As soon as Zhang San unleashed these words, the whole scene was in turmoil.
The villagers were instantly dumbfounded, they know that things always have unexpected turns, but this turn of events was too perplexing!
Wang Er Ya immediately joined in and shrieked, as if she had gone insane too: "Ji Xinhe, what else do you want to say?! Shamelessly, you even gave tokens of love, look everyone, I’m not lying, I’m not lying!"
If today’s incident was determined to be Wang Er Ya framing Ji Xinhe with lies, her reputation would be completely ruined, and she would likely not be able to get married in the future. For a girl’s family, especially for a young, unmarried girl, reputation is everything!
Who would want to marry a treacherous and vicious woman as a wife?
Wang Er Ya realized the gravity of the situation at this point. The beautiful dream of getting a silver bracelet with a few lies had completely ended. The reputation she was about to lose was not something a small silver bracelet could measure. After all, the reputation is everything in her life.
So, Wang Er Ya will not hesitate to bite back whenever she has the chance because only in this way can she turn the situation around and not lose her reputation.
Ji Xinhe looked up at Wang Er Ya’s face, which was full of madness and almost hideous. She’s only thirteen or fourteen years old, but she already has so much filth in her, it’s unbearable to watch.
Ji Xinhe pulled a cold grin on the corner of her mouth, showing a mocking smile. Wang Er Ya was pointing at Ji Xinhe furiously because of what Zhang San said, but now because of the smile on Ji Xinhe’s lips, Wang Er Ya felt even more unsettled and couldn’t help but panic. She suddenly regretted, she regretted that she should not have been greedy for that little benefit, to provoke Ji Xinhe whom she thought was stupid and weak, causing herself to be in such a situation.
Ji Xinhe’s smile now seems to be watching a clown struggling before his death, which made Wang Er Ya feel desperate...
Li Zheng’s face darkened a bit more. He looked at Ji Xinhe, didn’t say anything, but it was obvious that he expected her to speak.
Ji Xinhe walked towards Zhang San, her face had long put away the mocking look for Wang Er Ya, instead her bright eyes were filled with some innocence and curiosity. She blinked and looked at the hairpin in Zhang San’s hand: "Is this given by me?"
The villagers were all holding their breath and waiting. Did Ji Xinhe mean to deny it with this question?
Zhang San started to cough violently again, his face was now a mixture of purple and blue, it was hard to tell whether it was from the cold, or from anger. He gritted his teeth and said: "Of course it was given by you, are you trying to pretend you don’t recognize it? Ok, let everyone here be a witness to see if this is your thing!"
Ji Xinhe looked at the shiny golden hairpin and laughed: "Even if you wanted to deceive everyone with a keepsake, you should have picked a cheap item. This golden hairpin, it must cost a few silver at least. If it was mine, I should have sold it for money to buy some good food, so that my brothers wouldn’t have to eat poor meals with me every day."
Zhang San’s face changed immediately, he widened his eyes and said harshly: "Don’t play dumb with me, I said it’s yours, and it’s yours!"
Ji Xinhe snorted coldly: "Is it? I’m not afraid of your slander, since you want others to be witnesses, let them say whether I have this hairpin or not. I’m innocent!"
Ji Dong immediately said: "This is simply slander! Everyone in the village knows how hard our siblings have had to live. My sister has not had any jewelry at all. The wooden hairpin on her head was left by our mother. Beyond that, she doesn’t have anything, let alone such an expensive golden hairpin. Zhang San, even if you want to slander her, you have to bring out something substantial. I really don’t know what you are plotting against my sister!"
The villagers also started to discuss.
"Exactly, Miss Xinhe has a tough life, look at what these siblings are wearing. My son, Gou Dan, and Xiao Bei get along well, Xiao Bei has never even eaten a chicken egg for all these years, where would he get the extra money to buy a golden hairpin? This is too outrageous."
"Looking at the old Ji family, it doesn’t seem to be so poor, why do they have to raise their children in such a way?"
In the countryside, although chicken eggs are an expensive item, it’s not difficult for children to have one every now and then. Even the poorest families can afford to let their children eat them during Chinese New Year.
The moment this was mentioned, no one responded. Everyone knew in their hearts, the kind of person Ji Dashan is. Like now, his own daughter has been involved in such a situation, the parents should have been worried and looking for her long ago, but the Ji family is completely silent, it’s as if they’re just sleeping through it all.
Everyone just felt sorry for these children in their hearts, but after all, it’s someone else’s family affairs, and they can’t say too much on the surface.
Yet some couldn’t help but whisper.
"He forgot his children after he got married, who knows." A woman said quietly: "He does cherish his wife a lot, I have never seen Lady Ding doing any farm work."
While she was speaking, she took another look at the golden hairpin in Zhang San’s hand and couldn’t help but say: "Speaking of which, I find this hairpin familiar, it looks like..."
Xiao Bei immediately shouted out: "It’s not my sister’s hairpin, it’s Sister Xiulan’s! She was still showing off with it this afternoon, it’s Sister Xiulan’s! Why are you slandering my sister!"
The woman suddenly remembered, and agreed: "Ah, yes! I thought it looked familiar, it was indeed worn by Xiulan!"
Such a statement created quite a stir.
Another twist after eighteen bends. An unexpected turn of events!
Ji Xinhe curved the corner of her mouth imperceptibly, the fire had finally been shifted.
Zhang San was a bit dumbfounded, he couldn’t believe it and stammered: "Wha...what?"
Ji Xinhe sneered, with sharpness in her eyes: "Zhang San, you dare to ask what’s going on?! You tried to frame me at every turn, trying to push me into a corner, even using the token of affection between you and Ji Xiulan to frame me. Do you really think that Ji Xinhe is so easy to manipulate?!"
Zhang San was stunned, he never imagined that such a small body could harbor such energy, such courage. Those cold and sharp eyes no longer showed the former timid and innocent shadow, they naturally made one feel...respect.
But Ji Xinhe’s words did put Ji Xiulan in a difficult situation.
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