The neighbors outwardly comforted Chen Guihua in soft voices, but their eyes betrayed their undisguised curiosity as they subtly probed the situation inside the house.

Chen Guihua was extremely anxious as she watched her daughter run downstairs, fearing that something might happen to her.

But there are so many people around. If I don't give them an explanation, they'll definitely start making things up. Rather than letting them guess, I might as well tell them myself.

Thinking that Xie Yan's reputation would be completely ruined after he said that, but fortunately, Xie Yan is already married and will not be living here in the future, so these rumors are nothing to him.

In order to prevent her son and daughter's reputation from being ruined, she could only suppress her bitterness and repeat the prepared statement with a wry smile.

As she spoke, Chen Guihua abandoned her usual composure and covered her face, bursting into tears.

Upon hearing Chen Guihua's explanation, the people around her erupted in a frenzy, as if water had been poured into a hot oil pan.

The crowd joined in, and a tidal wave of condemnation surged toward Xie Yan.

An older woman curled her lip, her face full of disdain, and shook her head as she said, "I knew it! I always thought the Xie couple weren't the kind of heartless people who would abandon their children, but you wouldn't believe me!"

As she spoke, she lightly pointed in the direction of the people around her with her finger, a hint of smugness in her eyes, as if she had seen through everything long ago. "Now you understand, right? As parents, how could we not know what kind of people our own children are?"

"They must have known all along that Xie Yan was a bad kid and wanted to send him to the countryside to reform him."

"How could we, as parents, have bad intentions towards our children!"

A man nearby quickly chimed in, nodding vigorously and exclaiming, "That's right! I just didn't expect this kid to be so restless even after being sent to the countryside!"

"They actually caused such a huge disaster."

"He seemed like a very sensible person usually, I never expected him to get involved in gambling!"

He shook his head as he spoke, "It's truly astonishing."

A man wearing glasses pushed up his glasses, glanced at the women around him with a hint of disdain, and then said, "I've told you all before, you can't judge a book by its cover, but you just wouldn't listen."

"Now you know fear, huh! You women are so shallow, all you care about is appearance, so superficial!"

Some people thought he was wrong, but seeing everyone nodding in agreement, they could only agree with him for a while.

Soon the corridor was filled with a cacophony of curses and whispers.

It was as if they wanted to condemn Xie Yan as some heinous criminal, and they all began to denounce him.

Bring out everything that happened before the thank-you banquet, starting from the smallest details, and analyze the shortcomings of the banquet bit by bit.

Even Xie Yan's smile at the children was interpreted as a calculated move.

Some people even brought up the story of Xie Yan fighting with their children when they were young, describing how badly their children were beaten by Xie Yan, in order to prove that Xie Yan was a bad kid from a young age.

However, Xie Yan, far away in the Northwest, had no idea that a campaign against him had been launched in the capital.

He already had a terrible reputation in the capital.

He was still reading in bed at that moment.

Since Yu Yuehui unlocked some new knowledge for me last time, I have been diligently studying this subject.

Inside the mud-brick house, the paper windows rustled softly in the breeze.

Xie Yan lay in his warm bed, engrossed in a book, bathed in the light streaming in from the window.

As he read on, his eyes would widen and his face would turn red, as if he had been practicing some kind of unparalleled evil skill and had reached the point of going mad.

The reality is pretty much the same.

To be honest, after learning more about it, Xie Yan's eyes were opened.

For the first time ever, he began to seriously study the contents of the book. Looking at the bold and unrestrained images, Xie Yan was both shy and curious, absorbing the new knowledge while blushing.

His obsessive enthusiasm was so intense that even Yu Yuehui couldn't bear to watch.

She had just come in from outside when she saw Xie Yan secretly reading that kind of book in bed again. She frowned slightly, walked over, pulled Xie Yan out, and said coldly, "You shouldn't read that kind of book anymore!"

After Xie Yan was pulled out, the book in his hand fell onto the kang (a heated brick bed).

He was still a little dazed, his mouth agape, his face full of confusion, his eyes filled with doubt, when he asked, "Why?"

He watched them secretly and didn't let anyone find out!

Could it be that someone really saw them?

Thinking about it, a chill ran down his spine, and he quickly asked, "Has anyone noticed?"

When Yu Yue returned and saw that Xie Yan was really frightened, she quickly said, "No, no one saw it, don't worry."

Xie Yan breathed a sigh of relief, then became curious again. He looked at Yu Yuehui with a mischievous smile, "If that's the case, then why won't you let me see it?"

"daughter in law?"

He paused, then leaned closer to Yuehui and said with a smile, "Besides, haven't you been enjoying yourself these past few days?"

"Why can't I watch it now?!"

Yu Yue replied: "..."

Her cheeks flushed red with embarrassment at Xie Yan's blunt words, and she instinctively reached out and covered Xie Yan's mouth.

Influenced by the times, Yu Yuehui's thinking was actually extremely conservative. She really couldn't understand how Xie Yan could say such shameful things so easily.

Xie Yan's mouth was covered, preventing him from speaking. He could only blink his eyes and look innocently at Yu Yuehui, his eyes seeming to say, "I really don't understand."

He was still very puzzled and didn't understand why Yu Yuehui had suddenly acted this way.

Isn't this something that benefits both of them?

Logically speaking, he should have dragged Yu Yue back to watch it together.

But he also knew that his wife was shy, so he suffered and did all the research by himself.

Even Yu Yuehui was unwilling!

Yu Yuehui blushed even more under Xie Yan's direct gaze, rolled her eyes helplessly, and said reproachfully, "How can you say such things so casually!"

Moreover, Xie Yan's daily reading of these kinds of books is seriously affecting his normal life.

Ever since I read these books, I've been obsessed with them, spending all my time studying them except when I'm eating.

Xie Yan had no idea what Yu Yuehui was thinking.

He thought Yu Yuehui was just shy, blinked, and looked completely understanding.

He understood. This generation is more feudal; these kinds of things can only be understood intuitively and cannot be explained in words!

They can be very bold in action, but conservative in thought.

Yu Yue initially genuinely believed that Xie Yan understood her meaning.

She was so angry when she saw Xie Yan's strange smile that she immediately stopped talking.

Xie Yan's thoughts had already gone astray.

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