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After being jilted, Liu Jiaojiao dared not go out, unable to bear the gossip and pointing fingers from the villagers.

She used to be able to do whatever she wanted in the village, after all, her fourth brother was a scholar.

Her family doted on her, and every girl in the village envied her.

Many young girls fawn over and try to please her!

Since Liu Tao'er arrived, all the girls in the village have been trying to win her over.

Seeing this, Liu Jiaojiao avoided her and stopped playing with her.

Now that the engagement has been called off, everyone is avoiding her like the plague, fearing they'll be implicated and unable to get married.

When Grandpa Liu saw his daughter hiding in the house crying, he couldn't bear it and asked his third son to go to the Wang family and bring Wang Shi back.

Let's see if we can persuade our daughter.

Wang pushed open the gate to the Liu family's courtyard and, without regard for anything else, immediately went to her daughter's room.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw Liu Jiaojiao curled up in the corner of the bed wiping away tears. She was nothing like the lively and cheerful girl she used to be. I felt extremely sorry for her.

Wang rushed over in three quick steps and grabbed her daughter's wrist: "Jiaojiao, what happened to you?"

Did the He family really call off the engagement?

Liu Jiaojiao suddenly looked up, her eyes so swollen they were barely slits.

She burst into tears, "Mother, you've finally come!"

woo woo woo...

The He family doesn't want me anymore...

It was the matriarch of the He family who personally called off the engagement!

"The He family is going too far!"

Why didn't your dad stop him?

What about your third and fourth brothers?

Why didn't they stop them?

Are we just going to let the He family shit on our heads?

Mrs. Wang took out a handkerchief to wipe her daughter's tears, feeling both heartache and anger.

"Mother, Fourth Brother isn't home, and my father couldn't stop him!"

They brought a lot of people with them.

The third brother was terrified and hid behind his sister-in-law, not daring to stop her!

My daughter's life is ruined!

Nobody dares to have a daughter anymore!

Waaaaah…

Liu Jiaojiao said while crying.

Why did the He family suddenly come to annul the engagement? What happened?

You should have a good talk with your mother.

Wang felt that things couldn't be that simple.

"It's all because of those two wretched girls, Liu Tao'er and Qingge, that I'm guilty."

Mother, I hate them, they ruined me!

Mother, you must avenge me!

My daughter can't swallow this!

They beat their daughter terribly.

"What exactly happened?"

"How did that bastard Peach girl bully you again?"

Wang asked through gritted teeth.

Liu Jiaojiao recounted the events of the wedding banquet in fits and starts.

Tao'er and Qingge recounted how they pinned her to the ground and beat her, how they tied her to the old camphor tree at the village entrance with hemp rope, and how they left her there.

As she finished speaking, she clutched her mother's sleeve, trembling, "Now no one in the village will arrange a marriage for me, and people even gossip about me behind my back when we're out walking."

My daughter is too scared to go out now!

Wang felt a throbbing pain in her temples.

She let go of her daughter, walked around the room twice, and kicked over the wooden stool next to her.

"This is outrageous!"

That little slut!

"Don't be afraid, Jiaojiao, Mommy has a plan. You should rest first."

Her voice was shrill, and she continued, "I'm going to the county town right now to find your fourth brother and have him report it to the authorities and have those two little hussies arrested!"

"Okay, thank you, Mother!"

Liu Jiaojiao then revealed a slight smile.

Liu Tao'er, Qingge, you two just wait!

I want you all to go to jail.

Even his father-in-law, who had always valued him highly, only snorted when they met yesterday and didn't even offer him tea. He was lost in thought, holding his wine cup, when the tavern curtain was lifted and Wang burst in.

Wang rented an oxcart and arrived at Lao Si's residence in the county town.

"Tianbao! Your sister has been bullied terribly!"

Wang plopped down on the stool and began to speak.

"Go to the yamen and file a complaint. Lock up that Liu family!"

Liu Tianbao was drinking when he saw his mother, Wang Shi, and immediately sobered up a bit.

He said impatiently, "Mother, what did you say?"

Was Jiaojiao bullied?

She's lucky she's not being bullied!

Although Liu Tao'er is domineering, she won't provoke others.

Did my little sister offend her in some way again?

I told you guys long ago, don't mess with that brat now, or you'll get hurt!

"Fourth brother, what are you saying? Jiaojiao is your own sister. Instead of helping her, you're taking the side of outsiders."

Are you confused?

"I don't care, you go to the yamen right now and report to the authorities. Come with me to Xinghua Village to arrest them!"

Wang's tone was almost commanding, and her daughter's appearance was truly heartbreaking.

"Mom, please go back home. Don't cause trouble here. My wife will be unhappy when she gets back!"

My wife has been getting increasingly irritable lately.

"Fourth brother, you're a grown man, what are you afraid of your wife for? Never mind your wife, let's not talk about her. Let's talk about Jiaojiao being bullied by the Liu family. Are you going to do anything about it?"

Wang said unhappily, disapproving of her son's cowardly behavior of being afraid of his wife.

She's just the daughter of a small merchant, not some rich woman. What's so special about her?

"Mother, aren't you being reckless?"

You say Liu Tao'er and the others bullied Jiao Jiao, do you have any evidence?

Liu Tianbao asked patiently.

"What evidence do you need!" Madam Wang slammed her hand on the table. "Jiaojiao said it herself, how could it be false?"

"Mother," Liu Tianbao said in a low voice, "the authorities are arresting people and need witnesses and evidence."

If you sue someone with baseless accusations, and they sue you for defamation, who will end up in jail?

Wang was stunned, then raised her voice again: "Even if that's the case, no matter what, she's your own sister!"

Are you just going to stand by and do nothing?

What else can I do?

Now Jiaojiao's reputation is ruined, and it's dragged me down with her. Instead of thinking about me, you're telling me to help that idiot Jiaojiao!

Liu Tianbao suddenly stood up, the chair leg scraping against the ground with a loud thud.

"Mother, do you know that good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels fast?"

The news of Jiaojiao's engagement being called off spread everywhere.

Now, when I go out, people point and whisper behind my back, and my father-in-law's family hasn't let me visit for half a month.

Now that Tao Yatou has hooked up with the second young master of the Li family, who in the county town doesn't give her some face?

Mother, do you think I'm studying too smoothly?

Wang opened her mouth, looked at her son's ashen face, and ultimately said nothing more.

Seeing her son's murderous look, she could only turn away dejectedly.

Since the fourth brother is unwilling to help, then we'll have to rely on ourselves.

Just as he reached the door, he ran into Wei, the fourth son's wife, who was returning from shopping.

Upon seeing the undisguised disgust on Wang's face, Wei still reluctantly called out, "Mother, what brings you here?"

Wang didn't mind her bad attitude and went straight to the point, "Your little sister was bullied by that wretched girl Tao'er. You should quickly persuade Fourth Brother to come back with me and avenge Jiao Jiao!"

Upon hearing her mother-in-law mention Liu Jiaojiao, Wei's face immediately fell, and her voice changed, "Mother, are you getting senile!"

They actually sent Silang to avenge that idiot Jiaojiao?

Are you saying you intend to ruin Shiro's career?

"Fourth brother's wife, how can you talk like that? Jiaojiao has been bullied, and instead of going to see her and comforting her, you call her an idiot!"

Is that even reasonable of you?

"How can you act like a sister-in-law?"

Wang's face darkened; calling Jiaojiao a fool was the same as calling her a fool.

Jiaojiao was born to her.

"Pah!"

I even went to comfort her. She made us lose face in public, and even I got scolded by my dad a few times.

Let me tell you, you're no longer my mother-in-law. Don't come to the county town to look for Silang anymore.

With a mother like you and a foolish aunt, my son Silang is the unluckiest man in eight lifetimes!

Get out of here right now!

Without any politeness, Wei pushed Wang out the door.

Then he slammed the door shut.