Chapter 19 Zhou Yubai Bought Himself a Green Hat

That evening, at the educated youth center next to the Zhou family’s house.

When Wang Yumeng returned to the educated youth center after work, she heard villagers talking about how lavish Shen Chuning’s dowry was and how stylish the red bicycle was.

She was furious.  If it weren’t for the protagonist’s halo, with Shen Chuning’s delicate appearance, she wouldn’t have survived in this era!

She rolled her eyes.  She had to find a way to get the koi jade pendant quickly.

What was most lacking in this era was food.  With the food from Shen Chuning’s spirit spring space, anything could be obtained on the black market.

Chen Ziyun had been humiliated by Shen Chuning with the mung bean soup yesterday. Today, he heard villagers discussing how glamorous and well-matched Shen Chuning and Zhou Yubai were.

What’s worse, while praising Zhou Yubai, they also belittled and mocked him.

When he returned to the educated youth center, he was already furious.

Wang Yumeng, before the other educated youths returned, quickly pulled Chen Ziyun into the room.

“Yun Ge, listen to me, go find Shen Chuning tonight. She’s liked you for so long, she can’t change her heart so easily.  She’s being so high-profile now, just to make you jealous.

When you see her tonight, pretend to be jealous and angry. When she gets anxious, show weakness and coax her, and take the jade pendant from her.”

Wang Yumeng finished in one breath.

Chen Ziyun frowned, looking at her angrily, “Mengmeng, you keep asking me to get Shen Chuning’s jade pendant. What’s so good about that jade pendant?”

He had seen Shen Chuning’s jade pendant. It was just an ordinary jade carving, the craftsmanship was rough, not something valuable at all.

Wang Yumeng’s eyes flickered, “Brother Yun, don’t ask so much. Trust me, once we have that jade pendant, we’ll have everything we want, we’ll never lack food or money.”

Although Chen Ziyun didn’t believe that an ordinary jade pendant could be as magical as Wang Yumeng said,

he did need to find Shen Chuning to regain his male pride.

At night.

Shen Chuning, enduring the pain in her feet, was carefully moving to bed when she heard rustling sounds outside her window.

Then, she heard the sound of small pebbles hitting her window, followed by three cuckoo calls.

Shen Chuning’s tender face wrinkled.

She recognized the sounds.

This was the secret signal she and Chen Ziyun had agreed upon.

Chen Ziyun, self-important, had never come to see her before.

Unexpectedly, he came now.

She bit her lip.  She wouldn’t see Chen Ziyun now and cause trouble for herself.

She opened the door, limping.

Shen Zhengxu had just finished showering and entered the main room when he saw his sister come out again. He quickly stepped forward to support her.

“Ningning, why aren’t you sleeping? Are your feet hurting? Brother will carry you to the clinic.”

Shen Chuning shook her head, looking at her room fearfully, whispering, “Big Brother, it seems like someone is hiding under my window, I’m scared…”

Shen Zhengxu’s face darkened.

He helped Shen Chuning sit down in a circle chair, “Ningning, don’t be afraid. Big Brother will go check it out.”

Shen Zhengxu picked up a carrying pole and was about to go out.

Shen Chuning quickly stopped him, “Big Brother, call Second Brother too!”

Shen Zhengxu thought that if there were really bad guys, two people were better than one.

He called Shen Zhengliang to go with him.

“Ah~~~”

Soon, Shen Chuning heard a series of pig-like screams from their backyard.

“You bastard, Chen Ziyun! You hooligan, my sister is engaged, and you dare to harass her!”

“Go! To the village committee!”

…

Shen Zhengxu and Shen Zhengliang’s angry voices came.

Their voices quickly attracted neighbors to watch.

When Shen Zhengxu and Shen Zhengliang brought Chen Ziyun out of the backyard, many people had already gathered at the entrance of the Shen family’s front yard.

“What’s going on, Shen Zhengxu? Why is Chen Ziyun at your house?”

“He harassed my sister!” Shen Zhengxu said angrily.

However, his words were ambiguous.

Chen Ziyun took advantage of this opportunity, struggling and saying, “No, no, I didn’t come to find Shen Chuning.

Shen Chuning seduced me and asked me to come. She agreed that if I threw a pebble at her window and called three times like a cuckoo, she would come out to see me.”

Hearing this, the crowd started to discuss.

“Shen family’s girl was always chasing after Chen Ziyun, maybe she still likes him.  She’s engaged to the Zhou family but still hooking up with Chen Ziyun?”

“Zhou Yubai is really… spending so much on a dowry, only to buy himself a green hat, tsk tsk…”

…

“Bang!”

Hearing these discussions, Shen Zhengxu was angry and punched Chen Ziyun in the face, “You’re lying!”

Shen Zhengliang’s face darkened, knowing that his brother’s actions would only make people doubt his sister’s innocence.

He said coldly, “Chen Ziyun, you said my sister made an appointment with you? Did my sister come out to see you?”

Chen Ziyun gritted his teeth, unable to speak.

Shen Chuning, that bitch, not only didn’t come out to see him but also called her two brothers out.

As soon as Shen Zhengliang and Shen Zhengxu came out, they beat him up with carrying poles.

Now, there wasn’t a single part of his body that wasn’t hurting.

Shen Zhengliang sneered, “What?  Can’t speak anymore?”

“Let me tell you, my sister didn’t come out to see you, and because of the noise you made outside, she thought it was a villain and was too scared to return to her room.

Chen Ziyun, let me tell you, we won’t let you get away with scaring my sister tonight. Come on, to the village committee!”

After Shen Zhengliang said this, everyone understood.

If Chen Ziyun had really made an appointment with Shen Chuning, how could Shen Chuning be scared by the noise?

“I think Shen family’s girl was kind and too good to Chen Ziyun.  She raised a viper, and he’s now repaying her kindness with cruelty.”

“Exactly, Shen family’s girl said yesterday when she gave Zhou Yubai mung bean soup that she gave it to Chen Ziyun out of pity.”

“Who knew Chen Ziyun was so ungrateful, not only didn’t appreciate Shen family’s girl, but also tried to ruin her reputation when she stopped giving him food.”

“Bah!  He’s an educated youth, but he’s a hooligan!”

“Our village doesn’t accept such hooligans! Take him to the village committee, shave his head, and send him to the farm for reform!”

…

The villagers followed Shen Zhengxu and Shen Zhengliang to the village committee.