Dong Miao smiled and said, "Lord Julie... nice to meet you, nice to meet you." After speaking, he stared closely at Julie's face, trying to see how she would react.
Julie sneered inside, but on her face, she cooperated by showing a confused and puzzled expression. She frowned and looked at Dong Miao. "Sir, you must have come to the wrong place. How could a village head live in a broken straw hut?"
Dong Miao looked at her and felt that she really didn't know beforehand. It seemed he had been too suspicious.
He kept smiling and said, "I didn't make a mistake. Pan Li committed suicide last night. Before she died, she admitted that she poisoned your parents. To make up for her crimes, she also stated in her letter that she would return the village head position to the rightful owner. Now that Leng Yun is gone, naturally you will take over. Here is Pan Li's confession letter, take a look. Also, the land deed you bought before has been registered in the government record. Here you go." Then he took out the land deed and confession letter from his sleeve and handed them to Julie.
Julie thanked him and took them.
She was not very good at acting. It was already impressive that she could show a surprised and confused look just now.
Now, she couldn't really put on any more expressions.
From the beginning to the end, she stayed calm as she read.
In Dong Miao's eyes, this made her seem deep and unreadable. Normally, when someone finds out that their parents were poisoned, how could they stay so calm?
Shouldn't they be angry and curse?
When learning they are the new village head, shouldn't they be overjoyed?
Even if someone had a calm personality, it was strange not to show any emotion at all.
He observed that Julie was composed from start to finish.
Wasn't that scary?
Even Dong Miao, who was older and had more life experience, couldn't remain so calm if faced with these two major events at once.
Dong Miao felt a bit... strange and didn't know how to describe the feeling.
Was it him who was abnormal?
Or was it that Julie was just too normal?
He glanced at Julie's three husbands and felt a bit more reassured. That's better — they were showing normal reactions.
The three brothers — Bailee, Haven, and Lorrie — were initially very surprised. How could this happen?
They couldn't help but suspect — it seemed impossible, because their wife never left yesterday. But the timing was too coincidental.
And with how their wife was now, doing unexpected things wasn't impossible either.
No matter how much Bailee and Haven suspected and worried inside, their faces still showed the right reactions: first surprise, then anger, then sadness.
When they heard that their wife would become the village head, they felt excited and complicated emotions.
Lorrie was even more exaggerated. He cried out loud to the sky.
"Mother! You died so tragically! It's all that evil Pan Li's fault. You treated her like a sister, but she used you as a stepping stone. After using you, she betrayed you! Mother, don't worry. We will take good care of our wife from now on!"
Bailee and Haven looked at each other and also began to wipe their tears. Although they were embarrassed to cry loudly like Lorrie, their quiet sobbing made people feel even more sorry for them.
Julie put the land deed into her sleeve, actually placing it inside her space.
She gave the confession letter back to Dong Miao.
When she saw Lorrie's dramatic crying, she lowered her head, and the corner of her mouth twitched slightly into a faint smile.
The little guy reacted really fast.
He knew when to make a scene and when to use his brain.
Dong Miao looked at the three brothers' reactions and nodded in satisfaction.
After all, there were differences between men and women, and it wasn't appropriate for her to comfort the Gu brothers too much.
She wanted to say something to comfort Julie, but since Julie hadn't even frowned once, she could only offer a few polite words of condolence.
Then she explained the duties of a village head to her. After all, it was an official position with a salary.
Every month, there would be two strings of coins as pay.
The main job was to manage small issues in the village and attend one meeting at the county office each month. Other than that, there wasn't much else.