Ch 144: Telling Lies

“My two underlings are very strong, and they don’t have any health problems. How could they possibly faint?”

The middle-aged woman surnamed Liu glared at Li Chunmei, completely disbelieving her words.

“I’m telling the truth. They suddenly fainted. If you don’t believe me, you can go and check my house.” Li Chunmei hurriedly pointed to her earthen house.

Her brows were furrowed, and her expression became increasingly nervous and uneasy.

Two grown men fainting in her house was a very serious matter.

Now their female boss had arrived. If she didn’t explain the situation clearly, this fierce female boss would certainly not let her off.

The nearby villagers, hearing the commotion, curiously gathered around.

The Old Gentleman living next door also came over, carrying his broom.

After the villagers understood the situation, they were not surprised at all. Instead, it seemed to be within their expectations, and they all pointed at Li Chunmei.

“Two strong men were knocked unconscious by her. She really is a vixen!”

“Isn’t that right? It’s said that vixens prefer young and strong men. If she could obtain the essence of ninety-nine eighty-one young and strong men, her strength would increase by a level.”

“No wonder all the men who have been coming to her lately are young and strong. Each man can stay in her room for one or two hours.”

“Fortunately, this happened. Otherwise, she would have found eighty-one men before long.”

“…”

Amidst the villagers’ pointing and gossiping, the subordinate sent by the middle-aged woman to investigate the earthen house came out.

They also carried out two unconscious men.

The faces of these two men were as pale as paper, their clothes were disheveled, their upper bodies mostly exposed, and their belts were completely undone.

After seeing the appearance of these two men, the villagers were even more certain that they had collapsed in Li Chunmei’s gentle embrace.

The middle-aged woman surnamed Liu thought so too.

With a dark face, she shouted at Li Chunmei:

“You wicked vixen, you dare to harm my subordinates. I will never let you go!”

“No, no, no, I didn’t harm them…”

Li Chunmei was also startled by the appearance of the two men. Her face turned pale, and she hurriedly shook her head.

Before she could finish speaking, the middle-aged woman surnamed Liu coldly interrupted: “Their belts were undone by you. You still won’t admit it?”

“I didn’t undo their belts. It has nothing to do with me.”

“That’s right, you seduced them, causing them to undo their belts themselves, fooling around with you, so they were knocked unconscious by you.”

“No, that’s not it, I didn’t seduce them…”

“Enough, I’m a busy woman and don’t have time to watch you act. I’ll only ask you one question: Do you want to 『settle this privately』 or 『go public』?”

“Privately? Publicly?”

Seeing Li Chunmei’s bewildered look, the middle-aged woman surnamed Liu explained disdainfully:

“『Going public』 means letting the police station arrest you. My two subordinates’ lives are uncertain. According to the law, you’ll be imprisoned for life at least. If they both die, you’ll be executed by firing squad.

『Settling privately』 means we’ll negotiate a solution. As long as you meet all the conditions I set, this matter will be over.”

“I want to 『settle this privately』.” Like most people, Li Chunmei was frightened by the word “executed,” and hurriedly chose to “settle privately.”

But she wasn’t completely scared, and immediately asked, “What are your conditions?”

“It’s simple, I want your two corneas.”

The middle-aged woman surnamed Liu stared at Li Chunmei’s beautiful big eyes, saying with great expectation, “My eyes were injured in an accident many years ago, and I’ve never been able to cure them. My eyesight has been getting worse and worse. A while ago, the doctor told me that if I can’t find replacement corneas, I’ll soon go blind.”

“You… you want my corneas?” Li Chunmei was startled and stumbled.

Although she was born in a poor mountain village, she knew what corneas were and knew that losing them would make her blind.

The surrounding villagers also knew about corneas.

They were also shocked.

However, when they thought of Li Chunmei’s dirty behavior of fooling around with men, they all felt that she deserved it.

“This is retribution.”

“That’s right, who told her to do such shameful things and knock out two grown men.”

“…”

Faced with everyone’s scolding and contempt, Li Chunmei felt extremely wronged, her eyes red.

At this time, the middle-aged woman surnamed Liu spoke again:

“This involves two lives. Just taking your pair of corneas is far from enough. I also want your complete tofu-making technique. Although you’re a vixen, the tofu you make is tender and delicious. I can’t get enough of it.”

“I didn’t knock those two unconscious. It’s unfair for me to take all the responsibility,” Li Chunmei said, her eyes red.

“I ask you, where did they faint?”

“In… in my house.”

“Before they fainted, who were they with?”

“With… with me.”

Li Chunmei bit her lip and answered helplessly.

“There you have it, they were with you, and they fainted in your house. Besides you, who else could have knocked them unconscious?”

The middle-aged woman surnamed Liu sneered.

She looked at the onlookers: “Everyone heard it, everyone saw it. Judge for yourselves, have I wronged her?”

Almost all the villagers shook their heads in denial.

The facts were right in front of them. The middle-aged woman surnamed Liu had indeed not wronged Li Chunmei.

The villagers’ reaction satisfied the middle-aged woman.

She looked at Li Chunmei sideways and sneered: “The evidence is conclusive, you can’t deny it. If you don’t want to 『settle privately』, then we’ll 『go public』, let the police station arrest you, and your end will only be execution by firing squad.”

“No, I didn’t knock those two unconscious,” Li Chunmei was heartbroken, shaking her head vigorously in denial.

But she had no evidence to prove her innocence.

No one present believed her, and no one spoke up for her.

“Yunzi…” Li Chunmei looked towards Qin Yun, who had remained silent.

Based on Qin Yun’s friendship with her, he would definitely not think that she had knocked out those two men.

But she found that Qin Yun was lowering his head, not looking at her, and had no intention of helping her.

Li Chunmei’s heart ached.

Even Qin Yun didn’t believe her or want to help her. It seemed that this time, she would have no chance to turn things around.

“Yunzi must also think that I’m fooling around with those men, that I’m a dirty woman, and he won’t help me anymore?”

Li Chunmei shook her head and chuckled bitterly, feeling extremely desperate.

She took a deep breath, looked at the middle-aged woman surnamed Liu with a look of despair, and said:

“Okay, I agree to your request, we’ll 『settle privately』. However, my tofu-making skill is passed down from my ancestors, and I can’t give it to you for free. As per our previous agreement, you give me fifty thousand yuan, and I’ll give you the complete tofu-making technique of the Old Li Family.”

“You knocked out my two subordinates, and you still want my money? Don’t dream, I’m already being merciful by not sending you to jail.”

The middle-aged woman surnamed Liu played with the gold necklace on her wrist, sneering disdainfully.

There was no way she would give her money.

“There are many children in the village who can’t go to school because their families are poor. Please be kind and give me fifty thousand yuan in exchange for my tofu-making technique. I guarantee that this money will all go to the children’s tuition…”

Before Li Chunmei could finish speaking, the middle-aged woman surnamed Liu interrupted disdainfully:

“You little wild girl, your schemes are really deep. You even came up with the excuse of paying for the children’s tuition to deceive everyone and gain their sympathy.”

“I’m telling the truth…”

“Stop acting. No matter how touching you make it sound, no one will be deceived by a dirty woman like you. No one will believe your lies.”

The middle-aged woman surnamed Liu said disdainfully.

After hearing her words, many villagers who were half-believing quickly changed their minds and believed that Li Chunmei was lying.

“Bring her to the van, and contact Doctor Su and have him come to my villa immediately to prepare for the cornea removal.” The middle-aged woman no longer gave Li Chunmei a chance to speak, waved her hand, and ordered her subordinates.

Her subordinates quickly pulled out the rope they had prepared and rushed towards Li Chunmei, ready to tie her into the van.

“Stop, you can’t touch Sister Chunmei.”

At this moment, Qin Yun, who had been silent, finally raised his head, quickly walked in front of Li Chunmei, and stopped them.

“Who’s this poor boy? Daring to spoil Manager Liu’s good time? Are you looking for death?”

“If you’re smart, get out of the way!”

The middle-aged woman’s four subordinates glared at Qin Yun unkindly.

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