The brawl turned bloody. In the end, it was Su Dan who pulled them apart, desperately intervening when he realized someone might get killed.
Mrs. Tang had been choked by Qin Shanshan until she fainted, while Qin Shanshan’s shoulder was a bloody mess from being bitten.
Their falling out was a true dog-eat-dog affair.
Su Dan took Qin Shanshan to the hospital, while Tang Yuanxiao, without saying a word, took Mrs. Tang to the infirmary.
When Mrs. Tang woke up and heard what had happened, she was filled with a mixture of lingering fear and relief.
Seeing the ice-cold expression on Tang Yuanxiao’s face, she was overcome with regret and repented endlessly.
She said she would never cause trouble again, that she wouldn’t be like this anymore, that she was truly scared.
"Tangyuan, Mom really knows she was wrong this time. I won’t dare to do anything rash again. Please, please don’t send me back to prison."
Mrs. Tang begged Tang Yuanxiao, but she didn’t realize that the decision to send her back to prison wasn’t his alone to make.
Su Li soon found out about the whole incident.
Because Su Dan had come to her for money again.
Money to get a wife.
He wanted to marry Qin Shanshan, he needed money, and as his younger sister, Su Li was obligated to cover the cost.
Su Dan took this for granted and acted accordingly.
This time, he wasn’t in a hurry to go see Qin Shanshan. He could afford to bide his time.
After hearing the whole story, Su Li was beyond shocked—she was utterly speechless.
She didn’t even know what to say about Mrs. Tang’s unwavering ability to drag Tang Yuanxiao down.
As for Su Dan’s intervention, which had completely changed the course of events, it was a real eye-opener for Su Li.
’In her past life, Su Dan and Qin Shanshan never crossed paths. To think that in this life, they’d get together like this.’
’Considering how "deeply devoted" Qin Shanshan was to Tang Yuanxiao, only to end up in Su Dan’s hands... her feelings must be beyond description.’
Su Dan was very annoying, but hearing him say all this didn’t put Su Li in a bad mood.
Especially when she heard about the great battle between Qin Shanshan and Mrs. Tang, she couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
’Let the wicked torment the wicked. Those two have finally turned on each other.’
Su Li let out a long sigh of relief.
’This is good. This is for the best...’
Her back had been hit pretty hard. It had been hurting for the past few days, and only today did it finally feel better.
Because of Qin Shanshan and Mrs. Tang, she had been struck, and Little Tang Mo had nightmares for two nights in a row. He was only now getting better.
’Maybe they’ll quiet down for a while now?’
Su Li was in a decent mood, but Su Dan, seeing she wasn’t reacting, grew irritable.
"I’ve been talking to you for ages, did you even hear me, Su Li? Give me the money, give it to me! Shanshan is in the hospital! I need money!"
Su Dan hadn’t had it easy the last couple of days.
Qin Shanshan hated Su Dan’s guts. She was hysterical and found fault with everything.
The moment she saw Su Dan, she looked like she wanted to kill him, and she constantly took her anger out on him.
But Su Dan was in love with her to the bone. No matter how much Qin Shanshan tormented him, he endured it all, his only thought to make her his wife.
’After all, he was the one who’d had her body. Thinking of that pleasure, he was willing to endure this bit of suffering.’
’Besides, he’d be the one enjoying the good life later!’
With this thought in mind, Su Dan kept enduring. But for someone who had almost never been wronged in his life, this was truly a terrible ordeal.
His face and neck were covered in scratches, and his body was covered in bruises from being pinched, kicked, and hit. Luckily, Qin Shanshan had been physically weak these past few days and didn’t have much strength.
He could put up with Qin Shanshan, but he couldn’t put up with Su Li.
"Su Li, I’m telling you, if you don’t give me the money, I’ll tell Mom and have her deal with you! If you don’t want a beating, then you’d better obediently hand over the money. If you piss me off, don’t think you’ll get off easy either!"
Seeing Su Li remain unmoved and not getting the money, Su Dan clenched his fists, eager to make a move.
He couldn’t put up with Su Li, but Su Li had no intention of putting up with him, either.
After he finished his long-winded tirade, Su Li snapped out of her thoughts and started to walk away, completely ignoring Su Dan.
Su Dan was furious. He chased after her and reached out to grab her, but in the next second, his hand was caught in a grip.
"AHHHHHH! Let go! My hand’s gonna break!"
The pain was so intense that tears and snot immediately started streaming down Su Dan’s face.
The one gripping Su Dan’s hand was none other than Wu Sheng.
Wu Sheng casually held Su Dan’s hand and greeted Su Li.
"So this is Su Dan?"
Su Li nodded. "Yeah."
"He’s not much to look at, and he’s useless. Are you two really full siblings?"
Wu Sheng looked at Su Dan with a hint of disgust.
Su Li had nothing to say to that. "What brings you here today?"
"What do you mean? I came to take care of this for you."
Just before Su Dan howled his throat raw, Wu Sheng finally let go of his hand.
Su Dan felt like he was about to die from the pain.
"Who are you? Who the hell are you to hit me!"
Wu Sheng said leisurely, "Who am I? Let me think... I guess you could say I’m the kind of person you’ll want to take a detour to avoid from now on."
Su Dan was about to go crazy. "What?"
He finally got a clear look at Wu Sheng’s face. He was clearly very handsome, but one glance sent a chill down his spine.
Su Dan’s only redeeming quality was probably his intuition for danger.
He used to be afraid of Tang Yuanxiao, but now he was even more afraid of the man standing before him, Wu Sheng.
"You... Who the hell are you? I’m telling you, I’ll call the police!"
He was so used to being threatened with the police that he now reflexively used them as his own shield.
Su Dan cradled his hand and took two steps back, looking suspiciously between Wu Sheng and Su Li.
"Su Li, you know him?"
Wu Sheng wrapped an arm around Su Li’s shoulder. "Of course she does. I’m Su Li’s fiancé."
"From now on... let’s get well acquainted." Wu Sheng grinned, a smile that made Su Dan tremble.
He pointed at Wu Sheng and Su Li, his hand shaking uncontrollably as he stammered.
"You... Su Li, when did you find... How dare you! I’m Su Li’s brother..."
Su Dan’s feelings were truly too complicated for words.
When news of Su Li and Tang Yuanxiao’s divorce first reached Fengcheng County, he thought he had misheard. Later, he and Miao Fenghua felt it was a pity.
A pity that Su Li was so stupid as to actually divorce Tang Yuanxiao. In their eyes, she should have clung to Tang Yuanxiao even if it killed her!
They had often said that Su Li must have burned the best incense in her past life to have been able to marry Tang Yuanxiao.
It was a shame that Su Li divorced him so easily without swindling a fortune out of him.
In Miao Fenghua and Su Dan’s eyes, where could a "worn-out shoe" like Su Li, who was also dragging along a child, possibly get married again? Even if she could, it would only be to some widower or old man.
And even then, she’d be looked down upon.
That’s why Su Dan had never imagined Su Li would find a partner.
And such an impressive one at that, in every respect. He seemed even more formidable than Tang Yuanxiao, and... handsome, too.
Su Dan didn’t want to admit it, but he had to. In terms of looks alone, Wu Sheng was leagues ahead of him.
’How could a man like that be with Su Li? Is he blind?’
Su Dan was deeply suspicious.
All these thoughts flashed through Su Dan’s mind in an instant.
Wu Sheng, however, seemed to have caught on to some of it and spoke with a frown.
"Su Dan, don’t show your face in front of Su Li again. And you’d better not lay a hand on her. Not a single finger."
He said lightly, "If you don’t listen, don’t blame me for being unpleasant. I’ve been... wanting to meet you for a while now."
’Getting to meet the rotten brother who’d bullied Su Li since they were kids... Finding an excuse to teach him a lesson would certainly put him in a great mood.’
Seeing the eager look in Wu Sheng’s eyes, another chill ran down Su Dan’s spine.
"You... you..." He wanted to say something threatening, but the words got stuck in his throat.
"You just wait! Both of you, just you wait!"
After spitting out this final threat, Su Dan scurried away.
As was his habit since childhood whenever he got into trouble, he decided to run and tattle to Miao Fenghua, letting her deal with them.
Watching Su Dan run off as if a dog were chasing him, Su Li glanced sideways at Wu Sheng, finding the whole thing peculiar.
’That intimidating effect was incredible!’