"Li Ting, you're just jealous of Li Chunyan doing business with the city people and you want to extort her, aren't you?"
"Li Chunyan is so beautiful, why don't you take a piss and look at yourself in the mirror?"
"Li Chunyan must be blind to have slept with you."
Everyone was talking at once, and all of them were belittling Li Ting.
Li Ting's face flushed red. The harsh laughter stung his male pride. He raised his voice: "I have evidence. You'll find out when the time comes."
Seeing his confident manner, it seemed as if it were indeed true.
Some people still don't believe Li Ting's words, while others are wavering in their beliefs, thinking that Li Chunyan really did such a thing.
Some people harbored ulterior motives, looking at Li Ting with disdain, yet also with envy and regret. They thought that if a scoundrel like Li Ting could hook up with Li Chunyan, they should have made their move sooner.
Li Chunyan, a widow, must have felt incredibly cold in the lonely nights; only a man could give her warmth.
Zhang Youde didn't even bother using his crutches; he walked very fast despite his limp.
He walked over to Li Ting and whispered, "Boss Ji and the others are still here. Don't let people laugh at our village. If there's anything, talk about it privately. Making a scene won't be good for anyone."
Li Ting: "I know you and Zhang Fan are close, so you want to help Li Chunyan and stop me from making trouble. So you have Li Chunyan talk to me."
Zhang Youde was so angry that his chest felt tight. He pointed at Li Ting's nose and said angrily, "Li Ting, I know Li Chunyan well. Don't ruin her reputation, or I'll kick you out of the village."
Li Ting said coldly, "Village chief, I have evidence. It's unfair that you're still favoring her!"
Zhang Youde wanted to have someone pull Li Ting away, but Ji Zhi stopped them: "Village chief, there might be a misunderstanding. It's best to clarify this in front of everyone, otherwise even things that didn't happen will be spread as if they did."
Ji Zhi didn't know Li Chunyan. The villagers talked to him and told him a lot about Zhang Fan. When Zhang Fan became mentally impaired, it was Li Chunyan who took care of him. So he thought Li Chunyan was definitely not that kind of person.
Zhang Youde realized that he had wanted to suppress the matter, but he forgot the saying that rumors are more dangerous than tigers. The best way was to let everyone know the truth so that they would not spread rumors.
Li Ting said smugly, "I just want everyone to judge. Last night, Li Chunyan said she would be with me forever, but today she scolded me. I can't swallow this."
Ma Ying rushed out, tucking a corner of her clothes into her pants without realizing it, her eyes burning with the flames of gossip.
Who would have thought that Li Chunyan, who appears aloof on the surface, is actually a seductive vixen who seduces men?
She's not even as good as him; she only did it once last night.
Li Chunyan arrived late, showing no sign of panic.
Zhang Fan followed behind, carrying a wooden stick as thick as a bowl.
Li Ting shuddered when he saw Zhang Fan's dark and cold expression, which resembled that of a demon from hell.
He said, his voice stern but his heart pounding, "Li Chunyan, I'm giving you one last chance. You said you were wrong this morning, so I can let it go and we can settle this privately."
He thought Li Chunyan would definitely apologize, but to his surprise, Li Chunyan said coldly, "Why should I apologize if I didn't do anything? We must get to the bottom of this today!"
Seeing Li Chunyan's tough attitude, Li Ting didn't mind tearing off the mask of civility and took out a pair of white underwear with big red flowers from his pocket.
"This is what was left behind last night. Do you recognize it?"
The underwear looked completely unfamiliar, and Li Chunyan told the truth: "It's not!"
Li Ting never expected Li Chunyan to be so shameless, even bringing out her underwear, such a private item, and still refusing to admit it.
He continued, "I bit your collarbone, there must be a mark now. Do you dare let everyone see it?"
Ma Ying is not tall, and her view was blocked when Li Ting took out the underwear.
She squeezed her way through the crowd and finally saw clearly. Her pupils dilated in shock; the underwear looked so familiar, like hers.
"Aren't these my underwear?"
She blurted it out instinctively, then immediately covered her mouth, but she was too late; countless eyes were fixed on her.
Ma Ying felt a chill run down her spine: "It's...it just looks a bit like mine, but it's not mine."
She clutched her chest, her eyes darting around, her voice trembling. As she spoke, she backed away, kicking someone's foot and falling to the ground with a thud.
Looking down at her from above, her collarbone was clearly visible, and the bright red bite marks were particularly striking.
The discussion erupted with a buzz.
"So it turns out that Ma Ying and Li Ting were having an affair."
"You even falsely accused Li Chunyan, what a shameless person!"
Li Ting was dumbfounded; he never imagined that the woman from last night was Ma Ying.
Ma Ying was short and fat, with dark and wrinkled skin, and her face was covered with pimples and shiny with oil, making her look like a walking toad.
Li Ting clutched her stomach, feeling so nauseous she felt like vomiting.
Countless fingers pointed at Ma Ying, uttering sarcastic remarks; she wished she were dead.
It was all that man! She suddenly looked up, pushed through the crowd, rushed to Li Ting's side, and swung her claws at Li Ting's head: "It was clearly a rapist who did this to me!"
Several scratches appeared on Li Ting's body, burning with pain. Not to be outdone, he retaliated with a punch: "You were clearly very proactive last night too!"
The two were wrestling, both covered in bruises, their faces swollen and bruised, looking quite disheveled.
After a while, fearing that someone might die, the villagers who were watching the commotion finally separated the two.
Zhang Youde sighed: "Let's call it a day. We're about to harvest the corn, so everyone hurry up before it gets too hot."
The villagers glanced at Ma Ying, who was slapping her thigh and crying on the ground, and then at Li Ting, who was stomping his feet in anger, before reluctantly leaving.
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