When Li Mengyue heard her father say that someone wanted to harm her, she stood there waiting for him.

It wasn't too surprising to hear that someone was plotting to kill her.

Because she knew very well that Yun Ran didn't want her to live a miserable life. After all, he sent people to ruin her reputation before she even arrived in Xinghua Village.

In fact, she has been living in the village for some time. Although she has not had much contact with the villagers, she knows that whenever she goes out to the mountains, there are always people pointing fingers at her behind her back.

"Something like, 'Little Ji is shameless, she ran off with a beggar, if she can come back to claim her as her relative, then even the beggar must not want her.'"

"And a woman like her who has lost her chastity by having an affair without a matchmaker, no respectable family would marry her."

"Some people even persuaded my parents to sever ties with her and drive her out of Xinghua Village."

The woman who talked the most and jumped around the most was Li Cuihua. She loved gossip and liked to get involved in everything.

The reason why her reputation in Xinghua Village is so bad that the villagers who meet her on the road like to avoid her has a lot to do with Li Cuihua.

Li Mengyue knew all about these things, but she was too lazy to pay attention to them. No matter what they said, it would not affect her life. She just ate and drank as usual every day.

[Host, it's not the villagers who want to harm you, it's the thugs from the gambling house who want money.]

[Gambling house, what's going on? ]

Afterwards, Tong told Li Mengyue everything the gambling house thugs had said, word for word.

Li Mengyue remained silent for a long time after hearing this, because during the time she lived in the Li family, she had heard countless times from Old Lady Li that Li Jian was good at studying, would become the top scholar, and become a high-ranking official in the future.

The second branch of their family was unwilling to sell the twins in order to raise money for Li Jian's education. When Li Jian became an official and became rich in the future, the second branch would not be able to take advantage of him.

Every time Li Mengyue heard Old Lady Li say this, she sneered.

Although she had never seen the Li Jian that Old Lady Li mentioned, she knew that after studying for more than twenty years, he was still a student and could not even pass the examination to become a scholar. He must not have much talent for studying.

I don’t know where Old Man Li and Old Lady Li got the confidence to believe that Li Jian would be the top scorer in the imperial examination.

Whenever Old Lady Li came out of the second room's door and talked about how good Li Jian was at studying, the teacher would praise her again.

As long as the family can collect 50 taels of silver, and wait for Li Jian to pass the exam, no one will forget how much each of them contributed.

Every time this happened, Li Mengyue would come out of the room and cough lightly.

When Mrs. Li heard the cough, she acted like a cat seeing a mouse. She walked away dejectedly without saying a word.

This time, I heard from Tong that Li Jian was expelled from the college for plagiarism, which not only cut off his path to the imperial examination, but also destroyed the hopes of old man Li and old lady Li.

The whole family lived frugally and tightened their belts to pay for Li Jian's tuition. However, Li Jian betrayed them and was not only expelled from the college, but also went to the casino and borrowed money from loan sharks, owing the gambling house one hundred taels of silver.

I wonder what expressions Old Man Li and Old Lady Li would have when they heard the news.

But now is not the time to think about these things. It will take another hour for the gambling house thugs to leave Xinghua Village.