"It really is..."
"Now we'll see what she does."
Du Wenqing gave a cold laugh.
They're probably panicking somewhere right now...
Just as Du Wenqing had predicted, when Du Juan got up today, she planned to go find someone to complain to and let people know about Xia Lan's crimes.
Whenever she goes out, her neighbors would unite in their hatred and help her to scold Xia Lan.
Although it didn't cause Xia Lan much harm, it made her feel better.
But why are people looking at her so strangely today?
Good morning, Sister Wang.
Du Juan greeted her neighbor across the hall with a smile.
Sister Wang glanced at Du Juan, then turned and walked away coldly.
"..."
Du Juan gave an awkward, puzzled smile. Just as she was about to greet the others, they, like Sister Wang, turned and went home.
"Hey? What's wrong with you all? Help me figure out what to do with my father..."
Du Juan shouted at them.
One person, seeing that Du Juan was still so shameless as to come out and say these things, stopped in anger.
"What else do you want to say at this point?"
"Are you still going to say bad things about Comrade Xia Lan?"
How can you be so scary?
How do you treat your own father?
"You abandoned your father, severing ties with him so you could stay in the city. How dare you say such things here..."
The older woman pointed at Du Juan, her anger rising.
They thought she had really suffered some great injustice.
Unexpectedly, it was all her own doing, directed and acted, with the aim of gaining their sympathy.
They were really foolish to believe her one-sided story and follow her to seek justice for her.
Their outburst at the mall cost Comrade Xia Lan her job.
Now that the newspapers have published the truth, they realize how wrong they were.
They have been aiding and abetting evil.
They've completely lost face!
"What are you talking about...?"
Du Juan's heart skipped a beat. How did they know all this?
“You’re still asking us what we’re talking about? It’s already in today’s newspapers. Everyone knows what your father went through, how he was exonerated…”
"The fact that you severed ties with your father in order to stay in the city has also been published!"
"You actually told us that it was Comrade Xia Lan who caused your father to lose his mind and tried to swindle his property."
"Comrade Xia Lan was already taking care of your father before he was exonerated! She even saved his life..."
"When they found him, your father was living at Comrade Xia Lan's house!"
"Everything you said is a lie!"
The group of people ran out in anger, pointing at Du Juan and roaring.
"How could this be..."
Du Juan was stunned; Du Wenqing would never do such a thing.
He cares a lot about his image.
Seeing that Du Juan still didn't believe him, he ran home alone, took out today's newspaper, and threw it at Du Juan.
"Take a look for yourself! It's all clearly written in the newspaper, and it's been confirmed by the newspaper. They've even dug up the newspapers from back when you severed ties with your father!"
"What else do you have to say in your defense?!"
The group stared at Du Juan as she read the newspaper article word by word.
This was also the first time Du Juan had learned what her father had been facing all these years, and now she had only one thought...
She's finished.
This is truly the end.
Du Juan walked home with the newspaper, her expression numb, her mind already churning.
Zhang Qiu was at work when someone carefully placed today's newspaper on her desk.
Zhang Qiu was puzzled; she had been so busy lately that she hadn't been home.
He picked up the newspaper and started reading, then his expression changed. He put the newspaper down and immediately ran home.
"Mom, is what the newspaper says true? You really caused Xia Lan to lose her job? And you said she cheated Grandpa out of money?"
As soon as Zhang Qiu returned, he questioned Du Juan.
"That's right."
Du Juan gave her daughter a cold look.
"With this money, I can get your dad out! Or, I can let him live a good life in there."
"These should have been my property to begin with, why should I give them to that outsider?"
Du Juan snorted softly, "It should have been hers to begin with."
Zhang Qiu never expected her mother to be so confused.
"You wanted to harm Xia Lan, and now look what happened? Everyone knows you abandoned your grandfather first, it's all your fault..."
Zhang Qiu gritted her teeth and said, "It's clearly her who coveted everything in the city, yet she speaks ill of Xia Lan."
Xia Lan saved her grandfather's life, so it's normal for him to give her these things.
Zhang Qiu was constantly troubled by her mother's unreasonable behavior.
"Mom, how can you be so ungrateful..."
"What do you mean by ungrateful? You are my daughter, how can you say such a thing to me?"
Du Juan glared at Zhang Qiu and said through gritted teeth.
"What are you going to do now? Everyone knows now, how are you going to cover it up?"
Zhang Qiu looked at her mother and shook her head speechlessly.
She knew that her father would often say strange things to her mother. Before, she only thought her father was strange, and her mother listened to him very much.
It now appears that the mother was directly influenced by the father, and even when the father was not by her side, he still controlled her thoughts.
"..."
Du Juan swept everything off the table and onto the floor, letting out a scream.
Looking at Du Juan like this, Zhang Qiu's disappointment reached its peak at this moment.
The news that Xia Lan was fired because of Du Juan's incident had already spread far and wide. Some people had previously said that state-run stores acted quickly and that people with such bad conduct should be fired.
The more smug they were two days ago, the more panicked they are now in advocating for Xia Lan's dismissal.
After seeing today's newspaper in his office, Xiao Guoqiang smiled faintly.
Well, this is going to be interesting.
No wonder that girl was so confident; it turns out she already had a plan to retaliate.
Xiao Guoqiang felt that the anger he had felt over the past few days had dissipated, and he slowly stood up.
"Little Six, the weather is so nice, you should go out for a walk..."
Xiao Guoqiang said to his secretary.
"...Where are you headed?"
The secretary followed Xiao Guoqiang, curious about his destination.
Xiao Guoqiang skillfully strolled into the other people's offices, leisurely making his way around without saying a word, yet it was as if he had said everything.
The secretary noticed that the men were all pale-faced, and none of them dared to look up when they saw Xiao Guoqiang.
"The weather is so nice today!"
Xiao Guoqiang looked refreshed.
Let's see how they handle this.
"Old Xiao, it has to be you again!"
The other two people who supported Xia Lan found Xiao Guoqiang and couldn't help but laugh.
"What are you talking about? That's our Xia Lan, the kind-hearted Xia Lan! How could she cheat an old woman out of her money? It's clearly because the old woman had no other way to repay her and insisted on giving it to her!"
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