Chapter 72: When a Rogue Meets the Living Yama

When Fang Yuan spoke, the entire scene fell silent. After all, how this matter would be handled depended entirely on the attitude of this new daughter-in-law.

If the young daughter-in-law got angry and started making trouble with the Lu family as well, the Lu family would not come out well from it.

Everyone secretly spat on Li Meng’s family for being shameless, wondering what this had to do with the new daughter-in-law at all.

Of course, most people still wanted to see how the second son of the Lu family’s wife would deal with the eldest son of the Lu family’s wife’s maternal family.

Who did not know that the Fang family’s tigress was not to be trifled with? Everyone wanted to see how the tigress would deal with these shameless, rolling troublemakers.

Li Meng’s eldest sister-in-law flew into a rage out of shame, “Your family is in the wrong. No matter what you say, you are not justified.”

Li Meng’s mother was still rolling on the ground crying and making a fuss, while the sister-in-law kept talking nonstop, scolding loudly. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law coordinated quite well.

Fang Yuan sneered, “Am I Fang Yuan someone who reasons with just anyone?”

A pole swung through the air. If Li Meng’s sister-in-law and mother had not rolled away quickly, it would have hit them.

Li Meng’s elder brother was so frightened he stepped back several paces. This woman was not to be trifled with. She really attacked without warning at all?

Fang Yuan said, “Did you not ask around who Fang Yuan is? I do not even care about the money in your pockets. You should be thanking the heavens and earth. And you still dare to provoke me. You have guts.”

Seeing no sign of Li Meng, Fang Yuan felt slightly regretful, “What your daughter has done, I have not even gone to your house yet. Since you are here today, let us settle it. What exactly is going on?”

From the side came Sister-in-law Sun, “A rogue has met a tough opponent.”

Lu Chuan pulled down Fang Yuan’s leg that was resting on a stool, “Stand properly when you speak.”

Fang Yuan glared at Lu Chuan, “Why are you so troublesome?”

Is that being troublesome? Compared to the Li family causing trouble and extorting money, you look like the real bully. And the villagers were still watching.

In the end, Fang Yuan really was the bully. She called out to Lu Chuan, “Call people over. Let Lu San and the others surround them. If the Li family does not explain what their daughter has done today, no one is leaving.”

Lu San somehow appeared, “Sister-in-law, do not worry. I have already sent people to the commune in town to call for help. Let the commune officials come and reason with them.”

Fang Yuan said, “What reasoning? With people like this, can you reason? What are you calling them for? Surround them first. Sister-in-law will treat you all to a meal later.”

Lu San could not quite keep up with this second sister-in-law’s dominance, “Really surround them? Not just scaring them?”

Fang Yuan glared, was he stupid? “Scare them? In your dreams. They are here offering money themselves. How can I let them leave?”

Lu San suddenly remembered how Fang Yuan had previously squeezed money out of Li Meng’s situation and slapped his thigh, “Quick, quick, surround these outsiders. I will treat everyone to ice pops later.”

The Li family had not even begun making trouble when they were already thrown into panic by this move. Why were they suddenly being surrounded?

Li Meng’s sister-in-law quickly got up, “What are you doing? Why are you not letting us leave? This is illegal.”

She had forgotten they came here originally to make trouble and had not planned to leave cleanly anyway.

Fang Yuan said, “Do not think you came here just waiting for me. I have been waiting for you too.”

At this point, Lu Chuan had basically no room to speak anymore, because everything that followed was unreasonable. He was not good at this kind of thing.

The matter of Li Meng stealing Fang Yuan’s man had never been hidden. Fang Yuan openly said it in front of the villagers, “You did this. A verbal apology is not acceptable. What do you say we do about it?”

The villagers around them buzzed with discussion, “So shameless, so embarrassing. And they still dare come extort money?”

Someone else muttered, “They met the ancestor of extortion. They have been caught by their weak spot.”

Li Meng’s sister-in-law’s face burned red, “You are talking nonsense.”

Fang Yuan said, “Nonsense? Then is it fake that your daughter broke off the engagement? Is it fake that you brought people to smash the Lu family’s place? Is it fake that your daughter went to the town cadres to find a match? Or that a properly raised girl threw herself at others for nothing?”

These humiliating words instantly ignited the crowd of women watching. The gossiping energy exploded like a storm.

On the other side, Gong Er said to Zhang Xiaole, “Did you hear that? I told you this earlier and you would not listen. Lu Chuan was forced into this marriage by his brother after being tricked. He had no choice but to marry Fang Yuan.”

Zhang Xiaole said darkly, “If you cannot speak, no one will treat you as mute.”

They were here to support Lu Chuan and build his reputation. They could not let outsiders bully him.

Zhu San suddenly asked, “Is this not Lu Feng’s matter? Why is Lu Feng not here?”

That was true. Lu Chuan had already sacrificed his own marriage for this, something the whole village knew. Now that it had been made explicit again, and the eldest son’s wife’s maternal family had come, yet Lu Feng himself did not show up, it was truly shameful.

Gong Er said bluntly, “He is just a cowardly turtle.”

Li Meng did not want Lu Feng to come, but Lu Feng knew that if he did not come, it would be humiliating and he would not be able to live in the village anymore.

Just as he arrived, he heard that sentence.

Li Meng immediately snapped, “Who are you calling? Who said we did not come?”

She then pulled her sister-in-law, “Brother, sister-in-law, bringing mom here to make trouble will not solve anything. I told you already, I have no money.”

The sister-in-law made it clear, “You have no money, but your family’s younger brother-in-law does. He is earning big money in town. He has to take responsibility for this.”

People fear thieves stealing, but even more they fear thieves remembering them.

They had been targeted.

Fang Yuan had already poured a bucket of slop toward them, “Lu Chuan does not deal with this kind of rotten nonsense, but my matters, you must deal with.”

Li Meng was splashed head to toe with filthy wastewater, “Who are you throwing that at? Can you not tell friend from foe?”

Fang Yuan said, “I am throwing it at you.”

Then she added, “Your family raised a daughter who did such shameful things. Talk it out. All of you talk it out. Pay compensation.”

She did not waste a single extra word.

Li Meng’s sister-in-law said, “Pay what compensation? What does this have to do with us? I am here to demand money from you.”

Fang Yuan said, “If nothing happened, why did you come? Since you came, do you think you can leave so easily? Pay for the things you broke at the Lu family, pay for your daughter stealing my marriage. Do you think you can just erase what you did? You want money from me? Dream on.”

Li Meng’s sister-in-law was also a well-known rogue, “No money. We will not pay. Do not even think about extorting us.”

Fang Yuan said, “This is not extortion, it is compensation. If you have no money, that is fine. You must have furniture at home. How did you come here? Bicycle, donkey cart, or ox cart?”

Then she looked at Lu San, “Do not care what transport it is. Go and keep an eye on it.”

Li Meng’s sister-in-law grabbed Lu San, refusing to let him go. They absolutely could not let this woman target them, “Are you bandits? Is there no law? Those are borrowed carts. You cannot take them.”

Fang Yuan said, “That is fine. When I go to your house to ask for money, you can also lend me money. That makes things simple. Next time you come, just borrow an ox cart. Then everything will probably be settled.”