Chapter 237: Reverse Staged Accident

After they finished with this house, they went to find the middle-aged man again to look at another one.

Fortunately, the house was still available after these past two days.

Elder Wu had a lot on his plate, so he didn’t come along this time.

When they arrived, they happened to walk right into a good show.

"Weiwei, how can you be so selfish? It’s such a waste for you to live in a big house like this all by yourself. If we move in, we can help each other out.

Besides, we’re your family—your own uncle and aunt, your grandparents. They’re getting on in years. As their granddaughter, can you really bear to see them without a roof over their heads?"

"Exactly! Weiwei, you’re so unfilial. It’s dangerous for you to live here alone. We’re just trying to look out for you, how can you throw our good intentions back in our faces like this?"

"Oh, Weiwei, stop being so stubborn. This house may be in your parents’ names, but at the end of the day, it belongs to the Chen Family. You’re a girl; you’re bound to get married and leave someday. Are you really going to let another family have the Chen Family’s house for nothing?"

Yun Jiao and her group watched as a young girl of about eighteen was surrounded by a crowd, all ’earnestly’ trying to persuade her. But their shameless words made Yun Jiao furrow her brow.

Chen Wei clenched her fists. "All of you, shut up!"

She let out a furious roar, and the scene fell quiet for a moment. But then, the group became even more aggressive.

"Chen Wei, is that any way to talk to your elders? Is that what your parents taught you? I guess spending too long in a place like the countryside really has stripped you of all your manners!"

With a cold expression, Chen Wei said, "No matter what you say, I won’t agree. I will absolutely never let you move in!"

Her eyes red, she said, "If you dare force your way in, I’ll go to the police station and the Women’s Federation and report you for trespassing!"

"Trespassing? We’re your relatives."

"No, you’re not!"

Chen Wei shrieked hoarsely, "Don’t think I don’t know what you all did! The moment something happened to my parents, you couldn’t wait to publish a notice in the newspaper disowning them! You stopped being my family a long time ago! If you had even a shred of a conscience, if you had just sent them something, they wouldn’t have died!"

"And what about me? Those two years I lived at your house, did you treat me like family? You treated me like a slave! Then, without my consent, you secretly registered me for the sent-down program to take Chen Huan’s place, sending me to the harshest, most difficult region in the Northwest.

In the dead of winter, you wouldn’t even give me a single piece of clothing or a bite to eat. Did you treat me like family? You couldn’t wait for me to die! So, what’s wrong? I came back alive and well, which wasn’t what you hoped for. Are you disappointed?

I’m telling you, as long as I’m alive, you will never set foot in this house. And when I’m dead, this house will be donated. Don’t even think about getting your hands on it!"

At her words, the expressions on their faces twisted.

One of the elders—it must have been Chen Huan’s grandmother—slapped her across the face.

"You ungrateful brat! You’re just asking for a beating! Today, your grandma is going to teach you a lesson!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa... what’s with the hitting?"

Yun Linhai and his group rushed over, shielding Chen Wei behind them.

Shen Yunlian’s heart ached as she looked at the red handprint on the girl’s face.

Chen Wei looked far too thin. Her skin was dark, and her sallow, brittle hair was a clear sign of severe malnutrition.

’Thinking about what she’d just said... this girl must have suffered so much.’

"Who do you think you are? I’m teaching my own granddaughter a lesson. What’s it to you?"

Wang Mei retorted sarcastically, "Oh, so *now* she’s your granddaughter? Didn’t you take out a newspaper ad to disown her family? The way you were just carrying on, I’d say you look more like her mortal enemies."

The neighbors, who had been drawn out by the commotion, all nodded in agreement.

"Under the circumstances at the time, publishing the notice to sever ties was for everyone’s good. We couldn’t let their family drag our entire family down, could we? Besides, we weren’t the only ones who did it."

Chen Wei glared at them, her eyes filled with hatred. "But who reports their own son for being a capitalist?!"

"I heard everything! Just because you favor my younger uncle, and because my dad wouldn’t give him money for a house, you reported your own eldest son. My parents died because of you!"

A collective gasp rippled through the crowd.

Everyone turned to stare at the old couple in disbelief.

’They were basically sending their own son to his death!’

’Was he really their son?’

"Shut your mouth!" the old woman shrieked, her face twisting with fury and desperation, making her look even more venomous.

"What kind of nonsense is that? We never said such a thing."

"That’s right! Don’t let this damn girl fool you. She’s obviously just framing us because she doesn’t want us living in the house."

Chen Wei said, "I’m not lying! The one who brought people to arrest my parents was Little Aunt’s brother. I remember him! Besides, a lot of our things ended up in your house. If you don’t believe me, the people who knew my parents back then will. Just one look inside your home and they’ll understand."

’That’s why she wished she could rip them to shreds. How could she ever let them move into this last home she had from her parents!’

’She would sell the house before she’d let them move in and defile her family’s home!’

Instantly, everyone looked at the Chen Family with expressions full of disgust.

But the Chen Family could only see the prize right in front of them—that four-section courtyard house. They couldn’t care less what anyone else thought.

Besides, no matter what Chen Wei said, they denied everything. Their shamelessness was truly off the charts.

Someone in the crowd warned, "You all should be careful. These people are shameless. Watch out they don’t try to fake an injury to blame you."

Apparently, they’d pulled this scam on someone before.

After all, this family had been causing trouble here for more than a day or two.

Sure enough, seeing that the newcomers were dead set on helping Chen Wei, the old man and woman suddenly charged forward.

With swift reflexes, Granny Yun and Grandpa Yun pushed the others aside and let the two collide with them instead.

"Owww..."

Instantly, all four people on the ground began to cry out in pain.

The two elders from the Chen family, who had planned the scam, listened to the chorus of groans and were dumbfounded. ’Wait, this isn’t how it was supposed to go.’

Yun Jiao looked back and forth, then copied her grandpa and grandma and lay down on the ground too.

"Owww..."

Her acting skills weren’t great. She let out a groan with a completely deadpan expression.

Shen Yunlian’s lips twitched. She quickly scooped Yun Jiao into her arms and started shouting accusations.

"How could you ram into people like that!"

Wang Mei put her hands on her hips. "You shameless old fools! We only exchanged a few words and you started getting physical! Now you’ve knocked down our two elders and my precious Nannan! Pay up! Or else we’re going to the police station to have the officers sort this out..."

Wang Mei, an old hand at arguments, immediately went on the offensive.

"You... you..."

"What? Everyone here saw you two charge over first. Are you trying to get out of it?"

"That’s right, that’s right! I saw it! Those two charged first."

Someone in the crowd’s eyes lit up. ’So you can even reverse-scam them!’