Li Guihua's eyes widened in anger, almost popping out of their sockets, and she didn't even care about her tears: "You fart!"
Chen Lin's face suddenly darkened. Anyone who's been cuckolded wouldn't look happy. "You're talking nonsense, young man. Is this how your family is brought up? You're simply rebelling against the Heavenly Gang. Dachuan, are you just letting him talk nonsense?"
Zhao Luochuan's expression remained unchanged, his expression still icy cold: "That's nothing, didn't you say it was just a joke? How can you not gossip about it?"
"You... are being unreasonable." Although Chen Lin is old, his memory is not that bad. The words he just said were now used against him. His face turned pale and blue, and he couldn't say anything for a long time.
"What you said is too biased. The officials are allowed to set fires but the people are not allowed to light lamps. You are the ones who are joking and you are the ones who think it is excessive. You are the one who is right in everything. You are so shameless." Yang Donghu said in a stiff tone, his face full of impatience.
Li Guilan's revelations offended everyone around her. If they had the chance to take advantage of someone's misfortune, they would certainly not miss it. They immediately directed their attacks at Chen Lin and Li Guihua.
"I have to say that Guihua is really unforgiving. We live in the same village, how could she say such harsh words? Fang Chu is an innocent boy. If he had a hot temper and something happened because of these words, it would be a serious crime."
"Well, that's too harsh. No family has a boy or a girl. If someone fabricates such a story about my child, I will fight to the death with that person even if it means risking my life.
"Dong Hu is such an honest child, always smiling at everyone he meets, yet he's been forced into this state. It's obvious he's been wronged greatly."
When the wall falls, everyone pushes it. Chen Lin's face couldn't be any darker because of the words you said and I said, adding insult to injury.
It doesn't matter if he offends Zhao Luochuan's family, but if he offends most of the women in the village, his family will become the target of public criticism in the village.
He was about to speak to calm the people around him when Chen Lin's daughter suddenly came from behind the crowd, pointed at Li Guihua and angrily cursed, "You evil spirit! I knew you had no good intentions. It's fine if you were causing trouble at home, but now you're embarrassing yourself outside. Dad, what kind of drug did she take you to make you an enemy of the whole village just for her?"
"What do you know, little kid? Go home and stop making trouble here." Chen Lin frowned and acted like a father, scolding his daughter who was full of indignation.
This incident outside was already annoying enough, and if things at home were brought up to make people laugh at him, Chen Lin thought it would be better to just find a hole in the ground to crawl into, so that he wouldn't have to see others laughing at him in the future.
Miss Chen Lin, Chen Yu, has never been afraid of her father. She can't be intimidated by a single look. "You're still protecting her, Dad. Wake up. I'm your biological daughter. The one you'll be filial to in the future is me, not her. I don't care. You must choose between me and her today."
Li Guihua kept her mouth shut and only talked about her own daughter in public. She never mentioned that she treated her stepdaughter harshly. Gossip is human nature. At this time, everyone around was listening attentively to Chen Yu's words.
Chen Lin didn't want to embarrass himself any further, so he said in a smooth-talking tone, "Alright, it's not a big deal. We're even now. I think we should all go our separate ways."
As he said this, he was about to pull Li Guihua out of the whirlpool of public opinion.
Yang Donghu blocked their retreat and said coldly, "That won't do. I'm narrow-minded, not as magnanimous as you are. I won't tolerate anyone throwing dirt on my family. I can't let you go. Let her explain clearly, is this true or is she just making it up?"
The Zhao family stood behind him, leaving Li Guihua no way to retreat.
Even though Chen Lin claimed to be their elder, he couldn't persuade them at all. Out of desperation, he whispered a few words to Li Guihua and forced her to apologize reluctantly.
"I'm talking nonsense. I shouldn't say anything without thinking. Don't bother with me."
Her voice was so soft that no one except a few people who were close by could hear her. Yang Donghu raised his voice and said, "Well, since you spoke nonsense and have apologized, we won't bother with you anymore. Now that we've said it, I hope you can control your mouth in the future and know when to say it and when not to say it."
Li Guihua gritted her teeth and nodded hatefully.
Zhu Cuilan didn't give her the slightest bit of kindness. From now on, even superficial harmony didn't need to be maintained, which wasn't a bad thing.
As for what kind of trouble Li Guihua had with Chen Lin after she returned, they had no business doing that.
If we don't make a big fuss today, and someone uses these groundless rumors to slander Zhao Fangchu and Yang Donghu's innocence in the future, then we will never be able to clear our name even if we jump into the Yellow River to defend ourselves.
This is also a way of telling others that there will be consequences for spreading gossip, so don't say anything.
However, this incident did have some impact on Zhao Fangchu. For several days, he hardly went out and never smiled.
Zhu Cuilan saw it and felt heartbroken. She coaxed him into cooking several meals that he usually didn't want to eat, and even bought him his favorite sweets. However, Zhao Fangchu still felt uninterested and couldn't muster the energy to do anything.
Li Guihua said that the man lived in Xiaoli Village, so Zhao Luochuan went to look for Ning Can again. Originally, he didn't want to trouble her anymore, but he didn't even see a single person, let alone know what the man looked like. Even if he wanted to wait there, there was no one to be found.
There was no choice but to trouble them again.
This matter is not a big deal, but in the village, even if a chicken dies in someone's home, the news will spread far and wide, let alone such an embarrassing thing.
When that bastard returned to the village, he became the topic of conversation and laughter for several days, and he also hid in the house and didn't go out.
But in his heart, he still missed the appearance of Zhao Fangchu. He was sneaking around the house like a puddle of mud. The people who were familiar with him were all birds of the same flock and gave him a lot of bad ideas.
The bad guy was stupid and bad, and actually started to speak ill of Zhao Fangchu in the village. These words were passed on to Zhao Luochuan's ears by Ning Can.
Zhao Luochuan became even angrier and couldn't wait any longer. He left Ning Can's house and went straight to the bad guy's yard.
That bastard was still dreaming that Zhao Fangchu's reputation would be damaged and she would be forced to marry him, but he didn't expect that before his dream came true, someone else would come to him.
Zhao Luochuan and Zhao Fangyu chose a day in the daytime and entered the bad guy's yard openly. Many curious people saw them. They came there just to vent their anger, so of course they had to be seen. Otherwise, how could they serve as a warning?
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