Chapter 56: If I Don't Beat You, I Won't Be a Jiang!

Jiang Jianguo, with a composed expression, nodded, "Let's go, we'll also take a look!"

He must personally crush this vicious rumor.

Li Huijuan and Jiang Jiaojiao supported the grandmother and immediately followed.

Su Yanhua, Wang Juhua, and Su Dazhuang exchanged a smug glance, then scampered eagerly behind, fearing to miss the spectacular scene of Su Ruan's disgrace.

Some well‑meaning neighbors and passersby, seeing this, also curiously kept their distance, wanting to see how this farce would end.

The group marched grandly, the atmosphere oppressive as they headed toward Guihua Alley.

Jiang Ran guarded Su Ruan closely, like an enraged male lion, ready to tear apart anyone who dared to hurt his partner.

Su Ruan's expression remained calm, only the slightly pursed lips betrayed the turmoil within her.

Soon, the courtyard gate of Zhou Da Niang's House appeared before them.

Su Yanhua rushed forward impatiently, pounding the gate hard, shrieking, "Open the gate, quick! Su Ruan, why don't you call out your Illegitimate Child!"

The gate creaked open from inside, and Zhou Da Niang, startled by the scene outside, asked, "You… who are you looking for?"

Su Yanhua shoved Zhou Da Niang aside, squeezed into the courtyard, scanning around, shouting, "Where are the kids? Those two little Illegitimate Children? Where are they hidden!"

Her voice startled the people inside.

Douzi and Yaya timidly poked their heads out from behind the gate, and seeing so many people outside, especially the fierce‑looking Su Yanhua, their faces turned pale with fear.

"It's them!"

Su Yanhua's eyes lit up as if she had found treasure, pointing at Douzi and Yaya, she shouted loudly to the Jiang Family behind her and the onlookers.

"Everyone, look! These two little Illegitimate Children are Su Ruan's Illegitimate Offspring! They're hidden so well!"

Douzi clutched Yaya close behind, frightened yet mustering courage to retort, "You're lying, we're not!"

Yaya, with a sobbing voice, shouted, "Bad person! You're a bad person!"

Su Yanhua sneered, "Still daring to argue! I saw Su Ruan give you food, and you leapt into her arms—only a child she gave birth to could be that affectionate!"

She turned triumphantly toward the ashen‑faced Jiang Jianguo and Li Huijuan, "Factory Director Jiang, Li Doctor, you see it with your own eyes now, right? The evidence is conclusive! Su Ruan is a shameless slut!"

"Shut up!" Jiang Ran roared, as if he could tear her mouth apart.

At that moment, Su Ruan slowly stepped forward.

She ignored the shouting Su Yanhua, crouched down, and faced the trembling Douzi and Yaya with a gentle, soothing smile, her voice soft.

"Douzi, Yaya, don't be afraid."

"Now, tell this uncle and aunt, and everyone, what's your name? How old are you this year?"

Douzi, looking at Su Ruan's calm eyes as if finding a backbone, took a deep breath and shouted, "My name is Douzi, I'm twelve years old!"

Yaya added softly, "My name is Yaya, eight."

Su Ruan stood up, her gaze calmly sweeping over the dumbfounded Su Yanhua, then turning to Jiang Jianguo and Li Huijuan, and all the onlookers, her clear voice rang out, echoing in the small courtyard:

"Everyone heard that. Douzi is twelve, Yaya is eight."

She paused, her gaze finally landing on Su Yanhua, whose face had turned as white as paper, her tone icy and mocking.

"Su Yanhua, I just turned eighteen this year."

"May I ask, how could an eighteen‑year‑old like me have given birth to such big children at six, or even ten years old?"

"Do you think I'm extraordinarily gifted, or that everyone here, including my father‑in‑law, the Mechanical Factory Director, are clueless fools?!"

The words thundered like a shock, making Su Yanhua's mind buzz.

She… she was so caught up in agitation and malicious speculation that she completely ignored the most crucial issue of age!

Su Ruan is only eighteen!

How could there be a twelve‑year‑old child?!

Wang Juhua and Su Dazhuang were also dumbfounded; they had only thought about bringing Su Ruan down and never did the math.

The onlookers erupted in a gasp.

"My god! Twelve? Su Ruan is only eighteen? How is that possible!"

"Su Yanhua's nonsense is utterly absurd!"

"I told you, the Jiang Family daughter‑in‑law looks so proper…"

"The Su family is so vicious… to slander their own sister!"

Jiang Jianguo and Li Huijuan, hearing this, instantly breathed a sigh of relief, then a torrent of fury rose within them!

They never imagined that one day they would be spun around by such a clumsy lie!

Jiang Ran, his eyes blazing with anger, stepped forward, pointing at the deathly pallid Su Yanhua, and shouted, "Su Yanhua! What do you have to say now?"

"You publicly slandered my wife, spreading this filthy rumor! If I don't punish you today, I won't be surnamed Jiang!"

As Jiang Ran was about to act, Su Yanhua screamed in terror and hid behind Wang Juhua.

Wang Juhua, still trying to stir trouble, said, "Well… who knows if she lied about her age! Or maybe these two children are ones she is raising for someone else…"

"Enough!"

Jiang Jianguo let out a thunderous shout, his imposing gaze sweeping over the three Su family members, carrying the weight of long‑held authority.

"Su Dazhuang, Wang Juhua! Look at the good daughter you raised! So vicious, tarnishing someone's purity out of thin air!"

"We, the Jiang Family, will not let this go! You must give RuanRuan an answer, give our Jiang Family an explanation!"

Li Huijuan, trembling with anger, shouted, "Call the police! We must call the police! Arrest those who spread rumors and cause trouble!"

Zhou Da Niang, at this moment also realized, hurriedly stepped forward to testify, "I can testify that Douzi and Yaya are kind‑hearted, RuanRuan and Ranran; seeing their parents gone, they were helpless, so I helped them and temporarily placed them here!"

"RuanRuan even taught them to sell small items to become self‑reliant, such a good child, yet you slander them! Has your conscience been eaten by a dog?"

The truth became clear, and public opinion instantly reversed.

Everyone looked at the three Su family members with contemptuous eyes.

Su Yanhua's face turned deathly pale, her whole body trembling; she knew she was finished.

Today this incident not only didn't bring Su Ruan down, it actually disgraced both us and the Su family's face!

Jiang Ran looked at Su Ruan's calm yet unmistakably pale profile, his heart aching beyond words.

He tightened his grip on her hand, turned to his parents, and said firmly, "Dad, Mom, this can't just be let go. I'm going to sue her for defamation! She must publicly apologize and clear the damage!"

"Move aside! Please move aside!"

Liu Wenbin squeezed in, drenched in sweat.

He had clearly rushed over after hearing the rumors, his complexion pale, his glasses askew, and one of his buttons fastened incorrectly.

Seeing the scene in the courtyard—especially the swaggering Jiang family members and the three pallid Su family members—his heart dropped instantly, realizing the worst case had indeed occurred.

He couldn't attend to anything else, rushed a few steps to Su Yanhua, and, both urgent and angry, lowered his voice to shout, "Yan Hua, what are you still causing a ruckus about? Hurry and apologize to them!"