Chapter 187 - Chapter 187: Chapter 187: Disown (1/2)
Chapter 187: Chapter 187: Disown
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His lips quivered but no rebuttal came out.
“Without any evidence, you accuse me of deception. Manager Feng, your words invite suspicion.”
Zhuang Qingning pursed her lips, her eyes narrowing into thin slits as she stared at Feng Ershu. “But 1 can’t really blame Manager Feng for throwing a tantrum here. I’ve noticed a similar dark aura enveloping you, not unlike the little ghost. I wonder if it was you who summoned it here.”
“You… Stop spouting nonsense!” Feng Ershu snarled, his eyes emitting a fiery glare. “You’re spitting blood!”
“Whether I’m spitting blood or not, the people around are neither blind nor foolish. They can see for themselves.”
Zhuang Qingning said, “The peculiar actions of Manager Feng make it hard not to suspect that he summoned this little ghost.”
“Earlier, I spoke to the owner of this shop, Aunt Deng. Initially, Manager Feng was eager to rent this shop but offered a very low price. Aunt Deng didn’t agree and a quarrel ensued. Holding a grudge, Manager Feng tried to ruin the shop’s reputation so he could buy it cheaply later.”
“Manager Feng sought out an expert, summoned this little ghost, and caused misfortune to those who rented the shop afterwards. His intention was to make people associate bad luck with this shop, allowing him to buy it at a lower price.”
“Manager Feng, am I right?”
Zhuang Qingning’s gaze, piercing and icy like a sharpened blade, was hard to meet.
Her powerful and resonating voice drew silence from the crowd.
Her words stirred up a huge commotion amongst the onlookers.
“I thought Manager Feng was decent, who would have thought he could cause such harm for personal gains, his heart is truly malicious!”
“Right, in business one must know when to act and when not to. He, on the other hand, desires to coerce others into selling to him when they ask for more than he’s willing to offer. Isn’t this just causing trouble?”
“If that’s the case, then Manager Bai’s broken leg in the shop and Manager Song’s rapid illness caused by renting the shop were all part of Feng Ershu’s scheme, right?”
“That’s definitely correct, the little ghost he summoned has been causing nothing but harm.”
“People like him should not stay in our town. He has harmed so many people. He should be bound and sent to the pavilion chief to face the consequences!”
“Exactly, bind him, bring him to the pavilion chief!”
II II
The calls around grew louder, as a hand grabbed Feng Ershu’s wrist, pulling him towards the Pavilion Chief Gong Qingsheng.
At this moment, Gong Qingsheng was making his way through the crowd.
When he heard that the tofu shop was bustling with activity because Zhuang Qingning was catching a ghost, he brought two officials with him, fearing that the large gathering could stir up trouble.
Upon arriving, he encountered a three-layer crowd and could hardly see what was happening inside, so he struggled to squeeze his way through.
Before he could reach the middle, he heard someone shouting about taking someone to him, he immediately called out, “What’s going on?”
“The pavilion chief is here!” Someone shouted, and the crowd quickly parted to make way for Gong Qingsheng.