Chapter 184: Noticed

Lian Li felt angry and anxious, annoyed and furious. He said angrily: “Let me go! I didn’t do anything to you! Don’t spit on someone. Women, what are you doing in a daze, come help me!”

Lian Li was extremely nervous. If someone saw this, how could he explain clearly?

Hearing this, Madam Qiao’s spirit was refreshed. She smiled coldly and approached the both of them.

“What are you doing!” Aunt Zhang shrieked from the gate.

At the same time, there were gasps and shouts.

Lian Fang Wing cried out “Third brother!” before she ran up, hugging Lian Che and bursting into tears!

Lian Li’s body froze, and his face went dark as he closed his eyes. Only then did he understand how he had been calculated.

Madam Qiao’s eyes were wide, stunned.

“Eldest brother Lian, sister-in-law Qiao! Fang Qing and Che’er are still children, how could you beat them like this!?” Aunt Zhang was shaking with anger.

The neighbors, who had been attracted by Lian Fang Qing’s sobbing and running, all sighed and whispered between themselves, looking at the Lian couple with contempt.

Even if you were jealous of Lian Fang Zhou’s good fortune, seeing two children being beaten like this, how could your heart not feel pity?

Madam Qiao suddenly panicked and glared at Aunt Zhang, hurriedly shouting: “What nonsense are you talking about? Which eye of yours saw us hitting someone? Hmph, didn’t you just see the two children in the second house were rich and rush to fawn over them?”

“Shut up!” Lian Li snapped at Madam Qiao but did nothing.

At this moment, even if he slapped Madam Qiao, it was useless because everyone would just say he was doing it for appearances.

“Sister-in-law Qiao, can’t you saying anything human?” Aunt Zhang exclaimed. “You ask me which eye I saw it, I tell you, both eyes! Don’t tell me the wounds on this little boy were caused by himself?! Don’t tell me that the palm print on Che’er’s face was made by him! You say I’m fawning over them? Have I ever treated them differently than I did before? Hmph, not like some people! What flesh and blood of a close relative? You used to think that these few children were cumbersome and pretended to be deaf and dumb, refusing to reach out to help! Now that their lives are better, you’re jealous and want to step in to take control of them! How smart you are! You shouldn’t assume that everyone in the world is a fool!”

After hearing these words, the crowd got louder and louder, pointing at Lian Li and Madam Qiao.

Lian Li’s chest was in a vice. He opened his mouth to say something but the words of the crowd gave him no change to speak.

“What’s the matter? What’s the matter? Oh! I say that you two are too cruel, you can attack a small child like this! Even if your family has been separated, they are your flesh and blood! This is not how flesh and blood relatives should act, this is really unsightly!” A woman shouted and everyone turned to look at Zhang Li Zheng’s wife, Madam Niu.

Because of the matter of being Zhang Li Zheng’s wife, Madam Niu always sat back to watch any excitement and rarely spoke out. Now she was willing to speak up, which of course represented Zhang Li Zheng’s thoughts on the matter.

As a result, everyone’s accusations became louder.

Madam Qiao’s face was red and white. She had dared to argue with Madam Zhang but she didn’t dare to argue with Madam Niu. What’s more, she hadn’t gotten any advantage from arguing with Madam Zhang.

“We’ve made a mistake, but there is a reason for it!” Lian Li sighed. “Sister Niu is right, we are close relatives. How can we act like this as elders? It’s really because these two children are ignorant—”

Madam Qiao was impatient, but no matter how impatient, she still remembered to make a distressed expression when Lian Li spoke. She thought he was too slow so she rushed to say loudly: “Yes, these two children scolded us first! As elders, we have to teach the younger ones!”

Aunt Zhang had been furious at what Madam Qiao had said earlier. As an outsider, she would have some decorum, even if she wanted to say something. But now, she no longer cared at all. She immediately sneered. “Fang Zhou and her siblings are all sensible and courteous. Che’er and Qing’er are young, how can they know when they are being naughty? How could they scold you? I want to hear what they did, don’t talk one way and hide another way!”

“Yes, the ins and outs must be clear!” Madam Niu cried also.

Everyone thought: Lian Fang Zhou and her siblings really weren’t known for impropriety. Even if Lian Fang Zhou had shown her power a few times, it was only when someone had come to her door to make trouble. The crowd rushed to agree.

Lian Che and Lian Fang Qing stood up from the ground and wiped away their tears, adjusting their hair and clothes.

It was just that, with the obviously wrinkled clothes, untidy hair, and the red, swollen palm print on Lian Ze’s cheek, no one could forget what had just happened.

Lian Fang Qing sniffled and immediately said: “Last night, uncle and aunt came to our house and said that from now on, their family should ‘take care’ of ours. Uncle said that they would go to Uncle Li Zheng’s house and let Uncle Li Zheng testify! However, letting uncle and aunt take care of us, we are really afraid of being… my sister didn’t dare say anything for fear that outsiders would say that she disrespects her elders and doesn’t know good or bad. I was so worried I didn’t sleep all night! I came out with my second brother before dawn today! I wanted to avoid thinking about it but uncle and aunt became angry when we didn’t come and scolded me and second brother… we didn’t hear them shouting and eldest aunt started to get angry…”

This was really something Madam Qiao would do.

Someone nodded and said, “I thought it was strange that the couple knocked on the door for such a long time, it turned out to be like this!”

“Seeing other people’s lives going well and wanting to join the two families so they can be the masters, heh, really good thinking!”

“No wonder they were scared and avoided them early, who would dare to take care of such elders?”

“That’s right, didn’t I say that earlier?”

“Come on, it isn’t okay to bully them just because they have no father or mother!”

“Speaking of which, the Lian children in the second branch are really pitiful!”

“No so, that’s not it at all!” Madam Qiao cried out in anger.

“If that’s not the case, why did uncle and aunt come to our house?” Lian Che asked immediately.

Madam Qiao was immediately mute.

Everyone understood her expression.

Lian Fang Qing added: “In the past, eldest aunt saw that my brother and sister were not at home and wanted to search out house for bank notes and land deeds. After last time, my sister put a big lock on the cabinet but aunt still managed to find the purse that sister put our broken silver in under the pillow.”

“Don’t take nonsense! Little brat, don’t spit on people!” Madam Qiao snarled.

“I’m not talking nonsense! The purse is still on your body, do you dare to be searched?” Lian Fang Qing sniffed, aggrieved.

TN: Tbh, I think that if these two kids are learning from anyone, they are learning from Third Aunt, hahaha! I love watching the mini-me’s beat down their shameless relatives. Everyone gets a turn at face-slapping, apparently.