Chapter 25

She felt like Meng Xunzhou’s eyes could see right through her.

On the way back, with Meng Xunzhou and his friends, Song Shishi felt a little more at ease. As they passed the grove, she couldn’t help but look back several times.

The grove was silent, Zhou Yuan and Jiang Cuihua must have left.

But her unusual behavior caught Meng Xunzhou’s attention.

Meng Xunzhou also looked in the direction of the grove, but didn’t ask what she was looking at.

Xu Li’s house was unusually lively today.

Because there were so many people, and besides Xu Li and Song Shishi, the rest were all men, it wasn’t convenient to stay in the main room.

So they simply moved the table to the courtyard.

The aroma of shiitake mushroom chicken soup wafted far away, along with the lively praise.

Jiang Cuihua, who had just returned to the young intellectual’s dormitory, smelled the aroma and couldn’t help but swallow.

Listening to the praise for Song Shishi, her back molars almost shattered.

“Why can Song Shishi live so comfortably, while I have to live this miserable life?”

Back in the room, Jiang Cuihua sat on the kang bed and slammed it hard. The dull pain that came from her hand made her grimace.

The other few people in the room were still in the fields, only she had come back to slack off.

…

In the evening, Meng Xunzhou and his friends finished building the plastic sheet shed in the vegetable field and left.

When Song Shishi went to see Meng Xunzhou off, he took the opportunity when others weren’t paying attention and stuffed a dagger into her hand.

“What’s this?” She didn’t understand, and looked at Meng Xunzhou in confusion.

Meng Xunzhou waved to Tiejun, signaling them to leave first, and then turned back to explain, “You and Xu Li are living together, you should keep something for self-defense.”

“I understand, thank you.”

The surface of the dagger was unremarkable, but the blade was exceptionally sharp.

Meng Xunzhou seemed cold on the surface, but he was very meticulous in his actions.

For some reason, she suddenly sighed, “Whoever marries you in the future will be very happy.”

She didn’t hear a response, she looked up and met Meng Xunzhou’s deep gaze.

It was like there were thousands of stars in it, ready to swallow her up.

She blinked, wanting to back down, but Meng Xunzhou spoke before she could, “If I can’t come to see you, I’ll write you a letter when I have time. But if you need to find me urgently, remember to call me, I gave you the number last time.”

Write a letter?

Song Shishi didn’t know how to respond, she could only instinctively nod.

It wasn’t until Meng Xunzhou’s disappearing figure was no longer visible that she came back to her senses.

Xu Li had come up to her at some point and teased her in her ear, “Sister, you’re almost a stone statue waiting for your husband.”

Song Shishi turned around and tickled her waist, “I told you to be careful with your words, see how I’ll deal with you.”

“Ah… hahaha… I was wrong, sister, I was really wrong…” Xu Li begged for mercy while dodging, laughing uncontrollably.

Because she had to take care of the seeds in her own plot of land, record the growth of the seeds at each time period, and the temperature and humidity changes in the plastic sheet shed, so that she could adjust them at any time, Song Shishi didn’t go to work for the next few days.

Fortunately, the captain was also very supportive of her work, and even though she didn’t go to work, he didn’t say anything.

Speaking of Captain Zhou Jian Guo, it must be said that although Zhou Xingxue was not a good person, her parents were actually quite good.

Zhou Jian Guo was upright, had a straightforward temper, and was also quite progressive in his thinking.

And Aunt Qian was enthusiastic, she just talked too much, otherwise she didn’t have any major flaws.

Zhou Xingxue was the youngest daughter of the Zhou family, she had two older brothers.

Her elder brother, Zhou Changgen, seemed to have joined the army, and her second brother, Zhou Jinbao, helped Zhou Jian Guo in the village.

Zhou Jinbao was more reserved, he was like an invisible person most of the time, not very noticeable.

And Zhou Yuan, who had a secret affair with Jiang Cuihua, was the son of Zhou Xingxue’s second uncle.

After Zhou Yuan’s mother passed away, Zhou Yuan’s father drank every day, and sometimes when he was drunk, he would beat Zhou Yuan.

This also led to Zhou Yuan becoming a loafer who did nothing all day long.

…

Early one morning, Song Shishi went to her own plot of land as usual.

Xu Li had already gone to work early, Song Shishi turned around to lock the door, but as soon as she turned around, she met An Jinsheng’s disgusting face.

She wanted to bypass him directly, but An Jinsheng reached out and stopped her.

Song Shishi looked up and met his gaze, and asked impatiently, “Comrade An, what do you mean?”

Her gaze fell on his arm that was blocking her.

An Jinsheng slowly withdrew his arm, his eyes fluttered nervously, avoiding her gaze.

“Actually, it’s nothing, I just saw that you haven’t been to work for a long time, I was a little worried about you, so I came to see you.”

An Jinsheng turned his head slightly, she saw the red on his earlobes, and she was a little surprised.

From her understanding of An Jinsheng, his earlobes would only turn red when he was shy.

Song Shishi didn’t respond, and An Jinsheng didn’t mind, he continued to say, “I heard you stayed in town for a few days, are you not used to life in the countryside? Is there something wrong with your body, did you go to the hospital in town?”

Looking at An Jinsheng, who seemed to care about her, Song Shishi didn’t feel much happiness, but rather a chill all over her body.

He was like this in her previous life, using this hypocritical mask to deceive her for so many years.

“I still have something to do, if you have nothing else, I’ll go.”

She was about to leave, An Jinsheng panicked and blocked her again.

“Shishi, I…”

As soon as An Jinsheng opened his mouth, Song Shishi interrupted him, “Comrade An, please pay attention to your words, we’re not familiar enough to call each other by our first names. If Zhou Zhiqing sees you, she will misunderstand.”

“You’re just worried that Zhou Zhiqing and I are close, aren’t you? Believe me, she’s the one who’s actively flirting with me, I really haven’t done anything, and I haven’t promised her anything.”

As soon as An Jinsheng heard Song Shishi mention Zhou Xingxue, he became even more convinced that his judgment was right.

Song Shishi was jealous because he was close to Zhou Xingxue.

Song Shishi really couldn’t stand his self-righteous face, and said coldly, “An Jinsheng, I’m warning you for the last time, stay away from me.

I’m not interested in what kind of relationship you have with Zhou Xingxue.

Because I feel disgusted when I see you.

Maybe this is what the old people call no eye contact.

Maybe you did something very vicious to me in my previous life.

Please don’t come looking for me anymore.”

She said all this in one breath, feeling refreshed.

After she finished speaking, she didn’t bother to see An Jinsheng’s expression, and left directly.

Her steps became faster and faster, and finally she started running.

She didn’t stop until she ran a long distance.

She looked back, fortunately, An Jinsheng didn’t chase after her.

“Little beauty, where are you going?”

Hearing Zhou Yuan’s voice suddenly appear, Song Shishi was startled.

She turned her head sharply towards the front.

A bone-chilling chill ran down her spine.