Chapter 614: Disruption
His face was now covered in bruises and reds, and the half of his face that had been pressed into the mud was swollen, with traces of blood and stains on it.
This miserable appearance made everyone feel distressed.
He choked and cried, "It's all my fault. I embarrassed my sister. Sister, hit me, scold me!"
Zhou Qingyan was about to speak: "Actually..."
She wanted to be a pitiful and innocent white lotus saint, forgive all of Zhao Si's mistakes, and win everyone's applause.
But how could Hu Xiner get what she wanted?
Hu Xiner pinched her thigh and tears began to fall.
She raised her hand high and slapped Zhao Si hard.
Zhao Si was stunned. He covered his face with his sleeves and winked at her desperately: "Sister, I was pretending!"
Hu Xin'er sent him a message: "I know."
Zhao Si is really aggrieved at this moment, you know? What does this sister know?
If he had known this and still beaten him, wouldn't he have suffered a huge loss?
The crisp sound of the slap not only stunned Zhao Si, but also stunned everyone else.
Hasn't Zhao Si's innocence been proven? Why is Madam Lu slapping him now?
Hu Xin'er cried, "My poor brother, when will you be more sensible? We finally managed to open this shop, but all you do all day is make me worry!"
Zhao Sizhen started to cry: "No, sister, what does this have to do with me? They are the ones who deliberately framed me! Can't you see? This Miss Zhou and Zhou Chenghe are from the same family. One of them plays the good cop and the other plays the bad cop, and they beat me up like this——"
"You dare to talk back?" Hu Xin'er continued to cry, "You really disappoint me. How could such a good person like Miss Zhou save you to gain fame? They framed you because you have a criminal record, didn't they?"
Miss Zhou, who was about to say something but hesitated, froze in her expression.
Zhao Si originally thought that Hu Xin'er was a little stupid, but when he caught a glimpse of Miss Zhou's expression out of the corner of his eye, he gradually realized what was going on.
Well, the sister in front of me is as smart as can be.
He immediately opened his voice and howled, "Sister, I was wronged by you in the past, but I didn't do anything terribly evil. At most, I just cheated a little, and I even returned all the ill-gotten gains."
"So what?" Hu Xin'er slapped him with her hand. "Even if they're framing me, why don't they just frame you instead of someone else?"
Zhao Si pretended to be hurt by the beating: "How should I know? Isn't it because they are so cruel?"
"The Zhou family is a wealthy and powerful family. What are you trying to do? Just to frame you?" Hu Xin'er said, looking very disappointed. "Today, I will beat you to death for my father, you unfilial son!"
Some people who were still a little scared heard that Miss Zhou had arrived, and they gathered around one after another, watching the excitement with relish.
Speaking of Zhao Si, everyone in the people knew him. What everyone liked most was to see someone they knew being beaten up.
As they listened, they also began to discuss the direction of things.
The young wife carrying the basket praised: "Mrs. Lu is really dedicated to her duties."
"Actually, Zhao Si isn't a bad guy. He's usually quite honest in his business," said a new customer at the comic book shop. "He's young, and he just strayed into the wrong path. Alas, it's not easy for him to start out in this world at such a young age."
"Why do I feel a little sorry for him?" someone murmured quietly. "A prodigal son's return is supposed to be a good thing, but he was wrongly accused and beaten like this for no reason."
"It's still that Zhou Chenghe who behaves like a fool!"
"No, no, no, I don't think Zhao Si is a good person. Look, he's desperate now and is trying to rape Miss Zhou."
The vegetable seller took out a handful of melon seeds and said as she munched them, "Mrs. Lu is the one who sees things clearly. Zhao Si still has the nerve to say that Miss Zhou is framing him. What is Miss Zhou trying to achieve?"
At this moment, Zhao Si cried out in a tearful voice, "There have been so many rumors lately, and the Zhou family is surrounded. They are just trying to use me to establish their authority!"
The people who were whispering fell silent for a moment. Zhao Si's words brought them back to the recent hot topic.
"Yeah, I don't think Miss Zhou is a good person either." Someone said this.
The scholars standing in front, gazing at Miss Zhou with infatuation, immediately turned around and said, "Who dares to say such outrageous things? Do you think you can slander a woman as beautiful as Miss Zhou? I think Zhao Si deserves to be beaten."
"Hey, Zhao Si is still so young. You usually claim to be scholars and noble, but now you are blinded by beauty? Isn't that a bit too much?"
Miss Zhou already had a vague feeling that something was wrong at this time, but the conversation between Hu Xin'er and the others was too fluent, and she couldn't even get a word in.
"Stop arguing." She tried to dissuade them, but in order to maintain her beautiful voice, she couldn't use a loud and rude voice, so her voice sounded very small.
Hu Xin'er demanded sharply, "To establish your authority? Everyone knows that Miss Zhou has the best reputation in Qingzhou City. Does she still need to use you to establish her authority?"
Zhao Si's face flushed crimson, her voice nearly breaking as she shouted, "Sister, if she's just putting on a show in front of everyone, the people won't bother to investigate her for spreading rumors. Look, now, who cares about her being the evil daughter of the Zhou family?"
Hu Xiner closed her mouth at the right time and looked surprised.
The entire street was dead silent.
No one expected that Zhao Si would say this.
The scholars who admired Miss Zhou were so angry that they were speechless.
Other highly qualified onlookers have already used their keen sense of smell to detect that something is wrong.
Everyone loves themselves and looks for clues from eating melons to find out the truth of the matter, and they will only believe the truth that they have judged themselves.
Didn't Miss Zhou clearly clear herself in front of everyone? Okay, Hu Xin'er used the opportunity of scolding Zhao Si to guide everyone to think clearly.
The incident of Miss Du hitting her head against the wall just happened a while ago, and the frame-up and accusations from several years before are still lingering in people’s minds.
Not to mention the dirty things the Zhou family has done over the years.
With Miss Zhou's character, could it be that the only bad thing she did was to target Miss Du? Not necessarily, she just covered it up like she did to Miss Du.
But what is pretended is pretended, and it will never become real.
No matter how artificial she is, she cannot escape the eyes of experienced people.
Zhou Qingyan's face turned pale. She didn't expect to be exposed, and she didn't expect everyone to react like this.
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