RPAGF Chapter 431 Debunking Rumors
Chapter 431 Debunking Rumors
Xu Jiaojiao was provoked by Xu Yiyi's gaze, and a surge of anger welled up inside her, but she hadn't even had a chance to speak yet.
The next moment, Xu Yiyi was interrupted by Xu Yiyi.
"What right do you have to boss me around like that? Were you even there when my father was buried?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Jiaojiao was immediately speechless.
Outsiders aside, Xu Jiaojiao is Xu Yinli's own sister.
“I…” Xu Jiaojiao paused, as if she wanted to say something.
Immediately afterwards, Weng Fusheng stepped forward.
"Didn't I tell you not to wander around? I've been looking for you everywhere."
Weng Fusheng's tone carried a hint of complaint as he held several bolts of cloth in his arms.
He turned to Xu Yiyi as soon as he finished speaking, "Who is this? Do you know him?"
With Weng Fusheng's arrival, Xu Jiaojiao seemed to suddenly feel more confident.
"Who else could it be! My eldest niece from my maternal family." Xu Jiaojiao's tone was disdainful, and she looked at Xu Yiyi with displeasure.
Weng Fusheng looked her up and down, his tone incredulous, "Yi Yi?"
"Isn't that right?"
Xu Jiaojiao nodded.
Xu Yi looked somewhat impatient, genuinely wondering why this person had stopped her from coming down.
Just as he was about to leave, she grabbed him.
"It's really Yi Yi! I almost didn't recognize her. She's grown taller and... gotten quite tanned."
Weng Fusheng chuckled, pausing briefly in his speech.
There was another thing he didn't mention: Xu Yiyi looked colder than before, and her eyes were more ruthless.
He does have some of his father-in-law's charm.
Xu Yiyi moved her arms, her tone extremely impatient: "Do you have something to say? If not, get out of my way!"
"What kind of attitude is that? I'm your elder."
Xu Yiyi didn't even frown. With a clever twist of her wrist, she grabbed Xu Jiaojiao's hand instead, and quickly raised her other hand.
With a "snap".
A slap landed crisply, but not loudly, directly on Xu Jiaojiao's well-maintained face.
The force was controlled with extreme precision; it was less of a beating and more of an humiliation.
Xu Jiaojiao's voice stopped abruptly.
She covered her cheeks, her eyes wide open like saucers, looking completely bewildered.
In fact, that is indeed the case.
Xu Jiaojiao felt like she was dreaming.
This thirteen-year-old niece, who was so timid and delicate when I last saw her, actually... actually dared to hit her?
Not to mention Xu Jiaojiao, even Weng Fusheng couldn't believe it.
Xu Yiyi shook her hand, which she had just used to hit someone, as if she were brushing away something unclean. Her eyes were as cold as ice, and she looked at Xu Jiaojiao as if she were looking at garbage.
"Let go!"
Her voice was calm, yet carried an undeniable command: "Or perhaps, you want to try again?"
Xu Jiaojiao was intimidated by Xu Yiyi's cold gaze and involuntarily let go of that hand.
"If I remember correctly, you and Xu Ming are quite close, right? Didn't he tell you that the thing I hate most in my life is people using their seniority to lecture me?"
Xu Yiyi's lips curled up slightly, and she said with a half-smile, "What are you people?"
After saying that, he turned and left.
Xu Jiaojiao continued her incessant cursing, but Xu Yiyi completely ignored her and walked towards the dock on her own.
"Has she lost her mind?"
Weng Fusheng remained silent for a long time before finally uttering these words.
Xu Jiaojiao met his gaze, gritted her teeth, and said, "Maybe so."
"Why are you looking for her out of the blue?"
Weng Fusheng glanced at her, his tone somewhat puzzled.
A hint of guilt flashed in Xu Jiaojiao's eyes, but she quickly suppressed it. "I just happened to see it."
……
After returning from the county town, applications were accepted within a few days.
Not only was Xu Yiyi summoned for questioning, but Hong Gang from next door, his servant Acheng, and several others he had bribed to relay messages were also called in.
Unlike Xu Yiyi, whose expression was calm, Hong Gang's face was ashen.
I never expected Xu Yiyi to go to such lengths.
They reported it directly to the authorities, which got the government involved.
In the hall, Fang Zhiyi sat upright, his face solemn and dignified.
After hearing the arguments from both sides and verifying the witnesses, the verdict was announced on the spot.
Hong Gang, the mastermind, was given sixty strokes of the cane and ordered to post a letter of repentance in the East Market for ten consecutive days to clarify the facts and restore the reputation of Wufu Restaurant, and to pay five strings of copper coins in compensation.
As for the servant Acheng and the five men who were bribed to deliver the message, they were all given fifty strokes of the cane.
"mighty--"
Fang Zhiyi slammed his gavel, and the bailiffs shouted in unison.
Xu Yiyi raised an eyebrow slightly. Scenes she had only ever seen in TV dramas before actually existed.
While she was still in a daze, Hong Gang turned ashen-faced and was dragged away to be executed.
Among the crowd, Jiang Haolin looked at Xu Yiyi with a somewhat embarrassed expression.
He didn't know that his mother had actually taken money from someone else to spread rumors about Xu Yiyi's restaurant.
Noticing the gaze, Xu Yiyi turned her head to look, but didn't see anyone familiar.
After this incident, Hong Gang was severely weakened and closed his shop for several days in a row.
The other restaurants in town secretly realized that Xu Yiyi was not someone to be trifled with.
When something like this happens, people usually bring a bunch of people to make a scene, have a big argument, demand some compensation, and that's it.
However, Xu Yiyi did not play by the rules and went directly to the government.
Now Hong Gang has lost both face and dignity.
After seeing the letter of repentance, Sanchuan's three classmates came to apologize to him again.
San Chuan didn't hold a grudge, since he had hit them too, so he generously forgave them.