A domineering country girl flirts with her son, and Commander Huo can't resist.

Chapter 52 Huo Fang is about to be beaten to death

After working six days, Qiao An finally got a day off. She slept in until she naturally woke up and didn't have to rush to make lunch for the children.

She's made a lot of money lately, and she's been buying clothes and shoes for the children, and giving them snacks every day. Many of the children in the village are incredibly envious.

Some people with ulterior motives wanted to steal from them, but just as they were about to make a move, Huo Chen would say, "My mom said that if anyone bullies us, she will kill them. The candy is right here, so go ahead and take it if you dare."

A week has passed since Qiao An attacked people, and Jiang Heizi and Li Yumei are still unable to get out of bed. The Jiang family has run out of food, and Jiang Xiaogang has to go to several old men's houses to mooch meals every day.

With the Lunar New Year approaching, they dared not cause trouble for their families.

So all I could do was watch Huo Chen and Huo Ning eat milk candy and sunflower seeds, feeling a mix of bitterness and resentment, but I didn't dare do anything.

Kids are innocent; since they can't physically hurt each other, they can at least have some fun verbally.

"Your mom must have found you a stepfather outside. That's called having an affair. All your family's money is dirty."

"What do you mean by 'slutting'? Huo Jie said that's called a vixen, a whore. She sleeps with other men in town, and maybe you two are bastards too."

"Otherwise, how could your family be so rich? The few dozen yuan your dad sends back each month isn't enough for your mom to spend like this, is it?"

Huo Chen and Huo Ning didn't know what "having an affair" meant, but they often heard the words "vixen" and "bitch" in the village.

They knew it was an insult; these people were cursing Joanne.

Huo Chen's face turned red, and he tensed up completely.

"You're not allowed to insult my mother!"

A few kids across the street made faces at them, shouting, "I'll curse, I'll curse! Your mother's a slut! Any man could wear her!"

Qiao An saw that Huo Chen and Huo Ning had been playing outside for half a day and hadn't returned by lunchtime, so she went out to look for them and saw this scene.

Huo Chen couldn't take it anymore and swung his fist to charge forward, but after running only a meter, he suddenly found his feet were off the ground and his neck tightened.

Looking up, Huo Chen's little mouth twitched. "Mom."

Huo Ning, who was standing nearby, hugged Qiao An's leg and said, "Mom, my brother didn't mean to hit people. They insulted you, and my brother got angry, so he..."

Joan heard everything that was said.

"Do you believe what they say?" Joanne asked the two children, looking down at them.

Huo Ning shook his head. "Of course I don't believe it."

"They just can't stand to see our family doing well!" Huo Chen glared fiercely at the children opposite him.

"You're such a good child!"

Qiao An put Huo Chen down and dusted off his clothes. "Mom stopped you because you're too young to beat them."

"This foul-mouthed slut, Mom will deal with her herself."

Upon hearing this, the children who had just been cursing and yelling turned around and ran in different directions.

Joanne kept her eyes fixed on the target and caught up with the child who had just mentioned Huo Jie, who was directly in front of her.

Before he had run more than a few meters, Deng Chunlei was tripped by Qiao An's outstretched foot.

He lunged forward and fell face-first into the dirt.

"Wow wow wow!"

"You're bullying a child! I'll tell my parents and they'll beat you to death!"

Deng Chunlei lay on the ground and wailed, but Qiao An completely ignored him.

I don't know why, but lately I've come to dislike children so much.

Of course, this excludes one's own children.

"What are you crying for? If you cry again, I'll throw you into the Big Eye Well and drown you!" Joan grabbed him and started threatening him.

Deng Chunlei's crying suddenly stopped, and he started hiccuping incessantly.

"Who told you those things just now?"

"It's...it's Huo Jie and Huo Dong," Deng Chunlei said softly.

It really was them.

Qiao An sneered inwardly.

These days, she noticed that Wang Shuyun had been waiting outside the police station. In fact, even without thinking too much, Qiao An knew what the Huo family's purpose was in doing this.

Isn't it because she suddenly changed her personality and separated from the family that the Huo family ran out of money, so they started looking for dirt on her and then kicked her out?

These days, Qiao An deliberately goes in and out with Jiang Yushun, chatting and laughing together.

That's to make Wang Shuyun think that she has discovered her secret.

Sure enough, after only a few days, these kinds of rumors have already started circulating in the village.

No wonder the villagers she met on the way out to look for her child gave her strange looks.

"Huo Chen, Huo Ning, lunch is ready at home. You can go back and eat first. Mom is going to the Huo family's house."

"Mom, let's go with you," Huo Chen said worriedly.

"Listen to your mother, come home for dinner, I'll be back in a bit."

Huo Chen pulled Huo Ning along as they walked home.

Qiao An dragged Deng Chunlei all the way to the Huo family.

As soon as Qiao An saw the Huo family's gate from afar, she realized that something seemed to have happened at the Huo family's place today. Dozens of people were gathered at the gate, all craning their necks to look into the courtyard, and many others were perched on the wall.

As she got closer, Qiao An heard almost frantic cursing and extremely suppressed sobs coming from the courtyard.

Judging from the crying, it should be Huo Fang.

Qiao An squeezed through the crowd and found that the Huo family's gate was tightly closed.

"I'll beat you to death, you shameless little slut! Does your family lack food or clothing? You insist on going to that slut Qiao An for tuition fees!"

"You want to go to school? Forget about it! As long as I'm alive, you're not going to school. I'll find you a husband next year, so get out of here!"

Shen Xiufang passed by the elementary school today and saw Huo Fang inside. After asking around, she learned that Huo Fang hadn't dropped out of school.

After beating Huo Fang for more than half an hour, they finally got the truth out of her.

"Mom, I beg you, please let me go to school, I'm begging you."

Huo Fang's voice was weak and feeble, as if she were about to pass away.

"You good-for-nothing! What's the point of going to school? In the end, you'll just get married anyway, won't you?"

"Either you go out and make money right now, like that slut Joan, who gets ridden by thousands and pinned down by tens of thousands of men; that's where the money comes in fast."

"Mom, don't scold my second aunt, she...she's not that kind of person."

"Pah! Who else could she be but her? Your third aunt saw her arguing with a man with her own eyes, how could it be false? The money she gave you was all dirty money!"

"mom.."

"I'll teach you to betray your country! I'll make sure you go to school! I'll teach you to make me angry all the time!"

The dull thud of the stick hitting someone was terrifying to hear.

A surge of anger rose within Joan.

You can scold her, but to actually hit Huo Fang over tuition fees is unacceptable.

Is Shen Xiufang even human?

At this moment, the person who had been eavesdropping noticed that Qiao An was also there.

Everyone immediately took two steps back, as if she were carrying some kind of scourge.

Qiao An was too lazy to argue with them, so she kicked the door open.

This time she used all her strength, and the door flew open with a single kick.

"Who is it? Are you looking for death?!"

Shen Xiufang was in the heat of the moment and shouted towards the door.

Upon closer inspection, the person turned out to be Qiao An.

She felt guilty for a moment, but then her expression returned to normal.

In the courtyard, Huo Shoutian, Liu Huying, the eldest son's wife, and the second son's wife were all present.

They watched as Shen Xiufang hit Huo Fang, but no one stopped her.

Huo Fang lay on the cold ground, her clothes torn to shreds.

The exposed areas were covered in bruises and bloodstains the width of a little finger.

Shen Xiufang is beating her to death.

In this freezing weather, and with no proper doctor in the village, Huo Fang's wound could easily become infected, and she might not survive.

Qiao An was furious. No matter if it's a biological child or not, you can't hit a child like that. Besides, Huo Fang just wanted to go to school. What's wrong with that?

"Stop hitting her!" Qiao An rushed over and snatched the stick from Shen Xiufang's hand.

"If this keeps going, people will die."

"It's my child, I can let her live or die as I please, what's it to you?" Shen Xiufang glared fiercely at Qiao An, not forgetting to kick Huo Fang.

Without a second thought, Qiao An raised her hand and slapped her hard across the face. "Are you even human? You're beating your own daughter to death! Even tigers don't eat their cubs!"

"And you lot, just standing here watching, you heartless bastards, worse than pigs and dogs."

Joan started hitting people as soon as she walked in, which was something no one expected.

Among the crowd watching the commotion outside the gate, a man lowered the brim of his hat and quietly observed everything that was happening in the courtyard.