"Who are you?"
Yu Jiu looked at her in confusion, unable to remember who she was for a long time. Seeing that she had no impression of her, no, it was probably because she had aged too quickly that she could not recognize her.
The old woman gritted her teeth and said fiercely.
"Tang Xiaohuan!"
What Tang Xiaohuan? Who is Tang Xiaohuan? Wait, Tang Xiaohuan? Yu Jiu remembered!
Isn't this her former best friend, the one who harmed her in her past life? After being reborn, she took her revenge and made her suffer the consequences of her own actions.
She wanted to sell her to human traffickers, but Yu Jiu didn't go. In the end, she was kidnapped by the traffickers instead. Later, she went to the countryside, met Xu Zijiang, and the two got married and had children. After the reform and opening up, they came to the capital to work together. She hadn't thought about this person for many years.
Now that she's suddenly run into her, she really couldn't have imagined it would happen to her.
"Don't you remember? You vicious woman! If it weren't for you, I would never have been sold to the mountains. I finally escaped, and now I've run into you!"
Tang Xiaohuan wished she could take out a knife and stab her to death right now!
But she had finally escaped that cannibalistic hellhole and gotten a job. She couldn't bear to die; how could she drag Yu Jiu down to hell with her?
If anyone's going to go down, it'll be Yu Jiu alone who goes to hell!
"You remember now? I'm wicked, I sold you to human traffickers? What nonsense are you spouting? Isn't this your own fault?"
Wasn't it you who first tried to sell me to human traffickers? I didn't do anything; I just didn't go downstairs in the middle of the night. If you think I did something wrong, why don't you just call the police?
"Let the police arrest me? That's ridiculous."
She actually has the nerve to say such things. It seems that after all these years, she still doesn't think she's done anything wrong and just tries to shift the blame onto others.
"I didn't! I didn't intend to sell you!"
"If you didn't think about it, then what did you think about? And how did you end up being sold by human traffickers? Tell me."
Yu Jiu stared directly at her, her eyes cold.
Tang Xiaohuan was speechless; she truly couldn't say anything, but...
"Even so, you didn't have to do this! You cheated me out of money back then, and I gave you all my money. Since you've already seen through my scheme, why are you still pretending to agree to me!"
If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been staying with him in the middle of the night. If it weren't for that, I wouldn't have been kidnapped without anyone noticing! It's all your fault!
Tang Xiaohuan's hysterical outburst quickly attracted the attention of others. At this moment, the boss ran over, bowing repeatedly and apologizing to Yu Jiu.
"I'm so sorry, she comes from the mountains and doesn't know anything. Did she offend you in any way? Please don't be angry."
"What are you still standing there for! Don't interfere with my business, go to the back and organize the books!"
The boss was displeased and gave her a lesson. Tang Xiaohuan had only taken her in out of pity, but now she dared to give customers attitude and even get into arguments with them!
"No! It was her! It was all her! Boss, she's the heartless woman I told you about. If it weren't for her, how could I have ended up like this? We used to be best friends! But she betrayed my trust and sold me to human traffickers. I've been stuck in the mountains for over ten years!"
Tang Xiaohuan could no longer bear it and rushed up to hit Yu Jiu while crying. Yu Jiu impatiently pushed her away.
Over the years, Yu Jiu had been running around doing business and moving things, which had given him a lot of strength. Tang Xiaohuan, on the other hand, was physically weak and exhausted. Yu Jiu pushed him down with a single push.
"He's still using the same trick, playing the victim. Boss, don't be fooled by him. He made an agreement with human traffickers to secretly abduct me in the middle of the night. I just saw through his scheme and didn't go downstairs to look for him in the middle of the night."
I sold her to human traffickers. I don't even know who that man is. You were the one who brought him here. You made the arrangement with him. He couldn't catch my people, so he kidnapped you to make up the numbers. Is that my fault?
"Heh, boss, if you take in someone like this, be careful she doesn't turn around and bite you back."
"I'll let it go today, Tang Xiaohuan, but if you dare to spout nonsense and slander me again, I'll call the police and have them investigate the truth from over a decade ago!"
"Don't think you're being discreet. If someone's really looking for it, they'll find out. Don't end up putting yourself in jail and having all the dirty deeds you've done exposed."
Yu Jiu looked down at her, said her piece, and left without paying attention to the strange looks from everyone.
Yu Jiu is handsome and has a commanding presence, and she's dressed so well. In contrast, Tang Xiaohuan looks disheveled, old, and wretched. People would subconsciously believe Yu Jiu; after all, she's so rich, why would she want to cause trouble for you?
However, some people sympathized with the weak and stood on Tang Xiaohuan's side, but the bookstore owner happened to side with Yu Jiu. He was a businessman, and although he was kind, he couldn't be too kind. He still valued his family's business very much.
He didn't want to suffer any loss.
"You've already affected my business. You should leave. I can't keep you here any longer. Find somewhere else to go. I don't care who's telling the truth between you and her."
But I'm in business, not charity, so you're not suitable to stay here with me.
The bookstore owner was about to fire Tang Xiaohuan on the spot. Tang Xiaohuan was still feeling upset about how well Yu Jiu was doing, and the owner fired her. She immediately grabbed the owner's leg in a panic and kept begging for mercy.
"Boss, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. I won't do it again. I'm sorry for affecting your business. Please take me in. If you kick me out, I'll have nowhere to live!"
Boss, I'm begging you, I don't want my salary anymore, okay? I just want you to take me in, give me a place to live, and a place to eat. I don't want to live that kind of life where I can't get enough to eat or wear anymore, please, boss!
Tang Xiaohuan cried and begged the bookstore owner to spare her. The bookstore owner was also somewhat reluctant, but thinking of the farmer and the snake, he couldn't afford to gamble. If Tang Xiaohuan was as Yu Jiu said, and she was the treacherous woman who wanted to sell her friend to human traffickers, then keeping her would inevitably affect him and his bookstore business.
He couldn't take that risk, so he hardened his heart and pushed Tang Xiaohuan away.
"You can go now. I'll pay you for the work you've done these past few days."
"Boss, sob sob sob sob."
Tang Xiaohuan cried her heart out, utterly terrified. If it weren't for the bookstore owner taking her in, she probably would have starved to death on the streets long ago. Now that she was about to kick him out, she had nowhere to go in such a vast province as S!
She tried to hide her resentment and malice, but she couldn't understand why, why everyone treated her this way, and why they all deserved to die!
For a moment, she cried so miserably that some customers couldn't bear it, and eventually someone stepped forward to help.
"Come with me. My family owns a small restaurant. You can work as a dishwasher there. Room and board are included."
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