53: Chapter 53: Debate 53: Chapter 53: Debate Yang PeiMin turned around and covered Xiao Niu’s eyes.
Yiguang Shen felt it was about enough and stopped his actions.
Xu Min was left with only the sound of his heavy breathing, even crying out in pain seemed exhausting.
this is all a misunderstanding,” Peiqiong Yang’s voice suddenly rose.
“Give the child to me,” Yiguang Shen said to PeiMin Yang without looking at Peiqiong Yang on the side, “This little one is quite heavy, don’t wear yourself out.”
Peiqiong Yang saw that even at this time, Yiguang Shen was still worried about whether PeiMin Yang was tired or not?
Could it be that all soldiers are blockheads?
She frowned and called out loudly to the person approaching, “Aunt Gu, come over and help…
“Yo, what happened here?” Aunt Gu, seeing the situation, hurried over with her short legs.
She originally came to call the children for dinner, but now she had pushed that aside upon seeing Xu Min lying on the ground and after a glance at the other people present, excitement flickered across her face, “Why is Mr.
Xu lying on the ground?
She recognized this prospective son-in-law of the Yang Family; she was present at Peijun Yang’s wedding.
Peiqiong Yang looked at Yiguang Shen, who had just taken the child from PeiMin Yang’s arms, and said, “This…
there really wasn’t much, Mr.
Xu and Minmin were just chatting…
Shen also misunderstood temporarily…”
Her words were half-stated, half-implied.
Aunt Gu instantly understood what had happened.
Her face took on an expression of sudden realization while she sneakily observed Yiguang Shen’s expression, but his face did not show any signs of anger.
PeiMin Yang admired Peiqiong Yang’s narrative ability, seeing how she spun the tale.
Including the rumors she had with Xu Min before, it was hard not to believe her.
“With me taking care of the child, what could I possibly have to talk to someone about?
Aunt Gu, I need your help to look after this scoundrel on the ground.
I’ll call my dad and the others over…
this molester even dared to come to our village, I didn’t expect him to be such a person, considering he usually seems so decent…”
After Yiguang Shen took the child, PeiMin Yang felt much relieved and could fully counterattack Peiqiong Yang.
Aunt Gu was shocked, “What, there’s molestation involved?”
It must be remembered that in those days, molestation could lead to very serious consequences.
Yiguang Shen reminded PeiMin Yang, “Don’t forget we still need to call some people from the team who can handle this, we can’t tolerate such destructive behavior.
Call uncle and aunt over too, let them seek justice for their daughter’s grievances.”
PeiMin Yang, grasping his insinuation, a smile flickered in her eyes.
This was a good idea, shifting the molestation blame onto Peiqiong Yang was like returning the favor.
She loudly agreed, and before leaving, she comforted Peiqiong Yang with a few words, “Cousin sister, don’t be too upset, we will seek justice for you, we can’t let this molester off easily.”
Peiqiong Yang grabbed her, “Minmin, what nonsense are you spouting?
It was clearly you and Xu Min talking here, and when Mr.
Shen saw it, he misunderstood and hit him.
Shen is here, and you might be afraid he would misunderstand, but you can’t drag me into this.”
Aunt Gu looked from one to the other, completely baffled.
Who was with whom after all?
Yang PeiMin was being dragged and couldn’t escape, so she turned helplessly to Aunt Gu and said, “Aunt Gu, I have to trouble you again.
Everyone in the village knows you have a loud voice; just give a shout, and we won’t have to make a special trip to call people.”
“Okay.” Aunt Gu patted her chest and, before Yang Peiqiong could stop her, cleared her throat and shouted, “Help!
Something terrible has happened here!
It really was like an earthquake shaking the mountains!
Aunt Gu was indeed famous in the village for her loud voice; that was no lie!
Shen Yiguang glanced at Yang PeiMin, a smile flickering in his eyes.
Yang PeiMin winked slyly at him.
Shen Yiguang chuckled softly.
“I, I wasn’t being a hooligan!” Xu Min, who was on the ground, finally caught his breath and managed to spit out the words.
If he were branded a hooligan, he would never be able to clear his name for the rest of his life.
Even his family, his parents and siblings, would be implicated and looked down upon.
“You guys are framing me!” Anger filled Xu Min’s eyes, his eyeballs bulging as if he was about to devour someone.
After Aunt Gu had finished shouting, seeing his pitiful state, she put her hands on her hips and pointed at him, scolding, “Look at this pretty boy face, definitely not a good person.
Shame on you for even going to university, bah!
Such trash still dares to act like a hooligan…”
Xu was not being a hooligan.
You know that people in the village saw Minmin go to the educated youth’s place to find him before, and there were even rumors about them.
He was just discussing something with Minmin, not behaving indecently; it was Mr.
Shen who misunderstood,” Yang PeiMin quickly corrected Aunt Gu.
If she said Xu Min was being a hooligan, wouldn’t that be admitting she was the one he harassed?
It was clear that Aunt Gu was biased towards Shen Yiguang’s version of the story, possibly influenced by his honorable military uniform and the upright demeanor of a soldier, which made his words more persuasive.
Shen Yiguang was holding Xiao Niu and stopped Xu Min, who tried to get up, by giving him a kick without paying attention to the conversation between Yang Peiqiong and Aunt Gu.
He then turned to ask Yang PeiMin, “What brought you here?
You weren’t frightened, were you?”
Yang PeiMin walked over to him, shook her head, and motioned him to look at the drowsy Xiao Niu, making a silencing gesture.
The little one hadn’t cried despite the noisy chaos; she must be really sleepy.
She didn’t even mind who was holding her.
Yang PeiMin gently adjusted her head onto Shen Yiguang’s shoulder, letting her lean there to sleep.
She softly said, “Let Xiao Niu sleep on Uncle Shen’s shoulder; Auntie is right here watching over you.”
Shen Yiguang looked at her tender, smooth face, his eyes brimming with softness about to overflow…
After Xiao Niu fell asleep, Yang PeiMin finally answered Shen Yiguang’s earlier question, “I was just thinking of helping out with the kids.
Xiao Niu is young, and the bigger kids don’t want to play with her, so I brought her over here for a walk.
I just happened to bump into my cousin and…
Before the college entrance exam, I did borrow some materials from Mr.
Xu with my cousin, and that had also led to misunderstandings.”
Yang PeiMin slightly raised her voice, knowing Aunt Gu was listening in, “But the exams are over, and I, being unimpressive, didn’t get in, so how could I still have anything to do with Mr.
We will be worlds apart now, not the sort of people who would even talk, I know that.”
“As for my cousin, she and Mr.
Xu got into universities in the same city.
I suppose she hopes that Mr.
Xu will accompany her, to avoid the awkwardness of being in an unfamiliar place.
So seeing them meeting here…”
“Minmin!” Yang Peiqiong looked at her with a sorrowful gaze, her body swaying slightly, “How could you, how could you let me take the blame!”