Han Chan immediately raised her head, staring intently at Rong Hua, anticipating his next words.

However, Rong Hua said something particularly disappointing and unmanly: "I'll take you home to change into some clean clothes. Your clothes are wet, so I don't want you to catch a cold and worry Han Tao. I'll take you home to change!"

As she spoke, Ronghua stepped forward to help Han Chan and saw her off.

That's it? Nothing at all?

Han Chan's face showed obvious disappointment, but as a woman, she was too embarrassed to say it out loud. However, she hoped that she would hear Rong Hua's words when she got home.

After all, we're in a greenhouse now. If we say anything, someone might hear us, and that wouldn't be good.

Thinking this way, Han Chan's sense of disappointment lessened a little, but only a little.

Ronghua helped Han Chan leave the greenhouse and returned to the village along the road. Anning Village has now been built and a date has been set for everyone to move in, but it has not been publicized much.

However, Anning Village was full of villagers. With the three villages gathered together, there seemed to be a lot of people. Most of the men in the village had gone to work in the greenhouses. The workers were carrying water back and forth, and Ronghua and Hanchan could be seen everywhere. But everyone was focused on their work and did not notice anything amiss between Hanchan and Ronghua.

As they entered the village and walked along the village road, they encountered a group of women who seemed to have nothing better to do. When they saw Ronghua helping Han Chan back, they all came up to her and asked, "Ronghua, why are you helping Han Chan? Men and women shouldn't touch each other! This isn't right!"

Rong Hua: "You've misunderstood. Miss Han slipped and fell while watering the plants. She fell quite hard, and I saw it, so I helped her home to rest."

"Oh, I see!" The women hadn't noticed Han Chan yet. "Miss Han, you need to be more careful when you're working in the future."

But before Han Chan could reply, the women noticed the mud on Han Chan's back and the blush on her face, and they all smiled knowingly: "Ronghua, you're really not being honest! What do you mean, 'fell on the ground'? Miss Han really did fall pretty hard, even her face is all red. Tell me, how did Miss Han fall? Did she fall on the ground, or did she fall on you? Otherwise, why is Miss Han's face as red as a monkey's bottom!"

“You…” Rong Hua hadn’t expected these people to speak so tactlessly, like gossipy old women: “Which village were you from before? Upper Gui Village or Lower Gui Village? How can you speak so rudely? You can talk about me, but don’t drag Miss Han into this. Miss Han and I are completely innocent, there’s nothing between us!”

"Oh, oh, oh... You and Miss Han really didn't have anything going on, you just got your clothes dirty and tripped and fell, so you need to go home and rest! We all understand, we've all been there!"

The people of Shanggui Village and Xiagui Village have been unhappy ever since they learned that they had merged with Zhonggui Village. Even though they had their land redistributed, new houses, and government subsidies, and Ronghua even agreed to let them work in the greenhouses, they were still unhappy and held a grudge. So they would take any opportunity to complain.

Having finally caught Ronghua and Han Chan in the act, they naturally wouldn't let this opportunity slip by.

So the women said again, "Ronghua, you and Miss Han have already done that, when are you going to marry her? She's still a young woman, don't think that just because she's lost her parents she has no one to protect her and you can do whatever you want!"

"Yes, Ronghua, you've taken that girl's body, so you have to take responsibility for her. Don't disregard her reputation just for your own pleasure! If word gets out, Miss Han will be too ashamed to face anyone and might even hang herself like her mother!"

Han Chan had been really looking forward to Rong Hua telling her that he would take responsibility and that he loved her, but she never imagined things would turn out this way. When she heard the words from these women, she was stunned. Her originally flushed face turned deathly pale, as if she had returned to the time when her mother was bullied and insulted by everyone in Xia Gui Village. Her body trembled uncontrollably.

"You... don't talk nonsense! There's nothing between me and Brother Ronghua, we're completely innocent! Shut up and stop talking nonsense!"

Ronghua hadn't expected these people to be so blind and talk nonsense. It seemed they thought they were living too comfortably and had forgotten how terrible their previous hardships were.

Seeing Han Chan's pale face, he felt bad for her too. This whole ordeal was all because of him. "Miss Han, don't be angry with them, it's not worth it! I'll take you home later. Don't worry, I won't let them talk badly about you outside!"

Han Chan was so sad that she didn't say anything, but her eyes were full of fear. Although the painful days were over and the county magistrate had helped her and her brother get rid of those people from Xia Gui Village, the pain they had suffered was deeply rooted. Now that someone was saying this to them, the painful memories immediately came back.

Rong Hua felt extremely apologetic, so he looked coldly at the women: "Do you know what the consequences are for talking nonsense? Have you forgotten what happened to those foul-mouthed people in your village? Don't forget, your men work in my greenhouse!!!"

Ronghua was threatening them, telling them not to talk nonsense.

The ladies were taken aback for a moment, and then they realized that being so talkative would not end well. Although they would not be scolded by the county magistrate, the village head would definitely cause them trouble.

The local official is much more capable than the village head.

"Ronghua, Miss Han, we are so sorry. We were so careless and said things we shouldn't have. Please be magnanimous and don't hold it against us women! We are so sorry!"

"Ronghua, Miss Han, we really didn't mean to say that to you just now. We just saw you like this and started a joke. It was just a joke! Please don't take it seriously, and we won't go around saying it. We'll keep our mouths shut!"

Rong Hua snorted coldly: "You had better remember this! Otherwise, I'll tell the village head and the village chief!"

"Yes, yes, yes..." The women watched Ronghua and Han Chan leave awkwardly.

Once they were out of sight, they pursed their lips and said, "What's so smug about? If you're so capable, why don't you take responsibility? You slept with that girl and don't want to take responsibility, and you even want to cause trouble for us. You're shameless!"

"Exactly! We'd better keep a close eye on our daughter when we get home, or Ronghua might just kidnap her! The way Ronghua treats Han Chan shows that he's not the kind of man we can entrust our lives to!"

"Alright, alright, stop talking. What if someone hears us? Anyway, we're living a good life now. Ronghua has built a greenhouse and is very wealthy in the surrounding area. We can't afford to offend Ronghua. What if our daughter ends up with him? Then we'll be living the high life!"