Chapter 208: An Eye for an Eye

Jiang Yihuan watched Su Yaoguang’s departing figure, her eyes filled with jealousy and hatred.

What’s there for her to be so proud of?

It’s so easy to ruin a woman, and now she’s here alone, it gets even easier.

"Su Yaoguang, laugh, laugh all you want, soon you won’t be able to." Jiang Yihuan’s eyes were filled with malice.

At night, Su Yaoguang was alone in her room, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

When Zhou Wangshu was around, she thought this room was small, but now that she’s alone, it suddenly feels so spacious, which makes her a bit uncomfortable.

She was about to get up to drink water when she suddenly heard a noise outside. She slowly walked to the window, and when she saw a shadow sneakily climbing over the wall, she grabbed the wooden stick next to her.

The person tiptoed into her room.

At the moment he pushed the door open, she swung the stick, hitting the person on the neck with a bang.

The man couldn’t even scream in pain before his neck hurt, and he fell to the ground.

"Mmm mmm..." Huang Daniu opened his eyes and found himself tied up, with a cloth stuffed in his mouth.

He looked at Su Yaoguang sitting opposite him, holding a thick wooden stick, in terror.

Su Yaoguang smiled at him: "I can take the cloth out from your mouth, but you must promise not to shout or scream, or else..."

As she spoke, she performed a trick of breaking a rolling pin with her bare hands.

Huang Daniu nodded repeatedly.

"Did you sneak in to steal silver?" After taking the cloth out of Huang Daniu’s mouth, Su Yaoguang got to the point.

Huang Daniu hesitated, then nodded repeatedly.

"Liar!" As soon as Su Yaoguang saw his hesitation, she sensed something was wrong. "If you confess honestly, I might let you go. Since you’re not being honest, let’s entertain you until you tell the truth."

As she spoke, Su Yaoguang picked up a vase from beside her, tested its weight, and then swung it toward Huang Daniu’s head.

"I’ll talk..." Huang Daniu screamed.

Su Yaoguang stopped, looking at him indifferently: "Go ahead! This is your only chance. If you don’t treasure it, don’t blame me for dealing with you harshly."

"A woman said you were wealthy, and if I could ruin your reputation, I’d have leverage over you, and you’d have to give me whatever money I asked for. I’m a bachelor, I’ve never had a woman before, and seeing that you’re both pretty and rich, I thought her idea wasn’t bad, so I... I was wrong, ma’am. If I had known you were this strong, I wouldn’t have dared."

"Is the woman you’re talking about the one next door?"

"I don’t know who the woman next door is. I was about to head home when she stopped me and said those things. She was wearing a veil, and I couldn’t see her face clearly. But her figure was very slender, swaying her hips as she walked. Although I didn’t see her face, it’s obvious she’s young and probably quite attractive."

Listening to this description, Su Yaoguang confirmed her suspicions.

She only had one sworn enemy here, and there was only one person vicious enough to want to ruin her reputation. She just wanted to be sure not to wrong anyone else.

"I’ll spare you, but you need to do something for me. If you succeed, this matter will be forgotten. If you fail, I’ll make your life a living hell."

"Heroine, you say." Huang Daniu said with a mournful face.

Late at night, a noisy commotion arose. A few women gathered at the gate of Su Yaoguang’s courtyard, hesitating whether to push the door open.

"Ladies, aunties, don’t hesitate. The thief has been inside for a long time and hasn’t come out. If we don’t think of a way to catch him, he might run away."

Previously, Zhou Wangshu, with all those scholars, humiliated her and Xiao Yanci under the guise of catching a thief. Now she’s turning the tables, using the pretense of catching a thief to catch an adulterer.

Su Yaoguang, when you become a promiscuous woman, will there still be so many people admiring you, praising you, and talking about you?

That old bachelor should have succeeded by now, right?

Zhou Wangshu is young, and surely hasn’t shared a bed with Su Yaoguang. Now that she’s sent a man to her, allowing her to experience what it’s like to be a woman, she should be grateful.

Jiang Yihuan’s eyes were filled with madness.

At this moment, feminine gasps and the sound of a shaking bed frame came from inside.

In the dead of night, the sound changed the women’s expressions.

"Oh my God, could there really be a thief, and maybe it’s a flower thief? Zhou Xueshi is taking an exam, and his young wife is home alone, we can’t let her get bullied."

"But is it a thief or an adulterer? Listening to the sound, that woman seems to be enjoying herself. If it’s a thief, shouldn’t she be screaming for help?" another woman said with disdain.

The women nearby were the wives of scholars. Recently, Zhou Wangshu and Su Yaoguang, as a couple, have been quite in the limelight, with many scholars speaking highly of them. It’s fine if they praise Zhou Wangshu; that’s mutual admiration among scholars. However, when those men also praise Su Yaoguang, it’s inevitable that the wives feel a twinge of jealousy.

Whether it’s a thief or an adulterer depends on the women’s attitudes. Everyone remained hesitant, unsure whether to rush in.

Jiang Yihuan, seeing the women reluctant to lead, inwardly cursed them for being useless. Since they wouldn’t take charge, she’d lead and stoke the fire even more.

"No, we can’t stand idly by." Jiang Yihuan said while pushing open the courtyard door.

The other women followed Jiang Yihuan in.

"Sister Su, I’m here to save you..." Jiang Yihuan directly pushed open the door.

When the door opened, the women, who were originally watching, were stunned when they saw Su Yaoguang moving the bed.

Su Yaoguang stared in shock at these intruders, looking at them blankly: "What are you doing?"

A woman asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"

"I was trying to move the bed, so..." Su Yaoguang said, "It was too stuffy tonight, and I wanted to move the bed a little to the ventilation point for a cooler breeze."

The women: "..."

Su Yaoguang’s forehead was covered with sweat, and judging by her gasping, she must have exerted a lot of effort.

Jiang Yihuan hadn’t anticipated such a scene. The disgraceful scene she envisioned didn’t appear.

No, she had seen Huang Daniu enter the room. The man was tall and strong; it should have been impossible for him not to manage a woman. By now, she should be under Huang Daniu.

Could he be hiding?

Jiang Yihuan strode in, pulling open the wardrobe.

"What are you doing?" Su Yaoguang said angrily, "I’m not familiar with you, right? You come to my house in the middle of the night and rummage through my wardrobe; are you out of your mind?"

"If it’s a misunderstanding, why aren’t you leaving? Why are you raiding her wardrobe? Are you not sick or what?" one of the women remarked.