Chapter 021 Is he really Zhao Nan?

Shen Qingbai lowered his eyes, looked at the pen handed over by Shen Xiaodong, and slowly raised his hand.

At this moment, a voice sounded: "Wait."

Shen Ning took a step forward: "Who can prove that this IOU was signed by Shen Danian?"

Everyone looked over. Shen Xiaodong frowned, clearly angry. "I'm kind and understanding, but you, little Ning, are so ungrateful? Since you're not Shen Danian's daughter, what does this have to do with you? Why don't you just get out of here?"

As he spoke, Shen Xiaodong rushed towards Shen Ning with great momentum, pretending to hit her.

Zhao Tong took a step forward and shouted coldly: "Get out!"

Shen Xiaodong knew that Zhao Tong was not someone to be trifled with, so he immediately stopped and retracted his hand. He held up the IOU in his hand and said, "Shen Ning was the one who started talking nonsense first. This IOU is written in black and white with a red handprint. How could it be fake?"

Dong Chunhua immediately chimed in: "That's right, I'm your aunt, how can I help others harm Qingbai?"

The villagers nearby nodded when they heard this.

"That's true. There's no point in helping others harm your own family..."

Some people also questioned quietly: "When did the village head become so kind as to lend money to a scum like Shen Danian?"

"Shh, don't let anyone hear you."

"What are you afraid of? Dong Chunhua is not a good person either. Everyone knows she is cunning."

Shen Xiaodong's face was full of anger, and Dong Chunhua repeatedly joined in. Shen Ning became the target of public criticism for a while.

She didn't care at all, and said calmly, "It's actually very simple. Just check your fingerprints and you'll know."

Shen Xiaodong said angrily: "Now Shen Danian has committed murder and is on the run. Where can we go to investigate? You are trying to evade the debt. Fine, let's go to the county government office together and go our separate ways!"

Shen Ning smiled: "That's exactly what I meant."

She said slowly, "Although Shen Danian has run away, the indenture he signed when he sold me to my late husband, Zhao Mu, is still in my home. Qingyuan Village is not far away. I can ask someone to bring it over and compare it to find out. Isn't that easy?"

In fact, Zhao Mu had already burned the indenture in front of the original owner, but others did not know it.

Hearing Shen Ning's words, Shen Xiaodong froze for a moment. Next to him, Dong Chunhua, who had just been shouting that she would not deceive her family, was also dumbfounded.

After a pause, Shen Xiaodong stiffened his neck and said, "I've heard people say a long time ago that you, Shen Ning, were unfaithful to women in Qingyuan Village and were despised by others. Now you've really behaved so shamelessly that you even brought up the fact that you were sold into prostitution."

These words were harsh, and the surrounding villagers subconsciously looked at Shen Ning.

If an ordinary girl in the village was accused of being unfaithful to her husband or being sold by her parents, she would probably go crazy in an instant, but everyone found that Shen Ning was actually calm and even smiled.

"I've also heard that you, the village head, are usually strong-willed, stingy, hypocritical, and insidious. Now you really have no bottom line. You bully Shen Qingbai with white teeth and no one to stand up for you, and openly blackmail him. Compared to you, my little rumor is really nothing."

"you……"

Seeing that Shen Ning was not easy to deal with, Shen Xiaodong looked at Shen Qingbai: "Qingbai, what do you say? If you listen to Shen Ning and refuse to admit it, aren't you afraid of being scolded in the future?"

Shen Qingbai was silent for a moment, then slowly raised his head. "If I acknowledge this debt in such a vague way, I'll be laughed at someday. Today, you brought me the IOU and asked me to repay it. If someone else casually wrote an IOU saying that my father borrowed it from him, would I acknowledge it or not?"

Taking a deep breath, the young man said calmly, "I can never repay this kind of debt even if I spend my whole life paying it off. In that case, I'll ask my sister to bring me the contract from that year so we can see whether it's my father who owes the debt, or the village head who's trying to extort money from me!"

Shen Qingbai spoke each word with emphasis: "Let's go to the county government office and find out!"

Shen Xiaodong was stunned for a moment. At this moment, he felt extremely regretful. He should have come earlier. Shen Qingbai was easy to deal with, but it was Shen Ning, the young widow, who messed up everything.

Knowing that Shen Qingbai was shy and introverted, Shen Xiaodong had planned to use this fake debt to make Shen Qingbai write an IOU, but...

Seeing that Shen Ning had already sent someone to report to the police, Shen Xiaodong put away the IOU and said, "Forget it, it's just bad luck. I don't want this debt anymore."

Shen Qingbai paused, and Shen Ning reminded him: "It is only natural to pay back debts. As long as we verify your fingerprints, we will return the money to you immediately. We are not afraid, so what are you afraid of?"

Shen Qingbai reacted and nodded: "Sister is right, let's test it."

Seeing this, Shen Xiaodong tore up the IOU directly: "Forget it! I'll just treat this debt as nothing. I won't mention it again in the future. You guys are so kind..."

He snorted, turned around and walked away with a dark face.

Now, how could the people around not see that Li Zheng was trying to use a fake IOU to defraud money!

And it was a full twenty taels of silver, and the person he cheated was Shen Qingbai, who was in a difficult situation now.

"You're not a human being!"

Everyone spat at him, then looked at Dong Chunhua standing beside him.

"They just testified for the village head!"

"They actually teamed up with outsiders to deceive their own children and nephews. They are truly unscrupulous."

"You have no conscience, you are not a human being!"

Dong Chunhua had agreed with Shen Xiaodong that he would give her 10% of the money after extorting it. Now that everything was gone, she hurriedly dragged her husband away and wanted to leave. Shen Ning asked loudly, "How much benefit did the uncle and aunt take to help others harm their own nephew?"

Dong Chunhua stiffened her neck and argued, "That's nothing. Please don't accuse me. Maybe, maybe your uncle got it wrong."

Since Shen Xiaodong had already given in, she certainly didn't dare to continue to bite him.

Shen Ning didn't waste any more time talking to her, but instead gave Shen Qingbai a look.

Shen Qingbai looked at his uncle and his wife, with whom he was not close to begin with, and spoke slowly, "Today, I ask you all to bear witness. Mr. and Mrs. Shen Dacheng have disregarded family ties and colluded with others to frame and accuse me. From now on, I, Shen Qingbai, will no longer have any connection with the Shen Dacheng family."

Shen Dacheng's lips moved, his eyes turned red, but he couldn't say a word.

Dong Chunhua's face turned pale and red. She should have wanted to crawl into a hole in the ground, but she stiffened her neck and spat, "Bah, who wants to be related to a consumptive idiot like you? I'll have to hold a funeral for you someday."

Before he could finish his words, he was slapped again.

Dong Chunhua screamed: "Chen Ning, you dead girl, I..."

Shen Ning sneered: "Do you know how long it takes to be in jail for false accusations of blackmail?"

Dong Chunhua shuddered.

Shen Ning said: "Get out!"

Dong Chunhua didn't dare to say a word. She covered her face and squeezed out of the crowd and fled in a hurry.

The farce ended here. After the crowd dispersed, Shen Ning finally had the opportunity to ask Shen Qingbai about the whole thing.

When Shen Ning learned that Shen Danian and his wife were dead, she was a little surprised, but she also felt that their death was not unjust.

This is purely self-inflicted.

But of course she wouldn't say that in front of Shen Qingbai.

Shen Qingbai seemed to know what Shen Ning was thinking. He whispered, "This disaster was brought upon my parents themselves. They harmed themselves."

The next moment, he suddenly looked up: "It's just that before he died, Dad told those people that it was someone close to my sister who killed Pan Jinlian. I'm worried that Madam Pan won't let my sister go."

Shen Ning frowned: “It’s possible.”

Shen Qingbai hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Also, about Zhao Nan from the Zhao family, are you sure he's really Zhao Nan?"

After a moment's hesitation, Shen Qingbai said slowly, "I saw it clearly that day. He was the one who killed Pan Jinlian. He didn't even blink when he broke Pan Jinlian's neck. He also wanted to... kill my parents, but it seems he held back."

Shen Ning paused and said softly, "I don't know either. He was brought back by Zhao Mu. Zhao Mu said he was Zhao Nan, so he must be Zhao Nan."

Shen Qingbai didn't say anything else.

Shen Ning handed him another purse: "There is a prescription in it. You continue to take the medicine according to the prescription. If anything happens, send someone to Qingyuan Village to find me."