At that point, Ms. Liu Junior's mother and brother had heard about these rumors.
They were furious. Their family might be poor, but since when were the Liu daughters unworthy?
That very day, Madam Ye had paid lip service to the idea that the engagement wouldn't be about status or social position, and now she'd turned around and scorned the Liu family. What kind of behavior was that?
Alright, in a very short time, the rumor spread so widely that nobody even knew who had started it anymore.
The relatives of Ms. Liu Junior didn't even consider that it might have come from their own people. Their first thought was that it had either come from Land Officer Yang's family or the Ye Family. Of course, they were more inclined to believe it had come from the Ye Family because Land Officer Yang's family and theirs were relatives by marriage; surely they wouldn't spread such rumors without cause.
