Chapter 6

“Yanli, isn’t this a bad idea? I heard there are wild boars and jackals in the direction you asked An Zhiqing to go,” a timid voice said.

“What are you afraid of? If you don’t tell me and I don’t tell you, who will know? Don’t be so timid. I’m doing this to vent Weiwei’s anger. An Lan is really too much. She knows that Weiwei likes Song Zhiqing, but she still tries to get close to her all day long. She’s so shameless!” Li Yanli said angrily.

When An Lan heard this, she pursed her pink lips.

She didn’t seduce Song Shuhang. It was clearly Song Shuhang who was courting her.

After reading the plot of the book, An Lan discovered that she was Song Shuhang’s white moonlight. However, after her identity was exposed by Bai Weiwei, Song Shuhang turned around and pursued Bai Weiwei.

But even so, Bai Weiwei still felt uncomfortable, so she tried to trip up An Lan in both overt and covert ways.

Before, An Lan was controlled by the plot and his IQ was forcibly lowered, so he didn’t even realize Bai Weiwei’s malice towards him.

“But…” Zhang Chunmei tried to say something else but was interrupted by Li Yanli.

“Okay, Chunmei, don’t forget that when you didn’t have enough food, it was Weiwei who gave you half of her food. Don’t be ungrateful.” Li Yanli frowned, looking impatient.

Seeing that Li Yanli was angry, Zhang Chunmei didn’t dare to say anything else, and asked instead: “Then we won’t wait for An Lan, and just leave?”

“Just leave. Let her spend a night here, and she’ll get scared. Let’s see if she dares to get close to Song Zhiqing again!”

An Lan was very angry when she heard this. These details were not mentioned in the book. It was also possible that An Lan was just a cannon fodder and there was no need to waste words on her.

She originally thought that she was just unlucky, but it turned out that all this was just a trap set by them.

No wonder they insisted on making her go in the opposite direction to collect firewood.

If Huo Linyuan had not happened to pass by, she would have had to spend the night in the cave. There were not only wild boars but also wolves on the mountain, so she would have had no choice but to die.

They are trying to kill her!

Thinking of this, An Lan was so angry that he was shaking all over. He went straight up and slapped Li Yanli twice.

Li Yanli was beaten so hard that she felt dizzy and had tinnitus, followed by a piercing pain that started from her cheeks and went deep into her cochlea.

It took Li Yanli a long time to come back to her senses. When she found out it was An Lan, she immediately made a sharp and piercing sound.

“An Lan, you bitch, what are you doing?”

“What am I doing? Don’t you understand? I’m hitting you.” An Lan had a blank expression and cold eyes.

“You bitch, why did you hit me?” Li Yanli covered her face with a grim look.

“Why? Because you have bad intentions towards me. You knew it was dangerous over there under the banyan tree, but you still asked me to go over there to collect firewood. This is premeditated murder. I’m going to call the police, and you can go to jail.”

“An Lan, stop slandering me. I didn’t know there was any danger at the banyan tree. Besides, what evidence do you have?” Li Yanli panicked when she heard that An Lan was going to call the police, but then she thought, what if An Lan heard it? There was only one person on the other side, and she had Zhang Chunmei as a witness.

An Lan glanced at Zhang Chunmei.

Just now, Zhang Chunmei was worried about her for a moment. If she could tell the truth, An Lan would not blame her.

But in the end, An Lan was disappointed.

Zhang Chunmei lowered her head guiltily and said, “I know nothing.”

Seeing this, Li Yanli became even more arrogant: “An Zhiqing, you need evidence for everything, don’t talk nonsense.”

“I can testify for An Zhiqing!” A deep and pleasant voice sounded.

Several people looked in the direction of the sound and saw a tall and mighty man standing not far away. It was Huo Linyuan!

“Comrade Huo, why are you… here?” When Li Yanli saw Huo Linyuan appear, her face turned pale instantly and her voice trembled a little.

“I have always been here, including you and Zhang Zhiqing who deliberately asked An Zhiqing to go to the banyan tree.” Huo Linyuan had no expression on his face and his voice was calm, but the content made Li Yanli and the other person feel like they were falling into an icy cave.

“We didn’t, Comrade Huo, don’t talk nonsense. We were just joking with An Zhiqing.” Zhang Chunmei denied it when she heard her name.

“Yes, yes, we were just playing a joke on An Zhiqing. An Lan, aren’t you okay?” Li Yanli quickly agreed.

“Are you kidding? This place is not far from where I got into trouble. After I fell into the hunting trap, I shouted for a long time. I don’t believe you didn’t hear me.” An Lan was so angry that she laughed. Such a joke that could cost one’s life at any time? They really dared to say it.

Upon hearing this, the two looked at each other and said nothing.

An Lan realized that they had indeed heard her calls, but had ignored her completely, leaving her to fend for herself.

“Comrade Huo, let’s go.”

An Lan didn’t look at the two of them again. He took Huo Linyuan’s hand and left.

Huo Linyuan was startled when he felt the softness in his hand. His ears turned slightly red, but he did not struggle.

“Yanli, what should we do? What should we do? If An Lan really calls the police, we’re finished.” Zhang Chunmei was very panicked and paced back and forth.

“Why are you panicking? Let’s go back and strike first.”

Unlike Zhang Chunmei’s panic, Li Yanli was very calm. She looked at the two people walking away hand in hand, thought for a moment, and then revealed a vicious smile.

“What do you mean by preemptive strike?” Zhang Chunmei looked confused.

“Let’s take a shortcut and talk on the way.”

“Comrade Huo, I’ll trouble you to testify for me later.” An Lan smiled a little embarrassedly.

“It’s my duty.” Huo Linyuan said as he stared at the two people’s clasped hands. The ugly hand was held in An Lan’s hand. The snow-white and tender hand formed a sharp contrast with the dark and rough hand, which made his pupils shrink quickly.

He knew he should take his hand back. After all, if others saw it, bad rumors would spread.

But for some reason, he just couldn’t bear to do it.

An Lan also noticed that he was still holding someone’s hand. Suddenly, his face felt like it was on fire. He quickly let go of the other person’s hand and whispered, “Sorry, I didn’t mean it.”

An Lan was really about to cry to death.

Since I met Huo Linyuan today, I have been holding his hand and hugging him. I wonder if he will think I am being a hooligan.

“Yeah.” Huo Linyuan nodded, as if forgiving her unintentional act.

And so, the two of them walked along in silence.

An Lan felt very guilty and distressed. The other person had helped her so much, but she still tarnished his innocence.

When Huo Linyuan saw An Lan frowning and pursing her lips, he thought it was so cute that the corners of his mouth unconsciously curved up.

She seemed to have changed a lot, becoming outgoing and bright, no longer the cowardly and timid person she used to be.

She is like a dusty pearl, which has been washed away and regains its brilliance.

Huo Linyuan’s feeling was not wrong, the current An Lan was Niu Kulu*An Lan.

If I were to follow my previous life where my intelligence was forcibly lowered, I would just muddle through and not dare to expose the other party at all.