After you sever ties, it's no use crying and regretting it.

Chapter 16 Blaming Others

Hearing Wu Guizhi's distorted and fabricated story, and now that she wanted to drive them out of Ningshui Village and cut off their livelihood, Xie Shulan was furious.

Although life was tough for them in Ningshui Village, they managed to persevere until their biological daughter, Lü Xinyan, returned, and the family was reunited.

But if they were completely driven out of the village, or even driven out under such pretext, they would soon be arrested as exiles.

The consequences would be severe, almost wiping out their family's livelihood!

Even though they knew Wu Guizhi was distorting the truth and deliberately slandering their family, so many villagers from Ningshui Village still supported Wu Guizhi's actions in order to get food from her. They wished they could drive her away immediately, fearing that she would continue to implicate the village.

This situation made Xie Shulan increasingly disheartened.

However, for the sake of her family's livelihood, Xie Shulan knew that they could not leave Ningshui Village in this way; she could not let the future of her children be ruined.

She had already seen the money and grain that the Yuan family had given to Wu Guizhi, and overheard the transactions between Wu Guizhi, the rest of the Lü family, other villagers, and the Yuan family. This made her utterly disappointed in the rest of the Lü family. In order to stay in the village, she had no choice but to compromise in some ways.

When Xie Shulan first arrived in Pengning Town, she lost her memories of the past, but she met the kind-hearted Lü Daquan and was able to have a home in Ningshui Village.

Despite the hardships, Xie Shulan and Lü Daquan still managed to support their family.

Now, Xie Shulan has no way out. If she is driven out of Ningshui Village, the consequences will be unimaginable.

She couldn't understand it either. The whole thing was clearly orchestrated by the Yuan family, with the Lü family and their associates working together. Why were they trying to pin all the blame on them? Why ruin them?

Yuan Yutong's family has never mistreated her. This incident should be attributed to the Yuan family on purpose. So why is Yuan Yutong so eager to destroy her family?

Over the years, their family has actually raised an ungrateful wretch!

Furthermore, since the Yuan family already knew the truth about Yuan Yutong's background and that the two children were deliberately switched, her biological daughter, Lü Xinyan, certainly wouldn't have a good life in the Yuan family either.

All of this was a conspiracy by the Yuan family!

Unfortunately, their family is struggling to make ends meet, even getting food is a serious problem, and they simply don't have the energy to deal with Wu Guizhi.

Having barely eaten for so many days, Xie Shulan was starving and had little strength left. She just wanted to go back and have a sip of water to tide her over.

As for those people, as long as they don't resort to violence, their families will continue to linger in Ningshui Village.

At worst, they can go into the mountains, which is much better than going out into the world as unregistered migrants during such chaotic times!

A wave of dizziness washed over Xie Shulan, and she could no longer hold on. Not wanting to waste any more time with Wu Guizhi, she leaned on a tree branch and tried to turn and leave.

Unfortunately, Wu Guizhi also noticed Xie Shulan's weakness and, feeling smug, was not prepared to let Xie Shulan off easily.

Seeing that Xie Shulan actually wanted to leave without answering, Wu Guizhi snorted coldly, suppressing her inner pleasure, and continued to mock, "What, Xie, are you feeling guilty? After the truth was exposed, are you ashamed to face me?"

"Xie, you are indeed vicious, your heart is black, you have done so many bad things, ruined Miss Yuan's life of wealth and luxury for so many years, and you still have the nerve to deny it and want to continue to stay in the village and refuse to leave!"

“In my opinion, the long drought and the numerous disasters that have befallen the village are all caused by people like you who have committed heinous crimes. You are the most wicked people, the jinxes that even Heaven couldn’t bear to watch and punished you, which is why the village has been dragged down with you!”

This time, the time was almost up. Since Xie Shulan still looked at her with those eyes, as if she already knew about their schemes and framing, Wu Guizhi made up her mind to kick Xie Shulan and her family out.

So, as long as Lü Daquan and Xie Shulan's family leave Ningshui Village and go outside, even if they encounter misfortune, no one will suspect anything, and things will be much easier to handle.

Moreover, after getting such a bad reputation, Xie Shulan and the others will not have a good ending!

Having made up her mind, Wu Guizhi's gaze towards Xie Shulan became even more sinister.

With a cold laugh, Wu Guizhi continued, "If we drive out all of you heinous jinxes, perhaps Heaven won't blame us or drag us down with it, and it will send rain to alleviate the disaster!"

"So, by staying in the village, you are only bringing trouble upon the village and making this famine so severe."

“As long as you don’t stay in the village, the situation there will definitely get better and better, and we won’t need to prepare to flee.”

"People like you who have done so many evil deeds will only bring trouble wherever you go. Only when you leave the village can the village's situation improve. You should have the self-awareness to leave now and stop dragging us down!"

Recently, the drought has been spreading, and Penghui County has also been greatly affected.

If it doesn't rain soon, they probably won't be able to continue living in the village.

Even with the grain provided by the Yuan family, they wouldn't last long.

Even the grass roots and tree bark in this area have been almost completely stripped bare. If the situation continues to worsen, they will have no choice but to flee the famine.

Even Wu Guizhi, without the Yuan family's continued food supply, dared not stay.

If they wait until the disaster worsens before trying to flee, there will be even less food along the way, and the situation will only get worse.

In order to survive, they need to start dealing with the current famine.

The situation is terrible. Wu Guizhi is going to pin the blame on Xie Shulan's family today, making them take the fall.

Furthermore, if Xie Shulan and her family are driven out of the village, they won't be given any travel permits or similar documents, which would make them unregistered vagrants and the most dangerous situation!

Since Xie Shulan still refused to kneel down and beg for mercy, Wu Guizhi decided to handle the matter herself.

According to the time she and Yuan Yutong agreed upon, it's about time to start taking drastic measures.