Upon hearing this, Ruan Miaomiao felt that something was amiss.

She mumbled, "They're not really family, more like close friends..."

Even if her statement didn't match the "girl" Li Juan was referring to, it would be easier to explain away the discrepancy.

However, Li Juan did not delve into these matters.

Her eyes gleamed with a mischievous glint as she leaned close to Ruan Miaomiao's ear and whispered, "Oh dear, what a disaster!"

Your friend was such a good girl, a nice girl working at the supply and marketing cooperative, and she was ruined by the Zhong family..."

Upon hearing this, Ruan Miaomiao was already somewhat certain that the person Li Juan was talking about was Liu Li.

She sighed and said in a low voice, "What can we do? It's all because Zhong Qiang is such a good actor. How was we supposed to know he was this kind of person?"

Ruan Miaomiao's words intensified Li Juan's urge to complain.

She covered her mouth with her hand and said excitedly, "Who says it isn't true?"

The Zhong family mother and son are just too good at pretending.

Otherwise, if orphans and widows could survive the famine, how could the Zhong family boy get a job in the county committee?

He learned it all from his mother, selling his body to get things.

Back then, his mother supported her and her son by seducing different men. In our alley, which man hasn't been seduced by his mother?

Like begets like, and the son of a mouse knows how to dig holes; the Zhong family boy is just imitating what he sees.

However, your friend is at a disadvantage. A grown man being seduced by a widow means that at most he'll lose an egg or a pound of cornmeal.

But your friend is a girl. How important is a woman's reputation? This Zhong boy has really ruined your friend's life..."

"Why……"

Ruan Miaomiao sighed, giving Li Juan ample face by supporting her, and said in a low voice, "Who says otherwise?"

Originally, we all assumed that Zhong Qiang was trying to take advantage of my friend because he wanted to be with my friend's girlfriend.

Little did I know, he actually had a girlfriend.

Tell me, how can he have the nerve to act all lovey-dovey in front of my friend when he already has a girlfriend...?

"whispering sound……"

Upon hearing Ruan Miaomiao's words, Li Juan spat on the ground without any hesitation:

"Object?"

"Ha, that Xiuyun that the Zhong family boy has his eye on, she's obviously no good. So hesitant and indecisive, not at all like your friend's generosity."

Li Juan's tone made no attempt to hide her disdain for Zhong Qiang's boyfriend, and Ruan Miaomiao chimed in, "Maybe guys just like girls who know how to pretend..."

"you do not say!"

Upon hearing Ruan Miaomiao's words, Li Juan felt as if she had met a kindred spirit. She slapped her thigh excitedly and said, "Men are blind, unlike us women whose eyes are sharp. We can tell at a glance that Song Xiuyun is no good!"

“Song Xiuyun…”

Upon hearing this name, Ruan Miaomiao's heart skipped a beat: Had she guessed wrong?

Seeing the blank look on Ruan Miaomiao's face, Li Juan immediately helped to clarify: "Yes, it's Song Xiuyun!"

After confirming the other party's name again, Ruan Miaomiao tentatively asked, "Auntie, does this Song family have a powerful background?"

Or is Song Xiuyun really pretty?

She actually managed to seduce Zhong Qiang so much that he was willing to give up such an outstanding woman as my friend!

"whispering sound!"

Upon hearing Ruan Miaomiao's question, Li Juan scoffed dismissively and even rolled her eyes.

"background?

What's the background?

Isn't he just an outsider?

The newcomers who moved to our Orange Lane only a few months ago, I heard that a few years ago, the family was sent to the countryside because of their class background. Later, the adults in the family did not survive, leaving only the Song brother and sister.

Now, the organization has compensated Song Wei, the elder brother of the Song family, with a job.

Coincidentally, Song Wei also worked at the supply and marketing cooperative, but not as a salesperson; he was an accountant.

There are only two siblings in the family now. Besides having a job, how can they compare to your friend?

"That's right, my friend's whole family has stable jobs. It's just that Zhong Qiang isn't lucky enough to enjoy that kind of life!"

Ruan Miaomiao acted as if she was supporting her friend, saying things that showed disdain for Zhong Qiang, but in her heart she was thinking:

When his family members were sent to the countryside, they died, leaving only the two siblings. However, the compensation was only given to the older brother, which is extremely unreasonable from the perspective of the organization's humanitarian concern.

Even if the organization can't assign Song Xiuyun a formal job, they can always arrange a temporary one.

The Song siblings are getting stranger and stranger.

While Ruan Miaomiao was pondering this, Li Juan continued her rapid-fire chatter: "That's right, she finally managed to climb up to a high branch and have a chance to hook up with a phoenix, and now she's jumping down to grab a pheasant..."

After echoing Li Juan's words for a while, Ruan Miaomiao took out about ten more glass candies from her pocket and gave them to Li Juan's child, coaxing the child to accompany her to see "Song Xiuyun".

Seeing the child happy with the candy, Li Juan was also delighted. Thinking that Ruan Miaomiao must want to see what kind of vixen had seduced her friend's boyfriend, she readily agreed.

She not only went by herself, but also called on several women from the neighborhood to walk together toward the courtyard of the Song siblings.

When we arrived, the gate to the courtyard was locked.

Li Juan glanced at Ruan Miaomiao, thinking about the glass candy in her own son Hu Zi's hand, and felt that she couldn't let Ruan Miaomiao down today.

She bravely stepped forward and knocked on the door, indicating that Ruan Miaomiao would hide behind her while she dealt with the situation.

There was a knock on the courtyard gate, and Zhao Xiuyun, who was inside the courtyard, heard a commotion outside.

She wondered: Song Wei and she had only moved here recently, and apart from the Zhong family, they didn't have much contact with anyone else in the neighborhood. So why did it sound like a bunch of people were knocking on their door?

Subconsciously, Zhao Xiuyun didn't want to open the door and hid at home pretending no one was there.

However, the people outside were not willing to give up and shouted at the top of their lungs, "Sister Song, Sister Song, I am the team leader of Orange Alley. Our alley has an organized cleaning every week. Please open the door, we saw you in there..."

Having said all that, Zhao Xiuyun couldn't very well refuse to open the door.

As soon as the courtyard gate opened, a large group of women rushed in, discussing the allocation of cleaning duties in the alley.

There were too many people, and every woman was whispering to each other. Zhao Xiuyun didn't notice for a moment that a simply dressed woman with a headscarf was looking her up and down, hidden in the crowd.

When Ruan Miaomiao saw Zhao Xiuyun, she couldn't help but feel excited: As expected of the original female lead, she was able to survive even after killing someone.

The crucial point is that in this era, you needed a letter of introduction to go out, yet she was still able to change her identity and live as another woman...

Moreover, she actually found a partner who was much better than Shen Qingming.

However, Ruan Miaomiao felt something was strange: Why would the older brother from the Song family help Zhao Xiuyun for no reason?

Moreover, as far as Ruan Miaomiao knew, Zhao Xiuyun didn't have any relatives or friends in Bicheng...