Damn you!
At that moment, a curse shot straight through Miao Miaomiao’s mind.
That Li Sanchuan had been standing there for ages, yet he didn’t dare say a single word to clear things up for her. Instead, he just lowered his head like a coward.
Miao Miaomiao was so angry she could practically explode!
She shot him a look full of contempt, feeling from the bottom of her heart that this man was completely unreliable—utterly lacking in backbone.
So weak—how was he supposed to be a man in the future?
The tiny shred of goodwill she’d had toward his polite, refined manner vanished in an instant.
A trash man like this didn’t deserve even one more decent look from her.
Fine.
Since no one else could be relied on, she’d have to rely on herself.
Miao Miaomiao planted her hands on her hips, strode straight up to Sixth Auntie, and spat fiercely at her. “Pah! By your logic, does that mean every woman whose husband dies is a slut? Then Sixth Auntie, your man died two years ago—are you sneaking around with men every day too?!”
“Oh my—”
Her wild, tiger-like words instantly sent the onlookers into an uproar, especially a few hot-blooded young men who got even more excited.
Sixth Auntie flushed red under their hooting and jeering. Furious, she threw down her melon seeds and jumped to her feet to argue. “You little wretch, are you blind or what?! I’m an old woman already—how could I possibly be sleeping with men?! You dead girl, don’t you dare slander me! I’m clean and innocent—if you dare frame me, I’ll strangle you!”
Miao Miaomiao refused to back down. She lifted her chin, her momentum even fiercer. “Exactly! You’re a widow too and you didn’t sleep around, so why do you say I did? I’m still a virgin! What right do you have to smear me?!”
Sixth Auntie froze, then looked her up and down with ill intent, still spewing nastiness. “Oh, please. You? A virgin? Who are you trying to fool?”
She rolled her eyes.
“Why wouldn’t I be a virgin? I even dare to go to the clinic and get checked! Do you dare? Do you dare to get checked?”
Miao Miaomiao pressed toward her, jabbing a finger hard into her shoulder.
“T-this…”
Sixth Auntie’s eyes darted around. She never expected this woman’s combat power to be so strong.
After just a few exchanges, she was already losing.
“Go on then, Sixth Auntie, you go get checked too—”
Two young men egged her on, while over on the other side, a few women sitting together began to change their opinion of Miao Miaomiao.
“Hey, did you hear that? She actually dares to go to the clinic for a test. Maybe she really is a virgin.”
“Yeah, she sounds so confident—maybe it’s true.”
“Huh? Then are all those rumors in the village fake?”
“I think it’s very possible. You might not know, but her former mother-in-law is vicious… maybe she’s the one who spread them.”
Hearing the villagers’ murmurs, Sixth Auntie no longer dared to argue with Miao Miaomiao, afraid the girl would blurt out something even worse. “Hmph! I won’t stoop to your level. I’m going home to cook!”
She slunk away in disgrace.
But people still jeered behind her. “Sixth Auntie, don’t forget to go to the clinic!”
“Pah! Just wait till I tear your mouths apart!”
Even the sobbing Miao Qingqing was stunned. She clutched her handkerchief and stood there, never having realized her second sister was so good at arguing—she’d actually scolded the village’s second-biggest bully into running off.
With Sixth Auntie gone, Miao Miaomiao turned her gaze to Third Aunt.
She’d been cursing the loudest just now, so righteous you’d think she should be a police officer.
Third Aunt realized too late what was happening. It was already impossible to run. Catching Miao Miaomiao’s glance, she could only stand up nervously. “Uh… it wasn’t me… that was all Sixth Auntie talking!”
Cleverly, she pushed all the blame onto Sixth Auntie—better a dead friend than a dead self.
Miao Miaomiao stared at her, eyes razor-sharp.
“Third Aunt, what did you say just now? That I stole my sister’s man? That you’d strip me naked and throw me into the river?”
Having seen how fierce she was, Third Aunt now stuttered so badly she could barely speak. “I-I-I… um…”
She thought for a moment, then suddenly mustered some courage and pointed at her angrily. “So what if I said it? You did steal your sister’s man! Everyone saw it! You-you-you can’t deny it!”
After speaking, she guiltily turned her head away. Her fighting strength was still nowhere near Sixth Auntie’s.
“Waaah—waaah—”
Miao Qingqing, hearing this, deliberately amped up her crying to win more sympathy.
But without anyone noticing, the villagers’ attitudes had already shifted. They felt there might be more to this matter and were no longer so righteously indignant. Instead, they all looked like detached spectators enjoying the drama.
Miao Miaomiao ignored the crying wimp and kept her eyes locked on Third Aunt, her oppressive aura overwhelming. “Third Aunt, then I’d like to ask you— which eye of yours saw me seducing Accountant Li?”
Third Aunt turned her head aside, looking even weaker. “Y-you held his hand! And you still say you didn’t seduce him?”
“Oh? I held his hand? When did I do that? Did I grab his wrist or his palm? Did you see it clearly? Who else can testify besides you? Speak. Say it. Look me in the eyes!”
“Ahhh! I didn’t see anything at all!”
Third Aunt was driven into a panic, clutching her head and fleeing the scene like she was running for her life.
Miao Miaomiao won a complete victory.
She raised both hands and looked around. “I swear to everyone here—I don’t like Accountant Li, and I absolutely did not seduce him! If anyone still has doubts, feel free to come out and debate me!”
“Uh… let’s go, let’s go…”
“Yeah, yeah, I think she’s gone crazy. Who knows, she might grab a hoe and hack us later…”
“Go, go… time to eat…”
It was already close to noon anyway, time to go home for lunch. The villagers avoided her like the plague and quickly scattered.
Just then, Miao Tianli and Zhang Cuiying came over from the ridge, faces full of anger. “Big girl, someone just told us you were arguing again. What trouble did you stir up this time?!”
Seeing the elders arrive, Li Sanchuan quietly slipped away.
Zhang Cuiying marched up to the sisters and, without another word, reached out to twist Miao Miaomiao’s ear. “You dead girl, are you too full? Why are you arguing with people again and causing trouble for us?!”
But before her hand could reach Miao Miaomiao’s ear, she heard a loud “Waaah!” as Miao Miaomiao burst into tears. “Mom, my life is so bitter!”
That completely threw Zhang Cuiying off.
Even Miao Qingqing froze.
How did she cry first?
That was supposed to be her line.