stingy landlady

Chapter 287 Guihong's Marriage ( )

While dodging the middle-aged man, Li shouted loudly:

"Ah! What are you doing! I am a married woman, and my daughter is engaged and will be getting married soon! How can you and your son be so shameless?"

How come I never noticed before? Help! Swallow! Help! Magpie! Guihong! My daughter! Help! Someone, please help!

Li ran out in a panic, but the door was bolted from the outside. Unable to open the door, Li could only hide in the inner room.

Seeing that Li Shi hadn't returned and that the young man from the tavern was heading straight for her again, Yanzi was startled and quickly locked the gate of the Beauty Pavilion, heading straight for the backyard.

Gui Hong, with Magpie in tow, was on her way back when she passed the tavern and heard Li's loud shout. She turned pale with fright.

"Magpie! It's my mother! My mother is screaming for help! Someone, please come quick!"

Du Huaichuan's bodyguards hurriedly stepped forward:

"Young lady!"

Gui Hong screamed:

"My mother! My mother is screaming for help! Quick! Go save her! This! This is broad daylight! What kind of world is this?!"

The guards rescued Li, who was still screaming in terror. The middle-aged man in the tavern was knocked unconscious by the guards, but his son still followed Yanzi.

After entering the backyard, Yanzi bolted the gate from the inside, still pale with fright. The lady had been murdered, the young lady was not home, and a young man outside was banging on the door and shouting insults!

Yanzi was at a loss! She could only find more wood to brace against the door, hoping her mistress would return soon. She was also afraid that her mistress would be violated by some man outside.

Inside the gate, the swallow was weeping uncontrollably, her whole body trembling.

After running out of the tavern, Li saw Gui Hong and cried out, "Wow!" as she hugged Gui Hong tightly. Gui Hong patted Li's back and gently comforted her.

"Mom! It's alright! Don't be afraid! Everything's alright now, let's go home!"

Li was feeling slightly better and staggered toward Lirenfang with Guihong. As they walked, Li held onto Guihong's hand tightly, as if it were the only lifeline for someone drowning!

The magpie looked around and saw that some people were already curiously peering in their direction. There was nothing it could do; let them look. Curiosity is always a factor; when are there no onlookers?

"Hey? Miss, Madam! Where did Yanzi go? Lirenfang is closed! Why isn't Yanzi with you, Madam?"

Upon hearing that Yanzi was missing, Li's face, which had just regained some color, turned pale again.

"Quickly! That old geezer has a son! He wants to take advantage of you, he's probably following Yanzi! Someone must save Yanzi!"

Gui Hong! How could we have run into such wicked people! Neither of these two, father and son, is a good person! They're always trying to bully us!

The guards had already tied up the old man in the tavern and closed the door, waiting for Du Huaichuan to return before deciding what to do with him.

Gui Hong told him to go to the backyard of Lirenfang to rescue Yanzi first, and that she and the others would follow shortly. The guards saw the young man from the tavern smashing the backyard gate and shouting insults.

"You little brat! Open the door right now! Your mistress is my stepmother! Your young lady will be my wife from now on! You wretched girl, you'd better beg your son-in-law to dote on you!"

Open the door now and I'll treat you well first! Once your young lady becomes mine, I'll make you my concubine! Open the door! Open the door now!

If you don't open the door, I'm going to kick it down!

"My young lady is already engaged! You wicked person! My mistress! My master is still at home! You're just slandering others!"

You lied to my wife, saying your father wasn't feeling well. My wife is kind-hearted and went to check on him out of good intentions, but you're just trying to tarnish her reputation!

You and your father both deserve to be struck by lightning!

Gui Hong, supporting Li Shi, had already reached the backyard of Lirenfang when they could hear the two people hurling insults at each other from afar. Li Shi and Gui Hong quickened their pace.

A gasp of "Ah!" was heard, followed by a terrified scream:

"Who are you? Who asked you to meddle? This is my wife's house! My wife and I are having a fight, and you're interfering? Let me go!"

"Shut up! How dare you slander and frame my young mistress! Who gave you the audacity to do this!"

It turned out that while the young man was busy banging on the door, the guard took him down from behind. With a clever twist, the guard broke the young man's arm, and the man screamed in pain, unable to speak.

Gui Hong and Li Shi had already approached, and Li Shi let go of Gui Hong.

Seeing the young man crouching on the ground, clutching his arm and groaning, Li quickly stepped forward and slapped him hard across the face.

"You heartless father and son! We're neighbors! How could you harbor such despicable thoughts! I wonder how many innocent women you've deceived over the years!"

Send them to the authorities! Let you two experience what it's like in prison!

Instead of enjoying a good life, you neglect legitimate business! All you do is think about crooked ways and harm people! I'll kill you!

Not satisfied with just slapping him, Li gave him another beating. Seeing that Li had vented her anger, Gui Hong then ordered her guards to lock the young man in the tavern as well, to await further instructions.

Hearing Gui Hong's voice, Yanzi opened the courtyard gate. Seeing Li Shi standing safely before her, she burst into tears.

The magpie came over and gently embraced the swallow to comfort it.

"Yanzi! Miss is back! Madam is alright! And you are alright too!"

Yanzi sobbed a few times before wiping away her tears and bowing to Guihong:

"Miss! I have been rude! I failed to take good care of Madam, and I accept the punishment!"

Li pulled Yanzi aside and said:

"What punishment? Yanzi! If you hadn't been alert, those two might have tried to rob me of my virtue and money! Who would have thought they were always smiling like that!"

That's incredibly cruel! Why aren't any of the neighbors helping? If this were in our village, if I yelled, everyone would have come and beaten those two!

But I called out for ages, and no one came!"

Li's voice grew softer as she spoke, and suddenly she said to Guihong:

"Guihong! I can't stay here anymore! There's no human touch at all! It's much better in the village! Even after we've had our arguments, we still help each other out!"

People here are all superficial; when something really happens, you won't even have anyone to talk to! Gui Hong! Making any amount of money is useless; let's go back to our hometown!

Gui Hong was both amused and exasperated.

"Mother! Don't be afraid! There aren't that many bad people in this world! People don't help us just because they see that we are helpless and don't want to get involved."

People in this county town are mostly concerned with saving face; since everyone is a stranger to each other, that father and son clearly weren't friendly people. Mother, please don't talk to strangers so often anymore!

Especially unfamiliar men! There are only women here, and the neighbors are afraid that if they interfere too much, rumors will spread, which wouldn't sound good! Naturally, none of the neighbors want to cause trouble!