The originally lively crowd was stunned when they saw Lin Qixia appear carrying a wild boar.
Therefore, they all became much quieter.
"What is it?" Lin Qixia asked Li Shufen.
Li Shufen opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, an angry voice rang out in the courtyard: "What else could it be? Your Lin Yi beat up my Dazhuang, she knocked out his teeth!"
"Really?" Lin Qixia was quite surprised to hear this.
As she carried the wild boar toward the yard, the villagers made way for her.
A murmur arose from the surrounding crowd.
"This Miss Lin is arrogant and vicious, and she's so strong. Old Mrs. Zhao and her son are probably doomed."
"Exactly! How did you have the courage to bring your son and grandson along?"
"But in the end... Lin Yi is just imitating her aunt and she's started bullying people too. She really deserves to be taught a lesson!"
Lin Qixia had already entered the courtyard. Listening to the villagers' discussions along the way, along with the cursing of Old Lady Zhao, Qian Hongju, she roughly figured out what had happened.
Upon entering the courtyard, they discovered that the old woman from the Zhao family and her son were quite ruthless, having already attacked her brother and sister-in-law.
He Zhilan had a handprint on her face and was crying uncontrollably.
Judging from the size of that slap, it must have been Old Lady Zhao who did it.
At this moment, Old Mrs. Zhao was grabbing Lin Yi's collar and wouldn't let go. It was clear that He Zhilan had been slapped by her because she was trying to save her daughter.
The eldest brother, Lin Xiao, was disabled and had difficulty moving around. Hearing the noise, he struggled to crawl out, but was kicked to the ground by Zhao Datian, the son of Old Lady Zhao. He is currently struggling to get up.
Lin Xiao was furious and humiliated as he watched his wife and daughter being bullied.
Seeing this, Lin Qixia frowned in anger, "Let go of my older brother!"
"You think you can just release it like that? I..." Zhao Datian retorted dismissively.
Before she could finish speaking, Lin Qixia launched a flying kick at Zhao Datian.
"ah!"
Zhao Datian screamed and was kicked away, falling to the ground with a thud.
A gasp rippled through the crowd; no one expected Lin Qixia to attack right away and even kick the tall and burly Zhao Datian.
The old lady Zhao, Qian Ju, who was still cursing and swearing nearby, stopped abruptly upon seeing this scene.
Then she cried out in surprise, "Ah! My son!"
Qian Ju quickly released Lin Yi and ran towards Zhao Datian. She helped Zhao Datian up, only to see that his face was covered in blood.
Blood gushed from her nose, and she angrily pointed at Lin Qixia, "You, your Lin family, are going too far!"
"I'm going too far?" Lin Qixia raised an eyebrow and questioned her, "You have no proof whatsoever, so why are you hitting people? If you can hit people, why can't my Lin family fight back?"
As she spoke, her voice softened, and she asked He Zhilan and Lin Xiao, "Sister-in-law, brother, are you alright?"
"I'm fine," He Zhilan shook her head and replied, a bitter smile playing on her lips.
Lin Yi rushed over and threw herself into He Zhilan's arms, sobbing.
Lin Xiao slammed his fist on the ground in anger, hating himself for his incompetence.
Seeing them like this, Lin Qixia felt a pang of sadness.
"Did you hit Zhao Dazhuang?" After thinking for a moment, Lin Qixia still asked Lin Yi, who was hiding in He Zhilan's arms.
Lin Yi turned to look at her with teary eyes, nodding and then shaking her head.
Lin Qixia: "..."
Did they fight or not?
"Look! This little bitch herself admitted that she hit my Dazhuang!" Zhao Ju immediately flared up upon seeing this, sitting on the ground and crying, "Oh dear, what did my son and my precious grandson do wrong to be beaten like this by your two little brats!"
As she cried, she noticed her grandson, the chubby little boy next to her, Zhao Dazhuang, who was standing there dumbfounded.
He glared at him, giving him a warning.
Zhao Dazhuang then realized what was happening and quickly knelt down next to Zhao Ju, crying, "Waaaaah, Grandma, Lin Yi is so cruel! She beat me so badly! And now her aunt is hitting my dad too! Our family is so pitiful, waaaaah!"
Lin Qixia: "..."
With acting this bad, how dare they try to extort money?
At this moment, many villagers were also moved by the tragic situation of the Zhao family.
After all, Lin Qixia was usually domineering, and Zhao Datian looked too pitiful with his face covered in blood.
"In the end, didn't the Lin family go a bit too far? Old Mrs. Zhao just came to settle a dispute, and they beat her up like that."
"Old Mrs. Zhao is also pitiful; her son and grandson have been bullied."
"Yeah, yeah, what can an old woman like her do now? She might get beaten up by that girl Lin Qixia, right?"
Faced with the villagers' pointing fingers and whispers, He Zhilan was furious and said to Lin Qixia, "Xia'er, Yi'er would never hit Zhao Dazhuang for no reason."
"I know." Lin Qixia turned to look at He Zhilan, her eyes reassuring.
He Zhilan had a clear mind. Only by finding out the beginning of the matter, that is, what happened between Lin Yi and Zhao Dazhuang, could they reverse the current accusations against their Lin family.
Afterwards, she squatted down in front of Lin Yi and patiently asked her, "Yi'er, tell your aunt what exactly happened back then?"
Only when she got closer did she realize that Lin Yi also had many injuries on her arms, and had suffered quite a bit. She felt a pang of sympathy for her.
This girl, even though her aunt (the original owner of this body) is so good at fighting, doesn't she learn anything from her?
Facing Lin Qixia, Lin Yi stopped crying, but her voice was still choked with sobs. "Auntie, I was eating the candied fruit you gave me, and Erni wanted some too. Zhao Dazhuang tried to snatch it from me, but I wouldn't give it to him, so he... he..."
At this point, Lin Yi started crying again.
Because the candied fruit she had been reluctant to eat was snatched away by Zhao Dazhuang.
She tried to take it back, but he still hit her. She fought back desperately, but she still couldn't beat him...
The candied fruit her aunt bought for her... she can't get it back.
"I see." Lin Qixia understood upon hearing this, wiped away Lin Yi's tears, and whispered to her, "Don't worry, Auntie will help you get the candied fruit back!"
As she spoke, she stood up and turned to look at the villagers who had gathered around: "You all heard that, didn't you?"
Lin Yi's voice wasn't too loud or too soft, but the people around her probably heard it.
The crowd quieted down considerably at this point.
"It was Zhao Dazhuang who stole my Lin Yi's candied fruit and even hit her. Are we not allowed to fight back?"
"They stole our things and then came to our door to 'settle accounts'—what kind of logic is that?"
Lin Qixia's questioning voice was loud and imposing, causing the villagers who were closer to her to tremble involuntarily.
Some people looked embarrassed, realizing they had misunderstood the Lin family.
Li Shufen was the first to speak up for them: "Miss Lin is right. How can you steal someone's things and then come knocking on their door to make trouble?"
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