Ye Shixian's mind went completely blank!
The last trace of color drained from her face. Her lips trembled, and she looked like a vengeful ghost.
Everyone else present was also stunned.
"I... I didn't mishear, did I? Did he just say... that Ye Shixian... killed Mrs. Gao? That she killed her own mother?!"
The news was so explosive that many people thought they must have misunderstood.
But while one person could be mistaken, could so many have heard the same wrong thing?
"I heard it too! Perfectly clearly! That lord said Ye Shixian killed Mrs. Gao!"
After a moment of dead silence, the crowd erupted in an uproar!
Mrs. Gao's death had been the talk of the town for days, and many had felt sorry for Ye Shixian. But who could have imagined such a shocking reversal in the end!
"How is that possible? Who in this world could be so heartless as to murder their own mother?!"
Amid the shock, many people's first reaction was disbelief.
