Chapter 121

The gossiping and nosy crowd around them started talking even louder, “Do you think the Li family Girl might be pregnant?”

Another auntie immediately said, “Who knows? They went into the woods together, isn’t it normal to get pregnant? This Li family Girl has become a city person after hooking up with an educated youth, she’s not comparable to us rural peasants.”

“Sigh, she’s so lucky, why is my daughter so useless? She didn’t even find an educated youth son-in-law for me.”

“Impossible…impossible.” Xia Muqing was like she was possessed, she kept muttering the same words, impossible, impossible.

After Xia Muqing came to her senses, she slapped Li Wenxi across the face and cursed, “How could I have a shameless daughter like you? You’re already doing it with him before you’re even married, what will people think of you?”

Xia Muqing said viciously, “Did that educated youth force you? You better make him marry you immediately, otherwise, I don’t have a daughter like you. And the bride price must be 200 yuan.”

Chen Zexuan heard this and said, “Pfft, 200 yuan? I’ll tell you, there’s not even 20 yuan. She came on to me, I didn’t even accuse her of seducing me. If you want to report it to the police, go ahead.”

“Anyway, I have 10 yuan, take it or leave it. If you don’t want it, forget it.” Chen Zexuan thought, he could still come up with 10 yuan, but if it was more, he wouldn’t even think about it. Was a peasant Girl from the village worth that much money?

Mrs. Wu was working nearby. She heard people gossiping that her granddaughter was hooking up with an educated youth, and she was happy, thinking that she had finally found a rich man. But when she came over, she heard them say that he only gave 10 yuan, and she was furious.

He wanted to marry her granddaughter for 10 yuan? He must be dreaming. She could easily find a man for her granddaughter, and she could at least get dozens of yuan.

Mrs. Wu immediately stood with her hips on her hips and said, “You educated youth are so funny. You’re from the city, but you’re so stingy, you only give 10 yuan? How dare you even say it out loud? You want to marry my granddaughter, you can’t even talk without 200 yuan.”

“If you don’t give that money, we’ll go to the police station and accuse you of molestation and have you put in jail.”

“Heh, Chen Zexuan sneered, you old woman, you don’t seem to understand the situation. You want to report it to the police? Do you want me to help you?”

“I want to ask the police, how do we charge someone for being seduced? I don’t believe there’s no justice in this world.”

Li Wenxi couldn’t believe what Chen Zexuan was saying. Was this the same person who had said sweet nothings to her and said he would take her back to the city to enjoy a good life?

He was completely a different person. When he was nice to her, he didn’t say this. He said she was understanding, innocent, considerate, and beautiful. Why now did it become her seducing him?

Li Wenxi wiped her tears and shouted with a broken heart, “Chen Zexuan, what do you mean by that? Yes, I gave you eggs to eat, but if you weren’t interested in me, you could have refused. Do you remember what you said back then?”

“Why now, when something happens, it’s become me seducing you? You said you were going to take me back to the city to enjoy a good life. Have you forgotten what you said so quickly?”

Chen Zexuan: “You’re so naive. You actually believed what I said back then? Why would I, a city person, be interested in a peasant Girl like you? Are you too confident?”

Li Wenxi: “Chen Zexuan, you are so heartless. You ruined my innocence, and you just want to dump me?”

“I’m telling you, you’re dreaming. Even if I have to die, I’ll drag you down to hell with me. Don’t believe me? Try to push me too far, I’ll do anything. I’m a barefooted person, I’m not afraid of those with shoes on.”

“You better marry me now, so everyone is happy. Otherwise, I’ll go to the police station and report you. Don’t think I’m bluffing you. A rabbit will bite when it’s cornered. You want to dump me like this? There’s no such good thing in the world.”

Chen Zexuan was shaken when he heard Li Wenxi say this. If this little vixen really went to the police station to report him, his file would definitely have a stain.

If there were any opportunities for a worker-peasant-soldier college or to return to the city, it wouldn’t be his turn. Anyway, he needed a woman to vent his frustrations here, wouldn’t it be better if someone served him? He could just marry her first, as long as he had the chance to rise, he would dump her.

Chen Zexuan was about to say something when Mrs. Wu’s voice came, “Everyone come and see, this educated youth from the city is lawless, he bullied my granddaughter and doesn’t want to take responsibility. Everyone come and judge.”

After Mrs. Wu finished speaking, she sat down on the ground, crying and wailing, and slapping her thighs.

“Are we rural people supposed to be bullied? Is there no justice in this world? Why don’t you send a thunderbolt to strike us to death, Heaven? Why do you let people treat us like this?”

The people around were moved when they heard this. Although they liked to gossip and watch the show, if it happened to them, they might make even more noise than Mrs. Wu.

The captain also heard the commotion and ran over and asked, “Why are you all gathered here, not working? Don’t you want to eat? What happened?”

Immediately, people started talking about what happened. After the captain listened, his eyes became very fierce and he asked, “Is what they said true, Chen Zhiqing?”

“Did you really ruin her innocence and not want to take responsibility? I’m telling you, Chen Zhiqing, the people in our team are not so easy to bully. If you don’t solve this today, we’ll only see each other at the police station.”

“I know, maybe Li Wenxi took the initiative, but if you don’t agree, you can just refuse. You could have come to me then, I would have definitely helped you. Now that it’s happened, can you say she forced you?”

Chen Zexuan immediately said, “Captain, you’ve misunderstood. I didn’t say I wouldn’t take responsibility, but her family wants 200 yuan for the bride price, I really can’t afford it. I said I only have 10 yuan, and I saved that from my teeth.”

“I really don’t have more. If they still want 200 yuan for the bride price, then go to the police. It’s not just my fault, we can all stay in there.”

Li Wenxi: “Chen Zexuan, why have you become like this? I was blind to fall for someone like you. Didn’t you say your family was very rich? You said you would take me back to the city to enjoy a good life, but you only give 10 yuan?”

“You’re slapping me in the face, you’re humiliating me. How can I stand in the village? How will people look at me? You’re so heartless.”