The crowd was too noisy.
Chang Youxin, his face dark, roared, "Quiet down! Anyone who makes another sound will have their work points deducted!"
This sentence was practically a silencing spell; everyone fell silent except for Shen Cuiping, who, with her neck stiff, shouted, "Father-in-law, she has a bad reputation; such a person should be drowned in a pig cage!"
Pan Yinhua also arrived and stood silently to the side. Upon hearing this, she glared at her fiercely and said, "Shut up."
Shen Cuiping didn't dare say anything more, but her heart was pounding like a drum; she was terrified. She had only said those things to Gao Xiaoyun for the sake of a quick laugh.
Later, everyone said they would report to the brigade leader and have Xu Nuo arrested and drowned in a pig cage, and have her go along to testify. When Shen Cuiping heard this, she was more than willing. Xu Nuo, such a delicate city girl, would definitely be scared out of her wits when she saw this scene. And everyone believed her, Shen Cuiping. Even if Xu Nuo was innocent, what could she do?
To everyone's surprise, Xu Nuo didn't cry or make a fuss, and remained completely composed. Instead, she said something that terrified her.
Shen Cuiping was already somewhat regretful, but the die was cast, so she could only take a deep breath to bolster her courage.
Seeing that everyone had quieted down, Xu Nuo slowly began to speak: "Everyone, please listen to me for a moment before you start discussing, okay? Captain?"
She looked at Chang Youxin, but Chang Youxin didn't look at her and said in a less than pleasant tone, "Go ahead and say it."
Xu Nuo calmly withdrew her gaze. It seemed that Chang Youxin had believed Shen Cuiping's words. She stood up, tidied her long hair which was not messy at all, and had a smile on her lips: "First of all, everyone should understand that I am a city person, not from your Luxian Village. No matter what I do, you have no right to deal with me."
Everyone was stunned. They thought that after such an incident, she would cry and beg for mercy, but she was still so arrogant. Gao Xiaoyun was furious and about to start cursing when Xu Nuo calmly said, "If anyone dares to hurt a hair on my head or insult me, that is intentional assault. When the police arrive, they can expect to be arrested and sent to jail."
Chang Youxin was taken aback: "You called the police?"
Xu Nuo nodded, her expression unchanged, and said, "Yes."
No one expected that she would dare to call the police. Gao Xiaoyun shouted, "Even if the county police chief comes, you will be arrested for doing such a shameless thing."
Chang Youxin was very displeased with Xu Nuo for calling the police, and even more dissatisfied with her. He spoke bluntly: "You did this kind of thing in my Luxian Village, so what if you called the police?"
Xu Nuo looked at Chang Youxin: "Captain, what did I do?"
Some people say, "You're just being dishonest with people."
Xu Nuo looked over coldly: "You saw it?"
The man blushed and looked at Shen Cuiping: "Shen, Comrade Chen Cuiping saw it."
Shen Cuiping shouted, "Yes, yes, I saw it. You went into the haystack with someone last night."
Xu Nuo looked at Shen Cuiping and said calmly, "Since you say you saw me meeting a man at night, why don't you tell me everything that happened?"
Xu Yan tugged at her arm and said urgently, "Nuonuo."
Xu Nuo patted her hand and looked at Li Hong beside her, saying, "Comrade Li Hong, could you do me a favor?"
Li Hong nodded quickly: "Go ahead."
Walking to the table, Xu Nuo handed her paper and pen: "When Comrade Shen Cuiping describes what happened later, could you please help me take notes?"
Li Hong's eyes were clear: "No problem."
Xu Yan sat in the chair, her eyes red, half from sadness and half from anger. Xu Nuo had no time to comfort her, so she turned to Shen Cuiping and said, "Comrade Shen Cuiping, please describe what happened last night."
Seeing that everyone's eyes were on her, Shen Cuiping was quite nervous. She swallowed and said, "I'll tell you... I'll tell you. Last night, I was getting ready to go to sleep when I heard the sound of a door opening. I opened the door and saw you walking out, dressed in a flamboyant way, and wearing heavy makeup. I thought it was strange, so I followed you."
Xu Nuo interrupted her: "Did I use a flashlight at the time?"
Shen Cuiping replied without hesitation, "No, you must have been afraid of being seen, so you didn't use a flashlight and sneaked out."
Xu Nuo nodded and said to Li Hong, "Comrade Li Hong, please take note: she didn't use a flashlight, she was dressed in a flamboyant manner, and she wore heavy makeup."
Li Hong nodded and quickly wrote it down.
Shen Cuiping didn't understand why she was remembering all this, and she was a little scared, but she still braced herself and continued: "When you walked to the grass field, you suddenly disappeared. I was scared at the time, so I hid in the grass pile, and then, and then I saw you having a secret rendezvous with someone."
Xu Nuo countered, "Saw it?"
“No, no, I heard, I heard it.” Shen Cuiping quickly explained. Seeing that Xu Nuo did not refute, she thought that she had admitted it. She was overjoyed and said, “I heard you and your lover talking about filth, and I heard you call him ‘sweetheart.’ Then, then you two had a good time in the haystack all night.”
Everyone was completely oblivious to what was happening, but Xu Nuo wanted to laugh. She glanced at the crowd but didn't see any familiar figures. If it weren't for stalling for time, she wouldn't have listened to Shen Cuiping say all this.
Pan Yinhua frowned deeply: "Comrade Xu Nuo, are you really...?"
"No."
Pan Yinhua was taken aback: "What?"
“I said no, Shen Cuiping is framing me. I think she is the one who is really immoral.”
"Comrade Xu Nuo!" Chang Youxin shouted angrily, his previously expressionless face now filled with rage: "You...you did such a shameless thing, and you even tried to implicate others."
It's one thing to implicate others, but to drag his family into it and smear Shen Cuiping is tantamount to smearing him.
Seeing that someone was backing her up, Shen Cuiping pretended to cry and make a scene: "I don't want to live anymore! I've been wronged! Xu Nuo did this herself, but she still won't admit it and is trying to smear me! Everyone, you have to stand up for me!"
"Shameless! Dressing up all night and wearing heavy makeup, what else could she be doing but cheating on her husband?"
“I think Comrade Shen Cuiping is innocent. This city girl is shameless.”
Xu Nuo looked at the man: "Does dressing up nicely to go out at night mean you're having an affair?"
The man sneered, "Of course, what, are you expecting me to go to work in the fields in the dark?"
"I see." Xu Nuo suddenly realized and looked at Shen Cuiping: "Comrade Shen Cuiping, last night you wore a bright green dress with lace trim. It looked really nice. What were you doing there?"
Pan Yinhua frowned, her heart skipped a beat, "Emerald green dress?"
She remembered that Shen Cuiping had a dress. The reason she remembered it so clearly was because when Shen Cuiping married into the family, she had no dowry at all. Her family said they were so poor that they could not afford to eat, and they were given a floral dress as a token of their discontent.
The dress was emerald green with lace trim.
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