Chapter 68

When He Ting and Zhou Yanfeng arrived, the big scene had just ended, and the crowd that had gathered was still lingering.

What happened?

He Ting and Zhou Yanfeng parked their bikes and hurriedly squeezed into the crowd.

Tang Yunling, not knowing what was going on, didn’t cry when hitting Zhao Yongshen, but when she saw Zhou Yanfeng and He Ting push their way in, tears suddenly streamed down her face.

“It’s all your fault, always saying I won’t get married, now no one wants me.”

Seeing Liu Cuifang and Zhao Yongshen tied up together, Zhou Yanfeng figured out what had happened.

Tang Yunling was already crying like a mess, so he didn’t argue with her this time.

“Who said you won’t get married?”

Zhou Yanfeng tried to comfort her: “If no one wants you, I’ll marry you.”

Unfortunately, Tang Yunling only heard half of what he said, not the part where he said he would marry her, but only heard the part about no one wanting her.

She was furious, and the tears flowed even harder.

She kicked Zhou Yanfeng: “Are you crazy? How dare you say no one wants me?”

Zhou Yanfeng: “…”

He was serious.

But unfortunately, Tang Yunling didn’t understand what he was trying to say.

Seeing her crying so pitifully, Zhou Yanfeng had no choice but to let her kick him out of frustration.

Zhao Yongshen, witnessing the interaction between Zhou Yanfeng and Tang Yunling, regretted it.

Actually, he had regretted it a long time ago!

When Liu Cuifang had a bucket of cold water poured on her by Lu Baiwei, revealing that he had forced himself on her, and then calling him a country bumpkin, Zhao Yongshen had already regretted it.

He had indeed used some methods, but as the saying goes, a loose thread leads to a tear.

At first, Liu Cuifang had asked him to help with moving furniture but refused to pay him, suggesting he work off the cost by teaching her how to read. She had been very close to him.

In recent days, Liu Cuifang kept finding reasons to hang around him under the pretext of looking for Tiantian.

Liu Cuifang’s intentions were obvious, but she was a slippery character who always said ambiguous things to confuse him.

“Zhao Yongshen, you’re a good man, it’s a pity you’re already engaged. If you weren’t, I’d consider introducing someone to you.”

“Zhao Yongshen, you’re so good at handiwork, any woman who marries you will have a good life.”

Originally, he only thought that if he could marry Liu Cuifang, he could end up living a better life with access to commodity grain.

But since he was already engaged to Tang Yunling, he hadn’t dared to take things any further.

Since Liu Cuifang had said that marrying him would be a blessing, he thought he would let her enjoy that blessing.

After discussing it with his mother, they decided to make sure the situation was settled by taking things a step further.

It was true that Liu Cuifang had been drugged with the mung bean soup, but she had come into the room willingly. She knew he was shirtless, and yet Liu Cuifang didn’t leave.

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It was true that Liu Cuifang had drunk the drugged mung bean soup, but she had run into the room on her own. She knew he was shirtless, yet Liu Cuifang didn’t leave his room.

Wasn’t this consent?

He thought Liu Cuifang was being coy, so he took advantage of the situation.

What was supposed to be mutual ended up with this woman denying it when she woke up, calling him a country bumpkin and accusing him of forcing himself on her.

After everything that had happened, didn’t she have any shame?

This woman would rather endure gossip from the village than admit what had happened. This made Zhao Yongshen feel frustrated.

Liu Cuifang had escaped, but Tang Yunling had been hurt.

A true case of a “chicken flying and eggs breaking.”

Thinking of how good Tang Yunling had been to him, always protecting him, secretly slipping him food, fierce in front of others but afraid to speak too loudly in front of him, Zhao Yongshen now regretted it deeply.

“Ying Ying…”

He called for Tang Yunling.

Tang Yunling wanted to turn around, but Zhou Yanfeng, seeing Zhao Yongshen with his shirt off, thought it was too much to look at.

He blocked her view.

“Don’t look, be careful, you’ll get nails in your eyes.”

“Who wants to look at him? I regret not kicking him in the crotch, so he can’t have children.”

“That way he won’t have the energy to mess around with others.”

“I should have kicked him to the ground!”

Zhou Yanfeng: “…”

This lady was really unbearable.

If he stopped messing around in the future, would his… parts be safe?

The crowd hadn’t dispersed yet!

Lu Baiwei almost covered her face in embarrassment.

Her cousin truly had no filter.

Lu Baiwei called out to He Ting: “You guys came just in time. Today, we’ll take the two cabinets and the bed back. From now on, Ying Ying won’t have any dealings with Zhao Yongshen.”

When she told her family about Ying Ying’s engagement to Zhao Yongshen, Ye Hongmei felt extremely guilty.

“I’ll ask your uncle to call someone to help move things.”

As for the two hundred yuan Zhao Yongshen’s family owed Tang Yunling, Lu Baiwei wasn’t in a rush to ask for it.

This matter still had to be decided by her third uncle, Tang Jinghe, on behalf of Tang Yunling.

Considering her cousin’s cunning ways, and the old Tang family’s tendency to protect their own, Zhao’s family wouldn’t just settle this with two hundred yuan.

Her cousin had been polite in front of Zhao Yongshen’s mother, and Zhou Xiaohong still thought all women could be easily manipulated, as long as things were settled through some forced arrangement. She thought her cousin would cry and run back to the village if things didn’t go her way.

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Her cousin had been very well-behaved in front of Zhao Yongshen’s mother, and Zhou Xiaohong thought all women could be easily manipulated. As long as things were forced through, her cousin would certainly cry and run back to the village if she got upset.

Then, for the sake of her reputation, Liu Cuifang would also get a marriage certificate with her son.

But in the end, neither her cousin nor Liu Cuifang was someone Zhou Xiaohong could control.

Without needing her uncle to go to the Red Flag Brigade, she was confident that Zhao Yongshen’s mother would soon come to the Tang family with money in hand.

Today, they managed to take the initiative thanks to the support of the aunt who had worked with Ye Hongmei.

Lu Baiwei asked He Ting, “Do you have any small change on you?”

“Got it!”

He Ting took out the pocket money that Lu Baiwei had given him.

Lu Baiwei counted out three yuan and handed it to the aunt standing nearby, “Aunt, thank you for running around today. This is a token of appreciation.”

The aunt, who was close to Ye Hongmei, didn’t hesitate, took the money after a moment’s thought.

He Ting was quite eye-catching, and the aunt couldn’t stop praising him: “Wei Wei, is this the man you’re marrying?”

“This young man really looks good, you can’t find anyone as handsome as him in the whole area.”

“Marrying a man like this, just looking at him every day would be exciting.”

She went on and on: “I think Ying Ying should marry a cultured young intellectual too. The guy who came with your man is nice, looks much better than Zhao Yongshen, and with Ying Ying’s conditions, why would she want to jump into the Zhao family’s fire pit?”

“Zhou Xiaohong isn’t a good person, she used to fight with me for my man when we were young.”

“Ying Ying getting out of the Zhao family’s fire pit, that’s a great thing!”

It turns out this aunt had a grudge with Zhao Yongshen’s mother, which explained why she had been stirring things up on the sidelines.

Earlier, when she was talking to Ye Hongmei, Lu Baiwei had overheard. It was clear that when she saw Zhao Tiantian leading Liu Cuifang to the house, it was the aunt who had insisted on having Ye Hongmei come back to see.

This turned out to be a big surprise…

Having received the three yuan from Lu Baiwei and seeing her rival end up with nothing, the aunt, who was friendly with Ye Hongmei, was in a good mood and called her husband to help move the furniture.

With the people Ye Hongmei had called over, there was no need for He Ting and Zhou Yanfeng to help, the furniture was already lifted onto the wooden cart.

He Ting led the way on his bicycle, while Ye Hongmei’s husband pushed the cart with the furniture behind them.

Since the two young men arrived at the village, He Ting and Lu Baiwei hadn’t had any alone time.

He Ting cherished the moments he got to spend alone with his Wei Wei: “Wei Wei, what did that aunt just say?”

“What aunt?”

Lu Baiwei was about to ask if he was referring to the aunt who was friendly with Ye Hongmei.

He Ting, riding his bicycle, spoke up: “She said that marrying a man like me would make someone feel excited just by looking at me every day.”

“Wei Wei, is that true?”