Jiang Ci's little radar for scanning gossip started lighting up with a snap. Her eyes shone brightly as she got off her bicycle, pushed it, and ran over.
At this moment, a large crowd had already gathered below the newspaper's staff quarters, making it quite difficult for Jiang Ci to squeeze in.
Looking around, he quickly identified a good spot.
She parked her bicycle and went up to the second floor!
This is the perfect place to watch the drama unfold.
Jiang Ci stood by the railing at the top of the stairs on the second floor, and with a glance down, she could see all the lively activity below.
At this moment, four people were standing in the very center of the enclosed area.
I only know two people from Jiangci.
The woman who came to their door ostensibly to thank them for the fried dough twists, but in reality, she had ulterior motives.
Another elderly woman was one of the women who came with Aunt Yan the day after they moved in.
This must be the old woman with white flowers.
What is it called exactly...?
I'm not sure about Jiangci.
There was also a man lying on the ground, and the old woman was supporting him, wailing loudly. He seemed to be her son or... relative.
As for the woman confronting this family, she was a stylish woman in a coat. Her eyebrows were raised, and her eyes were filled with murderous intent as she looked at Bai Hua, as if she wanted to bite Bai Hua to death.
Jiang Ci recalled that when she first returned, someone had said something about stealing her man.
It seems that this stylish woman's lover has cheated on her.
Just as Jiang Ci was making her judgment, the woman over there raised her voice, "Everyone, please be the judge!"
“My husband and I don’t have any children. Last year, he suddenly brought a child home, saying that he had adopted the child from an orphanage and that the child had been abandoned by his relatives shortly after birth. My husband said that the child was pitiful and brought him home to be our child. I thought that since the child was young, I could raise him as my own son and he would be someone to rely on in the future.”
"After raising him for a year, I realized something was wrong! The whole family was secretly telling me, behind my back, that this was their own son! Their own grandson! They said they had to raise him well! But this child didn't come out of my belly, how could he be their own son!"
"Later I found out that my husband had taken 500 yuan and I don't know what he did with it. It took me two months to find out what happened..."
The woman looked at Bai Hua with a mocking smile, "Bai Hua, I really underestimated you before! You're really something! You tried to steal someone from me, and now you want me to raise your son, huh!"
Bai Hua wept, tears streaming down her face. Faced with the sophisticated woman's assertiveness, she was as weak as a little rabbit, unable to withstand the wind and sun. "What nonsense are you talking about? I don't even know your husband. We've barely exchanged a few words at the newspaper office. You're making baseless accusations and slandering me..."
“My family really doesn’t have any connections at the newspaper. I’m just a lowly clerk. You’re the editor-in-chief’s daughter. You can bully me however you want, and the newspaper won’t do anything to you. But you can’t slander my innocence…”
While wiping away her tears, Bai Hua accused, "What son? What adultery? I don't understand what you're talking about at all! You're slandering me! You're slandering me!"
Most of the people present were family members of newspaper employees who didn't have to work, but they knew who the editor-in-chief was. As soon as Bai Hua said that the woman was the editor-in-chief's daughter, they immediately understood.
"Isn't this using your power to bully others?"
"That's right, that's right. Bai Hua has a man and a son. Why would she want to seduce your man? Your man cheated on you because you couldn't keep him. Why blame others?"
"I think you just think Bai Hua is easy to bully, and you've come here specifically to bully a powerless woman! You're a woman too, yet you do this to bully other women. You're no good person at all!"
The Bai family has a good reputation in the residential compound, so they have quite a few people who support them.
Baihua's husband looked like he was about to die, sobbing uncontrollably, "It's my fault for being so incompetent, Xiao Yun. If you continue to bully my wife, even if I have to drag my dying body, I will go and talk to your father. You can't treat people like this..."
Grandma Baihua chimed in, "Girl, you can't just label people like that. My family may be poor, but my daughter-in-law is the best daughter-in-law in the world. She's hardworking and capable, not the kind of person you're describing. If your words get out, how will my family survive..."
With the entire Bai family exerting their influence, public opinion among the crowd began to turn against them. They all looked at the sophisticated woman, whom Bai Hua's husband called Xiao Yun, with dissatisfaction, as if she were some capitalist's daughter who had come to exploit the farmers.
The stylish Xiao Yun was furious; she never expected this family to be so shameless!
"You seduced my man! Otherwise, how could you afford the medicine to treat him with your salary?! What a waste! Stop pretending!"
Hearing this, Bai Hua felt even more emboldened and cried even more miserably, “Heaven and earth bear witness! I have never done such a thing! My husband is in poor health, and in order to treat him, my mother-in-law shamelessly took a job pasting paper boxes on the street. I work during the day and paste paper boxes at night, taking care of the whole family’s needs. I never have a moment to rest!”
"Our family has already had such a hard time, and you still dare to accuse me of seducing your man! Xiao Yun, you've really gone too far!"
"You're talking nonsense!!"
Xiao Yun was furious!
"Alright, alright! Xiao Yun! Don't think you can act recklessly just because your father is the editor-in-chief of the newspaper! Bai Hua is a legitimate employee of your newspaper, and you can't just bully a newspaper employee like this! Your nonsense here is just smearing the reputation of decent people like Comrade Bai Hua! You'd better leave now! Otherwise, we'll call the neighborhood committee!"
“That’s right! Every one of our family members works at the newspaper. Do you think we’re afraid her dad will fire all of our family members? Absolutely not!”
"Xiao Yun! Get out of here! You're not welcome here!"
The people present started to chase them away.
The stylish woman Xiao Yun doesn't live here; even her biological parents don't live here.
Xiao Yun was so angry that her face turned red and her neck bulged. She never expected that her trip to cause trouble for Bai Hua would not only fail but also bring her a lot of trouble!
She pointed at the white flower with trembling hands, "I'm not done with you yet!"
Baihua ignored her and cried loudly.
Having become the target of public criticism, Xiao Yun could only leave unwillingly.
People helped the man with white hair and comforted the woman with white hair.
"Your family has had it tough, to be targeted by the editor-in-chief's daughter. Bai Hua, you'd better be careful at the newspaper from now on."
"That's right, that's right. I don't think that woman Xiao Yun will let this go!"
Bai Hua, with an air of righteous indignation, said, "I believe that good will prevail over evil."
Amidst words of comfort, Bai Hua's family finally managed to shake off their dejection.
Jiang Ci, who had watched the scene from the second floor, let out a soft hiss.
The Bai family is no ordinary family.
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