Chapter 17

Yan Xi’s expression was calm. After Fan Fuying and the others had finished speaking, she said calmly, “You and your son ate the spicy noodles I sold, and that’s why you had a stomachache?”

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Fan Fuying and Shuai Shuai stood shoulder to shoulder and nodded heavily at the same time.

Yan Xi looked puzzled: “But, I didn’t see you guys come to buy spicy strips from me yesterday! Not to mention yesterday, you two haven’t been here since the first day I set up the stall. You haven’t come to buy spicy strips from me before, so how come you got a stomachache after eating the spicy strips I sell?”

“You two have indeed never been here,” said Aunt Huang, who was selling vegetables next to Yan Xi. “I’ve been selling vegetables next to her these past few days and haven’t seen you two.”

“I haven’t seen you either.” said Old Man Su, who was selling tofu on the other side of Yan Xi.

Fan Fuying felt unhappy.

Yan Xi had a very good relationship with her neighbors, and both of them stood up to speak for her.

Fan Fuying puffed out his chest and said, “I have never come here to buy things myself. I always ask Sister Feng to buy them for me.”

“Mrs. Feng, come here and tell me, did you come here three times yesterday to buy spicy strips and share them with me and Mrs. Guo?” Fan Fuying pulled Feng Lingling out.

Feng Lingling felt inexplicably uneasy. She admitted with a pale face, “Yes, I came here to buy it. I came here three times.”

“Well, I remember that Mrs. Feng did come here to buy three times. She bought three cents worth of spicy strips twice and one dollar and fifty cents worth of spicy strips once.” Yan Xi said.

“Yes.” Feng Lingling nodded.

Seeing Yan Xi admit it, Fan Fuying became even more proud.

“You have nothing to say now! We really had stomachaches because we ate the spicy noodles you sold!”

“How much is a piece of spicy strips worth two yuan? And you four are sharing it. How much can each of you get? It will make you have stomach upset all night?” Aunt Huang said in disbelief.

Yan Xi gave her some spicy noodles every day. She thought they were delicious and bought some back for her family to try. She and her family were fine after eating them, but she couldn’t believe that Fan Fuying and the other four would have stomach problems all night after eating such a small amount of spicy noodles.

As if she had been waiting for someone to say this, Fan Fuying immediately responded excitedly, “Yes, the four of us got diarrhea after eating such a small amount of spicy noodles, which shows that the ingredients she used were very poor! It’s not like she said that she used the best ingredients at all!”

“She uses the worst ingredients and sells them at such a high price. She is clearly trying to rip us off!”

Fan Fuying adjusted the emotions of the passers-by. They looked at Yan Xi with increasing dissatisfaction and shook their heads to denounce Yan Xi.

Yan Xi remained calm and unhurried.

“I assure you with my own conscience that I really use the best ingredients.” Yan Xi paused and looked at Fan Fuying: “As for what Sister Fan said about her having a stomachache after eating the spicy strips I sell, I think there is something fishy going on.”

“What’s the inside story? You even admitted that the spicy strips she ate were bought from you, so what other inside story could there be?” A passerby muttered impatiently.

“That’s right! What inside story could there be?” Fan Fuying couldn’t contain her excitement when she saw someone speaking up for her.

Yan Xi said slowly, “The spicy noodles you ate were bought for you by Sister Feng from me. I didn’t give them to you directly. Who can guarantee that your stomach upset has nothing to do with Sister Feng?”

Seeing that Yan Xi pushed the matter onto her, Feng Lingling waved her hands repeatedly and said, “It has nothing to do with me! I just gave the spicy strips you sold me directly to Sister Fan. I gave them to Sister Fan just as you packed them for me.”

When Fan Fuying saw Yan Xi starting to shift the blame onto Mrs. Feng, she was so happy!

Yan Xi must be desperate, so she is trying to find someone to shift the blame.

Yan Xi didn’t even bother to look at the relationship between Fan Fuying and Feng Lingling. How could she let Yan Xi put the blame on Feng Lingling!

“Don’t try to wrongly accuse Sister Feng. I trust Sister Feng’s character! My diarrhea has definitely nothing to do with Sister Feng!” Fan Fuying said in a very imposing manner.

She also secretly gave Feng Lingling a reassuring look.

Feng Lingling’s mind was in turmoil and she had no time to respond to the look Fan Fuying gave her.

She felt that Yan Xi had specifically pulled her out for something other than something as simple as the one in front of her.

Sure enough, she heard Yan Xi innocently say in a clear voice: “But, I saw with my own eyes that when Sister Feng gave you the spicy strips, she added something to them.”

“Impossible!” Feng Lingling and Fan Fuying said in unison.

Yan Xi looked at Aunt Huang who was selling vegetables and said, “Aunt Huang, did you see it too?”

Aunt Huang didn’t see anything like this happening, but the female comrades in front of her didn’t seem like good people. Instead, they seemed like they were deliberately causing trouble.

Moreover, when Yan Xi usually sells spicy strips, she will help recommend her dishes. Aunt Huang has a good impression of Yan Xi, and she thinks that Yan Xi must have her own intentions when she says this.

Aunt Huang nodded without hesitation: “Yes, I saw it.”

Feng Lingling was getting anxious.

It was Fan Fuying who dragged her here to testify for her, and she didn’t want to get involved in the muddy water. Why did it become like this now, and she became the sinner?

“I didn’t! You two are lying!” Feng Lingling pointed at Yan Xi and Aunt Huang and shouted excitedly.

“You two are in the same group. I saw with my own eyes that Sister Feng asked you to buy spicy strips and brought them to our place. She didn’t even have the chance to add anything in it. You just refuse to admit that there is a problem with the ingredients you used. Everyone will have diarrhea after eating it!” Fan Fuying said impassionedly.

Feng Lingling nodded continuously.

Yan Xi sneered: “You said that Aunt Huang and I are in the same group, and I suspected that you are in the same group! What evidence do you have to prove that Aunt Huang and I are in the same group, and you are not?”

Fan Fuying was stuck for a moment by Yan Xi’s question.

At this moment, Yan Xi continued, “Because you have loud voices, because there are many of you, and because you have a child, so what you said is true? What Aunt Huang and I saw is not true?”

“Aunt Huang and I saw with our own eyes that she added something to the spicy strips,” Yan Xi pointed at Feng Lingling and said, “But you just want to cause trouble for me and hope that my business will fail. You keep saying that you believe her and slander that Aunt Huang and I are in the same group.”

“I’ve only been selling spicy noodles here for three days, and I’ve only known Aunt Huang for three days. When it comes to relationships, I can’t compare to you guys who have known each other for several years and live in the same compound.”

Yan Xi stopped there, and the passers-by who originally believed in Fan Fuying and her group gradually began to doubt them, and instead believed Yan Xi and Aunt Huang more.

Aunt Huang didn’t say anything, but she cooperated very well and glared at Fan Fuying and the others with contempt.