The Eldest Sister Shows Her Might chapter 1

Thirty-five-year-old Nina’s favorite place to go is the beauty salon. But one afternoon when she went there for a beauty treatment, she got really annoyed.

A new young girl had started working at the beauty salon the day before. She didn’t recognize Nina. When Nina pushed the door open and came in, the girl said, “Welcome!” That was okay, but then she added, “Come in, ma’am.” Nina’s face flushed as if she’d been punched. She glared at the girl angrily and asked, “What did you call me?”

The girl was only about fifteen or sixteen, from a small town. Before she left home, her mother had told her to be polite to people in the city. When the customer asked, she sweetly replied, “I called you ma’am.”

Nina was so angry that she trembled and shrieked, “Am I… am I really that old?”

The salon owner quickly came over, scolded the girl, and said, “What’s wrong with you? Can you just call anyone ma’am? Call her miss. Look how young Miss Nina is. I think she’s not much older than you. Guess how old she is?”

The girl was smart. Seeing the owner winking at her, she quickly said, “I think she’s about twenty-three or twenty-four. In our small town, at this age, I’d call her ma’am.”

The owner let out a sigh of relief and quickly apologized to Nina, “Miss Nina, I’m sorry. She’s from a small town and doesn’t know any better.” Nina snorted, “Humph, a hick. What a bad judge of age!”

This incident was already annoying enough. But unexpectedly, when Nina came out of the beauty salon after her treatment, she got even more irritated. As soon as she stepped out, a man who looked like a construction worker leaned towards her and said, “Miss…”

Nina had seen this man peeping outside the salon earlier, looking like he wanted to come in but was too afraid. When she heard him call her “miss”, she felt insulted and shouted angrily, “Speak clearly! Who are you calling miss? Who do you think is a miss?” The man got nervous when he saw her angry. Since “miss” seemed to be the wrong word, he quickly changed to, “Ma’am…”

Nina got even angrier. This man was about thirty, and calling her “ma’am” was just unacceptable. Her face turned white with anger. She tossed her head and walked away quickly.

The construction worker didn’t stop. He took a couple of steps forward and shouted, “Ma’am, ma’am, ma’am… I just want to ask, do they give haircuts in there?”

Nina was so frustrated that she didn’t even feel like going shopping. She walked home in a bad mood, feeling sad and thinking to herself, “Am I really that old? Being called ma’am and all. How can I go out in the future?”

When she was almost home and entered the hallway, she was still complaining to herself. Suddenly, she heard someone behind her shout, “Ma’am, stop!”

Again with the “ma’am”! Nina turned around angrily and saw a bearded man standing behind her. He looked to be over forty.

How dare a man of his age call her ma’am? Nina was furious. She stared into his eyes and said angrily, “If you have the guts, say it again!” The man wasn’t scared and repeated, “Ma’am! Ma’am!”

Nina’s mind went blank. She was so angry that she rushed at the man and started hitting him with her small handbag, shouting, “I’ll teach you to call me ma’am! Who do you think you are to call me ma’am? Old man, I’ll beat you to death if you call me that again!”

The man was caught off guard. He never thought a delicate woman would dare to attack him. The first blow hit his eyes and nose, and he felt dizzy and started to cry. He got really scared, thinking he’d met a crazy woman. He shouted “Help!” and ran away with his head down.

Nina was still angry and chased after him.

The neighbors were alerted and came out to stop them. They asked what was going on. Nina was still very angry and tried to rush at the man again, but the neighbors held her back. She pointed at the man’s nose and said, “Old man, if you have the guts, say it again!”

The man was already black and blue. His legs gave way, and he knelt on the ground, begging, “I admit defeat. I won’t do it again, okay?” As he said that, his hand loosened, and a dagger fell to the ground and bounced a couple of times.

The neighbors realized he was a bad guy and rushed forward to grab him. The man didn’t resist. After being caught, he pleaded, “Guys, I’m a robber. Please take me to the police station. Don’t let this woman beat me anymore. She’ll kill me.”