The villagers who had come to watch stared wide-eyed at Wu Baoan, who had originally wanted to go in and witness the live sex show, but he had chased them out.
In that instant, all that could be seen was a lump of white, fleshy flesh moving; as for who the person panting was, not even a shadow could be seen.
A few bolder individuals pushed forward, trying to peek through the window, but were stopped by Wu Baoan's sharp gaze.
They all spoke up to vent their dissatisfaction.
"Wu Baoan, as the village head, you should be stopping the wicked practices in our village. What do you mean by blocking us from catching adulterers?"
"Exactly, I'd like to see who's inside. They're having an affair with someone else, they're shameless."
"Yes, drag the adulterers out and let us see who they really are!"
Seeing the indignant villagers, Wu Baoan waved his hand.
"Before we get to the bottom of this, everyone should stay quiet and not believe Old Mrs. Chen's one-sided story. If the people inside are legitimate, it would be illegal for us to force our way in and peep their eyes."
"Calm down first. We'll decide what to do after we find out who's inside."
The villagers were stunned by Wu Baoan's words and stopped making a fuss.
A sudden burst of cursing erupted from inside the house, instantly shattering the recently restored peace.
"It's so shameful that they can curse each other legally; they're obviously adulterers."
"The woman's voice sounded familiar, like Zhan Cai's daughter."
“You’re right, it sounds like Chen Ruolan’s voice to me too.”
"To do this at such a young age, it's really shameless."
"He seemed like a well-behaved kid, but I never expected him to go astray and secretly fool around with other men. How will he ever be able to face anyone again?"
"Old Mrs. Chen is really something. If she had known her granddaughter was cheating, she could have handled it privately. Now look what's happened, everyone knows. Isn't she deliberately trying to drive her own granddaughter to her death?"
Old Man Chen heard the conversation inside the house clearly. He stared at Old Woman Chen as if he were dumbfounded. "Did you hear that? That's our Ruolan inside."
"Shut up!" Old Mrs. Chen's face turned deathly pale, her heart aching as if it were being torn apart.
Why did that brat become Ruolan?
What should we do now?
She forced herself to calm down.
As the saying goes, to catch a thief red-handed, you need to catch them in the act; as long as no one sees that the person inside is Ruolan, there's always room for maneuver...
Thinking of this, she forced a smile, a smile more painful than a grimace, and called out to the surrounding villagers.
"Everyone, disperse quickly and go do what you need to do. Stop crowding around to watch the commotion."
"Yes, yes, everyone, quickly disperse and stop crowding around," Old Man Chen chimed in.
Seeing that the two were trying to smooth things over and let the matter drop, Chen Qingqing couldn't help but sneer.
"That won't do. How dare a couple have an affair in my house? It's outrageous! We can't let this go like this."
The villagers nodded in agreement, but then made sarcastic remarks.
"You two old folks are really something else. You were all so righteous just now, but as soon as you heard it was Chen Ruolan, you started chasing us away. Are you treating us like stupid monkeys?"
"That's right, don't worry about whether we leave or not, hurry up and call out that adulterous couple in the house. Beat the man to death with sticks and throw the woman into the stinking ditch to drown."
"Yes, call them out quickly."
Old Mrs. Chen was nearly driven mad with anxiety upon hearing this, and said through gritted teeth, "Are you ever going to stop? Get out of my house right now!"
Chen Qingqing scoffed, "Grandma Chen, you were just saying you wanted to give everyone an explanation, but when it comes to your most beloved granddaughter having an affair, you can't bear to do it."
"It was you, it was you who ruined my Ruolan! You must clear Ruolan's name!"
"What does your granddaughter's indecent behavior have to do with me? Don't wrong an innocent person."
Old Mrs. Chen glared at Chen Qingqing with resentment, her eyes filled with a venomous and sinister light.
The memory of her beloved granddaughter being violated by Fan Tong caused Old Mrs. Chen to lose all remaining rationality, and she began to roar like a madwoman.
"Chen Qingqing, you brat! You were sleeping in there last night, how did you suddenly become my Ruolan? Tell me, what kind of sorcery did you use? Why didn't the sleeping potion work on you? Tell me, explain yourself clearly, why did you try to harm my Ruolan...?"
Chen Qingqing widened her eyes and put on an innocent expression. "Grandma Chen, you are too cruel. You actually tried to use drugs to harm me. It was your evil intentions that harmed your most beloved granddaughter. This is truly a case of 'Heaven's sins may be forgiven, but self-inflicted sins cannot be escaped.' Everything is your own doing and you brought it upon yourself."
After overhearing their conversation, the villagers understood what had happened and looked at the elderly couple with disdain.
"Grandma Chen, you've gone too far! Qing'er is still your granddaughter, how could you have someone smear her reputation? Do you have no humanity at all?"
"That's right, it harms both others and oneself. Trying to steal a chicken only to lose the rice instead, that's the consequence of being immoral."
"This is something no human being could do; it's downright animalistic."
"Who says otherwise? In my opinion, Chen Ruolan deserves it. Otherwise, why would she go to Qing'er's room when she wasn't home?"
"Yes, maybe she went in to steal something, but her grandma got her in trouble."
Everyone chimed in, expressing their sympathy for Chen Qingqing.
Chen Qingqing wiped away her tears, looking aggrieved, and said pitifully,
"Thank you all for speaking up for me, uncles and elders. I thank you all in advance. I don't know how I offended Old Mrs. Chen and her husband. They've never liked me since I was little."
They used to try to sell me to the tyrannical butcher Li, and now they're trying to smear my reputation. Luckily, I'm fortunate, otherwise I would be the one in the house right now.
Now that such a scandal has occurred, instead of reflecting on her own actions, Old Mrs. Chen is shifting the blame onto me. Everyone must stand up for me!
Amidst the accusations of the crowd, Old Mrs. Chen snapped out of her daze, realizing she had misspoke. Her face flushed and paled in turns as she hurriedly waved her hands, trying to deny it. "It wasn't me! I didn't drug her! I was just joking..."
Old Chen felt utterly humiliated and wished he could disappear into a crack in the ground. That old woman had no sense of propriety; now look what happened, who would believe she hadn't done it?
Lin and Chen Zhanshan parted the crowd and came to the front.
Lin forcefully controlled her emotions, gritted her teeth, and glared angrily at Old Man Chen and his wife.
"You still dare to deny it now that things have come to this! If you hadn't used such despicable means to harm my daughter, would your precious granddaughter be in this state? Heaven is watching what people do. You deserve retribution for your heartless actions!"
Chen Zhanshan clenched his fists, his eyes blazing with anger, and said furiously, "You have done all sorts of evil deeds. We have already separated from your family and severed all ties. Why do you still want to harm my Qing girl? You are worse than beasts."
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