flstandardbreds Chapter 112 Stealing a Man
Chapter 112 Stealing a Man
Several women around also chimed in, pointing and whispering about the woman on the ground, their words full of humiliation and insults.
Li Mu looked closely and realized that the woman on the ground was none other than his fourth aunt, He Yinglian!
The one grabbing He Yinglian's hair was none other than Wang Cuihua, a notorious shrew from the neighboring village.
She had a fierce look on her face, and her hand was raised high, about to land hard on He Yinglian's face.
Li Mu's heart tightened, and he angrily stepped forward, grabbed Wang Cuihua's wrist, and forcefully threw her aside.
"What are you doing! Let me go!" Wang Cuihua was caught off guard and was thrown off balance by Li Mu, almost falling to the ground.
After regaining her footing, she glared angrily at Li Mu and shouted, "You brat, how dare you meddle in other people's business! What's it to you if I teach this vixen a lesson!"
Li Mu helped He Yinglian up from the ground: "Fourth Aunt, are you alright? Are you hurt?"
He Yinglian, her face streaked with tears and looking haggard, seemed to have found solace upon seeing Li Mu, and sobbed, "Mu Zi..."
"Who do you think you are! I don't care who you are, you're going to take charge of this today!"
Seeing Li Mu intervene, Wang Cuihua became even more enraged and bared her teeth as she lunged at Li Mu.
"Wang Cuihua, haven't you made enough of a scene!" Li Mu's loud voice stunned everyone present.
Wang Cuihua was taken aback, not expecting this young man to have such an imposing manner. She couldn't help but feel a little intimidated, but she still relentlessly argued, "Who do you think you are? What right do you have to meddle in my business?"
"Just because I'm He Yinglian's nephew! Fourth Aunt is a member of the Li family, how dare you act so wildly here?"
Seeing this, several women who had been watching the commotion began to persuade her, "Wang Cuihua, let it go. We're all from the same village, why make things so tense?"
Hearing these words, Wang Cuihua's face turned even uglier: "Your good fourth aunt has been sneaking your hand into another man's bed! How could your family do such a shameless thing! Tell me yourself! How can your Li Family Village tolerate such a corrupt person!"
After saying that, she spat at He Yinglian again.
He Yinglian's face was deathly pale, her body trembled slightly, but she couldn't utter a single word.
Tao Qingshan, leaning on his cane, rushed over, laboriously pushing through the crowd to stand between Li Mu and Wang Cuihua. He glared at Wang Cuihua and angrily shouted, "Wang Cuihua, what are you doing! Let's talk this out, don't throw a tantrum here!"
When Wang Cuihua saw Tao Qingshan arrive, her momentum weakened somewhat, but she still wouldn't let it go: "Village Chief Tao, you've come at the right time! Please be my judge! This vixen stole my man, shouldn't I teach her a lesson?"
Wang Cuihua's husband was a hunter from the next village. He made a living by hunting and had a rough and unrestrained personality, which complemented Wang Cuihua's fiery personality. They were also the first family to get rich.
The couple had been married for many years and had a son and a daughter. They should have been a happy and fulfilling family, but Wang Cuihua was always suspicious and felt that her husband was having an affair.
This time, she even more unfoundedly suspected He Yinglian, determined to cause a huge uproar.
Li Mu stepped aside, and He Yinglian covered her face and shouted, "Who said I cheated on my husband? I, He Yinglian, have always been upright and honest, and have never done anything so shameless!"
Wang Cuihua sneered, "Didn't you do it? If you didn't do it, how come I found your clothes on the kang! Don't think I can't recognize them, those are your clothes!"
As she spoke, Wang Cuihua picked up a bright red undergarment from the side and threw it at He Yinglian's face.
"Look at this! What is this if not your clothes?"
When He Yinglian saw the bright red undergarment, her face turned deathly pale.
With trembling hands, she picked up the bodice, examined it closely, and then cried out, "This...how is this possible? How did my clothes end up here?"
Seeing this, Wang Cuihua became even more smug. She pointed at He Yinglian's nose and scolded, "You still dare to argue! What are these if not your clothes? I think you're just feeling guilty!"
"That's all!"
Tao Qingshan loudly stopped Wang Cuihua's cursing and looked at He Yinglian.
"Yinglian, what exactly happened? You need to explain it to me clearly."
He Yinglian cried even harder. She knelt on the ground, her hands tightly gripping the hem of her clothes, her body trembling like a leaf in the autumn wind.
"Who did I seduce? I'm always busy at home, I haven't gone anywhere! I don't know how these clothes ended up there!"
This matter is hard to explain, so Li Mu gave Tao Qingshan some advice: "Uncle Tao, go find Fourth Uncle. He'll definitely know something."
"Fine! Go! Wang Cuihua! Go and call your man here! Let's confront him face to face and see if this really happened!"
Upon hearing that her husband was to be called, Wang Cuihua wasn't afraid of trouble: "Call him then! Who's afraid of who! I want to see what your husband has to say!"
Before long, Li Mu arrived with Li Siming. They exchanged a few words on the way, but Li Siming kept a stern face and didn't say anything. Li Mu was unsure if his fourth uncle knew.
Wang Cuihua's husband, Zhao the Hunter, also rushed over. He was burly, with a dark complexion and a fierce look. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted, "Wife, who bullied you? Tell me, and I'll skin him alive!"
When Wang Cuihua saw her husband arrive, her aura immediately intensified. She pointed at He Yinglian and shouted, "It's her! This vixen stole you!"
Zhao the hunter looked in the direction Wang Cuihua was pointing: "Yinglian? What are you doing here?" His eyes glanced at He Yinglian's exposed neck, where there were several obvious pinch marks, and his eyes flashed with embarrassment.
When He Yinglian saw Zhao the hunter, she trembled even more violently. She cried and said, "Brother hunter, I don't know! I really don't know how my clothes ended up on your kang (heated brick bed)."
Upon hearing this, Zhao the hunter looked somewhat uneasy. He glanced at Wang Cuihua, then at He Yinglian, and said, "Cuihua, there must be some misunderstanding here. Yinglian has a good reputation in the village and doesn't seem like the type to do such a thing."
Upon hearing Zhao the hunter's words, Wang Cuihua immediately became agitated. She scolded, "You useless thing! How dare you take the side of outsiders! Those clothes are hers, I saw it with my own eyes! You tell me what you did!"
Zhao the hunter felt a little guilty. He opened his mouth, wanting to explain, but didn't know how to begin.
Li Siming stared blankly for a moment, then suddenly said, "Let's leave it at that, Uncle Tao, I'll handle it myself."
Li Mu and Tao Qingshan were taken aback. Seeing his bloodshot eyes and clenched fists, unlike his usual taciturn demeanor, they couldn't help but feel a little worried.