54: Chapter 54: The Truth 54: Chapter 54: The Truth “What’s going on?
What’s going on?” Soon enough, soone heard Aunt Gu’s shouting and ran over, holding tools like iron shovels, long sticks, and hoes as weapons.
“What happened?”
Since the Yang Family’s ho was nearby, the three brothers Yang Peiguo and Zhang Minghua arrived too, followed by Yang Dahai, Yang Dajiang…
over a dozen people.
Seeing Yang Peimin and the others, Zhang Minghua rushed over and asked anxiously, “Minmin, are you okay?
Who was shouting for help just now?”
Yang Peiqiong took the initiative to repeat the words she had said earlier.
Before she could finish, Aunt Gu interrupted her, “No, no, that’s not what happened.
It was Xu Min who was causing trouble for Peiqiong, so he just got taught a lesson by Mr.
Shen.”
Shen Yiguang nodded to the crowd and said, “Comrade Pei Min and I saw this Xu surna man tugging at Comrade Yang Peiqiong.
He clearly had bad intentions, so I stepped forward to stop him.”
His deanor was resolute and righteous, his gaze steady and forthright, and to top it off, the military uniform he wore had a commanding presence that nearly convinced everyone present.
Of course, this did not include Yang Peiqiong’s closest kin.
“Mr.
Shen, you can’t slander .
Xu Min did nothing wrong to .
You clearly saw him talking to Pei Min and you misunderstood and attacked him.
I know you can’t stand a blow to your male dignity, but I can’t take the bla for this,” Yang Peiqiong said as she started to cry, her voice filled with unjust sadness.
“This, this concerns a girl’s reputation.
I think we should take this back to the brigade and carefully get to the bottom of it.” Yang Dajiang helped the crouching Yang Peimin up, “Don’t cry, this must be a misunderstanding.
It’s all my fault for asking you to fetch liquor from the Cooperative Society; otherwise, you wouldn’t have taken this path…”
Whichever version of the story was true, it concerned the reputation of one of the Yang Family’s daughters.
Thus, Yang Dahai also agreed with Yang Dajiang’s suggestion to take Xu Min back to the brigade office.
In reality, changing the location didn’t make much difference.
Shen Yiguang quickly clarified the situation in just a few words.
Shen Yiguang posed several rhetorical questions to Yang Peiqiong, questioning if the story of Yang Peimin eting Xu Min for a date was true, what kind of girl would take the risk of being discovered at any mont when she already had a fiancé?
The cost of being discovered would be enormous, not only would she face scorn and affect her marriage, but also bring sha to her family.
Shen Yiguang had also made his stance clear, he was to beco engaged with Yang Peimin tomorrow, and everyone was waiting to see what would happen.
To consider that a man would continue with an engagent without a second thought after seeing his fiancée eting with another man?
That was Shen Yiguang’s cleverness, he understood how to manipulate people’s psychology.
On the other hand, what about Yang Peiqiong?
As Yang Peimin ntioned, they both got accepted to the sa city, giving them more reason to et and exchange ideas.
Therefore, regardless of how Yang Peiqiong kept crying and denying it, few in the audience believed her.
Instead, so won comforted her, “It’s not all your fault, it was those deceivers you must bla.
As long as you’re okay, it will blow over in ti.
You’re still our village’s pride, a university student; don’t cry anymore.”
Indeed, such incidents also damage a woman’s reputation, sparking gossip and speculation, which could be infinitely magnified—even if one was not assaulted, people would still whisper and guess behind your back.
And there were precedents for this; so girls had even ended up drowning themselves in the river because they could not cope.
Seeing his daughter’s story being overturned, Yang Dajiang also quickly consoled her, “You child, I know Xu Min helped you during your college entrance examination review.
It’s not a problem to greet him when you see him, it’s only polite…
You still lack caution…”
He signaled to his daughter that since they couldn’t turn the situation around, they should try to minimize her influence as much as possible and shift the bla onto Xu Min.
She simply was not careful enough and was pulled by the arm, with nothing else inappropriate occurring.
Yang Peimin couldn’t help but sigh.
No wonder Yang Peiqiong was so cunning—it was inherited from her father, after all.
Yang Peiqiong glanced at Xu Min, who was tied up beside her, and hesitated a bit.
But Xu Min, as if blessed with sudden clarity, realized what she was thinking.
He couldn’t be convicted, so he endured the tearing pain in his throat and shouted loudly, “I didn’t!
I’m in a relationship with Comrade Yang Peiqiong!”
“Nonsense!” Yang Dajiang imdiately chided.
“It’s true,” he continued loudly, “The Shanghai-brand watch on her wrist was the engagent gift I gave her.
I still have the receipt for buying the watch right here!”
Reflexively, Yang Peiqiong pulled at her sleeve to cover the watch.
But many people had already seen it.
“Tsk tsk, indeed it’s a brand-new watch, and not a cheap one at that.
I rember giving one as a wedding gift to my nephew…”
“If they are in a relationship, why stir up so much trouble?”
“Who would have guessed, what a heart she has?
Dragging out her own cousin as a shield, not fearing her fiancé’s misunderstanding.”
“Peiqiong, that’s not right of you.
Concealing truth, how could you?
Peimin is already betrothed, and yet you pull her in as a shield.
How can you act as her sister?”
“Now being in a relationship isn’t against the law.
Why the need to cover it up as if it’s sothing shaful?”
Yang Peiqiong, faced with the public’s condemnation, opened her mouth but ultimately couldn’t say anything in her defense and hung her head.
Yang Dajiang too felt his face burning with sha.
He stared at his daughter in disbelief, pointing at her, he was so angry he couldn’t speak.
How disgraceful.
How could he ever walk with his head high in the village again?
As the situation spiraled downward, Yang Peimin thought it over and it seed reasonable.
Yang Peiqiong’s liaison with Xu Min must be more than the simple matter of school discussions they claid.
If it were, Xu Min wouldn’t gift her sothing so valuable.
But as for whether they were truly in a relationship, their expressions suggested otherwise.
Xu Min, anxious for his future, clung to this one hope desperately.
And with the watch on Yang Peiqiong’s wrist, she couldn’t deny it anymore.
As the truth ca to light, Yang Peimin decided she didn’t want to see what would happen next with Yang Peiqiong.
Yang Dahai, as the team leader, stayed behind, while she went ho with Shen Yiguang and the brothers.
Xiao Niu had already been taken ho by Jiang Erni, who had been called over.
On the way back, it seed like everyone still hadn’t fully processed the situation.
But Zhang Minghua’s anger couldn’t be held back any longer, “I can’t believe Yang Peiqiong, that despicable girl, has such a black heart!
She’d even fra her own sister!
With such a wicked heart, no wonder there were rumors about Minmin and that Xu before—it was all her scheming behind the scenes!
Next ti I see her, just watch, I’ll slap her hard across the face!”
She had wanted to slap her earlier but had been stopped by Yang Peimin.
With so many people present, she was concerned about her father’s dignity.
Being his niece, and with her own uncle present, it was best to settle matters within the family behind closed doors, to avoid tarnishing her own reputation.
Yang Peihua, however, was puzzled, “Why would she spread rumors about Minmin and Xu Min though?
Didn’t they just admit to being in a relationship?”
This question stopped Zhang Minghua in her tracks.
She waved dismissively, “How would I know?
Maybe she’s jealous inside.
Jealous that Minmin is prettier than her, she can’t stand to see my daughter doing well.”
One had to admit, Zhang Minghua had hit the nail on the head.
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