Chapter 103: The Revolutionary Friendship Ends Here

“What? Brother Chen went out? He won’t be back before the New Year?” Shen Zhengliang couldn’t believe what Old Li said.

He had been trading in this free market for several years, and the market had been temporarily closed because of tight winds, but it had never been closed for two or three months.

Especially before the New Year, the most profitable time for the free market.

Before Shen Zhengliang could react, a group of Revolutionary Committee members in red armbands rode their bicycles into the village.

Old Li quickly called to Shen Zhengliang, “Quick, quick, hide your backpack.”

As soon as Shen Zhengliang hid his backpack, the Revolutionary Committee members rushed in, “Someone reported you for speculation, we’re here to search.”

Old Li trembled and shrank to the side.

Shen Zhengliang quickly supported him.

His heart was on the Revolutionary Committee members, afraid they would find his backpack.

His backpack contained two rabbits, a chicken, and some wild Coptis chinensis, although these were wild.

But they belonged to the socialist collective.

If they were found, even if he wasn’t labeled a speculator, he would be labeled as undermining socialism.

He couldn’t escape labor reform.

Fortunately, the place Old Li pointed to was hidden.

And even the most domineering Revolutionary Committee members didn’t dare to damage people’s belongings, so he escaped.

After the Revolutionary Committee members left, Shen Zhengliang’s heart was still pounding.

“Comrade, you should leave! Don’t come before the New Year, it’s not safe!”

Shen Zhengliang carried his backpack and hurried home.

At home, he lay on the bed in despair, thinking that he hadn’t made any money and couldn’t explain it to Wang Yumeng.

He got up again, cleaned the chicken and rabbits, stewed chicken soup, and braised a rabbit.

He put them in two jars, sealed them tightly, and took them to the educated youth point.

He had agreed with Wang Yumeng that she wouldn’t go to work and would wait for him at the educated youth point.

But when he arrived, Wang Yumeng wasn’t there, but Lu Qiaoqing was.

“Comrade Shen, you’re looking for Wang Yumeng? She went out just now.” Lu Qiaoqing enthusiastically told Shen Zhengliang.

Shen Zhengliang was about to leave with his things, “Thank you, Comrade Lu, I’ll come back later.”

Lu Qiaoqing said, “Don’t come back later, it’s troublesome to run back and forth, why don’t you come in and sit for a while?”

Shen Zhengliang knew that Wang Yumeng lived in a room with Lu Qiaoqing and two other female educated youths.

He said embarrassedly, “This… isn’t appropriate…”

A grown man entering the female educated youths’ dormitory, if this got out…

Lu Qiaoqing smiled, “What’s inappropriate, you can sit in the main room, Wang Yumeng will be back soon.”

Shen Zhengliang: …

He touched his nose awkwardly, he thought Lu Qiaoqing meant for him to sit in the dormitory, she meant the main room.

If he refused now, it would seem suspicious.

He carried his things into the main room and sat down properly.

At this time, a piece of letter paper flew out of the female educated youths’ dormitory.

Out of politeness, Shen Zhengliang wanted to pick it up.

When he was about to return it to Lu Qiaoqing, he saw his own name on the letter.

He couldn’t help but read more, discovering that it wasn’t Lu Qiaoqing’s letter but Wang Yumeng’s.

He was attracted by the part mentioning him and read the whole letter.

After reading it, he felt like a bucket of cold water had been poured over his head, chilling him to the bone.

At this time, Wang Yumeng returned with a gloomy face.

Before entering the door, she shouted angrily, “Lu Qiaoqing, you tricked me, there’s no call for me at the brigade headquarters!”

She shouted and entered.

Seeing Shen Zhengliang, she was stunned, “Shen Zhengliang, you… why are you back?”

Shen Zhengliang’s cold gaze fell on Wang Yumeng, “Why can’t I come back? When you instigated me, you didn’t intend for me to come back, did you?”

Realizing she had said the wrong thing, Wang Yumeng quickly made up for it, “No, I mean, why are you back so early? Why are you here?”

Shen Zhengliang clenched his fist, wanting to slap the paper on Wang Yumeng’s face.

But he held back, he sneered, “Why am I back so early? Why am I here, shouldn’t you ask yourself?”

Wang Yumeng frowned unhappily, what was Shen Zhengliang’s attitude?

Even if he encountered the Revolutionary Committee members at the black market, he wasn’t caught, how dare he come back and yell at her?

Wang Yumeng’s face turned cold, she was about to scold Shen Zhengliang.

She saw Shen Zhengliang holding a thin piece of letter paper, asking her, “Wang Yumeng, tell me, what does Chen Ziyun mean by asking in his letter if the plan to arrest me was successful?”

He didn’t want to ask Wang Yumeng what Chen Ziyun’s expressions of missing her meant.

It was clear from Chen Ziyun’s words that their relationship was far more than just revolutionary comrades.

Chen Ziyun even hinted that they had already had a more intimate relationship.

He wanted to ask Wang Yumeng what he meant to her.

But Chen Ziyun’s question about whether the arrest plan was successful had already told him.

He meant nothing to Wang Yumeng!

Wang Yumeng was also stunned when she saw the letter paper in Shen Zhengliang’s hand.

After reading the letter, she was going to burn it.

But before she could light it, Lu Qiaoqing came back and told her someone called her at the brigade headquarters.

She couldn’t burn the letter in front of Lu Qiaoqing, she could only lock the letter and quickly went to the brigade headquarters to answer the phone.

Now seeing the letter she had locked up in Shen Zhengliang’s hands, she understood.

Lu Qiaoqing had tricked her!

But she couldn’t show it in front of Shen Zhengliang.

Her eyes reddened, she looked at Shen Zhengliang tearfully, “A Liang, I… if I say I was forced by Chen Ziyun, will you believe me?”

Seeing her like this, Shen Zhengliang sneered, “Wang Yumeng, do you really think I’m a fool? Chen Ziyun is already in labor reform, how could he force you? How could he force you?”

“A Liang, I didn’t mean that!” Wang Yumeng said anxiously, biting her lip, looking ashamed, “A Liang, you should know from the letter that I was foolish before, deceived by Chen Ziyun to do some things I shouldn’t have done, he threatened me with this.”

“He said if I didn’t listen to him, he would write a letter to report me, woohoo…” Wang Yumeng couldn’t help but cry sadly.

Shen Zhengliang naturally knew that Wang Yumeng was referring to Chen Ziyun threatening her with their past relationship.

He couldn’t accept that Wang Yumeng had such a relationship with Chen Ziyun, but he was reluctant to give up.

He was conflicted and didn’t speak.

Wang Yumeng observed Shen Zhengliang’s expression, after crying for a while, she wiped her tears and said resolutely, “A Liang, I’m sorry for deceiving you before, I sincerely apologize.

If you can’t accept me like this, then our revolutionary friendship ends here!”

Wang Yumeng said, her eyes red, snatching the letter paper from Shen Zhengliang’s hand.