Lan Yin and Wang Xiaobao were also confused.

"Chen Hao, Shen Cuihua, stop making a scene!" the village chief roared. "If you keep this up, I'll have you tied up too, and we'll say you're accomplices in the arson."

“They must be accomplices of the monster,” Wang Xiaobao explained. “How could a human do something like this? Did any of you see someone set the fire?”

Wang Xiaobao's deliberate explanation made Su Xiaonuan even more convinced of her judgment.

"Whether I'm human or demon, I'm willing to go and accept the investigation." Su Xiaonuan slowly raised her head. "Aunt Hua, Brother Hao, thank you for believing me, but now, please step aside."

After saying that, Xiao Nuan nodded to them.

It was this nod that convinced them that Xiao Nuan would be able to return safely.

The town leaders were waiting by the police station for the labor camp to pick up the three fugitives because of the matter.

"Why...why did you tie up Comrade Su?"

The town mayor and the police station chief were both panicked. In their minds, Comrade Su was the idol of the town.

"Reporting to the leader, everyone says she's a witch and wants to burn her alive, so we had no choice but to tie her up and bring her here." The village chief then recounted the fire that had occurred in the village.

"Nonsense!" The mayor paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. "This is utter nonsense!"

The village chief was deliberately delaying the process, as instructed by his son.

The sun wasn't as scorching as it was at midday, so they still needed tools to get them to burn under the blazing sun.

He was waiting for his son to come back from buying assistive devices.

"Yes, you're really making a fool of yourselves!" the director waved his hand imposingly. "Untie Comrade Su, now!"

"See? I told you we couldn't send it here, but you insisted on sending it anyway. They're all in cahoots," someone jeered.

"We can't let the demoness go; she'll kill us all."

The crowd was agitated and refused to allow Su Xiaonuan to be untied.

Just then, Wang Yibo and Xu Yong rushed in.

Following Xiao Nuan's instructions, the two of them went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought two magnifying glasses.

Upon seeing the rearview mirrors in the two men's hands, Lan Yin knew something was wrong and grabbed Wang Xiaobao, trying to escape.

"Where do you think you're going?" Su Xiaonuan, whose hands were tied, instantly freed herself. She leaped forward, stopped the two men who were about to flee, and dragged them back.

"Sister Xiaonuan, we're going to take a picture."

As instructed, Wang Yibo and Xu Yong used a magnifying glass to focus the light in the sunlight, successfully igniting the clothes on Lan Yin and Wang Xiaobao, while those standing very close to them were unharmed.

ah…..

The two screamed and ran around frantically, patting the flames off their bodies with their hands.

Su Xiaonuan didn't intend to kill them, so she picked up a water hose from the police station yard and sprayed water on the two of them.

The fire was extinguished, but the two of them were soaked to the bone.

"What happened?"

Not only the villagers, but everyone present was bewildered by what they were seeing.

"Sister Xiao Nuan, this is truly a demon-revealing mirror! It immediately exposed their true colors." Wang Yibo and Xu Yong jumped for joy. They were admiring Sister Xiao Nuan more and more, wishing they could be her little followers.

"What demon-revealing mirror?" the director said. "What you two are holding are clearly magnifying glasses."

"Xiao Nuan, hurry up and explain things to the leaders!" The village chief shrugged.

"First, take them under control and don't let them escape. They also need to compensate the villagers for their losses," Su Xiaonuan said to the director.

"Okay." The director immediately ordered his men to take Lan Yin and Wang Xiaobao into custody.

Su Xiaonuan then began to explain. "These two guys, while we were up the mountain arresting the fugitives and the villagers were taking refuge in my house, scattered the ashes of the dead in every household, not even sparing their own homes. At noon, the sun was scorching, and the ashes spontaneously combusted under the high temperature, which is why every household caught fire."

"Why did she do that?" the mayor asked.

"Revenge, of course." Xiao Nuan pouted. "She even burned her own ancestors' ashes. She's truly heartless. With her little bit of cleverness, she thought she could make the villagers believe that I'm a witch. But she was too clever for her own good. Afterwards, they didn't change their clothes or leave any evidence. I used the focusing principle of a magnifying glass to expose their true forms under high temperatures. So, they are the real culprits behind this arson."

The villagers erupted in various shouts and curses.

"Lanyin, you ungrateful wretch! Now that you have money, this is how you repay your neighbors? Are you even human?"

"She even dares to destroy her ancestors' ashes, where is her humanity?"

"It seems she's wasted her time studying; she hasn't used her intelligence for anything worthwhile."

"What a pity that such a promising future has been ruined!"

...

The village chief asked the police to bring him tables and chairs. He took out a notebook and said to everyone, "Don't talk nonsense yet. First, report your own losses, and we'll have the Lan family compensate you later."

In an instant, everyone gathered around.

"Please don't push, line up to register," Su Xiaonuan called out. "This time, besides our family, you will all receive compensation for your losses."

After exposing Lan Yin's true colors, Su Xiaonuan also created income for the villagers.

When reporting their losses, everyone overstated their figures, and the village chief turned a blind eye. After all, didn't the Lan family have Xie Zhi? Let Xie Zhi bleed a little, and see if they dare to come back and cause trouble again.

Su Xiaonuan was invited to the police station chief's office, where they all felt they had to bow down to her.

The town mayor even personally served Su Xiaonuan a teacup.

"You're too kind!" Su Xiaonuan took the tea, sipped it gently, and said with a smile. "We'll have to trouble you to take in those two arsonists for a few days."

"The fact that they committed arson is established, and they can be convicted," the police chief said.

“No need to convict them.” Xiao Nuan sighed. “In a few days, the man surnamed Xie will bring money to redeem them. As long as they can compensate the villagers for double their losses, we will not pursue their crimes.”

"Are you really going to let them go?" The mayor looked at her meaningfully.

“What else can we do if we don’t release them?” Su Xiaonuan said. “If everyone were rich, I would definitely make them rot in jail.”

“It’s all because of poverty that we’re so worried!” the town mayor said. “Comrade Su, I’m not a good leader. I haven’t been able to help everyone get rich. Don’t worry, once your village’s winery is established, I will definitely give it key support. From now on, we will treat Xiaolong Village as a model village. With you leading them, I feel at ease.”

Su Xiaonuan pointed at the village chief who had just walked in and said, "You should leave this difficult task to the village chief. I still have two kids to take care of."

"What are you talking about me?" Wang Laishun suddenly stopped in his tracks, afraid to go any further. He stared at them blankly, thinking he had done something wrong.

"Wang Laishun, come here." The town mayor beckoned to him.