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The Old Lady of the Zhu Family came out from the house, "Master Yang, who are you saying is heartless?"

"Why not you?" Master Yang wasn't afraid to offend her, "Everyone in the village knows how you abused Su Qingyue back then. Now, your son has the nerve to bother her and ruin her reputation. If it weren't for the wife of the Xiao Family still being a virgin, who knows what vile things your family could have spun."

"Master Yang, you've spoken truly just words," said Su Qingyue, "I was only passing by the Zhu Family's house, hoping to buy some vegetables from Aunt Zhang when Zhu Nengwen blocked my way and started to slander me. I never wanted to get onto Zhu Nengwen's bed in the first place. I was simply afraid that the old Zhu lady would beat me to death. It's fortunate that Zhu Nengwen never even spared me a glance back then and I was actually relieved. Now it's all in the past, yet Zhu Nengwen, a scholar, still goes too far in his attempts to bully a weak woman like me...."