Chapter 34: Beating Liu Wei

Song Yue took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to lash out.

The older educated youths were watching.

Better leave a good impression first.

Liu Wei felt a chill under Song Yue’s gaze. She forced herself to respond,

“A-Am I not telling the truth? We’re all educated youths—shouldn’t we be helping each other?”

“We should help each other,” Song Yue paused for a beat, then emphasized, “but you don’t deserve it.”

She gave Liu Wei a meaningful look.

“As for why you don’t deserve it—you know the reason yourself. I won’t say it in front of everyone.”

Song Yue’s words carried hidden meaning.

This piqued the curiosity of the older educated youths. Their eyes shifted to Liu Wei, scrutinizing her.

Liu Wei sensed their stares and nearly exploded with rage!

This shameless wretch!

Not only had she just arrived and already gotten close to Lin He, but now she was smearing her name too!

Liu Wei clenched her fists. “Song Yue, stop being so vague! If you have something to say, say it!”

Li Xinyue, on the other hand, was well aware of how the three of them had ended up here.

If Liu Wei pushed Song Yue too far and she revealed that matter…

That would be utterly humiliating!

Moreover, Song Yue wasn’t someone to be messed with—if she wanted to fight, she would. Liu Wei had already suffered losses at her hands and wouldn’t stand a chance.

Li Xinyue tugged at Liu Wei’s sleeve and whispered, “Liu Wei…”

However—

Liu Wei saw Li Xinyue pulling at her, clearly trying to get her to drop it.

This only made her angrier!

Angry that Li Xinyue wasn’t speaking up for her!

Her fury ignited.

Liu Wei glared at Song Yue. “I want to hear exactly how you’re slandering me!”

Lin He sneered. “What a joke. Do you even need slandering? Liu Wei, have you forgotten how you got here?

You were abandoned by the captain of another brigade, and Secretary Li had no choice but to take you in.”

“And let’s not forget—you knew another comrade was sick, yet you repeatedly tried to use it to threaten them…”

The older educated youths: “!!!”

There was more to this?

So Liu Wei wasn’t so innocent after all.

Liu Wei never expected Lin He to expose all that. And now, the looks the older educated youths were giving her had changed!

Panic surged in her chest, and she blurted out,

“Lin He, you’re defending Song Yue so much—do you like her?!”

The older educated youths: “……”

Li Xinyue: “!”

Zhao Zirui: “!”

Lin He likes Song Yue?! No way!

Song Yue was stunned.

Lin He was dumbfounded for a moment before he snapped back to his senses and immediately cursed, rolling up his sleeves. “I’ll be damned…”

He was about to beat up this troublemaking Liu Wei!

“Hey—” Chen Xue hurriedly stepped forward to hold Lin He back.

Another male educated youth also rushed to help. “Comrade Lin, calm down.”

Song Yue stared at Liu Wei. “So you really don’t want any face, huh?”

Enough!

With a quick step, she lunged forward.

Liu Wei sensed danger and bolted!

Chen Xue saw the situation spiraling. “Comrade Song!”

Liu Wei dashed off, yelling at the top of her lungs, “Look, she’s furious! There’s definitely something going on between them!”

Lin He’s anger shot through the roof. “Damn it, if I don’t beat you today—”

Song Yue grabbed a stool in front of her and flung it directly at Liu Wei.

The stool flew through the air, but Liu Wei managed to dodge it.

It crashed onto the ground with a loud—

“Bang!”

Liu Wei’s face turned pale with fright. If she hadn’t moved fast enough, that stool would’ve hit her!

The older educated youths were also dumbfounded… That escalated way too fast.

The courtyard fell into dead silence.

Song Yue locked eyes with Liu Wei.

Liu Wei, terrified, backed into a corner. When Song Yue lost it, she really dared to hit people.

Seeing Liu Wei’s cowering state, Song Yue cursed her in her heart.

She took a deep breath, suppressing her impulse to throw another punch, and turned to Chen Xue.

“Comrade Chen, you’re the person in charge here.”

“Right now, Liu Wei is openly slandering me and Comrade Lin, damaging our reputations.

I demand an apology and compensation. Are you going to handle this?”

“If not, I’ll go straight to the brigade leader and have him make the decision.”

“If the brigade leader can’t handle it, I’ll go to the village Party secretary. If he doesn’t deal with it, I’ll go to the commune’s secretary—until someone does!”

Li Xinyue weakly interjected, “Song Yue, there’s no need…”

Lin He, hearing Li Xinyue speak up, nearly cursed.

After years of friendship, she wouldn’t even stand up for him?

Yet now, she was speaking for Liu Wei?

Song Yue shot a glance at her. “Li Xinyue, worry about your own problems first. Don’t let yourself be sold and still help count the money.”

Liu Wei’s excessive warmth toward Li Xinyue? That was because she had her eyes on her ration tickets and cash.

Li Xinyue: “……”

Song Yue didn’t hear a response from Chen Xue.

She pressed again, “Comrade Chen, are you handling this or not?”

“If not, I’m heading to the brigade leader right now!”

With that, she turned on her heels to leave.

“Wait—” Chen Xue panicked. “Comrade Song!”

A female educated youth spoke up. “Comrade Song, dating is normal. There’s nothing wrong with it.”

A male educated youth chimed in, “Exactly, we understand—just be open about it…”

Lin He: “……”

Song Yue halted in her tracks and turned around.

The ones who spoke were a tall male and female, both slightly chubby, sitting close together.

Song Yue pointed at them. “You. And you.”

“You two are dating, right?”

The female educated youth’s face darkened. “Comrade Song, what nonsense are you spouting?”

Song Yue smirked. “If you’re not dating, why are you sitting so close together?”

The two immediately glanced at each other—admittedly, they were sitting quite close.

And now, under everyone’s scrutiny—

The male educated youth quickly scooted his stool away to put some distance between them.

Song Yue raised an eyebrow. “See? The moment I said something, you two separated. You’re definitely feeling guilty.”

The two were flustered, about to retort—

But Song Yue didn’t give them the chance.

She cut in with a knowing smile, “Oh, no worries. Dating is perfectly normal. Just say it outright—we all understand.”

The female educated youth shot up from her stool.

“Comrade Song! Liu and I are completely innocent! You’re falsely accusing us—”

Song Yue squinted at her. “Falsely accusing? So you do know what that feels like?

All I did was repeat your own words back to you, and you can’t handle it?”

The female educated youth was dumbfounded… Thinking back, what Song Yue said was exactly what she and Liu had said earlier.

Song Yue chuckled. “I just said Liu Wei slandered me and that I was going to the brigade leader to settle it, and you two jumped in saying I was dating Comrade Lin?”

“That means you’re also spreading rumors—Liu Wei’s accomplices.”

“You both owe me an apology too. But since you’re older educated youths, I’ll spare you the compensation—for now.”

The female and male educated youth: “……”

Song Yue pointed at Liu Wei, Li Xinyue, and Zhao Zirui.

“I’ve known Comrade Lin for just over two days. Before that, it was always her, her, and him together.”

“I was only gone for an hour to help Comrade Lin move a cabinet from Uncle Chen’s house, and suddenly, we’re a couple?”