Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

Lin Baoyan walked away, and the rest of the people still gathered together to talk.

Grandma Liu was extremely angry.

She cursed at Lin Baoyan's back, "What's so great about you? If it weren't for your ability to get into college, how could my nephew be interested in an orphan like you?"

Aunt Fang, who was not on good terms with her, stabbed her: "If I remember correctly, your nephew is just a temporary worker in a department store. He's a short guy, about the same height as you. With these conditions, he still wants to go on a blind date with Li Xiang?"

Granny Liu is half a head shorter than Lin Baoyan. This height......

Aunt Hu followed up with a joke, "It's so funny. Li has the looks, the house, and the education to be a college student, but you said that he was picked on by a temporary worker who is shorter than him. If you tell others about this, it will make people laugh to death."

"Don't worry, you are good-looking, my nephew will definitely like you." Someone pinched his throat and repeated this ridiculous words in the tone of Grandma Liu.

"Hahaha~" Everyone else laughed when they heard it.

How shameless is this Granny Liu? She actually wants a promising college student to marry a short temporary worker, and she even belittles her like this. How much does she despise Li Xiang?

Granny Liu snorted and curled her lips and said, "Li Xiang is an orphan. All her family members are dead. Even if she goes to college, she is still all alone. What's wrong with my nephew? It's not like he can't get a permanent job in the future. It's a department store, a great place to work. He's the only son in the family. How can he not be worthy of her, Li Xiang? If my sister-in-law hadn't taken a fancy to her, I wouldn't bother with her."

After hearing the word "orphan" again and again, everyone suddenly realized what was going on.

Aunt Hu cursed, "Bah~ You black-hearted bastard, you are taking advantage of the fact that there are no adults in the family. You deliberately pulled people on the street to introduce them to each other, thinking that the girl was shy and would not refuse on the spot. Then you spread the word that she was your nephew's girlfriend and forced her to admit it."

No one is stupid. If Li Xiang had not been so strong-willed today, he would have stated his position on the spot, explained the situation clearly, and even torn his face with Granny Liu. If she had been a little weaker and had not clarified immediately, this black-hearted old woman would have definitely spread the news of Li Xiang's engagement and marriage with her nephew as if it were true and spread it everywhere.

Who knows, these people present may become witnesses against this black-hearted old man.

As a result, even if Li Xiang later denied the rumor, no one would believe it.

Others only need to ask one question: You didn't deny it when Granny Liu said it, but you deny it again now. Do you look down on your ex-fiancé now that you have become a college student?

This move will definitely ruin her reputation completely.

After that, it would be much easier for Granny Liu to force marriage again.

Li Xia recalled her previous words of trying to smooth things over. Didn't she just not refuse on the spot? If Lin Baoyan really listened to her, she would be finished! Thinking of this, her anger rose little by little.

Over the past three years, they have been responsible for protecting Lin Baoyan's safety, doing their best and fulfilling their duties. They thought they had done enough, but they didn't expect to be slapped in the face today. An inexplicable person almost ruined Lin Baoyan's reputation.

We must investigate what is going on with this Granny Liu and her sister-in-law. How could they have contacted Lin Baoyan's teacher, confirmed that Lin Baoyan would be able to get into university and become a college student, and then set up such a trap for her to fall into.

Considering that Li Xiang has a relative who is researching high-yield seeds at the Agricultural University, there must be a lot behind this.

Of course, Granny Liu didn't admit it: "Who is bullying me? I am just a matchmaker for my nephew, so what? I don't see her normally, so where can I find her if I don't stop her on the street? If she doesn't object, then of course she admits it."

Aunt Hu said with a "Pah" sound: "You have said everything. In the end, you are setting up a trap to harm others. You are old, you should at least behave like a decent person. Why bully a little girl like this?"

Aunt Fang sneered, "When has she ever done anything wrong? She used to cheat people with her sister-in-law. They cheated so many people. Anyone who knows them is unlucky for the rest of their lives."

Granny Liu refused to admit it and said stubbornly, "Who cheated me? I didn't. Don't talk nonsense."

Others started to make fun of him: "Just now you were trying to trick Li Xiang, but now you deny it. How shameless!"

"We need to give this kind of person a good publicity, so that she won't come back to cheat people in our circle in the future."

"Yes, we are all neighbors, and we can't let a bad apple ruin the relationship between neighbors."

As a group of people were talking, they were about to go and tell Granny Liu about the good deed she had just done. Granny Liu was so anxious that she tried to stop them, but there were too many people and she couldn't stop one from leaving. Soon, the crowd dispersed, leaving Granny Liu standing there blankly.

Li Xia left among the crowd.

She walked back home quickly, recorded what had just happened, wrote down the doubts, and then passed the information on. Immediately, all the relevant personnel started to verify and investigate the information.

After doing this, she went next door to apologize.

What happened today was due to their negligence. They did not anticipate such an outrageous situation, and they did not act decisively when handling it, which almost allowed Grandma Liu to succeed.

When she arrived, Lin Baoyan was cleaning the house.

She had long forgotten what happened to Grandma Liu just now. Now, after hearing Li Xia's apology, she was completely stunned.

"No, you said, that old woman just now deliberately set up a trap to harm me?" Lin Baoyan was incredulous. How could someone want to harm her out of the blue?

Also, who could be framed by this inexplicable situation? As long as they don't admit it, will the other party dare to come and snatch them away? Do they really think that law enforcement agencies are just decorations?

She came from the future, and although she had lived here for so many years, she had hardly ever had any in-depth communication with the people of this era. She simply did not understand that in this era, with so little mobility of people, a young woman could really be driven to death by rumors.

Li Xia said ashamedly: "Yes, she admitted it just now. We were wrong and did not expect it. I tried to smooth things over and almost hurt you."

Lin Baoyan raised her hand to stop her apology and said, "Don't do that. We are decent people. How can we predict the way the criminals will harm people? We just need to solve this problem."

"The matter has been reported, and the higher-ups have begun investigating her and her sister-in-law's family and social situation." When it came to business, Li Xia immediately became serious.

"I suspect her sister-in-law instructed her to do this. The target was not you, but Professor Fang behind you."

Lin Baoyan nodded: "It is indeed possible."

That’s right, Lin Baoyan is a prospective college student and she has a yard at home. This condition is indeed very attractive and is enough to tempt people to plot against her.

But what’s the use of such a crude plan?

College students are different from ordinary people. At this time, every college student is a treasure of the country. As long as she asks the organization for help, the organization will definitely help her find out the facts.

By then, at most she would be criticized, but the person who set up the trap would be doomed.