"My lord! I beg you, my lord, to kill this witch and avenge my son!"
The cries of the mother and son rose and fell, making anyone who didn't know better think they had suffered a great injustice and that Lin Qixia was utterly wicked.
In an instant, the crowd erupted in commotion, all turning their surprised and curious gazes toward Lin Qixia and discussing her.
"Isn't she the owner of Xiahezhuang? How could she harm the son of a mere farmer?"
"You don't know, do you? She's also a farmer, just like this mother and child, from Xiahe Village!"
"So we're from the same hometown."
"This young girl looks quite kind, how could she be so cruel to her fellow villager?"
The favorable public opinion that Lin Qixia had created for herself was instantly destroyed by the few words spoken by this mother and son.
He Zhilan grabbed her arm anxiously: "Xia'er! What should we do now!"
Lin Qixia, who was being stared at and pointed at by the crowd, suddenly smiled.
“Very good.” She didn’t answer He Zhilan’s question, but murmured to herself, “Magistrate Feng’s move—it really is ‘good’.”
The distance from Xiahe Village to Lichong County is not actually that far. If Zhao and his mother really wanted to sue her, they wouldn't have taken so long to come.
Lin Qixia couldn't think of any other reason why they would appear at this particular time, except that they were deliberately arranged to appear here to prevent her from reporting them.
Thinking of this, Lin Qixia looked at the tightly closed gate not far away and narrowed her eyes slightly.
Squeak—
Just then, the gates of the government office slowly opened.
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