Chapter 59 Slander and Rumors
Grandma Wang stood there, completely dumbfounded.
Seeing Jiang Ning crying and making a scene, she was completely bewildered. Wasn't crying and accusing her just a charade?
When Old Lady Wang got up from the ground, her movements were swift and agile, like a rabbit escaping; she didn't look like someone who was injured at all.
Soon, everyone realized that she had been faking it.
Just then, Sister Li, who had rushed over to pick up her daughter, saw Jiang Ning being pushed against the table by Old Lady Wang. She immediately rushed over to help Jiang Ning up, asking, "Jiang Ning, are you alright?"
Jiang Ning leaned against Sister Li as if she were in real pain, saying, "It's nothing serious, I just bumped into the table and it hurts a little."
Li's sister-in-law is usually good-tempered, but Jiang Ning has a good relationship with her family, so she couldn't stand it anymore. She looked at Old Lady Wang and said, "Aunt Wang, you're old too, why do you keep bullying the young girl?"
"I bullied her?" Old Mrs. Wang's eyes widened. "She was the one who rushed over and pulled me away first."
Jiang Ning leaned against Li's wife, "You hit my child, shouldn't I have pulled you away?"
"It was your ungrateful son who hit my grandson first. I just went up to stop them." Old Mrs. Wang immediately glared angrily at Huo Zhiqi. Her eyes were sharp and terrifying, quite frightening.
Huo Zhiqi was frightened by Wang's gaze; he even felt that Wang was about to rush over and beat and scold him, just like before.
However, the next moment, a shadow fell in front of them.
Wang Xiaotian, his face bruised and swollen, glared at Huo Zhiqi and said, "It was Huo Zhiqi who hit us first, and that's why we fought back. We only said a few words to his foster mother, and he rushed up and hit me."
Jiang Ning narrowed her eyes, catching the mention of her in Wang Xiaotian's words, "My child is very well-behaved at home, how could she possibly start a fight with someone? Did any of you see it?"
She still firmly believes that Huo Zhiqi never provoked any trouble.
Just then, a little girl suddenly spoke up, "Huo Zhiqi didn't hit anyone first. It was Wang Xiaotian who pushed Huo Zhiqi first, and that's when Huo Zhiqi started fighting with him."
The little girl looked at Jiang Ning. She still remembered the last parent-teacher meeting when she was pulled to the stage and criticized by Teacher Feng. At that time, she thought she would definitely get a beating when she got home. However, what Huo Zhiqi's mother said at the parent-teacher meeting prevented her from being beaten when she got home. Her mother also said that she would definitely tutor her in her studies in the future.
"What nonsense are you spouting, you little brat?" Old Mrs. Wang was completely enraged at this point, glaring fiercely at the girl who had spoken.
She suffered a loss at Jiang Ning's hands last time, and she suffered another loss this time. When has she ever suffered a loss at the same person twice!
At this moment, Old Lady Wang was filled with resentment and mocked Jiang Ning, "You got into a fight just because someone pushed you. Like father, like son. The child is no good, and you, the adoptive mother, are no better!"
"You have such a seductive look, you seduce men everywhere, even Teacher Feng! How can you be so shameless? You didn't come home last night, I wonder which wild man you went to see!"
After these words were spoken, many people's gazes towards Jiang Ning changed.
Even the military dependents who had gathered around to watch the spectacle began to whisper among themselves.
No matter the era, gossip is always a hot topic that can spark discussion.
The volume around them kept increasing.
"Have you no shame? You're married and you still dare to seduce men, especially school teachers."
"Doesn't she know this is a crime? Men are away on missions and don't come home for years. I think she's just lonely. But being lonely doesn't mean she should seduce men."
"Pah! What a piece of trash! It's one thing to seduce Teacher Feng, but to not only that, she stayed out all night. I wonder which man she was messing around with."
“I saw her return to the family compound early this morning. She was disheveled when she got home, and it was obvious that she had done something filthy.”
"This kind of woman should be dragged out and publicly criticized, paraded through the streets!"
The surrounding voices grew louder and louder, and Jiang Ning overheard most of them. They were basically talking about her seducing Feng Chuan and not coming home last night.
"Seducing someone?" Jiang Ning glanced around, then pointed at Feng Chuan. "Which eye of yours saw me seduce him? Do you have any evidence?"
A military family member who used to be accompanied by Shen Mo every day stood up and spoke up, "Do you think we're all blind to your dirty deeds? Do you have any evidence to prove that you didn't seduce Teacher Feng? You dare to do it but not admit it. You think you're so great just because you're pretty?"
"You say I seduce people, then what if I said I've seen you seduce ten men, would you admit it?" Jiang Ning stared directly at the woman who had spoken to her.
The woman's expression changed. "I...I didn't seduce ten men. I'm talking about you right now, don't slander me!"
Jiang Ning curled her lips and looked at her coldly, "See, you don't have any evidence to say you didn't seduce someone, either you produce evidence that I seduce someone, or we'll go to the police station. Have you thought it through? Insulting someone's innocence is illegal."
These military dependents liked to gather together and chat idly. A few women make a drama, and when they talked, even the most unfounded rumors would always veer towards something dark. Jiang Ning couldn't out-talk so many women.
As soon as Jiang Ning mentioned the police station, the women who had been whispering together all changed their expressions and immediately shut up.
They were just casually gossiping and didn't want to cause trouble for their men at the police station.
Jiang Ning didn't miss the smile on Feng Chuan's lips. Now she finally understood that Feng Chuan's previous attempts to stop her and the inexplicable 'chance encounters' were all driven by such malicious intentions.
It was just some casual conversation, but Jiang Ning's comment about going to the police station startled the woman. Knowing she couldn't win an argument with Jiang Ning, she immediately changed the subject, "Regardless of whether you seduced Teacher Feng or not, you didn't come home all night last night, so we can't say we're wronging you, can we?"
However, no sooner had she finished speaking than a loudspeaker suddenly blared outside.
The family compound and the primary school are next to each other and share a broadcasting system.
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