The Lin family had hoped that Lin Lizhi could persuade Yang Cui, since Lin Lizhi was considered one of the better people to Yang Cui in the Lin family. However, Lin Lizhi failed to do so, and after learning the truth, she even taught the rest of the Lin family a lesson.
"Lizhi, how dare you speak like that? We're here to persuade that bitch Yang Cui, not to lecture us!" Chief Lin scolded. "You're a daughter of the Lin family; our fates are intertwined! If Shikang is doing well, isn't that good for you too?"
Lin Lizhi was very upset. She knew her mother treated Yang Cui badly, but she didn't expect it to be this bad.
"If I had known from the beginning that you had done so many hurtful things to Xiao Cui, I would never have gone to see her. I wouldn't have had the face to do that!"
"you……"
The Lin clan chief, Fan, and others were so angry that they wanted to teach Lin Lizhi a lesson.
"Get out! Since you look down on the Lin family so much, get out of here!" Madam Fan was furious and kicked Lin Lizhi out of the house.
Lin Lizhi was so angry that she ran away.
The Lin family had run out of options.
Lin Mingcai said, "Relative settlement is no longer possible. The only option now is..."
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Another day passed, and the county government notified the plaintiff, defendant, and a series of witnesses to be present, as the county magistrate was to hold court to hear the case.
The news caused a huge uproar, and crowds of onlookers flocked outside the courtroom.
Yang Cui arrived first, accompanied by Yuan Qiu, whose head was still wrapped in bandages.
Subsequently, the three families of An Zhoulin also arrived.
Enemies are bound to be furious when they meet. When the Lin family saw Yang Cui, they wished they could drink her blood and tear her flesh.
However, since they were in court, the Lin family did not dare to say anything excessive.
By this time, the courtroom was already surrounded by people, and more people kept pushing their way in, wanting to see and hear more clearly.
Zhou Daqing said in a low voice, "Xiao Cui, don't worry. Many students and teachers from Nanshan Academy have come. Even if you lose the lawsuit, you will still win."
Even if they lose the lawsuit, news of the Lin family abusing their cruel daughter-in-law will still spread. Rumors are more dangerous than tigers, so even if the authorities rule in favor of the Lin family, they will actually lose.
"Bang!" Yin Zhihua slammed his gavel, and immediately the bailiffs shouted "Majestic!"
Yang Cui, along with the Lin clan chief, Fan Shi, Lin Niu Shi, and Lin Mingcai, knelt together in the courtroom.
After he finished speaking, Yin Zhihua said with a serious expression, "Lin Rongguang, Lin Fanshi, Lin Mingcai, and Lin Niushi, do you plead guilty to the matter of you leading more than a dozen people to Anjia Village to beat up Yang Cui the day before yesterday?"
"The younger one confesses." The Lin family members readily admitted their guilt.
Yin Zhihua then asked, "Fan, do you admit to kicking and injuring Yang Cui's adopted son?"
Fan's tongue was tied in knots: "I...I recognize..."
As soon as the Lin family members confessed, the onlookers outside the courtroom started discussing the matter.
"A dozen or so people bullying one woman, that's quite something."
"Look what they've done to that kid! His head's cracked open! Tsk tsk, how vicious!"
"That's right, it's not easy for orphans and widows to live their lives."
"That Lady Fan is Lin Tanhua's mother. I heard she was widowed very early. How did such a woman raise her son?"
"What education? I heard that the third-ranked scholar wasn't any good either. After passing the imperial examination, he looked down on his wife and had already married the daughter of a high-ranking official in the capital."
...
Hearing these comments, the Lin family members were furious.
With another thud, the gavel fell silent.
Yin Zhihua then said, "Since you have confessed, I hereby order you to compensate Yang Cui and her child for medical expenses and lost wages, totaling five taels of silver. Do you accept this?"
Upon hearing that it cost five taels of silver, the Lin family was bleeding money again.
But at this moment, there was no room for them to make excuses. Yin Zhihua's men had already obtained witness testimonies in the village over the past two days, so denial was useless.
At this moment, Lin Mingcai said, "Sir, we are willing to compensate Miss Yang with five taels of silver. We were indeed impulsive in this matter, and we are willing to bear the consequences."
Lin Mingcai's willingness to take responsibility salvaged his image somewhat.
However, Yang Cui didn't think things were over yet. The enemy was still alive, and the excessive silence suggested that they were preparing a big move.
Sure enough~~~
Lin Mingcai continued, "Recently, everyone in the county has been talking about how our Lin family is ungrateful and abandoned our wives. This has had a great impact on our clan. We thought Yang Cui deliberately exposed this to retaliate against us, so we decided to teach her a lesson. In fact, we are not ungrateful and wanted to abandon our wives, but rather..."
At this point, Lin Mingcai paused, his gaze falling on Yang Cui, who saw the hidden smugness in her eyes.
“Normally, we shouldn’t air our dirty laundry in public, but given the situation today, we have no choice but to speak out. Yang Cui is unfaithful!” Lin Mingcai said, looking heartbroken. “Not only is she unfaithful, but her deceased sister is the same. Er Ya and San Ya are not even from our Lin family! They are bastards born from her sister Yang Liu’s affair. Otherwise, how could we have let her take the children away? How could we abandon our own children?”
These words caused an uproar!
"You're talking nonsense!" An Dafu cursed.
All eyes were on Yang Cui, and people began to whisper among themselves.
The Zhou family was stunned. They immediately explained to the onlookers that Yang Cui and her sister were not that kind of people. Before Yang Cui and her sister broke off their relationship, she was an extremely honest and taciturn person. It was because she was abandoned that she survived the suicide attempt and her personality changed drastically after she woke up.
Many people from the Zhou family came, and with so many onlookers speaking up for Yang Cui, they no longer believed Lin Mingcai's words.
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