Yes, this world is tough. They are fortunate to have good living conditions, but there are so many people outside who are starving and have nowhere to live.
In situations of resource scarcity, people have to use every possible means to survive.
As the saying goes, "If a man doesn't look out for himself, he'll be doomed." In such an environment, surviving by taking advantage of others and being cunning is considered a skill. In the past, many people killed and set fires for a bite to eat.
Seeing Li's father's frantic expression and the moved expressions of the people around him, Lin Xiaoxiao immediately felt something was wrong. Just as she was thinking about whether to collapse on the ground and have someone take her to the hospital, she saw Li Qiutang enduring the pain and walking out with great difficulty, anxiously saying to everyone.
"You're not, you're not an honest person at all."
"You'll say anything to shirk responsibility. Don't listen to him, everyone. He's not an honest man at all. He's not only lazy and good-for-nothing at home, but he also colludes with his wife and daughter to cheat others out of their money. He spends his time drinking and gambling, and his daughter is the one supporting the family."
"Don't say I'm wronging you or anything like that. If you don't believe me, just ask around in Friendship Alley and see what kind of person he is, and whether he's as I described."
"As everyone knows, the words of people who drink and gamble are the least trustworthy. For a drink and some money, they would kneel down and do it. He has said these inflammatory things a thousand times before, if not a hundred."
"If you could believe a word he said, I'd gladly give you all my head to kick!!!"
Li Qiutang held a stick in her hand, struggling to support herself as she slowly walked out step by step, but the words she spoke were unusually resentful and resolute.
The room fell silent instantly after that call. Everyone looked at each other, unsure of who to believe.
I feel like everyone's words are quite credible.
Seeing that everyone had quieted down and reason had returned, Li Qiutang was able to resolve Lin Xiaoxiao's current situation and successfully drive Li's father and his two companions out. However, upon seeing Li Qiutang, Li's father became completely agitated and started pointing at Li Qiutang and attacking her.
The look in Li Qiutang's eyes was as if she wanted to tear her own daughter apart.
"You good-for-nothing, you've finally deigned to show up."
"How dare you talk to me like that? It's people like you who can't be trusted. Look at my face and this man's face. I'm his biological father. What kind of daughter talks about her father like that?"
“Even if I have a thousand faults, it’s not up to you, my daughter, to criticize me. How dare you talk to me like that? You don’t even know what kind of person you are. You’ve only been dating someone for a short time, and you’re already moving into their house.”
"Pah, you really have no shame. What decent girl would live with someone before getting married? You live with someone, fine, but you even hid it from your family. You're just giving yourself away for nothing. I raised you with so much effort, only to let you be defiled by someone else?"
"If this gets out, you'll ruin your reputation. Don't you think you're despicable!"
"You piece of trash, you don't care about your reputation, but I do. How did I raise such an ingrate? I could raise a dog and it would be easier and more enjoyable than you. I raised you all these years and you're just here to annoy me."
"You all don't know yet, do you? This despicable bastard not only gave himself away for free, but also conspired with this family to set traps and send his own sister and mother to jail!"
"You say I'm good at acting? Let me tell you, everything I just said was genuine. It's such a tragedy to have a wretch like you in the family. You're a heartless wretch. She should be struck down by lightning and killed. That would be doing a service to the people."
These words immediately stirred up the crowd.
"Oh my, you're saying someone who's not even married yet is moving into someone else's house? That's shameless."
"Indecent behavior, no wonder this brother is so agitated. If this were my daughter, I would definitely break her legs. She's so treacherous."
"That's right, this woman even went to someone else's house to act provocatively, she's despicable."
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As Li Qiutang listened to her father's entire speech, which consisted of nothing but condemnation and slander, her chest heaved violently. She was his own daughter! How could a father speak to his own child like that?
Even though I'm his own flesh and blood, he acted like he wanted me to go to hell right now!
They really came here to ruin their daughter.
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaoxiao coldly looked at Li's father and the other two people, enduring the pain, and said in a sharp voice, "Are you done?"
Seeing that everyone had sided with him, that Lin Xiaoxiao was alright, and that Li Qiutang was silent, Li's father suddenly felt reassured.
He walked up to Lin Xiaoxiao and Li Qiutang like a victorious rooster, chest puffed out and swaggering:
"Finished? How could that be? You all conspired to swindle us, tearing my family to pieces. How could it be over? I still have more to say! Your Han family colluded with..."
"Enough!!!" Seeing her father's aggressive demeanor, Li Qiutang could no longer tolerate it.
"Li Jianjun, you son of a bitch!!"
"How can you smear your own daughter like this? Yes, I don't get along with you, I'm cold to you, and I'm heartless, but just because of that, you want to kill me? Let me tell you, no way. I, Li Qiutang, am not someone to be bullied."
"A scoundrel like you has the nerve to yell here. Even if you are my father, you are not worthy to stand in front of me. You say I gave you away for free, but what about all the time I've been working to support this whole family?"
"Every household item, every food item, I paid for it all. And everything on you, even your underwear, was bought with my hard-earned money!!"
"You even said I was shameless, coming to stay at someone else's house. Wasn't this because you forced me to? A whole family of bastards, trying to take advantage of my life-saving grace by openly coming to my door to take advantage of me. With your insatiable greed, you're all wasting your time. Seeing that you couldn't get any advantage, you reported me for colluding with foreign enemy agents."
"You're targeting people whose families have been ruined. The police have already cleared their names, and you're still here making baseless accusations. You even want me to talk to them and ask them to release them. Bah! I, Li Qiutang, can't bear to lose face like that."
"So what if I'm hiding? I'm staying at someone else's house, isn't that because you forced me to? Let me tell you, you'd better get out of here right now. If I hear any words like 'collusion' or 'set up' from your mouth again, I'll send you to the police station too."
"You're the ones who are worse than pigs and dogs. Your whole family is sucking my blood, and you even let your own sister steal my future brother-in-law. You morally corrupt bastards, and you expect me to save you? Bah! I'll be lenient by not even kicking you."
"If you keep blabbing and spouting nonsense, I'll report you to the police and see how long your defamation and fabricated charges can last for that mother and daughter. Since you say I'm heartless, then if I don't do something, wouldn't it be a waste of your insults!"
Li's father was so angry after being rebuked by Li Qiutang that his brain felt like it was going to get tangled up.
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