bookbashuk Chapter 17 This is too much!
Chapter 17 This is too much!
She was one of the few girls in the Gu family's generation. She was pampered from a young age and was even taken in by her uncle, a military commander who had no daughters, to be raised in the army. She was treated no differently than their own daughter.
Someone from a small town dared to beat her openly.
This is absolutely outrageous!
Xu Sui withdrew her hand and said slowly, "You attacked first, I was just retaliating."
"Are you suggesting I just stand there and let you hit me?"
Gu Shuang's cheeks were swollen and red, and the disgust in her eyes could no longer be suppressed. She sneered and said, "Xu Sui, you're quite something. Others come to the performing arts troupe to work, but you come to the performing arts troupe to use this position to seduce men."
"It's all over the military now. You were engaged, but you still went and seduced other men."
"The cultural troupe cannot tolerate someone with such poor conduct as you. Just you wait, I will report you and get you kicked out of the troupe and out of the army."
"A person like you should go back to where you came from and stop coveting things that don't belong to you."
Xu Sui raised an eyebrow. "Oh, so the performing arts troupe is yours? You can kick me out whenever you want?"
"No wonder I, a newcomer who has only been here for a short time, am either ostracized for no reason or tricked into performing solo on stage. If I didn't have some skills, I probably wouldn't have been able to stay in the performing arts troupe long ago."
"If the cultural troupe is really a place where you, Gu Shuang, can make all the decisions and kick out whoever you want, then this place is really not suitable for me."
"You don't need to kick me out, I'll leave on my own."
She really didn't want to stay in a place where people didn't work hard to improve themselves and were only thinking about backstabbing and scheming, no matter how good the pay was.
Besides, dancing is just a hobby for her to pass the time. She doesn't like dancing every day and having to scheme against others.
She'd much rather go back to her old job than do those other things, even picking up trash would be better than this.
Even without Gu Shuang mentioning it, she was already planning to find an opportunity to leave this place.
Gu Shuang was furious, but she couldn't win a fight or a verbal argument.
"You... what nonsense are you talking about, Xu Sui? You are absolutely malicious, slandering and defaming me."
Among the onlookers, most were members of the performing arts troupe. They watched the scene with mixed feelings and whispered amongst themselves, especially when they looked at Gu Shuang with a scrutinizing gaze.
The performing arts troupe is entirely under Gu Shuang's control.
With such a powerful background, who among them would dare to oppose Gu Shuang?
In truth, Gu Shuang was never the most skilled in the performing arts troupe. There were a few people more skilled than her, but because of her presence, they didn't dare to step forward, and no one dared to openly confront Gu Shuang.
Xu Sui was the first.
Courageous!
Regardless of whether those rumors were true or not, at this moment, everyone present couldn't help but admire Xu Sui's courage.
"The commander is here!" someone shouted.
The crowd quickly made way for them.
Shen Shan, the head of the cultural troupe, walked in from the crowd, his brows furrowed and his face grim.
His gaze lingered on Gu Shuang's swollen face for a moment before finally settling on Xu Sui beside her, and he said in a deep voice.
"Xu Sui, do you know that the performing arts troupe is not allowed to take action in private? Anyone who violates the rules will be kicked out of the troupe."
"I didn't know before, but I do now. However, I wasn't the one who started the fight; it was Gu Shuang. Of course, I fought back, and I can leave, but shouldn't Gu Shuang leave too?" Xu Sui showed no fear, speaking calmly as if she were simply stating a fact.
Shen Shan's face darkened, before he could say anything.
Gu Shuang covered her swollen face and couldn't help but curse.
"Xu Sui, you hit me, why should I leave? I'm not as shameless as you, running around in the army having affairs with several men."
"You're the one who should leave."
"Commander, I'm reporting Xu Sui for having an affair with another man all night while she's engaged to him. Her behavior is immoral and she doesn't deserve to stay in the army."
These words were spoken.
Everyone was taken aback and looked at Xu Sui.
So... all those rumors circulating lately were true.
Shen Shan's forehead throbbed, his face darkening. "Xu Sui, you tell me, is this really true?"
"If those things are true, you should leave. Our cultural troupe simply cannot accommodate someone as important as you."
He had heard some of the rumors after they spread so much, and because of this, the entire performing arts troupe was also greatly affected.
I came here originally to find out what was going on from Xu Sui, but I didn't expect to run into her, who was so audacious as to start a fight.
Xu Sui shook her head. "Who said I didn't come home all night?"
"Do you have any evidence? Although I don't plan to stay in the performing arts troupe any longer, I don't want to leave in such a disgraceful manner after being smeared with dirty water."
Gu Shuang sneered, "Evidence?"
"Before my brother returned to the Gu family, you were engaged to him. You know how he treated you. As for you, you looked down on him, disliked his family's poor conditions, and thought they were inferior to the Gu family. Instead, you went and seduced Qin Yunzhou, and even slept with him in the bridal chamber of my brother and yours."
"My brother caught them cheating on each other in bed. There were so many aunties and grandmas outside the door who could hear it. Your voice is unmistakable. Anyone could hear it and know that the woman inside is you."
At this moment, Aunt Zhang from the family compound raised her hand and stood up from the crowd.
"I can testify that the woman's voice that night was exactly the same as Xu Sui's."
"I wouldn't mistake the voice, and I wouldn't lie about something like this. Although I didn't see who the woman and man in the room were, they were making a ruckus all night, and the bed creaked all night."
"The noise was so loud that even the families living next door could hear it. If you don't believe me, you can ask anyone."
Gu Shuang curled her lips into a cold smile, then turned to Qiu Ju and Du Yue in the crowd, "You two shared a dorm room with Xu Sui. Tell me, did Xu Sui go back to the dorm to sleep on the night of the 10th?"
"This..." The two people who were suddenly called out changed their expressions and subconsciously looked at Xu Sui.
"Whatever she does, just tell the truth." Gu Shuang's face darkened.
All eyes turned to the two of them.
This is a very serious matter. In the military, no one is allowed to act recklessly, let alone do something so shameful.
Once discovered, they will be severely punished.
Du Yue hesitated for a moment, "Xu Sui went back to the dormitory that night, so that person couldn't be her."
Qiuju nodded. "You must have made a mistake. Besides, people's voices can be similar. If that person really was Xu Sui, how could Battalion Commander Gu let that matter go so easily?"
"Impossible, impossible, you're lying, you're covering for Xu Sui." Gu Shuang was furious.
Suddenly, a voice came.
"What's impossible?"