Chapter 232: Xia Ru’s Stick-Up
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Xia Ru stared at him suspiciously. “How is that possible? You’re living a great life in town. If there’s nothing, why would you come back to the village? If you don’t tell me why you’re going back to the village today, don’t even think about leaving.”
Xia Ru was really grabbing Xia Chen’s arm with a lot of force, signifying she wouldn’t let go until he could come up with a satisfactory explaination.
Xia Chen did not expect Xia Ru to be so shameless. Some villagers who happened to be returning home from work could not help but witness this scene.
A curious person asked, “Xia Chen, you’re back. What are you two doing? If you have anything to say, just talk it out. Don’t fight.”
It was no secret that the Xia family was split. Xia Chen and Xia Ru naturally did not have a good relationship. In fact, it wasn’t hyperbole to say that they held a deep grudge against each other.
The Xia family’s incident became a mouthpiece among the villagers. Any family with many children would have conflicts. The elderly would be biased, but everyone would endure it and not really make things ugly.
However, Xia Hai’s family was different. Everyone in the village and the hospital knew about this.
So now that Xia Chen and Xia Ru met, they didn’t think that the two of them were reminiscing about the past. It was already good enough that they didn’t fight.
Selling clothes for the past few days had forged Xia Chen’s demeanor. He said directly, “I don’t know why either, but Xia Ru insisted on pulling me and not letting me go. She might have done too many shameless things, so she doesn’t care about what others think of her. However, I still want my face. So, Xia Ru, if you have anything to say, just say it in front of everyone. Don’t pester me here.”
Xia Ru was furious. She pointed at Xia Chen and scolded, “I’m pestering you? Who do you think you are? Are you even worthy of my pestering? Tell me, did you secretly take something from home? Did you hide the token in some obscure corner of the house, and you’re back to get it?”
Xia Ru, after some thought, felt that it was really possible. No wonder Xia Wan was so confident when Grandma and the rest went to look for her, as if she was darned sure that they would not find the token.
Now it seemed that it was very likely that Xia Wan had left the token in the village, so she was not afraid at all.
With this thought in mind, Xia Ru began to grope Xia Chen’s body.
Her eyes were anxious and a little crazy. “Where’s the token? Where did you put
Xia Chen, startled by her actions, pushed Xia Ru away. Xia Ru was not prepared and was pushed to the ground by Xia Chen. She immediately got soiled.
“Argh! How dare you push me? Xia Chen, how dare you?!” Xia Ru sat on the ground and wailed.
“Everyone! Come and judge. Xia Chen hit me, and I’m just a girl. How can a man hit a woman? He’ll definitely be abusive when he gets married!”
More and more people gathered around. At this moment, Liu Hua suddenly rushed over and scolded Xia Ru, “What nonsense are you talking about? When I went to town, I was not feeling well. It was Xia Chen who sent me back, but you’re slandering him here.
“I can testify that he never entered your house. How could he steal from your house?
“Xia Ru, I know you’re jealous of Xia Wan. She’s prettier than you, more capable than you, and has a better character. But you can’t just bully Xia Chen here and slander him.”
With Liu Hua as evidence, Xia Rut s previous moans seemed to have no basis.
At this moment, the village chief happened to pa.s.s by. When he saw that it was Xia Ru’s family, his eyelids twitched. This family had been nothing but recently, but as the village chief, he couldn’t just say nothing.
Therefore, the village chief coughed twice and said, “Alright, what can’t we talk about? Why are you making a scene here?”
“Since Liu Hua has already given a clear explanation, you should go back to your house, Xia Ru. Xia Chen, you should hurry home too. It’ll be dark soon, and walking at night is going to be tough.’
Since the village chief had spoken, Xia Chen naturally couldn’t ignore him. He nodded at the leader and walked towards the town.
After Xia Chen left, the other villagers also dispersed. Liu Hua wanted to leave when Xia Ru called out to her.
“Liu Hua, you’re quite protective of Xia Chen. Why? Do you like him?
“You do, don’t you? Xia Chen is quite good-looking and honest. Now that he’s set up a clothes stall, he’s probably making good money. Liu Hua, I used to think that you were but a simple-minded girl.”
Liu Hua was about to leave, but when she heard Xia Ru’s insults, her face turned red.
She turned around and pointed at Xia Ru angrily.. “What nonsense!”