Chapter 54: The Woman He Loved

In the evening, Shen Chuning cooked a pot of mixed rice.

She picked Buddha’s hand melon and cooked a pot of five-spice pork, made a side dish of tiger skin green pepper, and stir-fried a bowl of chicken feather vegetables.

Seeing her cook such delicious food again, Shen Zhengxu and Shen Zhengliang couldn’t help but feel distressed, wanting to speak several times.

Shen Chuning understood her two brothers’ thoughts, scooped a large spoonful of Buddha’s hand melon and five-spice pork for each of them, and said, “This meat was bought by Brother Yubai when he was home. The weather is hot now, and it can’t be kept for long. It’s better to eat it than to let it spoil and go to waste.”

Hearing her words, Shen Zhengxu and Shen Zhengliang ate with peace of mind.

After dinner, Shen Chuning handed two lunch boxes of food to her two brothers and asked them to take them back to Father Shen.

She saw her two brothers to the courtyard gate, said goodbye, and was about to go back when she suddenly noticed that her second brother’s footsteps had stopped.

She looked in the direction of Shen Zhengliang’s gaze with some confusion, and saw Wang Yumeng walking out of the educated youth point with a straw basket.

As Wang Yumeng got closer, Shen Chuning noticed that Shen Zhengliang’s ears were slightly red.

She even heard her second brother take a deep breath.

Then, when Wang Yumeng walked past him, Shen Zhengliang casually greeted her, “Comrade Wang, it’s so late, are you going out?”

Probably because the food in the educated youth point had been insufficient recently, Wang Yumeng looked much thinner, and there was a weak and listless feeling about her.

Wang Yumeng smiled softly at Shen Zhengliang, “The food in the educated youth point isn’t enough to eat, I plan to dig some wild vegetables after work, and add them to the porridge to fill my stomach.”

Wang Yumeng left after speaking.

But Shen Zhengliang’s gaze followed her back, full of pain.

Seeing her second brother’s expression, Shen Chuning’s heart skipped a beat. Could it be that her second brother was interested in Wang Yumeng?

Before Shen Chuning could think deeply, Shen Zhengliang had already chased after Wang Yumeng, “Comrade Wang, it’s getting late, it’s not safe for you to go to the mountain to dig wild vegetables alone. I don’t have anything to do tonight, I’ll go with you.”

Wang Yumeng blushed slightly and agreed, “Thank you, Comrade Shen.”

“Second Brother…” Shen Zhengxu called out to Shen Zhengliang with some worry.

But Shen Zhengliang had already walked away with Wang Yumeng.

Shen Zhengxu couldn’t help but feel anxious, “What’s wrong with Second Brother today, he knows it’s late, a grown man following a female educated youth up the mountain. If something gets out, will they still want their reputations?”

Saying this, he handed the lunch box to Shen Chuning, “Little sister, take the food back to Dad, I’ll go call your second brother back.”

There was already conflict between the villagers and the educated youths.

They hadn’t had any contact with this Wang Yumeng before, and they didn’t know her temperament.

What if she was scheming, and when the two of them were on the mountain, she made a fuss and framed Second Brother for doing something to her.

Then Second Brother’s life would be ruined.

“Big Brother, you go back, I’ll chase after Second Brother. Otherwise, the two of you following a woman, if something happens, it will be even harder to explain.”

Shen Chuning said, already running out.

But her chest was already heavy, and when she ran, the two burdens hurt badly.

She couldn’t run at all.

Wang Yumeng and Shen Zhengliang walked fast, and she could only watch their backs from afar.

Ci Hang Village was built in a mountain gully, and at the foot of the mountain in front of the village, there was a small stream.

The stream wasn’t deep, only up to the calves, and there was no bridge over the stream, villagers usually just waded across.

After crossing the stream, they went up the mountain and into the woods.

Seeing Shen Zhengliang and Wang Yumeng cross the stream and were about to go up the mountain and into the woods,

Shen Chuning’s heart became anxious, and she accidentally stepped on a mossy stone in the stream, slipped, lost her balance, and fell into the stream.

A sharp pain shot through her ankle.

Fine beads of sweat instantly appeared on her forehead.

Shen Chuning was in pain, anxious, and scared, and cried out, “Wah—”

Shen Zhengliang was about to enter the mountain with Wang Yumeng when he suddenly heard the sound of a fall and crying from behind, quickly turning back, he saw his little sister sitting in the stream, holding her foot and crying.

Shen Zhengliang’s face changed.

Without a second’s hesitation, he said to Wang Yumeng, “Comrade Wang, I’m sorry, my little sister fell, I can’t go up the mountain with you.”

After speaking, he quickly ran back to Shen Chuning.

“Ningning, what’s wrong, where did you fall?” Shen Zhengliang returned to Shen Chuning’s side, not daring to move her casually, anxiously asking with worry.

Shen Chuning touched her ankle while crying, sniffing, “Second Brother, my foot hurts so much, woo woo woo…”

Shen Zhengliang looked at Shen Chuning’s ankle, it was already swollen.

“Don’t be afraid, Second Brother will take you to the clinic immediately.”

Saying this, he directly picked Shen Chuning up and ran to the brigade clinic.

While running, he was still comforting her, “Ningning, don’t be afraid, Second Brother will take you to the clinic to see the doctor immediately.”

Shen Chuning sniffed and said in a muffled voice, “Mm, Second Brother, I’m not afraid.”

Behind them, Wang Yumeng looked at Shen Zhengliang carrying Shen Chuning and running away quickly, and couldn’t help but stomp her foot angrily.

She remembered that the book mentioned that Shen Zhengliang admired her, but because of his family’s conditions, he felt inferior and felt unworthy of her, so he kept his feelings hidden in his heart and never expressed them.

After realizing yesterday that Chen Ziyun, the male lead, was finished, she planned to use Shen Zhengliang.

When she saw Shen Zhengliang helping Shen Chuning insert tiles on the wall yesterday, she had already started planning.

She planned to take Shen Zhengliang to a secluded forest, then give Shen Zhengliang a taste of sweetness.

Then she would threaten him with molestation and make him get Shen Chuning’s pendant for her.

But she didn’t expect Shen Chuning to follow.

She didn’t expect that Shen Zhengliang would choose his sister without hesitation between his sister and the woman he admired.

Was the heroine’s protagonist halo really that strong?

She was unwilling!

Shen Zhengliang had already run into the brigade clinic with Shen Chuning.

“Why are you all wet, and your foot is sprained? Did you fall into the river?” The doctor looked at Shen Chuning’s disheveled appearance, checking her ankle and asking.

“Mm.” Shen Chuning answered while crying.

“Crack!”

Before she noticed, the doctor suddenly grabbed her ankle and pulled hard.

Before she could react, she heard the doctor say, “Your foot is fine, go home and rest for two days, don’t do any heavy work.

Go home and take a hot bath and change your clothes, don’t catch a cold.”

The doctor finished speaking before Shen Chuning realized the pain.

But she was too embarrassed to shout.

Shen Zhengxu paid one mao and thanked the doctor before helping Shen Chuning home.

When they came, he was only worried about Shen Chuning’s injury.

Now that he knew Shen Chuning was fine, the resentment in his heart rose uncontrollably.

“Why didn’t you just stay home and get ready for bed? Why did you follow me? You’re always causing trouble.”