A Good Country Wife
Chapter 314 - 308 Admiration_1

Chapter 314: Chapter 308 Admiration_1

"Zhao Yunxiang, it’s you who are feeling guilty. My grandson is a good child; he wouldn’t make things up out of thin air." The village chief’s wife, who had been just standing on the side and listening, usually did not interfere with her husband’s affairs. But hearing Zhao Yunxiang say that, with the intense love for her grandson, she immediately wouldn’t stand for it.

"I’m not wrong, it was you. That day you wore blue clothing, it was definitely you. I’ve seen you before; you are Dalang’s aunt. I couldn’t possibly mistake someone else!" Zhao Mingfeng, although timid, also wouldn’t allow others to bully him. He hadn’t lied in the first place, and with his grandma backing him up, he raised his voice and insisted.

"You, you despicable child, stop spouting nonsense!" Zhao Yunxiang, pointed out so directly and loudly by Zhao Mingfeng, became even more flustered. She tried to scare the child with her raised voice, hoping he would stop making the accusation.

Startled by Zhao Yunxiang’s fierce words, the village chief’s wife quickly moved her cherished grandson behind her protectively. She doted on and protected her precious grandson; how could she allow Zhao Yunxiang to treat him so? "Who do you think you’re yelling at, Zhao Yunxiang? You commit a misdeed and don’t want to admit it, and yet you shout at my grandson? Try shouting again, I dare you!"

Having been the village chief’s wife for many years, she had an imposing manner that was absolutely undeniable. Zhao Yunxiang, fundamentally lacking in confidence, couldn’t just agree to admit her wrongdoing. "I was merely suggesting that your grandson might have seen things incorrectly, not that he was lying. Little children, after all, can get confused and might not understand what really happened."

"Big sister, enough. You’ve truly disappointed me. Did you think it was only Mingfeng who saw you? What’s the use of making excuses for something you’ve done?"

"What, what do you mean?" Zhao Yunxiang, hearing Zhao Erhu speak this way, grew even less brave and dared not meet Zhao Erhu’s gaze. She wondered if someone else had seen what happened that day. She was sure to check her surroundings and thought no one was there when she acted so brazenly. Maybe someone came to the back mountain later, and she hadn’t noticed? Her luck couldn’t be so bad. If it were only the child Zhao Mingfeng who saw it, she could still argue that children make mistakes in what they see, but if someone else had witnessed it, she couldn’t say that both witnesses were wrong.

Zhao Erhu, seeing Zhao Yunxiang’s stubbornness and unwillingness to admit the truth until faced with undeniable evidence, sighed inwardly. He took out the sachet he had picked up from the slope earlier. At the time, he found it somewhat familiar but thought it was normal since most sachets looked alike, and familiarity wasn’t strange. However, now that everything was linked together, he remembered having seen this sachet on Zhao Yunxiang’s person.

Zhao Yunxiang, seeing that sachet, found herself unable to utter any more excuses. She had been wondering where her sachet had gone; it turned out that Lin Yue had torn it off. But she had been too frantic and rushed to notice its absence.

"Big sister, can you tell me why? What did my wife do that was so wrong to make you hate her so much?"

"Erhu, I..." Zhao Yunxiang truly regretted at this moment. She couldn’t understand why she had been possessed to take action that day. She was just watching Chunxi acting sneakily, as if plotting something bad. So, she followed Chunxi to see what she was up to, only to find Chunxi attempting to set a trap for the Lin Family.

Zhao Yunxiang was initially shocked, but then felt that Chunxi’s actions coincided perfectly with her own desires. If the Lin Family were out of the picture, no one would stir up trouble between her and Erhu again. With Erhu currently in charge of such a large household, it would be effortless to ask for anything from her own brother.

But when it came down to it, Chunxi didn’t go through with it. Zhao Yunxiang felt both frustrated and angry. She hadn’t dared to do it herself at first, only driven by how her relationship with her brother Zhao Erhu had deteriorated because of the Lin Family. As if by some evil influence, she suddenly rushed out and pushed Lin Yue down the slope. After pushing her, Zhao Yunxiang immediately ran away, thinking everything was organized by Chunxi and even if an investigation ensued, it wouldn’t trace back to her. Little did she know, her deed had been witnessed by the village chief’s grandson who had sneaked to the back mountain, evidence that heavens see everything, and bad deeds are eventually exposed.

"Village Chief, the truth is now clear. The person who wanted to harm my wife was Chunxi, and the person who took action was Zhao Yunxiang," Zhao Erhu said, no longer looking at Zhao Yunxiang. This elder sister who used to be kind and protective was no longer the same, leaving him nothing but disappointed.

The village chief tapped his smoking pipe on the table and took a puff before speaking slowly, "Erhu, this matter is both simple and complicated. An issue as grave as this, concerning a life, is beyond the power of a single village chief to decide. We must take Chunxi and Zhao Yunxiang to the government, present the course of events and evidence, and let them adjudicate. However, no matter what, Zhao Yunxiang is still your elder sister. Once taken to the government, things won’t be easily settled. It’s easy to enter the government’s doors, but difficult to leave. Think it through carefully."

Several family elders nodded, "We agree with the village chief. After all, Zhao Yunxiang is your own elder sister. This matter should be decided by you. It’s not our place as outsiders to meddle in your family’s affairs."

The moment Zhao Yunxiang heard about being taken to the government, she burst into tears and snot, "Erhu, Erhu, sister knows she was wrong. Please forgive me just this once. I must have been possessed by demons to have done such a thing; it’ll never happen again. Please, for the way I’ve looked after you since we were little, for the sake of our deceased mother, spare me this one time, I’m begging you."

Lin Genfa worked for Zhao Erhu’s family and was also present at the scene. Initially, when he heard that Erhu’s wife had fallen down the slope, Lin Genfa worried for her. Now knowing that it was his own wife who caused this, Lin Genfa could barely believe it. He felt both anger and confusion, not understanding the reason behind her actions. Could it be just because she didn’t get along with her sister-in-law that she would go as far as to commit such vile acts? Was this still the same wife he had lived with for over a decade? How could she become so unrecognizable.

"Erhu, it’s all my wife’s fault. I can’t believe she would do such a thing. When someone does something wrong, they deserve to be punished. But she’s still my wife, and as a man, I cannot just abandon her. If someone must go to the government, let me go in her place," Lin Genfa said. Despite not understanding his wife’s behavior and feeling both hatred and blame, he couldn’t stand by and watch her be taken to the government.

When his wife had first come into his life, he had promised to treat her well for a lifetime. No matter how much she had changed over the years, a promise from a man—a spittle and a nail—is not altered by any circumstance. Lin Genfa might normally seem quiet, shy, or even a bit pathetic, but his willingness to take responsibility was remarkable and earned respect. Even Lin Yue felt this way. Zhao Yunxiang, despite her actions, had married a good husband.

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