Fang Yan walked step by step to Zhang's daughter-in-law, looked down at her, and asked, "Did you hear that?"
"Huh?" Zhang's wife was stunned by the astronomical sum of "one thousand yuan" and stared at her blankly.
Fang Yan's face was as cold as frost. "Now, the whole village has seen it. He's come to the village. Tell me, what does he want from me?"
Zhang's wife was a bit slow-witted, only realizing belatedly that Fang Yan wanted to settle scores with her. She opened her mouth to argue, but before she could, the voices of the onlookers around her rang out first...
"I remember now, it's the Zhang family. They've been saying all over the village that the third son's wife goes to the county town to work as a prostitute every day, and this man is the third son's wife's lover."
"Yes, her mother-in-law even came to my mother-in-law and said a lot of bad things about the third son's family. You didn't hear what she said. If you didn't know, you would think she saw the third son's wife and this man doing *that* with her own eyes."
"Not to mention her mother-in-law, she herself was under that big tree at the village entrance this morning, talking loudly about the third son's family, laughing and talking with a few men and women."
"No wonder the Zhang family is getting worse and worse, and none of their descendants are any good. It's because they are too ungrateful. They are always criticizing this or making up baseless accusations against that. With people like that in the family, it's no wonder that their descendants can't be any good."
...
Mr. Wu finally understood why these people were blocking the way. He looked terrified and furious, and roared at Zhang's wife, "Are you all out of your minds? I came to see Xiao Fang to buy that braising spice recipe from her. When did I ever have an improper relationship with her? Let me tell you, this is slander!"
Defamation is a relatively new term.
Mr. Wu frequently interacts with people in the business world, so he is no stranger to this term.
His hand trembled as he pointed at Zhang's wife, "No, this matter cannot be left like this! I will make sure your family knows the consequences of slandering me!"
He's so infuriating!
He's so self-disciplined, how could he possibly be with other women, how could he possibly go to prostitutes?
Mr. Wu felt that this slander had caused great damage to his reputation and was a great insult to his character. He had never been slandered like this before, and he was so angry that his blood was running backwards.
Although his behavior was an overreaction.
However, Fang Yan was quite satisfied with his performance.
He remained silent as Zhang's wife continued to escalate the situation and jump around in all sorts of ways.
If it were just gossip from onlookers, Zhang's wife could still shamelessly deny it.
But Mr. Wu's words made her panic.
Yes, she didn't know Mr. Wu's identity.
But can someone who can spend a thousand yuan to buy a lousy braising spice recipe be an ordinary person?
Since he's not an ordinary person, it wouldn't be a problem for him to mess with me or target the Zhang family in a matter of minutes.
Knowing that their son was already in jail and wouldn't be out for a year, the Zhang family couldn't afford any more trouble.
Zhang's wife immediately got up, knelt down in front of Fang Yan and Boss Wu, crying and begging for forgiveness, "Boss, I was blind, I had a foul mouth, please don't hold it against me, please be magnanimous and don't hold it against me, please!"
Mr. Wu was so angry he was practically bursting with rage. "I have a noble reputation all my life. When did even dog shit and filth become the basis for such slander and defamation against me?!"
"No, I can't stand this injustice. This family's surname is Zhang, right?"
Mr. Wu's anger could be felt even by onlookers a few meters away. Someone echoed him, "Yes, it's the Zhang family. Her husband's name is Zhang Moumou, and they live at..."
Someone kindly provided information about Zhang's daughter-in-law's family home.
Seeing that Boss Wu was likely to be serious, Zhang's wife became frightened. She knelt down in front of Fang Yan and kowtowed to her several times. "Third brother's wife, please tell him to stop targeting our family, because we are from the same village. If he continues, our family will be wiped out."
Since you know that if you keep up this, your family will be wiped out, why do you still stubbornly persist in your ways and cause trouble every day?
Fang Yan took two steps to the side, avoiding Zhang's wife's kowtow, and looked at her coldly, "Only because we are from the same village do you keep slandering and defaming me?"
"No, I..." Zhang's daughter-in-law was filled with regret. If she had known that things would turn out this way, she shouldn't have gone to handle it herself; she should have let her mother-in-law come instead.
Now it's too late to regret it. She has to suppress this matter and not let it affect the Zhang family.
She cried bitterly to Fang Yan, "I was just jealous of how good you are at business and how much money you've made. I resented that you're rich but wouldn't lend money to our family or use your connections to get my son out of trouble. That's why I deliberately said these things to slander you."
Fang Yan's shrewdness was not something she had just witnessed. She knew very well that even if she told other lies to get by, Fang Yan would still be able to tell the difference.
Now, she's counting on Fang Yan to put in a good word for her with Boss Wu, so how could she dare to lie to Fang Yan again?
"So, out of jealousy and hatred, you secretly fabricated all sorts of vile things to slander me, and now you think you can just use a casual 'for the sake of us being from the same village' to make me forgive you?"
Fang Yan's expression remained cold, showing no sign of yielding.
Fortunately, Zhang's wife's brain didn't falter at the crucial moment; she instantly understood Fang Yan's meaning.
Without saying a word, she raised her hand and slapped herself twice across the face. "Third brother's wife, I couldn't control my foul mouth, which is stinkier than a chamber pot. I have a bad heart. Please don't hold it against me and forgive me this time."
It was clear that she hadn't gone easy on herself; her face, which had been swollen from Fang Jie's beating, seemed even more swollen now.
Even in such dim light, the handprints were still visible, and they looked painful.
However, Fang Yan didn't feel sorry for her at all. The Zhang family's daughter-in-law's current predicament was entirely her own doing.
"My mom and brother are from another village. Did they bully you unreasonably?"
She looked down at her, speaking slowly and methodically, going over the accounts with her point by point.
They beat Zhu Xiuhua and then falsely accused Fang Jie of bullying her; these scores need to be settled.
Apologizing to Fang Yan and Boss Wu is enough; after all, she really can't win against them.
The Zhang family's daughter-in-law was extremely unwilling to apologize to Fang Yan's mother and her brother.
But what can you do if you're unwilling?
She created this situation all by herself, but she cannot resolve it on her own.
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