Of course, when Jiang Xin was saying these words, she was also holding back a little, even though she was recounting the events to the villagers. But Jiang Xin was not foolish; she had done quite a lot today. First, she set up a stall at the market, then rented a house, signed a rental contract, and finally went shopping for clothes, only to stumble upon Jiang Wan being a mistress. There were many things the villagers and Mrs. Fu didn’t know about! But the only thing Jiang Wan could honestly tell them was about going shopping. After Jiang Xin finished her story with the villagers, she purposefully lifted the shopping bags the store had packed her clothes in to show she really had gone shopping. The villagers’ eyes were not blind; they could clearly see that Jiang Xin’s actions were to prove her innocence. Jiang Xin noticed that everyone’s gaze had now turned towards her. She thought for a moment, then took out the clothes from her shopping bags one by one to show the villagers. To her surprise, the originally quiet villagers gasped one by one. Jiang Xin was slightly taken aback, seeing the villagers’ eyes fixed on her shopping bags and clothes. She instantly realized why. Jiang Xin had spent almost two hundred yuan on clothes today, an astronomical sum for rural people in this era. Moreover, the name was printed on the Department Store’s bags, and at a glance, they could tell how expensive the clothes were. So it wasn’t particularly strange that they showed such surprise. Yet all these eyes on her made Jiang Xin somewhat uncomfortable. After all, no one likes being watched like a monkey. Jiang Xin scratched her head, hesitated for a moment, then decided to shove all her purchased clothes back into the bag. And then waited for the villagers’ response. Mrs. Fu initially maintained an air of calm, waiting for Jiang Xin to apologize. She thought perhaps Jiang Xin knew that the villagers already had a poor impression of her, so she didn’t dare to rebut the accusations Mrs. Fu had just made to them. But reality often turned out to be completely different from what she imagined. Not only did Jiang Xin retort, but she also repeated all the insults that she had just been called by Mrs. Fu. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝✦𝘧𝙞𝙧𝙚✦𝕟𝕖𝕥 The villagers were also slightly stunned upon hearing Jiang Xin’s words. After all, both the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law held their ground, each thinking the other was wrong. Moreover, with two different stories, they had no idea whom to believe. They found themselves in a difficult position. After all, they couldn’t figure out who was lying. But then they thought about how Jiang Xin was just a young girl; no matter how well she could lie, she wouldn’t fabricate stories about her own infidelity, would she? No matter how shameless she might be, she wouldn’t create rumors about herself. So, originally, each of the villagers who were siding with Mrs. Fu, after hearing Jiang Xin’s words, turned their gaze towards Mrs. Fu in unison. With eyes filled with scrutiny and inquiry, the villagers wanted to ask Mrs. Fu whether what Jiang Xin said was true. Clearly, the young girl had been out shopping; how did that become an affair in Mrs. Fu’s narrative? Moreover, it was clear to everyone that when Jiang Xin wanted to marry Fu Yu, she was even willing to ruin her own reputation to snag her cousin’s arranged marriage and marry Fu Yu instead. It showed how genuinely Jiang Xin felt about Fu Yu; no one doubted this, and everyone believed it. Could it be because Mrs. Fu disliked Jiang Xin so much that she would slander her ? If so, Mrs. Fu was being too much; how could she speak so about a young girl? Especially one so devoted to her son. No matter how much she might look down on the girl, she shouldn’t harbor such malice. So now, each of the villagers in the yard began changing their attitude, quickly shifting their gaze when looking at Mrs. Fu. Some villagers even spoke up, asking Mrs. Fu: "Is what your daughter-in-law said true, Fu Yu’s mom?" "If it’s true, then you really were in the wrong, and you should apologize." Mrs. Fu’s face immediately turned unnatural, filled with regret; she thought, if she had known this would happen, she shouldn’t have given Jiang Xin the chance to speak earlier. Now, she found herself unable to step down gracefully, as awkward as could be. Seeing everyone staring at her, Mrs. Fu felt the sweat streaming down her head. Mrs. Fu’s expression was extremely unnatural; she initially wanted to deny it, but with so many people in the yard, she was too flustered to think of a rebuff. Faced with critical and disapproving looks, Mrs. Fu truly didn’t have a solution, but she didn’t want to bow her head and admit her fault, so she looked towards Mr. Fu for help, hoping he could solve this dilemma. Mrs. Fu’s gaze was so overtly directed at Mr. Fu. Her intentions couldn’t be clearer, and the villagers and Jiang Xin saw right through her small schemes. Mrs. Fu thought she was being subtle, but in reality, when one is guilty, small gestures betray the underlying mind. Her behavior only confirmed the truth of what Jiang Xin had just said. Mrs. Fu’s shifting gaze, her inability to face everyone—wasn’t this just because she felt guilty? The villagers in the yard all gasped in unison; even though Mrs. Fu was one of them, someone they had known for decades, very familiar to them all. Based on the principle of siding with reason, not relations, at this moment, with Mrs. Fu causing such a scene, trying to trick them one by one, even attempting to have them force Jiang Xin to apologize. Could the villagers endure this? Certainly not, which is why they didn’t have much of a reaction when Mrs. Fu played the pitiful card! After all, they had seen right through her!