Deng Cuixiang retorted angrily, "Li Hongjuan, stop talking nonsense! You're heartless yourself, and you're dragging Qiqi down with you?"

The scene immediately descended into chaos, with Qiu Chunfang's wailing, Li Hongjuan's accusations, and Zhu Yingying and Deng Cuixiang's rebuttals all mixed together.

The military wives who were watching around became even more excited, and the buzzing of their discussions filled the air. Their eyes also held scrutiny and suspicion when they looked at Zhou Qiqi.

At that moment, a shrill female voice, filled with schadenfreude and a sense of vengeful pleasure, broke in. The voice wasn't loud, but it drowned out much of the noise.

"Oh, this matter... I think I know a little about it!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it was Lin Yao, who had just been criticized and whose face was ashen!

She pushed through the crowd to Qiu Chunfang and Li Hongjuan, her eyes fixed on Zhou Qiqi and Yingying, a malicious smile curling at the corner of her mouth.

“I saw it with my own eyes that day at the clinic!”

Lin Yao deliberately raised her voice to make sure everyone could hear her.

"Zhu Yingying fell and sprained her leg, so she came to get it bandaged. Zhou Qiqi accompanied her. At that time, Sister Qiu kindly paid for her medical expenses! I remember it clearly, two yuan and fifty cents! Sister Qiu, is that true?"

Lin Yao's words immediately caused an uproar among the crowd!

"Yes, yes, yes! That's true!"

Qiu Chunfang was stunned at first, then as if she had grasped a lifeline, she immediately screamed in response to Lin Yao's words.

"It was me who gave you the money! Zhou Qiqi, put your hand on your heart and tell me, that day at the clinic, it was me who paid for everything. I helped you, and this is how you treat me?"

She shouted while wiping away non-existent tears, her chest heaving violently, looking as if she had suffered a great injustice.