Chapter 646 - 556: Part 3

Grandpa’s face was grim. Mo Jiabao drew near, but Grandpa just shook his head. He wasn’t afraid. ’The villagers know the truth of the matter perfectly well.’

Hearing Liu Fengying’s words, several elders in the courtyard immediately started arguing with her. But Liu Fengying was shameless, twisting logic and blatantly distorting the truth. Grandpa and Grandma had already dismissed her, not bothering to waste their breath. The other elders, however, were furious, pointing and cursing at Liu Fengying.

Wu Qin hated it when Liu Fengying was always fighting with people. That wasn’t why they were here. She gave Liu Fengying’s sleeve a hard tug. Liu Fengying glanced at her eldest daughter and finally stopped arguing with the old women.

Xiao Man said, "Wu Qin, I want an explanation. How did I ’harm’ you? Go on, tell us. Let everyone hear."

Liu Fengying retorted, "Can’t everyone see? You harmed my daughter so badly her limbs are broken! She can’t even hold anything! You have to compensate us! We’ll start with medical bills and nutrition fees—ten thousand yuan!"

Xiao Man sneered. ’Most rural economies haven’t fully developed yet. Only a place like Gongdao Village, with its convenient transportation and early start in growing herbs and vegetables, has stable, smooth sales channels. It’s produced quite a few ’ten-thousand-yuan households.’ Liu Fengying is just as she’s always been—insatiably greedy. She wouldn’t even bat an eye at a few hundred or a few thousand. Her demands always start in the tens of thousands.’

"It’s only ten thousand yuan. I can afford it. I’m just afraid you can’t afford to take it! Why don’t you ask Wu Qin exactly how she got those injuries? Was it really me? Or how about this? We can make a phone call to Beijing, tell them Wu Qin is here in Gongdao Village, and have the police come pick her up directly. What do you think?" Xiao Man said, her eyes fixed on Wu Qin.

Wu Qin shuddered, her hands clutching desperately at Liu Fengying’s clothes. "No! Don’t call them!"

"Then what should we do? If the police don’t come, how can we determine that I’m the one who hurt you? And how will they arrest the murder suspect and bring her to justice?"

Wu Qin glared at Xiao Man, her teeth clenched and her face contorted with rage. "You—You’re spouting vicious lies! I’m not a murder suspect! I’m the victim! I’ve already been hurt this badly by others, what more do they want?"

"Oh, so you were hurt by *other people*? A moment ago, weren’t you saying that *I* did this to you?"

Xiao Man crossed her arms, looking down at her with a cool, casual air. "Oh, Wu Qin, Wu Qin. Where did all your clever little schemes go? I saw with my own eyes and heard with my own ears how Tang Qingyun and Wu Xiaowen doted on you, how they treasured you like a precious jewel. And you, you swore up and down that blood ties didn’t matter, that they were your dearest, most beloved parents. And now look at you. Did you finally run out of tricks? Couldn’t keep up the act anymore, so you finally broke with your dear adoptive parents and even hired an accomplice to kill Wu Xiaowen... Tsk, tsk. You really are Liu Fengying’s flesh and blood. You dare to dream, and you dare to act, striking without a shred of mercy. Want to know how Wu Xiaowen is doing? She’s a lot like you—her face was scratched up, too. Except she was your victim, so she was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment. She’s probably recovered by now, and her face will naturally heal just as it was before, without a single scar. Are you jealous? If you were still her precious daughter, still sweetly calling her ’Mom,’ you wouldn’t be in this state right now. I’m sure Wu Xiaowen would have sent you for the best treatment and taken excellent care of you."

The surrounding villagers were starting to piece things together. Voices rose from the crowd. "What? So Liu Fengying’s biological daughter is a murderer? She tried to harm her mother in the city, got beaten up like this, and then ran back here?"

"My God! That mother in the city might have been a bit foolish, but you could tell she genuinely doted on this girl! How could she bring herself to try and kill her own mother? Just as you’d expect from a venomous woman like Liu Fengying—she couldn’t produce a single decent child!"

"Sigh! The good feng shui of our Gongdao Village is going to be completely ruined by Liu Fengying and her vicious family!"

Liu Fengying reverted to her true shrewish nature. She slapped the ground and started screaming, lashing out at anyone and everyone and forbidding them from speaking ill of her. Then she pointed at Xiao Man. "Go on, keep making up lies to ruin my reputation! Be careful you don’t bite your own tongue off! And from now on, you’re not allowed to call her Wu Qin. That name is hideous! We don’t want it! Her name is Mo Yaxuan!"

Guan Ailan let out a dry laugh. "You, Liu Fengying, have a reputation to ruin? How ridiculous!"

Xiao Man snorted. "I’d be thrilled if you disappeared from my sight. Who cares what I call her? But you’re right, it looks like the name ’Wu Qin’ has run its course. Can you even go back to Beijing anymore? You could always apply for a new household registration here. Just let ’Wu Qin’ be listed as missing... or dead."

Liu Fengying spat on the ground a few times. "Good fortune! Watch your mouth! Of course my Xuanxuan is going back to Beijing! She’s a Beijing native! The Tang family is cruel, heartless, and ungrateful, but her mother, Wu Xiaowen, loved our Xuanxuan the most!"

Xiao Man just laughed, and Wu Qin’s face turned even paler.