Chapter 438 - Chapter 438: Chapter 425: Suffered a Big Loss (1/2)

Chapter 438: Chapter 425: Suffered a Big Loss

“What you need to do, sister, is not to cry, nor to prove your innocence by dying, but to make those people shut up. Who starts rumors about you, you give it right back to them. Who tries to hit you, you hit them back. Don’t bottle up any resentment,” Zhuang Qingning said confidently.

“Make everyone afraid, make everyone cower, then those so-called rumors will disappear, or at least, you won’t hear them anymore.”

Zhou Daya, listening to Zhuang Qingning’s words, widened her eyes in surprise.

These words were indeed novel to her. She’d never heard them before. For a moment, she was somewhat confused, and yet, she also somewhat understood.

“In any case, what we need to do now, Sister Zhou, is wipe away your tears and take care of what’s right in front of you.” Zhuang Qingning smiled thinly. “I am a ruthless workshop owner, Sister Zhou. If you don’t keep an eye on the workshop, I won’t be happy with you.”

Zhou Daya nodded her head in a daze, “I understand.”

“Sister Zhou, you should rest today. We’ll head to the workshop again tomorrow,” Zhuang Qingning advised, adding, “There are also some matters in the workshop that we need to discuss.”

“Okay.” Zhou Daya nodded her head again.

This time, Zhuang Qingning saw a spark of hope in Zhou Daya’s eyes.

Feeling that she had convinced Zhou Daya, Zhuang Qingning decided not to stay any longer, preparing to go home.

Mrs. Han walked Zhuang Qingning to the entrance of the courtyard, tearfully holding her hand, “Miss Ning, we are truly grateful for your help.”

Strictly speaking, Zhou Daya was an outsider to them, and there was no familial obligation for the people of Enji Village to protect her.

But Zhuang Qingning did just that, and did it with genuine intent.

“Please don’t be so polite with me, Mrs. Han,” Zhuang Qingning said softly. “Sister Zhou works in my workshop. How could I justify not helping her when she’s in trouble?”

“I think Sister Zhou took in some of what I said. You should also keep encouraging her.”

“And about this incident…”

“You should thank Brother Sifu as well.”

It could be said that even though Zhuang Sifu rashly caused trouble for Zhao Ziping, it was indeed because of Zhuang Sifu’s impulsive action that Zhao Ziping got his deserved punishment.

Without that happening, it would have been difficult to find a reason to pick a fight with Zhaojiazhuang.

Zhuang Sifu and the villagers of Enji were able to punish Zhaojiazhuang without bringing up Zhou Daya’s situation. Things moving forward should also be easier.

“Yes, Sifu did this all for the sake of Daya,” Mrs. Han sighed, continued, “I can see that he seems to have feelings for Daya, but I don’t know if Daya feels the same way…”

“Oh, we are straying from the point. After all the trouble we had today, you must be tired, Miss Ning. You should go home and rest too…”

At this point, Mrs. Han was still upset about Zhou Daya’s situation, and her words became more jumbled, jumping from one topic to another.

Zhuang Qingning understood, so she didn’t talk much with Mrs. Han, and only told her to take care of Zhou Daya before heading home.

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“Uncle…”