The government official looked at Lin Luye and Pan Shuangquan, whose faces had turned completely white, and urged, "Take the oath, and everyone will believe that she is slandering you."
How could Lin Luye and Pan Shuangquan dare to take the oath; they certainly didn’t want to die!
"Luye, quickly take the oath!" the onlooking villagers of Jiuping Village also spurred on.
Lin Luye was almost in tears, not daring to swear an oath, only able to argue back illogically, "What she said is all false, none of that happened! If it didn’t happen, why should we take an oath? We won’t do it!"
But An Jing didn’t urge Lin Luye and Pan Shuangquan to take the oath, instead, she raised three fingers and began to swear herself, "I, An Jing, hereby swear, that what I just said about Lin Luye and Pan Shuangquan being tangled up together contains no falsehood, if there is any lie, may I be struck by five thunders from the heavens."
One dared to swear an oath, the other two did not; there was no longer any need to debate who was right or wrong, as everything was clear to all.
So Lin Luye and Pan Shuangquan truly were involved with each other long ago!
In that instant, everyone’s gaze towards Lin Luye and Pan Shuangquan shifted, filled with contempt and disdain.
Lin Luye finally burst into tears.
Although Pan Shuangquan didn’t cry, he was no better off; with things having come this far, he had nothing more to say, and just as he was about to turn and leave, he heard An Jing continue to address him, "Pan Shuangquan, the matter of me missing my monthly period was told to you by Lin Luye, wasn’t it?"
Without waiting for Pan Shuangquan to speak, An Jing scoffed, "It was clear that she wanted to cling to you, and when you broke off the engagement with me, you indeed married her, haha..."
As she spoke, An Jing stopped and simply laughed, a laugh that made Pan Shuangquan’s face burn as if it had been slapped swollen.
At the time, he actually wasn’t that fond of Lin Luye; he only married her because he had slept with her and feared that she would spread the word and tarnish his reputation.
But in his heart, he had resolved that if Lin Luye couldn’t bear him a son, he would divorce her and remarry.
Yet he had never imagined that the fact he and Lin Luye had been involved from the beginning would be made public by An Jing... Now, he truly had lost all his reputation!
Had it not been for the presence of the two government officials among the onlookers, he surely would have hit An Jing; if it weren’t for her, his reputation would have still been impeccable!
Pan Shuangquan gave An Jing a vicious glare and then turned and walked away. His strides were long, his pace quick, and no matter how Lin Luye called after him from behind, he did not look back.
"You barren woman, you’ve ruined me ; may you die a terrible death!" Lin Luye, already unable to face anyone, truly hated An Jing in her heart. If An Jing hadn’t exposed the affair, her reputation wouldn’t have been destroyed, but not knowing what else to say, she could only curse .
In that moment, Lin Anjing had completely lost control, wanting to rush forward and scratch An Jing’s face to teach her a lesson for doing such harm to her.
But just as she was about to charge at An Jing, the two government officials immediately stepped forward, coldly warning, "The Lord County Magistrate has said, anyone who dares cause trouble in Jiuping Village will not be let off lightly; if you’re not afraid of being jailed and never released, then go ahead and make a scene."
Lin Luye was immediately frightened into retracting her raised claws.
An Jing, however, was not at all enraged, and casually said, "Oh yes, you did give birth to children, two of them, but what of it, they are not sons. I have heard that your in-laws are very displeased with you now; if you don’t give them a grandson soon, they will have Pan Shuangquan divorce you."