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I apologize for the delay today, friends. If you like shooting stars, you can check out the author's first book, "Struggles of a Happy Life Through Time."
Liu Qingyan's thin arms were covered in dense red spots.
"Ah!!!" Screams erupted, and everyone instinctively stepped back, horrific images flashing through their minds. Could it be the flower?
"Ahhh!" One person reacted more violently, pushing Liu Qingyan aside and frantically shaking and wiping her hands as if something dirty had stuck to them.
At the same time, she dashed in front of Wang and snatched away the Two Taels of Silver: "You wicked Wang! You are harming people with your cruel heart. How could you sell me this child in such a state?"
"If this is the flower, it could kill me! Let me tell you, stay far away from me in the future. This is just bad luck!" Liu angrily scolded before storming off.
As Liu left, people from Ten Li Pu began to panic: "This child can't really have the flower, right? Are we going to get infected?"
As soon as this was said, everyone looked closely at Liu Qingyan again and noticed the tear-streaked areas on her face, revealing more red spots.
"Why aren't we leaving quickly? Stop watching the excitement. No matter how interesting it is, it's not worth our lives. That clearly looks like the flower. I've seen people with it before; it's exactly like this!"
"Oh my gosh, let's hurry up and go!"
Just moments ago filled with curiosity, the villagers left in a flash, leaving only a few behind.
Wang stared blankly at Liu Qingyan and her empty hands, reaching out to hit her: "You brat! You've made me lose my silver! How shameless can you be?"
But just before Wang's right hand landed on Liu Qingyan's face, it suddenly stopped. The red spots looked exactly like the symptoms of the flower, causing her to instinctively step back.
"What happened to you?" Wang's earlier fierceness vanished in an instant, and her legs trembled uncontrollably.
"You need to leave quickly, don't stay in front of me!"
Wang shivered; the flower disease was terrifying. Once contracted, survival was nearly impossible, and it spread rapidly. Anyone who came into contact with an infected person had little chance of escaping.
All the adults present understood the horror of the disease. Aside from a few people who stayed close to the village chief, and a couple of brave souls watching from a distance, everyone else had disappeared.
The crowd's attitude made Liu Qingyan feel frightened and she huddled in Liu Qingxi's arms.
Liu Qingxi didn't expect that the red spots would lead everyone to mistakenly believe it was the flower disease. She quickly explained, "Aunt, Village Chief, my brother doesn't have the flower disease; he just touched something he shouldn't have."
Before she could finish her sentence, Wang interrupted her: "Nonsense! That is definitely the flower! You two need to leave quickly; Liu Family doesn't want you bringing disaster upon us!"
"No, Aunt, it's really not the flower!" Liu Qingxi couldn't believe that Wang was so convinced, even forgetting about the silver that had just slipped from her hands.
"What do you mean it's not? You two are troublemakers! If you touched him, you'll get the flower too; you won't survive! Hurry up and leave!" She lunged towards Village Chief Zhang Wuliang.
"Village Chief, you need to make them leave! If they spread it to everyone, it will be terrible! Hurry and let them go!"
Zhang Wuliang, having been village chief for many years and more experienced than the villagers, didn't react thoughtlessly. He took a closer look at Liu Qingyan's arm.
"This isn't the flower. It looks like something got smeared on it; while it resembles the flower, it's different."
"No, no, no! We, the Liu Family, can't keep them here. You all go, fend for yourselves!"
Zhang Wuliang was furious, grabbing Liu Qingyan's arm and shouting at Wang:
"Wang, how can you be like this? They are your Liu Family's children. Is it right to belittle your own kids like this? Take a good look; are they really sick?"
"I don't care; they're sick. I can't let them infect us. They have to leave. Village Chief, don't you think you should take them away yourself? The Liu Family doesn't want them anymore!"
Wang had a stubborn look on her face. She still remembered the horror of that time when many children in the village didn't survive the infection.
Her lips trembled as she muttered almost in a trance, "They must leave quickly; the children will get infected. They can't be infected!"
"Aunt, I don't want to go! Please don't chase me and my sister away. I'll be good; I'll listen to you!" Liu Qingyan cried, her body shaking.
After a moment of shock, Liu Laosi reacted: "Sister-in-law, those kids aren't sick. Even if they were, we can't just drive them away!"
Liu Laosi's words ignited Wang's anger: "What about you? Liu Laosi, don't forget you're also part of the Liu Family. Do you want these two brats to infect everyone at home?"
"Yes, yes! Sister-in-law is right; this isn't right. These two kids just had bad luck and got sick. It's still not too late to send them away now. If the rest of the family gets infected too, it will be too late!" Jiang Clan added fuel to the fire.
To her, whether they were sick or not didn't matter; she just wanted to join Wang in driving the two children away. That was Jiang Clan's goal.
The two kids needed a lot of food; with two fewer mouths to feed, everyone else could eat more.
"Sister Two, you have always known Liu Laosi's ability to add fuel to the fire with the Jiang Clan."
"Hey, Fourth Brother, don't be selfish like Sister-in-law. I'm only doing this for our family. If you want to support them, that's fine; just go with them!"
The Jiang Clan placed their hands on their hips and spoke in a high-pitched voice.
"That won't do! Fourth Brother can't leave!" Despite Wang's rough demeanor, she quickly realized that Liu Laosi was the strong laborer in the family. If he left, they would lose a significant worker.
"Right, right, I was wrong earlier. Fourth Brother, you should listen to Sister-in-law and Sister Two. Don't worry about it; you can't even take care of your own children, how can you help others? One is already too much; this is two mouths to feed!"
The Jiang Clan and Wang harmonized in their criticism, leaving Liu Laosi completely unable to interject.
At that moment, Liu Qingxi understood the situation clearly. Wang and the Jiang Clan were trying to drive the siblings away. They had been looking for an opportunity, and the red spots on Liu Qingyan provided them with a reason.
It was also her fault for not thinking things through. In an emergency yesterday, there was no time for other arrangements. Liu Qingxi thought that if the village chief couldn't stop Wang, perhaps the red spots on Liu Qingyan could scare off Liu.
Thus, she had gone up the mountain to dig up a plant that could cause allergic reactions and red spots. However, her plan was only half-formed; she hadn't anticipated that it would lead to misunderstandings among the villagers, and Wang would exploit this situation.
At this point, no amount of Zhang Wuliang's presence would help. Earlier, he could adhere to Ten Li Pu's rules regarding selling children, but Wang insisted that Liu Qingyan was a flower, leaving everyone helpless.
Suddenly, Liu Qingxi had a flash of inspiration. Perhaps this was an opportunity; maybe the chance to leave the Liu Family lay in Wang's stubbornness.
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