Chapter 1239 Sue if you can
Yu Dong smiled. She knew that Mei Shu was arrogant but she did not think that she would be this arrogant. She actually dared to question Yu Dong so boldly. Did she really think that her connections could save her always? Hmm… if that was the case then Yu Dong had to make sure that this connection would step out of her or his hiding hole.
Only by dragging Mei Shu's connection would she be able to bring justice to the poor souls who departed from this world without getting a fair trial and were buried in an unmarked grave.
"I might be a poor farmer but don't forget that it's because of farmers like me that you can run this restaurant of yours. If not for the fact that farmers like me were selling vegetables to you and your restaurant, do you think that even with an imperial chef you would have succeeded in making such a fortune?" Yu Dong questioned calmly. "Anyway, I am not here to quibble regarding my worth with you.
I want to know, was it your sister-in-law who poured hot oil on my sister-in-law and tried to kill her?"
Mei Shu turned to look at Gu Mu and cursed her for causing trouble. She had told her that even if Zi Zan was chosen as the disciple of Madam Li, she would make sure that Zi Zan was kicked out of the restaurant. In fact, she would have even profited from that incident.
But her sister-in-law was provoked by Zi Zan and that fool reacted before she could stop her. However, even though she was upset with Gu Mu, she did not make things difficult for her as Gu Mu's brother was her legal husband and he was her childhood sweetheart, compared to others Mei Shu had more feelings for Gu Man.
What was more, her husband was from a prominent family and if not for the fact that Gu Mu was the only useless one in the Gu family her in-laws would not have sent Gu Mu to her.
In exchange, the Gu family helped her a lot!
More importantly, her other sister-in-law was the assistant of a big shot. That woman was rich and she had a lot of influence as well, there was no way her elder sister-in-law would ignore her and Gu Man. Thus, Mei Shu was not scared of this woman in front of her.
She said arrogantly without much thought, "What do you mean by that? Who told you that it was my sister-in-law who poured the oil on that foolish girl? She was the one who foolishly spilt the oil on herself and then got hurt. Now do you want to make her self-inflicted injuries a horrendous crime committed by my sister in law? You are dreaming!"
Yu Dong crossed her hands and then sneered coldly. She said, "Look at the injuries of my sister-in-law first before making such claims. Her face and neck have been burned as well, do you want to tell me that my sister-in-law picked up the entire vat of boiling oil and then poured it on her face and front body? Even a fool would not do something so dangerous! Who are you trying to fool!"
Mei Shu did not expect that a villager would be this eloquent, her expression twisted as she glared at Yu Dong and then said harshly, "Fine!
I was giving you face by not bringing up her shameful crimes." Her brows rose slightly and her eyes revealed a mocking and contemptuous expression as she said to Yu Dong disdainfully, "She tried to steal money from my restaurant and my sister-in-law caught her. They ended up in a physical altercation which led to Zi Zan getting hurt like this. However, I am a good woman.
I did not want to make a fuss and save her reputation which is why I did not mention that embarrassing incident and left it at that."
She then looked at Yu Dong with a helpless expression as if it was Yu Dong who forced her into saying such a humiliating thing and then said, "Who would have thought that you would come here and cause trouble."
"Oh my god.." Mei Shu heard someone exclaim in the crowd and felt inwardly proud. She had done the same thing many times and thus she was not scared of being caught. However the second she was feeling proud, she heard the same person say, "She really said the same thing as this girl's father told us. She actually blamed the victim by mentioning that she was the one who stole it."
"Well she had done it many times, surely she was confident. Most probably a second later she will tell us that this poor girl had molested someone."
The crowd around the shop couldn't stand silently anymore.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
When Mei Shu heard the remarks of the crowd she was simply dumbfounded. What was going on? Shouldn't they be sympathizing with her? Why were they speaking up for Zi Zan and her family? What was going on?
The more Mei Shu heard the remarks of the crowd the more stunned she became, her vision almost turned dark and she stumbled. If not for Gu Mu who helped her up, she would have fallen on the ground.
"You are too much! We are speaking the truth, why don't you believe us?" Gu Mu could not help but question the crowd that was speaking up for Yu Dong and Zi Zan instead of believing them.
Even Mei Shu who returned to her senses was really angry. It seemed like she was schemed against by this stupid villager. She must have dug a pit for her already and watched her jump inside of it! She gritted her teeth and then cursed at Yu Dong, "You poor thing! You are really cunning! You dared to scheme against me!"
However, a second later she curled her lips coldly and said, "Fine, so what if we did it? What can you do to us? There is no evidence. If you want to take this matter to the court then go ahead. Do you think I will be afraid of you? I have connections with the rich and my friend is in Yamen.
See if you can touch me!"