Chapter 29: Chapter 29: They Can’t Afford That Consequence_1 Chapter 29: Chapter 29: They Can’t Afford That Consequence_1 You must understand that everyone has limited land in their possession, and yet the number of mouths to feed at home is large. Without renting land to farm, it’s simply impossible to sustain an entire family.
Xiao Zheng’s brows furrowed as deeply as mountains—he hadn’t expected An Jing to resort to a scorched earth tactic and involve them, innocents in this debacle. Just then, he liked An Jing even less.
The faces of the others also took on an unsightly hue.
Only Xiao Changyi, though his expression was blank, cast a deep glance at An Jing. He knew she was angry, and he knew why she was angry, which filled him with joy.
“The matter of selling oneself for money ends here; no one is allowed to bring it up again!” Lin Ming, afraid that things would spiral out of control, said to Lin Daqiang and the others in a very stern tone.
Even though Lin Daqiang and the others were quite dissatisfied, they could only forcibly swallow this loss. Otherwise, they simply couldn’t bear the consequences.
“However,” Lin Ming went on, but this time he addressed An Jing and Xiao Changyi, “An Dong, Zhuzi, Iron Son, Cheng Zi—they were all injured by you. You’ll have to cover their medical costs.”
Iron Son and the others weren’t seriously hurt; bruises and swelling would heal over a few days even without medicine. The problem was Lin Zhuzi and Lin An Dong.
Lin Zhuzi had been beaten by Xiao Changyi to the point where he couldn’t even stand straight now, and his face had also been scraped raw on the ground; Lin An Dong had been hit by An Jing so severely that up until now, he was still clutching his stomach in pain, breaking out in cold sweat.
“What a joke—it was they who tried to bind me, and that’s why we fought back. If they hadn’t tried to bind me, would we have raised our hands?” After a pause, An Jing laughed, “If you think that when bandits come to bind the good folk, the good folk should stand still and not resist, allow themselves to be bound, then disregard what I just said.”
In other words, she was saying that their actions had been those of bandits and that they got what they deserved.
Lin Ming was instantly choked by her words, and he too had to swallow this grievance.
Lin’s mother had already given up on An Jing’s compensation money for her service; she turned her attention to her son. Seeing Lin An Dong still in agony, drenched in cold sweat, trembling, Lin’s mother immediately flared up again, shouting at An Jing: “How did you hit him to leave him in this state?”
Not the slightest bit remorseful, An Jing shrugged: “You all know, I’ve always been quite strong.”
Since she had always done more grueling work than even the men from a young age, Lin Anjing’s strength had slowly built up. Luckily, the villagers all knew about it—now that An Jing had injured someone, her well-known strength could offer a plausible excuse.
No wonder she was able to subdue those two house servants yesterday…
At that moment, everyone began to realize, they had all been too shocked before and had forgotten about Lin Anjing’s formidable strength. Now thinking about her strength, greater than that of the ordinary man, it seemed completely normal for An Jing, who had been driven to defend herself, to subdue those two house servants.
Seeing everyone looking as if they had an epiphany, An Jing chuckled to herself silently.
Turning her head to look at Xiao Changyi, she didn’t expect to meet his gaze straight-on—his deep, pond-like eyes seemed as if they wanted to pull her in entirely. She was momentarily taken aback, but then, An Jing smiled, cheekily and playfully winking at Xiao Changyi.
Xiao Changyi felt like stroking An Jing’s head, finding the sparkle in her eyes and on her face to his liking, something that captured his gaze and wouldn’t let go, but considering there were still many strangers standing in the courtyard, he adhered to the proprieties and refrained from touching her.
Not only did they fail to get the money, but people were also hurt, and now they were even expected to pay for medical expenses. Lin Ming and Lin Daqiang left with a belly full of ire while Lin’s mother would still occasionally turn back to glare fiercely at An Jing.
Unfortunately for them, An Jing didn’t care in the slightest.