Transmigrated Into the Vicious Stepmother in a Historical Novel - Chapter 11

Lu Jiefang was confused, but the Lu family’s elders quickly reacted. Old Mrs. Lu was furious. She glared at Sheng Fei with a vicious expression. “Look at the mess you’ve made, you dare to fight with Yuxia.”

Grandpa Lu did not say anything, but shook his head in disapproval.

Sheng Fei was outnumbered, but she was not afraid. She stood up straight and argued with them. “It was Xu Yuxia who provoked me first. She wanted to hit me, so I fought back. I was just acting in self-defense.”

Xu Yuxia snorted, “You should look at what you’ve done. You hit my children first.”

Old Mrs. Lu had been at home and didn’t know what happened. After hearing that Sheng Fei even hit a child, she was furious. She angrily walked up to Sheng Fei and slapped her, “Good job, Sheng Fei. Don’t you know whose food you’re eating? How dare you hit my grandson.”

Sheng Fei quickly grabbed her wrist and didn’t let go. “They hit my child first.”

Old Mrs. Lu didn’t expect Sheng Fei to dare to fight back with her, and she got even angrier. “You’ve gone too far, Sheng Fei. Do you want to hit me too?”

Sheng Fei shook off Old Mrs. Lu hand. She narrowed her eyes and said calmly, “Everyone saw that I just grabbed your wrist and didn’t do anything else! Besides, you hit me first, so I have the right to stop you.”

The villagers were noisy, and Sheng Fei didn’t want to give them an excuse to gossip about her.

She had many ways to teach Old Mrs. Lu and Xu Yuxia a lesson, but she didn’t need to do it in public.

Old Mrs. Lu pointed a trembling finger at Sheng Fei. “I’m your mother, and it’s just right for me to hit you. If you dare to avoid it, you’re being unfilial.”

Sheng Fei didn’t buy into her act, “This is no longer a feudal society. The older generation’s thinking is outdated. I suggest you go back and review the law.”

Old Mrs. Lu was so angry that she staggered back.

Xu Yuxia saw that her mother-in-law couldn’t deal with Sheng Fei.

She had no choice but to step up, “Sheng Fei, how dare you talk back to mother! And why did you hit my children?”

Sheng Fei repeated the same lines, “They were the ones who bullied my children first.”

Xu Yuxia was so angry that her chest was heaving. “Kids fight sometimes, it’s normal. Why are you, an elder, meddling in this?”

Sheng Fei grabbed Lu Da’s wrist and showed everyone his bruises. “Does a kid’s fight require such brutality? Look at how swollen my Lu Da’s arm is. You still dare to say this is just kids playing? I remember last time at school, two children playing with small knives got cut and had to go to the hospital. Kids can be careless, but do you think you can tolerate it if your child was beaten like this? Can you accept it?”

The villagers saw how serious Lu Da’s injuries were and shook their heads, “We can’t accept it.”

“This is not just kids playing. Look at how swollen his arm is from being pinched. Aren’t they supposed to be cousins? This is like dealing with enemies.”

“That’s right. Whoever dares to bully my children, whether they’re an adult or a child, I won’t hesitate to beat them up.”

Xu Yuxia was stunned for a moment and saw that she couldn’t defeat Sheng Fei in the argument, so she clung to the fact that Sheng Fei hit a child, “Even if it’s like that, you still don’t dare to hit my child. Look, he’s been scared silly and can’t even speak.”

Sheng Fei sneered and retorted, “Can’t speak? I heard them say my child is an unwanted wild child.”

Xu Yuxia was stunned.

Grandpa Lu finally spoke up, “Did you really say that?”

He looked at Lu Jixiang and Lu Ruyi with a complicated expression. Although he turned a blind eye to Old Mrs. Lu’s attitude, he didn’t allow them to talk like this.

TL: The raws said “Family’s treasure” or “babies” on the part of the word children and child. But I decided to use children/child to make it more clear.