As soon as Jin Yuntian and his son left, Xia Xintian and the others came to their senses and surrounded Xia Chunmei, asking her questions.

"Chunmei, do you know that... Mr. Jin from earlier?"

"That old man looks powerful and influential; even the county magistrate treats him with great respect."

"You even said you'd come to your coming-of-age banquet! My goodness, you know someone as powerful as Chunmei? Let's see who dares to bully you now!"

After Xia Ming finished speaking, she glanced at the stunned Fan family members with a hint of provocation and smugness.

Wang Dagui chuckled and explained to everyone, "That old man Jin just now is Jin Yuntian, one of the four great families in Xiangzhou City."

Although he was a merchant, his aunt was a highly favored imperial concubine, and many of his maternal grandparents' family members and uncles were important officials in the court. "Miss Chunmei, with Master Jin protecting you from now on, you don't need to worry about anyone harming you."

Wang Dagui was speaking to Xia Xintian and the other villagers, as well as to the Fan and Du families.

Fan Baowen and Fan Mingli were dumbfounded.

At this moment, it became clear why, after the court session began, Jin Yuntian didn't give them a chance to speak and immediately ordered He Bo to be subjected to severe torture!

He was clearly trying to get revenge for Xia Chunmei! He did it on purpose!

Upon hearing Wang Dagui's words, Chen Jinlian immediately shouted, "Some blind and heartless beasts think that our Chunmei is pitiful and easy to bully because she has no parents. They never expected that our Chunmei has such a powerful backer, did they? Are you surprised? Are you not surprised?"

The Fan family was furious.

This is like stabbing them in the heart.

If they had known from the beginning that Xia Chunmei knew Jin Yuntian and had the Jin family as her backing, how could they have broken off the engagement? Not only would they not have broken off the engagement, but they would have been eager to marry her off immediately and treat her like royalty.

Now look what's happened, we've offended people terribly, what are we going to do now?

The Fan family was filled with deep regret.

Ignoring his injuries and pain, Fan Baowen rushed to Xia Chunmei and demanded, "Why didn't you tell me you knew Grandpa Jin? Did you do it on purpose?"

Xia Chunmei looked at him coldly: "Do I need to report to you who I know?"

Fan Baowen gritted his teeth and said, "You schemed against me!"

Upon hearing this, Xia Xintian, Xia Mingshi, and the others were outraged. They all shielded Xia Chunmei behind them and attacked Fan Baowen: "How did Chunmei scheme against you? Did Chunmei ask you to kidnap Yaomei? Or did Chunmei ask you to frame her?"

"Did Chunmei tell you to get that slut Xia Xiumei pregnant? And you say Chunmei schemed against you? Have you no shame?"

"You shameless thing! You framed Chunmei, yet you turn around and say Chunmei schemed against you. Did your mother leave your face in her belly when she gave birth to you?"

"I think you haven't had enough of a beating. Do you want to go in and keep your wicked mother company?"

Fearing that Fan Baowen would suffer a loss, the Fan family quickly pulled him back.

Fan Baowen glared at Xia Chunmei: "You did this on purpose! You know I've wanted to break off the engagement for a long time, so you deliberately hid the fact that you know the Jin family, just so I would take the initiative to break off the engagement! You're just afraid I'll benefit from your connections! Xia Chunmei, you're so cunning! And you still say you weren't plotting against me?"

"Hehe." Xia Chunmei sneered, "Fan Baowen, don't you think what you're saying is ridiculous? You're already thinking of breaking off our engagement, and I'm still going to introduce you to my resources and connections? Do you think I'm stupid, or sick? Or do you think you're so charming that everyone loves you and I can't live without you?"

Enraged, Fan Baowen's eyes turned bloodshot. He broke free from the Fan family and charged at Xia Chunmei, swinging his fists. Xia Chunmei kicked him to the ground.

"With your weakling appearance, you still dare to lay a hand on me!"

Fan Baowen was already injured, and when he was kicked to the ground, the impact on his body made him wince in pain.

Xia Huohua: "Our Chunmei has someone protecting her. If you want to cause trouble for her, then come at me if you're not afraid of death!"

Fan Mingyi quickly assured them, "Don't worry, I will definitely take good care of my family and won't make things difficult for Chunmei. Baowen is talking nonsense because his mother made a mistake and went to jail. Please don't take it personally."

Old Man Fan also said, "It was Jiang who made the mistake. Our Fan family will fix Jiang's ways. This will be our way of giving you an explanation. Miss Chunmei, our two families have been friends for generations. Don't let a single bad apple spoil the broth."

After saying that, Old Man Fan, his face pale, said to Fan Mingli, "Eldest son, you immediately write a letter of divorce and have it sent to Madam Fan. From now on, Jiang Xiuying will no longer exist in our Fan family! And Fan Baoyun, it's all because of that jinx that she ruined our family like this. Our Fan family will sever all ties with her!"

"That's right, it's all their fault, mother and daughter. We can't let them get away with this! Let's go back and divide the family!" Jin said loudly. Dividing the family was indeed her goal, but she also said it now to let Xia Chunmei know that she and Fan Baowen's family were not on the same side. She thought that if Xia Chunmei wanted revenge, she shouldn't go after their second branch.

Xia Chunmei didn't care whether the Fan family split up, divorced her, or severed ties.

She couldn't be bothered to watch their grand performance; she had a ton of things to do at home.