He was fast asleep, and when he woke up, he saw the Wife of He Laoliu disheveled and lying on top of him. Lady Zhao and Lian Yeye were watching him from the door with despair, and then Lian Shouyi, Lady He, and others rushed in, all accusing him of sleeping with the Wife of He Laoliu.

"There’s absolutely no truth to it." In the Upper Room, Lian Shouli crouched on the ground, hugging his head and pulling his hair, "I drank too much and was completely passed out. What could I possibly do? I don’t even know when she came into the room. I’m not that kind of person. With people like the Old He Family, I’d rather avoid them... Even if I didn’t want to stay with Yeye’s mother anymore, I wouldn’t have my eye on the Wife of He Laoliu..."

"Our child’s father said there should be nothing wrong." Chunzhu’s Wife finished relaying the message and then lowered her voice to Lady Zhang, Lady Wu Wang, and Lady Zhao, "These matters between men, they’re clearer than us."

"I told you, as soon as I entered, I felt like it was a trap." Lady Wu Wang said.

There was really nothing between Lian Shouli and the Wife of He Laoliu, so things became much easier to handle, especially for outsiders like Lady Wu Wang, Lady Zhang, and Chunzhu’s Wife.

A few people surrounded Lady Zhao to comfort her.

"Stop crying, what’s the use of crying. If not for yourself, you need to think about Yeye, don’t you?"

"You and your husband have been through so much together, what kind of person is the Wife of He Laoliu that you’d go out of your way to make space for her?"

"Third Sister-in-law, I’m not criticizing you, but you’re too soft. If it were someone else, they’d go up and give that shameless one a beating first. Didn’t you see earlier how angry it made me? The Wife of He Laoliu saw you were honest and wanted to scratch you, and I had to stop her. She acted like she had a reason, shameless. Those two boys aren’t any good either; if we hadn’t heard the noise and arrived early, they might have tried something."

"It’s lawless now."

While talking inside, they heard the Wife of He Laoliu scream loudly from the yard.

"What’s happening?" Chunzhu’s Wife quickly walked to the door and looked outside.

It turned out the Wife of He Laoliu had sat in the east wing room for a while and then ran out into the yard, sitting down in the center, still with her chest exposed, not afraid of the cold, crying and wailing.

The words were nothing new, just claiming that Lian Shouli bullied the widow and slept with her for nothing. She demanded Lian Shouli give her an explanation, otherwise she’d die right there.

"She’s definitely extorting." Lady Zhang, Lady Wu Wang, and Chunzhu’s Wife sighed together.

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Near evening, Lian Manman sent someone to the old house several times to get news and saw Lady Zhang, Lady Wu Wang, Lian Shouxin, Wu Yugui, and Wu Jiaxing coming back from the old house.

In the afternoon, the old house was in chaos, so they sent for Lian Shuxin to come back, and Wu Yugui and Wu Jiaxing followed.

The matter was completely unraveled, and Old Master Lian invited Lizheng and several village elders to his house to discuss the situation.

Lian Shouxin, Wu Yugui, and Wu Jiaxing stayed in the front yard to talk, while Lady Zhang and Lady Wu Wang returned to the backyard. Since the girls already knew what had happened, the two of them didn’t avoid talking about it with them.

"Mom, how are my Third Aunt and Yeye?" Lian Manman asked first.

"At home, accompanied by Aunt Chunzhu, everything is fine." Lady Zhang replied.

Hearing this, Lian Manman felt a little more at ease.

"Mom, how did the matter get resolved?" Lian Manman asked again.

Lady Zhang sighed, followed by Lady Wu Wang. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"There’s still no definite answer." Lady Zhang said.

The incident blew up so much that they invited Lizheng and others to mediate. The Wife of He Laoliu firmly insisted that Lian Shouli had slept with her. The Wife of He Laoliu made demands, wanting Lian Shouli to marry her so the two families could merge.

"It’s unclear whether she came up with this idea herself or if our Second Master’s couple helped her." Lady Zhang frowned and said, "It’s obvious they’re eyeing the craftsmanship of his third uncle, thinking he could earn money and support a few people without a problem. And seeing his third aunt has only Yeye and no sons, and her family doesn’t support her, they’re thinking of prying her away. Then the house, the person, and the money would all belong to the Old He Family?"

"I don’t know who came up with the idea, but that couple must have known in advance, didn’t you see the lines were rehearsed." Lady Wu Wang nodded, "It’s hard to guard against family traitors, really upsetting."

"That’s what you call ’returning kindness with enmity,’ I bet Old Master regrets this so much it hurts." Lady Zhang added.

"Regret is too late. Just those two people, if the Wife of He Laoliu doesn’t relent, it’s hard to handle." Lady Wu Wang lowered her voice again, "In this situation, women with dignity will inevitably suffer, and shameless ones can’t be reasoned with. She doesn’t mind being shamed, she just wants the benefit."

While talking, Han Zhong’s Wife brought dinner. It turned out the old house had prepared dinner for the mediators, but Lian Shouxin and the others felt too upset to eat there, so they returned to eat here.

The family had just eaten half of the meal when someone came rushing to deliver a message.

Lian Shouli jumped into the river!

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