The crowd took one look at the village chief's dark expression and quietly dispersed. All that remained was the scowling chief, Li Xiu; a completely unfazed Aunt Li and Li Yuan; and Zhou Lian, who was still in a daze.
"Alright, that's enough. That blabbermouth has always been like that. Her husband's a decent man, so don't go settling scores later!" Ge Dayu knew Li Xiu's personality all too well. The man was ruthless and vicious, yet he always managed to twist things so you couldn't argue with him. They were all from the same village; it would look bad if things got too out of hand.
Li Xiu let out a dry laugh and ignored him. 'What's the use of being decent? Failing to control his own wife is his mistake.'