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"Uncles and Aunties, did any of you just see my dad didn’t attack anyone with a hammer? Please, speak up for my dad. He really didn’t hit anyone!"

Most of the people who came here were regular customers who naturally knew what kind of person Old Iron Head was, and indeed a few of them quietly said that Old Iron Head indeed hadn’t hit anyone with a hammer.

Lin Dashuan wasn’t foolish, and seeing that the tide of opinion was starting to shift in that direction, he hurriedly let out several louder cries, pitifully calling out to his third aunt who was holding her grandson in the distance, "Mom, oh my dear mom, your son is almost beaten to death, why are you hiding? "

After shouting this, he pointed at Gui Zhi’s sister-in-law who stood by with an indignant, flushed face and ranted furiously, "Hmph! It’s all because of you, this shameless woman!

Not only did you cheat on my younger brother with another man behind his back, but now you’re plotting with your lover to kill me, your brother-in-law, to silence me!

I’ll tell you, don’t think you can get on top of my brother’s head and shit just because he’s honest!

I, as your elder brother, am still here; you, and you, you all just wait!

I’m going to make sure you don’t die good deaths! "

Once Lin Dashuan said this, the watching crowd exploded into an uproar, realizing there was so much scandal involved.

Some shrewd spectators had already conjured up racy images in their minds of Gui Zhi’s sister-in-law selling cold noodles during the day and having secret meetings at the forge come nightfall.

Some even gasped, "No wonder Old Iron Head is so caring towards this woman, turns out there is an affair! "

Gui Zhi’s sister-in-law was already so infuriated by Lin Dashuan that she turned pale and trembled all over.

Even the third aunt, who had been keeping her distance, angrily snatched up a long bench used by the customers to dine on and swung it at her eldest son, "I’ll rip that slandering mouth of yours!

Which elder brother defames his own sister-in-law like this?

Failing to extort money, so you resort to slander?

What beast did I give birth to, sob, a beast! I’ll kill you, you beast!"

Third aunt genuinely felt heartbroken and desperate.

It was bad enough that her eldest son neglected her altogether, but now, seeing that her second son’s days were getting better, he stepped in to meddle again!

He even threw dirt on Gui Zhi, but didn’t she spend every day with Gui Zhi at the stall, didn’t she know what kind of person her daughter-in-law was?

Lin Dashuan was already lying on the ground, and when the bench from the third aunt came down, it hit his back just right.

The third aunt, furious, forgot to hold back and Lin Dashuan truly felt the pain this time, grinning and baring his teeth as he quickly rolled over and scrambled to hide.

Among the onlookers, several men who didn’t like Old Iron Head’s violence all took action, some protecting Lin Dashuan, some blocking the third aunt, and others standing in front of the Old Iron Head Brothers to stop them from hitting anyone again.

After the commotion, Lin Yuan roughly understood what was happening.

She had heard Loudmouth mention before that Lin Dashuan couldn’t stand Lin Ershuan’s family making money from their stall and wanted to cause trouble.

When she went to warn Gui Zhi’s sister-in-law, they still said with a smile that it wouldn’t turn into a big fight, and at most, they would just give their elder brother some more silver.

She still remembered how Gui Zhi’s sister-in-law generously told her not to overthink it. Now, it seemed they were just too kind.

The third aunt was aged and swinging a bench was indeed exhausting.

Plus, with people holding her back, she stopped soon after, covering her face with her hands and sobbing.

Seeing she had stopped and that the Old Iron Head Brothers were restrained, Lin Dashuan flopped onto the ground with a thud, bawling even louder and cursing vilely, with all sorts of outrageous accusations about his own mother being bought over by outsiders and plotting against them, even the absurd claim that she had lost her heart to another.

Lin Yuan clenched her fists, feeling the urge to tear Lin Dashuan’s mouth apart. She had seen shameless people before, but never someone this utterly shameless!

Although she wanted to give him a thrashing, the clever Lin Yuan knew that they were at a disadvantage at the moment. If they really started fighting, the onlookers would only sympathize with Lin Dashuan even more.

"Eh? Isn’t that our village’s notorious swindler?

" With a restrained glint in her eyes, Lin Yuan feigned innocence and bubby enthusiasm typical of a girl her age, and suddenly pointed at Lin Dashuan wailing on the ground, exclaiming, "Swindler, you’re really becoming more capable by the day! Before, you only cheated and swindled in our village, but today you’ve come to town, tsk tsk, you’re really making something of yourself, aren’t you? "

All of a sudden, a young girl, neat and pretty, emerged into the midst of a group of men and women, and Lin Yuan immediately attracted everyone’s attention.

Even Lin Dashuan jolted at the sight. The last time he’d been beaten up by her for bullying Xiao He was still vivid in his memory.

He looked at the smiling Lin Yuan as if he’d seen a ghost, his heart pounding: he’d deliberately waited to start trouble until Gui Zhi had come to town, for fear that Little Disaster Star would catch him in the act.

Even so, what are the odds that she’d also be in town?

Could it be that she truly was his nemesis?

Lin Yuan’s sudden appearance inexplicably reassured Gui Zhi’s sister-in-law. Just as she was about to speak, Lin Yuan stopped her with a look.

Lin Dashuan bit his lip to endure the pain, thinking of standing up, but recalling how many had sided with him just now, he decided to stay down. He didn’t believe that the Little Disaster Star would dare to beat him up in front of so many people.

Of course, Lin Yuan wasn’t going to hit him again; why bother when a few words would suffice?

"Young lady, do you know this person?" A kindly old woman grabbed Lin Yuan’s arm, pulling her back a bit, fearing that the boy on the ground might hit the pretty young girl again.

She had long sensed that Lin Dashuan was no good - never mind anything else, just his incessant claims that his own mother was colluding with outsiders, she thought this guy was a complete bastard!

Lin Yuan gave her a grateful look, nodded crisply, and said aloud, "Ah, I really wish I didn’t know this person.

Granny, you have no idea, the last time our villagers went fishing in the river together, this big swindler didn’t work properly; he just lazed around sleeping.

Later, when he saw that even a little girl like me caught more than him, he came to snatch my fishing net and falsely accused me of hitting his foot with a stone! "