Xue Huan looked around at everyone present. Everyone who was caught by her gaze fell silent. Some even didn't dare to look her in the eye, obviously feeling guilty.
Only then did Xue Huan speak, "Cao Xun, I've already taken the yamen to get the severance agreement sealed and signed, so no matter morally or legally, I'm no longer your daughter. I've already registered as a daughter-in-law, and my mother and I have a new home. It has nothing to do with you. If you still have any conscience, don't bother us. Otherwise, I'm not afraid of trouble, so just come and give it a try."
Xue Huan's words stung the ears of many people present.
They couldn't help but whisper to each other.
"This Lady of Kangning County is so cold-hearted! Even if her father was wrong, he's already apologized to her, hasn't he? Why is she still holding on to it?"
"She eats and drinks delicious food, but leaves her father alone. It would be better if she had been strangled to death the moment she was born."
"How unfilial! Her father raised her to this age, only to sell her off, and then failed. Why is she holding on to her? She's actually trying to completely distance herself from her father. Tsk tsk..."
…
In today's patriarchal society, Xue Huan's behavior can be said to be extremely outrageous and has touched the nerves of many men.
In response, Xue Huan could only sneer.
I'm too lazy to argue with those people.
At this moment, a tall and slender figure walked into the crowd, approached Xue Huan, and spoke loudly, "Don't advise others to be kind until you've experienced their suffering. I advise you all to be more virtuous. When you have experienced the suffering of Miss Xue and Madam Chen, I wonder if you will still be able to speak so righteously and without hesitation."
The one who spoke was Yuanji.
How could he miss such an opportunity to improve her favorability? In this situation where everyone was pointing fingers at him, he was the only one who stood up to speak for her. Wouldn't her favorability towards him increase?
Xue Huan's affection for him indeed increased greatly. Before this, she only regarded him as a mission target and a humanoid prop to make money, but from this moment on, his image in her eyes immediately became concrete and clear.
Noticing the light in Xue Huan's eyes when she looked at him, Yuan Ji couldn't help but feel a little secretly happy.
It wasn't easy, but the woman's attitude towards him finally softened a little.
However, the onlookers were very dissatisfied with his words and felt offended.
"Who doesn't feel bad when talking? Are we wrong?"
"Who are you? Are you the county lady's mistress?"
"Oh, I see. It must be this pretty boy who hooked up with the county lady and wanted to monopolize her property, so he didn't want her to return to the Cao family."
…
All sorts of dark theories emerged.
Yuan Ji glanced at everyone indifferently. For some reason, they felt subconsciously scared when he glanced at them.
Everyone was disappointed and gradually dispersed.
Xue Huan thanked Yuan Ji, "Thank you for standing up for me just now."
Yuan Ji: "You're welcome. Even if it were someone else, I would stand up."
Xue Huan smiled and stopped arguing with him about this topic.
"Have you eaten yet? How about having a bowl of noodles at my shop? I'll treat you."
Yuan Ji laughed, "Okay."
Xue Huan took the basket from Chen, and the three of them entered the store together. After what had just happened, the store was almost empty. Xue Huan didn't care, and asked Yuan Ji to sit down and went inside to serve him.
Soon, a large bowl of three-fresh noodles was brought out, with plenty of toppings, which looked very appetizing.
Yuanji didn't hesitate and picked up his chopsticks to eat.
Xue Huan and Chen ate their homemade meal. Although it was light, it was delicious.
Cao Xun was left there. He wanted to go into the store, but hesitated and finally left unwillingly.
At this time, a man came to him and said his surname was Jin and he was the third child in the family. He asked Cao Xun to call him Jin San.
"Master Cao, do you want your daughter to recognize you? As long as she recognizes you, all the shops, land, gold, silver and treasures under her name will be yours!"
Of course Cao Xun wanted to! He didn't care whether his daughter recognized him or not. But when he thought about those things that should have belonged to him being held in the hands of that little bitch Cao Liu, he was tormented and couldn't find peace.
"Do you have a solution?" he asked impatiently.
He never thought about why Jin San would come to him.
Jin San smiled mysteriously: "Of course, but you have to give me 10% of the profit after the deal is done."
Cao Xun immediately shook his head: "10% is too much, I can give you half at most."
Jin San turned and left.
Cao Xun was anxious and hurriedly pulled him back: "Hey, we can talk about it, why are you in such a hurry to leave?"
Jin San: "Master Cao, I couldn't stand the county lady's unfilial behavior, so I stepped forward to help you. Who knew you would be so uncooperative? Why would I rush in and ask for help?"
Cao Xun was afraid that if he left, he would not be able to get anything back. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, it's done. Tell me quickly, what is the solution?"
*
That night, under the cover of darkness, several nimble figures sneaked into the alley where Xue Huan's home was located, came to the foot of the courtyard wall, stepped on the right spot, and then climbed over the wall.
Who would have thought that after they climbed over the courtyard wall, they were like encountering a ghost wall and kept spinning in circles in the same place.
But they themselves are still unaware.
This transformation lasted all night.
The next morning, Xue Huan opened the door and saw several guys who were already unconscious in the yard. She beat them unconscious, called the neighbors to help drag them to the government office, and reported the case to the authorities.
The county magistrate has great respect for the county lady Xue Huan. As an official, he looks at issues from a completely different perspective than ordinary people.
The movable type printing technology presented by Xue Huan made him, the county magistrate, feel more present in front of the emperor and earned him a lot of political achievements. For this reason alone, he was very grateful to Xue Huan.
Secondly, the benefits brought by movable type printing are foreseeable. The county magistrate was extremely happy about such a technology that could promote the development of the entire society. After all, he was also an ordinary scholar.
Knowing that the price of books has dropped significantly, it will bring great convenience to the numerous readers in the world.
These two things alone were enough to make him look at Xue Huan with admiration and become more indulgent towards her.
As for Xue Huan and Cao Xun severing their father-daughter relationship—
Is that a big deal? If Cao Xun had really sold Xue Huan out, would Xue Huan have been able to develop movable type printing later?
Cao Xun almost became a sinner who hindered the development of the entire society!
It was already a good thing that this kind of person hadn't been punished, but he was still trying to get himself killed? He actually hired someone to sneak into Xue Huan's residence with ill intentions?
Is this something a father would do?
He is worse than an animal!
If you want to know how the county magistrate knew this, he would naturally ask the criminals escorted by Xue Huan.
These people had no determination to keep the secret even at the cost of their lives, and they all confessed before they were even tortured.
Afterwards, Cao Xun, who was still lying at home dreaming, was brought here by the yamen runners.
Cao Xun cried out that he was innocent and said he knew nothing about the matter. Only after being beaten with a stick did he calm down and confess the identity of Jin San.
Unfortunately, this is all he knew about Jin San, and he was completely unaware of the rest of the information.
There was no way to find the government office.
In the end, Cao Xun and those criminals were thrown into jail together.
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