Chapter 12: Protect

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation  Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

The way Emily pushed the blame onto herself made Shen Yu’s heart ache even more. He looked coldly at Cara Mack, who had already stopped crying. He was so enraged that he wished he could pick up the kid on the ground and give her a good beating.

How dare she bully the person whom he held so dear in his heart?

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“You heard what Emi said. You should know whose fault this is.”

These words were of course directed at the fat woman.

“So whatever she says is the truth? Ptui, I’ve watched her grow up. This ingrate has never spoken a word of truth since she was young.”

The fat aunt sneered at Shen Yu as if she was looking at a fool who didn’t realize that he was being deceived by Emily.

Emily’s eyes widened as she looked at the auntie. Then, she turned to look at the villagers around her. Unexpectedly, no one stood up for her.

Emily did not know what she was feeling at the moment. She should be angry, but she knew that the villagers had always been like this.

Back then, her father had saved everyone’s lives, but within a mere two months, they had already forgotten about it and saw her as nothing but a burden.

Emily started to feel bad for her father. These people were not worthy of her father’s sacrifice.

“It’s true that you’ve watched me grow up, but why are you making things up now?”

“Hmph, I have nothing to say to an ingrate like you.”

The fat aunt was even more disdainful of Emily. After all, Emily was an orphan. She did not believe that the Shen family would really treat and protect her like their own child.

Perhaps, in a few days, they would abandon her. She would very much like to see how Emily would continue to be arrogant then.

Shen Xue was thrilled when she heard the fat woman’s words, but she did not dare to speak. She had already pissed off Shen Yu. If she opened her mouth again now, Shen Yu might ask the bodyguards to throw her out.

“I’m not!”

Emily had never imagined that the auntie would be twisting the truth to this extent, denouncing her character, calling her an ingrate. She was not that kind of person, not even close.

Shen Yu gently patted Emily’s back, trying to calm her down.

“What’s happening here?”

A trembling figure squeezed into the crowd, holding a cane. His hair was greyed, but it could not hide his energetic spirit.

“Grandpa Chief…”

Emily looked at the figure who walked into the crowd. It was like she was looking at her savior.

Ever since her father left, the person who had taken care of her and her mother the most was the village chief. He was also one of the few people in the village who still cared for her after both her parents died.

“Little Emi, What’s wrong? Why are you crying? Tell me. Grandpa will seek justice for you.”

The village chief walked in front of Emily with his walking stick. When he saw Emily’s red face and swollen eyes, sympathy and pity for the girl swelled in his heart.

“Come to Grandpa. You silly girl, why did you run off on your own? I’ve been looking for you for so long.”

The old village chief waved at Emily. His eyes became moist, he felt his heart ache as he saw what a pitiful state Emily was in.

Emily ran to the village chief without hesitation and hugged him.

“I didn’t want to leave. But I didn’t want to make things difficult for Grandpa Chief.”

Emily lowered her head and spoke softly.

When she left the village, she had never felt more afraid. However, she didn’t want the village chief to be put on the spot because of her. After all, the village chief was the person who cared for her the most.

“Silly girl…”

The old village chief’s trembling voice sounded. He reached out to pat Emily’s head gently. His eyes were filled with pity and regret.

As the warm body in Shen Yu’s embrace suddenly ran away, Shen Yu looked at Emily as if he had lost something. Then his face turned stone-cold again, silently warning others not to come near him.

“Grandpa Chief, the auntie said that I’m an ingrate, but I’m really not.”

It wasn’t just the plump auntie. No one in the village was willing to stand up for her.

The more Emily thought about it, the more aggrieved she became. When the image of her parents popped into her mind again, she felt even more mournful and depressed.

“Nonsense! How could you be so shameless to say that to a child!?”

The old village chief lashed out at the fat woman who was standing near him, a flame of anger instantly started burning inside him.

“Village Chief, I’m not wrong. She’s an ungrateful wretch. Back then, when her parents weren’t around, she went to every family here for her meals. But now she came back to flaunt her new wealthy family. She even bullied my Cara just now. If she isn’t an ingrate, who is?”

As the fat woman saw the village chief stand on Emily’s side without even asking what happened, she felt even more agitated.