Chapter 14: Crusade
"What are you doing?" Li Sangui stepped forward and pushed Luo Yan away. "What do you want to do in public?"
"Of course you wanted to trick Mu Qing away and exchange him for silver!" Hu Xin'er finally stepped out of the crowd. "Miss Luo, you brought Mu Qing back to the Luo family a few days ago. That was your plan, wasn't it?"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Luo Yan staggered after being pushed by Li Sangui. After regaining her balance, she turned and faced Hu Xin'er. "You ate and drank for free at my house, and now you dare to slander me. What are your intentions? How could Erzi fall for a shameless and ungrateful woman like you!"
Mu Qing was stunned by the actions of Luo Yan and Li Sangui just now. He came to his senses when he heard Luo Yan insulting Hu Xiner.
"Miss Luo, please respect yourself. I don't know you!" He walked up to Hu Xin'er and turned to face Luo Yan. "Xin'er saved my life. I will never tolerate others insulting her."
He was angry, but Luo Yan was a woman after all, so it was difficult for him to take action. He could only stand in front of Hu Xiner.
Looking at Mu Qing's not-so-broad back, Hu Xiner's eyes seemed to be filled with sand, and she felt extremely bitter: What a fool!
Luo Yan seemed to be in unbearable grief, with a frown on her face. She wanted to cry but couldn't. She could only raise her hands to cover her face, pretending to wipe away her tears, but in fact she was hiding her drooping eyes that couldn't shed any tears at all.
"Second son, what are you talking about?" Luo Yan pretended to cry, but in fact, she didn't sound like crying at all. "I am your elder sister. When we were little..."
"Is Miss Luo confused?" Hu Xiner walked out from behind Mu Qing.
Mu Qing was afraid that Luo Yan would do something bad to Hu Xin'er, so he raised his hand to grab Hu Xin'er's wrist and put her behind his back, but Hu Xin'er grabbed his wrist with her backhand and gave him a look that said "believe me".
Mu Qing saw that Hu Xiner wanted to solve the problem herself, so he stopped forcing her, but he remained vigilant at all times, fearing that Luo Yan would hurt Hu Xiner.
Hu Xiner walked over to stand beside Mu Qing. "Miss Luo just said in public that Mu Qing is not from your Luo family. Everyone present heard it!"
As soon as Hu Xin'er finished speaking, a group of girls who were standing up for Mu Qing started to speak:
"Yes, that's what you said yourself. No one forced you."
"It was Miss Luo who said herself that Mu Qing wasn't from the Luo family. Now you're going back on your word and taking Mu Qing away. What are your intentions?"
Seeing this, Hu Xiner felt even more satisfied: You have never seen the fighting power of star chasers, right? You are lucky today, I will let you see it for yourself!
Hu Xiner secretly pinched her arm and shivered in pain, but she had to act thoroughly. She didn't want to play Luo Yan's tricks that could be seen through at a glance. She looked at everyone with tears in her eyes.
"That day, it was someone from the Luo family who said Mu Qing was their second son and invited us to their house as guests. We didn't even finish our meal before we were scared away."
The word "scare" is very spiritual. Everyone looked at Hu Xin'er and asked, "Why was he scared away? What did the Luo family do?"
Hu Xin'er's acting was countless times better than Luo Yan's. When a sister-in-law saw her crying so hard, she came up and held her arm, "Don't be afraid, just tell her. There are so many people here, how can she bully you?"
Hu Xin'er was trembling with tears, looking unconcerned. She nodded and said, "That day, Miss Luo had someone prepare a meal for us and left. I felt sick and wanted to go to the toilet, but I heard, I heard..."
"What did you hear?" The sister-in-law patted Hu Xiner's back gently to comfort her.
"I heard her tell Young Master Luo that she would sell Mu Qing to a nobleman, earn money and use it to treat his illness. She also said that after Mu Qing was sent away, she would...capture me and make me a concubine for Young Master Luo." Gu Qiran's voice trembled and her words were intermittent.
"You're talking nonsense!" Luo Yan pointed at Hu Xin'er. "You and Mu Qing had an affair without a matchmaker, and you've already defiled your body. Who knows if you're carrying the bastard's offspring? I absolutely won't allow my eldest brother to let you in!"
"Oh?" Hu Xin'er tilted her head. "Did you say that that day?"
Luo Yan didn't realize Hu Xin'er's trap and nodded decisively, "Of course, you dirty girl, you still want to enter my Luo family? Dream on!"
Everyone was surprised at first when Luo Yan said that Hu Xin'er and Mu Qing were having an affair without a matchmaker, but later they realized that Hu Xin'er was trying to trick Luo Yan into telling the truth.
"So that's how it is. I must have remembered it wrongly." Hu Xin'er wiped the tears from her face. Her eyes were red, making people feel pity. Her voice was still trembling, but she forced herself to be calm: "Then you admit that you mistook her for Mu Qing's sister. Are you planning to sell Mu Qing for money?"
Luo Yan then realized that she had said the wrong thing and shook her head repeatedly to deny it. "No, I didn't. Don't frame me!"
But no matter how much she denied it, everyone's eyes were sharp, not to mention that these women were originally biased towards Mu Qing, and now they were extremely disgusted with Luo Yan.
"Tsk tsk!" Li Sangui, having watched the excitement for a while, finally stood up. "This is truly eye-opening! There were rumors that the Luo family made their fortune through the human trafficking business, but I didn't believe it. But after seeing this today, I can no longer believe it."
How to say it, "Miss Luo personally took the evidence, stuffed it into my hand, and forced me to read it!" He exaggeratedly pretended to read a book, and then turned to look at the onlookers.
At first, there were only a group of young girls and widows gathered here. After Luo Yan came to make trouble, she attracted a group of men and women who came to watch the fun.
Li Sangui had a loud voice to begin with, and now he deliberately raised it so that it could be heard half a block away. He said, "Everyone, think about it. Have you ever lost a child in your family over the years? I'm afraid today we've found the enemy."
In this day and age, it is very common for children to go missing.
It would be unacceptable for a village not to have one or two children lost every year.
With so many people gathered together now, it is natural that some of them have lost their children.
An old woman with gray hair and a cane came out crying, "My little grandson was lost three years ago. My family has only one heir. Now that my grandson is lost, it means my family will be extinct!"
The more he spoke, the more excited the old man became. He cried so hard that he could hardly stand. Hu Xiner hurried forward to support him.
The old woman cried so hard that she even wanted to die. "I have let down my ancestors! How can I still have the dignity to live?"
Seeing this, Hu Xin'er hurriedly pulled the old lady aside and said, "Grandma, you can't think like that. Your enemies haven't received retribution yet. It would be a real pity if something happened to you. You should watch the evildoer who caused your family's bloodline to be punished."
Hu Xiner really didn't mean to offend Luo Yan, but now that things have come to this, I can only apologize, Miss Luo.
"Let the Luo family pay with their lives!"
I don't know who shouted first, but then everyone responded, "Yes, let the Luo family pay with their lives!"
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