A Cannon Fodder Who Became The Future Queen - Chapter 14

Ji Ping’an’s first reaction was disbelief when she heard that. Shen Zhiyu was fighting with someone?!

“Are you sure you didn’t get it wrong?” she confirmed.

The messenger nodded eagerly. “It’s your Kunze. Hurry and come with me to see.”

Although Ji Ping’an had a bad reputation, there was no need for the villagers to lie to her about something like this.

“Where? Take me there, now.” Ji Ping’an was so anxious that she didn’t even put down her basket and followed the person forward. Fugui also followed.

When Ji Ping’an arrived, many villagers had already gathered.

On one side stood Shen Zhiyu and Suisui. The child seemed scared, clinging tightly to Shen Zhiyu’s leg.

Opposite them were three or four children and two adults. Just looking at them, Ji Ping’an felt that her own people were outnumbered and vulnerable.

Ji Ping’an squeezed her way in and heard the Zhang family man’s furious voice. “Everyone, look at my child’s arm! They did all this! Shouldn’t they compensate us?”

As he spoke, he specifically lifted his child’s sleeve and pointed to the red marks on the arm for everyone to see.

His voice was so loud that Suisui’s body trembled. Shen Zhiyu patted Suisui’s head to comfort her, then calmly said, “Why don’t you ask what your own child did?”

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After collecting firewood in the morning, they had lunch and continued to go out to collect more for future use.

Suisui was more familiar with the village, so Shen Zhiyu followed her to the firewood-collecting spot. In the middle of it, a few children came out and asked Suisui to come and play with them.

Suisui whispered that they were her friends, so Shen Zhiyu let her go with them with a peace of mind.

After a while, Shen Zhiyu wanted to go home to put away the firewood and ask Suisui if she wanted to go home and drink some water.

She followed the direction the children had taken and happened to see them trying to snatch the firewood from Suisui’s hands while saying all kinds of unpleasant things.

“A child with no mother or father, you’re a curse that specifically came to harm your father and mother!”

“We already said that only we can collect firewood in this area. You can’t come here and collect it, you curse, or you’ll harm us, too!”

“Your sister is also a bad person who steals things from others, so you came to steal our firewood…”

“…”

They say children are innocent, but sometimes, a child’s words are the most vicious. Each of their words was like a needle pricking Suisui.

Suisui held the firewood tightly in her arms, crying and shaking her head. “I didn’t harm my father and mother… My sister isn’t a bad person, and she didn’t steal anything either…”

“Anyone can collect firewood here… It’s not yours…”

Suisui’s voice was normally soft, and now that she was crying, her voice was full of sobs, making her seem even more pitiful.

The other children laughed loudly, forcefully trying to snatch the firewood from Suisui’s hands, and continued to say, “You’re a bad person, you’re just as bad as your sister…”

This was the scene Shen Zhiyu saw and heard. She didn’t walk over, but instead, she picked up a small stone from the ground and flicked it at the arm of the child who was trying to snatch the firewood.

The child cried out in pain and let go. When they saw that an adult was approaching, they instinctively cried out, “Dad! Mom! They hit me! They hit me!”

“Ah-Jiu…”

Suisui, who was still crying, was stunned when she saw her coming and hurried to her side.

Shen Zhiyu knelt down and felt relieved when she saw that the child wasn’t hurt.

After that, the child’s crying brought their parents out, and the unreasonable parents demanded that she pay money and apologize.

The Zhang family man was not a reasonable person. He was even angrier when he heard Shen Zhiyu’s words. “My child is so young! What could they have done? And you, an adult, hitting a child? Have you no shame?”

“Let me tell you, you have to pay up for hitting my child! Otherwise, this won’t be over today!”

As he spoke, his spittle flew everywhere, and he pointed at Shen Zhiyu with his finger, even trying to get closer to threaten her.

Shen Zhiyu frowned slightly, wanting to take a few steps back, but then she saw a familiar back appear in front of her.

Ji Ping’an, who had finally squeezed in, directly slapped the man’s hand away.

“Children may not know how to be reasonable, but they learn how to talk from their families. An adult’s words can be much more unpleasant.”

“Since everyone’s here, do you dare to let your child say those things again, and let everyone here be the judge?”

Ji Ping’an listened to what Shen Zhiyu had just said, then looked at Suisui’s red and swollen eyes, and could basically guess what had happened.

She was not her usual carefree self now. Her tone was serious, and anyone could hear her anger.

“That’s right, I don’t think the Ji family’s Kunze is an unreasonable person. She wouldn’t just hit someone for no reason, right?”

“The Zhang family’s children just say those things. You don’t need to guess to know. Weren’t they just asking to get hit?”

“Don’t even mention it. The Ji family girl is right this time. What do children know? They just believe what the adults tell them…”

“…”

The people around them chattered, and the Zhang family man’s face turned green when he heard these words. “You’re a rascal yourself, and you have the nerve to ask everyone to judge?”

“Oh, so you don’t dare to let your child say it again?”

Ji Ping’an didn’t follow the man’s line of thought. “So you also know that those words are shameful and can’t be said, right?”

“And, you also know that I’m a rascal, so I can hit whoever I want, regardless of whether they’re an adult or a child.”

When she said the last sentence, her eyes swept over everyone on the opposite side, suddenly adding a sense of oppression.

“You want to hit me?!”

The Zhang family man originally thought he was in the right, but now the villagers were siding with a rascal. He was now being threatened, and he was completely enraged, swinging his arm and rushing toward Ji Ping’an.

“Ah-Jiu, you two step back.”

After saying this, Ji Ping’an caught the man’s swinging fist. After blocking it with her arm, she bent her wrist, and the man let out a pig-like shriek.

Her strength was much greater now than before. Even if five people came at her at once, she wouldn’t have to worry about not being able to win.

“Stop it! My hand is going to break!” The man wanted to pull his hand back, but it was firmly held in place, and he couldn’t move.

How did he not know that Ji Ping’an was this strong?!

“Weren’t we going to apologize to your children? I’m afraid you won’t hear me if you let go and get too far away.”

Ji Ping’an bent his wrist in the opposite direction instead, and the man’s entire face scrunched up in pain.

The Zhang family man immediately said, “No need to apologize! No need! It’s my fault, it’s my children’s fault!”

How could he not know what his own children were like? He had originally seen that Shen Zhiyu and a child were at a disadvantage and wanted to take the opportunity to extort some money.

Who knew that Ji Ping’an was so ruthless and completely unreasonable when she started to fight?

Even though the man was struggling with all his might, Ji Ping’an held him effortlessly, not letting him escape. “Since you’ve admitted you’re wrong, shouldn’t you apologize?”

The Zhang family man was in so much pain that he was about to pass out. He couldn’t care about his pride anymore and stammered, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said that about your child. Erhu, you apologize too!”

Erhu saw that his father was being hit and didn’t dare to say anything else. He could only walk in front of Suisui and say in a mumble, “I… I’m sorry. I was wrong…”

The other children and their parents, seeing the state of the Zhang family man, were afraid that Ji Ping’an would hit them next, so they also quickly apologized. “I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”

Their voices were a jumbled mess. Suisui couldn’t help but get red eyes again, but this time, it wasn’t from feeling wronged or scared.

Ji Ping’an looked at her child and asked, “Suisui, did you hear them apologize?”

“I heard them,” Suisui said softly.

“That’s good. If anyone bullies you again next time, your sister will teach them a lesson for you.”

After saying that, Ji Ping’an’s eyes swept over the children. Seeing that they all retreated, showing fearful expressions, she finally let go of the Zhang family man’s hand.

After all, they were just children. She wouldn’t actually hit them, but she wouldn’t let them be bullied either. She had to make these children feel afraid.

Once the matter was resolved, the onlookers also left one after another, but their words implied that they felt it was satisfying to see Ji Ping’an hit people today and that it was all to protect her Kunze and younger sister!

Fugui’s mother was also among the onlookers, planning to go home and make dinner. She just happened to glance over and saw someone talking to Ji Ping’an.

In this village, could Ji Ping’an still have friends?

Fugui’s mother was about to take another look when she saw that the person talking was none other than her own daughter!