Chapter 200: A Forced Apology
"I don’t care about her moving out right now. What she must do is—apologize to me."
Fu Mingxue’s expression was cold. She was not emotional in the slightest.
Instead, she spoke each word with resounding force. "I will not allow anyone to insult my heroic father. This isn’t just about my father. It’s about all the other heroes who sacrificed themselves for the country and its people, who could no longer be there to raise their children."
"Their children are not fatherless. They don’t just ’have a mother and no father.’ It’s that their fathers had to sacrifice their own families for the good of the nation. Their loved ones should not be targets for malicious insults."
At first, the other family members had thought Fu Mingxue was being a little too aggressive.
After all, she and her mother were completely unharmed.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Hao had been beaten until her face was a swollen, red mess, and she’d even had a tooth knocked out!
But now, after hearing what she said—they felt she had a very good point.
After all, their husbands were soldiers too.
If it had been them—if someone had insulted their children like that, they would have ripped that person’s mouth to shreds.
Seeing both Fu Mingxue and her mother staring at her, Sister Wang felt a major headache coming on.
"—Fine, wait here. I’ll go get her."
Fu Mingxue tapped the face of her watch.
Then, she stated impassively, "I’ll give you five minutes. After that, I have to go to work."
Sister Wang: ...?
’Fine, five minutes it is.’
She walked over to the Hao family’s home and knocked on the door.
"Mrs. Hao, please open the door. I need to talk to you—"
Mrs. Hao didn’t open the door. "Talk about what? It’s obvious you’ve taken her side completely. If you want me to apologize to her, there’s no way in hell."
’Don’t think I didn’t hear anything just now.’
’I was hiding right behind this door. I heard everything.’
’Hah! They beat me to this state, and they still want me to apologize to that mother-daughter pair? Fat chance.’
Sister Wang didn’t want to waste time either. She saw that trying to persuade her, whether nicely or harshly, was useless.
So she had to play her trump card. "Mrs. Hao, your insults toward Mr. Fu’s father just now were an act of extreme disrespect toward a hero. If you don’t come out and apologize, our only option is to report this up the chain. Then we’ll have to let the army talk to your son, Hao Rong."
Mrs. Hao was stunned.
’How did my son get dragged into this?’
"And another thing. Your granddaughter was injured yesterday, and you refused to pay for her treatment. If your son were to find out about that—what do you think he would say?"
Upon hearing this, the color drained from Mrs. Hao’s face.
’This... Damn it, how did they end up threatening me?’
Sister Wang spoke again. "Fu Mingxue is only giving you five minutes. If you don’t come out, and she decides to take this to the leadership, I’m washing my hands of it."
The moment she finished speaking, the door was thrown open.
Mrs. Hao stood there, her face livid. "Fine, I can apologize to her, but she knocked my tooth out. She has to pay my medical bills—"
Mrs. Fu immediately started railing at her:
"Compensation, my ass! If you hadn’t come to our door to insult Mingxue’s father, would I have hit you? Hah! I only knocked out one of your teeth. The only reason I didn’t smash your whole mouth in is because I was being merciful."
"If you run that filthy mouth of yours again, I’ll knock out all of your teeth. And another thing! Your daughter-in-law borrowed five yuan for your granddaughter’s doctor visit. Now, give me back my money, right now."
"My daughter is too kind-hearted, and look what trouble it’s caused! It gave you the perfect excuse to show up at our door, cursing and screaming. How fucking black is your heart?"
Mrs. Hao was seething with rage.
She couldn’t beat her in a fight, and she couldn’t win a shouting match.
"Hurry up! Get your ass over here and apologize, or I’m going to find your son’s commanding officer right now—"
Mrs. Hao’s eyes were wide with fury.
’Sons of bitches—I’ll fight them to the death!’
"—I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have insulted your dad. Happy now?"