Chapter 32 Falling Down the Hill

Yu Chunxiang continued to stare fixedly at the direction Qi Erwa had left. “Ye Zhiqing, he gave me three days to think about it. We’ll act three days later. I don’t care how you deal with Wang Xiangdong, but Qi Erwa must die.” Yu Chunxiang said through gritted teeth. She would not allow anyone to harm Yao Yao. Ye Nanyi was stunned. She understood the implication in Yu Chunxiang’s words and didn’t argue.

On the other side, Ye Nanyi had just set up everything on the mountain, waiting for Wang Xiangdong to walk into her trap. As she descended the mountain, she found Qi Aimei loitering at the foot. Ye Nanyi originally wanted to pretend she didn’t see her. Unexpectedly, Qi Aimei directly called out to her. “Ye Zhiqing, wait a minute, I want to talk to you.” Ye Nanyi stopped and waited for Qi Aimei. “What do you want to talk about?” Ye Nanyi didn’t think she had anything to talk about with Qi Aimei. Qi Aimei could hear the displeasure in Ye Nanyi’s tone, but she didn’t care. “Ye Zhiqing, I like Wang Zhiqing, I want to become revolutionary partners with him.”

“No, you want to become revolutionary partners with him, you go find him! What do you mean by talking to me?” Qi Aimei simply gave up. “I’m not afraid of losing face. I don’t know how many times I’ve confessed, I’ve almost become a joke. But Wang Zhiqing just won’t agree. Does he really love that person in his heart so much?” Hearing this, Ye Nanyi thought carefully. Wang Xiangdong must have been poisoned by Xu Yulan! He dared to do anything just to make Xu Yulan happy. He must truly love Xu Yulan! “Ye Zhiqing, why aren’t you saying anything?” Ye Nanyi didn’t know what to say, so she just nodded, indicating that she agreed. Qi Aimei ran away crying, deciding to confess again. If he still refused, then she would give up. Ye Nanyi really didn’t expect this! She loves him, but he loves her. Hmm, it’s a bit confusing, let’s not think about it, the important thing is at hand.

Back at the educated youth’s dormitory, Ye Nanyi saw Zeng Bailing returning from outside. “Zeng Zhiqing, did you get your stitches removed?” Zeng Bailing just raised a smile, but when she saw it was Ye Nanyi, she just nodded. “Zeng Zhiqing, what’s wrong with you? You were so happy just now, why did your smile disappear when you saw me?” Zeng Bailing didn’t dare to express it on her face, but she couldn’t help but roll her eyes in her heart. You don’t have any idea, why wouldn’t I smile. Ye Nanyi accurately sensed that Wang Xiangdong was eavesdropping, so she didn’t waste any time. “Zeng Zhiqing, I’m going to chop firewood on the mountain tomorrow.

I’ve asked several people, but they’re all busy. Will you go?” Zeng Bailing didn’t want to go with Ye Nanyi at all. “I’m not going, you go by yourself.” Ye Nanyi didn’t say anything. “Alright, then I’ll go by myself tomorrow.” After saying that, she turned and went into the dormitory. Wang Xiangdong, who had been eavesdropping, smirked.

The next morning, Ye Nanyi gave Yu Chunxiang a look as she left, then went up the mountain. Wang Xiangdong followed behind, leaving a note in the door crack before leaving. After they left, Yu Chunxiang took the note directly to the kitchen and threw it into the fire. Only when the note turned to ashes did Yu Chunxiang leave.

Ye Nanyi walked for a long time, becoming impatient. She wondered why Wang Xiangdong was so slow. After an unknown amount of time, Ye Nanyi finally reached the place where she had set her trap. She had observed this place for a long time, Wang Xiangdong would definitely walk through the place she had prepared if he wanted to secretly do something. Ye Nanyi placed her backpack to the side and pretended to be picking up branches. Wang Xiangdong observed for a while, slowly moving to the place Ye Nanyi had prepared for him. “Squeak, squeak” a sound came out. Wang Xiangdong didn’t care about Ye Nanyi anymore, fear took over. “There’s a rat! Help… Ah!” Before Wang Xiangdong could finish his words, he tripped over something and rolled down the slope. His left leg hit something and started bleeding.

Ye Nanyi didn’t expect it to be so successful. She was about to go and take a look, but saw Li Yulan staring blankly at Wang Xiangdong lying at the bottom of the slope. “Li Zhiqing, what are you doing standing there? Quickly call the village head for help!” Li Yulan was startled by Ye Nanyi’s shout and forgot everything else. She quickly ran down the mountain to find the village head. Seeing Li Yulan scared, Ye Nanyi felt a little worried. She wondered if he would be willing to testify. Wang Xiangdong fell down himself, it had nothing to do with her. Ye Nanyi collected all the fake rats and quickly followed Li Yulan. “Ye Zhiqing, why did you come down too? Why didn’t you watch Wang Zhiqing? There are wild beasts in the mountains, what if…” Ye Nanyi wished Wang Xiangdong would be dragged away by a wild beast! That way, the body would be disposed of.

She thought this way, but she couldn’t say it out loud. “That, Li Zhiqing, I’m avoiding suspicion! He fell down the slope, and I’m still there, what if people suspect it was me?” Li Yulan immediately said excitedly: “How is that possible, I saw with my own eyes that he was screaming about a rat, and he was running around in a panic and fell down the slope.” Ye Nanyi gave Li Yulan a big thumbs up in her heart, she’s quick to understand! “That’s good, then let’s hurry up!”

When they found the village head, they were both out of breath. Li Yulan was genuinely out of breath, while Ye Nanyi was pretending. “Village head, Wang Zhiqing fell down the slope, you should go and take a look! His leg is bleeding.” The village head was startled and quickly organized people to go up the mountain to rescue him. This was no joke, his leg was bleeding, what if it attracted wild beasts? “Everyone, hurry up the mountain and carry Wang Zhiqing down.” They were supposed to be dividing the grain these two days, and everyone was happy. Hearing this, their good mood immediately diminished. They knew that if an educated youth died on their watch, the whole village would suffer. So, as long as the educated youths didn’t go too far, they would turn a blind eye to certain things.

When the village head and his men arrived, Wang Xiangdong was lying at the bottom of the slope, unable to move. He was still shouting, “Help! There’s a rat…” Everyone was confused, they looked around, but there were no rats. “Don’t stand there, carry him down first. Li Zhiqing, tell me what happened.” Li Yulan directly told the village head how Wang Xiangdong fell down the slope. The village head heard that Ye Nanyi was also there, and he looked at Ye Nanyi with a deep meaning. “Ye Zhiqing, you were there…” Before Ye Nanyi could speak, Li Yulan quickly said: “Village head, today Ye Zhiqing went up the mountain to chop firewood by herself, and this Wang Zhiqing followed behind her. I was a little curious, so I followed behind Wang Zhiqing, and as soon as I got there, I saw him running around like crazy and falling down the slope.” If it weren’t for Li Yulan’s good character, the village head would have suspected that she was in cahoots with Ye Nanyi.