Chapter 199: It’s Her, It’s Her, It’s Her – Daily Melon Eating at the Sickly Aunt’s Courtyard

Chapter 199: It’s Her, It’s Her, It’s Her—The Daily Gossip of the Sickly Young Woman in the Courtyard

"Ouch, my back!" Mother Gu cried out!

Lin Shu was so frightened that she immediately stepped back.

"Don’t try to pin this on me! I didn’t touch your back."

"It’s you, it’s you! If it weren’t for you, my back wouldn’t have gotten hurt!"

"If you hadn’t been so rude, I wouldn’t have hit you!"

"Well, I don’t care! My back got hurt because of you. You’re paying for this!" Mother Gu shouted.

She grimaced and cried out after shouting, "Ow, ow, ow, it hurts so much! My back!"

"Back off! I’m not paying a dime. It’s all your fault for being so rude!" Lin Shu didn’t have any cash on her, so how could she possibly pay?

When Mother Jiang heard Mother Gu yelling about her back pain, she thought to herself: Uh-oh!

She quietly slipped back into her room.

Lin Qing happened to catch a glimpse of it. How crafty! How did Mother Jiang hide so quickly?

Was she scared she’d have to pay?

Tsk tsk, Mother Jiang clearly underestimated Lin Shu. Lin Qing thought that given Lin Shu’s stubborn and unyielding personality, it was highly unlikely she’d actually pay!

Mother Li showed up late. In fact, the argument between Mother Gu and the others was loud enough to echo through the entire courtyard. The reason Mother Li only came now was mainly because Mother Gu was still in pain. Since someone got hurt, she had to step in and mediate.

Otherwise, she’d seen her fair share of these arguments and didn’t want to bother. Let them argue all they want!

Their heated argument earlier made it clear nothing serious had happened. Mother Li had been chatting with Mother Sui in the backyard, totally unbothered!

Mother Jiang and Mother Gu were like firecrackers—once they started, they’d always end up arguing. Even if they hadn’t argued enough, Mother Li and the others had heard more than enough.

"Seriously, they argue every single day!"

"Ugh, you’ll get used to it eventually! It’s been like this for decades!"

"Sigh~ The reasons for their arguments may vary, but they always end up dragging their ancestors into it. How many times have they dragged their ancestors into this? Those ancestors must be rolling in their graves!"

"Hahaha! That’s so funny!"

"Of course it is! Listen, isn’t it starting again? They’re cursing their ancestors for generations!"

"Hahaha!" Mother Li and Mother Sui burst into laughter.

"Ahhh! It hurts so much!"

Mother Li and Mother Sui were startled by Mother Gu’s wailing.

"Tsk, what’s going on? How did she get hurt?"

"You should go check it out!"

"Alright, alright, let’s go together." Mother Li pulled Mother Sui along to the front yard.

"What’s all the commotion about now?" Mother Li asked with a cold expression.

"Mother Li, I wasn’t the one starting trouble. It was Mother Gu who threw dirty water on me, so I hit her," Lin Shu said, fearing that Mother Gu would play the victim and accuse her first.

"It was this little troublemaker who hurt my back, it was her!" Mother Gu yelled, holding her waist.

Mother Li, caught in the middle, felt her ears ringing and shouted, "Stop! One at a time, tell me what’s going on?"

"Let me go first!"

"No, I’ll go first!"

Lin Shu and Mother Gu glared at each other, neither willing to give in.

"Stop! What’s the arguing for? I said one at a time!"

"Hmph!" Lin Shu and Mother Gu both huffed.

Mother Sui, watching her friend stuck in the middle, wasn’t worried at all. Her friend had some skills, otherwise, she wouldn’t have been chosen as the neighborhood manager.

Mother Sui looked around and noticed only the two involved and a five-year-old were left in the courtyard. Where did everyone else go?

They’d just heard Mother Gu and Mother Jiang yelling at each other in the backyard! Where’d she go?

Mother Sui didn’t see Mother Jiang, but when she turned to the main house, she spotted Lin Qing peeking out.

It made her oddly amused. Was she watching the show?

Mother Sui, seeing Mother Li caught up with Lin Shu and Mother Gu, quietly slipped over to the main house.

"Psst!"

"Oops!" Lin Qing whispered.

"Hehe, Mother Sui, what brings you here?"

"Tehe, you’re watching the show!"

"Hehe!" Lin Qing felt a little embarrassed.

"So, what really happened just now?" Mother Sui looked at Lin Qing, sure she’d seen everything. No one probably knew better than her what went down!

Lin Qing straightened up, glanced at Lin Shu and the others, and motioned to Mother Sui, "Mother Sui, let me tell you..."

"Huh?"

"Seriously? All this over a piece of candy?"

"Mm-hmm." Lin Qing nodded.

It all started with a piece of candy!

"I should’ve known... I shouldn’t have expected anything from them."

Over there, Mother Li had also pretty much figured out what had happened, "Alright, I understand. Although Lin Shu was wrong to hit someone, this incident was indeed caused by your own loose tongue, Mother Gu. If you have a loose tongue, don’t blame others!"

"I..." Mother Gu was unconvinced. Why?

"Why do you say I have a loose tongue? Was I wrong? Who would just give someone a job for no reason? If she hadn’t done something shady, why would someone give her a job for free?" Mother Gu was stubborn.

"Enough, stop talking! Do you have any evidence? If you don’t have evidence, don’t talk nonsense!"

"I..." Mother Gu, grasping at straws, blurted out, "Who says I don’t have proof? She must have gone to meet someone this afternoon! She even brought back a bag of sponge cakes and milk candies!"

Lin Shu was furious. "That's a load of nonsense! Those were all given to me by someone else!"

"Then tell me, who would just give you such nice stuff for no reason? Tell me, who is it?" Mother Gu clung to her accusation as if she had caught her red-handed.

Lin Shu, trembling with anger, exclaimed, "You think I’m afraid to say? Then I’ll tell you—it’s my colleague, Su Shengnan, it’s her, it’s her, it’s her! These things were given to me by her!"

Wow! Who knew there was another player in this drama!

Lin Qing thought to herself, so Lin Shu went out early in the afternoon—turns out she was out running errands!

The name Su Shengnan was not unfamiliar to Mother Li and the others; previously, several of the women in their courtyard had even fought over a few cents because of her!

Even though Lin Shu had spoken out, Mother Gu still refused to admit her mistake, stubbornly saying, "How do we know you’re telling the truth? You two are so close, maybe you got her to fool us!"

"You, you, you're being unreasonable!" Lin Shu couldn't believe she was being rebutted even after telling the truth.

Mother Li rubbed her temples. "Enough arguing! Whether it’s true or not, we’ll find out by asking." Then she turned to Lin Shu and asked, "Where did you go this afternoon?"

Lin Shu answered honestly. "The supply and marketing cooperative."

"Alright, the supply and marketing cooperative, right? Let’s go ask now!" Mother Li was decisive, grabbing one person with each hand and heading out of the courtyard.

"Hey, hey, wait for me!" Mother Sui, in a moment of distraction, saw Mother Li about to leave with the others, and without even saying goodbye to Lin Qing, hurriedly followed.