Chapter 1722 - 1314: Amazed by Kang Li

Chapter 1722: Chapter 1314: Amazed by Kang Li

"Why should I be your witness?"

Kang Li raised her pretty eyebrows ever so slightly: "Every time you see me, you try to stick to me, and you actually do it too. Xu Chunxia, haven’t I told you before? Nothing’s gonna come from you falling for me. Did you forget what I said?"

Xu Chunxia’s face turned red: "Don’t talk nonsense here!"

"How am I talking nonsense, huh?"

Kang Li put on an innocent face: "If you don’t have feelings for me, then why is it that I was just walking by minding my own business, and you said I was watching the drama at your house? Xu Chunxia, it sounds to me like you just want my attention. Plus, you stopped me, which only goes to show how deep your feelings are for me. But I’m a married woman, so you better stop making yourself seen in front of me, stop these silly attempts to catch my eye!"

"Could you have some shame?"

Xu Chunxia was so furious her lips trembled: "If I didn’t need something from you, do you think I’d want to show up in front of you? Kang Libao, trees rely on their bark, people need their face. You’ve stomped all over my dignity time and again, that’s just going too far!"

"Am I the one making a fool of you?"

Kang Li’s face turned cold: "You sure it’s not you, who has no shame and insists on throwing yourself at my feet?"

"You..."

Pointing at Kang Li, Xu Chunxia’s face turned dark. She was so angry she couldn’t get another word out for a moment.

"Fine, you go do what you need to do. I don’t have time to bicker with you here. In the future, just to avoid any more run-ins, I suggest you pretend not to see me whenever I’m around. After all, to me, you’re nothing more than a familiar stranger."

With that, Kang Li didn’t bother about Xu Chunxia’s face at all, brushing past her and heading home.

What Kang Li said to Xu Chunxia made Mrs. Xu feel so embarrassed her face looked like a patchwork quilt. If she could, she’d dig a hole right there to climb into—anything to keep from losing face with the no-good daughter she raised.

Thinking this, she forced herself to keep calm and shouted at Xu Chunxia: "Why are you still standing there? Aren’t you embarrassed enough already?"

"And how exactly am I embarrassing myself?"

After swallowing so much anger in front of Kang Li, hearing Mrs. Xu’s furious voice now made Xu Chunxia snap right back: "You tell me, how am I embarrassing myself? If it weren’t for you and Dad and your precious son and perfect daughter-in-law always making trouble, would folks be crowding around our family for a show? Would Kang Libao be humiliating me the second she opens her mouth?"

"Do whatever you want!"

Mrs. Xu didn’t want to keep making a spectacle in front of the neighbors. She clenched her teeth, looking black-faced as she marched into the yard.

Just then, someone watching the show, never content until things got rowdy, suddenly piped up and teased Xu Chunxia: "Chunxia, Chunxia, could it be you really do like Li Bao, like she said? Even love her? If you do, auntie’s telling you, better quit while you’re ahead, otherwise around these parts you’ll have no reputation left!"

"You’re the one who likes Kang Libao, maybe you even love her!"

Xu Chunxia didn’t even see who it was making fun of her, just shot back coldly, face like stone.

"Chunxia, what’s up with your mouth? Wasn’t me who said you liked Li Bao, loved Li Bao—it’s Li Bao herself said it! If you really don’t, how come when Li Bao called you out, you couldn’t even explain yourself?"

Having been snapped at by Xu Chunxia, the woman was pissed now too: "Far as I’m concerned, Li Bao’s a great kid, she would never lie. Maybe she’s telling the truth—you always popping up in front of her for no good reason ’cause you got some shady little thoughts, trying to get noticed—that’s exactly what she said, trying to get her attention, am I right?"

"Right, my ass! I’m a woman, not a pervert, like there’s no men left in the world, why would I like her, Kang Libao?"

Xu Chunxia was about to explode. She stared a hole through the woman who was mocking and disrespecting her, teeth gritted: "Auntie Chunhua, if you weren’t an elder, do you think I wouldn’t tear your mouth apart?"

"Come on then! I’d like to see you try!"

The Auntie Chunhua that Xu Chunxia mentioned was Wang Chunhua, best pals with Li Daniu in the village. The two could really talk. This moment, seeing the argument flare up between Wang Chunhua and Xu Chunxia, Li Daniu couldn’t help but chime in on Wang Chunhua’s side:

"Chunxia girl, you shout at your Auntie Chunhua like that, but if you’re so tough, how come you don’t show off in front of Li Bao? Seems to me, you only pick on those weaker than you. Just ’cause you worked outta town for a couple years, you think us aunties from the village are all bumpkins, easy targets—is that it?"

"Did I ever say that?"

Xu Chunxia’s eyes were icy: "If Auntie Chunhua didn’t talk crap first, do you think I’d waste my spit here arguing with her?"