Everybody in the approaching group started talking as they walked closer and closer. The two dogs guarded them with alert. They seemed to have sensed hostility and started barking, "Woof Woof Woof Woof...."
The barking dogs startled everyone and made them stopped in their steps. Everybody looked frightened by the two dogs.
Patriarch Liu hadn't said anything yet. He frowned and examined An Hung niang. Cheng Zheng Yuan had already clued the villagers in the event on their way. Judging by what it looked it, he didn't think the Cheng's were making all these up.
An Hung niang's husband, Liu Sanzhen, looked quite displeased as well. He started scolding An Hung niang, "Are you crazy? Why did you come over the brother Cheng's place to cause trouble out of the blue?"
"Liu Sanzhen, are you useless? They are siccing their dogs to attack me! Why aren't you killing them?!" Shouted An Hung niang in distress.
Liu Sanzhen's dark face was turning darker. He stared at his wife angrily. Everybody else were about to burst out in laughter.
"Okay, An Hung niang, why don't you tell us what happened?" said Patriarch Liu as he suppressed his laugh.
Everybody had a pretty good idea what had happened, but they had to ask An Hung niang, and gave her a chance to tell her side of the story.
By now An Hung niang, was already angered from embarrassment, she only continued to shout, "What had happened? Don't you guys see? The Cheng's are bullying us Willow villagers. They told their dogs to drink my blood and eat my flesh. They are crossing the line. Patriarch Liu, you need to evict them at once! We don't need these ungrateful people in our village! They are beasts! No wonder they had to run away from where they were! We don't know to keep these kind of people around in Willow Village!
"That's enough!"
Cheng Xiao Xiao was angered all over again. The two dogs that could sense her emotion immediately turned their head and stared at An Hung niang with murderous intent and slowly closed in on her.
The abnormality alerted the hunters of Willow Village. They all turned pale. They saw that the two friendly-looking dog had suddenly turned into fierce wolves and could tear their targets up into million pieces in a matter of seconds.
An Hung niang, who was just about to throw out more insults, also noticed something was wrong. She saw that everybody were now watching the two dogs alarmingly. She looked into the menacing eyes of the two animals and instantly felt a chill down her spine. She shivered and dared not to say another word.
Mrs. Cheng also noticed the change, the two tamed dog looked as through they had transformed into killer wolves in an instant. She was just about to say something when Patriarch Liu looked suspiciously at the cold Cheng Xiao Xiao and spoke, "Maiden Cheng, don't let the dogs harm anyone!"
"What's wrong with thieves being bitten by dogs? Especially those with foul mouth worse than that of a toilet. They should be bitten by dogs!"
"C'mon, maiden Cheng, you can't be serious!" Liu Sanzhen was a good hunter. Even though others found his wife annoying, he was well respected around the village.
Cheng Xiao Xiao turned and looked at him, nonchalantly she asked, "Third Uncle Liu, you had a good idea what's going on. You know who's the bully here. Not to mention that I had never offended her, I don't understand why she was targeting us. Not only did she come and steal our products, she also continued to insult my family and very adamant about evicting us...."
She turned and swept over everyone with her look and asked gently, "Be honest here, have my family ever done anything that have wronged you? And her, not only was she insulting us, and she so righteously came and steal from us. In addition to stealing from us, she also felt entitled to insult us to our faces. Can you please explain that to me?"
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