"Smack!" A loud slap landed on Huo Yunlan's face. Although it wasn't strong enough to knock Bai Xiu's teeth out like Bai Nian's slap, Bai Xiu hit with full force, leaving five finger marks on Huo Yunlan's face.
"You... you dare hit me!!!"
Huo Yunlan was stunned. From childhood to adulthood, no one dared to hit her. Even after marrying Bai Nian and enduring his neglect, Bai Nian never resorted to physical violence, not even during arguments.
"I... I just hit you..." Bai Xiu said, though she felt guilty.
Despite being spoiled and willful, as a daughter of the Bai Family, slapping her sister-in-law brought a certain level of pressure regardless of her discord with Huo Yunlan.
"I am the properly wedded wife of the Bai Family, and I'm carrying a Bai Family child, yet you dare hit me!!"
Snapped out of her daze, Huo Yunlan's anger flared immediately, without thinking, she returned the slap to Bai Xiu's face, shouting furiously:
