Chapter 48

The emotions of the educated youth were even more agitated!

Bai Xueling wouldn’t let herself off the hook in this deep mountain forest, and Liu Yu really felt like she was the victim of a calamity. She felt that she was more wronged than Dou E (a figure from Chinese folklore known for her tragic fate).

Wang Changping furrowed his brows tightly. What had Liu Yu done wrong? She hadn’t done anything! At the same time, he didn’t expect Bai Xueling to lie with such skill, comparable to a stepmother. This kind of woman appeared delicate and elegant on the outside, but her heart was rotten to the core.

Li Qinghua and another young educated woman with pigtails immediately came over to help. Bai Xueling, caught between the two of them, was crying with her small face full of tears, and of course, she didn’t forget to embellish the story: “Liu Yu, I know I offended you in the past, but you can’t push me like that! Ah, my foot hurts so much!”

Li Qinghua was extremely concerned: “Did you scrape it? Is it swollen?”

At the same time, he shot an angry glare at Liu Yu: “You are really vicious! Even if you’re the daughter of Team Leader Liu, we can’t let you off the hook!”

The pigtail-wearing young educated woman also shouted: “What if she’s the Team Leader’s daughter? If she bullies someone, she should be punished!”

Upon hearing this, the crowd immediately agreed, and a group of people rushed forward, rolling up their sleeves, ready to administer justice for Bai Xueling.

Liu Yu panicked and began to defend herself: “I didn’t push her! It wasn’t me!”

At this moment, Wang Changping stood up. He stepped in front of Liu Yu and stared at those who were preparing to bully the young girl, as well as Bai Xueling who was pretending to be pitiful in the crowd. He spoke clearly: “It wasn’t Liu Yu who did it. I can testify for her!”

Liu Yu looked up at the tall man in front of her, feeling a sourness in her heart. In the group, she had become the most despised person, with everyone shouting to beat her. The only one protecting her was Wang Changping.

Wang Changping was always quiet in the educated youth group. He didn’t like talking to others and only exchanged greetings with people in the morning. He was poor and didn’t have good clothes, so no one bothered with him.

It was rare for Wang Changping to speak up, and today, it was unprecedented that he was speaking for an unpleasant person like Bai Xueling!

But Wang Changping and Liu Yu had no real relationship. The educated youth only knew him for his hard work in farming. Now that he was speaking out, since he had vouched for Liu Yu, it seemed somewhat credible. For a moment, the shouting stopped.

Bai Xueling was getting anxious. If everyone believed her, wouldn’t she be exposed as a liar? The weak and pitiful “Snow White” image she had cultivated would be shattered, and she wouldn’t be able to continue mingling in the group!

She absolutely couldn’t let her image collapse!

“Comrade Wang, why are you helping Liu Yu too? I get it now, you two are in cahoots! I don’t know what I did to offend you both, but you’re framing me!”

Bai Xueling began crying, her tears falling steadily.

Upon hearing this, the educated youth erupted again, and their gazes toward Wang Changping became unfriendly.

The pigtail-wearing young woman sneered: “What’s going on here? Husband and wife acting together? Wait a minute, Liu Yu is known to be the ugliest in our team. How could Wang Changping possibly like her?”

Another short, unruly person chimed in: “Who knows? Maybe he likes the ugly ones? Looks like they’re messing around together!”

“You people, shut up!”

Liu Yu was furious!

The gossip was extremely offensive. Liu Yu could ignore it, but why should Wang Changping be insulted like this?

“Look, look! The fat woman is getting anxious now! The more anxious she is, the more guilty she is! They definitely have something going on!”

The pigtail-wearing woman laughed maliciously, and her words became increasingly hurtful.

Liu Yu couldn’t tolerate it anymore. She strode forward and kicked her with all her might. The pigtail-wearing woman was sent flying and rolled a few times on the ground before stopping.

The pigtail-wearing woman got up, clothes covered in leaves, gritting her teeth and cursing: “You nasty pervert! How dare you hit me!”

“So what if I hit you? Do I need to pick a good day to hit you? Your mouth is so big. Did you eat celery today?”

Liu Yu rolled up her sleeves, ready to teach this person a lesson.

At this moment, the rest of the group saw that things were getting out of hand. One by one, they rushed over to help the pigtail-wearing woman. Wang Changping, seeing that Liu Yu was outnumbered, quickly stepped forward to help. The two of them stood side by side, and the others hesitated, not daring to approach.

“How dare you hit people! You’re so rampant!”

Li Qinghua shouted loudly, but cleverly, he didn’t approach. He knew that if he stuck his neck out, he would become a target. However, he couldn’t forget the humiliation he had suffered from Liu Yu last time, so he shouted: “Comrades, Bai Xueling has said that these two are in cahoots! We can’t tolerate traitors!”

Bai Xueling grabbed Li Qinghua’s sleeve, her round eyes brimming with tears, looking pitiful: “She’s so fierce. Even though she’s wrong, she hits people. Li Ge, I’m so scared.”

As the saying goes, women are most irresistible when they act coquettish. Especially when Bai Xueling, the “flower of Baohé village,” used this tactic, it was truly heart-melting. Li Qinghua couldn’t bear to see his “Snow White” suffer. A strong protective instinct surged within him: “It’s okay, I’m here!”

Though he said this, Li Qinghua was still scheming in his heart—Liu Yu, no matter how bad, was still the daughter of Liu Jian’s family. If they bullied her too much, their food rations could be affected. He couldn’t do too much to her. Wang Changping, as an educated youth, was of the same rank as him. If they fought among educated youths, they would both be punished.

After a moment of thought, Li Qinghua shouted: “Comrades! We can’t let this kind of troublemaker stay in our group!”

The pigtail-wearing woman held her chest and stepped forward. Having received a heart-wrenching kick from Liu Yu, she naturally sided with Li Qinghua: “Exactly! We can’t let this kind of person continue to cause harm! Let’s listen to Comrade Li and do as he says. What does everyone think?”

The group immediately cheered, agreeing to follow Li Qinghua’s lead.

Li Qinghua, with his handsome face, had a sly grin: “But our labor progress can’t fall behind! Now, let’s have everyone supervise them, and once the work is done, we’ll report to the team. This way, we won’t delay anything, and it won’t cause any problems. What does everyone think?”

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Xueling was the first to agree. After all, Liu Yu and Wang Changping had already lost the support of the group. Everyone would believe her instead of them. “I support it.”

Bai Xueling and Li Qinghua, both beautiful and handsome, were the central figures in the small group. They quickly hit it off, and the rest of the people naturally followed their lead.

As for Liu Yu and Wang Changping, they were completely isolated.