After Su Hua finished speaking, her gaze swept over a woman at the very back of the crowd.

The woman wore a moon-colored dress with a light green jacket over it. Her long black hair was styled into a high bun, adorned with a green pearl flower. Her full moon-shaped face had a pair of watery eyes, and at first glance, she appeared somewhat delicate and plump.

When Feng Zicai followed Su Hua's gaze, his heart skipped a beat.

"Don't spout nonsense and try to frame me, Mr. Feng!" He angrily flicked his sleeves and bowed to the crowd.

"It is a fait accompli that my fiancée was caught having an affair in this dilapidated temple today. I ask all my uncles and aunts to bear witness that the marriage between the Feng and Su families is off. I, Feng Zicai, am a man of official rank and reputation, and I absolutely cannot marry such an unchaste and impure woman!"

Upon hearing this, the woman in green's watery eyes lit up slightly.

The crowd was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

They didn't know what kind of relationship the youngest daughter of the Su family had with the man on the ground.

But Feng Zicai is a newly appointed scholar this year, and the only scholar in their village.

During the Yu Dynasty, a scholar could be exempted from taxes on eighty mu of fertile land. The Feng family consisted of only an orphan and a widow, and they only owned two mu of land. Wouldn't the remaining tax exemption quotas all belong to their village?

Moreover, if he were to pass the imperial examination and become a Juren (a successful candidate in the provincial-level imperial examinations), he would then become an official.

They are people we simply cannot afford to offend.

Su Hua's lips curled up coldly, and she was about to say something when she suddenly heard a roar coming from afar.

"Who dares to bully my Hua'er?"

She only felt the wind blowing past her ears.

The next instant, she was suddenly enveloped in a warm embrace.

"Hua'er, let your mother see if you're hurt anywhere?"

The woman appeared to be in her forties or fifties, dressed in coarse cloth with several patches, her face thin, and her sharp, upturned eyes seemed to glisten with tears.

She was the original owner's mother, Su Bai.

A large group of people followed behind Su Baishi.

"Little sister, how are you? Who bullied you? I'll beat him to death today!"

"Don't be afraid, little sister. With your second brother here, I'll definitely avenge you!"

"Yes, anyone who dares to bully my Su family's daughter deserves to die..."

Hearing these roars from the shrewish Su family, Feng Zicai's brows furrowed to the extreme, and he subconsciously took a step back. He had deliberately sent the troublesome Su family members away, so why had they all come here now?

Su Hua was held in Su Bai's arms. Looking at the several indignant young men in front of her, a trace of envy flashed through her heart.

Although the original owner was a simple-minded and naive girl, she had a family who doted on her.

Compared to my own life of loneliness and hardship, this is much better.

She couldn't help but extend a chubby finger and point at Feng Zicai, who was backing away with his head down.

"It was him, he ruined me!"

"Good heavens! You son of a bitch! How dare you harm my little sister!" Upon hearing this, Su Sanhu, the third son of the Su family, immediately threw a powerful punch. "I'll teach you to harm my little sister, I'll teach you to harm her..."

The eldest and second eldest sons of the Su family also stepped forward, ready to each deliver a few punches.

Upon seeing the face of the person who had been beaten, he suddenly grabbed Su Sanhu, "This person, what's this, is it Feng Zicai?"

Su Sanhu abruptly pulled back his fist, his eyes wide with shock. "Oh no, did I hit the wrong person?"

You know, their younger sister used to dote on Feng Zicai the most.

Even if he loses a single hair, it won't be acceptable.

Compared to him, the position of his older brothers in his younger sister's heart was... well, let's not even compare.

The three brothers felt a sudden tremor in their hearts.

Su Sanhu's eyebrows drooped, and he didn't dare to look in Su Hua's direction at all.

"Hua'er, what did that Feng boy do?" Madam Su's brows furrowed as she looked at the person in her arms.

Su Hua stood up slightly. Her body was indeed quite plump; even if she didn't weigh 250 pounds, she must have weighed at least 210 or 220 pounds. If she continued to carry her like this, she was afraid she would flatten Su Bai's body.

“Feng Zicai told me to wait for him at the dilapidated temple this morning, but as soon as I arrived, he said he wanted to break off the engagement. I disagreed, and he knocked me unconscious. When I woke up, I saw this man with beady eyes on the ground.” Su Hua pretended to wipe her eyes, her eyes immediately reddening. “This beady-eyed man hit his daughter and even said he wanted to sell her to some brothel…”

"This is outrageous!" Su Baishi suddenly stood up.

"No, I didn't hit her at all!" Feng Zicai's face darkened.

It was clearly a scuffle where he bumped his head and passed out, so how did this brat make it sound like he hit him?

Madam Su Bai completely ignored his explanation. "Young Master Feng! You've gone too far! People say that promotion and wealth bring misfortune to one's wife. You just passed the imperial examination yesterday, and today you want to break off the engagement and harm my daughter. Do you think the Su family has no one to rely on?"

With that, she waved her hand and shouted, "Su Dahu, Su Erhu, Su Sanhu, beat them to death!"

"Yes!" Upon hearing this, the three Su brothers immediately surrounded Feng Zicai.

For a moment, all that could be heard was the sound of fists hitting flesh.

And the man's wailing gradually subsided.

"stop!"

At this moment, a woman dressed in dark blue coarse cloth ran in from the temple gate and blocked the three Su brothers. When she saw her son, who was beaten and covered in blood on the ground, she burst into tears.

"What are you doing? Zicai, my Zicai, how are you? Big Tiger Mother, you, you are trying to kill my Zicai!"

Su Bai waved her hand, signaling the three brothers to stop.

He spat fiercely at the Feng family mother and son.

"A disgusting wretch with sores on his head and pus flowing from his feet! He dares to harm my precious daughter, so it wouldn't be too much to beat him to death."

Mother Feng's sobs faltered. "Big Tiger's Mother, what are you saying..."

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