Tao Qian was relieved yet devastated.
She was relieved that Zhang Xiaoshan had not revealed the truth, but his counter-accusation tactic was enough to deal her a heavy blow.
She had to choose between the truth and Zhang Xiaoshan’s words. Tʜe source of this ᴄontent ɪs 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭·𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢·𝗇𝗲𝘵
She wisely lowered her head.
The room instantly erupted into noise.
"Hahaha, so that’s what happened."
"Wu Biao, better watch your wife, or she might run off someday too."
"You can’t handle her anymore? What’s going on here?"
"I think Little Shan looks quite good and is educated; why not let him help you impregnate your woman?"
People’s words made Wu Biao feel utterly humiliated.
His blood boiled instantly.
"You damn cuckold, dare to cheat on me, I’ll kill you."
Wu Biao kicked Tao Qian in the face, flipping her over.
"Don’t hit me, don’t hit me,"
Tao Qian screamed in terror, but Wu Biao, enraged, showed no mercy and started beating her while straddling her.
Soon, he had beaten Tao Qian to a bloody mess, with a head injury and barely breathing.
"Hey hey, Little Shan, did you do it or not, is Wu Biao’s woman any good?"
Boatman Wang Goudan asked curiously.
Some men also looked on eagerly.
Wu Biao turned around, his eyes fiercely fixed on Zhang Xiaoshan.
Zhang Xiaoshan scoffed.
"Didn’t I say it was out of hatred borne from unrequited love? It’s because she begged me and I refused her, so she accused me."
"Besides, what kind of woman can’t I find? Why would I fancy someone like her, a wilted flower and a defeated willow?"
"That’s true, Little Shan now has a permanent job, a luxury car, money, and even businesses around town. You must have lots of pure young women chasing you."
Everyone nodded, agreeing deeply.
"Motherfucker, such a whore, no one would want her even if she threw herself at them."
Wu Biao got even angrier and was about to strike Tao Qian again.
At that moment, Wu Damming spoke.
"Haven’t you done enough? What’s the rush? Don’t embarrass us."
Wu Biao’s parents also rushed forward and held him from each side.
"Good son, stop hitting her. We paid for her; she’s still an asset. What’ll we do if you kill her?"
After much persuasion, they finally calmed Wu Biao down.
Zhang Xiaoshan looked at the half-dead Tao Qian lying on the ground and snorted coldly.
It wasn’t that he lacked compassion, but this woman had repaid kindness with ingratitude; she deserved the beating.
He was now certain that Tao Qian was utterly despicable.
"Now can you prove I’m innocent? Then I’m going home."
Zhang Xiaoshan was about to leave.
Just then, an old woman and a young man walked in.
What kind of trouble were they stirring up now?
Seeing these two, Zhang Xiaoshan’s expression soured.
Zhang Yulian and her cherished son Wu Yong.
Under Zhang Xiaoshan’s arrangement, Wu Yong had been released on medical grounds.
"What do you two want?"
Wu Damming asked impatiently.
Unable to pin down Zhang Xiaoshan, he felt quite disheartened.
Zhang Yulian immediately said,
"I can testify that half of what that woman said is true, at least about Little Shan not being in the clinic last night."
Upon hearing this, Wu Damming became interested.
Wu Yong scratched his head and said,
"Yesterday, right after I got back from the county, at about eleven at night, I had a stomach ache and went to get medicine from the clinic, but there was no one there."
"I guess he must have gone to steal Zhang Ercai’s woman."
"Zhang Xiaoshan is very skilled and a good swimmer; he could even have swum across White Dragon River."
"I think there’s a very good chance he did it. Uncle, you should drive him out of White Dragon Village. We absolutely can’t keep such a scourge here."
Saying this, Wu Yong still cast a resentful glance at Zhang Xiaoshan.
He didn’t know yet that his release was only possible because his sister Wu Xiaoru had dropped her pride and been mistreated by Zhang Xiaoshan.
Idiot actually thought he was vindicated from a false accusation.
He blamed all his miserable experiences inside on Zhang Xiaoshan, believing it was Zhang Xiaoshan’s doing.
Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked.
Suspicious looks were directed at Zhang Xiaoshan.
"So I want to ask you, where were you last night?"
Everyone’s eyes suddenly lit up.
"It must be, it must be Zhang Xiaoshan, that son of a bitch, who eloped with my woman."
Inside, Zhang Xiaoshan had ten thousand cursing horses galloping through his mind.
It seemed that getting Wu Yong out had been entirely superfluous.
"Yeah, Little Shan, where were you?"
The villagers were all very curious, looking at Zhang Xiaoshan.
Wang Goudan said with a snide remark,
"Little Shan, it wouldn’t be that you went off messing around in someone’s house, would it?"
Zhang Xiaoshan denied flatly.
"Zhang Xiaoshan, how are you going to explain this now, come on, talk."
Wu Damming thought he had caught Zhang Xiaoshan in a trap, exuding a domineering and commanding aura.
Zhang Xiaoshan didn’t know how to explain.
Despite all calculations, he hadn’t anticipated this mother and son ruining things.
"He... he slept with me last night."
Suddenly, a shy woman walked in and stood beside Zhang Xiaoshan.