Chapter 18. Would rather die than admit
Aside from the mud edging lifted by movement around the edge of the shoe print, the positioning of the sole and heel could be described as a perfect match.
Under the intimidating glare of Qi Shi, Hua Xiaocao, crying, placed her other foot into the print, and the result was the same.
"Xiaocao, what do you have to say?"
Even though flames of anger burned within, the old woman, still managed to speak calmly.
Don't say she didn't give Hua Xiaocao a chance.
"I... village chief grandma... it's just a footprint, maybe it's a coincidence? I really can't remember, and... even if they look similar, it doesn't prove it's my footprint, wuwu... village chief grandma, I really didn't."
Even the foolish Hua Xiaocao knew her only option was to stick to not remembering.
There was some logic to her words, and some in the crowd nodded.
Indeed, many people have similar foot sizes, and claiming that the footprint belongs to Hua Xiaocao just from this is a bit of a stretch, at most suggesting suspicion.
The old flower woman looked at Hua Xiaocao deeply, her impression of her plummeting to the lowest point.
In this many years, old flower woman admitted she had misjudged.