Chapter 79: Chapter 79: Why Is My Life So Hard!

“Oh come on, crying, crying, cry about what?! Are you going to talk or not? If not, get lost! Even if your parents died, you shouldn’t be wailing in my house!”

Mrs. Qi was getting on in years and couldn’t stand seeing people kneeling in front of her, crying.

Too inauspicious.

Qu Laodi also disliked women who only knew how to whimper after saying a few words, so she immediately chimed in, “Exactly! Wailing right at someone’s doorstep, aren’t you afraid of getting beaten to death?”

This made Liew Sanya visibly flinch, but she still didn’t get up and continued to kneel there crying, though she did start speaking again.

“Aunt Qi, I was just about to clean myself, but, but I saw your Brother Qi sneaking peeks at me. I’m a perfectly innocent girl, how can I face people with this?”

“What?”

“Oh my goodness!”

“Heavens!”

Not only the Qi Family but even the onlookers were faces full of shock.

Mrs. Qi’s first reaction was shock upon hearing it, but the next moment, she bellowed, “Impossible! My Sixth one isn’t that sort of person!”

Despite her distaste, Mrs. Qi was very aware of her son’s character.

Never mind sneaking looks at a big girl bathing; even when working in the summer, if a woman showed half an arm, the men of the Qi Family would quickly look away and never give it a second glance.

Before Liew Sanya could speak, a woman from the crowd came charging out in rage, shouting, “Mrs. Qi Sr., what do you mean by that? Your Sixth one peeked at my Sanya, and you say it’s impossible. What’s this, is your Qi Family bullying us because we’re few?”

After Mrs. Liew Sr. shouted, she unexpectedly grabbed the back of Liew Sanya’s collar.

Before anyone reacted, she slapped Sanya’s face hard.

A crisp crack that made everyone’s teeth hurt.

Liew Sanya’s already messy hair was now even messier from the slap.

Though Mrs. Qi usually spoke harshly, she was really soft-hearted.

Plus, she liked girls and didn’t like smelly boys, so when she saw Sanya get hit, her heart skipped a beat. She quickly stopped her and said, “Mrs. Liew Sr., what are you doing? If you want to discipline your child, do it at home! What’s this noise about in my home, what are you performing?”

“Spit! If it weren’t for your Sixth one being a sniveling rascal and peeking at my Sanya bathing, would we have this matter?”

Mrs. Liew Sr. spat and cursed, “Now my Sanya’s purity is gone, what’s your Qi Family going to compensate?”

“Why should my family compensate?”

Mrs. Qi was also unwilling to hear this: “Liew Sanya, you tell me, what’s the real deal? How come you’re saying my Sixth one peeked at you?”

Liew Sanya’s one cheek was already swollen, adding to her chaotic look, it was truly a sight.

Liew Sanya cried and said, “Aunt Qi, I saw your Sixth Brother. He, he even smiled at me!”

The crowd started chatting again.

Yi Meng watched the mother-daughter duo’s performance, finding it strange.

After the bathing shed was lent out, the Qi Family’s men had long gone to the woods to avoid suspicion, collecting firewood and hunting.

Though Sixth Brother was lively, he wasn’t the type to sneak back and peek at girls bathing.

But Sanya was risking her reputation saying this — could Sixth Brother’s nature have changed?

Was he growing up and wanted to marry?

Yi Meng thought about this possibility but quickly deemed it impossible.

Sixth Brother was seventeen this year, he should be discussing marriage, but his mind was all about food and play, not concerning marriage at all.

And he said if he liked a girl, he’d tell the family.

If he really fancied a girl, he wouldn’t do such a thing.

Yi Meng quickly deduced Sanya either mistook someone or was intentionally lying.

As for why she’d risk losing her reputation and even getting hit to lie…

Either she fancied Sixth Brother or wanted something from the Qi Family.

Yi Meng saw her mother-in-law was heavily angered, and her sister-in-law was held back by the eldest sister-in-law and the fourth sister-in-law by the third sister-in-law.

If it weren’t for a few calm people at home, a physical fight might have broken out.

“Mom, don’t rush. We need to call Sixth Brother to ask properly before knowing what’s happening.”

Yi Meng was worried the old lady might get overly upset, so she hurriedly consoled her.

Mrs. Qi suddenly realized and bellowed, “Qi Quanli! Qi the Sixth! Get your butt over here!”

The crowd realized the man at the center of the gossip wasn’t present.

Meanwhile, eyes fell on Er Laizi who was fiddling around a wooden cart nearby.

Suddenly, a woman shrieked and rushed at Er Laizi like a mad woman.

As she ran, she cursed, “Er Laizi, you plague-infested scoundrel, what are you fiddling with on my cart?”

Er Laizi didn’t expect attention during such commotion and quickly withdrew his hand, turning to flee.

Neighbors nearby also rushed to check their belongings.

In times like these, what they carried were treasures, and losing even a pair of chopsticks would hurt them deeply.

Those further away weren’t as hurried but rather continued watching Sanya’s drama.

Mrs. Liew Sr. saw her side was failing, got anxious, and yelled, “Losing trash is nothing, my Sanya’s purity is ruined!”

“Oh my life! How tragic! Sanya is my precious daughter, how could she be so wronged!”

Mrs. Liew Sr. sat on the ground and began to wail.

It looked like she’d lost her parents.

Liew Sanya also caught on and sat there crying.

The crowd’s attention was drawn back again.

The village chief was escorted over during this time.

The recent events left the village chief physically and mentally exhausted, his frail body struggling to keep up.

He had just dozed off, undisturbed by the commotion.

His family woke him to attend to the matter.

Somebody shouted “The village chief is here,” prompting villagers to clear a path.

The village chief walked into the crowd, seeing Sanya’s state almost made him faint.

The chief’s eldest daughter-in-law Duan Cuihua gasped seeing the scene, “Oh my! What’s happened to Sanya? Why did she rush out without her clothes properly on?”

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