The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man-Chapter 237 - 236: Straw

Children are the most honest.

The crowd’s gazes toward Chen Shulan shifted again and again.

Chen JianShe fanned the flames with a cutting remark.

"They say children don’t lie. Looks like you hit her often. Just look how vicious that slap was—it swelled up instantly."

"I’ve never seen anyone hit their kid that hard. She’s not her own flesh and blood, after all. She’s trying to beat her to death."

Hearing this, the crowd immediately focused their attention on Sweet Girl.

The little girl’s face was swollen bigger than her head, a bright red handprint emblazoned on it. It was obvious a killing blow had been intended.

The crowd couldn’t help but gasp in horror.

"She really is trying to beat Sweet Girl to death! That’s too cruel!"

"My heavens, I used to think the Lin Family were decent people. Now I know what they mean when they say it’s the quiet dogs that bite."

Seeing things were turning against her, Chen Shulan immediately snapped, "Nonsense! I don’t hit her! I just got so angry today. She even bit my husband!"

"You don’t hit her?" Gu Jiaojiao suddenly spoke up, her tone ambiguous.

The crowd couldn’t help but look at Gu Jiaojiao.

Gu Jiaojiao was wearing a cotton-padded jacket, but it was different from everyone else’s. Hers was more tailored, and as she stood there, she seemed to almost glow.

The entire dim room seemed to brighten a little.

The moment Gu Jiaojiao spoke, Chen Shulan felt a flicker of fear.

’What kind of trouble is she trying to stir up now?’

She immediately looked at Gu Jiaojiao with a guarded expression.

Gu Jiaojiao calmly led Sweet Girl forward so that everyone could get a clear look.

Wu Cuilan already disliked Gu Jiaojiao, and seeing her put on such an act, she couldn’t help but mutter.

"Always making a scene!"

Wu Cuizhi hadn’t come to see the commotion today.

Her house was far away, so she hadn’t heard the disturbance.

Without Wu Cuizhi there to join in, no one paid much mind to Wu Cuilan’s taunts.

But the moment the words left her mouth, a chill ran down her spine. She couldn’t help but shiver, and when she looked up, her eyes met Leng Yuan’s dark, brooding gaze.

Wu Cuilan: "..."

’I should just shut up!’

’Talking is getting in the way of watching the drama.’

Chen Yan, who was standing right next to Wu Cuilan, saw her cowardly display and gave her a look of disdain.

"Leng Yuan alone scared you that badly!?" 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Coward."

Chen Yan held a grudge against Gu Jiaojiao.

She was itching to get her revenge on the spot.

Wu Cuilan was indignant at being mocked.

"If you’re so tough, you go! Go on!"

"If you’re really not afraid, I’ll go home and get you a jin of white flour."

This was definitely a high-stakes bet.

Chen Yan’s eyes lit up.

She immediately shouted.

"A little girl isn’t worth anything! So what if she got slapped? It’s just a slap. Is there any need to blow this out of proportion?"

Gu Jiaojiao heard the commotion and looked toward the doorway.

Chen Yan immediately shrank back and hid in the crowd.

Wu Cuilan sneered, "Coward."

Gu Jiaojiao glanced at Chen Yan, who looked like she wanted to curl into a ball.

She couldn’t be bothered with her.

She turned to the brigade leader and the village cadres.

"Didn’t Chen Shulan just say she doesn’t hit Sweet Girl? Then let’s have everyone take a look at this!"

Gu Jiaojiao pushed up Sweet Girl’s sleeve, revealing one of her arms.

What came into view was an arm as thin as a stick. It was so frail it looked like it would snap with the slightest pressure. Her joints protruded, nothing but skin and bone with not a scrap of flesh on them.

On top of that, the entire arm was covered in a crisscrossing pattern of blue, purple, and red marks.

The sight made everyone gasp in shock.

"How could she be beaten this badly?"

Those who had children of their own started to cry uncontrollably.

She was just a child, and so skinny.

How could Chen Shulan bring herself to be so ruthless, to beat her so viciously?

The jumble of different colors on her arm was a clear sign of new injuries layered over old ones.

Chen Beiguo couldn’t stop himself from taking two steps forward to look at Sweet Girl’s other arm. On it were not only bloody welts from a feather duster, but also purple pinch marks and even bite marks.

Even as a grown man, he felt a pang of pain just looking at the wounds on her arms.

And this was just on her arms. There were probably even more on the rest of her body.

"Brigade Leader, don’t be in a hurry to cry. There’s more."

The brigade leader: "..."

’Who’s crying?!’

He didn’t refute her, but simply looked at Gu Jiaojiao.

He saw Gu Jiaojiao pinch a corner of Sweet Girl’s clothes and rip open a seam.

"These are the clothes she made for Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang."

Before the crowd could get a good look, Gu Jiaojiao pulled out a handful of the stuffing and threw it in Chen Shulan’s face.

"These are the clothes you made! This is your ’new cotton’!"

Straw hit Chen Shulan’s face and fell to the ground. Only then did the crowd see clearly—the clothes were actually stuffed with straw!