Xin Lei's face darkened upon hearing this. What? Marrying down? Shen Chumo, a village girl, marrying her son is considered marrying down? These people are truly ignorant bumpkins.

Huo Yunhan's expression was solemn. This was completely different from the information he had received. Wasn't Shen Chumo supposed to be very disliked in this village?

Hiding in the crowd, Shen Yuan saw Xin Lei's expression and clenched her fists. That's it. If she said more, she would completely enrage Madam Huo, and then the marriage would definitely fall through.

Xin Lei snorted coldly, "Shen Chumo has a bad reputation. It all started from your village. I heard that she was seen lying in bed with a man the other day. Tsk tsk." Xin Lei's face was full of disgust.

Just then, Shen Chuyang rushed home upon hearing the news. As soon as he entered the house, he heard Xin Lei's slanderous words against Shen Chumo.

He was instantly enraged. Clenching his fists, he stormed into the house, grabbed Huo Yunhan by the collar, and roared, "How dare you bully my sister! Do you really think the Shen family has no one left?!"

Upon seeing this, Xin Lei screamed in alarm, "What are you doing! Let go of my son!"

Shen Chuyang glared at Huo Yunhan with wide eyes and gritted her teeth, saying, "You're Huo Yunhan, aren't you!"

Huo Yunhan frowned, trying to break free from Shen Chuyang's grasp, but Shen Chuyang held him tightly, not giving him any chance to escape.

"Let me go!" Huo Yunhan said coldly. As a soldier, he naturally wouldn't fight with the common people, so he could only struggle desperately.

"Hmph, when you bullied my sister, didn't you think about the consequences? Today I'm going to get justice for my sister." Shen Chuyang said, raising his fist to smash Huo Yunhan's face.

"Chuyang, don't be impulsive!" Shen Zhiguo quickly stepped forward and pulled Shen Chuyang back. Although he was also angry about the Huo family's behavior, he didn't want things to get out of control.

Shen Chuyang, her eyes red, glared angrily at Huo Yunhan: "Listen up, my sister is not someone you can bully. Your Huo family broke off the engagement, fine, but you still have the nerve to slander her? Have you lost your conscience?"

Huo Yunhan looked at Shen Chuyang, feeling somewhat shaken. He began to doubt whether he had really made a mistake, but when he thought of the words in Shen Yuan's letter, he felt that he had not done anything wrong.

"I didn't slander her. Her behavior was indecent, that's a fact," Huo Yunhan said. They had sent people to investigate, it wasn't just baseless accusations.

"You're talking nonsense!" Shen Chuyang raised his fist again. "My sister is innocent. Don't make false accusations."

Just then, Shen Chumo came out of the house, her eyes calm and her face expressionless.

"Big brother, let him go," Shen Chumo said.

Shen Chuyang hesitated for a moment, but finally let go of Huo Yunhan. He walked to Shen Chumo's side and looked at her with heartache: "Little sister, don't be afraid. With your big brother here, they won't dare to bully you."

Xin Lei and Huo Yunhan looked at Shen Chumo, their hearts skipped a beat, their gazes fixed on Shen Chumo, unable to look away.

This was the first time they had ever seen someone so beautiful. Her snow-white skin was so pure that it seemed like the most precious work of art in the world. Every inch of her skin radiated a delicate glow, as if it had been gently caressed by moonlight.

Shen Chumo stood there quietly, like a beautiful painting, radiating a soft glow in the sunlight, as if enveloped in a sacred radiance.

Is this really Shen Chumo? Although they had seen photos of her and admitted that she was good-looking, the moment they saw her in person, they suddenly realized how ignorant they had been.

Huo Yunhan's throat bobbed slightly. He had to admit that at this moment, he seemed to have fallen in love with Shen Chumo at first sight. He had fallen for someone he had just been slandering.

Huo Yunhan was in a state of confusion and didn't know how to salvage the situation.

Then, before he could speak, he heard Shen Chumo's gentle voice say, "Since the engagement is off, then let's get it off."

“However, it’s not you who are announcing our engagement, but I, Shen Chumo, who want the Huo family’s engagement,” Shen Chumo said firmly.

Although Xin Lei was also stunned by Shen Chumo's appearance, she couldn't help but think about Shen Chumo's background and her past actions.

Still stubbornly insisting, she said, "Hmph, so what if you're somewhat pretty? A country girl like you is not someone our Huo family can afford. Your so-called annulment is nothing but self-humiliation." Xin Lei said arrogantly.

Huo Yunhan quickly stopped Xin Lei, "Mom, don't say anymore. We made a mistake by rashly coming to annul the engagement without finding out the truth."

Huo Yunhan looked at Shen Chumo and said in a low, hoarse voice, "Chumo, I'm sorry. I trusted others too easily and misunderstood you. Please don't cancel our engagement, okay?" Huo Yunhan's tone was pleading.

Shen Yuan clenched her fists so tightly that her nails dug into her palms, but she didn't feel any pain. How could this be? How could this be? Huo Yunhan was actually unwilling to break off his engagement with Shen Chumo. Then everything she had done had become a joke.

Shen Chumo shook her head and said hurtful words in a gentle tone, "Impossible. You slander me based on some baseless rumors, humiliate me in public, and show no respect for my parents and brothers. I don't want a family like that."

Upon hearing Shen Chumo's rejection, Huo Yunhan felt a sharp pain in his chest, as if a sharp knife was gently squeezing his heart.

Shen Chumo continued, "My grandfather saved the old commander's life, which is why the old commander arranged this marriage. But now, you're using this marriage as an excuse to come and humiliate me."

Do you know how much gossip I'll endure after today? In this countryside, rumors can kill a young woman! If my grandfather knew this in the afterlife, he'd probably question the old commander in his dreams why he drove his granddaughter to her death!

Mentioning the old commander, Xin Lei took a step back guiltily, because they had deliberately kept their annulment of the engagement a secret from him. Once the matter was settled, even if the old commander found out, he would at most be angry.

The villagers applauded and said, "Chu Mo, you're right. We'd rather not marry into a family like that."

Huo Yunhan's face turned even paler because he realized that what Shen Chumo said was true and he could not refute it. He didn't even understand why he had done it in the first place.

Huo Yunhan looked at Shen Chumo. Even though they were so close, he felt so far away from her heart.

Seeing Huo Yunhan like this, Xin Lei felt heartbroken and disliked Shen Chumo even more. If Shen Chumo married Huo Yunhan in the future, wouldn't her son be completely under her control?

Moreover, Xin Lei was used to being fawned over, and after Shen Chumo confronted her so directly, her dissatisfaction reached its peak. No matter how beautiful she was, the most important thing for a daughter-in-law was to be humble.

"Shen Chumo, we're not framing you out of thin air. We have evidence! Your cousin Shen Yuan wrote the letter herself, and my son said it—how can that be wrong?"

Shen Yuan! Everyone looked at each other in disbelief. No one had expected that Shen Yuan had been writing letters to slander Shen Chumo, and that the Huo family actually believed it.

"Mom!" Huo Yunhan didn't expect Xin Lei to reveal Shen Yuan's name. If Shen Chumo knew that he had been corresponding with Shen Yuan, she would probably misunderstand him again.

Xin Lei ignored her and continued, "It's not just your cousin's letter. I sent people to Pinggang Village to investigate before. Are the things your own villagers say also slanders you?"

Shen Chuyang sneered from the side, "Do you Huo family members not use your brains when you fight? Don't you know what 'three men make a tiger' means? I tell you I bought pears today, you tell someone else I bought plums today, and then it gets to another person's ears and it becomes I bought chestnuts today. It gets passed around and eventually it becomes I bought a donkey. If words can be spread like that, what about those malicious rumors?"

"Besides, you're in Pinggang Village today, and those people in the courtyard are all villagers. You can ask them directly who my sister is and what indecent things she's done!"

At this moment, Shen Pingkai pulled Shen Yuan in from the doorway, saying, "Tell me, what exactly did you fabricate outside!"

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