"That Zhao Juan is truly a traitor, biting the hand that feeds her! She doesn't appreciate a kind heart!"
"Exactly, they still want to harm people at a time like this!"
The accusations emanating from all around seemed to threaten to lift the roof off. Zhao Juan was so overwhelmed by the insults that she couldn't lift her head. She couldn't understand how Gan Li had managed to see through her plan.
Now that things haven't gone as planned, and she's been caught in public, what will she do from now on?
She instinctively begged Gan Li for mercy, but before Gan Li could even speak, the people around her spat out a "pui".
"What a shameless person! You almost got them into trouble, and you still have the nerve to ask them to forgive you?"
"That's right, Manager Gan, you absolutely mustn't be soft-hearted again!"
"Zhao Juan is an ingrate! If she stays here, she'll harm not only the Gan family, but us too! I think we can't let her stay here any longer!"
"Don't worry, everyone, I know what's going on in my heart." After reassuring everyone, Gan Li turned to look at Zhao Juan, her eyes devoid of any pity.
"Zhao Juan, as the saying goes, things shouldn't happen more than three times. If you had truly repented, things wouldn't have come to this. I can no longer tolerate you here. You should leave now."
Looking at her pitiful appearance, Pear felt no pity whatsoever.
"Manager Gan..." Zhao Juan wanted to say something more, but Gan Mingyi grabbed her arm.
"Get out of here and stop talking nonsense!"
Zhao Juan staggered a few steps and almost fell to the ground.
She turned around and looked at the rest of the Gan family with pitiful eyes, unaware that the Gan family members had heard everything she said at the dinner table because they had taken the antidote in advance!
Now that the Gan family has seen through her true colors, how could they possibly sympathize with her anymore?
No one believed her anymore, and this time, no one spoke up.
The Gan family members all watched coldly, and no one paid any attention to Zhao Juan's pleas for mercy.
Zhao Juan felt a chill in her heart, but she also knew that things had come to this point, and the Gan family would not allow her to stay any longer, no matter what. There was no point in pleading any further. Fortunately...
She didn't say anything more, got up and walked out of the restaurant, looking resigned to her fate.
However, once she got to the street, she hurried toward a certain place and finally took out twenty taels of silver under a tree!
Her eyes lit up when she saw the silver, and she was filled with joy!
Just now in the restaurant, she deliberately said that the man only gave her ten taels of silver, just in case, so that she could keep ten taels.
Now look what's happened! Those idiots are too busy cursing to remember the twenty taels of silver. Even though she's been kicked out, with those twenty taels, she can still survive for a while!
Once she catches her breath, today's grudge... heh heh.
She was making plans in her mind, and happily got up with the silver in her arms, but when she turned around, she almost bumped into someone.
"Who are you? Don't you have eyes..." she cursed, then suddenly realized that it was the middle of the night, in such a remote place, how could there be anyone?
Zhao Juan was startled. She looked up and saw Gan Mingyi glaring at her with a dark expression.
"Second...Second Brother..." she called out instinctively, then immediately straightened her face and glared at him fiercely.
"You've already kicked me out, what are you doing following me? Get out of my way!"
Gan Mingyi didn't move, but stretched out his hand and looked at Zhao Juan expressionlessly: "Hand over the money!"
Seeing that this was indeed the case, Zhao Juan hugged the silver in her arms even tighter:
"What silver? I've worked for you for so many days, and you haven't paid me a single penny! All this silver is mine!"
Gan Mingyi sneered: "Stop playing dumb! You did not receive any wages for working for us, but your Zhao family was raided, so there is no way you have any money left!"
"Where did you get the money? This money must have been given to you by that man to steal chicken essence. It's stolen money; you can't take it!"
As Gan Mingyi spoke, he added, "If you disagree, we can go to the yamen (government office) to discuss this matter."
How could Zhao Juan dare to go to the yamen? She bit her lip and reluctantly took out ten taels of silver from her bosom, looking at Gan Mingyi with pleading eyes.
Gan Mingyi took the money, but did not let her go immediately. Instead, he stepped forward and ripped open Zhao Juan's bundle.
Another ten taels of silver were conspicuously revealed inside the bundle!
“You…” Zhao Juan’s face turned pale. She hadn’t expected Gan Mingyi to suddenly search her bag.
"Hmph, trying to play dirty tricks on me? Give it to me!" Gan Mingyi ruthlessly snatched the remaining ten taels of silver, then turned and left without even glancing at her again.
Zhao Juan stood in the darkness, watching Gan Mingyi's retreating figure, feeling both angry and annoyed.
She was shrewd enough to only say that the man had given her ten taels of silver, intending to hide the other ten taels. But who knew that Gan Mingyi would find those ten taels in the end!
She was kicked out of the Gan family and had no money. Looking at the streets late at night, she had nowhere to go. Overwhelmed with sorrow, she cried incessantly, but this time, no one would take her in.
But that wasn't the worst of it.
By the next day, news of what had happened at the restaurant the previous night had spread throughout the entire Cangxi Town.
Everyone was furious when they learned that Zhao Juan was not only ungrateful but had also almost caused a fire. They felt that such a menace should not be allowed to remain in the town, so they spontaneously began to search for Zhao Juan and decided to drive her out of Cangxi Town as soon as they found her!
Inside the dilapidated temple, Zhao Juan was awakened by the commotion and saw a large group of people standing in front of her. Before she could even react, they launched into a tirade against her.
Zhao Juan finally understood that these people had come to get rid of her!
She had originally planned to get through the night and then find some work in town to at least make a living, but she never expected that these people would take advantage of her misfortune!
Zhao Juan was so angry that her eyes turned red. She jumped up and yelled at the group, "You've gone too far! I'll make you pay sooner or later!"
Seeing that she still dared to throw a tantrum even at this point, everyone became even more determined to drive her away!
They didn't care about anything else, and no matter how much Zhao Juan cursed, they simply picked her up and threw her out of Cangxi Town.
"Get out! If you ever dare to come back, I'll beat you every time I see you!"
Zhao Juan was filled with hatred, but she was outnumbered and powerless, and didn't dare to confront these people head-on. If she were really beaten, the law wouldn't punish everyone, and there was no one to testify for her; wouldn't she just get beaten for nothing?
Looking at Cangxi Town behind her and the backs of those people, her heart was filled with hatred. She made up her mind that if she ever became successful, she would not let any of these people go!
However, that can only be considered when she actually becomes successful... Right now, she should think about how to survive...
Zhao Juan didn't dare to go back, but walked forward and gradually disappeared from sight.
The restaurants, which had been bustling with customers in the previous days, were now rather deserted.
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