The viewers hoped that Jiang Pengji would save the innocent girls, so they showed their support in the comments and offered generous rewards. Jiang Pengji felt as complex as her audience did.
How paradoxical they were––they watched others' misery with joy, yet showed genuine sympathy afterwards!
She did not reply, but instead looked at Wei Yuan, who was probably overthinking her learning the whole story.
Although she really did, she did not act like it.
As she took a step forward, she kicked the "dumpling" aside with her wooden sandal, causing him to turn around.
Then she asked mildly, "Master, how should we deal with this man?"
By that time, Wei Yuan was on the brink of losing his self-control.
"Beat him to feed to the dogs!" he said, before realizing that he had spoken too brutally.
He would not report it to the officers, for that would spread the scandal across the town; he could not bear the humiliation.