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Zhao Ajiao was already injured, but today, she seemed to have lost some of her vigor.

When Zhao Ajiao arrived at the place where she had set up her stall, she found that it was now a rubbish dump surrounded by flies. The stench was very overwhelming.

"Hey, look, she's here." The woman selling the broomstick at the side said, looking at Zhao Ajiao with disdain.

"Did she offend someone? Why don't you take a look at this? It's so smelly." The crowd surrounding them chattered on and on.

Zhao Ajiao stood to the side and looked at the mess on the ground. Her first thought was that she must have been tricked by someone else. Based on her previous life's experience in the business world, she had a plan to deal with it.

Zhao Ajiao first picked up the things on the ground and then sat down, enduring the pain.

Looking at the crowd, Zhao Ajiao didn't care if she was embarrassed or not, she started shouting.

"Erm, auntie, ladies, quickly look over here. A handkerchief worth six coins each, come and look!"

"I want one!"

"I want one!"

Very quickly, the handkerchief in Zhao Ajiao's hand was sold out, and the crowd surrounding them dispersed.

Zhao Ajiao knew in her heart that someone must have been jealous of her good business for such a thing to have happened today.

Did she really think that she, Zhao Ajiao, was easy to bully?

After collecting her money for the day, Zhao Ajiao prepared to go in some materials.

At night, he returned home.

"Ajiao, your wounds have not fully healed yet. How can you go out and sell handkerchiefs? Hurry up, go back and rest." Mrs Yu waited until night before she saw Zhao Ajiao at the door of her house. When she saw her, her face was filled with worry and anxiety.

"Mom, it's fine." Zhao Ajiao's face was pale and her lips were dry. Her wounds had yet to fully heal. She was still very weak, but she had been holding herself back from collapsing.

Deep into the night, Zhao Ajiao had a fever, which made Mrs Yu extremely anxious.

Mrs Yu watched the whole night, went to the Village Head's house to get medicine, and then used cold water to apply some on Zhao Ajiao's forehead. She was worried to death that night, and when she was in a daze, she would get up every half an hour to look at the medicine.

Daybreak had arrived.

Zhao Ajiao was no longer feverish. When she woke up, her complexion had improved by quite a bit. She took action, only to discover that Mrs Yu had fallen asleep beside her, afraid of waking Mrs Yu up.

But who knew that Mrs Yu would suddenly wake up with a worried expression.

"Sofia, are you better? Do you have a fever? " Mrs Yu quickly touched Zhao Ajiao's forehead in worry, and then she touched Zhao Ajiao's arm again. Only when she felt that it was really not too hot did she feel relieved.

"Mom, I'm fine today. I'm going out." Zhao Ajiao carried her own small basket and decided to go pick some mushrooms today and buy some more needlework. Mrs Yu took care of her for the whole night, so she didn't have a handkerchief to sew on.

When Zhao Ajiao arrived at the market, she sold the fir fungus she had harvested to Manager Liu. She planned to go for another stroll today to see if there were any good items.

"Hey, have you heard? That little girl who came to sell handkerchief yesterday, that handkerchief was fake. I heard that someone bought her handkerchief yesterday and went back. As a result, there was a rash on her body."

"I heard about it too, but her handkerchief was indeed very pretty. Moreover, the fabric was very smooth, so it doesn't look like it was that way."

"But this is the truth." A large group of old grannies gathered together and whispered amongst themselves, gossiping about the matters around them.

Rumors spread very quickly, and the power of public opinion was already very great. Everyone in the market knew that someone had bought Zhao Ajiao's handkerchief and got a rash.

Zhao Ajiao had also heard about this from an aunt.

Yesterday, you messed up my stall, and today, you're spreading rumors again. Am I, Zhao Ajiao, really that easy to bully? Zhao Ajiao decided to find out the source of the matter and then beat the face of that person.

Zhao Ajiao walked in the bazaar. For the time being, no one recognized her, so she decided to ask others about the true story behind this incident.

"Where does the girl with the rash on her handkerchief live, sir?" Zhao Ajiao pinched a jujube and asked the seller.

"That girl, she is the daughter of Shopkeeper Wang. Yesterday, she bought that handkerchief. When she bought it, she ended up with a rash. "Tell me, don't people who sell like this have a conscience?" The old man fanned the fan in his hand and sighed.

"Great sir, that Manager Wang, where is his home?" Zhao Ajiao ate another jujube. She wanted to eat another, but the lord's eyes widened and he immediately retracted his hand.

"It's right in front. We can't go too far. The handkerchief seller would be the one." The old man stood up, pointed the way, and sat down again.

Zhao Ajiao's intuition told her that the past two days had been caused by this Manager Wang. She didn't say anything and just walked straight to the place that the lord had pointed to.

After arriving at this shop, the name of the shop was rather pleasant to hear. The interior of the shop was beautifully decorated. There were many styles of handkerchiefs and chiffon, as well as a variety of other things. There were also a lot of customers, but they were still inferior to the ones that Mrs Yu had embroidered herself.

When Zhao Ajiao walked into the shop, the customers were especially cordial. They followed behind her and asked, "What do you need, Miss?"

Zhao Ajiao didn't say anything as she continued to stroll around. She didn't say that she wanted to buy anything. The waiters thought that she was a stingy person who had no money. Seeing that other customers had arrived, they eagerly went over to greet them.

Zhao Ajiao suddenly felt that something was wrong with her intuition. Everything seemed fine here, so how could she do such a thing?

But suddenly, Zhao Ajiao looked and saw that Manager Wang, who was collecting the bills, had suddenly called a waiter over and whispered something into his ear. After the waiter heard this, he went away lewdly and despicably.

Zhao Ajiao felt that something was not right, so she looked around to make sure that no one was paying attention to her before following him.

The waiter was more alert. He glanced behind him, and Zhao Ajiao quickly hid behind a wall. Seeing that the waiter had moved forward, she followed him.

The things in the waiter's hands were dumped in the pond in the backyard. Seeing that no one was paying attention to them, he quickly ran away.

Zhao Ajiao followed behind and took a close look at the items in the pond. They were some sawdust, silk cloth and the like. However, Zhao Ajiao suddenly saw something very important in the pile.

Zhao Ajiao lowered her body and picked up the thing she saw. After looking at it carefully, she took out the thing in her pocket. After comparing them, she realized that it was two identical handkerchiefs.

One of them was the "proof" Zhao Ajiao had found after rummaging through the pile of rubbish yesterday. As for this one, it was the one she had found earlier. Both of the handkerchiefs were printed with the pattern "Silk Chamber".

"Young lady, take care. I'll come again next time." Manager Wang received the money. With his chubby body and greasy face, he spoke to the girls as if he was a rich cat.

"Manager Wang, I say, you don't have to act like this, right?" Are you trying to bully me? " Zhao Ajiao grabbed two handkerchiefs and angrily rushed in front of Shopkeeper Wang.

"Miss, what are you talking about? Why can't I understand it? "Miss, if you're here to buy something, we have a lot of tricks up our sleeves. You can go and take a look." Manager Wang shamelessly refused to admit it.

"Old Man Wang, I said that yesterday you sent someone to smash my stall, and today you spread rumors that my handkerchief will cause a rash. Aren't you being too despicable?" Zhao Ajiao angrily said as she grabbed onto Manager Wang's collar.

"We are all fair and square in our actions, how could we possibly do such a thing? Miss, please put me down first. We have things to discuss." Shopkeeper Wang was very afraid of death, so he instantly begged Zhao Ajiao for mercy.

"Sure." Zhao Ajiao released her hand and Manager Wang fell.

"Miss, we have never done what you said. Don't falsely accuse us." Manager Wang got up from the ground, straightened his clothes, and said with a serious expression.

"This is yours, right? You did something, so why don't you dare admit it? Manager Wang, I want you to give me an explanation." Zhao Ajiao directly threw the two handkerchiefs onto the table and put her arms around her shoulders.

"Miss, I'll be frank then. I did it, so what? You are a person who sets up a crappy stall on the street. Our house is a hundred year old shop, how can you compare to us?" Manager Wang had a particularly proud and arrogant look.

"I want you to apologize to me. Also, I want you to eliminate those rumors." Zhao Ajiao felt so infuriated that she almost died of anger. She just wanted an explanation.

"Based on what? Attack!" Manager Wang gestured to the waiter standing to the side. The scene instantly became very chaotic.

Zhao Ajiao was a Taekwondo black belt in her previous life, so she could still deal with these small fry.

Punching after punching, the waiters were beaten until they laid on the ground one by one, in so much pain that they couldn't even get up. The items in the shop had been smashed into countless numbers due to fighting, handkerchiefs, and silk scarves.

Shopkeeper Wang hid inside the cabinet in fear. He was about to peek outside to see what was going on when someone suddenly came crashing over and hid inside the cabinet like a turtle.

With such a huge incident happening over here, everyone ran over to take a look. They surrounded the Starwood Pavilion as if they were watching a show.

Zhao Ajiao beat up all the waiters. Seeing that Manager Wang was hiding in the cupboard, she went to pull him out and punched him a few times until Manager Wang cried out and begged for mercy.

"I was wrong, heroine. I was wrong, grandaunt. Stop hitting me!" Manager Wang almost kneeled down to Zhao Ajiao.

"I want you to apologize, hurry up!" Zhao Ajiao punched Manager Wang again, so angry that she was about to die.