Chapter 117: The Show Begins
The man was unfamiliar, but the woman was all too familiar to them. However, it wasn’t Su Yaoguang’s mother, Zhang Zhaodi, but Su Yaoguang’s aunt, Su Guilan.
Su Guilan barely covered herself and screamed loudly while clutching a blanket, "Ah... get out, get out..."
"You wretch, what have you done?" Su Guilan’s husband burst in from outside, looking at the scene before him, grabbed a stick from the ground, and swung it, "I’m going to beat you to death, you shameless woman. You actually dared to cheat on me. If someone hadn’t told me you were here sneaking around, I wouldn’t have believed it. I’ve been waiting outside for so long and actually caught you, this unfaithful woman, wearing the green hat for me."
Grandpa Su, Grandma Su, Second Uncle Su, and Second Aunt Su were completely stunned in place.
How could it be Su Guilan?
How did this not go as planned?
"Where’s Zhang Zhaodi? The informant clearly saw her come in with a man, she can’t just disappear. She must be hiding here somewhere." Second Aunt Su shouted loudly.
At this moment, Su Guilan’s husband and the woman of her paramour were both frantically beating the couple on the bed. Su Guilan and Jiang Fang were disheveled, and a certain smell lingered in the air. This was not an act; something had definitely already happened.
Normally, Grandpa Su and Grandma Su were rather nice to Su Guilan, but at this moment they didn’t protect her. Their heads were filled with panic and anger over the failed plan, wanting to regain control over the situation.
Zhou Wangshu covered Su Yaoguang’s eyes, saying, "This has nothing to do with you anymore; go wait outside for now."
"Yes, yes, Yaoguang, you should go out quickly, this is just too disgusting." Zhang Pandi said, "Your little aunt and I will handle this here."
"Since we’re here, let’s watch them finish their show!" Su Yaoguang said, "Didn’t Second Uncle and Second Aunt rush inside to catch them? Maybe my mom is inside there. I’ll wait here."
"What happened here?" Zhang Zhaodi’s voice came from the doorway. "Why are there so many people?"
Su Yaoguang and others turned around to see Zhang Zhaodi looking bewildered, "Mom, why are you here?"
Zhang Zhaodi scratched her cheek and said in confusion, "I saw everyone drinking quite a bit, so I went to the pharmacy to buy hangover prevention pills. But I was really dizzy, had to sit at the pharmacy for a while before coming back."
Second Aunt Su and Second Uncle Su pushed Mrs. Jiang and Tong Chunlai out.
Mrs. Jiang and Tong Chunlai were heavily intoxicated, looking as if they hadn’t sobered up.
"What’s happening here?" Mrs. Jiang asked, her mind finally returning upon seeing the chaos in front of her.
When she saw Zhang Zhaodi standing at the doorway, her eyes flickered. She turned back, seeing Su Guilan and Jiang Fang undressed, her face changed dramatically.
"It’s her, it’s Zhang Zhaodi." Su Guilan shouted, pointing in Zhang Zhaodi’s direction, "I heard she was here seducing men, and wanted to catch her in the act. But who knew when I came, the room only had a drunken man, and he wouldn’t let go of me, he forced me, I don’t know anything."
"Nonsense." Zhang Zhaodi cursed, "I don’t even know this person."
"Then why are you here?" Su Guilan wouldn’t let go of the chance to throw dirt on Zhang Zhaodi.
She kicked Jiang Fang.
Jiang Fang came to his senses and said, "Yes, my sweetheart is her, I mistook the person."
"Well, Zhang Zhaodi, I always said you were restless." Grandma Su immediately had something to say.
Su Yaoguang rubbed her ear: "Now let’s straighten this out. You all are throwing dirt on my mother, is there any proof? Catch thief, find evidence; catch adulterers, find them in bed, now what you caught were your own. My mother is innocent, yet she was tainted by you. If there’s no explanation, I’ll sue you for slander. Furthermore, I found those thieves who stole from my mother, they have testimonies too, want to hear it?"
Mrs. Jiang and Tong Chunlai looked at each other.
They weren’t stupid, they already understood that Su Yaoguang had known it was their setup, and now she had simply turned the tables, trapping them in their own scheme.
Su Yaoguang approached Mrs. Jiang and Tong Chunlai, lowered her voice, and said, "Those thieves confessed to quite interesting things, care to hear them?"
"It’s her, she seduced my brother." Mrs. Jiang pointed at Su Guilan and shouted, "My brother couldn’t resist her temptations, that’s why he used my family’s resources to start this absurd business."
"Yes, that’s right." Tong Chunlai echoed.
Su Guilan wanted to get off the bed to argue, but she wasn’t dressed, making her too upset to fight.
"Since there’s nothing here related to us anymore, let’s not interrupt everyone’s enjoyment." Su Yaoguang said, heading to Zhang Zhaodi, "Mom, let’s go!"
Zhang Zhaodi coldly looked at Mrs. Jiang, "From today, we won’t have any contact; don’t come looking for me again."
Mrs. Jiang was silent, not daring to look at her.
After leaving the chaotic courtyard, Zhang Pandi asked, "I’m completely confused, what exactly happened here?"
Zhang Yingdi pressed her temples, "Don’t say you, I also don’t understand. My head is buzzing, filled with the sounds of that woman and Su Guilan’s husband fighting and shouting."
"Mrs. Jiang and Tong Chunlai deliberately approached my mom. Under Su Guilan’s instructions, they staged a hero-saving scene to get close to my mom, made friends, and gradually lowered her guard. Then they planned to frame her with an affair to control her, making her their cash cow. If my mom was tricked and drugged, it would have been her being caught red-handed. In their original plan, they didn’t intend to alert us; this way my mom would be forced to hide the scandal and let them extort her. However, I deliberately leaked the news to Jiang Fang’s woman and also led Su Guilan’s husband to them... I brought the matter to light and broke all their schemes."
"What about Su Guilan? How did she get caught up in this trap?" Zhang Pandi asked.
"My mom told them she wouldn’t be free nor out for a long time, so they panicked and decided to act that very night. After all, if they missed this chance, they’d have to wait long for another. When Tong Chunlai left, he informed Su Guilan, and just needed to follow him to know Su Guilan’s location. Once Tong Chunlai returned, Su Guilan was already under our control—we knocked her out and carried her into that room. Meanwhile, they were going to drug my mom, but she had already taken the antidote in advance, and took the chance to reverse-drug them when they weren’t paying attention, thus the stage became ours for the show."
"Letting those people go like that, isn’t it too easy for them?" Zhang Yingdi said, dissatisfied.
"Mrs. Jiang, Tong Chunlai, and Jiang Fang all have dirty hands. I’ve already reported to the government and handed over a few of their accomplices involved in setting the stage—those ruffians—to the authorities. As for Su Guilan, she will probably face severe consequences, since this scandal can’t be hidden. For the Su family, Su Guilan alone is enough trouble for them, we can just enjoy the show." Su Yaoguang held Zhang Zhaodi’s arm, "Mom, I’m most worried about you. You finally made a friend, only for them to turn out deceitful, how are you feeling?"