The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man

Xu Wenwan stubbornly refused to admit it, causing Village Chief Xu to lose face.

Yun Hao was gloomy and paranoid, and the people around them were pointing and whispering.

Gu Jiaojiao and Chen Xiaoli emerged from the Wang Family’s house, chatting and laughing. Amidst the current scene, the sound of their laughter was particularly conspicuous.

Everyone’s gazes snapped over in unison. When they saw the two women walking together, their looks became more appraising.

The smile on Chen Xiaoli’s lips immediately faltered.

’What is wrong with these people? Why are they staring at me and Jiaojiao?’

’Do we have flowers growing on our faces or something?’

Chen Xiaoli looked at the crowd, and just as she was about to ask what was going on, she spotted a familiar figure among them.

Xu Wenwan!

Upon seeing her, Chen Xiaoli grabbed Gu Jiaojiao and turned to leave without a moment’s hesitation.

Her swift decisiveness stunned the onlookers.

Luckily, Aunt Chen reacted quickly and called out, ”Xiao Li, don’t go! Your sister-in-law was hit by Yun Hao. Aren’t you going to go check on her?”

Chen Xiaoli’s footsteps faltered, and her features nearly contorted in frustration.

She just knew that wherever Xu Wenwan was, there was trouble.

But the woman was, in name at least, her sister-in-law. If she just left in front of so many people, the gossip would surely run wild later.

Chen Xiaoli reluctantly turned back.

The moment she turned, her previously contorted face morphed into an expression of surprise.

”Wen Wan is here too? How did a fight start? What happened? Aunt Chen, if you hadn’t called out to me, I wouldn’t have even seen her! Is Wen Wan okay?”

Aunt Chen: ...

The onlookers: ...

The onlookers were baffled. She had eyes; how could she possibly have missed someone standing right there?

Then again, perhaps it was the angle.

In any case, she had been called back. It didn’t matter if she had seen her before; seeing her now was enough.

”Xiao Li, your sister-in-law got hit because she was trying to seduce Leng Yuan.”

Aunt Chen finished, a triumphant glint in her eyes.

She still remembered how Gu Jiaojiao and Chen Xiaoli had run her off earlier, and she hadn’t forgotten the slight.

Gu Jiaojiao was first surprised, wondering if Xu Wenwan was trying to steal someone’s luck again. Then, doubt set in. ’In broad daylight, two married people just standing close to each other would be enough to get people talking, let alone holding hands.’

’Even if Xu Wenwan is a fool, she can’t be *that* foolish.’

’So, it’s probably a misunderstanding.’

She quickly assessed the situation. While this was bad for Xu Wenwan, it wasn’t good for her husband either. A man who attracted that kind of trouble could easily become the subject of gossip.

On top of that, the Main God had tasked them with helping to subdue the system. If they just crushed Xu Wenwan completely, dealing with the system would become difficult.

For the sake of the mission and her husband, Gu Jiaojiao decided to help Xu Wenwan out.

Chen Xiaoli didn’t have such strong composure. She panicked the moment she heard Aunt Chen’s words, her first instinct being to check Gu Jiaojiao’s expression, terrified that Jiaojiao would misunderstand her.

But Xu Wenwan really did have ulterior motives regarding Leng Yuan, and that was something she had no way of explaining.

She had already braced herself for Gu Jiaojiao to turn on her, but instead, she saw that her friend’s face was completely calm.

Chen Xiaoli whispered, ”Jiaojiao, don’t be angry. This must be a misunderstanding.”

Aunt Chen sneered, ”A misunderstanding? We all saw it with our own eyes. How could it be a misunderstanding?”

Chen Xiaoli, who was usually so quick-witted, felt as if her tongue were glued to the roof of her mouth, unable to speak.

Gu Jiaojiao, on the other hand, spoke in a flat, calm voice.

”How strange. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, right here on the street, you all supposedly saw Xu Wenwan seducing my husband. How exactly did she do it? I’m quite curious.”

This...

They couldn’t really say.

They hadn’t been sure before. It was only because Yun Hao had shouted the accusation, and because Xu Wenwan had a prior record, that they had simply taken it for granted that she had tried to seduce Leng Yuan.

Afraid that Gu Jiaojiao might not get the wrong idea, Aunt Chen hurriedly chimed in, ”Leng Yuan was already far away, but Xu Wenwan was still staring right at him!”