In the end, everyone parted on bad terms.
The Fan family hated Xia Chunmei to the core.
"What do we do now? My brother and his family are only detained, and they haven't been formally sentenced yet. Although it has an impact on us, it's not the biggest one. If they are convicted, our entire Fan family will be finished." Fan Mingyi hated Xia Chunmei to death.
Fan Hua was also furious. He had lived most of his life, and this was the first time a young girl had ever talked back to him like this!
How frustrating!
But anger aside, things still need to be resolved.
The Fan family has such a large extended family. If Fan Baowen and his family of three go to jail, the rest of the Fan family will also be implicated.
If Xia Chunmei withdraws the lawsuit, even if they were detained, they can still claim it was a misunderstanding and salvage some of their reputation.
“Go and invite Village Chief Wang and his son Wang Xiucai to act as mediators. The Wang family has connections with Xia Chunmei. Wang Fuming is a Xiucai, and Wang Dagui is the village chief. Xia Chunmei won’t refuse to give them face,” Fan Hua said. “My second son and I will handle this. Daughter-in-law, you take them back first.”
Fan Hua and his son then went to Xiaowang Village.
Upon seeing the Fan family father and son, Wang Dagui had already guessed their purpose.
"Village Chief Wang, we've come here today because we have a favor to ask."
“Grandpa Fan, it’s not that I don’t want to help you, it’s just that I’m just a nobody and I’m afraid I can’t do anything to help you. Besides, I’m not that familiar with Miss Xia.”
If it were anything else, Wang Dagui would help, but he couldn't stand seeing the Fan family bullying a young girl who had no parents.
"Village Chief Wang, we don't mean anything by it, we just want you to act as a mediator. We want to reconcile with Chunmei and resolve the conflict and misunderstanding between our two families. Your two families have a good relationship, she will definitely give you face, so please help us..."
"Grandpa Fan, we really can't help you with this." Wang Fuming returned, interrupting Fan Hua.
"Scholar Wang..."
“Grandpa Fan, our family does have some connections with Miss Xia. Precisely because of these connections, we cannot favor you. Miss Xia is a young woman who has been jilted and her sister has been kidnapped. She is a victim. To expect our Wang family to back down at this time is no different from being beasts.”
Wang Fuming's words made Fan Hua and Fan Mingyi blush.
Fan Hua was still unwilling to give up: "Scholar Wang, Bao Wen is your fellow disciple, can't you..."
“Old Master Fan, you should think of another way. Lord He would not fabricate a wrongful case. If Young Master Fan and his family of three are innocent, Lord He will clear their names.”
Fan Hua certainly understood this, but the problem was that his son and grandson were not innocent.
Wang Fuming winked at Wang Dagui, who then said, "We have more guests coming soon, so we won't keep you two any longer."
The host gave them the order to leave, and Fan Hua and his son felt embarrassed to stay any longer.
After leaving the Wang family's residence, Fan Mingyi glared angrily at the Wang family's gate: "It's just being a middleman, it won't cost me anything, yet the Wang family doesn't agree! It's outrageous!"
Fan Hua sighed and said, "Now we can only do as your elder brother said and push all the blame onto the Jiang family."
They met in prison today, and Fan Mingli and his son Fan Baowen had already explained everything to Fan Hua.
If it really comes to that, we'll have no choice but to push Chiang Kai-shek out as a scapegoat.
The Wang family.
"Fuming, you wouldn't let me help the Fan family, and you're in such a hurry to come back. Did you receive some news in the county town? Fan Baowen has been convicted?" Wang Dagui asked.
"Although no verdict has been announced, it's practically over. Uncle Xiao Ning said that Xu Qingfeng, the manager of Sihai Trading Company, asked Lord He to severely punish the human traffickers! It is said that this was the intention of the eldest son of the Jin family."
Wang Dagui's eyes widened: "You mean the Jin family, one of the four great wealthy families?"
"Besides the Jin family, who else can order Manager Xu around?"
"So...did Fan Baowen and his group offend the Jin family, or did Xia Chunmei know the Jin family patriarch?"
“If the Fan family offended the Jin family, the Jin family would definitely have dealt with them directly with their power. My uncle thinks that the Jin family is protecting Xia Chunmei. Manager Xu is a confidant of Master Jin. The fact that he made a special trip shows how important Xia Chunmei is.”
A storm raged within Wang Dagui's heart.
With the Jin family as their backer, they could do whatever they wanted in Zhaoling County, and even the entire Xiangzhou.
Wang Dagui was glad that he had a good relationship with Xia Chunmei, so that if anything happened in the future, he would have someone to ask for help.
"Not only that, I heard that a big shot in the capital sent someone to deliver a message to Lord He overnight, saying that since the evidence is conclusive, we should not waste time and should give justice to the aggrieved party as soon as possible. That big shot's status is probably even higher than that of Master Jin. Even my uncle, as the clerk, could not confirm his identity."
Wang Dagui was so shocked he couldn't speak.
Wang Fuming sighed: "Neither Grandpa Jin nor the mysterious big shot from the capital can be offended by the Fan family. This time the Fan family is finished. I guess this matter will be settled tomorrow."
Wang Dagui drank a cup of tea to calm his nerves, then let out a heavy sigh: "The Fan family thought Miss Xia was easy to bully since she had no parents. Now they're probably kicking themselves. Even without that big shot in the capital, just the Jin family alone—if Fan Baowen had married Miss Xia, with the Jin family as his backing, his future career would have been incredibly smooth if he passed the imperial examinations. It's a pity they ruined all that good fortune themselves."
"But how did Xia Chunmei, a village girl, know the Jin family patriarch and that mysterious big shot in the capital?" This was what puzzled Fu Ming.
"What's so strange about that? Miss Xia's skills in fortune telling and divination are top-notch. She also has a highly skilled master. Perhaps the Jin family and that important figure are friends of her master."
Wang Dagui felt he had discovered the truth.
They couldn't think of any other reason besides this.
"No matter the reason, we must maintain our relationship with Miss Xia."
Wang Dagui nodded and said, "Your aunt's birthday is coming up soon. We had agreed with Miss Xia to make longevity peach buns. I'll have someone bring some gifts over later to confirm with her."
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