Everyone craned their necks to see.
Yin Lan first opened the envelope in her hand and took out a bill for 500 coins.
“That’s right, mine also has 500 questions. It seems the girl from the school wasn’t faking it.”
Chen Youju's complexion looked even worse.
Yin Lan opened the sealed envelope she had received today, took out a five-hundred-yuan note, and said, "Same here. It seems it was all a misunderstanding." The fastest person spoke first.
Yin Lan then took out a second one.
The onlookers fell silent.
Chen Youju's hands were trembling slightly.
Yin Lan took out the third one.
The fourth one.
Everyone was astonished; theirs were all five hundred coins, but this one was two taels!
Yin Lan herself was shocked! She felt that there was still more in the envelope, but she dared not take any more out. Although two taels of silver was very conspicuous in the village, it was nothing in the county town, where people were much richer, but she was still afraid of being coveted.
So, while Yin Lan was playing the victim, she also asked those present not to spread the word. "Please have pity on me, everyone. This money didn't come easily. Please don't spread this around. I really didn't expect this. I trusted you so much. For three years, I let you collect my allowance. And what did you do? You kept opening my envelopes without my permission. For three years, you only gave me one tael of silver a month. If I hadn't come here today, I probably would never have discovered that this sister-in-law who works at the school has embezzled the allowance that my poor husband worked so hard to earn!"
The further they went, the louder Yin Lan's voice became.
It's just acting, isn't it? Although she wasn't actually sad, it didn't stop tears from streaming down her face. She looked like a pear blossom in the rain, so pitiful that I couldn't help but feel sorry for her.
Chen Youju's face turned completely white. "I...no...I didn't..."
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