Lu Jiaojiao looked at the black insect on the ground, feeling both fear and hatred. She pointed at Shen Qingtang and screamed, "You're so vicious! Even if it's an insect, it still has a spirit! How could you be so cruel!"
"cruel?"
Shen Qingtang sneered, bent down to pick up the still-wriggling black worm, and threw it at Lu Jiaojiao. The worm landed on Lu Jiaojiao's skirt.
Terrified, she jumped up screaming, frantically patting her clothes, her face ashen, her legs trembling: "Take it away! Take it away now!"
Pei Nian'an, who had already recovered from his shock, looked at Shen Qingtang, ran over with tears in his eyes, and tugged at her sleeve, asking softly, "Auntie, are you alright? Just now... was Brother Xiaoping really an insect? Did he hurt you?"
Shen Qingtang squatted down, touched Pei Nian'an's soft little face, and gently shook her head: "Auntie is fine, don't worry."
Seeing the pure concern in the child's eyes, the coldness in her heart faded a little.
Meanwhile, Wei Yao, who had been relatively calm, completely broke down the moment she saw the black insect. She hugged her head and squatted on the ground, crying.
A moment later, he suddenly stood up and burst into laughter, muttering incoherently, "Insects... insects again... they're coming... they'll all die..."
His erratic and delusional behavior made people around him afraid to approach.
In the chaos, a fat, big-eared boy suddenly squeezed through the crowd.
It was Lin Peirou's younger brother, Fatty Lin. He saw Lin Peirou immediately.
He rushed over, grabbed her hand, and said with heartache, "Sister! How could you have suffered so much? Being with these exiled prisoners, being bullied every day, I should have stopped you in the first place!"
The identity of the "exiled convict" he was referring to was all too obvious. Fatty Lin glanced at Shen Qingtang, his eyes full of disdain, and deliberately raised his voice: "Some people are just born with a cheap life. They commit crimes and implicate others, and now they've created these disgusting insects. They're nothing but jinxes!"
Shen Qingtang originally didn't intend to pay attention, but when she heard the words "jinx", she was taken aback.
His eyes instantly turned cold.
She turned to look at the official not far away, her voice clear: "Officer, according to the laws of the court, if the relatives of a criminal harbor or slander him, they should be punished as accomplices, right?"
The officer was stunned for a moment, then reacted and quickly walked up to Fatty Lin: "You're Lin Peirou's brother? We heard what you just said. You openly slandered exiles and are suspected of harboring them. Come with us!"
Fatty Lin was shocked that Shen Qingtang would actually send the officers to arrest him. He panicked and struggled, shouting, "I didn't slander you! I'm telling the truth! What right do you have to arrest me!"
But the officers weren't having any of it. They grabbed his arm and dragged him out, saying, "Enough nonsense! You're not the one who calls the shots before the law!"
Seeing this, Lin Peirou cried and tried to stop them, but the officers stopped her: "If you try to stop us again, we'll arrest you too!"
Lin Peirou was too frightened to move and could only watch helplessly as her younger brother was dragged away. She was anxious and resentful, but she didn't dare to say a word in protest.
Shen Qingtang watched this scene without any change in her expression; she never deliberately caused trouble.
But they are absolutely not afraid of trouble.
Anyone who dares to provoke her.
You must be prepared to bear the consequences.
Lin Peirou watched her younger brother being dragged away by the officials, her teeth grinding together, her eyes filled with hatred, but she dared not take a step forward. She could only curse inwardly and vent all her resentment on Shen Qingtang.
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