Chapter 28: Chapter 28 Case Reenactment Chapter 28: Chapter 28 Case Reenactment Ding Dani instinctively screamed in rebuke, “I didn’t! She’s falsely accusing me; I was trying to save her!”
Although Guiying was still somewhat afraid of Secretary Yao, the matter involved more than seventy dollars—greed overcame fear. She immediately puffed up her chest and began shouting, “Secretary Yao, you must be fair. It was clearly our Da Ni who kindly tried to save Chiang Xiao, but instead, she ended up with her clothes torn. Those were genuine Liang fabric clothes, made by my own hands, quite expensive! If Chiang Xiao doesn’t compensate us today, we definitely won’t let her off the hook!”
“That’s right, Secretary Yao, you can’t favor the Chiang Family! If Chiang Xiao doesn’t pay us money and fabric, I, Ding Daqiang, will never let her get away with it!”
As he spoke, Ding Daqiang stomped on the hoe, glaring viciously at Chiang Xiao.
“What are you doing?” Secretary Yao’s face darkened, “Who are you being aggressive to? Are you trying to intimidate here?”
Guiying felt indignant at the bottom of her heart. Although Secretary Yao hadn’t said anything yet, she could tell that he clearly wanted to take Chiang Xiao’s side!
Looking again at Chiang Xiao, standing there with her little face so fair, with large eyes and a slightly pointy chin, she looked just like a freshly watered little bok choy.
Dark thoughts surged up in her heart once more.
This little vixen was too pretty, naturally possessing a look that ensnares men. Could it be that she had even captivated Yao Jubin?
She immediately slapped Ding Sanni’s back beside her and then shouted loudly, “Secretary Yao is truly unjust! Our Da Ni kindly and generously saved this wretched girl Chiang Xiao, and her clothes got torn. Now we can’t even ask for a little compensation! Da Ni’s clothes were a gift from her cousin. If she goes to town tomorrow, her cousin will be furious to learn that they’re torn! Our Ding Family has so many mouths to feed and drink, and if my nephew gets so angry he doesn’t lend us money, our whole family will starve to death!”
The slap that Guiying gave to Ding Sanni’s back was really forceful; being only nine years old, when Ding Sanni got slapped and heard the shouting, she immediately burst into loud crying.
With mother and daughter crying , the rest of the girls also started crying.
For a moment, the Chiang household’s courtyard was filled with the sound of their wailing.
“My poor girls, your parents can’t afford to keep you anymore, better to sell all of you off to someone! The Chiang family is taking our lives here!” Guiying cried out loud, slapping her thighs as she wailed.
So early in the morning, with a crowd wailing in her house, Chiang Xiao’s face turned dark.
Guiying was still wailing loudly, “Chiang Xiao, you black-hearted and rotten belly little wretch, you clearly seduced Ji Desheng to do unspeakable things, and when my Da Ni saw it, you bit back and accused my Da Ni of trying to kill you. Had we known, we should have just watched you get dragged down by the Water Ghost, it would be better than having you come out and cause trouble…”
Guiying, who was in the midst of her loud wailing, suddenly was silenced by a sharp rebuke. The sharpness in the tone caused her wails to stop abruptly, only then did she realize that it was Chiang Xiao who had silenced her.
“Secretary Uncle, Ding Dani insists that she was trying to grab hold of me, while I say that she pushed me into the water. It must be difficult for you to judge in this moment,” Chiang Xiao looked at Secretary Yao.
“How about this, we go to Nameless Creek and re-enact the incident!”
“What?” Secretary Yao and the others were stunned.
Chiang Xiao took a few steps forward and clearly stated again, “That means re-enacting what happened that evening all over again!”
Having said that, her gaze fell upon Ding Dani’s face.
Ding Dani met her gaze and, inexplicably, felt a sudden chill in her heart.