“Xunli’s method is also acceptable. After all, you can’t just say you’ll compensate someone and expect them to. Everyone knows what the market is like for dried porcelain right now. She also has three children to support. You need to provide evidence before they can compensate you. Everyone is here now to be your witnesses!”

“We’re all from the same village, and no one will show favoritism. The reason this piece of land was chosen to house our small porcelain kilns was because it was far from the village and hardly anyone lived there. There’s nothing wrong with Xunli restarting the porcelain kilns.”

"If you really think about it, if it weren't for your family's problems, your mother wouldn't have come back all by herself..."

"..."

The villagers, one after another, quickly helped Li Bo up.

After all, Li Xunli had lived in the village for many years. Compared to Li Bo, who had moved away long ago and had little contact with them, although he was also a man in the village, Li Xunli was the one who had more interaction with them.

In addition, the fact that Shen Qingqing had won an award in a provincial competition had already spread throughout the village. It was quite obvious which side the people favored: the one who brought honor to the village and the one who brought shame.

Li Bo never expected things to turn out this way; he had originally come with the intention of extorting Li Xunli.

He had a bad business deal and lost some money. When he got home that day, he saw his mother holding two hundred yuan. When he asked her, he found out that it was given to him by Li Xunli as compensation for the dust that had bothered his mother.

Then, when he saw how badly his mother was coughing, he thought of asking Li Xunli for compensation.

It was only when his mother coughed so badly that she fainted that he realized something was wrong and immediately took her to the hospital.

I thought it was a done deal, that the dust from Li Xunli's family firing porcelain must have triggered his mother's lung disease.

To my surprise, the doctor diagnosed it as a bacterial infection after the examination!

It has little to do with dust!

Li Bo remained silent with a gloomy face.

Li Xunli, however, had no intention of letting him off so easily: "Why don't you dare to agree? Are you afraid to hand it over? You know your mother's illness isn't caused by our porcelain kiln, right? Are you deliberately trying to extort money from her?"

"Fellow villagers, do you have any shame about doing this for a little money?"

The villagers who had been supporting him just moments before now began to have their own doubts when they saw that Li Bo hadn't made a move.

"Li Bo! Say something! Is it true or not?"

“Li Bo, we only agreed to testify for you because we’re all from the same clan. If you’re going to play tricks in your own village, then you’re really shameless…”

"Could Xunli really be right? Li Bo, are you trying to scam me?"

"..."

Li Bo snorted coldly: "Fine! If you want proof, I'll go get it now!"

Seeing his expression was off, Shen Qingqing didn't jump out. Instead, she hid behind her mother and said loudly, "Don't they show fake hospital certificates on TV? Why don't we both go together? Wouldn't it be better to watch the doctor write the certificate on the spot and have Elder Zong vouch for us throughout the process?"

However, everyone present was an adult, and the only one who could be considered a child was Chen Manyu.

He was still huddled in Li Xunli's arms, too afraid to show his face.

You can tell from that childish voice that it belongs to a kid.

Li Xunli recognized her daughter immediately upon hearing the name. Her embrace of Chen Manyu froze for a moment, and she quickly replied, "That's right. My brother is here too, and we both have cars, so it's convenient for us to give people rides."

"If anyone else wants to go and testify, they can ride in Li Bo's car. Since he's so willing to agree, he's definitely not afraid of anyone coming to the scene to testify."

Once Li Xunli spoke, no one bothered to investigate who was speaking.

Li Bo, however, recognized the voice coming from behind Li Xunli. He stared at Li Xunli fiercely, as if trying to see through her to find out who was hiding behind her.

Because he had just tried to go back to the hospital to bribe the doctor to fabricate evidence.

“Then let’s make this trip. Once we see the results, we’ll make the compensation if necessary, and apologize honestly if we need to.” The eldest member of the clan spoke up.

Li Bo's expression changed several times, but he finally gritted his teeth and said, "I'm sorry, I was out of my mind. My mother has been living in the old house for too long and got a bacterial infection..."

As soon as he admitted that he was trying to extort money, the villagers who had already become suspicious of him immediately began to criticize him for doing such a thing.

Li Bo completely ignored those people, glared fiercely at Li Xunli and the others, and turned to leave.

Li Xunli didn't push too hard, after all, it was her daughter who had spoken up, and she was afraid that if she forced the man to bring his mistress to apologize in public, he would become desperate and do something rash.

Once the person involved left, the excitement subsided.

The onlookers offered Li Xunli some comfort before leaving.

As soon as everyone left, Li Xunli immediately turned around and pushed Shen Qingqing into the porcelain kiln.

Once everyone was inside and the kiln door was closed, Li Xunli reprimanded Shen Qingqing with a stern face: "Was that the kind of situation you should have been in?"

"Didn't you see how many people were on the other side, and they were all ready to fight? What are you saying, you little kid?"

Shen Qingqing was unconvinced and looked up to retort, but she saw the lingering fear and apprehension in her mother's eyes. She swallowed her words and pouted, "I was just afraid he would really find someone to forge the documents and extort money from our family..."

"Then you can tell Mom first, and Mom will tell her!" Li Xunli's tone softened a little, but she was still very unhappy. "That person's eyes just now almost tore me apart!"

Shen Qingqing pouted and walked forward, hugging her mother's leg and pleading, "Mommy~ I know I was wrong~"

Li Xunli was also scared. She loved this daughter the most, and now that she saw Shen Qingqing admit her mistake, all her anger had dissipated, leaving only fear. She couldn't help but squat down and hug her.

Shen Qingqing obediently leaned on her mother's shoulder. When she got up, she met the eyes of her uncle and Wu Jingyuan and even grinned.

Not afraid at all.

Seeing her like this, Li Xunjin and Wu Jingyuan smiled helplessly and raised their hands to tap her from afar.

Wu Jingyuan then discussed the corsage with Li Xunli, and left after they finished.

Li Xunjin was left to continue talking to Li Xunli about Li Bo's situation that afternoon.

"Xunli, you still need to be careful these next two days. Otherwise, you shouldn't come to the porcelain kiln for now," Li Xunjin said with some concern.

Li Xunli shook her head: "The corsage is already being made, it's taking a while, we need to hurry up and catch up with Jingyuan's time to put on his clothes."

However, Li Xunjin's concerns were not unfounded. "I will be careful when I go out these next two days. If I find anything wrong, I will definitely not go out."

At this point, she thought of Chen Manyu and immediately looked up at Chen Manyu standing next to her and said, "Manyu, don't come to the porcelain kiln for the next few days. Wait until Aunt Li comes to your house to call you before you come over, okay?"