"That young couple is just too pitiful, getting screwed over by their own relatives like this. If you ask me, they should just cut ties and never speak to them again!"
"The other day, we were all saying how suspicious it was that the wall collapsed. Now that I think about it, it couldn't have been you and your husband who did it on purpose, could it?"
Another villager chimed in.
Zhou Huaihua was so scared she started trembling.
"No, no, no… It really wasn't me! It was that girl, Wen Xiuxiu, making trouble!"
she explained frantically.
But the crowd's fury was already kindled and would not be easily quelled.
A hot-tempered older woman rushed forward, grabbed her by the hair, and slapped her hard across the face.
The slap left Zhou Huaihua dizzy and seeing stars. Before she could even regain her footing, someone spat on her.
"Ptooey! You have the nerve to bring up Wen Xiuxiu? Don't think we don't all know that Wen Xiuxiu is the one you wanted for Xiao Fei's wife, right?"
