Chapter 50: Why Are You Looking for Her?

Deng Siyue looked up and saw a handsome, rugged young man greeting her. A faint blush immediately rose to her cheeks.

“You… you are…”
Her voice was so soft it could barely kill a mosquito.

The man in the jeep got goosebumps from hearing her tone but forced himself to stay calm and continued asking:

“We wanted to ask if there’s a girl named Su Miaomiao in your village?”

“Su Miaomiao? Why are you looking for her?”
Deng Siyue’s expression changed slightly the moment she heard they were looking for Su Miaomiao.

“Nothing serious. We just need to discuss something with her,”
the man replied vaguely.

Deng Siyue stared at him, her mind spinning rapidly.
Could it be that the brigade sent someone to monitor the situation, afraid the village head would act against orders?

“Are you from the brigade?” she asked tentatively.

“Yes,” the man nodded.

They had come a long way—from the city to the county, and then to the brigade—finally arriving at this village. It hadn’t been easy.

“I know where Su Miaomiao lives. I can take you there now,”
Deng Siyue beamed, thinking she had guessed correctly.

“Alright then, get in,”
the man said, getting out to open the door for her.

Looking at the imposing military jeep, Deng Siyue felt like she was floating on clouds.

But once inside, she realized that two more men were already seated in the back.

The man in the middle gave her a slight nod in greeting.
The one by the window, however, seemed not to notice her at all—his head was turned, staring out the window the whole time.

Still, Deng Siyue caught a glimpse of his side profile—and she froze.

That high nose bridge, those perfect features—he was like a prince out of her dreams.

Her heart thudded wildly in her chest, wanting to sneak another glance.

But the man in the middle subtly shifted his body, blocking her view.

Deng Siyue had no choice but to reluctantly look away.

“So… how do we get there?” the driver asked again.

“Oh! Just follow that narrow path over there. Her house is at the very end,”
she quickly replied.

With the directions in hand, the driver hit the gas and the jeep rumbled up the hill.

Thankfully, it was a military vehicle—climbing that steep slope was no trouble at all.

After three or four minutes, the driver spotted a large crowd gathered ahead.

So that’s where the entire village had gone, he thought.

The car came to a stop right in front of the crowd, attracting everyone’s attention.

“Huh? Why is there a car coming into the village?”

“That looks like a military jeep… are they here for the Huo family?”

“Don’t tell me that report made it up the chain and now the military’s here to arrest someone!”

As soon as that was said, the villagers began to murmur anxiously.

Wang Hongjie heard the commotion and immediately dropped his tools, leading the able-bodied young men in the village to the front.

Deng Siyue was the first to get out of the vehicle.

“Comrade Deng? Why are you getting out of that car?”
Wang Hongjie’s brow furrowed when he saw her.

“I was showing them the way. They’re from the brigade. I guess they were worried you’d go easy on the Huo family of re-education targets, so they specially sent someone to keep an eye on you.”
Deng Siyue tilted her chin slightly, her face full of smug satisfaction.

Wang Hongjie’s expression immediately darkened.

“Comrade Deng, ever since you arrived in Shimatou Village, we’ve treated you well.
Why are you so intent on causing trouble for us?”

“When did I ever cause trouble for the village? I just showed them the way. If you really haven’t done anything wrong, what are you afraid of?” Deng Siyue snapped, now full of dissatisfaction toward village chief Wang Hongjie.

She even started thinking that once she had a chance to talk to the people from the brigade, she’d try to get this village chief removed too.

Let’s see who still dares protect Su Miaomiao’s re-education family after that.

“You—!”
Wang Hongjie was so angry that he felt a sharp pain in his chest.

Su Miaomiao stepped out from the crowd and gave Wang Hongjie a calming look.

“Uncle Wang, it’s not worth getting upset over me.”

Wang Hongjie gritted his teeth. After this incident, he was determined to straighten out the village’s atmosphere once and for all.

At that moment, the three men in the jeep stepped out.

Wang Hongjie immediately stood protectively in front of Su Miaomiao, eyeing the men warily.

If they dared to lay a finger on the Huo family, he was ready to give up his position as village chief to protect them.

A man must have a conscience.

Sun Tiancai, the lead man, noticed all the villagers watching them with guarded expressions and felt a little awkward.

Had he frightened them?

He realized he had miscalculated. Most villagers here had likely never even left the area, so it made sense that they were cautious toward outsiders.

If he had known, he would have left the jeep at the foot of the village and walked up instead.

But just then, Su Miaomiao—seeing Sun Tiancai’s face—froze, then lit up with surprise and joy, quickly stepping out from behind Wang Hongjie to meet him.

Wang Hongjie hadn’t expected Su Miaomiao to move so suddenly and was too late to stop her.

“Miaomiao, come back here quickly!” he called out in alarm.

But what happened next stunned everyone.

“Comrade Su, we finally found you!”
Sun Tiancai’s face lit up with a bright smile the moment he saw Su Miaomiao.

Everyone was left dumbfounded.

“And I’ve been waiting for you for quite some time,”
Su Miaomiao replied with a gentle smile.

This Sun Tiancai was the same man—an officer—she had met and coordinated with previously in Moxi City.

“Things were busy at the bureau. As soon as we wrapped up, we rushed here without rest. But your place really is hard to find—we even went to the wrong village and had to keep asking around to get here.”
Sun Tiancai rubbed his sore lower back from all the bumpy travel.

“Comrade, why are you chatting with her? Aren’t you here to take her away?”
Deng Siyue suddenly interrupted, clearly confused by the friendly exchange.

“Take her away? Take who where?”
Sun Tiancai looked at Deng Siyue, completely puzzled.

“Take them to be punished, of course!”
Deng Siyue shrieked, her voice sharp.

Sun Tiancai’s brows immediately furrowed.

“Watch your words. Why would we take Comrade Su to be punished for no reason?”

The moment he said that, the crowd began to understand.

“You’re not here to punish Comrade Su?”
Wang Hongjie quickly asked, stunned.