Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Ye Ling looked at the panicking crowd with a faint smile on her face. She glanced at Aunt Mei and said, “Aunt Mei, Ah Hui isn’t dead. What you said earlier is invalid. It already constitutes slander and defamation against me. Do you have any doubts about this?”
Aunt Mei opened her mouth, but no sound came out. She was like a duck that had its neck strangled.
Ye Ling walked to Ah Hui’s side and helped her up.
Yun Jie, standing next to Ye Ling, was also shocked. However, seeing Ye Ling’s calm expression, Yun Jie quickly suspected, “Could all this be Ye Ling’s plan?”
When they were in the pharmacy earlier, Yun Jie noticed Ye Ling frequently looking outside as if expecting something.
Perhaps Ye Ling was waiting for Aunt Mei to cause trouble.
However, Yun Jie couldn’t fathom how Ye Ling could revive someone publicly declared dead.
Aunt Mei and Mei Lian weren’t naive. Without confirmation of Ah Hui’s death, they wouldn’t have brought her to the pharmacy.
“Is Ah Hui possessed?” Someone quivered. “How else could she come back to
This person, living near Aunt Mei’s house, had followed her here. He knew that the witch doctor had said that Aunt Mei’s daughter-in-law was possessed by a ghost, so when he saw Ah Hui resurrecting in public, he guessed that it might be a ghost.
Ye Ling only smiled and didn’t say anything as she listened to everyone’s discussions and guesses.
Aunt Mei stared at Ah Hui. Her heart was filled with shock and confusion.
She was convinced Ah Hui had died. Then, could this Ah Hui who had suddenly resurrected in front of her not be the real Ah Hui but a ghost?
Aunt Mei took two steps back, biting her lip.
Ye Ling glanced at Aunt Mei and smiled. “What’s wrong, Auntie? Thinking of running away? You slandered me in front of many, damaging my reputation.
Let’s settle this at the educated youth office.”
Ye Ling then turned to Ah Hui. “As for your daughter-in-law, she was critically ill when she was at your house. Upon leaving, she miraculously recovered.
Quite strange. I suspect it might be due to the poor feng Shui at your place. It’s easy to attract some supernatural things. You have to be careful in the future.” In rural areas, “supernatural things” referred to malevolent spirits.
Ye Ling’s words were baseless. However, after her statement, many onlookers gazed at Aunt Mei oddly, as if she was an ominous figure.
Aunt Mei’s expression turned extremely unpleasant.
Her mind was in disarray. She wanted to rebut Ye Ling’s words but couldn’t gather her thoughts. Even now, she couldn’t comprehend the resurrection of
Ah Hui.
“Alright, come with me to the educated youth office,” Ye Ling said, imitating Aunt Mei’s tone. “Don’t even think about denying it.”
Aunt Mei stood motionless. Naturally, she didn’t wish to accompany Ye Ling to the educated youth office. The situation was unfavorable, and she needed to leave promptly.
“You’re not planning to act as if nothing happened, are you?” Ye Ling immediately questioned, as if she had guessed Aunt Mei’s thoughts. “Everyone, you just witnessed it. This aunt accused me of causing her daughter-in-law’s death. This accusation is serious. If proven, I’ll go to jail, ruining my entire life.
Now that Ah Hui is alive, this aunt wants to pretend nothing occurred. Is that
Ye Ling’s argument was compelling, and the villagers agreed with her.
An elderly middle-aged man suggested, “How about settling this privately? Aunt Mei, you have indeed wronged Comrade Ye Ling. Why not compensate her with some money? Oh, what’s it called? Ah, compensation for emotional distress. As for Comrade Ye Ling, you haven’t suffered actual losses. Let’s not escalate this.”
Upon hearing the middle-aged man’s words, Ye Ling inwardly sneered. What did he mean by no actual losses? She was slandered and almost had someone killed. If not for revealing Ah Hui’s resurrection, she would be in dire straits now.
Ye Ling knew that many of the onlookers were from Willow Village. They were from the same village as Aunt Mei, so they naturally wouldn’t speak up for an outsider like her..