Chapter 2: They wronged me, and I will make them pay

“Shen Chuning, stop crying!” Zhou Yubai roughly wrapped his coat around Shen Chuning.

“Wah, Wuwuwu…”

Shen Chuning wanted to stop crying, but the man’s harshness made her cry even harder.  “You… you mustn’t yell at me, wuwuwu…”

While wiping her tears, she looked at the man with resentment, sobbing, before finally managing to utter these words.

Zhou Yubai had a headache.

How did the three Shen brothers raise their sister to be so spoiled?

“Okay, I won’t yell,” Zhou Yubai tried to soften his tone.

But as soon as he spoke, the woman gently bit her lip, her eyes red as she looked at him, appearing delicate and extremely wronged.

He subconsciously slowed his breathing, carefully choosing his words, and asked, “Is what happened to you related to them?”

Zhou Brother Yubaistured towards the educated youth center.

Shen Chuning nodded slightly and recounted the events to Zhou Yubai.

Zhou Yubai frowned slightly, pondering for a moment, “I’ll take you home first!”

Shen Chuning’s slightly red eyes looked stubbornly at him, gently shaking her head.

She clenched her fists, “No, they wronged me, I will make them pay!”

Zhou Yubai was slightly startled. He hadn’t expected this delicate woman to have such a side to her.

After Shen Chuning finished speaking, she tightened her clothes and was about to go to the neighboring educated youth center.

“Stop!”

Zhou Yubai looked at the slender figure in the night, her swaying waist, and subconsciously spoke.

Shen Chuning turned her head, her eyes slightly red again, looking delicate.

Zhou Yubai’s breath hitched, “Let me take you to change your clothes first.”

She was soaking wet, and appearing at the educated youth center wearing his coat would inevitably invite gossip.

Shen Chuning looked down, biting her lip and nodding.

Zhou Yubai took her to the neighboring Zhou family and quietly knocked on Mother Zhou’s door.

Mother Zhou was surprised to see her eldest son. “Third son, what are you…”

“Mother, find a set of your clothes for her to change into.” Zhou Yubai stepped aside, revealing Shen Chuning hidden behind him.

“Auntie Zhou.” Shen Chuning greeted Mother Zhou politely.

Mother Zhou, Lin Shulan, was stunned for a moment before suppressing her emotions and going inside to find a set of her clothes for Shen Chuning to change into.

While Shen Chuning changed her clothes, she couldn’t help but pull her eldest son aside and whispered, “Third son, you and this girl from the Shen family wouldn’t…”

She then touched her thumbs together, looking at her eldest son with some apprehension.

She was hoping that her eldest son would quickly bring home a daughter-in-law.

But this Shen Chuning…

Although the woman was beautiful, with skin as white as a peeled egg, large breasts, a big butt, and a slender waist, walking with a swaying gait, not only men, but even women would drool over her.

It’s a pity that this woman was raised to be spoiled by her father and three brothers, and now she’s also ambiguous with that Chen surname educated youth in the village.

If her accomplished son were to be with this girl… wouldn’t she be laughed to death by the women in the village?

Zhou Yubai frowned seriously, “Mother, don’t talk nonsense, it damages the woman’s reputation.”

He had already thought about it.  No matter what, he had seen and touched the woman’s body.

If Shen Chuning was willing, he would propose to the Shen family and take responsibility for her.

If she wasn’t willing, he would pretend he had never met her tonight, wouldn’t let a third person know about this, and wouldn’t let her reputation be affected in any way.

Lin Shulan also breathed a sigh of relief, “That’s good, that’s good.  Mother tells you, Shen Chuning isn’t suitable for you. If you’ve made up your mind and want to marry a woman, Mother will talk to the matchmaker and have her find a good one for us…”

“Mother!” Lin Shulan hadn’t finished speaking when Zhou Yubai interrupted her.

“Hehe!”

Seeing her eldest son’s displeased expression, Lin Shulan smiled helplessly.

Her eldest son was good in every way, except he wasn’t perceptive in matters of men and women, and he was also stubborn.

When he returned from his last vacation, she had only asked the matchmaker to find him a few more women to meet, and this stubborn boy went to the village, got a plot of land, hired someone to build a house, and moved out to live alone.

She suddenly regretted speaking earlier.

If her eldest son really liked Shen Chuning, she would go and propose marriage.

Shen Chuning was just a little spoiled, and she didn’t really have anything with that educated youth.

There was nothing wrong with her eldest son marrying her; it was better than being a bachelor.

Lin Shulan was regretting when Shen Chuning came out after changing her clothes.

Lin Shulan’s clothes were made of coarse cloth.  She had never worn such coarse cloth in her life; it was uncomfortable to wear and chafed her skin.

“Auntie, thank you,” Shen Chuning gratefully said to Lin Shulan, “I’ll wash the clothes tomorrow and return them.”

Lin Shulan was stunned looking at Shen Chuning in the moonlight.  An oval face, willow eyebrows, round big eyes, rosy little mouth, and glowing white skin.  This patched coarse cloth dress, though ill-fitting, looked incredibly beautiful on her.

If you were to suddenly encounter such a woman outside, you would think you had met a fairy.

Shen Chuning was thinking about resolving the matter at the educated youth center and didn’t stay at Zhou’s house for long.

She walked towards the educated youth center, Zhou Yubai silently following behind her.

Initially, she thought Zhou Yubai was going back to his own courtyard and didn’t pay much attention.  Later, when she arrived at the educated youth center, she found Zhou Yubai still behind her.

She turned her head and looked at the man questioningly, “Brother Yubai, aren’t you going home?”

Her soft voice brought Zhou Yubai back to his senses.

He hadn’t even realized he had followed her to the educated youth center.

His serious expression remained unchanged, “I’ll go to the educated youth center with you, in case they bully you again.”

As soon as Zhou Yubai said this, he was surprised himself that he would say such words.

But on second thought, he felt relieved.

He and her third brother, Shen Zhengrong, were not only good comrades-in-arms but also good brothers. He was also like half a brother to her, so taking care of her was only natural.

A wave of warmth surged through Shen Chuning’s heart. The Brother Yubai now was the Brother Yubai from her dreams who would take meticulous care of her.

“Shen Chuning! Get out here, you dare to seduce male educated youths, you don’t dare to open the door, huh?”

“If you don’t open the door, we’ll kick it down!”

Shen Chuning puffed out her cheeks, angrily looking at the dark-skinned, sturdy and smiling Lu Qiaoqing shouting.

Lu Qiaoqing was the educated youth who was closest to Wang Yumeng.  She not only liked Chen Ziyun, but she was also jealous of Shen Chuning’s beauty, and she often made trouble for her.

When she came to the educated youth center, the water Wang Yumeng gave her must have been problematic. As for how Lu Qiaoqing knew she was looking for Chen Ziyun and why she was making a fuss here, perhaps…

She looked at Wang Yumeng, who was ostensibly trying to persuade Lu Qiaoqing but was actually adding fuel to the fire.

“Qiaoqing, forget it, let’s not get involved. It’s been so long, Shen Chuning isn’t opening the door, and Comrade Chen isn’t opening the door either. They might just be in love, let’s not ruin their good time.”

Lu Qiaoqing couldn’t bear the thought of her sweetheart being in love with Shen Chuning.  Stimulated by Wang Yumeng, she immediately rushed towards Chen Ziyun’s door, spitting:

“Bah! Comrade Chen could never like that vixen Shen Chuning. She must be threatening Comrade Chen, not letting him open the door!

Comrade Chen, don’t be afraid, we’ll go to the commune with you, we can all testify for you, it’s Shen Chuning, that female hooligan…”