Zhang Shuiniang was stunned.
Looking at Ye Caiping, who was becoming more and more beautiful and graceful, and then thinking about herself now, looking disheveled and like a haggard old woman, she felt ashamed and indignant.
I wish I could disappear into a crack in the ground rather than let the enemy see me looking ugly.
Li Jiaojiao retorted angrily, "What's it to you?"
Ye Caiping laughed: "Yes, it's none of my business. But that doesn't stop me from watching the show."
Li Jiaojiao and her daughter were furious.
Ye Caiping said, "I remember you also picked up a beggar last time. What, you have some spare money to support a beggar again?"
Li Jiaojiao retorted angrily, "So what if I love doing good deeds? You vicious woman, you not only don't pity the poor and children, but you also mock people."
Those around Ye Caiping looked at her with suspicion upon hearing this.
An older woman said, "That's right! You can tell at a glance that this young girl comes from an ordinary family, while this young lady looks like she's from a wealthy family."
"The girl from a poor family is beautiful and kind-hearted, and she is willing to help others, but you have money but are unwilling to help. That is your fault."
"If you don't want to help, fine, but if someone is willing to help, and you still laugh at them, that's malicious."
"That's right, vicious. What good are nice clothes if your heart is vicious!"
Ye Caiping ignored these words and sneered:
"Whether I am wicked or not is not important, but this old beggar must be wicked. Among all the beggars here, none of them would bother a little girl who is obviously from a poor family like him."
The old beggar was targeted and stared at Ye Caiping with a sinister look.
Ye Caiping raised an eyebrow: "Oh my, that look is really scary. He might be a murderer."
Li Jiaojiao sneered: "Are you so blind that you can tell someone is a murderer at a glance? What, you were mocked, so you're slandering a poor old beggar?"
Ye Caiping laughed and said, "Did your father agree to you taking someone home?"
When Li Zhiyuan was mentioned, Li Jiaojiao's expression changed drastically, but she gritted her teeth and said, "What's it to you!"
Zhang Shuiniang was afraid and whispered, "Jiaojiao, your father won't agree."
"Mother, we can...right, we can take him back as a servant! Like Gu Han used to be."
"Are you crazy? Now that we're here to do the work, do you think he'd still want to spend money on rice and grain to support another 'Gu Han'?"
Li Jiaojiao's expression changed.
If they hadn't started doing housework yet, Li Zhiyuan would be willing to bring someone back as a servant.
But now that they're here to do the work...
To put it bluntly, his feelings for his mother have changed; he can no longer cherish and hold her in the same high regard as before.
They are all struggling to support themselves, how could they possibly expect their families to support an old beggar?
Does she have to pay for his upbringing?
Li Jiaojiao shuddered, thinking of the twenty taels of her savings she had left, and instinctively clutched her pocket.
Want to use her money? Dream on!
Thinking about it, Li Jiaojiao's heart also turned cold.
They looked at the old beggar with disdain, as if he were some kind of monster.
"Jiaojiao, let's go." Zhang Shuiniang pulled Li Jiaojiao.
Li Jiaojiao ignored the stares of others and turned to leave.
“Beautiful and kind-hearted young lady…please save this old beggar…” Unexpectedly, the old beggar suddenly pounced on her and grabbed Li Jiaojiao’s leg.
Li Jiaojiao's face changed drastically: "Let go! Let go, you old scoundrel, what do you want to do? Let go—"
As he spoke, he kicked the old beggar in the face, sending him flying.
The crowd that had just been praising Li Jiaojiao were all dumbfounded, their mouths agape.
What's going on? Everything was fine, why did you suddenly stop helping?
Not only did they refuse to help, they also kicked the old beggar in the face!
What happened to the promise of being beautiful inside and out?
Ye Caiping found the situation truly ironic.
Li Jiaojiao and her daughter ran out of the crowd in one breath.
The further she walked, the paler Li Jiaojiao's face became, clutching her chest tightly. The feeling that she absolutely had to do something grew stronger and stronger.
"Jiaojiao, what's wrong?"
"I... Mother, let's go back. I feel terrible. It's a strange feeling. I'm determined to bring him back..."
"Your father won't agree."
"Then let's not let Father know! We can take him back and put him in a cave, feeding him half a bowl of thin porridge every day to keep him alive."
As she spoke, Li Jiaojiao's eyes lit up: "Yes, let's do it this way, it's the best of both worlds."
Li Jiaojiao suddenly ran back.
The old beggar was still in the same spot, rolling around on the ground as if in great pain.
Ye Caiping stood coldly to the side, watching along with the passersby.
Li Jiaojiao rushed over and helped the old beggar up: "Grandpa, are you alright? I... I'll take you to the clinic."
The old beggar had just been kicked in an old wound and was in great pain.
But when he saw Li Jiaojiao return, all his anger vanished, and he even let out a strange laugh:
"Hey, I knew I, Meng Tianyi, wouldn't misjudge someone... You little girl are just what I want..."
Ye Caiping: "This suits us perfectly, let's get married right here!"
Li Jiaojiao almost vomited blood.
The old beggar stared at Ye Caiping with a sinister look, and chuckled strangely:
"What a vicious little wench! Once I recover... hehehe, I'll make sure your tongue grows a rotten piece, and then your intestines rupture and you die..."
Ye Caiping smiled and said, "I'm just afraid you won't have that chance."
Li Jiaojiao glared coldly at Ye Caiping and was about to leave.
Unexpectedly, a group of constables suddenly rushed over, grabbed the old beggar, dragged him to the ground, and then forcefully pinned him down.
"We've caught him! The murderer who poisoned Liu Wu's entire family of eight, Meng Tianyi!"
"Let me go! Let me go! You bunch of idiots—" Meng Tianyi struggled desperately, roaring, "How dare you touch me, a dignified divine doctor!"
"No matter how skilled you are in medicine, you rely on your superior skills to act arrogantly and recklessly, treating human life as worthless. You deserve to die!" the constable roared.
"I love to disregard human life, so what! It's their honor to die at my hands. Who doesn't know that I, the Ghost Doctor Meng Tianyi, am eccentric and have an unruly style?"
"If I'm in a good mood, I'll save even a wretched beggar. If I'm in a bad mood, hmph, even if the emperor comes, I can poison him to death!"
These harsh words caused the crowd to gasp and take a step back.
Ye Caiping felt disgusted by his arrogant and cool demeanor.
In the original book, Meng Tianyi has various titles, such as divine doctor, ghost doctor, evil doctor, and poison doctor, which are all incredibly impressive.
This is a common setting in old novels, featuring doctors who treat illnesses based solely on their mood, and who are considered poisonous or ghostly doctors who disregard human life.
They became popular characters simply because they were part of the main cast.
Meng Tianyi kept rambling on and on, talking about how wicked and arrogant he was, and that he was proud of it rather than ashamed of it.
The constables were so shocked that they couldn't take it anymore and punched him unconscious.
Ye Caiping said, "Remember to tie him up properly. He's a skilled doctor, so be careful of his tricks. The sooner you can behead him, the sooner you can. Don't delay."
The constables complied and dragged Meng Tianyi away.
Ye Caiping turned to look at Li Jiaojiao and laughed, "Miss Li has a sharp eye; she saved one person who's in jail!"
After saying that, he turned and left.
Li Jiaojiao and Zhang Shuiniang were still standing there, mouths agape, dumbfounded, completely stunned.
The person who had just been hurling insults at Ye Caiping was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth and felt extremely ashamed.
He really is a murderer?
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