Bai Ni’s face grew redder as she spoke, seemingly a little shy.
“And how could you close the door in a situation like that? A lone man and woman, what would people think? I know you were eager to save him, but you have to think about your reputation.”
Every word Bai Ni said seemed to be for Ye Linlin’s own good, but implicitly suggested that Ye Linlin and Su Chenhuai had physical contact and were no longer innocent.
“What? Is saving a life less important than innocence? Besides, I’m doing a good deed. Would people really gossip about me behind my back?”
Ye Linlin’s words were also meant for the villagers to hear, as this era was still too conservative.
“But you also have to think about Junbao, what will people say about him behind his back?”
Bai Ni put on an understanding act, at least in Wang Junbao’s eyes.
Hearing Bai Ni’s words, Ye Linlin narrowed her eyes. It seemed that Bai Ni had indeed drugged her for the sake of her fiancé.
Wang Junbao’s father used to be the deputy leader of the Dayu Village production team and is now the deputy director of the village, with good family conditions. However, Wang Junbao’s appearance is average, and the original owner was never satisfied with this marriage.
Just because she looked down on him didn’t mean others did. Bai Ni thought highly of Wang Junbao.
Bai Ni had been flirting with Wang Junbao all along, but the original owner was too foolish to notice.
During dinner earlier, the original owner went to find Bai Ni, and they walked towards the dilapidated house together. On the way, Bai Ni took out a chocolate, saying it was a high-end product from the supply and marketing cooperative, peeled it, and fed it to the original owner.
The drug must have been in the chocolate.
This way, even if Su Chenhuai didn’t touch her, someone else would “happen” to pass by, and the matter of her breaking off the engagement with Wang Junbao would be set in stone.
“Bai Ni, what are you up to? As soon as you came in, you said that Brother Su was taking advantage of me. How could he take advantage of me when he was unconscious? Now you’re repeatedly emphasizing that my innocence has been ruined. Are you trying to falsely accuse me of not being innocent, so that Wang Junbao will break off the engagement with me, and you can take over!”
The original owner was foolish, but she, Ye Linlin, was not. She was a law-abiding and outstanding young person, but if anyone acted like a jerk, she would retaliate tit-for-tat.
Since she had taken over this body, she would eventually pay back for the previous grievances and today’s scheming.
Ye Linlin whispered a few words to Ye Cheng, who nodded slightly and turned to leave the dilapidated house.
“Linlin, how can you say that? I’m doing it for your own good!”
Bai Ni stomped her feet with a red face. Looking at her like that, Ye Linlin felt like she had drunk a large pot of tea.
“Ye Linlin, don’t talk nonsense. Bai Ni and I are innocent. It’s you who doesn’t consider me at all, being alone with a man in a closed room. Who knows what you were doing? You don’t care about your reputation, but I do. Let’s just call off our engagement!”
Wang Junbao looked angry, his narrow eyes widened in anger, and his face was even darker than usual.
Although this was a trap designed by him and Bai Ni, the anger was real.
His fiancée, who usually acted high and mighty towards him, was eagerly flirting with other men. No one would feel comfortable in that situation.
Ye Linlin looked beautiful and had a curvy figure. Wang Junbao was quite happy when they first got engaged, but then he found that Ye Linlin always ignored him.
On the other hand, Bai Ni, although plain-looking, had a gentle personality and always looked pitiful, intentionally or unintentionally teasing him. His heart had long since gone to Bai Ni.
Hearing Wang Junbao’s words, Su Chenhuai’s face became gloomy. Just as he was about to speak, Ye Linlin waved her hand, signaling that she would handle it.
She wanted to break off this engagement anyway, and it would be easier if the other party proposed it. Otherwise, it would be difficult to get past her parents.
Moreover, in Wang Junbao’s angry expression, Ye Linlin also caught a fleeting hint of disappointment.
Disappointed about what? Disappointed that they didn’t catch her and Su Chenhuai in bed together?
She originally thought that Bai Ni had designed this, but now it seemed that Wang Junbao was also involved.
“Linlin, didn’t you tell me before that you didn’t like Brother Junbao, and that… you liked your brother’s comrade-in-arms and wanted to marry him? In that case, isn’t breaking off the engagement what you wanted? You’ll be happy if you break it off, and it won’t delay Brother Junbao.”
Although Bai Ni didn’t directly say that the person Ye Linlin liked was Su Chenhuai, she kept glancing at Su Chenhuai carefully while speaking.
The villagers who came along weren’t stupid either and immediately smelled the gossip. Whispers had already begun in the crowd.
Ye Linlin ignored everyone’s reaction. Seeing the corners of Bai Ni’s mouth unconsciously curving upwards, Ye Linlin chuckled.
“Since you two are innocent and don’t have such intentions, then dare you swear that you won’t be together after the engagement is broken off? If you swear, I’ll agree to break off the engagement.”
Ye Linlin didn’t care whether they were together or not, but these two were clearly trying to ruin her reputation in order to break off the engagement without being criticized.
Since they didn’t want her to have a good time, then no one would have a good time.
If the two of them didn’t swear today, no matter what they said, everyone would think there was something fishy between them. Even if they did swear, as long as the two of them hooked up in the future, everyone would overthink it.
“Cough cough…”
At this moment, a few old coughs sounded outside the house.
Everyone in the house looked outside and saw an old man slowly walking in.
“What’s going on? Why aren’t you all going home to sleep at night? What are you doing here?”
The person who came was Qiao Zhengping, the village chief of Dayu Village. Qiao Zhengping was 64 years old. He joined the army when he was young, leaving behind a body full of injuries. After retiring, he returned to Dayu Village to be the village chief, and he had been doing it for more than thirty years.
He was fair and just and had a very high reputation in Dayu Village.
Seeing Qiao Zhengping, everyone consciously made way for him and invited him into the house. Someone briefly told him about the situation.
“Village Chief, you’re here. It’s so late, and I had my brother invite you over. I wanted to ask you to be a witness. As long as Wang Junbao and Bai Ni swear not to be together, I’ll agree to break off the engagement.”
“Ye Linlin, don’t talk about these nonsense things. It’s your own fault for being indecent and having an unclear relationship with other men. I have to break off the engagement today. I don’t care who I date in the future.”
Before Qiao Zhengping could speak, Wang Junbao shouted in exasperation, his already unattractive face looking somewhat fierce.
Upon hearing Wang Junbao’s words, everyone’s faces changed slightly.
Ye Linlin knew that after this incident, she would become the talk of the town, because both having intimate contact with another man and being dumped were not accepted by the public in this era.
Similarly, the fact that Wang Junbao and Bai Ni had been hooking up for a long time would also be a hot topic in the near future.
In her previous life, Ye Linlin founded a popular homestay. As the homestay became popular, Ye Linlin, the founder, also received attention. With more attention came different voices.
Compared to the rumors and slanders she had seen in her previous life, these gossips were nothing to Ye Linlin. But could Bai Ni and Wang Junbao, who lived in this era, also bear it?
The ignored Qiao Zhengping looked somewhat displeased and coughed twice again.