It's just her.

Others are racking their brains at this moment.

Racking their brains, they cannot figure out how Xiao Lian got such a wealthy boyfriend!

Tonight.

It's destined to be a sleepless night...

The next day.

The first day of the Lunar New Year, the village is filled with a lively atmosphere.

Lin Meizhen and Xiao Lian get up early in the morning to prepare dumplings for Qin Feng and others.

As the family eats dumplings, Lin Meizhen says, "After eating, let's go to your uncle's house to wish Grandpa a happy new year."

"Wish a happy new year?"

Yu Xiaolong blinked in confusion, "Mom, things were so tense last night, how can we still go?"

"We still have to go," Lin Meizhen said, "I've realized that from now on, we shouldn't care about the opinions of your uncle and second uncle anymore, and we won't be going out of our way to please them. Whether we remain relatives, let nature take its course. But your grandpa is getting older, and it's necessary to pay him a visit for the New Year, we can just leave right after the visit."

"Alright! I just really don't want to see the faces of uncle and second uncle."

Yu Xiaolong said.

After finishing the dumplings.

It was still Qin Feng who accompanied them.

They specially called a taxi from the city and the three of them headed towards the county.

Granny Niu, Second Aunt Li, and others on the street, seeing Lin Meizhen at the door sending them off with a happy smile on her face, couldn't help but sneer, saying, "Look at Meizhen, I don't know what she is happy about, it's just that her family got a son-in-law."

"Exactly, and this son-in-law is bought with money, using the money her daughter got from selling herself, and she's still so happy about it, really."

"..."

Their conversation was overheard by Lin Meizhen.

Lin Meizhen turned her head and frowned at them, "It's the New Year, stop spreading nonsense, none of that is true!"

"Everyone is saying it, not just us."

Granny Niu said as she cracked sunflower seeds. Thischapter'struesourceisMyVirtualLibraryEmpire(*).

Second Aunt Li also added, "If it has happened, why can't people talk about it? Really, it's clear she feels guilty."

As she spoke to Granny Niu, "Let's go, let's rest over there, this place is not clean, we don't want to catch a sickness, let's go quickly!"

The two of them walked away.

Making sarcastic remarks about Xiao Lian as they went.

Lin Meizhen sighed lightly.

Though she could ignore them, the ruin of her daughter's reputation made her very uncomfortable.

After hesitating for a moment.

She headed to the village committee.

On the first day of the New Year, everyone was busy with visits, and the village committee was empty.

Lin Meizhen had no choice but to find the village head's house, but the village head was not there, only the village head's chubby son, Li Tao, was.

"Li Tao, where's the village head? Auntie wants to use the village committee's loudspeaker to clarify something to everyone."

Lin Meizhen said.

"Auntie, it's the New Year, what do you need the loudspeaker for?"

Li Tao said.

"It's like this, my Xiao Lian has been misunderstood by the villagers, I want to clarify it to everyone, I hope everyone will stop listening to those rumors."

Lin Meizhen said.

Upon hearing this, Li Tao couldn't help but laugh, while chewing on roasted peanuts, he said, "Are those rumors? Stop joking, everyone knows they're true."

"Li Tao, you think so too?"

Lin Meizhen furrowed her brow.

"Of course, it's obvious! Otherwise, how could a big Benz appear one day and then just disappear the next day?"

"Also, wasn't your house short in measurements? After Xiao Lian made a trip to the city, it was all settled. I heard she bought a house in the city too. Tell me, how could she have the money if she didn't do that? Probably, she has even slept with the person responsible for the measurements; otherwise, it wouldn't be possible to adjust them."

"Auntie, how about this? How much does Xiao Lian charge per visit? As long as you let her sleep with me once, I'll take care of it, open the village committee door for you to use the loudspeaker. Don't worry, you'll receive good money, and I'll keep it a secret."

Li Tao said lewdly in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, Lin Meizhen, unable to contain her anger, immediately slapped Li Tao across the face, "Disgusting!"

Li Tao was slapped and immediately flew into a rage, shoving Lin Meizhen onto the ground with force.

At this moment,

Li Tao's mother, Li Shurong, came over and saw the two scuffling. She immediately joined in to tear at Lin Meizhen, berating, "Daring to hit my son, have you lost your mind..."

...

The county town, Uncle's house.

Though Uncle's family has a house in the city, they mainly stayed in the county due to the cement factory being there over these years.

Despite it being the first day of the lunar new year,

Everyone was still gloomy, unable to enjoy even the dumplings.

Second Uncle's family came to give new year greetings to Xiao Lian's grandfather,

also looking visibly distressed.

Obviously still upset about last night's incident.

"Big brother,"

Second Uncle took a drag of his cigarette and said, "I thought about it all night, could it be that Qin Feng really is a rich man? In that case, did we act too disgracefully? Just shelling out ten million so casually, clearly he's not ordinary. Should we go and apologize?"

As he finished speaking,

Uncle and Aunt among others also looked dejected.

They had always looked down on Lin Meizhen's family; now, going to apologize was truly a hard pill to swallow...

"Second Uncle!"

Yu Lisha interrupted disapprovingly, "Just think about it, it can't be true! Think about it, even if Qin Feng is a wealthy man, he and Xiao Lian aren't even married, not even engaged, how could he possibly spend ten million on a villa just like that?"

"Yes..."

Second Uncle sighed deeply again, "We could understand if it were for a marriage or an engagement, but just as boyfriend and girlfriend, spending ten million is just illogical."

"Also, I saw him coming on a tricycle," Yu Lisha added, "Which millionaire would ride a tricycle? It's too embarrassing! I don't have much money and even I wouldn't be caught dead riding that old tricycle."

"That's true."

Second Uncle sighed again, "Then I really can't think of any reason."

Everyone else remained gloomy, some nibbling on peanuts, others sipping tea, smoking...

At this moment,

Yu Lisha's phone rang, it was Gu Mingyu, Mr. Gu, calling!

This was at least some good news for them.

"Hello, Mr. Gu."

Yu Lisha pressed the answer button and spoke tenderly.

"Lisha, where's your house? Send me the exact address, I'm going to pay a new year's visit to the old man."

Mr. Gu said.

Hearing that he wanted to pay a visit filled Yu Lisha and the others with excitement.

Coming to give new year's greetings without any direct relations.

What did this imply—was there even a need to say?

Yu Lisha immediately recited the address, extremely thrilled.

"By the way, late last night I drank too much and threw up in front of the hotel, weren't you guys at 'Mountain Water Impressions' looking at houses?" Mr. Gu mentioned, "How did it feel? Were Sister Lian and Qin Feng satisfied?"

"Ah? Satisfied, satisfied..."

Yu Lisha was stunned for a moment.

Why was he asking about Qin Feng and Xiao Lian?

Could he be referring to that two-story villa?

How did he know that Xiao Lian and Qin Feng have a villa there?

As she wondered,

Mr. Gu, hearing the satisfaction, smiled and said, "Glad to hear that, glad to hear that. If not, I was thinking of finding another one, haha, well then, see you in a bit."

Saying that,

He hung up the phone.

"..."

Yu Lisha became even more confused.

That two-story villa... was it Mr. Gu who found it?