Chapter 7

After buying the necessary things, Song Shishi accompanied Yang Huifang to the supply and marketing cooperative. However, not long after they came out of the supply and marketing cooperative, Yang Huifang’s wallet was stolen.

Yang Huifang was so anxious that she was about to cry.

Song Shishi didn’t hesitate, she stuffed the things in her hand into Yang Huifang’s arms, and without thinking, she rushed out to chase the thief.

But the thief ran too fast, Song Shishi couldn’t catch up.

“Catch the thief! Catch the thief in the blue striped shirt!”

Even though she couldn’t catch up, Song Shishi didn’t give up.

Seeing that the thief was about to turn into an alley ahead, she became anxious.

That alley was a maze, once he went in, it would be difficult for her to catch up.

“Bang!”

Just as the thief’s figure turned into the alley, Song Shishi heard the sound of something heavy falling.

She quickened her pace, reached the entrance of the alley, and looked inside.

The scene in the alley stunned her.

The thief, who had been smugly turning back to taunt her while running, was now being stepped on by Meng Xunzhou, unable to move.

Meng Xunzhou bent down and snatched the wallet from the thief’s hand, turning to look at the panting Song Shishi.

“Is this your wallet?”

Song Shishi instinctively nodded, but the next second she realized and quickly shook her head.

“No, it’s my fellow educated youth who came down to the countryside with me.”

Meng Xunzhou nodded and handed her the wallet, “You hold it for now.”

Song Shishi had always been a person who loved to stand up for justice, and it was precisely this that had initially caught Meng Xunzhou’s attention.

So seeing her chasing the thief, Meng Xunzhou thought it was normal.

Song Shishi didn’t expect to see Meng Xunzhou again so soon, she was a little overwhelmed.

It wasn’t until she followed Meng Xunzhou to hand the thief over to the police that she realized.

After finishing the police report at the police station, Song Shishi, Meng Xunzhou, and his comrade-in-arms stood at the entrance of the police station.

Meng Xunzhou introduced, “Shishi, let me introduce you, this is my comrade-in-arms, my good brother, Xu Qiang.”

“Qiangzi, this is my childhood friend, Song Shishi.”

Xu Qiang raised his eyebrows in surprise, “Isn’t this the one you always think about?”

Meng Xunzhou glared at him when he heard this.

Song Shishi didn’t notice what they were saying, she remembered Xu Li again when she heard the name Xu Qiang.

She wondered if Xu Qiang knew about his sister’s situation.

“Shishi?”

“Ah?”

Hearing Meng Xunzhou call her, Song Shishi came back to her senses and realized that Yang Huifang had arrived.

“Shishi, are you okay?”

Yang Huifang ran forward, looking Song Shishi up and down, checking if she was injured.

“If the money is really gone, it’s gone, I’ll just be frugal for a while, but if something happens to you, how can I explain it to your family?”

Song Shishi let out a “pfft” and burst into laughter.

She found Yang Huifang to be quite cute.

Yang Huifang glared at her, “You’re still laughing!”

“I’m fine, I just happened to run into my childhood friend.”

Speaking of which, Song Shishi pulled Yang Huifang and introduced her to Meng Xunzhou and Xu Qiang.

On the way to the state-owned restaurant, Song Shishi asked, “That… why are you in Qinghe Town today? Isn’t the army training?”

Meng Xunzhou glanced at the things in Song Shishi’s hand, “Xu Qiang and I came to town to take care of some business, you’re here to buy things?”

Song Shishi nodded and briefly told him about her plan to study planting and improve the current long planting cycle.

“I didn’t expect you to be interested in this, I happen to have a lot of books about agricultural cultivation, do you want them?”

Meng Xunzhou’s eyes seemed to have something more in them as he looked at Song Shishi.

“Yes, of course.”

Song Shishi’s eyes lit up, she kept nodding, afraid that Meng Xunzhou would change his mind.

“Then I’ll send them to you in a couple of days.”

Song Shishi was puzzled, Meng Xunzhou didn’t seem to have this much free time before.

He had just taken leave to return to Beijing, rescued her, and then sent her to the countryside.

Now he’s saying he’s going to send her books.

“Don’t you have training?”

Meng Xunzhou chuckled, “Didn’t I tell you, I’m the one who trains others?”

Song Shishi widened her eyes, “You’re so amazing.”

“In the whole courtyard, probably only you think I’m not.”

As they spoke, they had unknowingly reached the entrance of the state-owned restaurant.

It was very lively inside, Song Shishi didn’t hear what he said.

“What?”

Meng Xunzhou just smiled faintly and said, “Nothing, you and Yang Zhiqing go and see what you want to eat.”

“Okay.”

Song Shishi pulled Yang Huifang to the window to order food, while Meng Xunzhou found an empty seat and sat down.

Xu Qiang sat down beside him, looking in Song Shishi’s direction, and asked in a low voice, “Boss, you care so much about Song comrade, why don’t you just tell her directly?”

“You don’t understand, she’s different from others.”

Meng Xunzhou stared at Song Shishi’s back, the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but rise.

Xu Qiang didn’t understand, but he rarely saw Meng Xunzhou like this, he found it quite novel.

“By the way, what brigade is Song comrade assigned to?”

“Huaqing.”

“Huaqing? That’s a coincidence, my sister is staying at my aunt’s house in Huaqing now, I wonder how she’s doing.”

“That’s perfect, I’m going there in a couple of days, why don’t you come with me to see your sister?”

“Alright.”

…

Meng Xunzhou sent Song Shishi and the others to the place where they had made an appointment with Uncle Zhang, and watched Song Shishi get on the oxcart before leaving with Xu Qiang.

When Song Shishi and the others arrived, An Jinsheng and Zhou Xingxue were already waiting by the oxcart.

So An Jinsheng naturally saw Meng Xunzhou.

On the way, he kept glancing at Song Shishi from time to time, completely ignoring Zhou Xingxue, who was sitting beside him, so angry that she was about to tear her clothes.

He couldn’t help but say casually, “That soldier just now, is he Song comrade’s brother? I saw him come to see you off yesterday.”

Song Shishi didn’t want to pay any attention to him, she just pretended not to hear.

But before An Jinsheng could do anything, Zhou Xingxue couldn’t help herself.

She snorted coldly, “Song Zhiqing, you’re so rude. An Zhiqing is talking to you, can’t you hear?”

Yesterday, Yang Huifang saw Zhou Xingxue clinging to An Jinsheng, and today she followed them to town to buy things.

She didn’t even look in the mirror to see what she looked like, and she dared to say that others were rude.

Besides, today Song Shishi ignored her own safety to help her catch the thief, she definitely had to help Song Shishi.

“Comrade Zhou, please watch your words. An comrade asked a question about her privacy, it was offensive to ask like that in the first place, it’s normal for her to ignore you.”

“You…”

Zhou Xingxue wanted to say something, but An Jinsheng interrupted her.

“Yes, I was presumptuous. I was just thinking that we’re all educated youth in the same brigade, I just wanted to show some concern, I didn’t mean anything else, don’t misunderstand me, Song comrade.”

An Jinsheng kept observing Song Shishi’s expression as he spoke.

Just when he thought Song Shishi wouldn’t pay any attention to him, he heard Song Shishi say coldly, “Actually, there’s nothing wrong with you knowing, he’s my childhood friend, we’ve been betrothed since childhood.”

Yang Huifang knew that Meng Xunzhou was Song Shishi’s childhood friend, but she didn’t know that he was also her fiancé, she was also shocked and covered her mouth, not knowing what to say.

Zhou Xingxue’s face immediately lit up when she heard this.

It’s good that she has a boyfriend, so she won’t compete with her for An Zhiqing.