Chapter 4: The Crime of Gender 4
Before coming, the village chief didn't believe the messenger's words. Mrs. Bai's reputation was as good as her honest husband's, Qin Laoer!
She was known to be a dough-like person, easily molded into any shape, and never seen angry or loud—how could someone like her suddenly beat her mother-in-law, making her wail loudly? Completely impossible!
But now, having seen Old Chen's miserable state, the village chief had to believe that Mrs. Bai, this dough-like person, had really hit her mother-in-law!
Although Mrs. Bai's reputation was good in the past, daring to commit such a wicked act of beating her mother-in-law, the village chief couldn't help but feel disgusted. Then, he looked at Mrs. Bai and was stunned, with his gaze falling on Qin Shuangshuang, whose half face was swollen and purple in Mrs. Bai's arms.
Seeing the village chief, Qin Shuangshuang felt anxious. As the village chief looked over, she quickly thought up a trick out of panic. She tilted her head, rolled her eyes, and pretended to be beaten badly by the Chen Family!
As expected, the village chief, seeing Qin Shuangshuang's condition, was startled. Looking at Mrs. Bai all trembling and silently crying as she held Qin Shuangshuang, suspicion arose in his mind—he felt Mrs. Bai wasn't someone who would hit her mother-in-law.
The village chief coughed and gently asked Mrs. Bai, "Mrs. Bai, what happened here, how did Second Lady turn out like this? Who beat her?"
While the village chief wanted to find out the truth with his question, the Qin Family, who had already convicted Mrs. Bai, saw it differently—as if the village chief intended to shield Mrs. Bai by not asking about the severely injured Old Chen first and instead asking a mere girl!
The Qin Family inside instantly displayed dissatisfaction. Though they were unhappy, no one dared to speak out. The village chief, though not an official, was enough to deter the villagers, including the cunning Qin Family!