Back to the 1980s: Transmigrated as the Bigshot's Pampered Wife Chapter 127: Only a Bitter Taste Remains

Dong Yuanyuan’s shout startled all the busybodies gathered at the gates of the Dong and Sheng hos. Everyone turned to look at Su Shuochi and Gu Jiaojiao.

Even Mrs. Sheng and Sheng Shiwu, who were about to enter the house, stopped in their tracks and turned to look.

Gu Jiaojiao hadn’t expected this. She had been enjoying the drama, and now it had suddenly landed on her.

She shot a look at Su Shuochi. ’Look at you, attracting trouble even from a wheelchair.’

"Grandma Dong, you can say whatever you want about your daughter, but leave my husband out of it. What’s wrong with being a cripple? Are we living off your charity?"

Su Shuochi was so furious at Grandma Dong’s words that he nearly fell over backward. ’If Jiaojiao wasn’t so capable, wouldn’t she be eating dirt by staying with ?’

Seeing his wife’s small fra standing protectively in front of him, his heart felt as sweet as honey. He took Gu Jiaojiao’s hand, his smile exceptionally handso.

"My poor Jiaojiao! What a wretched fate you have! It’s all Ren Cuiping’s fault, that uncultured woman.

The son she bore is also the scum of the earth, and she married a pampered girl like you to a cripple.

Not only is Su Shuochi a cripple, but the Su family also went deep into debt trying to get his leg treated.

Who knows when they’ll ever pay that back? And now so many people from your maiden family have shown up. Oh my, Jiaojiao, what a wretched fate!"

Gu Jiaojiao was speechless.

’I just told off Grandma Dong, and now she’s acting like she’s on my side. Does she not understand plain language?’

’Besides, everyone in the compound knows our Su family eats at every day. What’s so wretched about my fate!’

Mrs. Sheng stomped back and pointed a finger at Ren Xiaofang’s nose as she cursed.

"Ren Xiaofang, you venomous woman! Who had the gall to send my relatives packing to the Su family’s house? Have you no sha?"

"The Gu Family was invited here by that ungrateful wretch you gave birth to! But that wretch doesn’t even acknowledge the Gu Family for raising her, so why should our Dong Family house them...?"

Ren Xiaofang’s mouth was like a machine gun, firing nonstop. When she ntioned Sheng Yueyue, she even stomped her feet and clapped her hands.

Mrs. Sheng was speechless.

’Deep down, she felt Ren Xiaofang was right. If her own daughter hadn’t written to the Gu Family, they never would have co to Qing City.’

Listening to her cousin’s tirade, her heart felt like shattered glass, breaking into a million pieces...

Gu Jiaojiao saw Mrs. Sheng standing not far away, dumbstruck and at a complete loss.

’It must be just as Dong Qiming said; she’s too proud to intervene.’

Since the drama had shifted to them, and Mrs. Sheng had seemingly tried to help her a mont ago, Gu Jiaojiao took another step forward and spoke up.

"The Gu Family are my relatives. There’s nothing wrong with them staying with us. What right do you have to criticize Mrs. Sheng here?

Who told you that our Su family can only afford to eat dirt?

Didn’t the Su family’s neighbors tell you that we earn money selling cold noodles every day and eat at with every al?"

With that, Gu Jiaojiao couldn’t be bothered with these drama-mongers any longer. She began pushing the wheelchair toward the Su family’s ho.

Her voice was pleasant, and she spoke softly and slowly, like a March breeze gently tapping on one’s heart, making it impossible not to believe her.

Besides, among the crowd of gossips, there were indeed many who knew that the Su family ate at with every al.

Because Gu Jiaojiao was usually cold and arrogant, looking down on the people in the compound with a certain snobbishness.

So naturally, the people in the compound wouldn’t spread any good gossip about her, only wanting to focus on her negative side.

Those who knew were simply jealous in their hearts that Gu Jiaojiao had such good fortune, eating at at every al even after marrying a disabled man.

As for those who didn’t know, they were truly unaware that the Su family ate at daily. For example, Uncle Dong and his son ate at the Su family’s ho every day.

But they never spoke a word about it when they got ho, so how would Grandma Dong know that the Su family had at to eat?

Of the Dong Family mbers who hadn’t visited the Su’s, only Mr. Dong knew their actual situation. The others had no idea.

Mrs. Sheng was similarly unaware of the Su family’s specific circumstances, as neither her husband nor her younger son had told her.

By the ti the Sheng Family’s eldest son found out, he had already left for the border. Sheng Shiwen and Sheng Yueyue didn’t know either.

Once Su Shuochi and his wife were a good distance away, the crowd outside the Dong Family’s courtyard started gossiping again.

"Hey, let tell you, Gu Jiaojiao wasn’t lying. The Su family really does eat at every al."

"How co we’ve never heard you say that before?" an uninford woman demanded loudly.

"I have to work every day, don’t I? Besides, none of you ever asked!"

"Exactly. I also heard that Old Sir Gu and his son are both high-level professors. Several Divine Doctors even ca from the Imperial City today to treat them."

"For real? If what you’re saying is true, then Su Tuan’s leg can be healed, right?"

"Yes, it can be healed. The youngest doctor from the Imperial City, Doctor Xia, is here. They say he’s the best surgeon in all of China."

After settling in the VIPs from the Imperial City, Uncle Dong returned to the gate and overheard the crowd’s chatter.

"Elder Dong, were you receiving Divine Doctors from the Imperial City today?" one of Mr. Dong’s old army buddies asked curiously.

"Yes. The long-renowned He Shen Yi ca, as well as the youngest, Doctor Xia, who just returned from studying abroad."

Uncle Dong was usually a man of few words, but he was very happy today. His older sister’s family was living well.

And on top of that, his nephew-in-law’s leg could be completely healed, sothing he hadn’t known before.

"Oh my god, if Su Tuan can stand up again, Jiaojiao has really hit the jackpot. Her future will be full of blessings."

"What do you an, ’if’? Elder Dong said it can definitely be healed. They’re all Divine Doctors, with specialists in both traditional and Western dicine. How could it not be healed?"

"Su Tuan is just an impressive man. He’s disabled and still eats at every al. My family hasn’t had a taste of at in a month."

"Haha... Listen to you, as if your family could afford to eat at even once a month before."

Soone familiar with the speaker ruthlessly exposed their lie.

"Heh heh... We may not get to eat a al with at once a month, but we can at least get a bit of pork lard."

The crowd dispersed as they talked. They had to work again tomorrow; watching the drama was just a way to feel a little more fortunate than others in so small way.

"Mom! Did you hear that? They said Shuoci’s family is supporting so many people and still eats at at every al, and..."

"Yuanyuan, shut your mouth and co ho with us." Mr. Dong spoke with authority, then raised his cane and walked into the courtyard.

Ren Xiaofang scurried after him to support his arm, calling back over her shoulder, "Yuanyuan, co ho with Mom."

Mrs. Sheng, who was also entering the Sheng Family’s courtyard gate, thought about the crowd’s chattering. Then she rembered her husband, who was lying in the hospital, so angry with their daughter.

She asked her younger son beside her, "Xiao Wu, did you know that the Su family eats at every day?"

"Mom, how would I know that!" Sheng Shiwu lied without even thinking.

"Sheng Shiwu, cut the crap! It’d be a miracle if you didn’t know! Everyone in the compound says you’ve secretly visited the Su family several tis!"

Sheng Yueyue shrieked from the balcony on the second floor of the Sheng Family ho.

Mrs. Sheng looked up at her daughter’s savage expression, an indescribable feeling welling up in her heart.

It was as if all the snake gallbladders in the world were churning in her stomach. She couldn’t bear it and wanted to spit out the bitterness.

But just as it reached her lips, she forced it back down, leaving only a bitter taste in her mouth...