Chapter 8: Sneaking Around in the Dead of Night

At this time, Sun, the matchmaker who had originally brought Lin Mei and Su Jianguo together, came out to mediate.

She smiled, her face full of wrinkles: “Oh my, you’re all family, why are you making such a fuss! I say, let’s just compromise…”

“Lin Mei committed a crime and should be punished accordingly, but Shiyi is not involved in this matter, and besides, she has already apologized to everyone!”

“Old Su, just forgive this girl, and treat her as your own daughter in the future, so that she can have a companion with Wantang!”

Su Wantang looked up at Sun, the matchmaker. Her calculations were almost hitting her in the face.

“Aunt Sun, if I remember correctly, my father and Lin Mei were brought together by you, right? You’re so old, how come your judgment is still so poor? In the future, don’t randomly match people and ruin their lives!”

Sun’s face fell. She glared at Su Wantang.

Su Wantang ignored her and continued, “By the way, Aunt Sun, since you feel so sorry for Song Shiyi, I have a good idea! I remember you and Uncle Chen don’t have any children yet, right? When you get old, you need children to take care of you. Why don’t you take Song Shiyi in as your daughter and let her take care of you and Uncle Chen in your old age?”

Sun’s face turned red with anger. “You… you little vixen! At such a young age, how can you speak so viciously? I never knew you were such a sharp-tongued woman!”

Su Wantang cleaned her ears. “Ah? Is speaking the truth being sharp-tongued?”

She stepped forward, leaned close to Sun’s ear, and whispered, “Aunt Sun, I haven’t even mentioned you sneaking around in the middle of the night with Old Wang in the cornfield, and you’re already calling me sharp-tongued…”

Sun took two steps back in shock.

Visible fear spread across her face.

She never imagined that Su Wantang, who usually only worked and went home and never went anywhere, knew about her secret rendezvous with Old Wang…

Sun’s lips trembled, and she said nervously, “I was just talking casually, I don’t have the money to support someone else’s daughter! Besides, a mother with such a bad character who steals things, I dare not take her daughter…”

Su Wantang sneered, “You don’t dare, but our Su family dares?”

“Aunt Sun, looking at it now, I think you and Lin Mei colluded to deceive someone into marriage. Shouldn’t you give our family an explanation?”

Thinking of Su Wantang holding the secret of her and Old Wang, Sun nervously swallowed.

She begged for reconciliation, “It’s true that I misjudged Lin Mei. I thought she was honest and simple, a young widow with a daughter, but I didn’t expect her to be so immoral…”

“I… I was also deceived by her appearance. I’m sorry to your family. If you want to sever ties with Lin Mei, I agree! I’ll return the money your father gave me for the matchmaking.”

Seeing Sun being subdued by Su Wantang, Song Shiyi was so shocked she couldn’t speak.

Su Wantang struck while the iron was hot, writing down in black and white that Lin Mei and Su Jianguo were severing ties and would have nothing to do with each other.

Then she had the village chief and the villagers witness it, and had Su Jianguo sign and fingerprint it.

Then she took the paper to Lin Mei, forcefully grabbed her hand, and pressed her fingerprint.

Seeing Su Wantang’s gangster-like behavior, Song Shiyi dared not resist, nor did she dare to provoke her.

Right now, the most important thing was to protect herself.

The village chief first returned the lost items from Lin Mei’s iron box to everyone.

Then he returned Su Jianguo’s share to Su Jianguo.

There was a little money and tickets left unclaimed.

Seeing that Su Wantang had suffered so much injustice today, after discussing with everyone, the village chief agreed to give the remaining money to Su Wantang as compensation.

Seeing that she couldn’t get anything good, Song Shiyi quietly went into the room, took out her savings, and hid it in her pocket.

Su Wantang saw Song Shiyi’s little actions.

She smiled slightly, staring intently at Song Shiyi’s pocket.

Oh! There’s still some private money!

Thinking that Song Shiyi would go to that scumbag Fang Shishen after leaving, Su Wantang had a wonderful plan.

This money wouldn’t stay in Song Shiyi’s pocket overnight; she would make sure it ended up in her pocket!

After the village chief distributed the money, he had the still unconscious Lin Mei taken away for criticism and sent to the farm for reform.

Song Shiyi watched everyone leave one after another, afraid that Su Wantang would beat her again when no one was around.

She didn’t bother to pack her things and quickly followed everyone, running away.

Su Wantang narrowed her eyes, staring at Song Shiyi’s departing back, a cold smile on her lips.

Song Shiyi had drugged her to ruin her reputation, how could she let her off so easily?

She had originally planned to send her and Lin Mei to the farm for reform together.

Once in the farm, their lives would be miserable.

But unexpectedly, Song Shiyi had implicated her own mother to clear herself.

Now that she thought about it, sending her to the farm would be too easy on her!

Next, Su Wantang decided to give Song Shiyi a more exciting and inescapable punishment!

Thinking of this, she couldn’t wait to go out!