These rumors had spread through all the nearby villages.
Not only did Old Mrs. Song know, but even the female laborers were talking about it during their breaks.
Old Mrs. Song's face was etched with anxiety as she said to Lin Xuezhu, "Lin Xuezhu, do you know why Old Woman Li's daughter-in-law tried to kill herself by poisoning?"
Lin Xuezhu's face turned ashen, no longer exhibiting her previous arrogance and despotism.
What she had assumed was not what she had seen.
So, the son of Old Woman Li, who cried about the Song family looking down on him, who forced a broken engagement after joining the cultural troupe—was he already married?
Why was he still seeking out Song Ting if he had a wife?
And what about the story Song Ting told her, that her family had offended someone, leading to her elder brother's removal from the brigade leader position, and then how Old Woman Li and Li Benzhong desperately wanted to cancel the marriage to avoid getting implicated—was it actually true?
