Disaster Apocalypse: Farming, Family, and My Hidden Secret Space-Chapter 12. Meddle in other people’s business

"I'm not talking about you," Hua Jin quickly waved his hand, then realized it seemed to be making things worse.

Forget it, better not elaborate, Hua Jin smiled awkwardly.

"Jin'er, did I do something wrong? Why are you targeting me like this?" Tears finally rolled down from Hua Xiaocao's eyes as she looked at Hua Jin with grievance and timidity.

"Targeting you, really? I'm just speaking the truth, is that wrong? Just because someone cries doesn't mean they're right." Hua Jin sneered at the tears on Xiaocao's face.

Everyone's a child here, who are you trying to show this act to?

"Hua Xiaocao, don't bully my sister, watch out or I'll hit you," Xiaosi waved his small fist at Hua Xiaocao.

These dangerous words almost made Hua Xiaocao grind her teeth.

Who exactly is bullying whom here?

Watching Hua Xiaosi defending his sister and thinking of her own brothers, jealousy in Hua Xiaocao's heart grew wildly like weeds. She quickly looked at Xiaosi with shadowed eyes.

"What, not convinced?!" Xiaosi waved his fist again, only when seeing Hua Xiaocao shrink back did he feel satisfied.

"I... I didn't mean it that way, Jin'er, you misunderstood me." Hua Xiaocao's shoulders shook even more.

Hua Jin couldn't help but roll her eyes, but was very pleased with her brother's defense and gave him a look of approval, though her patience was wearing thin.

This little white lotus act, if it grows, it'll be trouble, for the sake of innocent people in the future, it needs to be firmly suppressed.

"Hmph, whether it's a misunderstanding is not for you to decide. Xiaocao, let's not beat around the bush. To be honest, I should thank you for the reminder you gave me just now..."

Hua Xiaocao: "..."

Feeling even more flustered inside, she felt Hua Jin's words would be very disadvantageous to her. She couldn't let Hua Jin finish, her eyes rolled rapidly, and gritting her teeth, Hua Xiaocao bowed to Hua Jin.

"I'm sorry Jin'er, I remember now. That day I was indeed on the mountain, but I left soon after, I really didn't notice you up there, as for how you fell off, I really don't know, Jin'er I..."

Seeing several figures slowly approaching from the back, Hua Xiaocao stepped forward, wanting to grab Hua Jin's hand but then hesitated, crying, she said, "Jin'er, please have pity on me, let me go find wild mushrooms. Unlike you, my family doesn't dot on me. If I don't bring back enough wild mushrooms, my parents and grandparents won't spare me, I beg you."

As she spoke, she bent her knees to kneel, scaring Hua Jin into instinctively jumping to the side. Meng Daya's speed was not slow either, grabbing Hua Xiaocao and pulling her back, casting a disapproving glance at the aunts behind her.

It's normal for little girls to have squabbles, sometimes even fight, but for Hua Xiaocao to kneel... it's a bit unsettling, even somewhat... with bad intentions.

Forcing someone to kneel... if others knew, how would they view Hua Jin? It would likely leave an impression of her being domineering and bullying.

She exchanged a glance with Hua Xiaomao, pulled Hua Xiaocao up, and then stepped aside silently, reconsidering Xiaocao. Perhaps she wasn't as pitiable as they thought.

Hua Jin hadn't expected Hua Xiaocao to do that either.

Quick thinking indeed.

Truly underestimated her, seeing the few aunts walking towards them.

"Why's everyone standing here, what's going on?" The women who came over looked curiously at the little girls, particularly at one who had tears in her eyes, looking clearly bullied.

One of the women lived quite close to Xiaocao's house and usually thought this child was quite capable, just unfortunate to have such parents.

Unable to resist her overflowing sympathy, she came forward to wipe Xiaocao's tears, "Xiaocao, why are you crying?" she asked with concern.

"Aunt Zhang, I...it's nothing, it's my...my fault." Hua Xiaocao shrank back, but her eyes furtively glanced at Hua Jin in front, quickly shaking her head, immediately Aunt Zhang looked at Hua Jin with a different gaze.

This black thin little white lotus successfully made Hua Jin smile, though the smile didn't reach her eyes.

"Little girls from the same village, you shouldn't bully others!" Aunt Zhang frowned, clearly jumping to conclusions.

Although she didn't name names, her gaze was directed at Hua Jin, making Hua Jin displeased.

She wasn't the most good-natured person, if that were really the case, she would've been eaten up long ago. How could she have kept her parent's compensation and that small house intact?

Though she had no immediate relatives, there were distant ones. As an orphan, who wouldn't want to take advantage from her? But she had driven them all away.

Even during school, those who saw her as alone and tried to bully her all got taught a lesson and never dared to bully her again.

With such a strong character, how could she have earned a house in just a few years? Though it was only in a second-tier city, still very impressive, thanks to her capabilities.

Being indirectly accused like this, with Hua Jin's character, no way she'd take such a loss. She immediately smiled at Aunt Zhang.

"Aunt, what are you talking about? We don't have bullying people here, knowing Aunt has good intentions. But Aunt, coming here without asking why and just listening to Xiaocao's one-sided story, isn't that also bullying? If it spreads in the village, what about our reputations as little girls? We are kids and might not understand much, but Aunt, you are an adult, acting like us kids? I wonder if Aunt thinks what I said makes sense?"

"Oh... Hua Jin, how can you talk like that, I'm after all older..."

Before she could finish, a woman accompanying her pulled her back, "Tietan's mom, say less. Matters between kids, we adults shouldn't interfere too much." Hua Meng's family gave Zhang a wink reminding her.

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Aunt Zhang was not foolish either and immediately stopped talking, almost forgetting in her agitation that Hua Jin was the village chief's granddaughter. More importantly, her family treated this child like a precious gem. If they found out she dared to speak about Hua Jin like that, both Hua Laotai and Qi Shi, who were known to protect their own, wouldn't come knocking at their door.

Even their men and children would probably suffer. Don't be fooled by Hua Jin's two elder brothers being scholars, they were tough in fights, few of their generation in the village could match them.

Though Xiaocao did seem pitiful, meddling in Hua Jin's affairs was indeed unwise, offending the village chief's family was not worth it.

Zhang looked awkwardly at Xiaocao, then said nothing more.

Hua Jin ignored Aunt Zhang's face of changing colors, looked directly at Hua Xiaocao with a cold smile: "Xiaocao, is anyone bullying you here?"

Hua Xiaocao was fuming with anger but couldn't show it, eyes reddened as she hurriedly shook her head "No, no, Aunt misunderstood. No one is bullying me, Hua Jin I'm sorry, I apologize to you..."

Tears flowed like a river, if her skin were whiter and she were older, her aggrieved expression would indeed be a pear blossom bathed in rain, startled deer-like eyes dared not look at Hua Jin, looking completely bullied yet unable to speak out.

Unfortunately, there was no one here who pitied her fragility, no one appreciated it, even some aunts frowned, looking at Xiaocao with confusion.

Always felt the little girl's words were awkward, but considering her age, didn't think much of it.