Chapter 81: Knocking on the Door
By the time Mengyao Gu and Yu Gu arrived at the front of the Old Yang family’s ancestral home, a crowd had already gathered.
It was likely that the confrontation between Widow Lin and Madam Li had many people eagerly anticipating the outcome of their second encounter.
Yu Gu, holding Mengyao Gu’s hand, found a suitable position to watch the event and then focused his gaze on the entrance of the Old Yang family’s ancestral home.
At this moment, only Widow Lin and Jiao’e Lin were at the door. The people from the Old Yang family were still hiding inside and had not come out.
No matter how loudly Widow Lin knocked on the door, the Old Yang family remained as silent as death, offering no response at all. This made Widow Lin’s anger surge even more, to the point where she was about to unleash a raging inferno from her body.
“Li Shuang, you shameless wretch, get out here! Your son is a Tong Sheng! He ruined my daughter’s reputation for nothing and now wants to deny it? If your Yang family doesn’t give us an explanation today, I’ll take Jiao’e to the Yamen in town tomorrow and dash my head against it! Then, let’s see if your Shun Yang can still become a high official through the imperial examinations!”
“Tsk tsk, Widow Lin, you should think carefully. Not to mention your daughter, but you too are still a beauty! Why are you willing to sacrifice your life for that old woman Li Shuang?”
“Wuwu, Brother Wang Lin, I don’t want to! But who knew the Yang family would bully my orphaned mother and me, shamelessly playing with my Jiao’e, and now they’re denying it! Bah, a person like Shun Yang even dreams of marrying the daughter of a prominent family. I want to see how he’ll marry another woman after abandoning my Jiao’e.”
“Mother! My purity is gone, I don’t want to live anymore!”
As soon as Widow Lin spoke, she completely revealed the grudges between her and Madam Li. Jiao’e Lin also started sobbing beside her, looking pitiful and drawing the attention of the men in the surrounding crowd.
Their eyes lewdly lingered on Jiao’e Lin’s developed body, as if they wished to crawl into her clothes and examine her more closely.
As for the man who spoke to Widow Lin, just looking at the lustful smile on his face, one could tell that his relationship with Widow Lin was not shallow… he might even be what Jiao’e Lin had mentioned before, her widowed mother’s lover!
Now that Widow Lin’s side was complete, all that was left was to see what the Old Yang family would do!
“Yang Xingwang, your wife is difficult, and you don’t control her! Are you even a man? Is your head stuck in your mother’s pocket? And your good son, if he doesn’t come out soon, I’ll find someone to smash down your big door! If you want to force my daughter Jiao’e to die, you have to accompany her in death!”
“Oh, are they going to smash the door now?”
“Alas, what the Yang family’s younger son did was not proper! How can someone ruin a girl’s reputation and then refuse to take responsibility? Such a person, even if they become an official in the future, will probably not be a good official!”
“We can’t say that. Everyone in the village knows what Widow Lin and her daughter Jiao’e Lin are like! If Shun Yang really marries Jiao’e Lin, he’ll be as green as a big turtle!”
“Hahaha, isn’t he a big turtle? He’ll be so green it’s deadly!”
After causing a big commotion, Widow Lin saw that no one had come out of the courtyard yet. This time, she stopped just scolding Madam Li and also started cursing Old Man Yang.
While Widow Lin was verbally abusing them, the onlookers around them were not idle, cheering her on, as if afraid the fight wouldn’t break out and egging them on.
However, upon hearing the crowd’s voices, Widow Lin became even more spirited and motivated, as if injected with chicken blood.
She wished she could break down the door by herself and drag out everyone inside for a beating.
At this moment, with a creaking sound, the Yang family’s big door finally opened!