The woman let out a dry laugh. She often visited her family home, so she knew the Thorne family had clashed with Phoenix Golding several times recently. As for whether Goldie Thorne was just happening by or had come on purpose—well, she wasn't an idiot. How could she not see through it?
Although she was annoyed with Goldie Thorne, the woman was even more furious with Phoenix Golding's spinelessness. Where there's smoke, there's fire. If Phoenix Golding had conducted herself with any decency, how could the Thorne family possibly have dug up any dirt on her?
Back at the public meeting, Third Uncle Huang should have just beaten that damn bitch to death and been done with it. It would have saved her from bringing shame on them all now.
With Goldie Thorne's explanation, everyone now understood the situation with Phoenix Golding and despised her all the more. Rotten vegetables and stinking fish rained down on her nonstop, and the stench could be smelled from far away.
