Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 122

Chapter 122: Chapter 120: Having You as a Broom Star

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As soon as Zhang Shanni spoke, nobody dared to deliberately make things difficult for Wang Xiuzhen anymore.

From another aspect, it also reflected how poor the Wang Family’s reputation was!

If she were Wang Xiuzhen, she would willingly accept the village chief’s punishment.

At least by doing so, such a ’minor mistake’ could be lightly glossed over. Anyone who dares to stupidly bring up this issue again would be expressing dissatisfaction with the village chief’s arrangements and handling!

By that time, without her needing to say another word, Village Chief Xie Jingqiang, for his own reputation, would make an effort to justify her.

However, Wang Xiuzhen and her father Wang Guicai, one being overly naive and opinionated; the other overly anxious out of paternal love, did something foolish.

Village Chief Xie Jingqiang, who became the village chief, was certainly not dumb. Hence, after hearing Zhang Shanni’s words and exchanging glances with his uncle Xie Tiesheng who nodded, Xie Jingqiang immediately responded.

"Brother Xie, I..." Wang Guicai ran gasping to the village chief, trying to interject before he caught his breath, but was cut off by the village chief gesturing with his hand.

Village Chief Xie Jingqiang patted his shoulder reassuringly, preempting Wang Guicai and gently said following Zhang Shanni’s implications:

"Brother Wang, don’t panic, this was just a misunderstanding, everything will be fine once discussed. The child, after all, is still young, mistakes are inevitable, that’s okay, we can correct them! We’ve been neighbors for years, we know what your family is like. We, all being elders of comrade Wang Xiuzhen, have watched her grow up and will definitely not deliberately make things difficult.

Brother Wang, you relax, don’t be anxious! Us old officials wouldn’t do something to trouble a young lady, right? Let’s do this, since the parties involved are not pursuing the matter anymore, let’s just let it go. From now on, just be more careful and pay more attention. Alright, since it’s settled, let’s all disperse!"

Village Chief Xie Jingqiang, in the minute while the other was catching his breath, rattled off a series of words, not giving Wang Guicai a chance to reply, and very understandingly patted his shoulder again, whispering:

"We’re both fathers; I know you love your daughter, and I won’t make things hard for her, don’t worry! Alright, take your child home and teach her well, I’ll help my auntie back home first, this situation has really been blown out of proportion!"

Saying this, Xie Jingqiang didn’t stop moving; he waved to disperse the crowd while also helping Zhou Xiuhua along with his uncle. Zhou Xiuhua, upon hearing the Third Son’s Wife say to let it go, was initially very upset, but a firm handshake from her husband bewildered her, and owing to her natural trust in her spouse, she then calmly awaited the aftermath.

Only a short while later, she honestly heard her village chief nephew repeatedly calling her ’child,’ ’little girl,’ and then she realized, though not openly vindicative, the Third Son’s Wife had indeed set a trap for her!

’Child, little girl,’ in the countryside, are not terms of endearment, especially when repeatedly reminded by others, but, in fact, when someone is actually not ’young’, it’s a clear mockery.

Wang Xiuzhen, being almost twenty years old, even a year or two older than the Third Son’s Wife, is now categorized as a ’child, little girl,’ effectively making her a grown child?!

Wang Guicai rushed over quickly, now panting so heavily that his mind was cloudy, completely failing to grasp the other’s intentions. Hearing that the village chief ’dared not’ punish his daughter, he could only feel self-satisfied, completely blind to others’ thinly veiled mocking glances.