Finding an opportunity to leave the school gate, Xiang Wan went straight to Yu's house, found Yu Xiaoguang, and asked him to find his friends and ask who the little girl who had been harmed by Li Mu was. Of course, she didn't tell them the truth, only saying that there was a girl in her class whose family seemed to be quite wealthy lately and who was always showing off at school. She couldn't stand it and wanted to find out about this classmate's family background.
Generally, finding a child is a more reliable way to handle these kinds of situations. Even though Little Fatty and his friends seem to be doing nothing all day, always chasing after cats and dogs, they know a thing or two about everyone's lives. Within two days, Yu Xiaoguang brought Xiang Wan some news.
It turns out this girl was the daughter of a man named Yu Qian from Yujia Village. Yu Qian was quite notorious in Yujia Village; he was the kind of person who was always trying to take advantage and never wanted to suffer a loss. Normally, nobody wanted to associate with him, because if you crossed him, you'd be skinned alive. Because of this, his wife ran away after giving birth to their daughter and hasn't been heard from since.
Yu Qian's daughter, Yu Wuqing, grew up influenced by her father and her personality was exactly the same. The village children didn't want to play with her and would avoid her whenever they saw her.
The reason Yu Wuqing was sent to school this time was probably because her father was interested in the sponsorship fee given by Li Mu. Otherwise, he wouldn't have let her come to school to enjoy herself instead of doing housework at home.
That's right. In her father's eyes, sitting and reading without doing any work was a life of luxury.
Xiang Wan observed Yu Wuqing for several days. Aside from a few girls gathering around to say a few words when she was showing off, the girl mostly did her own thing. No wonder no one paid attention when she went out alone. Li Mu really knew how to pick people.
Judging from the current situation, Yu Wuqing is clearly willing to pay some price for these superficial material things, and Li Mu is just right to satisfy his selfish desires. If these two were to become a couple, the ending would likely be very happy.
007 muttered to himself: You just want to watch the show, don't you?
Regardless of anything else, since Li Mu has extended his hand, he must take responsibility. In his previous life, so many girls were harmed by him and became tools for him to make money and fame. In this life, let him rot in the mud and never be able to rise again.
Children who board at school rarely go home on their own initiative because they are told when they enroll that they can stay at school and have food to eat.
Don't underestimate this reason. In Yujia Village, just being able to make ends meet is already a struggle. Buying new clothes is basically a pipe dream; it's a rare treat, perhaps only once a year. If a family has many children, clothes are usually passed down from the eldest to the second, and from the second to the third, patched and mended until they're completely unwearable. Then, the soles are sewn together to make cloth shoes, which demonstrates the villagers' extreme thrift.
Yu Wuqing had never left the school gates, but that didn't mean no one knew she was wearing new clothes. A few girls, envious, let it slip a little. However, Li Mu's reason was that Yu Wuqing studied very hard, and this was a reward he gave her. Everyone else knew what Yu Wuqing's studies were like, but no one thought much of it.
Xiang Wan would sometimes talk about this with Yu Xiaoguang, her envy evident in her words. Xiang Wan still chuckles when she thinks about Yu Xiaoguang's disdainful expression.
"Hmph, what's so great about her? She's ugly and stingy, not even worth a finger of yours, sister. That Teacher Li must be blind to give her that stuff; we don't care about it at all."
Yu Xiaoguang spoke righteously, but his face was slightly flushed, probably from anger. Xiang Wan couldn't help but add fuel to the fire: "But she's so smug in front of us, she's got her tail wagging in the air."
"You brat, let's ignore her."
Within days, the children had spread the word throughout the entire village. The people of Yujia Village were incredibly gossipy about these things. Even finding a single needle in someone's house could spark a long, elaborate story, as if they had witnessed it themselves.
Yu Qian naturally heard about it too. His daughter had gotten a good deal and was so happy that she was showing it off everywhere. Some people who couldn't stand it would gossip behind her back: "What's there to be so proud of? Other people's daughters are just as good. Why is it only your daughter who got the benefit? Don't be afraid that there's something shady going on."
Yu Qian couldn't stand this and got into a verbal argument with someone. He came out on top, but after returning home, he became suspicious. He secretly sought out his daughter to find out what had happened.
Yu Wuqing couldn't tell the truth at first, so she stammered, which made Yu Qian very angry. He slapped her hard, and only then did he learn the truth.
Normally, when a father finds out his daughter has been harmed, his first reaction would be to fight to the death, right? This Yu Qian is truly bizarre; he actually thought that Li Mu's family was extremely wealthy, and if his daughter got involved with him, he wouldn't have to worry about his future. Before leaving, he even encouraged his daughter to seduce him, preferably becoming his son-in-law.
This was exactly what Yu Wuqing wanted to do. This girl already had a vague affection for Li Mu, and after being encouraged by her father, she became bolder, even showing a willingness to stop hiding it.
Li Mu wasn't the type to take responsibility for raising a flower just because he picked it. From the moment Yu Wuqing started frequently asking him out, to the point where the whole school almost knew, Li Mu began to have other ideas. First, he avoided her, and then he started frequently staying away from school.
Xiang Wan guessed that Li Mu was probably trying to contact other people to start the business he had in his previous life. This plot was happening much earlier than in the last life. If he really attracted those hypocritical scoundrels, the other girls in the school would probably suffer; that wouldn't do.
So, when Xiang Wan caught Yu Wuqing nearby, she chatted with Xiao Hua and told her about it.
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