"Slap!"
A crisp sound, a clear slap, sent Wang Ling stumbling backward and falling to the ground.
"Ling, are you okay?"
Wu Lingling was startled and rushed forward to help Wang Ling up, checking her carefully.
To Wu Lingling's slight relief, although Wang Ling had fallen, she wasn't physically injured. However, a bright red slap mark clearly stood out on her delicate little face!
The mark was distinct and obvious, indicating the attacker had struck with considerable force!
Who would lay such a heavy hand on such a young girl?
Wu Lingling angrily raised her head, only to see a man and a woman standing before her.
The man was short, stout, and bald, with an arrogant expression. The woman was tall and thin, with a sharp and malicious demeanor.
Looking at this pair of individuals whose appearances were starkly contrasted, Wu Lingling immediately recognized them.
They were Wang Jinhui and his wife, whom she had encountered with Wang Yu in the provincial capital. By blood relation, they should have been Wang Yu's cousins. However, Wang Yu's relationship with them was far from good; the chasm and conflict between them was so deep it was almost akin to bitter animosity.
"Why are you here? Why did you hit Xiao Ling without reason?"
Wu Lingling frowned, her expression darkened as she looked at Wang Jinhui and his wife.
"Without reason? How could it be without reason?"
Wang Jinhui snorted through his nostrils, his face filled with disdain.
"This little brat was rude and boisterous, bumping into me. Should she not be punished?"
"Nonsense! If she bumped into you, does that mean she deserves to be hit?"
Wu Lingling said angrily, while simultaneously comforting Wang Ling, pulling her into her embrace and tending to her.
"Hmph, I am her elder. If she bumps into me, she naturally deserves to be punished! Otherwise, what kind of order would there be?"
Wang Jinhui spoke without reservation, his round, greasy head shaking constantly, exuding an innate sense of superiority.
"That's utter nonsense. That's not an excuse for you to hit people as you please. Apologize immediately!"
Wu Lingling said fiercely to Wang Jinhui, but only received a contemptuous look in return.
"I'm disciplining my own sister, what business is it of yours? Who do you think you are? Where is Wang Yu? Tell him to come see me."
"Wang Yu isn't home. If you have something to say, you can tell me. And you must apologize to Xiao Ling!"
Wu Lingling said, hands on her hips, exuding a commanding presence.
"Hmph, what good would talking to you do?"
Wang Jinhui recognized Wu Lingling.
He had seen her before when he happened to meet Wang Yu. Now, seeing her playing with Wang Ling, he immediately took her to be Wang Yu's girlfriend and spoke with impatience.
"Looking at you, you're not married into our Wang family yet, are you? Even if you were married in, so what? What say does a woman have when the men are talking?"
Wang Jinhui was a staunch chauvinist. Naturally, he didn't take Wu Lingling seriously. Seeing that Wang Yu wasn't around, he prepared to leave.
As for apologizing? Heh!
How could that possibly happen?
"Stop right there, you stop!"
Wu Lingling blocked Wang Jinhui and his wife, her hands spread wide like a mother hen protecting her chicks, and said angrily to Wang Jinhui.
"You're not leaving until you apologize!"
Wang Ling, seeing Wu Lingling's actions, was deeply touched but still gently tugged at Wu Lingling's sleeve.
"Sister Lingling, perhaps we should just let it go?"
Wang Ling's voice was soft, but Wu Lingling heard it clearly and replied without hesitation.
"Don't worry, Xiao Ling, I absolutely won't let him bully you and leave!"
Wu Lingling comforted Wang Ling, then turned her gaze back to Wang Jinhui, enunciating each word.
"You, will, you, a, p, o, l, o, g, i, z, e, or not?"
"Nonsense. I'll apologize to your great-uncle. Hmph—spit!"
Wang Jinhui directly spat a glob of phlegm towards Wu Lingling and then turned to leave, ignoring her.
His posture was like a proud wild boar, head held high, not bothering to acknowledge Wu Lingling.
"In the future, adjust your attitude. Even Wang Yu wouldn't dare speak to us like this, let alone you, who isn't even a daughter-in-law of our Wang family yet.
As for this little girl, who is destined to be an outsider and marry out, what's the big deal if she got hit? Do you think she can overturn the heavens?
Tell Wang Yu to come find us later, or else he might not be allowed into the ancestral hall."
Wang Jinhui's thin and sharp wife also shook her head contemptuously at Wu Lingling, chattering a string of words before completely ignoring her and turning to leave with a very arrogant gait.
She resembled a waddling white goose.
"Sister Lingling..."
Wang Ling, covering her reddened face, was about to speak.
But then Wu Lingling quickly stepped forward and directly aimed kicks at Wang Jinhui and his wife, who were about to leave!
Wu Lingling was tall with long, powerful legs. These consecutive kicks landed squarely on the posteriors of Wang Jinhui and his wife!
Coincidentally, they were walking in a self-satisfied manner when Wu Lingling's surprise heavy kicks sent them off balance. They fell to the ground, one after the other, with a thud!
The difference was that Wang Jinhui, being short and stout, lost his balance after the flying kick and made intimate contact with the ground face-first.
His wife, however, buckled at the knees and fell backward, landing with a solid thump on her rear.
Although the posture and difficulty were different, the commonality was that both of them fell quite hard!
"You dare kick me!"
Wang Jinhui was stunned for a moment before reacting. He scrambled up from the ground in a most disheveled state.
It seemed that because his face had made intimate contact with the ground, his thick, fleshy face was covered in dust, making it appear even flatter.
Simultaneously, his nose had been scraped, and blood poured out.
"You wretched woman, how dare you..."
While holding his nose, Wang Jinhui brushed off the dust from his body and pointed at Wu Lingling, ready to curse her out.
But before he could utter any fragrant words, Wu Lingling seized the opportunity, extended her foot, and hooked his ankle.
"Crack!"
Wang Jinhui immediately lost his balance and fell again!
And this time, it was worse. With one foot hooked, he ended up in a straddling position, and under the momentum of his flabby body weight, he suddenly pressed down!
"Ah..."
A piercing scream, like that of a tortured pig, echoed far and wide.
...
"What? Lingling and Xiao Ling beat up my cousin Wang Jinhui and his wife?"
Wang Yu was beside himself when he received the notification from the police station!