Reborn in the Eighties as a Housewife with a Space

Chapter 1540: Chapter 1534: Doubting Identity_1 Chapter 1540: Chapter 1534: Doubting Identity_1 Qin Xue, who was being constantly talked about, was now looking at everyone in the clan hall. She didn’t know how to describe her feelings. After all, she was not a piece of delicious red-braised pork, so why were they staring at her?

“This is the Holy Maiden we’ve been searching for all these years. Haven’t you seen the Holy Maiden?” Qing Teng noticed Qin Xue’s discomfort, so she decided to interrupt everyone’s thoughts.

“We’ve seen the Holy Maiden.” Upon hearing Qing Teng’s words, everyone finally reigned in their expressions. They had, after all, been rather rude in front of the Holy Maiden. It was utterly disrespectful.

“Qing Teng, just because you claim she’s the Holy Maiden doesn’t mean she is. How can you prove her identity?” A voice of skepticism abruptly rang out in the crowd.

“Second Elder, what kind of method would you like to use to verify her identity?” Qing Teng knew someone would object. As soon as the Holy Maiden’s identity was revealed, sure enough, someone demanded evidence. However, these detractors would be disappointed as Qin Xue truly was their Holy Maiden. But when she glanced at Qin Xue, the latter seemed uninterested in proving anything. What to do?

“The Holy Maiden of Zhongzhai possesses a sacred object, as the older generations all know, and they have been passed this by inheritance. As long as she can present evidence, we’ll believe she’s the Holy Maiden. Otherwise, we can’t blindly trust that an unknown woman is the Holy Maiden.” The Second Elder spoke cunningly, making manifest that he neither trusted nor wanted Qin Xue to be the Holy Maiden.

Yet, laying blame on “us” has aroused suspicion in those who initially believed. Therefore, faced with these suspicious eyes, Qin Xue ignored them, then turned to leave with Nangong Beiying and Xue Ling.

They asked for her help, yet they also doubted her. She didn’t have all the time in the world to waste here.

“What does she mean by this?” Seeing Qin Xue’s actions, the crowd was puzzled, and whispers of confusion rippled.

“What does she mean? She, the Holy Maiden, doesn’t care about our fates anymore. What else could she mean?” Qing Teng walked to her seat, sat down, and replied coldly.

“What, she doesn’t care? How can this be, isn’t she the Holy Maiden? How could she do this?” Someone exclaimed after hearing Qing Teng’s words.

“Just because you don’t believe in her, should she beg you to allow her to help? If it were you, would you be willing to do that?” Qing Teng no longer felt like sugarcoating her words. She had gone to great lengths to bring Qin Xue back, only to be faced with such skepticism. How was she to explain this to Qin Xue?

“It’s not us who distrust her, it’s the Second Elder, he has nothing to do with us.” When the crowd heard Qing Teng’s words, they turned their resentful eyes towards the Second Elder.

Didn’t they know that the Second Elder had long aspired to seize power, but the First Elder chose to ignore it. They lacked the power to resist the Second Elder, thus they stood by idly. However, now that their own lives were at stake, they couldn’t sit back and pretend that nothing was happening.

“Why are you all looking at me like that? Weren’t you just doubting her as well? Now that she has left, you’re blaming me?” The Second Elder confronted the crowd.

When they were doubting her, no one said a thing. Now that she’s gone, they’re blaming it all on him. Would he let them pin everything on him? Of course not.

Which goes to show, it’s not always good to follow the crowd. Once trust is lost, the pain inflicted on others cannot easily be forgotten.