Scum Man Cannot Redeem Himself - chapter 24

Ning Yuanshan stepped forward and clenched his fists, “Brother Chen, the young girl burnt the forest in the house. I have not disciplined her. Now I bought her to ask forgiveness. I hope that Chen brother will forgive us. We will replant the burnt trees, what do you think?”

Chen Wangxiang felt uncomfortable. Today was the full moon banquet of his grandchild that he had been waiting for for a long time. He could see the level of excitement on this day.

He wanted to give his child a blessing to get rid of any disasters and wish for his safety. It was coming to an end, but …

Chen Wangxiang looked at the child behind Ning Yuanshan. She was eleven or twelve years old and had round face and round eyes. Her face, which should have been white and pink, was stained with a lot of black and gray. She was staring at him without fear in his eyes.

Chen Wangxiang was majestic and self-confident. Many children were timid when they saw him, even the older ones were cautious.

He had also become accustomed to it.

Today, he saw the bold girl who dared to look at him without any cowardice. She looked as if she was waiting for him to pay attention to her. She had something to say.

So he asked, “Did you do it?”

She nodded, then as if seizing the opportunity she said, “Could Uncle Chen not just hear the words they passed to you, but listen to my explanation and then decide whether to accuse me or not?”

Chen Wangxiang saw the sincerity in this child’s eyes.

He had always been quite accurate in judging people, and felt that this child’s words were from the heart.

But for whatever reason, Chen Wangxiang was unwilling. After all, she shouldn’t have burnt the Chen family’s forest.

“What if I don’t believe what you say?”

Ning Qing’s face was solemn, not at all like an eleven-two-year-old.

“If Uncle Chen doesn’t believe me, if you just listen to one side. Then I will go to Yamen to complain. Just before going, I will explain to you first. If you don’t want to spend so much time, give me some time and hear me. Then I don’t need to immediately go to Yamen to complain that someone in the Chen’s house tried to kill me.”

(A yamen was the administrative office or residence of a local bureaucrat in imperial China. The person judges civil and criminal cases)

Many people in the house were shocked by this remark.

Ning Yuanshan yelled loudly, “What are you talking about? Shut up.”

Zhang Rulan frowned. Although this child was stubborn and unrelenting, she would never commit crimes and abuse others.

Although she lied often, they were small lies, she wouldn’t say a big lie.

She wanted to ask her a clear question, but Ning Yuanshan was present. On the outside, she followed her husband’s order.

She had to wait for a while before asking.

Chen Boren, the eldest son of the Chen family, came a few steps to Ning Qing. After entering the house, he stood on the right side of his father.　

Cheng Boren said angrily, “What nonsense are you talking about? When did our Chen family try to take your life? Now I haven’t even settled the bill with you, you are still framing us.”

“We have no grievances with your Ning family. Why did you do this? Besides, today is my eldest son’s full moon feast. Why did you do it today?”

“Aren’t you afraid that our Chen family would make you guilty of making up such nonsense! I didn’t expect that at such a young age, your mind would be so cunning. Fortunately, there wasn’t a misfortune, otherwise it would be really unfortunate for the family.”

After a brief discussion, Chen Boren seemed to have determined that Ning Qing was making up things to escape responsibility.

When Ning Yuanshan heard Chen Boren’s words, his face suddenly turned bad. His own child was no longer good enough, but he couldn’t allow an outsider to look down on his family.

That matter was originally a matter of two people. But now that he was humiliated by Chen Boren, Ning Yuanshan was indignant.

“When the little girl hasn’t even told the whole story, how can Young Master Chen conclude that the little girl’s words are false? Such an assertion is not a wise move. I ask Eldest Master Chen to let the little girl finish her words and then make the decision.”

Chen Boren also wanted to argue but Chen Wangxiang stopped him with his eyes.

Chen Boren believed that the matter was as he said, so he looked at Ning Qing like a joke.

Then he would find the loophole and finally overthrow it to convict the Ning’s family.

For the first time, Ning Qing felt that her father was protecting her so much. If it wasn’t too serious, she really wanted to jump up and squeeze her father’s beard to see if he was really her dad?

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