Chapter 19 Ruined Reputation
Shen Lin looked at the crowd in front of her with a sarcastic expression, as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world. If someone like Zheng Jiayu could be considered kind, then there must be no malicious people.
"Kindness? If Zheng Jiayu were kind, she wouldn't have made such a big fuss. Wouldn't she have just accepted the consequences herself?" Shen Lin questioned frantically.
Faced with Shen Lin's questioning, Zheng Jiayu found it somewhat unbelievable.
"Shen Lin, I just want to find out the truth and get justice for myself. Is that wrong?"
"Does your brother know what you've been doing?" Just as Shen Lin was about to retort, Zheng Jiayu asked a question that terrified Shen Lin.
She did all these things behind Shen Xizhen's back.
"It seems you didn't tell Shen Xizhen what you did. In that case, let's call her over." Gu Yunting immediately wanted to call Shen Xizhen over and explain the matter in front of everyone.
Just as Shen Lin was about to stop him, Lin Dali had already run off to find Shen Xizhen, moving so fast that Shen Lin didn't even have time to say a word.
Soon, Lin Dali brought Shen Xizhen over.
I had already heard about this from Lin Dali on the way.
Upon arriving at the destination, Shen Xizhen kicked Shen Lin without saying a word.
The force was so great that Shen Xizhen screamed in pain.
The man collapsed to the ground in a sorry state.
Shen Xizhen glared angrily at Shen Lin on the ground: "Shen Lin, apologize."
"I don't."
I won't say it a third time.
Shen Xizhen's gloomy expression frightened Shen Lin.
Shen Lin craned her neck and looked up at Gu Yunting and Zheng Jiayu, who were standing side by side.
The jealousy in his eyes for Zheng Jiayu was impossible to hide.
"I'm sorry." The apology, delivered through gritted teeth, was a decision Shen Lin couldn't resist Shen Xizhen's insistence on.
In reality, she had no intention of apologizing.
"Forget about insincere apologies; neither Yunting nor I care about them."
After speaking, Zheng Jiayu turned her gaze to Shen Xizhen and said earnestly, "Comrade Shen, I hope you can see your sister and stop her from targeting me."
“Everyone knows about my engagement with Gu Yunting. It was arranged twelve years ago. If anyone is stealing someone else’s fiancé, it’s Comrade Shen Lin who stole him while I was away, right?” Zheng Jiayu’s words showed no respect for Shen Xizhen.
Shen Xizhen glared fiercely at Shen Lin.
What an idiot.
Taking a deep breath and suppressing her anger, Shen Xizhen looked at Gu Yunting and said guiltily, "Yunting, I really didn't know about this. If I had known, I definitely wouldn't have let Shen Lin do such a thing."
"Don't worry, I'll call my dad when I get back and tell him that Shen Lin really needs to be taught a lesson." Shen Xizhen said this while looking at Shen Lin.
Upon hearing that Shen Xi was going to tell Shen Yang about this, Shen Lin finally realized she needed to get anxious.
Clutching at Shen Xizhen's clothes, she said anxiously, "Brother, I know I was wrong. Please don't tell Dad about this, he'll beat me."
"You deserved it."
"Brother, I... Zheng Jiayu married the person I've liked for so many years, so what's wrong with me teaching her a lesson?" Shen Lin said defiantly, her neck stiff.
"Shen Lin, how could you do such a thing when you are also a woman? You are not teaching her a lesson, you are trying to kill her."
Faced with Shen Xizhen's reprimand, Shen Lin naturally wouldn't admit it on the surface.
"Brother, you're talking nonsense."
"You know in your heart whether you're lying or not."
Shen Xizhen took out two hundred yuan and handed it to Gu Yunting: "Yunting, this is compensation for your wife. This was our family's fault. I will not let Shen Lin cause you any more trouble after this."
Gu Yunting glanced at the two hundred yuan: "Just tell Shen Lin not to bother my wife. As for the money, we don't need it. Otherwise, people will say that we made this fuss just to extort money from your family."
Zheng Jiayu silently gave Gu Yunting a thumbs up in her heart.
She and Gu Yunting had a combined total of nearly ten thousand yuan, which would make them a proper "ten-thousand-yuan household" in this era.
Two hundred yuan isn't worth letting them risk their reputation for.
Shen Xizhen was immediately embarrassed and said with a wry smile, "That won't happen."
Zheng Jiayu noticed Shen Lin's disappointed expression at a glance, pointed at her and said, "Why don't you look at your sister's eyes?"
Shen Xizhen turned her head and saw the regret that Shen Lin hadn't had time to hide, and she was so angry that she laughed.
He helped Shen Lin resolve this matter from the front, but Shen Lin ended up hindering him from behind. This younger sister is really too good.
"In that case, I will handle things properly with Shen Lin and will definitely give you a satisfactory answer." Shen Xizhen said this while keeping her eyes on Shen Lin.
The sinister look in his eyes filled Shen Lin with inexplicable fear.
Wanting to say something more, Shen Xizhen pulled Shen Lin away.
The leader, standing next to Gu Yunting, asked, "Are we just going to let Shen Lin go like that?"
"Shen Lin will pay the price for this, we don't need to pay too much attention to it."
Judging from Shen Xizhen's eyes, Shen Lin is completely finished after going back today.
The leader nodded thoughtfully, then turned to look at the people involved in the matter.
"Since Jiayu isn't going to hold you responsible, then this matter ends here. But I don't want something like this to happen to you again, understand?"
"Understood."
...
After Shen Lin was taken back, Shen Xizhen threw her on the ground.
"Shen Lin, have you been ignoring everything I'm saying?"
"I've told you so many times not to cause trouble for Zheng Jiayu anytime soon. Why don't you listen to me? Do you want to kill us all before you're happy?"
Shen Lin felt somewhat guilty after being scolded.
But he still said, "Brother, I just wanted to take this opportunity to teach Zheng Jiayu a lesson and ruin her reputation. It would be a good thing for us, but who knew..."
Seeing Shen Lin still stubbornly making excuses for herself at this point, Shen Xizhen was so angry that she laughed: "Shen Lin, do you think she's stupid?"
With this method, a little investigation is all it takes to find out who the source really is.
Moreover, the way she searched for people was too stupid. She actually looked for someone that Gu Yunting had saved. Wasn't that just making herself a target?
Only that idiot Shen Lin still thinks she got the better deal and schemed against Zheng Jiayu.
Look at the present.
Don't be fooled by the fact that Zheng Jiayu didn't ask for anything and seemed to have suffered a loss.
But her reputation was restored in the family compound, while Shen Lin's reputation was completely ruined by this incident.
No matter what Shen Lin did afterward, the people in the family compound would remember that Shen Lin spread rumors and betrayed those who helped her for the sake of a man.
They even intended to kill someone.
This little thing alone is enough to make Shen Lin never be able to hold her head up in the family compound for the rest of her life. It's just a pity that Shen Lin is still foolish enough to think that she has gained something.
They didn't even realize they were being plotted against.
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