"The reputation of our Shen family? Sister, why are you worried about it only now? When you deliberately attracted people to watch just now, why didn't you think about the reputation of our Shen family?" Shen Li didn't spare Shen Miao any face at all and directly exposed her words.
"Sister..."
"Enough!" Shen Li didn't give Shen Miao a chance to speak. When she heard Shen Miao call her, she turned around and said loudly to the pilgrims burning incense in the main hall, "Everyone, I'm really sorry that such a thing happened to our family right in front of the Buddha today!"
"But now that the thing has happened, let's handle this matter clearly right in front of all of you pilgrims, all the Buddhist monks, and all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas!"
Shen Li's gaze swept over the people present one by one. Unexpectedly, she saw a familiar face. She didn't go over but just stood still and nodded to He Yimeng in the crowd. He Yimeng nodded back at her.
"I believe that everyone has seen something of what just happened, but that's not the whole story! As the saying goes, seeing is believing while hearing is deceiving. Moreover, some people didn't even see what happened with their own eyes. They just heard some words of unknown authenticity from others and then thought that I had bullied someone."
"I wonder if those who think so in their hearts have all seen how the thing happened and how much of it did they see?" Shen Li's inquiring gaze swept over the faces of the on - lookers. Some people who had secretly spoken ill of Shen Li in the crowd just now didn't dare to meet her eyes when they saw her looking at them. They all blushed and lowered their heads.
Of course, there were some exceptions. When they saw Shen Li's gaze, they stood there calmly. Shen Li secretly noted them down in her heart.
"Then I'll first tell you what happened in this main hall today! As you all saw, the girl beside me," Shen Li took a step to the side and pointed at Shen Miao standing diagonally behind her, "my cousin, just now she squatted on the ground."
"Of course, many people also saw that just now we two were standing closest to each other. So, many people also thought that I pushed her down! But that's not the case!"
"Sister, I've already said that you didn't push me. Let's not dwell on this matter anymore, okay?" Shen Miao suddenly walked up to Shen Li at this moment, grabbed her arm, and said with a look of disapproval.
Shen Li looked down at the arm grabbed by Shen Miao and didn't move. "Sister, it's better to solve the matter as early as possible, so as not to cause any unnecessary trouble and make people misunderstand!" After Shen Li said that, she kept looking down at the arm held by Shen Miao.
Shen Miao's face didn't look good. She could only bear the hatred in her heart and slowly let go of her hand.
As soon as Shen Miao let go of her hand, Shen Li immediately took a step to the side and moved away from Shen Miao.
"I believe that everyone came to Pufa Temple to burn incense today because they have something to ask for! Just like all of you, I also came in front of the Buddha today to ask the Buddha to bless me! I believe that everyone is like me and always believes that the Buddha is watching the mortal world from the sky, watching what we people do, and can also hear our voices!"
As soon as Shen Li said this, someone immediately nodded in agreement. These pilgrims came to the temple from afar to burn incense and donate money for the lamps. Weren't they just for the sake of fulfilling their wishes?
"But if at this moment, someone curses a girl in front of the Buddha that she will be abducted or kidnapped? What's the intention behind this?"
Immediately, there was a lot of discussion in the crowd.
"That's so vicious! Cursing a girl to be kidnapped. This..."
"In front of the Buddha, someone dares to say such a thing. That person's heart must be really dark!"
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"I think the same as all of you. I'm filled with anger. At this moment, my personal maid, loyal to protect me, couldn't bear to see me being bullied like this, so she said something to my sister. And what happened then?"
Shen Li pulled over Jiaoyue and made her stand in front of everyone. "Look, she was beaten like this by those two maids." Shen Li said with a bit of sadness.
"My sister still felt not relieved, so she wanted to come and teach her a lesson herself. I knew that my maid was beaten because she was protecting me, so naturally I couldn't just watch her being beaten. So I reached out to stop her!"
"I didn't have much strength in my hand, but unexpectedly, the person who originally wanted to beat someone, for some unknown reason, actually stepped straight back and sat down on the ground."
A puzzled look appeared on Shen Li's face, as if she was really thinking about the reason for this matter.
"Sister, that's not how it happened. I didn't curse you, and I didn't tell them to fight. It has nothing to do with me!"
"Has nothing to do with you, sister? Then tell me why the two of them beat one person?"
"This... this is..." Shen Miao quickly thought in her mind. Just as she was about to answer after coming up with an answer, Shen Li interrupted her.
"Can't you answer such a simple question, sister? Or do you still need to make up an answer in your mind?"
Shen Miao glared at Shen Li, but Shen Li remained unmoved and continued, "Or are you feeling guilty, sister!"
"Who's feeling guilty? I just forgot for a moment just now."
"Okay! We are both parties involved in this matter. What we say may be biased. How about this? Let's ask the pilgrims here what they saw just now?"
As she said this, Shen Li looked at the people in the main hall and said loudly, "I wonder if any of you present saw the whole thing that happened here in the main hall just now?"
As soon as Shen Li's voice fell, there was a buzz of discussion in the crowd. Most of them only noticed this side when they saw three people scuffling at first. As for what happened before, they had no idea at all.
"I saw how the thing happened just now!" At this time, a young man in a blue robe with his hair tied up, dressed like a scholar, walked out of the crowd.
Shen Li glanced in his direction. After confirming that he was one of the people who had dared to meet her eyes just now, she also nodded and said, "May I ask how to address you, sir?"
"My surname is Jin. Everyone calls me Scholar Jin!"
"Then please tell us what happened just now!"
Hearing this, people around all looked in the direction of the scholar.
Suddenly appearing in front of everyone like this, the scholar Jin in the blue robe seemed a bit unaccustomed. His face had turned red. He steadied his breath and then said, "Just now my mother and I were burning incense over there!"
He pointed at a prayer cushion beside Shen Li.