Li Xiuxiu sneered, "How could someone as selfish as her possibly think about others? Besides, Li Shanxing's relationship with her younger brother and sister-in-law wasn't good to begin with, especially with her brother who was a year younger than her. Their relationship was extremely bad. I even suspect that she did it on purpose."

Li Shanxing was the eldest child in her family. Children in rural areas have to do chores from a young age, and Li Shanxing was no exception. Moreover, her father favored boys over girls, so although Li Shanxing was only one year older than her younger brother, she did much more work and was often beaten and scolded by her father.

The first time the conflict escalated was in the first year of junior high school. Li Shanxing's father couldn't afford to send his three children to school, so he wanted Li Shanxing to drop out of school and go home to work so that she could get married and earn dowry money in a few years.

Li Shanxing absolutely refused. Her grades were better than her brother's, so why should she be forced to drop out of school? That's why she and her brother had a falling out after that incident, and they never got back together.

However, Li Shanxing's younger siblings were not good people, and Li Xiuxiu had no sympathy for them. In the past, she might have felt pity, but now her heart was as hard as iron.

She was harmed by Li Shanxing, and her family didn't say a word in her defense. They even joined in the criticism and tried to kill her. Who pitied her at that time?

“If this family lives in your village, I’m afraid there will be endless trouble in the future,” Ye Qingqing said worriedly.

"The village chief has already submitted a report to the higher authorities, requesting that Li Shanxing's family move out of the village. The villagers are making a fuss, saying they want to drive this family away. I guess the higher authorities will agree." Li Xiuxiu said with a hint of schadenfreude.

You reap what you sow. Li Shanxing has harmed herself and others, and she doesn't deserve any sympathy.

"That's good. You can focus on your treatment now. Once you're fully recovered, I'll be able to attend your and Bruno's wedding." Ye Qingqing joked.

Li Xiuxiu wasn't shy at all. She was naturally generous and open-minded. Since she had already pledged her life to Bruno, she would wholeheartedly spend her life with him and had nothing to be ashamed of.

"Maybe I'll have to attend your and Lu Mo's wedding first. I don't know when my illness will be cured, so you two might be faster."

"You're only in stage one now, the treatment won't be difficult, it'll take at most two or three years, maybe even less, so relax," Ye Qingqing comforted her.

Li Xiuxiu laughed heartily, "I'm not in a hurry at all. Two or three years is fine too. It'll be convenient for me to learn English. Bruno has too much trouble learning Chinese. I'll learn English instead. I have trouble even listening to him speak Chinese with that big lisp."

"That's great! You can have Bruno teach you, or hire a private tutor. You'll learn very quickly," Ye Qingqing suggested.

Actually, as long as you have a language environment, it's not difficult to learn spoken language. Like her, you learn it gradually by speaking it a few times, and it becomes easier and easier to speak later on. In short, you have to speak and listen more. It's difficult to learn without a language environment.

Time passed day by day, and before we knew it, spring was here. The plane trees on Fuai Road sprouted tender green leaves, and the park was full of vibrant green. Many flowers were in bloom, and spring had arrived.

Ye Qingqing received another call from Li Xiuxiu, "Li Shanxing got married, and her father received a dowry of 10,000 yuan."

"Ten thousand yuan? What kind of sucker would pay such a large dowry?" Ye Qingqing was quite surprised. Ten thousand yuan is a lot of money these days, especially from Li Xiuxiu's hometown.

The main problem is that Li Shanxing is now infamous and has genital disease, so she's practically useless. What good is a wife like that?

"Could we have been scammed?" Ye Qingqing wondered.

"No, everyone in the surrounding villages knows about Li Shanxing's scandalous affairs. That man is from the town, so he definitely knows."

Li Xiuxiu's words left Ye Qingqing even more confused; it was truly a case of knowingly walking into danger.