Chapter 33

The man, clearly afraid of Meng Xunzhou, pulled out a dagger from his waist and held it to Xu Li’s neck.

“If you come any closer, this thing in my hand has no eyes.”

He stared intently at Meng Xunzhou, constantly on guard.

Song Shishi got up and walked to Meng Xunzhou’s side, “What do you want to do? It’s not worth getting involved in a murder for someone else’s business.”

Recalling the expressions and attitudes of these two men when they mentioned the shrew earlier, she had also guessed the relationship between them and the shrew.

The man who was knocked to the ground by Meng Xunzhou was the shrew’s brother, and the one in front of her was probably brought in by the one on the ground to help.

The man seemed to think Song Shishi’s words made sense too. He gritted his teeth and said, “Give me your bicycle, let me go, and I’ll let this little girl go.”

Before Meng Xunzhou could speak, Song Shishi replied without hesitation, “Okay, we’ll step back, you can take it yourself.”

If a bicycle could save Xu Li’s life, it was worth it.

After saying that, she pulled Meng Xunzhou to the side of the road, but her eyes remained fixed on the man.

Seeing this, the man, holding Xu Li hostage, moved to the bicycle, propped it up with one hand, then gave Xu Li’s back a hard push, pushing her towards Song Shishi and the others before getting on the bicycle and running away.

Perhaps afraid that Meng Xunzhou would chase after him, the man didn’t look back as he rode away on his bicycle, gradually disappearing into the distance.

Meng Xunzhou found a vine, tied the man up, and then began to look at Song Shishi.

His gaze seemed to be asking her how she was.

Song Shishi didn’t wait for him to ask, saying directly, “I’m fine, but Lili, her neck is bleeding.”

“I’m fine, it’s just a skin injury,” Xu Li waved her hands repeatedly, then exclaimed, “Oh, the blankets and clothes we bought are still on the road, don’t let that guy pick them up.”

With that, Xu Li turned and ran in the opposite direction.

Meng Xunzhou sighed deeply and asked Song Shishi, “You went to town today?”

“Yes. By the way, how come you’re here?” She finally remembered to ask Meng Xunzhou, why was he here at this time?

“I was planning to come see you, but I didn’t see you.”

Meng Xunzhou’s bluntness made Song Shishi blush.

She wondered, what was going on with this guy?

He used to be quite reserved when he spoke, why was he so direct now?

The next second, she suddenly realized something and asked him, “Then you’ve been waiting for a long time?”

Meng Xunzhou looked at her deeply, a slight smile at the corner of his lips, “It’s okay.”

When Xu Li came back with the things, Meng Xunzhou directly gave her his bicycle, then took the man who was tied up tightly, and walked back to Qinghe Town.

She stood by the roadside for a while, until she could no longer see Meng Xunzhou’s figure, before getting on her bicycle and taking Xu Li back to Huaqing Brigade.

It wasn’t until they got home that Xu Li finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She patted her chest, still shaken, saying, “I was so scared today, thank goodness for Brother Meng.

Sister, do you think we should tell Sister Qin about this? After all, it was because of her… “

Halfway through her sentence, she didn’t hear Song Shishi’s response, so she stopped talking and looked up at her.

“Sister, sister?” Xu Li waved her hand in front of her eyes.

“Huh? What’s wrong?”

“You were thinking about something just now, weren’t you thinking about Brother Meng?”

“Nothing, too many things happened today, I’m a little tired, I’m going to wash up and rest.”

After saying that, Song Shishi turned and went to the kitchen to boil water.

Xu Li stood there in a daze, muttering softly, “I shouldn’t have said anything wrong, right?”

In the kitchen, Song Shishi stared at the fire in the stove, her heart in turmoil.

She had liked others before, so she naturally knew what the look of liking someone was like.

Recently, she had deliberately tried not to think about Meng Xunzhou’s actions and gaze, just assuming he was taking care of her because they had grown up together.

But today, when that man approached her, the person who popped into her mind was Meng Xunzhou.

And then Meng Xunzhou actually appeared.

No one knew the excitement in her heart at that moment.

It was also at that moment that she realized she had different feelings for Meng Xunzhou.

But the memories of her past life were still vivid, was she going to go through it all again?

The little people in her heart were fighting.

One side told her that Meng Xunzhou was different.

The other side told her that all men were the same, not to be trusted, only by becoming strong herself could she be real.

She was so troubled by these emotions that her head was about to explode, and in the end, she could only force herself to sleep.

Perhaps she was really tired today, and she fell asleep soon after.

Xu Li sneaked into the room and took a look, seeing that she was really asleep, she felt relieved.

…

Because she had gone to bed early last night, Song Shishi woke up very early.

She originally planned to go to the vegetable patch to have a look and pick some vegetables.

But as soon as she opened the courtyard door, she ran into Zhou Xingxue, who was furious.

“Slap!”

Zhou Xingxue didn’t say a word, she slapped Song Shishi in the face as soon as they met.

“Song Shishi, you bitch, it’s all because of you that Jinsheng ended up like this.

If Jinsheng doesn’t come back this time, I will never let you go.”

Song Shishi covered her left cheek, the burning pain becoming clearer.

Recently, she had been in a bad mood because of all the things that had happened.

And now, she was slapped in the face and scolded early in the morning, even if she had the best temper, she didn’t want to put up with it anymore.

Although, based on her understanding of Zhou Xingxue and An Jinsheng, even if she didn’t do anything, they wouldn’t end up so well.

But now they had come to her door, how could she back down?

“If you’re going to be a bitch, get the hell out of here, don’t come to my doorstep and show off.”

As she spoke, a crisp slap rang out.

Song Shishi swung with great force, half of Zhou Xingxue’s face was red, and slightly swollen.

“You dare hit me? I’ll fight you!”

Zhou Xingxue was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted and lunged at Song Shishi.

But what greeted her was Song Shishi’s raised broom.

“It just so happens that I haven’t washed the broom after cleaning the toilet this morning, it’s perfect for hitting you.”

The broom hit Zhou Xingxue repeatedly, causing her to run around and scream.

But no matter how she dodged, Song Shishi could hit her accurately.

With a snap, the broom in Song Shishi’s hand broke.

Looking at the broken bamboo stick in her hand, Song Shishi pointed the broken end at Zhou Xingxue and warned, “Next time you come looking for trouble, mind your own business, or I’ll use this to scratch your face.”

Zhou Xingxue was so scared that her face turned pale, she turned and ran, but she didn’t forget to shout back, “Song Shishi, you wait for me, I’ll make you kneel down and beg me one day.”

“Pfft, what kind of trash are you, you want me to kneel down and beg you, you must be dreaming!”

Song Shishi spat at Zhou Xingxue’s retreating back.

She threw the broom stick away and patted the nonexistent dust off her hands.

Zhou Xingxue was just that capable, even if she turned the world upside down, Song Shishi was sure she wouldn’t achieve anything great.

It’s just that it’s easy to dodge an arrow, but hard to avoid a hidden arrow. Zhou Xingxue was good at using underhanded tactics.

But then again, how can you be on guard against thieves every day?