After you sever ties, it's no use crying and regretting it.

Chapter 18 Contest

Having experienced many things, Xie Shulan had long since seen through many of the shady dealings involved.

Now that Wu Guizhi still wants to slander their family, Xie Shulan no longer wants to remain silent and has directly exposed the matter, giving Wu Guizhi something to do.

Now that they have the opportunity to replace Wu Guizhi, cooperate with the Yuan family, and obtain their valuable possessions, instead of continuing to be subservient to them and manipulated by Wu Guizhi, some cunning individuals have already begun to plot.

Wu Guizhi didn't want them to have an easy time, and she didn't want to let them off the hook. So she let others know the gravity of these matters and the grudges and relationships involved, so that they would all know that the Yuan family cared about them, not Wu Guizhi!

Having exposed this connection, it won't be so easy for Wu Guizhi to act superior and manipulate other villagers at will anymore.

Moreover, Wu Guizhi was not well-liked in the village in the past. Now she relies on the grain given to her by the Yuan family to maintain her image and win over others to work for her. Once she loses these support and is replaced by others, given Wu Guizhi's previous actions, she must have offended many people and will definitely not have an easy time in the future!

Xie Shulan didn't act unless she was absolutely sure, but once she did, she wanted to cut off Wu Guizhi's escape route and set Wu Guizhi's backyard on fire.

Furthermore, as the drought worsened, Xie Shulan was already considering fleeing the famine.

If they stay here, they'll likely starve, and they don't even know if they'll survive.

However, in order to wait for their daughter, Lü Xinyan, Xie Shulan and the others need to stay here for a few more days.

With Yuan Yutong returning to the Yuan family, her daughter Lü Xinyan should leave the Yuan family and come back here.

Regardless of whether their daughter would hate them, they wanted to see her and explain the whole conspiracy to her.

After hearing Xie Shulan's words, Wu Guizhi immediately understood Xie Shulan's intentions and noticed that the eyes of the people around her had changed, which made Wu Guizhi feel worried.

If these things get out of control, she will definitely not come out on top.

Taking a few deep breaths to calm herself down, Wu Guizhi looked at Xie Shulan, gritted her teeth, and couldn't help but sneer coldly, continuing, "Yes, I did accept benefits from the Yuan family, and I used those benefits to do things and target you, so what?"

"During this time, I've distributed so much grain to the villagers and helped so many people survive. Do you think they can't see any of this?"

"It's you, Xie Shulan, who thinks everyone is a fool and can be easily fooled by you."

"Is it really that easy to build connections with the Yuan family? Is it really that easy to get the grain they provide? Is it really that anyone can be accepted by the Yuan family?"

At this point, Wu Guizhi gave a cold laugh, her eyes turning fierce. She really wished she could kill Xie Shulan and prevent her from exposing all of this.

Looking around, she saw that the villagers of Ningshui Village were becoming more hesitant, unsure whether to trust her or Xie Shulan.

This change still made Wu Guizhi particularly unhappy.

Wu Guizhi dared not even think about what would happen to Xie Shulan if her schemes and plots succeeded.

After all, thanks to the Yuan family, she now wields more power in Ningshui Village than the village chief and clan leader, and her influence has surpassed theirs.

This is clearly something the village chief and the others will not approve of.

Once she loses the support of the Yuan family, her fate will definitely not be good.

Hsieh Shu-lan's move this time was indeed ruthless, aiming to cut off her escape route!

However, Xie Shulan was right about one thing: she wanted to deal with Xie Shulan's family, but before the Yuan family gave specific orders, she couldn't touch Xie Shulan's family. She could only mistreat them within the permitted limits.

All of this made Wu Guizhi even more unhappy.

Even knowing that the Yuan family and Yuan Yutong were doing this to continue targeting Lü Daquan and Xie Shulan's family, and that she could only deal with Xie Shulan's family within permissible limits, Wu Guizhi still felt frustrated.

However, in order to avoid mission failure and offending the Yuan family, Wu Guizhi still had to swallow her anger.

At this moment, in order to avoid being at a disadvantage and being taken advantage of by others, Wu Guizhi looked at Xie Shulan and continued to mock her, saying, "As expected, you have a black heart. You deliberately sow discord here, trying to destroy the relationship between the village and the Yuan family, trying to cut off this part of the village's food supply, and trying to take the lives of all of us!"

"No wonder you were able to do something as heinous as switching the children back then!"

"For your selfish purposes, you want to ruin Miss Yuan's happy and wealthy life! And now you're shamelessly spreading rumors and trying to destroy the entire village!"

Since Xie Shulan had made her move, Wu Guizhi was not to be outdone. She continued to accuse Xie Shulan, trying to destroy Xie Shulan's vicious persona and let others know that things were not going to go smoothly, so they shouldn't even think about trying to take her position or benefits!

Seeing that everyone around her seemed to be deep in thought and had been taken aback by her words, Wu Guizhi felt a little more at ease.

Meeting Xie Shulan's calm gaze, the kind she hated most, Wu Guizhi scoffed and continued, "You did what you did back then, and now you're denying it all, trying to whitewash yourselves. Have you ever thought about why the young lady of the Yuan family would suffer in this rural place with you?"

"You've ruined so many years of her life, letting your fake heiress live a good life in the Yuan family. How dare you claim to be innocent?"

"And what do your so-called kindness to her amount to compared to the Yuan family?"

Seeing that the situation had improved slightly and the surrounding villagers had begun to reflect, Wu Guizhi breathed a slight sigh of relief and continued, "Let alone the real daughter of the Yuan family returning to the Yuan family, even your own daughter, the one you painstakingly planned for, despises your vicious actions and disdains to associate with you. She has chosen to continue enjoying her life in the Yuan family and will not come back to acknowledge you."

"People like you deserve to be abandoned by everyone!"

"The Yuan family had already investigated this whole series of events and knew that I usually treated the young lady well and gave her good food. That's why they chose me to handle these matters. Do you really think just anyone can do this?"

"Don't even think about sowing discord!"