"Not only do you not repay kindness, but you also repay kindness with enmity! I pity your in-laws, they are so old, and we don't even know if they will come out of prison alive. You are too cruel. You have ruined the Chen family, leaving only my aunt and me, and we are about to die. You even want to take my daughter away. She is my only daughter. I beg you, please have some mercy and let my daughter go. Don't hurt her. If you want revenge, take my life and let my daughter go. I beg you."
This time, Wang Lihua wasn't just wailing.
Tears streamed down her face, as if she were thinking of the man still suffering in prison; she cried so hard she could barely breathe.
He actually knelt down before Yan Xia and kowtowed repeatedly.
Yan Xia did not move her feet.
Wang Lihua was her junior.
Kowtowing won't bother her in any way.
If you want to ship them, then ship them.
She looked at Wang Lihua without saying a word.
It's not that I'm afraid of her.
Instead, they wanted to see just how thick-skinned Wang Lihua really was.
"What? She actually got her in-laws locked up in jail? My God, that's outrageous! How can such a vicious person live so well? Tsk tsk, judging from her appearance, she's definitely not a law-abiding citizen. She's probably remarried. No wonder she was in such a hurry to get her in-laws into jail. Is she a gold digger?"
"I thought she'd encountered a madwoman because of her expensive clothes, but what she said really shocked me. No wonder she's so crazy. If it were me, I probably would have done the same. She's so ruthless! She ruined her husband's family and even tried to steal their daughter. Are you a snake reincarnated? How vicious!"
"Hurry up and give the child back to her. I feel sorry for her. You've ruined your in-laws so much, why can't you forgive her? Don't be so ruthless!"
"Report this to the authorities! I can't stand this woman anymore. If she were my daughter-in-law, I'd beat her to death!"
"......"
The onlookers, who originally just wanted to watch the spectacle and didn't want to get involved, were moved by Wang Lihua's pitiful crying.
They also began to criticize Yan Xia.
Seeing that her scheme had succeeded, Wang Lihua, who had her head down, couldn't suppress the smile on her face.
She continued to lie on the ground groaning.
Others just thought she was crying uncontrollably.
"You're not allowed to talk about my great-aunt like that! Mother, why are you talking nonsense? It was you who sold Zhao'er! You were the one who didn't want me. You sold me to a slave trader so that my cousin could eat meat. Where were you when Zhao'er was a beggar? Where were you when Zhao'er was fighting with dogs for food? You clearly loved my cousin more, so why did you pretend to like me? You hate me. I know you've never liked me, just because I'm a girl!"
When you heartlessly sold me off, you didn't even turn your head! I cried so bitterly, but you didn't even look back! You don't deserve to be my mother; I'd rather be an orphan! If it weren't for my great-aunt, I would have been beaten to death! What right do you have to spout nonsense here? And all of you, my great-aunt is a good person, she's a good person! You know nothing, yet you so easily believe my mother's words; none of you are good people!
Zhao'er was unusually excited in Xiao Ji's arms.
She is only five years old.
Despite having a limited vocabulary, he loudly defended Yan Xia.
Zhao'er's eyes were filled with tears, and because her eyes were big and bright, her crying made people feel sorry for her.
"Oh dear, she's crying so pitifully. I don't care anymore. This matter is too complicated. I'd better not get involved."
"What exactly happened? There are so many conflicting accounts! It's all so confusing. Who should I believe? Forget it, I'll just go home."
"How could you sell your own daughter? You're so heartless! I was just helping you, what bad luck!"
“Look at this little girl, she’s so thin, she’s obviously never had enough to eat. I knew it! This woman looks so rich, she doesn’t seem like such a bad person. You know what? The clothes this little girl is wearing, I saw them when I took my daughter to the clothing store a few days ago. It’s a pity they were too expensive, a full eight taels of silver! She’s so kind to a child she has no relation to, I don’t believe she could be so vicious.”
The situation suddenly reversed.
The crowd began to condemn Wang Lihua.
"Alright, stop pretending. The moment you sold Zhao'er, she was no longer your daughter. I've already transferred Zhao'er's household registration to the Yan family. I'm not afraid to tell you, from now on, Zhao'er is a member of the Yan family. Her name is Yan Zhao! Remember! She's not your Zhao'er! Your daughter has already starved to death on the street! It's laughable that you still dare to mention the Chen family?"
Anyone who witnessed the events outside the county government office that day knows the truth. It's not something you can distort with a few words. Indeed, as the saying goes, "One who stays near vermilion gets stained red, and one who stays near ink gets stained black." You, like the Chen family, are all black-hearted people. You say the Chen family treated me well? How well? They almost beat me to death! My husband went to the army early and died young. I bore five children for the Chen family—three sons and two daughters—and what did I get in return?
Your Chen family, from the oldest to the youngest, has been bullying us. The elders beat and verbally abuse me, the youngest beat and verbally abuse my children, and you still dare to mention it? Don't you know why the Chen family is in jail? Are you questioning the magistrate's handling of the matter? Hmm? Since that's the case, then come with me to the county office. If you have the guts, repeat what you just said in front of the magistrate!"
Yan Xia didn't utter a single swear word, yet she left Wang Lihua speechless.
More and more people gathered to watch.
If he were to verbally abuse Wang Lihua, it would only provoke public outrage.
Yan Xia is not stupid.
She put herself in the position of a victim. If Wang Lihua could play the victim, why couldn't she do the same?
“I went there, I saw it all clearly that day! Your in-laws, ptooey ptooey ptooey, what in-laws? That Chen family is all heartless, each and every one of them is utterly despicable, they deserve to be in jail!”
“I’m going too, Manager Yan. Don’t be afraid, I’m here. I won’t let this woman twist the truth. I’ll be your witness!”
"Who doesn't know that before Manager Yan became wealthy, she fled her husband's family with several children, otherwise she would have lost her life. I remember when I first met Manager Yan, she was so thin that she was unrecognizable. Now that she's doing well, she even saved your daughter. How dare you, a woman, slander such a kind person! It's simply too vicious! The county magistrate should have arrested you and thrown you in jail back then."
"Exactly! You're such a hypocrite. You sold your daughter yourself, and now that she's doing well, you want to climb back up to her. You're shameless! So you want to take her home and sell her a second time? A person like you doesn't deserve to be a mother! I hope you can't even lay an egg for the rest of your life!"
"......."
The insults terrified Wang Lihua so much that she dared not utter a single word.
She got up from the ground, grabbed Chen Tiangui, and ran away.
They didn't even have time to grab the bamboo basket that was nearby.
There's also half a basket of dried mushrooms inside.
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