Rumors

Although Xiang Wan's requirements had already been lowered significantly, she still had the habit of doing things according to her ideas.

After busying themselves for almost half a day, the two of them finally managed to arrange the purchased furniture.

A brand new king-sized bed was placed in the bedroom, adorned with the silk four-piece set that Xiang Wan had newly bought from the Shop. The pillows even had lace edges.

Beside the bed stood a semi-new bedside table. Huo Xiao had cleaned it thoroughly, and there were Xiang Wan's aromatherapy sticks and a few books on it.

In the spot where he had temporarily set up a small bed, they now put a wardrobe. Initially, he didn't have this need, as he only had a few pieces of clothing that could easily be stacked together.

However, she was different. Her clothes consisted mostly of long dresses, and folding them would easily create creases. So, he bought a wardrobe for her.

His rectangular cabinet was moved to a corner and used by her to store miscellaneous items.

As for the bathtub, he had specially created a space for it at the back of the kitchen, not far from the bedroom door. He even put up a curtain around it.

Looking at the small house that seemed to have been renovated, she nodded in satisfaction.

This was where she was going to live for the next five days!

However, what they didn't know was that news of Huo Xiao's furniture purchase had spread like wildfire throughout the village.

Especially after buying the bathtub, many people said that Huo Xiao was afraid of his wife.

However, most of them were criticizing her. After all, Huo Xiao had a fearsome reputation, and not many were willing to provoke him.

Therefore, everyone pointed their fingers at her. Moreover, at that time, many harbored resentment against the rich, so they looked down on her even more.

They slandered her, saying that she was here to ruin Huo Xiao's life. They wondered why she didn't just stay in the city as a rich young lady, but instead came to disturb their lives.

They unanimously felt that his life had finally taken a turn for the better, and now he had to deal with an insensible fiancée.

Rumors spread like wildfire in the village.

When she heard about this, she was having lunch at home.

"Oh no, oh no! Everyone in the village is saying bad things about Sister! No matter what we say, it's useless!" Wu Lan's two children appeared together at Huo Xiao's house.

Recently, Huo Xiao had been busy at the commune and was not at home during the day.

"What did they say about me?" She looked at them curiously.

Zhou Zhou and Zhou Rui took turns explaining the whole situation to her.

"Oh~" She chuckled upon hearing the story.

"Sister, why are you laughing?" Zhou Zhou couldn't understand how she could laugh in the face of such criticism to this extent.

She reached out and gently ruffled Zhou Zhou's hair, not saying a word.

It was quite obvious that someone was stirring the pot behind the scenes! Such tricks were all too familiar to her. She had seen many in her previous life!

In her previous life, such slander was at the lowest level. There were all kinds of schemes involving date rape drugs, framing, hiring assassins– a whole array of methods.

She had already experienced much worse environments than this in her previous life. Those people in her past would use any means necessary to bring her down. So, she had no choice but to learn and strengthen herself.

However, the simpler the situation, the less it should be ignored. One should know that even a small wave could capsize a boat.

Snapping back to reality from her memories, she pondered, who did she offend?

For the past two days, she hadn't ventured out of the house much and had been engrossed in exploring newly unlocked items in the Shop. She had no interest in thinking about anything unnecessary.

If anyone had a grudge against her, it would probably be…

She had a general idea in her mind.

"Little Zhou Zhou, could you do me a favor?" She gestured for Zhou Zhou to come over and whispered into his ear.

The more Zhou Zhou listened, the brighter his eyes became! His admiration was practically written all over his face.

"I promise to do it well!" Zhou Zhou eagerly agreed, then pulled his somewhat baffled older sister along and hurried out to take care of the task.

The next act of the drama was about to unfold!

Xiang Wan picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.

It was a pity that the delicious food prepared by Auntie Wu had lost its appeal due to the circumstances.

However, she knew she still had to eat more – she wouldn't fare well if she entered a 'battlefield' later on with an empty stomach.