Chapter 765 The alluring woman with curly hair was about to leave when another woman came to meet her.
There stood a woman in a light blue floral dress. She had a slender figure and her features were more delicate than the curly-haired woman in the room. However, she looked anxious and peered inside.
Upon seeing her, Lu Qingyang was stunned. Wasn't this Jiang Wanwan?
Jiang Wanwan immediately spotted Lu Qingyang standing in the center of the main room. The anxiety on her face instantly turned into panic, and her eyes darted around.
He stepped forward, grabbed the curly-haired woman's arm, and said urgently in a low voice, "Let's go."
But Ma Hongxia, lacking any discernment, followed Lu Qingyang's gaze and spotted the person at the door.
She first squinted, then her eyes suddenly widened, she slammed the rag in her hand onto the table, put her hands on her hips, and went over.
"Oh, who do we have here? Isn't this the golden phoenix that even our Liu Family Temple can't contain, Jiang Wanwan Zhi?"
Ma Hongxia has a loud voice, and as soon as she opened her mouth, the few customers who hadn't left the shop all perked up their ears.
Jiang Wanwan tried to slip away with her companion, but Ma Hongxia blocked the doorway in a few steps.
"Don't be in such a hurry to leave. It's been so many years. We all have to see how well you're doing now that you've found someone more successful."
Although Jiang Wanwan was thick-skinned, she couldn't stand having so many people staring at her.
"What nonsense are you talking about? You've mistaken me for someone else. I don't know any Jiang Wanwan."
The curly-haired woman, confused, frowned and tried to speak, but Jiang Wanwan held her back tightly.
Ma Hongxia persisted, "What, are you pretending not to know us now? You married Liu Fang back then, and even had an affair and had a child with him. Don't you want to see the child? Yes, the child doesn't recognize you anymore."
Her words were barbed and pointed, each sentence hitting Jiang Wanwan's past affair of running away with someone.
Jiang Wanwan's face flushed red and then turned pale, her lips trembled, but she couldn't utter a single word. She just wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
Lu Qingyang watched from the side without saying a word to stop it.
Jiang Wanwan herself committed these sins; she should have foreseen the consequences.
He never expected to run into her at his own restaurant, and there was clearly some disgust in his eyes.
Jiang Wanwan clearly didn't want anyone to know about her situation, so she quickly grabbed the curly-haired woman and ran away.
Wei Lili shook off her hand, crossed her arms, and looked her up and down:
"Yanni, tell me the truth. Was that shrew talking about Jiang Wanwan or not you? What Liu Fang? What child? You've been married and have a child?"
"Don't listen to her nonsense!" Jiang Yanni smoothed her slightly disheveled curly hair and forced a stiff smile.
“Lily, we’ve known each other for a while now. Don’t you know who I am? I’m Jiang Yanni, from the South. My parents are both teachers, with impeccable reputations. That woman must have mistaken me for someone else. There are plenty of people in this world who look alike.”
Wei Lili was skeptical. She had met Jiang Yanni at a social dance party. This woman was beautiful, fashionable, and knew how to get things done. She claimed to be a temporary worker at the cultural center and that her family was well-off. She certainly didn't look like a country woman who had raised children.
But the woman in the restaurant spoke so convincingly, it didn't seem like baseless rumors.
"She really admitted her mistake?" Wei Lili pouted. "Then why didn't she stop others, but instead stopped you? And she even made it sound so convincing."
"How would I know!" Jiang Yanni feigned grievance and anger. "I'm just unlucky. I happen to look like that Jiang Wanwan she mentioned. You saw her? That woman is an unreasonable shrew, biting people like a mad dog. She's so unlucky. I'm never going to that lousy place again."
Seeing her like this, Wei Lili's doubts lessened somewhat, but she still muttered to herself, "Anyway, something's weird... Alright, alright, let's go. Are you going to stand here and get some wind? My new friend is waiting for me. He said he has inside information and can get remittance certificates..."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yanni's eyes lit up. She immediately suppressed her embarrassment and panic, took Wei Lili's arm, and resumed her charming and smiling demeanor.
"Really? Then we need to hurry, or we'll keep them waiting."
She is naturally Jiang Wanwan, but she wanted to say goodbye to her past self, so she changed her name, which means a fresh start.
Ma Hongxia watched the two leave, "That's Jiang Wanwan. I'm sure I'm not mistaken. That woman is truly heartless, abandoning her child..."
"Good and evil will eventually be rewarded, sister-in-law, don't think about it anymore, let's get to work!"
Ma Hongxia shook her head helplessly, though she was actually quite annoyed.
Jiang Wanwan turned the Liu family upside down back then, and Liu Fang has never appeared since he ran away from home.
Ma Hongxia brought the foot-washing water to Liu Dong.
He pulled up a small stool and sat opposite her, sewing shoe soles as he asked:
"Dong, guess who I saw in my shop today?"
She brushed the needle in her hand against her hair, deliberately keeping everyone in suspense.
Liu Dong was bending down to take off his socks, preparing to soak his feet, without looking up: "Who is it? Look at you behaving so strangely."
"Jiang Wanwan!"
Liu Dong paused, his eyebrows furrowing: "Who? You saw it clearly? No way, wouldn't she have run off to the south with someone a long time ago?"
“I’d recognize her even if she were burned to ashes!” Ma Hongxia stuck the needle into the sole of her shoe and pulled hard on the hemp thread.
"Dressed up so seductively, wearing such a dress, standing at the door like...like a vase, if it weren't for Qingyang, I would have kicked her back right there and then!"
Liu Dong slowly put his feet into the hot water, his brow still furrowed: "What's she doing at the restaurant? Looking for trouble?"
"Hmph, she came to pick up her troublesome friend, that curly-haired woman from earlier today. Two men got into a fight over her and made a mess of the shop." Ma Hongxia curled her lip.
She grew angrier as she spoke, her voice unconsciously rising a little: "If you ask me, Jiang Wanwan is like a lotus root in a muddy pond—she looks smooth, but her roots are rotten to the core! Back then, she managed to trick Xiao Fang so badly, then just packed her bags and ran off with someone else, leaving behind a motherless child... And now she's changed her name and started acting like a rich young lady! Bah!"
Liu Dong was soaking his feet with his head down, the steam from the hot water unable to dispel the seriousness on his face.
He sighed: "Alright, it's been so many years, why bring her up? The child is grown up now and will call them Mom and Dad. Remember, don't mention this in front of him."
"I can't stand it!" Ma Hongxia slammed the sole of her shoe against her knee.
"Alright, alright, stay away from people like that. Let's live our own lives. Just ignore her and let it go. You should keep quiet and not go around telling everyone. It's embarrassing enough."
Ma Hongxia snorted, but her indignation had not yet subsided.
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