Chapter 65

Chapter 65

Secrets in the Mountains

"L-Lu Hang?" Zhang Wenming exclaimed, his voice trembling with shock.

Lu Hang fixed him with a sharp gaze, immediately dominating him with his presence.

"Ah Ming," Lu Hang ignored Zhang Wenming and instead turned to his angry younger cousin. "Go get the village chief!"

Lu Ming froze for a moment before nodding. "I'll go right now!"

"Ah Ming, make sure to tell the village chief exactly how the Zhang family came to cause trouble at our home!" Lu Fang, determined to air all the dirty laundry, instructed his nephew to call in their whole family.

The Lu family too had plenty of people on their side.

Zhang Wenming's face fell. He had thought that by bringing a crowd to pressure them, the Lu family would simply apologize and cover up for Lin Nannan, the fool.

But who would have guessed that the Lu family would go so far as to involve their entire clan to back Lin Nannan? Were they insane?

Even Lu Hang, who had been bedridden and paralyzed, had come out—everyone was standing up for Lin Nannan. It made Zhang Wenming regret pushing the Lu family so hard.

If he'd known it would turn out like this, he would never have handled things this way.

They had all underestimated Lin Nannan's importance in the Lu family.

Just a fool—why did the Lu family value her so much? He couldn’t figure it out!

"Lu Fang, all this trouble is because of Lin Nannan's nonsense, getting the whole village talking. Today, in front of everyone, make her admit her mistake, and we’ll call it even. Otherwise, even if the village chief comes, he won’t be able to protect her!" Having lost the upper hand, Zhang Wenming was already humiliated. If he backed down now, he’d never be able to show his face in the village again. So he could only try to smooth things over, too scared to ask for anything.

After all, anyone could see what kind of person A Lin was—it was just that his daughter had liked him, and he couldn't do anything about it.

"I don’t need the village chief’s protection!" Lin Nannan looked at Zhang Wenming, smirking slightly. "Everyone in the village knows that the Lin family treated me like dirt, so I survived by relying on the things from the back mountains. You could say no one in this village has spent as much time there as I have... Hmm, some people really love sneaking around with married women, fooling around with young girls... There are plenty of them, huh? Like A Lin and A Qin. I might not remember names, but I recognize faces!"

The original host’s memories had made her aware of just how much filth was hidden in the village.

The original host had never stirred trouble or meddled in others’ affairs, which was why these secrets had remained buried.

But since people were coming after her, she’d turn everything upside down—let’s see who could outlast whom.

It didn’t matter if she angered the whole village—they couldn’t beat her anyway!

The moment Lin Nannan spoke those pointed remarks, you could see people's faces go white.

Watching their varied expressions, Lin Nannan smiled sweetly like a child and asked slowly, "The mountains hold many secrets. Do you want to hear them?"

"Yes!" Those with nothing to hide cheered eagerly, urging her to say more.

This was juicy gossip—exactly what they loved hearing and seeing...

They never imagined there were so many things happening in the village they hadn’t known about.

People who usually acted so proper, who would make a fuss over the slightest joke—who would’ve thought they’d be so indecent behind closed doors?

Suspicious glances darted around, as if trying to guess who the culprits were, creating an eerie and tense atmosphere.

Zhang Wenming turned pale. If Lin Nannan spoke up, not only would the scandal blow up, but those implicated would blame him—and then the fault would lie entirely on him.

The mere thought of that outcome made him break out in a cold sweat. He wished he could turn back time.

"Zhang Wenming, didn’t you say something about whose wife was the fairest? Should I talk about that?" She stared straight at him as she asked.