" Feng Zihang are you even a man?" Village head Luo was of course angry at Xin Shi for doing something like this out of jealousy but he didn't want her to rot in Yamen for a very long time much less pay that huge amount on her own and that was when he was an outsider yet Xin Shi'a husband who should have been more protective of his wife, was shaking off the responsibilities that he has over his wife? Was he serious?
Feng Zihang shrugged and then tilted his head towards Su Wan and said, " You should be asking that woman whether she has the heart of a human or the Devil, Village head Luo. I get it, my wife did commit a crime but she is paying by spending three years in yamen right? However, that woman is still not pleased with that, she still wants our family to pay that humongous amount to her and how will we pay for it? I have six mu of land and everyone knows that it's not fertile, our family relies on the measly sum only then we can get through the crops and in that income I have to take care of my children, my sick mother and even save for my kids."
Then he lowered his head and sniffed loudly before resolutely looking at Village head Luo. "It's not like I don't want to save my wife, it's that I can't! Even if I go to the black market and sell my old body, I won't be able to get that much sum of money, and my children are also not that young, my eldest is ten and in six years I will have to look for a bride for him then how will I pay the bride price? Even if I pay for like my entire life, I won't be able to save that much money. I have been working for years and yet I have never been able to save a tael, heck, I don't even know what a tael looks like! Is that my fault that I wasn't born with incredible riches?"
Feng Zihang then turned to look at Su Wan and the rest of the Lin family before he continued, " But they are different, everyone knows how well their shops earn, those twelve hundred taels they can easily make up for that much money but they have to push me to an edge. It's not that I want to do this either, Village head Luo, it's because that witch has pushed me to a corner!"
Lin Chen who was the closest to Feng Zihang almost hit the latter as he shouted, " Who are you calling a witch huh? Are you looking for death?"
" Am I wrong though?" shot back Feng Zihang looking like he really wanted to die, he stubbornly raised his chin and pointed at Su Wan as he screamed loudly like he was worried that some of the villagers might miss what he was saying. " That woman has been the source of trouble ever since she arrived in the village before this everyone lived in peace and no one had anything against each other but she came to the village and boom! Everything went out of control, in this village before her no one separated from their family unless the elders allowed the younger generation to do so but she came to the village and without the permission of your family's elder —— Old madam Lin forced the latter to separate and then who knows what black magic she cast on the old Lin family that they are now in a situation where they are almost on the verge of death!"
" And let's say that the old Lin family is paying for their past sins, let's believe on that—— then what about Village head Luo's daughter? Luo Chenxi? She was living in this village for sixteen years, sixteen years," he repeated loudly as he looked around the villagers with an exaggerated expression. " For sixteen years nothing happened, she was fine and everything was okay as well, but then that poor girl who didn't know anything went against that witch and everything went down the drain, who knows where she went? It's like her existence was wiped clean off the face of the earth. Why didn't it happen before your wife came to the village or after she left?"
" What am I even talking about," sneered Feng Zihang as he spat on the ground and gagged upon looking at Su Wan's face. " This woman is such an ill star that she ate her mother the second she arrived in this world! A woman who ate her own mother who knows what kind of soul she was born with."
" Feng Zihang!" This time not only Lin Chen but the entire Lin family including the Shen uncles tried to get their hands on Feng Zihang but they were stopped by the villagers who didn't want any bloodshed to happen in front of the Yamen officers.
" What? The truth hurts doesn't it?" said Feng Zihang as he looked at the Lin family mockingly. " I said the truth so your butts started to burn huh? But did I say anything wrong? That woman —— is a witch! A freaking witch! Who curses everyone who goes against her. Everyone who went against her either lost their life or their family was destroyed! Why is it that she is the only one who is getting justice here huh? We have been living for years and who knows how many injustices we had to go through but we didn't see any justice being delivered so quickly as it gets delivered for your wife. Is it that she is just lucky or she is doing something underhanded to get what she wants, in fact, I think that even you guys are not in the right state of your mind, a shared whore like her deserves to be locked up in the house and should only be fed when her husbands felt generous enough but look at you all, wrapped around her little pinkie like a bunch of sissies. Heh, if that's not black magic what is it?"
And what happened after this was predetermined, Lin Chen fought against the villagers who were holding him down and lunged at Feng Zihang who laughed in his face. Because he was done doing what he wanted to do anyway.