Chapter 368 - 135: The Green Tea Female Supporting Character in a Period Novel (22)
Chapter 368: Chapter 135: The Green Tea Female Supporting Character in a Period Novel (22)
But Chi Yun’er just smiled and dodged them. "Aunties, I’m not a child. I can serve myself. Besides, I don’t have a big appetite; a few bites and I’m full."
"Everything is delicious today, so you two should eat up. Don’t worry about me."
Aunt Chun Gui smiled and nodded. "All right then. Chi, you make sure to eat plenty. The chef who cooked today is excellent."
A flash of anxiety crossed Grassroots Auntie’s face, but she pretended to be like the other women and joined the scramble for the dishes.
Meanwhile, Jiang Yihua used the excuse of having to drive the tractor to avoid the toasts offered to him. He maintained a cold expression, taking only the smallest sip even when it was just tea.
In truth, he’d already had a complete falling out with Jiang Zishi and had no intention of keeping up appearances for his sake. He put on the airs of a young man from the Capital City, lazily sizing everyone up with a sidelong glance. It was infuriating!
The village chief gestured to Jiang Zishi, and the two of them headed to the backyard, pretending to use the restroom.
"Those two are on high alert. We don’t have an opening," the village chief said, his voice laced with anxiety. "The engagement banquet is more than halfway over. Director Zhang, who’s been hiding in the side room all this time, is getting antsy. He’s already made the wild pigeon call several times!"
"If all else fails, should we just put the drug in the food? It’s not like it’s lethal..."
Jiang Zishi pressed his lips together and shook his head. "That’s too risky."
"Even if we’re targeting Chi Yun’er and Jiang Yihua, everyone else at the table would pass out too. The ones drinking alcohol are one thing, but the elders and children just eating the food would also react."
"We can’t get the dosage right. Too little, and it won’t work. Too much, and someone could die. Who’s going to take responsibility for that?"
"Besides, Dad, do you want other people knowing you have access to that kind of drug?"
The village chief shook his head repeatedly. ’This is such a mess.’ He scratched his head vigorously. "Then what do you suggest we do?"
Jiang Zishi scoffed.
"Get Yumin to lure Chi Yun’er outside. When no one’s looking, she can use a drugged handkerchief to knock her unconscious."
"Chi Yun’er is so delicate; Yumin can easily overpower her on her own."
"We just need to stall Aunt Chun Gui and my brother. It won’t take long—just a few minutes. By the time they realize she’s missing and start looking, the moment they see that Chi Yun’er has been... violated, it’ll all be over."
"Heh, when my brother is facing off against Director Zhang, why would they pay any attention to us?"
"Then, we’ll just cry and claim we knew nothing—that Yumin was coerced by Director Zhang and had no choice. Since she’s my wife, are they really going to report this to the authorities?"
"With so many people in the courtyard as witnesses, Chi Yun’er’s reputation will be in tatters. Forget the surrounding villages—the scandal will cause an uproar even in the Capital City."
"The old couple from the Chi Family are obsessed with their reputation. I bet their only choice will be to take an early retirement..."
The village chief nodded. "Right. With all of us here, how could we fail to deal with one young girl?"
The two whispered their plan in the shadows, their voices barely audible, considering every possible angle.
Once their discussion was over, they casually returned to their seats as if nothing had happened. The village chief called his daughter over, smiled, and asked her to go to the kitchen to order a few more dishes, quietly explaining the plan to her in the process.
Bian Yumin froze. She knew her father and Jiang Zishi were going to make a move tonight, but she never imagined they would drag her into it.
’Now that she was reborn, she was very protective of her reputation... but for the sake of her future, she would stop at nothing!’
’To steal the position of the dean’s wife from Chi Yun’er, I didn’t hesitate to frame her, but Jiang Zishi caught me red-handed. In his eyes, I became a scheming, vicious woman. Can I really go through with getting rid of Chi Yun’er again?’
Still, Jiang Zishi was right about one thing: out of everyone, she was the person who least wanted things to go well for Chi Yun’er.
Most people who are reborn are driven by regrets that are hard to erase. Bian Yumin’s past life had been full of hardship. Even though she was the village chief’s daughter, his power was pitifully small.
Her striking looks quickly caught the eye of Director Zhang. He ambushed her one night as she was walking home, kidnapping and tormenting her for three days.
Director Zhang was short, dark-skinned, ugly, and crude. Everything about him was a point of revulsion and disgust for her.
But he had money and the kind of influence that ordinary families didn’t dare cross. By threatening her family’s safety, he forced her to be his secret mistress for five years, during which she bore him two daughters.
Later, when Director Zhang found a new lover, he tossed her aside like a toy, gifting her to a subordinate who had a drinking problem and had beaten his previous wife to death. ’Once a woman’s innocence was gone, what man would ever cherish her?’
She escaped one night when the man was drunk, but her family had long since disowned her, seeing her as nothing but a jinx. With no other choice, she debased herself, surviving by relying on one man after another.