Chapter 111: Striking First

Madam Zhao was furious. “Arrogant, far too arrogant—”

Even though she knew deep down that Tian Jia wasn’t entirely in the wrong.

It was possible her own daughter had started the trouble.

But how could that woman, knowing full well that Sisi was a Zhao, still lay a hand on her?

And this time, the beating was even worse than last time.

Her lip was split and bleeding.

“Let’s go, we’re going to the Qin family.”

If the Qin family didn’t give her an explanation this time, she’d have to handle things her own way.

——

Madam Qin was surprised to see her younger daughter-in-law return.

After all, she’d left that morning—why was she back so soon?

“Mingxue, you’re back.”

“Mom, I need to let you know something—I hit that Zhao Sisi. I figure her family will be coming here soon, so I came back to wait for them.”

Fu Mingxue had originally planned to go home, but halfway there, she thought it over—Zhao Sisi would definitely go home and complain.

Wouldn’t the Zhao family just come to the Qin house to stir up trouble again?

It was better for her to be present for this sort of thing.

Besides, she was sick and tired of Zhao Sisi coming after her again and again.

So she decided to come to the Qin house first.

When Madam Qin heard her younger daughter-in-law say she’d hit the Zhao girl again, she was utterly taken aback.

“—She came looking for trouble with you again?”

Hearing her mother-in-law ask this, Fu Mingxue felt relieved.

At least she didn’t start by scolding her for hitting someone again, or lecturing her about being reasonable.

She nodded, feeling cheerful. “Yes, I just happened to run into her. I didn’t expect her to have those two girls with her try to hold me down—they wanted to gang up on me three against one. But they weren’t strong enough, so I fought back.”

Madam Qin: …

Three against one and they still lost—just how strong was her daughter-in-law?

“Well, since it wasn’t your fault, we’re in the right. Even if they come here, it’s their problem.”

Fu Mingxue loved hearing this. “Mom, thank you for being so fair.”

Madam Qin: …?

If she’d said anything else, would that mean she wasn’t being fair?

Speak of the devil—here they came.

Madam Zhao stormed in, dragging Zhao Sisi, whose face was swollen and red.

Two girls followed behind them.

Madam Qin recognized them—they often trailed after the Zhao girl.

But when her gaze landed on Zhao Sisi’s face, she couldn’t help but twitch at the sight.

That was quite a beating.

No wonder they’d come demanding an explanation.

Her gentle expression vanished in an instant, replaced by anger as she took the initiative:

“You’re just in time—I was about to come find you, but you’ve saved me the trip.”

“Sisi, I thought we’d put the last incident behind us. Why did you bring two people to ambush and gang up on my daughter-in-law?”

Fu Mingxue: …?

She stared at her mother-in-law in shock—she never expected this.

The four newcomers were also completely thrown off by these words.

Zhao Sisi: …?

Was this what it meant to be protective? Wasn’t this a bit much?

Why had she never seen Madam Qin defend Lan Qingman, the eldest daughter-in-law, like this before?

She was about to explode.

Madam Zhao, who had just processed what was happening, was equally furious.

“Sheng Shulan, get your facts straight—it was your daughter-in-law who beat up my daughter! Just look at her face—”

Madam Qin’s voice was even louder. “Yao Xiang, I haven’t even started on you! Don’t you teach your daughter any manners? Bringing people to gang up on my daughter-in-law—what was she thinking?”

“As for those injuries on her face, that’s only because my daughter-in-law was able to defend herself. Otherwise, who knows what your daughter would have done to her?”

“What kind of grudge does your daughter have against my Mingxue? Why does she keep going after her like this?”"