"Although the magistrate is understanding and doesn't want to blame you, do you really intend to just let this go so easily?"
She looked at Zhang Xiu with a defiant gaze.
The village women who were on her side also said, "Even if the magistrate doesn't blame you, it's because he's wholeheartedly for the people. So you should take even better care of the young master!"
"That's right!!"
Seeing that many people were on her side, Zhao Damei became even more smug and said, "Since this is your daughter-in-law's fault, I think we should let Zhang Xiu take care of the young master day and night until he wakes up! What do you all think?"
Everyone nodded immediately upon hearing this: "Yes! We agree! That makes sense!"
Cao Taining felt that these people were making a fuss and that they were being unreasonable. Just as he was about to refuse, Zhao Damei started causing trouble again.
Whenever the magistrate showed any sign of refusing, she would imply that he was being too lenient and that this would only protect the murderer.
Cao Taining had no choice but to let the matter unfold.
The villagers were finally satisfied and gradually dispersed.
Only Zhao Damei stayed near the Wan family's house, seemingly afraid that Zhang Xiu would go out.
Although this was an unintentional mistake, it was only right that Zhang Xiu take care of it.
But the problem is that Zhang Xiu still has important things to do.
She still had half of the restaurant's orders left. Wan Kongshan didn't know how to fish, and Wan Suizhou lived in Kyoto for many years. Although he knew how to fish when he was young, he hadn't done it for so many years and had long forgotten. Besides, he was of a certain age, and going out to sea was extremely dangerous.
Therefore, this order could only be completed by Zhang Xiu alone.
Zhao Damei was aware of this matter, which is why she deliberately had Zhang Xiu take care of the county magistrate's son. Her purpose was to prevent Zhang Xiu from completing the order and end up with a large amount of compensation.
The day passed in this state of anxiety. Cao Chengye still showed no signs of waking up, but Zhang Xiu was exhausted from days of caring for and worrying him.
Seeing this, Wanwan felt very sorry for the family and decided to catch fish herself to help.
So she went to the beach alone.
She intended to use her spiritual power to lure the fish when no one was around, but Wan Qiu Sui appeared out of nowhere and deliberately caused trouble beside her.
Wanwan knew this was a scheme by Zhao Damei's family, designed to make things difficult for the Wan family.
"You're so small and you want to catch fish? I think the fish will catch you!" Wan Qiusui stood next to Baili Wanwan, shouting loudly whenever she made a move, scaring away the fish that Wanwan had lured over.
The weather has been bad these past few days, with continuous overcast skies and strong sea breezes, resulting in very few villagers going out to sea to fish.
In such extreme weather, it's already difficult to catch fish, and Wan Qiusui's meddling only made Wanwan very angry.
Just as Wanwan was preparing to focus on catching fish and ignore Wan Qiusui, a fish that was about to take the bait was scared away by a stone thrown by Wan Qiusui.
These little fists, which stretched for hundreds of miles, were all clenched tightly.
She endured it for a while, then suddenly sensed the waves surging, indicating that there would be bad weather at sea today.
At this moment, Wan Qiusui was still making faces beside her. Baili Wanwan silently bit her lip, deciding to teach him a lesson.
So she deliberately changed locations, climbing onto the rocks closer to the shore.
She knew that Wan Qiusui would definitely follow.
At this moment, a strong wind blew across the sea, raising the waves to a height of seven or eight zhang (approximately 33-40 meters).
As she watched the waves slowly push towards the shore, Wan Qiu Sui was also gradually approaching her not far behind her.
She silently counted in her mind: "One, two..."
Before she could finish counting the third one, Wan Qiusui had already climbed up and seemed intent on intimidating her.
In the blink of an eye, just as Wan Qiusui was about to push her, Baili Wanwan suddenly jumped away.
With no obstruction in front of him, Wan Qiusui lunged forward due to inertia.
Fortunately, he managed to stay steady and didn't fall.
He breathed a sigh of relief, but before he could even pat himself on the chest, Baili Wanwan unleashed her spiritual power.
Wan Qiusui felt as if the sky and the sun were blocked out before her eyes.
He had just looked up when he saw a wave several meters high rushing towards him, mercilessly slamming her into the sea in his terror.
"Gurgle gurgle... Help, help me..."
The moment Wan Qiusui was shoved into the water, the seawater submerged his head. He tried to swim to shore quickly, but due to the large waves, his efforts were in vain.
"What goes around comes around! Serves him right!"
Baili Wanwan had no intention of helping him; she only glanced at him before going home.
When they arrived at the Wan family's door, Zhao Damei was still lurking around suspiciously, and the way she looked at Baili Wanwan was extremely uncomfortable.
Baili Wanwan wasn't afraid of her. Seeing her being scrutinized from head to toe, she said softly, "Grandma, you're still here? Don't blame me for not reminding you, if you had been any later, Wan Qiusui would have been swept away by the sea..."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Damei darted over to Baili Wanwan and stared at her with extremely unfriendly eyes, asking, "What do you mean by this? Did you do something, you brat!"
Baili Wanwan spread her hands, looking completely innocent: "What could I do? He accidentally fell into the sea..."
Zhao Damei was both angry and anxious upon hearing this; she was practically bursting with rage.
Seeing Baili Wanwan's indifferent attitude, her malice grew infinitely.
Just as she was about to make her move, a fellow villager came running up, panting, and shouted at Zhao Damei, "Wan Qiusui's mother, you'd better hurry and see! Your Wan Qiusui has fallen into the sea! If you don't hurry, he'll be swept away by the waves!"
Zhao Damei panicked immediately, slapped her thighs with both hands, and yelled, "Oh my god!! This is going to kill me!!"
He then ran after that person.
With Zhao Damei gone, the alarm for Zhang Xiu was finally lifted.
She was thinking of taking advantage of the fact that Zhao Damei was too busy to pay attention to her to catch fish.
But the weather was bad and the waves were so big that even very experienced fishermen dared not go out to sea easily, and she could only worry anxiously.
At the same time, a carriage stopped in front of the Wan family's house. Lin Lan and Lin Yang'er got off the carriage, bringing with them many good things.
The coachman laid out gifts of all sizes on the table, which aroused Wan Suizhou's suspicion.
"Young Master Lin, what is this...?"
Lin Lan then smiled and said, "My sister has been studying at your school for several days now. I have come today on behalf of my elders to pay her tuition..."
He then glanced at the items on the table and said, "The rest are gifts for the children."
As he spoke, he took out his money pouch from his pocket and gently placed it on the table.
The money bag was bulging, and it was clear at a glance that it contained a lot of silver.
Besides the famous pastries from the pastry shop, there were also many novel trinkets on the table.
Wan Yuekui and Wan Yuechi, two relatively unsophisticated individuals, stared intently at him, unable to look away.
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