Chapter 17 Gloating

Before, Xiang Lianyi had imagined herself as one of God's favorites. However, she had been reckless after her rebirth. This defeat taught her that there was no free lunch in the world. She thought God had given her a path to success, but every beauty along the way had to be earned through hard work.

Good deeds remain unknown, but words of terrible events spread like wildfire!

Xiang Lianyi didn't expect this matter to be spread so quickly, and she had a bad feeling when she saw Gu Yujiao arrive at her house with a happy face.

As expected, the moment a nasty person opened their mouth, she spoke only nasty words!

"Oh, big sister, you guys are so unlucky! You finally got a big order and you got scammed! If it wasn't for Sister Sun next door and her brother who works at the police station, we would have never found out! Say, who would be so evil as to scam someone like you guys?" Even though Gu Yujiao seemed like she was supporting them, the smile on her face made Xiang Lianyi want to smack her.

"What did you say? Scammed?" Xiang Guoping's incredulous voice rang out.

"Oh no." Xiang Lianyi whispered. How could she forget that her father was still at home? She really regretted it now, she should have kicked Gu Yujiao out just now.

"Gu Yujiao, I don't need you to fake good intentions. Your husband Wu Gang has left again, right? So you're bored and came here to pretend you are a saint?" Qin Zhu said, gritting her teeth in hatred. She tried so hard but could not protect the secret.

"Honey, don't listen to her nonsense. It's not a big deal. We've reported it to the police already. They will find those two soon enough."

Qin Zhu and Xiang Lianyi held onto Xiang Guoping.

"Dad, it's true. It's not that serious, don't listen to my aunt's nonsense."

"Xiang Lianyi, who are you saying is talking nonsense? Is that how you talk to your elders?" Gu Yujiao's piercing voice made Qin Zhu's head spin. She was already in an extremely bad mood because of the scam, and Gu Yujiao just had to come now and try to pick a fight.

"I don't need you to teach my daughter how to speak. It's only been a short time since your Wu Wenli's incident. You've forgotten, haven't you? You need to get out of here, or else..."

"Oh, and you want to hit me or something? Come and take a look, everyone! My good intentions are being treated like horseshit! Come and take a look, Xiang family is going to bully me to death!" Gu Yujiao started shouting without caring about her images.

More and more people began to gather around to watch the drama. Xiang Lianyi tugged Qin Zhu. Someone like Gu Yujiao thrives on attention and will only get worse. They still need to take care of her father. They don't have time for her.

"Mom, just let her scream. We'll ignore her. She'll get bored soon enough." Xiang Lianyi whispered to Qin Zhu.

Qin Zhu was enraged and didn't want to let her off so easily. Just as she was about to open her mouth, she heard someone say, "Hey, isn't this Aunt Gu? What are you doing here? I just saw your Wu Wenli getting into a car. What? Did she get a rich boyfriend again? I didn't expect her to be so good at such a young age!"

The one who spoke was Xiang Lianyi's cousin Xiang Qingyun, whom she hadn't seen for a long time.

"You, what did you say? Have you seen my Wenli?"

"Why would I lie about it? I saw her clearly. She just got into a black car at the entrance of the alley and left."

The people around them heard the words of Xiang Qingyun and all began to chat quietly. They had all witnessed what happened to Wu Wenli. It had only been a little while and she already found another one?

The neighbors' pointing and chattering finally made Gu Yujiao unable to take it anymore. She stood, her face ashen, and left. Naturally, the people who came to watch the drama left as well.

"Cousin," Xiang Lianyi shouted with a smile.

It had been a long time since she had seen Xiang Qingyun. Right now, her cousin was still in college. He looked so handsome and happy, and she was happy for him.

"You stinky girl, you still know that I'm your cousin, huh..." Xiang Qingyun poked Xiang Lianyi's forehead but was interrupted by Qin Zhu mid-sentence.

"Oh, Qingyun, come inside. What are you doing here?"

In the house, Xiang Guoping was sitting on the sofa and looking very bad.

"Second Uncle, what's wrong with you?" Xiang Qingyun asked, worried.

Qin Zhu looked worriedly at Xiang Guoping, "Honey, what's wrong with you?"

"Why did you, why did you hide it from me?"

"Dad, we're afraid that you'll be worried if you find out, so don't be angry, if you're angry, mom will be more distressed." Xiang Lianyi said as she sat next to Xiang Guoping and comforted him.

"Second Uncle, my aunt must be very sad and angry at something like this happening. You shouldn't be angry as well," Xiang Qingyun said as well.

"I'm not angry, I'm also sad. How, how did we get scammed?"

"Second Uncle, Second Aunt, my parents sent me to tell you that it doesn't matter where our money is. If it's gone, it's gone. They told me to advise you to take it easy. The police will find those bad guys sooner or later. If not, we will find another way." Xiang Qingyun relayed the attitude of his parents to his aunt and uncle.

This touched Qin Zhu and Xiang Guoping and made them feel more and more guilty.

Xiang Qingyun didn't stay too long before asking Xiang Lianyi to walk him out. He actually had something he wanted to ask Xiang Lianyi.

"Cousin, what's wrong?"

"What have you been telling my mother, you little snitch? Aren't we supposed to be a team? Why did you betray me?" Xiang Qingyun tapped his finger on Xiang Lianyi's forehead and said, clearly in a bad mood.

"Em, that, it's for your own good that I'm doing this." Xiang Lianyi said, sticking out her tongue. She really did have Xiang Qingyun's best interest in mind, but she doesn't know if Xiang Qingyun knows that.