Chapter 22: Chapter 22 Ruthless Counterattack
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“You… What nonsense are you talking about?” Widow Zhang’s face turned pale. She glanced cautiously at the man sitting in the back of the truck, wishing she could skin Sheng Ning alive.
“What did Zhang Fang say? The village chief and the Village Chief are defending her?” The middle-aged woman who had previously praised Sheng Ning’s beauty suddenly had a gleam in her eye.
She knew Widow Zhang; they were both from the same ten miles and eight villages. In her excitement, she blurted out the name directly.
Gossiping, she pressed on, “This sounds so strange, two men defending a widow, she must have some skills!”
“Hahaha…” The truck erupted into laughter.
Zhang Fang jumped in anger and quickly put on a pitiful face, pretending to be miserable, “Let me explain, everyone, this is completely untrue.
It’s all made up by that little bitch Sheng Ning. She has a terrible reputation in the ten miles and eight villages. She can’t stand others being better off, so she’s deliberately slinging mud.” Hmph! The little bitch, after half a year, her mouth has become sharper than before.
She used to insult her countless times, and every time Sheng Ning would just cry and scream. Now she’s become this fierce?
Zhang Fang had suffered a great loss and now looked at Sheng Ning with a hint of apprehension.
Sheng Ning had a faint smile on her face as she looked at Zhang Fang, but the cold gleam in her eyes was as sharp as a needle.
In her past life, she was burdened with these bad reputations, which shaped her character. In this life, she was going to let everyone know she was not to be messed with.
“I’m sorry! I shouldn’t have called you ‘auntie’ just now. You look so young and have such fair skin, how could you be an auntie? I should have called you ‘big sister.'”
“You… you…” Zhang Fang’s ominous premonition grew stronger.
Sure enough, following Sheng Ning’s words, everyone in the truck noticed Widow Zhang’s unusually fair skin.
How could this be the skin of someone who did farm work all year round? Even the village chief’s wife looked older than Zhang Fang.
“It seems this little girl is right.”
“Without the protection of the village chief and the Village Chief, how could she maintain her looks so well? She clearly doesn’t do farm work.”
“She’s a widow, but she lives better than most women.”
“That’s right, most women only have one man to do farm work. She has two!”
The murmurs of the crowd surged into Zhang Fang’s ears like a tide, and she frantically tried to explain. But no one was listening, and no one responded to her words.
As the saying goes, good news never leaves the house, but bad news travels a thousand miles. In the countryside, there’s not much entertainment, so people pass the time with the rumors about various families.
Whether it was someone having an affair, a younger brother-in-law falling for his sister-in-law, a certain household’s girl eloping with someone, or some man going out for drinking, gambling, and frequenting brothels. Such rumors could be discussed for months, and the more they spread, the more exaggerated they became.
Zhang Fang having an affair was nothing special. A widow having an affair was not uncommon in the countryside. But her having an affair with two men at once, now that was shocking.
“I didn’t! I didn’t…” Seeing that her explanations were useless, Zhang Fang desperately lunged towards Sheng Ning. “You little bitch, explain yourself! I’ll tear your mouth apart for talking nonsense, I’ll make you pay.”
When someone is filled with hatred, their strength is extraordinary. Zhang Fang managed to push through the crowd and rushed straight at Sheng Ning, grabbing her hair.
She used all her strength and yanked Sheng Ning up, causing her so much pain that tears welled up in her eyes.