Chapter 17 Temptation to Speak
Zheng Jiayu's words seemed to provoke the woman, who immediately said angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about? Who's standing up for someone?"
"You and Shen Lin have always had a good relationship. What are you saying now if not standing up for Shen Lin?" Zheng Jiayu didn't back down at all, took a step forward, and her tone sounded somewhat aggressive.
Wu Xiaohua immediately stood up from the stool, glared at Zheng Jiayu, and said angrily, "Zheng Jiayu, you're talking nonsense."
"Then tell me, I have no grudges against you in the past or any recent conflicts, so why are you saying such hurtful things to target me?"
"Who...who is targeting you?"
“Since there’s no such thing, you’re saying I seduced Brother Lin while Sister-in-law Su Fen was giving birth, and that I couldn’t resist men. You should give me an explanation for that, right?” Zheng Jiayu wasn’t going to tolerate Wu Xiaohua.
“Although I haven’t been here long, everyone knows me. Every day, besides chatting with a few of the women in the family compound to learn about things, I stay at home. Apart from my husband, only Brother Lin has visited my home before. Please point out when I’ve ever been unable to walk past other men.”
"Or if you see me walking with a man, you can just say so directly. There's no need to cover for me like this."
The family members watching from the sidelines exchanged glances.
He nodded repeatedly as Zheng Jiayu spoke.
Zheng Jiayu is right; they really didn't see Zheng Jiayu getting close to any man.
Even Lin Dali only went to Gu Yunting's house to give him something as a token of gratitude.
They just left their things and left; how can that be considered seduction?
The family members, who had been misled from the beginning, quickly apologized to Zheng Jiayu: "Jiayu, we misunderstood you before, and we apologize to you here."
"sorry."
Zheng Jiayu could tell that the people who apologized were genuinely thoughtful.
"It's alright, it's good that the misunderstanding has been cleared up." Zheng Jiayu didn't press them or keep bothering them about it.
The person who apologized was afraid that Zheng Jiayu would make trouble over this matter, but to their surprise, she didn't say another word, and the matter was over.
While feeling relieved, he also felt deeply guilty towards Zheng Jiayu.
How could they listen to Wu Xiaohua's nonsense?
Then everyone's eyes turned to Wu Xiaohua: "Wu Xiaohua, you were the first one to tell us that Jiayu seduced Dali."
"Where did you hear that from, or did you say those words yourself?"
Seeing that the person who had been chatting happily with her just moments before had betrayed her in the blink of an eye, Wu Xiaohua's face turned extremely ugly: "You..."
Seeing Wu Xiaohua's nervous and hesitant demeanor, Zheng Jiayu knew in her heart that this person had been doing it on purpose from the very beginning.
She was targeting me intentionally.
"Sister-in-law, I still don't understand what I did to offend you that made you treat me like this." Zheng Jiayu asked again in front of everyone.
After asking, seeing that Wu Xiaohua remained silent and unwilling to speak, Zheng Jiayu continued, "Sister-in-law, as long as you tell me and apologize for this, this matter will be over."
"Of course, I also hope you understand that my engagement with Yunting was arranged twelve years ago when I was only six years old. There is no question of me stealing anyone's husband. I hope you can understand this and stop framing me because of this. It's not fair to me, is it?"
Everyone nodded in agreement, and even the leader looked at Wu Xiaohua.
Zheng Jiayu has already made such concessions, so why should Wu Xiaohua keep it a secret and not tell everyone who told her these things?
While Wu Xiaohua hesitated, Gu Yunting and the others had already arrived.
As soon as Gu Yunting arrived, he looked Zheng Jiayu up and down, and only felt relieved after confirming that Zheng Jiayu was alright.
Relieved, Gu Yunting turned his head and asked Zheng Jiayu in a low voice, "Did you suffer a loss?"
Zheng Jiayu gently shook her head.
She didn't suffer any loss; now she's just waiting for Wu Xiaohua to reveal who came after her.
However, judging from Wu Xiaohua's expression, she doesn't seem very willing to talk about it.
Gu Yunting looked at Wu Xiaohua's husband: "Dazhuang, what do you have to say about this?"
“My wife has been home the whole time. Dali just came to thank me, and your wife spread rumors like this. Don’t you owe me an explanation?” Gu Yunting didn’t want an explanation, he wanted an explanation.
He just wanted to know what Wu Xiaohua's purpose was in saying that.
What exactly did Zheng Jiayu do to offend her?
It's no wonder that Wu Xiaohua went to such lengths to slander and spread rumors.
"Or is Wu Xiaohua trying to drive my wife to her death?"
Wu Xiaohua's eyes widened immediately: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
The idea that they wanted to drive Zheng Jiayu to her death is utter nonsense.
"You're saying all this just to get everyone to insult and criticize me, then force me to my death or force me to divorce Gu Yunting, so you can get what you want, right?" Zheng Jiayu looked at Wu Xiaohua in front of her calmly, her voice very calm.
But what he said left no one able to refute it.
All that Wu Xiaohua said was just to ruin Zheng Jiayu, wasn't it?
Da Zhu's face was filled with anger: "Wu Xiaohua, Captain Gu is my savior. If you can't explain yourself clearly today, then you can go back."
Wu Xiaohua's face turned pale instantly, and her expression became extremely stiff. She looked at Dazhu in front of her in disbelief, her voice trembling slightly: "You want to kick me out over such a trivial matter?"
"Are you crazy?"
“I’m very rational now. Before, you always gossiped with others, and I thought you were just bored and didn’t cause any big trouble, so I turned a blind eye. But I never expected that as a fellow woman, you would spread such rumors about Captain Gu’s wife.”
"Don't you know that what you're saying could kill someone?" Dazhu was really disappointed and didn't want to see Wu Xiaohua in front of him at all.
Wu Xiaohua's hands trembled slightly. She hadn't thought about Zheng Jiayu's life or death when she did this.
At the time, I was just thinking...
With her hands tightly gripping her clothes, Zheng Jiayu stepped forward and said, "Sister-in-law, if you just tell me the truth, we can let bygones be bygones, but I need to know why you're targeting me like this."
Wu Xiaohua opened her mouth, but hesitated to speak.
Finally, he said dryly, "I have nothing to say."
Dazhu looked at Wu Xiaohua in disbelief; even at this point, she was still covering up for the people behind her.
"Wu Xiaohua, have you thought this through? Are you really willing to abandon your husband and children for the person behind you?" Dazhu asked in a hoarse voice.
Wu Xiaohua stared at Dazhu in shock, her voice trembling: "Dazhu, are you serious about this?"
He wants to divorce me over such a trivial matter? Is he crazy?
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