Turning Antagonist to Protagonist: He is Both Soft and Fierce-Chapter 96 - 91: No One Can Bully My Sister-in-law

Chapter 96: Chapter 91: No One Can Bully My Sister-in-law

"Mom, this won’t do." Lin Xushi usually had some complaints about her mother-in-law, but never harbored any ill intentions.

She pushed the two children into the house and then closed the door, "Ping’er, quick, lock the door."

Inside, Lin Ping was crying, "Mom... I want to find Auntie..."

Yesterday, Auntie said with her around, there’s nothing to fear.

Lin Xushi didn’t have the time to think about why he was looking for his aunt. She stood in front of the door, shielding Li Guifen behind her, "We’ve already said we don’t know Wu Qiang! His gambling debt has nothing to do with us."

"Bah, I don’t care about that. Xu Qiang said his brother-in-law’s family has money."

The sturdy man in the lead kicked the bench in the yard, then said fiercely, "If you don’t hand over the money today, we’ll take the children as payment."

As soon as he finished speaking, a woman’s voice rang out, sternly scolding, "If you dare to take the children as payment, I’ll dare to report you to the officials."

Everyone immediately looked towards the door. It was a young woman with a blue silk flower pinned on her head. Her appearance was exceptionally pretty, with naturally upturned eyes.

Lin Qiao.

The strong man’s eyes lit up, and he said lecherously, "Who are you in this family?"

This young woman was worth more than the two kids, selling her to a brothel could bring at least fifty taels.

Before Lin Qiao could answer, Li Guifen loudly denied, "She’s not from our family."

"It’s none of your business!"

The last sentence was clearly directed at Lin Qiao.

"I’m her daughter."

Lin Qiao originally didn’t want to get involved in this mess, but it didn’t fit her current persona.

Fine, it was because the two kids called her Auntie.

"You’re her daughter, just right, that’s enough as collateral, take her away." The lascivious eyes of the strong man sized her up and down, looking very satisfied.

Lin Qiao rolled her eyes internally, who agreed to you using me as collateral?

She said earnestly, "Fine, but as soon as you take me, my uncle will report you to the officials. Forcefully taking a woman is a capital offense."

Before he could speak, she continued, "My second sister-in-law is a married woman, everyone knows, a married daughter belongs to her husband’s family, like water spilled."

"What does my second sister-in-law have to do with her natal family’s issues?"

"Do you think we don’t understand, or do you not dare to report to the officials?"

"Besides, you brought sticks and stormed into the village, seriously threatening the safety of our village. Today, no matter what you say, we can’t let you leave like this, otherwise, later people will think it’s easy to bully our village, they can just take away children and women."

"There’s no such reasoning."

It’s useless to reason with these people; she was speaking so that the villagers watching the show could hear.

If it’s not your concern, you’ll turn a blind eye, but if it is, no one can remain calm.

Sure enough, the strong man disdainfully "bah"ed, "Don’t talk to me about the government, I’ve been doing this for years, would I be scared of them? What a joke!"

"Do you know who the County Magistrate is? He’s the son of my uncle’s mother-in-law’s brother."

It’s just a scene she encountered once in a play, but didn’t expect to encounter it now, Lin Qiao: "..."

The first thought that flashed in her mind was, if only there was the internet, she could directly expose this, and keyboard warriors would settle it in minutes.

The onlookers at the door felt Widow Song made some sense. The people from the gambling den were too arrogant, and coupled with their relationship with the County Magistrate, wasn’t it just catching whoever they wanted?

"Someone go call the village chief, we can’t let them cause trouble like this. Who would dare live in this village in the future?" A man agreed loudly.

Immediately, a quick-witted child ran off to inform the village chief.

Zhou Ping, upon hearing, quickly organized the villagers to head to the Lin Family with tools. By the time they arrived, the strong men were about to seize Lin Qiao but hadn’t spoken yet when a young man’s voice full of anger, like that of a wolf cub, called out, "Let go of my sister-in-law."

The leading strong man didn’t have time to see who it was before being pushed to the ground with great force, falling over, "Ouch."

It had been a long time since he’d suffered such a loss, and he immediately bellowed with rage, "You little bastard, want to die!"

The young man, holding the young woman’s hand, stepped back a bit and then shielded her behind him.

Compared to the strong man, his figure was thin, but he stood firm, saying resolutely, "I won’t let you take my sister-in-law."

He quickly comforted Lin Qiao behind him, "Sister-in-law, don’t be afraid, I’ll protect you."

Upon close observation, you’d see the hands hanging by his sides trembled slightly.

Clearly scared, yet still stepping forward to protect her, Lin Qiao felt touched. She reached out to hold his hand, signaling him not to fear.

The softness in his palm made Song Tingfan stiffen slightly. He stammered to comfort her, "Sis...sister-in-law, don’t be afraid."

"With Uncle here, sister-in-law won’t be afraid," Lin Qiao "accepted" his protection.

Hearing this, Song Tingfan straightened his back even more.

The two’s subtle actions went unnoticed by others.

"Beat them, damn it, this snotty little kid dares to defy me!" The strong man got up, dusted off his backside, and pointing at Song Tingfan, fumed.

As the atmosphere turned tense, Zhou Ping quickly spoke up, "Stop! Who are you, and why are you causing trouble in the village? Fighting is not allowed in our village!"

He was followed by a dozen or twenty men wielding hoes, while the gambling den only had five or six men. The strong man, no matter how arrogant, didn’t dare act rashly now.

Realizing they wouldn’t gain anything today, he "bah"ed at Song Tingfan, "Son of a bitch, remember this, one day you’ll beg me in tears."

"I’ll personally let you see how your sister-in-law is taken by me!"

Upon hearing the first part, Song Tingfan managed to restrain himself, but at the last part, he lost all reason, clenched his fist, and charged forward, delivering a punch.

He moved swiftly, pinning the strong man down and landing several more punches.

No way!

Lin Qiao was startled, then she grabbed a stool from the ground and hurled it at one of the men trying to help the strong man.

The men brought by Zhou Ping didn’t stand idly either, putting down their hoes to engage with their fists, immediately causing chaos.

Lin Qiao was eventually pushed to the sidelines, and Song Tingfan was surrounded, his figure hidden in the crowd, causing her some concern as she shouted, "Uncle! Be careful!"

A long while passed before the chaos subsided, and not one of the gambling den’s men came out well-off. Niu Er spat at one of the men, "Bah! Competing with me for Widow Song, you’re still too green! Like a toad wanting to eat swan meat!"

Niu Er’s father, panting heavily, kicked him in annoyance, "Aren’t you the toad?"

He didn’t think this useless son of his could deserve Madam Tingfan.

On the contrary, he couldn’t!

"Dad, how am I a toad? I have eyes and a nose!" Niu Er retorted, baring his teeth in dissatisfaction.

Niu Er’s father rolled his eyes and argued back, "Toads have eyes and noses too!"

"Dad! I’m your son!"

"I don’t have an unworthy son like you."

Niu Er: "..."

If it wasn’t his dad, he would’ve hit someone already.

Meanwhile, Lin Qiao, focusing on the bruises on Song Tingfan’s face, pursed her lips and said with emphasis, "Uncle, don’t be reckless in the future."

Today, there were villagers to back them; without them, they would’ve surely suffered.

Song Tingfan lowered his head and remained silent.

No one could humiliate his sister-in-law.

No one.