Zhao Shao glared at the newcomer, annoyed: "What is it now?"
Lin Qixia and the villagers all looked in the direction from which the sound came, and saw a small figure panting heavily with his hands on his knees.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Tian Ye'er.
She wasn't in good condition; she was covered in sweat, her face was flushed, and she looked very tired, probably because she had rushed all the way here.
"Ye'er, what are you doing here?" Yunxia frowned the moment she saw Lin Qixia, clearly not wanting Tian Ye'er to be here.
Tian Ye'er then held up an ear of wheat in her hand and deliberately said loudly to everyone, "Look! This is my family's ear of wheat!"
"Ye'er—wait for us!"
Not far behind her, Lin Jiudong, holding Lin Yi's hand, followed, grumbling, "Why are you running so fast? I'm exhausted!"
When Lin Jiudong saw the villagers surrounding Lin Qixia and Zhao Shao holding a torch as if he was about to burn her, he nervously urged Tian Ye'er on his feet.
“My Mai Zi is fine! Just like Sister Qi Xia said! She is innocent!” Tian Ye’er said to everyone.
The other villagers all turned their attention to the ear of wheat in Tian Ye'er's hand because of her words.
"That—that looks green!"
"What? It really didn't turn yellow?"
"Does this mean that what Miss Lin said earlier was correct?"
Amidst the uproar, many excited voices filled the air.
If Lin Qixia is truly innocent, it means their land is genuinely safe, and they have even less reason to retaliate against her!
Xue Cheng walked over and took the wheat seedlings from Tian Ye'er's hand. After looking at them, he confirmed, "That's right! These wheat seedlings are indeed normal! They're even growing better than before!"
Upon hearing Xue Cheng's words, many people realized that they might have really been fooled by that kid Zhao Shao!
"Zhao Shao! Release Miss Lin immediately!" Xue Cheng shouted back to Zhao Shao.
Miss Lin saved his land, and he could not let his benefactor suffer.
"Xue Cheng is right! Zhao Shao is deliberately deceiving and using us!"
Lin Jiudong angrily shouted, "You surnamed Zhao! Release my sister right now!"
"That's right! Release them immediately!"
The villagers of Xiahe Village swarmed over again, this time more forcefully than before.
After all, the situation is completely different now. Lin Qixia proved that what she said was true, and the one who really lied to them was Zhao Shao.
Many angry voices emerged from the crowd.
Snap!
Someone threw a stone directly at Zhao Shao, hitting him squarely on the forehead.
"Ah!" Zhao Shao screamed, feeling warm liquid flowing down his forehead. He subconsciously touched his forehead and found his hand covered in blood. "Damn it!" he cursed.
How long has it been?
I never imagined that my head would be smashed open for the second time! And it's all because of Lin Qixia!
Zhao Shao turned around and looked at her with resentment.
Lin Qixia still wore an innocent expression. "Why are you looking at me like that? I didn't do it!"
"Bah! Stop trying to deny it!" Zhao Shao simply raised a torch: "You are a witch, only fire can get rid of you!"
As he spoke, he threw the torch directly into the fire at Lin Qixia's feet.
The flames quickly ignited.
"Ahhh! Xia'er!" He Zhilan screamed in despair upon witnessing this scene.
The other villagers also exclaimed in surprise as they watched the pile of firewood in front of Lin Qixia begin to burn.
"What should we do? Miss Lin is going to be burned to death!"
Xue Cheng shouted, "Zhao Shao, you murderer! You're asking for it!"
He was completely enraged and charged at Zhao Shao.
However, the next second, his good brother Li Yuan and several others rushed to stop him.
He Zhilan and Yunxia wanted to go over, but the villagers stopped them.
"Don't go! It's dangerous!" Liu Ermei warned.
The fire was already burning; it was too late.
Seeing that Xue Cheng was being held back and unable to get close to the people on the stage, Zhao Shao felt that his headache was not so bad anymore.
He smugly challenged Xue Cheng, saying, "I'm just using you guys, what can you do about it?"
"No matter what, Lin Qixia is doomed today."
The firewood was specially selected by him; it burned extremely well, and he even poured expensive kerosene on it, making it absolutely impossible to extinguish.
Gradually, Lin Qixia was engulfed by flames. "Cough cough cough..." Lin Qixia's eyes welled up with tears from the thick smoke.
She asked the system, "What should I do now? You don't really want me to die, do you?"
The system has a fireproof shield feature that can be sold to hosts for 500 gold coins per use.
Lin Qixia, "..."
This time, they've truly taken advantage of the situation.
"I'll buy it!" she insisted.
The flames grew larger and larger, and the heatwave made the surrounding air almost unbearably hot, let alone Lin Qixia, who was in the center of the flames.
At this moment, the others outside who were originally determined to save Lin Qixia were filled with despair upon seeing this scene.
In this situation, it would be impossible for the person to still be alive.
He Zhilan slumped to the ground, her eyes glazed over.
"Waaaaah—Sister!"
"Sister Xia'er!"
Lin Jiudong, Tian Ye'er, and Lin Yi hugged each other and cried together.
Xue Cheng was forced to kneel down, his legs weak. He felt that everything was over because of his stupidity. He had easily trusted that beast Zhao Shao, which led to the death of a person.
A benefactor who once helped him and saved his entire family!
"Slap!" Xue Cheng slapped himself. "I deserve to die! I deserve to die!"
Xue Yuchan was initially pleased with Lin Qixia's death, but was shocked by her father's actions and quickly went to pull him away, saying, "Father! Why are you doing this!"
"And you! You idiot, you deserve to die too!"
It would have been better if Xue Yuchan hadn't come closer; the moment she did, she was slapped by Xue Cheng.
"Ah!" Xue Yuchan screamed as she was knocked to the ground by Xue Cheng's blow.
Clearly, his slap was extremely hard.
Xue Yuchan looked at her father with a wronged expression, "Father, how could you hit me? I'm your daughter!"
"I'd rather not have a daughter like you!" Xue Cheng said, exasperated. "How could you hang out with a scoundrel like Zhao Shao?"
"I'm going to teach you a lesson today!"
Perhaps because Lin Qixia was dead, Zhao Shao had already achieved his goal and asked his brother to release Xue Cheng.
Xue Cheng snatched their weapons and charged toward Xue Yuchan.
"You!" The man whose weapon had been taken away looked astonished and was about to stop him when Zhao Shao stopped him.
"Never mind," Zhao Shao chuckled. "Anyway, Lin Qixia is already dead, she's useless to me now."
This woman is stupid and ugly; she's not as good as Gu Ciyu.
He doesn't care to defend the other party.
Regardless of the circumstances, he has already succeeded in killing Lin Qixia today.
"Hehe, is that so?"
However, the next second, Lin Qixia's soft laughter rang out behind him.
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