Apocalyptic Beastworld: A Farming Space Dimension to Another World-Chapter 47: Evidence

When her husband’s name was blatantly announced, the female beastman’s face was pale, filled with embarrassment.

"She is Wang Junjie’s wife? I don’t know if he actually has a wife."

"His wife is a docile person and rarely comes out of their home, so people rarely see her..."

Gossips were uttered in hushed whispers. The way the beastmen looked at the female beastman now had changed. From initial indignation to pity, then replaced by a strange look.

Lu Qingtang was like an injured eagle who had regained her ability to fly again. Even if her husband told her he would handle it, she still insisted on taking matters into her own hands.

"Not everyone knows Wang Junjie, so let me explain here. In our area, he was a famous womanizer. Even after he had gotten married, he didn’t change his womanizing ways." There was a trace of disdain in her words.

"You are a naturally soft-hearted person." She shook her head. "You feel indignant with your husband’s unfaithfulness, but you also do not want to separate from him. Lately, there have been a lot of arguments in your household. I don’t know what it is about..."

"But, I saw him coming out of your house and yelling he was going to divorce you. He indeed did approach me before that." Ma Yongcheng’s hand on his wife tightened. Lu Qingtang patted him in reassurance.

She continued, "I don’t want to accept his advance. However, I also do not know he had been using my name and even my kids for a reason to divorce you. I already have my loyal husband, why would I like someone like that?"

She shook her head, her eyes overflowing with pity as she stared at the female beastman. It was a self-inflicted torture. Why stay with such an unfaithful husband?

While Lu Qingtang understood her predicament—a female beastman was weaker than male and would likely starve if they lived alone—this female beastman was in such a situation for years and didn’t try to find a way out of it.

She could have found a job and saved some money. There were still some works that needed female beastmen in the village.

Besides the barter system, the beastmen world also had money. They were called crystal stones, which contain some spiritual energy. It was universal money and could apply to any cities, countries, or bases.

The female beastman was weak-hearted, and she began to sob after she heard that. Some felt pity while others had complicated feelings. She didn’t even refute Lu Qingtang’s words, staring dazedly ahead.

Lu Qingtang finally pointed to the last woman who had accused her of being like a silver-eyed wolf—biting the hand that fed it and betraying them.

"You might only see us carrying some food from your sister’s house. It was a mutual exchange. I didn’t get the food for nothing." She pursed her lips. "I even gave your sister additional clothes for the food."

The last female beastman opened her mouth, yet no words came out. Her face burned with embarrassment. When she saw them doing the exchange, she indeed only witnessed it halfway.

She didn’t see the part where Lu Qingtang had handed over their unused clothes at all.

Because of Ma Yongcheng’s disappearance, Lu Qingtang could only seek other ways to get food. She couldn’t possibly go out to hunt while taking care of her young kids, so she could only take out some clothes to be exchanged for food.

Luckily, her husband hunted a lot. As such, they also had a lot of spare clothes in their house.

Everyone fell silent upon hearing Lu Qingtang easily refuting all the witnesses’ accusations.

Not long after, someone finally broke the silence. It was Elder Peng. He rubbed his short white beard and nodded. "It seems that everything is just a misunderstanding."

When the people heard that, they felt conflicted. However, the witnesses were humiliated and held resentment against Lu Qingtang.

Zhao Chunmei stepped forward, her eyes full of ruthlessness. "What about my husband? He must have caught you trying to scheme against other beastmen!"

She pointed her finger at Lu Qingtang rudely, her finger trembling. "You might be able to refute your relationship with these shady beastmen, but you haven’t explained why all the three beastmen became fallen beasts after a brief contact with you. Can you explain that?!"

"That’s right. You might have cleared your scandal with them, but you haven’t cleared your name. The main reason you are imprisoned is because you turned beastmen into fallen beasts! Speak, are you a spy trying to infiltrate our village?!"

"I remember now. Lu Qingtang’s background is also suspicious. She came to our village when she was still young. We don’t even know where she came from!"

Ma Yongcheng was annoyed. "My Tang’er came with me. Why didn’t you suspect me too?"

Everyone instinctively ignored him, discussing among themselves. Ma Yongcheng stared at them with increasing dissatisfaction. He finally got up and went to the nearest table, slamming his hand on it and breaking it in half.

The beastmen quieted down in an instant.

Elder Peng sighed. "Calm down first, Yongcheng. Let’s talk it out. It might have been a coincidence."

He turned to the beastmen present. "As Qingtang has said, you can’t accuse others without evidence. Does anyone have evidence? If not, we have really wronged her and should let her go."

Zhao Chunmei gritted her teeth. She glanced at the bear beastman who was mouthing something to her and calmed down.

Ma Yongcheng couldn’t help her to save her husband, but this beastman could. For the sake of her husband, she was willing to do anything.

"Let’s search this vixen’s house. She might hide the evidence there." Zhao Chunmei suggested.

The beastmen naturally agreed.

Ma Yongcheng frowned, but Lu Qingtang assured him. Helpless, he could only agree. They strolled to their house, with the beastmen leading in front of them.

He was carrying his wife while his kids perched on Leng Chuan’s shoulders. It didn’t take long for them to arrive.

Even though he didn’t like these people entering his house, he had to endure it for the sake of clearing his wife’s name. A few beastmen searched his house, and soon, Zhao Chunmei came running out excitedly.

She held up a wooden box. A nauseating smell assaulted the nearest beastmen’s noses. Even without opening the box, they could already guess what was inside. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

In an excited tone, she mocked, "Look, this is the proof!"