Chapter 197 Accused
After hearing this, Xu Qingmeng calmed down a lot.
I think he has calmed down. If I can take Xinting out to play more often in the future, she will become more cheerful.
Of course, everything depends on Xinting's thoughts.
The next morning, Xu Qingmeng asked He what Xinting thought.
He smiled: "No problem."
A little girl certainly couldn't say it directly, but when He mentioned it, Xinting's face turned red with embarrassment, and she couldn't help but understand.
As the two were talking, they saw Aunt Zhou coming over, still with a frown on her face.
"What's going on?"
"Where's your Yun Yi? I'm here to look for him."
"Yes, in the house."
"Yun Yi, why is Yuan Jia in the county government? I want to ask if I can find Mr. Huang?"
"What?" He said in surprise.
Xu Qingmeng and Gu Yunyi also looked at each other in surprise.
"Didn't he go to a funeral yesterday? His uncle's family has a daughter whose father died and whose mother ran away. His so-called relatives came up with an idea to let her follow Yuanjia back, but Yuanjia was unwilling. Today, she even said that Yuanjia had defiled her and sued him to the government."
"How can there be such a person?" He was confused.
Xu Qingmeng and Gu Yunyi looked at each other, both frowning.
"Aunt Zhou, don't worry, I'll go take a look."
"Yun Yi, I have no choice but to trouble you."
Xu Qingmeng said, "Aunt, please stop saying that. Apart from anything else, my life and the life of my child were saved by Master Zhou. Please don't worry."
"Yeah yeah!"
When everyone arrived at the government office, they saw Zhou Yuanjia standing in the hall with a solemn expression. Opposite him was a weak little girl who was crying and telling something to Lord Huang.
"Sir, please help me. He took the opportunity to defile me while going to pay condolences to my father!" The woman burst into tears.
Lord Huang frowned and looked at the two people in the hall. Lord Huang also knew Zhou Yuanjia. After all, he was a scholar from Yan County. Although he did not perform as well as Gu Yunyi and Huang Boyang, he was still ranked at the top. What's more, he was there when Gu Yunyi and the others were in danger, so he had a very good impression of him.
"You better think about it before you speak. If you slander a scholar, you will go to jail."
When the woman heard about going to jail, her eyes were obviously evasive.
What else doesn't County Magistrate Huang understand?
Gu Yunyi and Xu Qingmeng also looked at each other, it seemed that there was no problem.
Magistrate Huang looked at the girl in the hall and asked coldly, "You said that Zhou Yuanjia bullied you. Do you have any evidence?"
The girl was frightened, but then she thought of something and calmed down: "I can't lie about something that is innocent."
"It's hard to say. Besides, Mr. Zhou returned to Yan County last night. When did he bully you? Since you said you were bullied by him, why didn't you report it to the police?" asked County Magistrate Huang.
"I... I was so scared at the time that I just cried. How could I have thought of that?" the girl defended.
"You'd better think carefully. I can find out what happened yesterday once I check it out." County Magistrate Huang warned.
The little girl couldn't stand the fright and stopped talking immediately.
In the end, Magistrate Huang judged that the girl was being unreasonable, but because she was young, he only gave her a stern warning.
After walking out of the county government office, Zhou Yuanjia breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Gu Yunyi and Xu Qingmeng, "Why are you here?"
"Can we not come if something happens to you?"
"My mother is just worrying about nothing. I haven't done anything. What could possibly happen?"
"Isn't Aunt Zhou worried?"
"If you win the first place in the case, wouldn't the threshold of your house be broken?"
"Brother Gu, you can't say that. I... I... that Xinting... did you misunderstand me?" Zhou Yuanjia looked at the two of them cautiously and said in a low voice.
"What... I didn't hear clearly." Gu Yunyi said jokingly.
Zhou Yuanjia's face turned red immediately.
Seeing this, Xu Qingmeng knew it, so she smiled and said, "Xinting went to Jinxiuxuan early in the morning, so I guess she doesn't know yet. I'm going there too, do you want to come with me?"
"Um...Is that okay?"
Gu Yunyi said disdainfully: "I don't seem to be this shy when I see you normally, do you?"
"Are you still brothers?"
"That's different. Xinting wants to call me uncle. Try it and see if it sounds good to you." Gu Yunyi joked.
Zhou Yuanjia glared at Gu Yunyi, then looked at Xu Qingmeng on the side and said with a smile: "Well, let's go, otherwise it will rain soon."
Gu Yunyi looked up at the sky, then looked at Zhou Yuanjia. Just as he was about to say something, he was interrupted by Xu Qingmeng.
"Okay."
"Okay, I'll listen to you, my lady."
The three of them arrived at Jinxiu Pavilion. The shopkeeper saw them and immediately came out to greet them.
"Boss, you're here, Master Gu, are you alright?"
"Well, thank you for your concern, shopkeeper."
"What are you talking about? Isn't this Mr. Zhou? Are you okay?"
Zhou Yuanjia coughed twice and said, "It's okay. I found out everything so quickly."
"The county town is so small, what secrets can there be?"
"Haha, that's right." Zhou Yuanjia smiled awkwardly.
Just at this moment, Xinting came out with a plate of dim sum. Seeing Xu Qingmeng and the others, she called out, "Aunt, Uncle, Mr. Zhou, why are you here?"
Before Xu Qingmeng could speak, Zhou Yuanjia hurriedly explained: "Well...well, I just came here with them, and I want to explain something to you."
After hearing this, Xinting was stunned for a moment, then she thought of what they said in the kitchen, and the smile on her face disappeared.
When Zhou Yuanjia saw this, he immediately panicked and quickly explained: "No, you are not like that. I really have nothing to do with that cousin. As soon as I found out yesterday, I came back, really!"
"Yeah." The little face turned red in an instant.
"Okay, okay, Xinting, we'll leave first. It's just on the way. We can talk when we get back if there's anything else."
"Well, aunt, I'll go get busy first." Then he turned and went to the kitchen.
"Let's go, why are you still watching?" Gu Yunyi patted Zhou Yuanjia on the back and said.
"It looks good." Then he realized that he had said something wrong and quickly shut up, "Well, I'm leaving now."
Gu Yunyi and Xu Qingmeng looked at Zhou Yuanjia fleeing in panic and chuckled.
In the evening, after dinner, Xu Qingmeng talked with Xinting in the room.
"Mother also told you about Zhou Yuanjia yesterday, right?"
"Ah... um." He lowered his head embarrassedly and said in a low voice: "I said it."
"What do you think? Are you willing to marry him?"
Xinting's face turned red all of a sudden.
Xu Qingmeng still had something she didn't understand, so she said, "We just went to the government office, so I think you know it."
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com