Sheng Ning had nothing with her and squeezed into a small corner after getting on the bus. The people around her were all intentionally or unintentionally looking at her.
"Whose girl is this, so pretty!" an older woman exclaimed.
"Yo! Isn't this the girl from Sheng's third family?" someone from the same village as Sheng Ning recognized her at a glance. "Weren't you supposed to be in the General Union Dance Troupe? Why are you back? Don't tell me you got kicked out? Hmph... People like you deserve to be expelled."
Sheng Ning had her head down the entire time, not wanting to be recognized by her neighbors. Hearing the malicious words now, she turned her head to look at them, her eyes filled with anger.
"Auntie, this is slander!"
"What did you say? You called me auntie?" The speaker was a young woman who appeared to be around thirty. Probably not used to doing farm work, her skin was noticeably fairer than the average rural person.
