Chapter 18: Tell lies without thinking
She didn't say this out loud, but Cen Yan knew exactly what she was thinking.
"Grandpa is a famous old scholar in our mountain. Grandma, as grandpa's first wife, is also a famous scholar's wife. She can definitely distinguish right from wrong. I believe that grandma will judge right impartially and will never be partial or biased. Whoever is wrong must bear the corresponding consequences. Grandma, am I right, your granddaughter?" Cen Yan asked.
"Of course!" Old Mrs. Cen was just an illiterate country woman, and was always scolded by Old Man Cen for her ignorance. When she was flattered by her granddaughter and called "Mrs. Scholar", she felt like she was about to fly. Without thinking, she immediately straightened her back and responded again.
"So, if I can prove my innocence, does that mean that Third Aunt lied and deliberately blackmailed our Second Branch?" Cen Yan continued.
"As long as you can prove your innocence!" Old Mrs. Cen said this, but what she was thinking in her heart was that at that time, wouldn't it be her who would decide who was the liar?
"Okay, I have a way now. It can not only prove my innocence, but also prove that Third Aunt was the villain who filed the complaint first." Cen Yan said immediately.
"What method?" asked Old Mrs. Cen with a frown. She didn't hope that Cen Yan could really come up with any solution!
"There will be another market in the mountains in two days. Then, Third Sister-in-law will go to the market to buy fruits. I believe that the fruit seller will come again this time! If Third Sister-in-law can't buy fruits, it means she is lying and those fruits were not bought by her at all!" Cen Yan said.
When Yu heard this, her face turned pale.
Where could she find someone to buy some fruit?
There is no such person at all!
"Your method won't work!" Cen Ying objected immediately before Yu said anything, "What if the person who sold the fruit last time got sick and didn't come? Wouldn't Third Sister-in-law have suffered this loss in vain?"
"Yes, yes! That person might be so sick that he can't get out of bed!" Yu immediately agreed.
"Even if that person is sick, his family will always come out to sell this kind of fruit, right? We can't let the fruit rot at home! How about this, no matter who Third Aunt buys the fruit from, as long as she can buy it, it means Third Aunt is not lying!" Cen Yan pretended to back down, but in fact she took another step forward quietly.
Hearing this, Yu felt a little relieved.
But she soon felt something was wrong.
"You're only blaming me, but what about you? How are you going to prove that you didn't steal the fruit?" Yu asked immediately.
"Okay, I have the same opinion as Third Aunt. Third Aunt said that she bought the fruits at the market, but I said that the fruits of our second room were picked by me in the mountains. As long as I can pick fruits in the mountains and bring them back that day, it will naturally prove that the fruits of our second room were not stolen from Third Aunt. Grandma, do you think this is okay?" Cen Yan said.
"Picked from the mountains?" Old Lady Cen looked doubtful. "Where in the mountains did you pick it? If there really is such fruit in the mountains, why did your aunt say she had never seen it before? What kind of fruit in the mountains has your aunt not eaten? Is there anything she has never eaten or seen before?"
"That's right, Cen Yan, there is no way this kind of fruit can grow in the mountains! You are such a liar that you don't even think about whether there is such a possibility first!" Cen Ying said sarcastically.
"Is it possible? You will know when I bring the fruits I picked back to you." Cen Yan said calmly, "Besides, that kind of fruit is impossible to find in ordinary mountains, because I picked it in the forbidden forest!"
"What? Forbidden Forest! How dare you go to the Forbidden Forest!" Old Mrs. Cen was immediately shocked.
"Are you bragging? How dare you enter the forbidden forest?" Even Cen Ying, Yu, Gao and others looked at her in disbelief.
"Yan'er, how could you go to a dangerous place like the Forbidden Forest?" Li held her back with a worried look on her face.
"You must never go to the forbidden forest again!" Cen Dahai ordered directly and sternly.
If there is any taboo in this mountain that the residents living here absolutely dare not touch...it must be the forbidden forest deep in the mountains!
This forbidden forest is said to have man-eating beasts.
In the early years, hunters often broke into the forbidden forest for hunting, but never returned.
You have to know that hunters are the only people who have the courage to travel back and forth in the mountains. They are often strong and have stronger courage than ordinary people, and have certain martial arts skills... But even so, there were always hunters who disappeared or died suddenly in those years, which made the forbidden forest more and more mysterious and terrifying.
Some old people said that there are evil spirits in the forbidden forest and that one must never enter it, otherwise one will anger the mountain god and be cursed!
People like Old Lady Cen, Mrs. Yu, and Mrs. Gao naturally believed it without a doubt...
At this moment, several people looked at Cen Yan's eyes, which were filled with an emotion called fear and dread. Even Cen Ying and Gao couldn't help but look at each other, because they both remembered the madness and horror when Cen Yan smashed the fruit with a hammer, and turned his head to look at them sinisterly before he could smash the fruit again!
They were afraid that Cen Yan had been cursed by the mountain god and possessed by some evil creature that would take revenge on them!
Although Old Lady Cen had not thought about this yet, once it was related to the gods, she immediately became afraid.
Not to mention, she had such a dream during her afternoon nap.
This made her wonder, could it be that the dream was not to remind her that she should kill Cen Yan, but to warn her that Cen Yan was a person related to the gods and told her not to touch him easily?
But once this thought came to her mind, she felt very uncomfortable.
She couldn't believe it!
Cen Yan is just a mean girl, and she is her grandmother, so why can’t she do anything to her?
It seems that she has to ask Yu Banxian for a fortune-telling recently...
"Dad, Mom, don't worry. Nothing will happen to me even if I enter the forbidden forest. Please believe me, I will never do anything reckless." Cen Yan said to Cen Dahai and Li with confidence, hoping that they would not stop him.
"No!" But Cen Dahai was used to being stubborn. "Even if we just admit it and pay the money, I will never allow you to go to the Forbidden Forest again!"
Cen Yan knew that the reason why Cen Dahai had such an attitude was because he was eager to protect his daughter and was afraid that she would get into an accident. After all, that was a forbidden forest!
She felt relieved, but also determined.
Because of going to the Forbidden Forest, she had other plans in mind, which were related to her plan to make money.
After all, only if she makes money can she have the capital to talk about separation and breaking off the engagement!
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