Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s Chapter 5 - 5 5 Splashing Dirty Water

Guiying suffered from severe premenstrual syndrome; in the days before her cycle, her chest would swell and throb with unbearable pain. This was no secret, as she frequently broadcasted her discomfort to the local women while gossiping in the neighborhood alleys.

Chiang Xiao recalled that these were precisely those days.

She remembered this because, in a few days' time, Guiying would shamelessly weaponize her period to humiliate Chiang Songhai in the most disgusting manner imaginable.

Chiang Xiao’s collision was delivered with malicious force. Guiying let out a shriek of agony, her features contorting as she clutched her chest, nearly collapsing from the impact.

Gasping for breath, her voice trembled with rage, “Chiang Xiao, you... you parentless dog spawn...”

Directing such poisonous words at a thirteen-year-old girl was truly wicked.

Had Ge Liutao not been restraining him, Chiang Songhai would have certainly lost his temper and struck her.

His daughter, Little, might have seemed headstrong, but she possessed an incredibly sensitive soul. Being called parentless was a wound she couldn't bear, yet Guiying had deliberately poked at her most painful scar!

Chiang Songhai worried that Chiang Xiao would be crushed by the insult, but instead, he watched her snatch a nearby broom and swing it at Guiying again.

“My parents are coming back eventually! When they find out how you’ve cursed me, they will rip your foul mouth apart and throw you into a cesspit to match your stench! It’s your Ding Dani who is the dog spawn, with a heart so black it’s turned to charcoal, and you have the nerve to come to my house demanding money? I’m going to sue her! Ding Dani pushed me into the creek—that is attempted murder! Do you think a few scraps of cloth can settle that? I want her to soak in that water for half an hour and suffer from fever for days! If not, I won’t let this go, not with her and not with your family!”

Though her face was flushed with fever, Chiang Xiao shouted while struggling for air, her words leaving everyone in the room speechless.

While dodging the strikes, Guiying managed to grab the broom. She glared at Chiang Xiao with eyes full of fury after hearing the retort.

“What kind of lies are you telling? Why would Da Ni push you? She was trying to rescue you! You little brat, how dare you frame my Da Ni...”

“Bring Ding Dani here to face me! We’ll go see the Secretary Uncle right now! If she’s too afraid to go, it proves she has a guilty conscience!”

Chiang Xiao shouted defiantly, meeting Guiying’s heated gaze with equal fire.

Go to the Secretary?

Yao Jubin, the Secretary of Siyang Village, was a man who wouldn't tolerate a single grain of sand in his eye. He detested anyone who disrupted the village's harmony. Known for his absolute fairness, he was a figure of fear for many. Guiying and her husband, Ding Daqiang, were already on Secretary Yao’s blacklist due to previous brawls and were under his watchful eye.

He placed immense pressure on the village youth, especially those in school, viewing them as the future pride of Siyang Village. Any student who failed to study hard would face a brutal tongue-lashing. During village meetings, he would publicly criticize individuals with a face as stern as Justice Bao.

Because of this, the children feared him above all others, secretly calling him 'Black Yao.'

The moment Chiang Xiao mentioned Secretary Yao, Guihua felt a flicker of doubt and immediate conflict.

Was it possible that Da Ni really had pushed her?

No, she needed to return home and interrogate that girl properly.

Despite her growing uncertainty, she continued to scream fiercely, “Do you think Secretary Yao has nothing better to do? You think you can pester him with every little thing? Are you planning to go there and cry for sympathy? Let me tell you, Chiang Xiao, I’ve seen you clinging to Desheng’s hand, crying just so he’ll buy you treats! And Old Li from the front alley—every time you go for soy sauce, you smile like a blooming flower at him. That lonely widower has been bewitched by you. He gives you extra soy sauce or candy just hoping those little gifts will let him touch your body to satisfy his urges. Pah! They might be fooled by your acting, but I see right through you!”