Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 518: Confrontation II

Chapter 518: Chapter 518: Confrontation II

Erniu was dragged back by Xiaoqi.

His entire body was wounded, his cotton jacket torn apart, and the old and new cotton stuffing became clumps of red due to the soaked blood.

Xiaoqi dragged him back to the courtyard, and Yueyue took care of him with medicine and dressings for several consecutive days.

But now people were saying that it was he who caused the death of Xiaoqi.

Shock and disbelief filled the faces of Yuanbao and Yueyue.

There were only a few children in the village, and what the adults didn’t know couldn’t be hid from these kids.

Zhuzi had always been tyrannical in the village, and it was known to everyone that Erniu was often bullied by him.

If Xiaoqi hadn’t dragged him back from the edge of the village that day, he wouldn’t have even survived until now.

The partially healed wounds on Erniu’s face were quite noticeable, dressed in his cotton jacket covered with layers of patches, he was now isolated.

Underneath the questioning glances of Yueyue and Yuanbao, he felt extremely ashamed, wishing he could immediately turn into a mouse, crawl into a crack in the ground, and never show his face again.

"Erniu, what happened! You better tell us!"

Seeing that he remained silent, someone impatiently gave him a shove.

The already humiliated child staggered with this push, almost falling to the ground.

"It’s what he said, he saw it, it was Xiaoqi who pushed Zhuzi into the water! They’re all kids, why don’t we pretend nothing happened..."

Someone barked out sputtering words.

They had a simple thought process.

Zhuzi, though a child of the village, was notorious for causing havoc with his hardheadedness; his death didn’t matter, it had nothing to do with them anyway.

Xiaoqi was an orphan, and although he had killed someone, his death didn’t matter either. As for his younger sister, a little girl, they could just take a little extra care of her, and eventually find her a good family to marry into.

If the villagers didn’t speak up about it, why would anyone else?

"Forget it, how can we forget it! Kid, you say, what exactly happened that day!"

Everyone’s gaze fell collectively on Erniu, as if a giant hand was pressing down on his shoulder, preventing him from raising his head.

"Yes, it was Xiaoqi who pushed Zhuzi, and he fell into the river. The current was too strong, and Zhuzi was washed away."

Erniu’s hands clenched into fists, even under the gaze of disappointment from Yuanbao and others, he continued to speak on.

"You heard it! It was Xiaoqi who started it! We already let it go, what else do you have to say! An eye for an eye is only fair..."

"My grandson... my Zhuzi..."

The crazy old woman who had been left on the sidelines wailed, tears and snot running down her face, muttering to herself, claiming that she had avenged Zhuzi.

"Very well, very well indeed."

Second in command looked at Erniu, feeling quite frustrated.

He had been the one to treat the boy’s wounds.

He knew best how severe the whip marks on his body were!

If Xiaoqi hadn’t brought him back, he would have died in the snow at the village’s end just a quarter of an hour later!

"Then you tell us, how did you get the wounds on your body!"

Asked about the wounds on his body, Erniu shivered, stammering for quite a while, but could not utter a word.

The kids who had originally been kept at home and not allowed to come out took this opportunity to sneak out to watch the excitement, then somebody finally spoke up.

"He was beaten by Zhuzi! He was almost beaten to death! It was Xiaoqi who saved him!"

"He’s just a traitor!"

The kid who spoke used to be one of Zhuzi’s followers.

Implicated due to the loss of life and because they had a good relationship with Zhuzi in the past, their parents had closed the door and wouldn’t let them out.

But they were just adolescents after all, a courtyard door couldn’t really keep people in.

Hearing his own son’s voice, some villagers faces changed color, confronted with the gaze of the neighbors, they could only awkwardly laugh and say nothing.

"You’re just blabbering, my grandson is the most well-behaved——my poor grandson——"

The crazy old woman heard someone badmouthing her grandson and instantly charged at them like a chicken that had been plucked of its feathers.

"Pah! Of everyone in the village, it’s only your grandson Zhuzi who’s the troublemaker!"

As a child retorted, a dangerous glint flickered across the old woman’s face, and she lunged at him, seemingly intending to strangle his neck.

The child wasn’t stupid. He had been bullied by Zhuzi when he was younger because this crazy old woman would secretly bully them. Now that he had grown up, even slightly taller than her, he wouldn’t stand for it any longer.

"Growing up, we’d get pricked in the thigh with needles in your house if we didn’t listen to Zhuzi. Now we’re all grown-up, and we don’t have to take it anymore from you, you obnoxious old hag!

Your Zhuzi was born bad! He would steal from us when we were kids, often beat our legs with his stick, and always made us take the blame for the troubles he caused. As far as I’m concerned, he deserved to die!"

He was savagely bullied as a boy, only to rejoice at the death of his enemy.

The other kids just nodded in agreement, making their parents feel increasingly uneasy.

If they had just come to discuss an agreement about the death of Zhuzi and Xiaoqi, they would’ve just seen this as an exciting event.

However, today, after hearing what their own children had to say, they realized that their children had been bullied by that evil seed Zhuzi all these years.

No wonder they were always willing to play second fiddle to Zhuzi.

Turned out that this happened because the crazy old woman had been bullying their children in secret all this time!

Since it concerned their own children, seeing the old woman was about to raise her hand on the children again, the mothers also became furious, pushing their way through the crowd and ready to fight back.

The old woman’s house was only left with her, and since she’d always been aggressive, no one was willing to help when she was now being bullied.

The village head’s face turned really ugly at this moment and he didn’t even bother trying to intervene.

Erniu and his mother had only settled down in the village three years ago, yet they were bullied so badly in their own village.

"The wounds on Erniu were all inflicted by Zhuzi!

He had a whip that he used to scare us. Now that we’ve grown-up and don’t want to be bullied by him anymore, he used Erniu to intimidate us. If it weren’t for Xiaoqi, Erniu would’ve been dead long ago!"

Glancing at Erniu, who had practically buried his head in the ground, the boy spat on the ground.

Although they used to follow Zhuzi, Xiaoqi was the truly formidable one!

And yet, after Xiaoqi saved him, he turned around and betrayed him!

He’s not a real man!

"And last time, when the young master from the city lord’s house came to the village, Zhuzi was going to hit him in the head with a slingshot. If it weren’t for the brave companion with the young master, he might not have even made it into the village!"

Upon hearing his words, the people of Qing Fenghan were a bit perplexed.

The villagers of Datian Village all kept quiet. Their eyes darted around evasively, not daring to make eye contact.

Those who were on guard duty outside the village that day were all from Datian Village. Xiaoqi and Xiaomi of course wouldn’t talk about these things.

After learning about this new information, the people of Qing Fenghan were finding it hard to remain calm.

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