The two looked at each other with worry. If they had money, they would have left this small town immediately, gone far away, found a place where no one knew them, and started anew. But the problem was, they had no money.
"Were we that obvious? When did she find out?" Zhang Tieshan was truly surprised. He hadn't expected this matter to be discovered by her, and he felt there was no possibility of recovery.
"How would I know? Could it be that the wind leaked out when we tried to frame her last time, and she sensed it?" Zhang Tiehua recalled and guessed.
"That's possible, but the immediate priority is to think about how to deal with the upcoming rumors."
As soon as he finished speaking, the two fell silent, starting to brainstorm.
"What if we just say she fell in love with someone else, fancied Li Er Niu, and wanted to drive us out to make room for him, and that the whole thing was a fabricated lie?" Zhang Tiehua suggested hesitantly.
"No, people in this town watched her grow up. They know her character well and won't believe what we say," Zhang Tieshan immediately rejected.
"The things we did last time already made Li Er Niu believe that Gao Feixue was deeply in love with him. We'll reveal Gao's family fortune, exaggerate the amount a bit. With his poverty, won't he be tempted? Given his personality, he'll definitely come to pester her. Gao Feixue will be home alone, unable to bear the harassment. We'll then go and say a few nice words, and perhaps in her panic, she'll accept you. Then we'll seize the opportunity. This time, we must get rid of her." Su Dan Novel Network.
Zhang Tieshan heard this and thought it was feasible. After hesitating for a while, he nodded.
As they expected, when they spun their tale with convincing details, people didn't believe them. After all, she was a girl they watched grow up. Moreover, they had heard another piece of gossip, and the look in Zhang Tieshan and Zhang Tiehua's eyes was no longer the same.
Li Er Niu's cronies heard the gossip and were exceptionally envious. Some even dared to step forward and ask, "Brother Er Niu, why are you still working here? Miss Gao is so fond of you, why aren't you wooing her and becoming the owner of the small tavern? How much can you earn doing hard labor here?"
Li Er Niu hadn't heard the rumor, but the thought of Miss Gao's ferocity that day made him uneasy. However, seeing the envious gazes of his brothers, he couldn't share his worries with them and could only pretend not to care, saying, "Don't talk nonsense. Miss Gao and I don't know each other. How could there be any affection?"
Another person playfully nudged him with his shoulder and said, "I heard the Gao family has two hundred taels of wealth. Good heavens, that's two hundred taels! Aren't you tempted?"
Li Er Niu swallowed again upon hearing this. In fact, he was also startled when he first heard it. He hadn't expected the humble Gao family to have so much property. But on second thought, it made sense. After all, the Gao family only had one daughter. Not to mention anything else, their courtyard and shop alone could sell for a hundred taels. How could he not be tempted? Wasn't he secretly scheming? He just couldn't say it out loud.
The others also wanted to benefit from this. A person's eyes rolled, and he ingratiatingly stepped forward, smiling, "Brother Er Niu seems to have some unspoken difficulty. Do you need your brothers to lend you a hand?"
Li Er Niu's interest was piqued. "How will you help me? Let me be clear beforehand, she and I really have no relationship."
"Whether there's a relationship or not isn't up to us to decide. The whole town knows she's infatuated with you. As long as we go and pester her every day, I don't believe anyone in this town would dare to marry her. Then everyone will think you two are a couple, and she'll have to marry you whether she wants to or not."
Li Er Niu thought it made sense. Although he had thought of this before, he couldn't beat Gao Feixue by himself. If he had a few brothers, he didn't believe that woman could be that fierce. When they subdued her, wouldn't all the wealth be his?
As soon as Wu Caiwei opened the door, she saw a group of people standing at the entrance. She raised her eyebrows in surprise. She hadn't expected him to dare to come.
Li Er Niu had already raised his hand, about to knock, but when he saw the door open from the inside, he awkwardly lowered it and quickly took the fresh flowers he had picked from someone next to him.
"Miss Gao, these are for you." This was the first time Li Er Niu had given a gift to a woman in his life. He heard that young girls liked receiving flowers, so he decided to follow the trend. He was quite nervous, to say the least.
"I didn't expect you to be so bold. It seems the last time didn't teach you a lesson. Today, you've even brought a few more people. Are they your helpers? Do you think a few of them can subdue me? Too naive. Disappear from my sight immediately and don't come again. Otherwise, I will surely make you regret being born into this world." Wu Caiwei hadn't expected that instead of her finding him, he would come knocking on her door.
Li Er Niu hesitated upon hearing this, but his brothers behind him hadn't witnessed Wu Caiwei's ferocity. They thought she was just trying to scare them and unconsciously stepped forward, saying with disdain, "Since Miss Gao is infatuated with my brother, why not admit it openly? Moreover, with a woman living alone, do you think your life will be peaceful? You'll likely be harassed by hooligans sooner or later. If you were with my brother, it would be different. With a master of the house, others would think twice."
Wu Caiwei looked at him deeply. For an ordinary woman, this would indeed be a concern, but would she be afraid of such minor trouble?
"Are you leaving or not?" Wu Caiwei asked for the last time.
Li Er Niu's brothers exchanged glances. Why did it feel different from what they had imagined? For some reason, they felt a sense of dread facing her.
Li Er Niu immediately conceded, stammering, "Let's go, let's go."
His brothers behind him were somewhat unwilling, especially those who had already gathered in a circle to watch the spectacle. They didn't want to lose face in front of so many people.
Zhang Tieshan, hiding among the onlookers, immediately shouted when he saw them retreat, "You cowards! You were scared off by a woman!"
Li Er Niu's brothers heard this and their fighting spirit ignited. They rolled up their sleeves and said with ill intent, "Brothers, today we'll teach her a good lesson. We can't let women get the better of us."
Some of the timid onlookers immediately closed their eyes, while others covered their eyes and peeked through their fingers. After all, in their eyes, Wu Caiwei had no chance against these men.
Normally, they would have stepped forward to mediate, but today they had heard her gossip. When one of the people involved in the gossip showed up, it was hard not to suspect they had some connection. Moreover, she hadn't asked for help, so they were afraid of being meddlesome.
Besides, if the rumors were true, they felt Miss Gao had gone too far. Perhaps getting beaten would teach her a lesson and make her mend her ways.