Chapter 16: Chapter 16: Liking Meng Chuyue
Zhao Aihua had arrived at the small woods before Wu Yuanchun and Meng Jingfen, and thus witnessed the whole scene.
She understood that Wu Yuanchun had been tricked into coming by Meng Jingfen.
Wu Yuanchun's affection was for Meng Chuyue.
She saw, without a doubt, how shamelessly Meng Jingfen had seduced Wu Yuanchun and how desperately he resisted.
Even though he had already prepared to break off the engagement, the shameless Meng Jingfen still frightened him to the core: Damn it, Meng Jingfen is lucky to be a woman, if she were a man, she would definitely be a huge disaster.
Her original intention had been to catch them in the act after Wu Yuanchun and Meng Jingfen were done, so she could get her true revenge on Meng Jingfen.
However, she hadn't expected that several teenagers would also stumble upon the scene, ruining Meng Jingfen's plans.
But, this was enough for her to call off the engagement with Meng Jingfen.
Worried that Meng Jingfen might escape home and deny everything, she quickly turned on her flashlight and rushed over to grab her, while shouting at Wu Yuanchun, "Wu Yuanchun, come over here, you and I will go to the Meng Family to demand an explanation, don't worry, I saw everything just now, you were tricked by her, and she has been seducing you all along, you are the victim."
At this moment, Wu Yuanchun felt both ashamed and hateful, and was prepared to face a ruined reputation, but he had not expected such a turnaround, and, after some thought, decided to follow Zhao Aihua's advice.
The teenagers who had intended to leave heard there was more to come and followed with flushed faces.
They finally saw clearly that the shameless woman was indeed Meng Jingfen, whom they had suspected.
Meng Chuyue had no idea what exactly had happened in the small woods, but after hearing the commotion, she went out to check and noticed that this time the disturbance was larger than in the previous life, which told her that things had taken their course.
She showed a gleeful smile, went back inside to drink a cup of tea, and waited to watch the excitement unfold.
She knew that Zhao Aihua would definitely bring Meng Jingfen to the Meng Family home and didn't rush out in a panic, instead waiting quietly inside her house.
Before long, various sounds of laughter, cursing, heckling, and crying reached the front of the Meng Family house, followed by the sounds of the others from the Meng Family hurriedly opening the door to go out.
Only after all the members of the Meng Family had left, did Meng Chuyue carefully follow them out.
The Meng Family's doorway was brightly lit, though the light all came from flashlights.
Almost all the adults from the village had gathered, and some children had sneaked over as well, getting scolded by their parents, but still stubbornly sticking around.
Meng Jingfen's pink dress had become crumpled and dirty due to Zhao Aihua's rough handling, but Zhao Aihua still held onto Meng Jingfen's arm without letting go.
Zhao Aihua had remained silent all this time.
The ones cursing were the parents of the bird-hunting teenagers, still using the same words from the previous life: lamenting their children encountering such misfortune and worrying they might be led astray.
Only when she saw Fu Hongfang and Meng Jingfen's father, Meng Jinhua, did Zhao Aihua finally speak out angrily, "Uncle Meng, Aunt Fu, you must give me an explanation for what happened today."
The people of the Meng Family had already learned the cause of the incident through the villagers' fervent gossip and were feeling both embarrassed and angry, their faces turning red then pale by turns.
Fu Hongfang was tough as nails, and though she intended to reform, at such times, she could only care about her family's face first; she glared fiercely at Wu Yuanchun: "Aihua ah, you can't blame our Fenfen for this, our Fenfen has always been a good child, today she must have been forced by Wu Yuanchun."
These words didn't sound too unreasonable when simply heard.
Wu Yuanchun, being tall and a man, could readily be accused of having the intention to harm Meng Jingfen without sounding too far-fetched.
Wu Yuanchun's mind was still muddled at this point, not knowing what to say.
But Zhao Aihua was forceful.
Although Wu Yuanchun was her rival in love, he was so poor and had been too timid to confess to Meng Chuyue, which made Zhao Aihua not fear him.
She didn't mind helping each other out.