To make up for the debt owed to Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Lin Qingping wasn't actually hit. Her mother screamed loudly, but none of the blows landed on her. She dodged some of the blows herself, and Gu Youlian's "iron arm" blocked some of them.

However, it didn't stop Lin Qingping from looking pitiful and innocent, as if she had been severely beaten. The onlookers felt sorry for her, not to mention Gu Juncheng.

Gu Juncheng took two steps to stand in front of Wu Aixiu, shielding Gu Youlian and Lin Qingping behind him.

Like an iron tower, it exudes a menacing aura.

At that moment, Wu Axiu was dancing over in her slippers when she saw Gu Juncheng. She was startled and tried to pull back, but it was too late. She and her slippers rushed towards Gu Juncheng.

Gu Juncheng reached behind him and, with Lin Qingping and Gu Youlian in a flash, Wu Axiu fell face-first to the ground.

Wu Axiu fell and screamed, spitting out a mouthful of mud. She stopped fighting, lay on the ground, and continued to wail, "You damned bastard! The officer hit me! The officer hit me! He's bullying the common people!"

The surrounding crowd were all kind-hearted people. Upon seeing this, they all said, "Don't talk nonsense. There are so many of us who saw it clearly. No one hit you. You fell down on your own! Don't try to blame him just because he's a soldier!"

"Yes, yes! We're staying here for now. If the police are called, we'll be our witnesses. We know everything that happened today!"

Wu Axiu held her breath, almost suffocating. Hearing everyone say this, she pounded her chest and stamped her feet, "The people in the capital are bullying us! Someone's going to die! The people in the capital are ganging up on us country folk! I'm going to file a complaint! I'm going to appeal to the emperor!"

The wails were absolutely deafening.

Lin Qingping looked terrified, leaning against Sister Gu's chest and wiping away tears, appearing extremely wronged.

Someone else said, "So you're filing a complaint! Perfect! Then call the police! Let's see how this goes! How will you compensate for the damaged house? How much compensation will you have to pay? Let the police handle it all!"

Wu Axiu's crying stopped abruptly. Looking at the crowd surrounding her, she wondered why the tricks she used back home weren't working anymore. Back home, all she had to do was lie down, yell, curse, hit, and smash things. As long as she was fierce enough, no one dared to mess with her!

She glanced around and decided that Gu Juncheng was the easiest to control.

Although he is indeed intimidating in terms of strength, he wouldn't hit his mother-in-law! Being unfilial is a crime punishable by heaven! Besides, this son-in-law used to be easy to manipulate; he'd given her money several times when asked…

At this point, her mind was in a mess, and she had no idea what she wanted.

At first, she didn't want to give up the house; later, she didn't want to compensate for the house; and still later, she didn't want to lose face or lose face.

They've completely gone mad; all they want to do is cause trouble, crush these people from the capital! They just want to trample them underfoot and finally feel triumphant!

Wu Axiu, who had never known the meaning of bowing her head, came up with the most foolish idea.

Of course she wouldn't hit Gu Juncheng. How could she possibly hurt someone as tough as an iron tower?

She still chose to hit her own daughter!

Lin Qingping looked so pitiful today that it made her forget that Lin Qingping was not someone to be trifled with in the past.

Wu Axiu got up and suddenly rushed towards Lin Qingping, intending to knock Lin Qingping over and then straddle her to beat her. This was her signature move, which always worked when she fought with the women back home.

If Gu Juncheng tells her to stop hitting, she can then make her demands. As for what demands to make, she hasn't thought about it yet. She just needs to save face first!

However, she forgot about Gu Juncheng's strength.

How could Gu Juncheng possibly let her run into Lin Qingping?

Wu Axiu was hit by a huge rebound force, which bounced her back to the ground.

It was Gu Juncheng, standing in front of Lin Qingping. He simply stretched out his palm to block, and the rebound force from his hand sent her flying.

Wu Axiu looked at Gu Juncheng standing in front of her with a cold face. Especially since she was lying down while Gu Juncheng was standing, as tall as a big tree, his usually stern face was now filled with anger. One glance was enough to make people tremble.

However, she was naturally competitive and never admitted defeat, so she eventually resorted to her old method of throwing a tantrum.

“How could I have raised such an ungrateful daughter! She's made me suffer like this! I raised you from infancy, and you conspire with your husband to beat me… I raised you to be successful, to attend university in the capital, and I wanted to come and enjoy a few days of comfort with you, but you think I'm a shameful country bumpkin, and then you conspire with your husband to beat me… Your husband is a soldier! Soldiers bullying civilians, beating their mothers-in-law—is there no justice in this world? Lin Qingping! You heartless wretch! I raised you all these years, and you just spread your legs and seduce men to bully your mother… You shameless bastard… You prostitute…”

The voices rose and fell, like a theatrical performance, but there were no tears, only howls, and the language was extremely vulgar.

Those who heard it were stunned. Such vulgar language was unheard of. Even if it existed, it was only found in brothels. How could someone use such words to insult their own daughter?

Upon hearing this, Gu Juncheng took off his military shirt and handed it to Lin Qingping behind him, leaving him only in a vest. His muscular physique gleamed dark in the sunlight.

"Dear neighbors, I am truly embarrassed to have you all witness this embarrassing situation. But since you've all seen it, I ask you all to be my witnesses. Today, I'm putting this out there: even if it means giving up this military uniform, I will make sure this matter is resolved forever!"

"What are you going to do? You really want to hit me? I'm a woman! I'm your mother-in-law!" The reason Wu Axiu could run rampant in her hometown was because there was an unwritten rule there: men don't hit women, and juniors don't hit elders. Now, Gu Juncheng has been in the army for a few years. Has he forgotten all the rules of his hometown? Is he going to break both of them?

Wu Axiu began to feel genuinely frightened. She sat on the ground and crawled backward little by little. Gu Juncheng rubbed his hands together, his arm muscles bulging. She started shouting, "Jiagui! Jiagui, come save Mom! Jiagui, your brother-in-law is hitting someone!"

The outside world was in complete chaos, but Lin Jiagui seemed oblivious to it all, just sitting there watching TV with a plate of melon seeds. His mother was constantly arguing with this person or that person in the village, arguing eight hundred times a day! He wasn't surprised at all.

However, his mother rarely called him, because of the village custom that men should not interfere in women's affairs.

This time, when he heard the shouts, he looked outside and, good heavens, his brother-in-law was about to beat someone up.

He had seen his brother-in-law's fists and kicks before; who could withstand them?

He was terrified to see those guys who got beaten up in the garment factory dormitory last time; he felt sorry for them…

So what if this house is uninhabitable? He doesn't even want to live here; he's not that interested in the capital! He can't understand the local dialect, he doesn't know the way, what's so fun about it?

He went outside, and his mother, thinking he had come to rescue her, rushed towards him and grabbed his arm, panicking, "Jiagui, Jiagui, your brother-in-law is going to hit someone! He's going to hit someone!"

Lin Jiagui gave his mother a cold shoulder. "Your brother-in-law hit someone. Do you think I can beat him?"