Chapter 6:
To be honest, this slap didn't hurt.
It was the kind of force that wouldn't leave a mark even if I looked in the mirror.
But I felt that this slap was very heavy, saying it directly stunned me wouldn't be an exaggeration.
I had never been hit by anyone before, let alone on my face.
After coming out of the bathroom, I immediately saw Aunt Hui tidying up my brother's clothes, muttering to herself, "You still care about her? If I hadn't appeared in time, you would've been bullied by her, are you stupid? Lin Lin, remember that you are the master of this family in the future, you'll have the final say in this family, got it?" Shen Lin completely ignored her and his eyes lit up when he saw me return, "Sister!" Aunt Hui didn't turn around.
I casually called her "Aunt Hui." Hearing this, she finally looked at me with disdain, and without saying a word, I immediately slapped her back.
The slap she gave me earlier wasn't heavy, but this slap from me wasn't light.
Smack! Aunt Hui fell directly onto my brother's bed.
She struggled to get up, covering her face and glaring at me, "Shen Qiao Qiao, what are you doing!" "Can't you see? I'm returning the slap you gave me just now," I crossed my arms and looked down at her, "Now that we're even, you have been fired, pack up and leave my house immediately.
If you understood what I said, then get out of my house right now." Aunt Hui seemed to have gone crazy with anger and jumped up, "Who do you think you are to fire me? This family doesn't revolve around you, a little girl!"
"I ignored her and walked out, giving my parents a call.
My dad couldn't come back in time due to a business trip, but my mom returned home after an hour.
I sat still on the sofa.
'What happened?' She put down the groceries and quickly sat next to me.
'Did Aunt Hui hit you? Let me see.' In the hour that I was waiting for my mom to come back, I had already calmed down a lot.
However, seeing the bags of food my mom bought, my anger spiked again.
'Why did you go grocery shopping again?' 'Aunt Hui has been having back pain these past few days...' My mom hesitated.
'Let's not worry about that now.
Where did she hit you? Tell me quickly, are you trying to give me a heart attack?' 'She slapped my face, but it has already gone down.
Mom, I'm telling you seriously, I don't like that woman.
I know you and dad are easy to talk to, thinking that her family is going through a hard time and wanted to help a little without delving too deep.
Since I returned to the country, I've endured a lot, but this time, I absolutely won't forgive her.
If you're still soft-hearted and won't make her leave, then I'll leave.
From now on, this home will have me, but not her.
It's up to you to decide!'" My mom remained silent for a while and touched my face.
"Daughter, you've suffered.
If I knew Aunt Hui was so rude and dared to resort to violence, I wouldn't have kept her around.
Just wait, I'll go and talk to her to make her leave." At this point, I thought it would go smoothly and Aunt Hui would be dismissed.
What I didn't expect was that after my mom called Aunt Hui downstairs, the first thing she did was cover her face and start crying.
"It's not what she said at all." Aunt Hui cried with a great sense of injustice, her shoulders shaking.
"Xiao Shen, we can't let this misunderstanding continue.
You weren't there at the time.
It was clearly Qiao Qiao bullying her little brother, and I happened to see it.
I just couldn't bear to see the child being beaten, so I went up to persuade her.
Who knew your daughter would turn around and slap me? Look at my face, it's still swollen!" I stared in disbelief as Aunt Hui cried and twisted the truth in front of my mom.
My mom was dumbfounded as well.
"You know your daughter's temperament better than anyone.
Would I dare to lay a hand on her?" With that, Aunt Hui directed her words at Shen Lin.
"Lin Lin, there were only the three of us there.
Aunt Hui, did I hit your sister or not?" I also looked at my younger brother.
Although we used to fight a lot growing up and I would always hit him one-sidedly, he had the personality of an easy-going dog.
Even if he got hurt, he would quickly forget about it and continue calling me 'sister' while chasing after me.
However, this time, Shen Lin just looked at me hesitantly for a while and then turned to the side, saying, "I don't know, I didn't pay attention at the time."