Chapter 44: A House of Cowards
"How can we judge the truth based on rumors spread by a few mouths outside? Grandpa, even if you punish me to kneel for three days and three nights, as long as my innocence is not restored, the marriages of other girls in the old Cen family will be affected."
Cen Yan was still able to remain calm at this time.
She ignored Old Lady Cen who was yelling, and also ignored Cen Dajiang who stood up and wanted to pull him to the yard by herself, but stared at Old Man Cen.
"Besides, Grandpa, if you punish me, aren't you afraid that my dad will see it and disturb you and grandma from sleeping at night?"
"Do you think I would believe this nonsense that your father's soul really left his body?" Old Man Cen was a scholar after all, and he didn't quite believe it.
He believed that Cen Yan was talking nonsense.
However, he didn't want Cen Dahai to die like this, so he let her fool his family.
"If your father's spirit really knows all this, why don't you ask him to come knock on the door right now? If he knocks on the door, I will let you go and give you a chance to clear yourself! Otherwise, you will have to kneel for three days and three nights to atone for the tarnished reputation of the Old Cen family!"
Old Man Cen shouted angrily and aggressively.
Of course Cen Yan couldn't do that.
However, just as she was about to say something, she heard someone knocking three times on the door of the main room.
The atmosphere in the room suddenly changed.
Awkward silence.
"What are you all standing there for?" After a while, Old Man Cen spoke up, "Isn't someone coming? Third Brother, go open the door!"
"Oh, okay." Cen Dahe was about to stand up immediately.
"Why don't you ask your eldest brother to open the door?" However, Yu held Cen Dahe and stopped him from getting up. As long as it was not a good thing, she would ask her man to go... The old man in the family was too biased!
"You!" Old Man Cen was furious, but he had to suppress his anger and turned to his eldest son, "Go open the door and see who's here."
"Oh, okay." Cen Dajiang also responded.
Gao's heart was in her throat, but she was intimidated by her father-in-law's authority and dared not speak to stop him. She could only watch her man walk to the door.
"Wait!" But before he could walk over, Old Lady Cen spoke again.
She glared at her old man fiercely and said dissatisfiedly, "What do you mean? You picked my son? What if there is really something unclean outside and it gets involved with my son? You——"
As she spoke, she pointed at Cen Yang, the youngest person in the room, and said, "Cen Yang, go out and take a look!"
"Mom!" Li exclaimed in disbelief, "Yang Ge'er is only six years old!"
"What's wrong with six years old? Since he is the boy of the family, shouldn't he contribute to the family?" Old Mrs. Cen glared at her again.
"Then there's Lin'er! Lin'er is already fifteen this year! He is just a few months younger than our Yan'er! If you are really fair, why don't you ask Lin'er to go? He is also a boy in the family! He should also contribute to the family!" For the sake of her son, Li no longer cared about being afraid of the authority of her parents-in-law, and immediately retorted angrily.
"Second brother's wife, I don't like what you said. Brother Lin is half a year younger than your Cen Yan! Although he is fifteen years old, he has always been well-behaved and obedient. There is no way he would be like Cen Yan, attracting many women and ruining the reputation of the old Cen family!" Gao did not dare to refute her father-in-law's words, but she could bully Li, who was usually as soft-hearted as she wanted.
"Oh, you're still well-behaved and obedient? He's already fifteen years old, but he refuses to study. He either eats or plays all day long. He goes out to fight with the neighbor's children every few days. How dare you, sister-in-law, praise your own son!" However, Mrs. Li was determined to fight to the end today.
After saying this, she walked towards the door. "Isn't it just to see if there's anyone outside? A room full of cowards!"
Cen Lin’s elder brother Cen Han is indeed a good student.
But Cen Lin is a complete fool.
Gao was humiliated by her rebuttal.
But soon, her expression changed from simply dullness to one of fear.
"No one." Because Li had already opened the door.
The yard outside the door was empty, with no one in it.
So, the one who knocked on the door three times just now was...
The main room was suddenly filled with an atmosphere of fear. A gust of wind blew in from outside, as if blowing in a spooky ghostly aura.
Old Mrs. Cen was so arrogant just now, but now her hand holding the chopsticks was shaking.
Gao swallowed her saliva and moved her butt involuntarily, wanting to leave here, but she was afraid that once she went out, she would see Cen Dahai's spirit looking for trouble with her. After all, she just said that Li's words were a bit harsh...
As for Yu, she was already holding her head in fear.
She lowered her head, wishing she could crawl under the table, and kept muttering in fear: "Don't look for me, I didn't hurt you, don't look for me, go look for someone in the big room!"
Old Man Cen seemed to be completely shocked as well. He stared outside with his cloudy old eyes slightly widened.
"Grandpa, are you still keeping your word?" At this time, Cen Yan said faintly, "My father has come to knock on the door."
"Old man, why are you still standing there? Promise him quickly! I don't want to be kept awake at night by him!" When Mrs. Cen saw her husband still sitting there in a daze, she immediately grabbed his arm and shook it.
Old Man Cen felt a pain on his arm when he was suddenly scratched by Old Lady Cen.
But he finally came to his senses and looked towards the door again with a suspicious look.
Could it be that this is really Cen Dahai’s soul outside?
Old Man Cen's eyes flickered slightly, and he finally said, "I'll give you one day tomorrow, and you must prove your innocence."
"Not tomorrow."
Cen Yan started to bargain at this time, "My father hasn't woken up yet. When he wakes up, I will go and prove my innocence! Otherwise, if my father sees me being forced to go out and find someone, won't he cause chaos in the village? By then, maybe everyone will know that my father didn't faint because he was looking for me, but was beaten unconscious by my uncle with a stick, and the back of his head was injured, and he lost half his life!"
When she said this, almost everyone in the room wanted to refute her.
But Cen Dahai's "soul" was probably still watching at the door, and no one could say a word of rebuttal.
"...Okay." Old Man Cen suppressed the fire in his heart and said, "I'll do as you say!"
He didn't really want to let her go, but he changed his mind and decided to wait for Cen Dahai to wake up.
Cen Dahai's foolish filial piety was cultivated by him.
As long as Cen Dahai wakes up and I use filial piety to pressure him, then Cen Yan will definitely be severely punished!
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