After dinner.
Hou Guifang then called Long Yunting aside and asked, "Yunting, did you go see Xiaoqian?"
Long Yunting nodded, "I'll go home after we've met."
“It’s not easy for Xiaoqian to be alone in the capital. Her family helps her whenever they can, but this girl is a bit stubborn and refuses to come back to the Long family with her.” Hou Guifang paused and said, “I know she’s still thinking about that matter. Yunting, tell me honestly, are those rumors outside true?”
What's being said outside?
After Long Yunting woke up, some rumors began to circulate that he had suffered a fundamental injury.
Later, it became a topic of conversation among everyone.
“What else could they be spreading?” Hou Guifang thought of what she had overheard outside and felt a little angry. “Those people said that you were injured in other places this time, and the Long family is trying their best to suppress it and refuses to admit it.”
"Just rumors."
Long Yunting said calmly.
Hou Guifang observed her son's reaction but couldn't discern anything.
I thought it was just a rumor, so I felt relieved.
As long as it's not what's being said outside, that's fine.
Unexpectedly, the next day Hou Guifang and Deng Zhiying went out to attend a tea party for wealthy women.
As I passed the small pavilion of the teahouse, I heard some very offensive words coming from inside.
"I heard that the second young master of the Long family is no good."
"I've heard about it too. A doctor at a certain hospital confirmed it, so it can't be fake."
"No wonder Madam Long has been avoiding people lately."
"Madam Long has two sons. If this one doesn't work, isn't there another son? In the end, the lineage can't be completely eradicated."
"Who knows which girl they'll harm in the future? The Long family is keeping it a secret for now; they're definitely trying to trick her into marriage."
"I need to go back and remind my husband not to marry our daughter into the Long family and make her a widow."
"We should keep this to ourselves and not spread it around. Offending the Long family will have dire consequences."
"It's fortunate that the Song family withdrew quickly, otherwise they would have lost a daughter."
"If the Song family's daughter marries, her life will be ruined."
"The Song family is powerful and influential. Even if their daughter marries into the family, and one day she's cuckolded, the Long family will have to swallow their anger and acknowledge the illegitimate child..."
These words elicited a few laughs.
Hou Guifang, who had listened to the whole thing from outside, turned green with anger.
"Second sister-in-law," Deng Zhiying tugged at her sleeve, "Don't bother with these people. We know what kind of person Yunting is."
That's what I said, but I was still so angry that I wanted to go in and slap him a few times.
Deng Zhiying frowned, thinking that these women had nothing better to do than gossip.
What's the difference between her and those common women?
“These people really deserve a slap in the face,” Hou Guifang said angrily.
"Second Sister-in-law, let's go inside," Deng Zhiying said, knowing that if she slapped these few people, there would be thousands more outside to slap, and Hou Guifang couldn't possibly slap them all.
They've started talking so openly, there's no way they can shut the mouths of those people outside.
"Sooner or later, these people will be shut up."
"Second sister-in-law, shouldn't Yunting have a full medical check-up?" Deng Zhiying asked suddenly, her eyes flickering.
Hou Guifang's expression changed slightly. "Third sister-in-law, do you also think this is true?"
"These are obviously not true, but these kinds of rumors need to be directly debunked to stop them from going away." He went to the hospital for a full checkup without any hesitation, and the rumors were dispelled on their own.
Hou Guifang immediately understood and said, "Let's go back and discuss it with Yunting again."
*
Besides Hou Guifang and Deng Zhiying, there were two other people who heard what was being said inside the pavilion.
Song Huayu had arranged to meet her girlfriends here for tea today, but she never expected to hear these things.
Yao Suxian's lips curled slightly. Looking at Song Huayu's pale face, she immediately asked with concern, "Huayu, are you alright?"
Because the Yao family was much lower than the Song family, Yao Suxian always felt inferior in front of Song Huayu.
"I'm fine."
How could nothing be wrong?
Song Huayu never imagined that Long Yunting would be injured in such a place.
If you previously thought that Long Yunting's legs could be cured, you no longer have that hope.
How could she possibly marry a useless man who was no different from a eunuch?
She's pretty, but she simply couldn't bear to live a life of widowhood.
She would rather marry Yan Shuze than live a life of widowhood with Long Yunting.
"Su Xian, I just remembered I have something to do... Let's reschedule for another day."
The thought of living a life of widowhood with Long Yunting is unbearable for Song Huayu.
Yao Suxian feigned concern and said, "Are you really alright? Huayu, don't listen to their nonsense. Maybe it's just a rumor spread by someone with ulterior motives. Why don't you go and ask Long Yunting yourself?"
Those who get close to Song Huayu know her obsession with Long Yunting.
Yao Suxian's words were undoubtedly like rubbing salt into Song Huayu's open wounds!
Song Huayu's expression changed again.
Ask him?
She can't even see him!
Rumors about Long Yunting's inability to perform spread like wildfire, and for a time, the entire upper-class circle of the capital was making fun of it!
The Long family's rivals, on the other hand, openly mocked them from behind the scenes.
By the time it reached Sheng Qian, there were already several versions.
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