Now Su Lixuan was hurting her feelings by saying things like "your partner is older" in front of her, and Lu Qing was going crazy.

"What do you mean my relationship is a fact, but her relationship isn't?" Lu Qing pointed at Lin Wenhui. "I know you're Lin Wenhui's sister-in-law, but even if you are, you can't be so protective of her!"

"Besides, I saw her secretly dating someone outside, and whether she told you or not is still unclear!"

"How can you be so sure that your sister-in-law is pure, innocent, and a good girl who only goes to school and back home?"

She was so angry that she blurted out, "Maybe she gave everything to that bastard out there, and you, as the family, don't know anything about it!"

Su Lixuan sneered: "Do you think our Wenhui is you?"

Lu Qing's words were harsh, but Su Lixuan could speak even harsher than hers—

"Just because you are shameless doesn't mean everyone is as shameless as you. Just because you are willing to have an affair doesn't mean everyone is as shameless as you."

"As family members, we know Wenhui's whereabouts and what she does every day. We don't know everything, but at least we have a clear idea and feel at ease."

Su Lixuan's eyes were sharp and questioning: "You said you saw our Wen Hui go to the movies with someone a few days ago. Then let me ask you, what day, month, date and time did you see our Wen Hui go to the movies with someone?"

Lu Qing was interrogated and felt angry but also guilty.

Her eyes flashed: "It was a few days ago, I can't remember exactly, but it was around the New Year."

Su Lixuan: "I'm asking you what month and date it is."

Lu Qing: "I already said I don't remember what month and date it is! Are you interrogating the prisoner?!"

Su Lixuan sneered: "You are throwing dirty water on my sister-in-law and making up rumors about her. If you don't explain yourself clearly today, I will call the police immediately."

"Won't you be the criminal after I call the police?"

"So, in order not to be a 'criminal,'" Su Lixuan said each word firmly. "Lu Qing, I now 're asking' you to cooperate with my inquiries and tell me the date and time when you saw my sister-in-law watching a movie with someone."

"What movie were they watching that day? What was my sister-in-law wearing? How did she tie her hair? What kind of outfit was she wearing?"

Lu Qing felt dizzy after being asked such questions. She wanted to just say a few perfunctory words and leave quickly, but she saw Su Lixuan standing in front of her, blocking her way just like she had just blocked Lin Wenhui's way.

"I, I already said I can't remember..."

It was just a lie she made up. She had been busy trying to please the two old men in the Che family from the beginning of the year until now, and had no time to watch a movie.

So much so that when Su Lixuan asked her, she didn't even know what movies were playing recently.

I have nothing to say and I can't come up with any more detailed nonsense.

Lu Qing was anxious. He didn't expect that Lin Wenhui's second sister-in-law could be so difficult to deal with.

She had never seen anyone being spread rumors, let alone such rumors.

When the family heard about it, their first reaction was not to quickly tell her to shut up and try to smooth things over by saying it was a misunderstanding.

Instead, he shouted at her and forced her to tell him in more details.

She had never seen anything like this in her life.

Su Lixuan went a step further, her voice even more stern: “Speak!”

"Don't even think about leaving! I'm telling you, even if the monk can run away, the temple can't. You slandered my sister-in-law today. If you just run away after throwing dirty water, I will definitely call the police to arrest you!"

Lu Qing took a step back, and was so frightened that he dropped the bowl in his hand and smashed it to pieces on the ground.

"I, I..." In a panic, Lu Qing could only answer the questions that Su Lixuan asked her, which gave her the most room to make up stories.

She gritted her teeth and said, "It was a few days before the New Year. I forgot the exact date, but I remember the time. It was around one or two o'clock in the afternoon."

She actually wanted to set the time in the evening, but as Su Lixuan said, Lin Wenhui was too well-behaved and went to school or home every day.

If she said that she saw Lin Wenhui watching a movie with someone outside at night, anyone would be able to immediately expose her lie.

How could it be possible that no one saw Lin Wenhui going out of the compound at night?

She didn't dare to make up such a lie, so after much thought she could only decide to postpone the story to a time when it would be less likely to arouse suspicion.

Lin Wenhui was not at home during the day. Who knows what she did in the afternoon?

After compiling the time, Lu Qing felt relieved. She pointed at the clothes Lin Wenhui was wearing and said, "As for the day I saw Lin Wenhui, what was she wearing and how was she dressed..."

"Didn't I just say that she was wearing this outfit that day? As for her outfit... she had two pigtails..."

"Pfft." She didn't even need to finish her words, Su Lixuan and Lin Wenhui, her sister-in-law, suddenly laughed together.

Lu Qing was puzzled: "What are you laughing at?"

Su Lixuan: "I'm laughing at you for not even putting your heart into your lies, and you even have pigtails."

"That's because you don't live in our compound very often now, otherwise you would know that Wenhui had a quarrel with my mother-in-law a while ago."

"The reason is the hair."

"My mother-in-law wants her to have two pigtails for Chinese New Year and tie them with red strings to look festive."

"Wenhui thinks it's too rustic. The little girl was pouting all day because of this, but she didn't let the pigtails grow on her head."

"My mother-in-law and many people in our compound have complained about this. Who in the compound doesn't know that Wenhui hates having her hair braided the most?"

She chuckled, "If, as you said, Wenhui is going out on a date, haha... who would dress up like they despise the most on a date?"

"Can you?"

"You know exactly how you dress that looks the worst and doesn't suit your own taste, yet when you go out on a date with someone your age, you still choose to dress in a way that you don't think looks good?"

"Can you do such a thing?"

"Wenhui is just younger than you, she's not any less intelligent than you."

"You know you should dress nicely when you're meeting your date. If Wenhui really were dating, wouldn't she know to dress nicely for the date?"

"Why does she have to be so rebellious, dressing up in a way that she herself doesn't approve of, to annoy both herself and her partner?"

After he finished speaking, a neighbor couldn't help but burst out laughing when he heard this.

This smile seemed to be contagious, and laughter could be heard from behind many windows one after another, which showed how many people were eavesdropping here.

Lu Qing was embarrassed by the laughter of the eavesdroppers and quickly changed his words: "Then I saw it wrong. It wasn't a pigtail. I just didn't pay attention."

"But the clothes are definitely right, it's what she's wearing now!"

In order to avoid embarrassing himself, Lu Qing said this with certainty.

The clothes can't be wrong. Lin Wenhui is wearing them now. Su Lixuan can't say that the clothes are not Lin Wenhui's. Lin Wenhui doesn't wear them like this when going out, right?

There's no such excuse.

(End of this chapter)