Xiu Shui quickly jumped up, “Sister, sister, I’ll open the door, please stop!” She rushed to the door, unbolted it, pulled Xiu Yun inside, and quickly closed it. Then she knelt before Xiu Yun, crying and begging, “Sister, please forgive us. I’m already Da’an’s wife.”
Xiu Yun trembled as she pointed at Xiu Shui: “Xiu Shui, how have I treated you normally? Although we are not from the same mother, I have always taken care of you like a real sister. When Dad and the second wife were gone, I brought you to live in my home. But you, not only did you have an affair with my husband, you even conspired to harm me? Tell me! Was that peddler brought in by you two to harm me?”
Xiu Shui shook her head in panic: “Sister, I absolutely did not intend to harm you, please believe me! At first, I really didn’t know about the peddler! Today I just found out, and right after that, Er Gou said you had escaped.” She turned to look at Min Da’an, “Da’an ge?”
Xiu Yun also looked up at Min Da’an, who was still in a daze on the bed. It was he who had personally led many villagers to “catch them in the act” yesterday.
At the time, Xiu Yun faced the angry Min Da’an who burst into the room, feeling both guilty and wronged. Before she could explain, she was tied up by the crowd.
She tried to tell everyone that the peddler had ill intentions, and she had desperately resisted, but he was too strong and dragged her into the room.
At that moment, Min Da’an had shouted: “Gag her mouth!”
Xiu Yun initially thought it was all a coincidence, blaming her own misfortune and feeling sorry for Min Da’an, preparing to silently accept whatever was to come. But when Min Ling told her the truth, it was like awakening from a dream, suddenly realizing how naive she had been.
Xiu Yun was unwilling to flee far. She hid in the mountains and watched the villagers return with torches, then took advantage of the quiet night to return to her own doorstep, overhearing the conversation between Xiu Shui and Min Da’an.
