang Xingye to suffer, "Xiaoye, how can you side with a Comrade? Do you think Comrade Kong is pretty?
Comrade Kong isn’t as good-looking as Comrade Xu!"
Jiang Xingye was momentarily stunned, not scolding Liu Zhenzhu immediately, but anxiously looked at Xu Qinghuan.
Xu Qinghuan let out a cold laugh, "Liu Zhenzhu, don’t try to sow discord here. You’re right, Comrade Kong doesn’t even compare to a strand of my hair. Do you think Comrade Jiang would be interested in her?
Let me be clear, you’ll have to hire someone else for your son’s illness. It’s not about the five hundred anymore; even if you offer five thousand, I won’t treat him. You can wait for white-haired parents to bury a black-haired child!"
Liu Zhenzhu went mad upon hearing this and rushed to Xu Qinghuan’s feet, "Comrade Xu, I know I was wrong, I shouldn’t have badmouthed Comrade Jiang. Please be kind and treat my son, I’ll gather the five hundred soon and give it to you."
"I said, even for five thousand, I won’t treat him."
Xu Qinghuan stepped back, and Jiang Xingye stood in front, calling out to the anxious Jiang Youliang among the crowd, "Aren’t you going to take your wife away?"
Jiang Youliang came over, also speaking kindly to Xu Qinghuan, "Comrade Xu, you’re already Xiaowu’s wife, we’re one family. Look at Hongbing’s illness, if it can be treated, can you do a good deed and cure him?"
He also played the sympathy card, "At my age, the previous wife didn’t give me a son, just two daughters who are financial burdens. I’ve raised Hongbing as my own son, planning to rely on him in my old age."
The man in front, seemingly honest, had shockingly ignorant thoughts. Did he even know that his eldest daughter had always been harassed by Zhao Hongbing, that beast-like creature?
Living under the same roof, how could he not see? Yet even upon seeing, he didn’t care, or his heart was biased to the extent of the Pacific Ocean.
"Raising someone else’s son as your own? Jiang Youliang, how foolish are you to do such a thing? If he was grateful and upright, I wouldn’t say a word, but what is Zhao Hongbing? Are you blind?"
This was the first time Jiang Xingye meddled in others’ affairs, the first time he spoke so much.
"To be honest, I didn’t throw Zhao Hongbing into a cesspit because I fear he’d drown, and I’d owe a life for it; he wanted to lay a hand on my wife, don’t think I didn’t know!"
Hearing this, Liu Zhenzhu was terrified and spoke without thinking, "Yes, it was Comrade Kong who incited this, my son didn’t mean to."
Kong Lijuan sneered, "Incite? Without those thoughts, how could I incite him? Zhao Hongbing himself said that if Jiang Xingye, that rogue, could hook up with someone like Comrade Xu, an orphan without parents, living meal to meal, why couldn’t he?"
Zhou Guizhi was furious beyond words.
Kong Lijuan continued to embellish, "He even said that everything at home would be his, and that the two daughters could be sold for some money, far better than Jiang Xingye. If he pursued Comrade Xu, it would work out!"
