Upon hearing this, Li Meihua quickly got off the ground, nimbly put on her shoes, and said to them,
"You all stay inside and don't go over there. I'm going to check on the situation next door."
Qiao Xiaoni also got down from the ground: "I'll go with you to take a look. Sister-in-law and Third Aunt, please stay here."
Tao Chunfang: "Then I'll stay here with my third aunt. You can just watch from the sidelines and don't meddle in other people's business."
Even when the old man gets angry, it's directed at them, not at you.
Qiao Xiaoni nodded: "I know. You all stay inside and don't go over there if anything happens. We'll handle everything."
Zhang Ru took a pillow off the pile of quilts: "You guys can go ahead. I'm exhausted after a long day. My lower back feels numb, I need to lie down and rest for a while."
Qiao Xiaoni had already put on her shoes and followed Li Minghua out one after the other. Just as they reached the door next door and before they could even stop, they heard Qiao Tianli roar angrily.
"Kneel down."
It's easy to imagine that the situation inside the house wasn't very good.
Li Meihua's heart was pounding, and she tugged at Qiao Xiaoni's sleeve:
"Why don't we both go back? All they've done is get scolded by the old man. If we go in, we'll be caught in a dilemma – whether we help or not, we might incur their wrath."
Qiao Xiaoni held her hand to comfort her: "Mom, you don't need to think so much. This is our family after all. If we don't step in, what will they think? Just listen from the side and don't interrupt so you won't offend anyone."
Li Meihua thought her daughter was right. They should just stand there silently once they went in. The old man was bound to be angry today; they could hide for a while, but not forever. It was better to go in and listen!
Qiao Xiaoni let go, lifted the curtain and went in. She saw that Qiao Lingling had already knelt down, and Wang Qin was standing to the side with a bad expression, looking like she wanted to get angry but didn't dare to.
Qiao Tianli slapped the earthen bed hard: "What's wrong with your brain? Why did you go to a man's house? Don't you know that a young lady should avoid suspicion?"
Now that something's happened, why don't you just go die?
The last sentence was too harsh, and Qiao Lingling burst into tears. Thinking about what had happened that day, she deeply regretted going out. If she hadn't gone to find Song Min, none of this would have happened. The thought of his serious injuries and the possibility of going to jail made her chicken out.
At that moment, a thought suddenly occurred to her: to shift half of the remaining responsibility onto others. Just then, Qiao Xiaoni walked in.
"This can't be blamed on me. That person was looking for Nizi, and I just took the blame for her."
Ultimately, this wasn't my fault.
Qiao Tianli looked at Qiao Xiaoni, his eyes full of questions: "What exactly happened?"
Qiao Xiaoni glared at Qiao Lingling. That troublesome girl! She shouldn't have intervened to save them, mother and daughter. She should have suffered more; she still hasn't learned her lesson.
"Grandpa, did I force her to do all this? She said that person was looking for me, so why did she go in alone?"
As far as I know, Song Min is not a good person, his reputation is even worse, and he is extremely ugly.
She's not a three-year-old; she fell for it simply because she's not smart enough. How can you blame me?
Qiao Tianli nodded in agreement; that was indeed the case. If he had been more careful, he wouldn't have been tricked into going in.
Seeing that no one was on her side, Qiao Lingling stood up angrily:
"Song Min told me that he likes you and wants to marry you."
He threatened me to do things for him, otherwise how could this have happened to me? This is all because of you.
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