Chapter 1261: Chapter 1257: Who Dares to Trouble Me

"This isn’t a place to talk. Come with me!"

Xia Guagua took Wang San to a patch of wasteland far from the Lu Family’s place, on the edge of the village.

The view there was wide open, so it was easy to see if anyone was tailing them.

Even Mu Shuangshuang could only stop at a distance.

She was impressed by how cautious Xia Guagua was, while also itching with curiosity about what the two of them were talking about!

"Say it, what on earth happened?"

Now that they were outside the Lu Family’s range, Xia Guagua’s attitude toward Wang San eased a little. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

"That damn girl, she... she said she reported it to the government. The government people are coming back this afternoon to arrest me. What do I do, wife?" Wang San asked.

Hearing this, Xia Guagua was stunned for a moment, then shook her head. "Impossible. She wouldn’t report it! She’s got no proof you did it. Even if she did report it, the government wouldn’t bother with it!"

Xia Guagua was indeed smarter than Wang San. The lie Mu Shuangshuang tossed out didn’t work on her at all!

"But..." Wang San still looked all flustered.

"No buts. You hardly deal with folks in the village, and you’ve got no grudges with the Third Branch of the Old Mu Family. Even if she suspects you, the villagers won’t.

The government people will suspect you even less!" Xia Guagua was already getting impatient, but as long as Wang San was still useful, she had to keep him steady!

"If that’s the case, that’d be great!" Wang San let out a breath of relief, then suddenly remembered something and yelped, "Crap, yesterday I threw the oil jar into her yard. If she finds it, that’s gonna be bad!"

"It’s just a broken jar, what are you panicking for? Who doesn’t have an oil jar at home? Besides, can’t you just say yours was stolen? Nobody knows the truth anyway!"

Xia Guagua really couldn’t stand Wang San’s cowardly, timid way of doing things!

He’d claimed he did it all for her, yet over such a small matter he ran over to ask her this and that. Had she known, she might as well have done it herself!

"Enough. Things are more or less wrapped up. Don’t come looking for me these days!"

Xia Guagua said.

After that, Xia Guagua left Wang San there and headed back to the Old Lu Family’s house on her own.

She had a lot to do today: she had to go to town to line up a buyer for the restaurant, and she had to buy some things to bring back.

Luckily, she had Wang San’s one hundred taels of silver in hand.

Enough to buy several sets of clothes and still have leftovers!

Xia Guagua knew exactly what kind of people lived in this village, and she knew exactly what to do so that when these people saw her, they wouldn’t dare say an extra useless word.

She wasn’t worried at all about not being able to live well in the village!

Her only regret was that when it came to the restaurant, she still lost to that little slut Mu Shuangshuang.

Fortunately—

She still had a chance. After she sold the restaurant, she’d open a village academy and take that stinking girl down a notch!

Mu Shuangshuang stood in the distance and watched the whole interaction between Xia Guagua and Wang San. Now she was convinced there was something between those two!

The way Wang San looked at Xia Guagua was exactly how a lecherous man looked at a pretty woman.

And in that gaze, there was even some emotion that Mu Shuangshuang couldn’t quite read.

Chances were, Wang San had taken a fancy to Xia Guagua.

And Xia Guagua just happened to be using that to make Wang San work for her!

Perfect—she could make use of the relationship between those two as well!

In an instant, Mu Shuangshuang had already come up with a plan to deal with Wang San and Xia Guagua!

As soon as Wang San left, she headed home too!

At the moment, there were quite a few onlookers standing in the Third Branch’s courtyard.

Some were actually there out of concern for the third branch, but some were purely there to feel important!

Mu Dashan and Yu Si Niang were both honest folks who had no idea how to handle these people, so they told the truth to whoever asked.

When they ran into questions they couldn’t answer, they even got laughed at.

People said their house had been burned and they didn’t even know who did it.

As Mu Shuangshuang stepped into the yard and heard this, she didn’t bother looking to see who had spoken and shot back directly.

"Your sow got groped in the night—do you know who did it? Was it a person or a boar?"

Mu Shuangshuang’s words were crude, but the logic wasn’t.

As soon as she said that, the person’s face turned bright red!

When Mu Dashan and Yu Si Niang saw their daughter, they both perked up, spirits lifting a bit. "Shuangshuang, you’re finally back, they..."

Before her parents could open their mouths, Mu Shuangshuang picked up the thread herself. "I know! Mom, Dad, you haven’t eaten yet, right? In a bit we’ll go cook at Fengzi’s house first. After we’ve eaten, I’ll handle the rest of this with Fengzi!"

Yu Si Niang and Mu Dashan were both kind and honest people, and they always expected the best from others.

So even when people stabbed them with hidden barbs, they had no idea!

What Mu Shuangshuang had to do was make these hypocrites choke on their own act!

She turned to the crowd and said, "Uncles, aunts, thanks for worrying about the Third Branch’s business!

This morning I already told the village chief what happened, and we know who did it. We’re getting ready to report it to the government now. From here on out, we’ll just let the government handle it!"

As soon as Mu Shuangshuang finished, people crowded in to ask, "Who was it, someone from our village? Shuang girl, you mustn’t let that villain off!"

"Exactly, who was it? I can’t wait to know. Once I find out, I’m gonna kill that son of a bitch!"

The louder they cursed, the more it was just to get something out of Mu Shuangshuang.

Mu Shuangshuang wasn’t stupid; of course she wouldn’t tell.

"What goes around comes around. Heaven spares no one. I won’t say who it is today. Once he lands in prison, everyone will know."

Seeing they couldn’t get anything out of her, the villagers didn’t want to linger at the Third Branch any longer!

As soon as they left, the Old Mu Family turned up again like they were making a market run, crowding into the Third Branch’s yard!

Old Mrs. Mu had a smile at the corner of her mouth, looking very pleased.

Beside her was Mu Xiangxiang, all puffed up and arrogant, clearly here to watch the show.

"Third, I heard your place got burned last night. How’s that gonna work then? You don’t even have a place to cook now! And the grain must’ve been burned to ashes too!"

"Mom, and the farming tools. When Third Brother split from the family, he didn’t take any tools. The tools he bought afterwards must all have been new and worth a pretty penny!"

Mu Xiangxiang just had to bring up the sore spots, and sure enough, she made Mu Dashan and Yu Si Niang think of all that loss.

Both their faces darkened!

"Why is Little Aunt up so early today? Don’t tell me you’re about to start a new life and got too excited to sleep? Sure enough, people really do have to move toward better days!" Mu Shuangshuang curled her lips, her face full of sarcasm as she answered Mu Xiangxiang.

"What’s that supposed to mean?" Mu Xiangxiang’s face instantly turned black!

"Nothing much. Just that whoever comes here to upset my mom and dad, I, Mu Shuangshuang, won’t be polite about it!"

Mu Shuangshuang had never depended on the Old Mu Family before, and in a situation like this, she would all the more not beg them!

"You... you..." Mu Xiangxiang was about to lose it. Her finger trembled as she pointed at Mu Shuangshuang!