Wang Hao asked Li Taiping with a puzzled expression,

Is there something wrong with her?

Li Taiping told Wang Hao about Zhao Haixia's disheveled appearance earlier. Since she was a fellow educated youth, it was best to remind her. Afterward, Li Taiping lay down on the bed and gradually fell asleep.

Upon hearing this news, Wang Hao's eyes lit up. His family was poor and he hadn't had much contact with people. When he learned that Zhao Haixia was disheveled, he couldn't sleep.

Seeing that Li Taiping was asleep, he tiptoed out of bed, opened the door, and went out.

Zhao Haixia heard the sound again and hesitated. After thinking about it, she realized that she had failed the first time and that he might have had such thoughts. Zhao Haixia, who was not asleep, got up again and followed him out.

When Wang Hao saw that Zhao Haixia was indeed disheveled, his eyes seemed to light up. It seemed that Zhao Haixia was not the same male educated youth from before.

However, this male educated youth looked exceptionally strong, and should have no problem supporting himself. Moreover, he was much stronger than Yu Jun.

Zhao Haixia looked at Wang Hao in front of her and used her old trick again, pulling down her collar and saying to him,

"Comrade educated youth, I have something to discuss. Shall we go over there and talk?"

Wang Hao's expression was written all over his face as he nodded to Zhao Haixia.

The two walked into the dilapidated woodshed next door. Not long after, a sound rang out, but it did not disturb the two people who were already fast asleep in the dormitory.

After a long while, their voices finally stopped.

...

Time flew by. Wei Mo spent his days at home shooting birds or going up the mountain to hunt with Li Xiuxiu.

If there was nothing else they wanted to do, they would run to the village to play with Li Fu, Tian Boguang, and the others.

In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed.

Li Taiping and Zhou Fen had already discovered Wang Hao and Zhao Haixia's affair, but at first, neither of them thought anything of it.

When the villagers went to work and learned about Zhao Haixia's situation, everyone looked at Wang Hao and Zhao Haixia with disdain, but it was clear that neither of them cared.

Wang Hao was originally someone who couldn't afford to get married because his family was in dire straits. Now, he finally has a woman of his own.

And Yu Jun eventually found out about this because Wang Hao was preparing to marry Zhao Haixia.

Upon learning this news, Yu Jun was extremely angry, so he secretly found Zhao Haixia and confronted her while others were at work.

Yu Jun genuinely intended to live a good life with Zhao Haixia, and even corrected many of his bad habits.

Zhao Haixia originally thought it was just a casual affair, but she didn't expect Yu Jun to be so serious. However, she had to refuse Yu Jun, otherwise it would ruin her marriage. So Zhao Haixia could only say to Yu Jun.

"Don't worry, I'll help you think of something. I'm already like this, I'm not good enough for you. I'll help you find another female educated youth."

Zhao Haixia's eyes darted around, as if she was thinking about how to solve the problem, while Yu Jun's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this; he was only interested in women at the moment.

Moreover, Yu Jun felt that Zhao Haixia was not presentable enough, which was why he did not propose marriage. If Zhao Haixia was really willing to help him, then Yu Jun would naturally be very willing as well. The two of them almost hit it off immediately.

Zhao Haixia began to think about how to help Yu Jun solve this problem.

Although Zhao Haixia was a widow, she had a good figure and a pretty face before her injury, which was what Yu Jun noticed. Originally, Zhao Haixia wanted to introduce Zhou Fen to Yu Jun.

Although Zhou Fen might not agree, after all, Yu Jun is too old, and Zhou Fen is capable of supporting herself.

However, to Zhao Haixia's surprise, Yu Jun disliked Zhou Fen because she was too strong and didn't look like a girl at all. Zhao Haixia had no choice but to choose from other people.

Finally, they set their sights on Li Xiuxiu, but Li Xiuxiu was not so easy to fool.

After Zhao Haixia drove Yu Jun away, she began to think about how to get involved in Yu Jun and Li Xiuxiu's relationship.

After Yu Jun left, Zhao Haixia frowned. Yu Jun was already over 30 years old and was notorious in the village for his slovenly appearance.

It would be a miracle if Li Xiuxiu had taken a liking to him. However, Zhao Haixia's words just now were merely a refusal. Judging from her appearance, Yu Jun really cared a lot about Li Xiuxiu.

Several days later, Yu Jun came to inquire about Zhao Haixia.

"How is Li Xiuxiu doing?"

Zhao Haixia spoke up,

"She doesn't want to at all. Do whatever you want. I'm getting married soon, so don't bother me anymore, or I'll say you forced me!"

Zhao Haixia looked like she had given up entirely, which angered Yu Jun.

Yu Jun grabbed Zhao Haixia's collar and said,

"Do you believe I'll tell everyone about us and let Wang Hao know?"

Because the two were about to get married, Yu Jun thought Zhao Haixia would be scared, but Zhao Haixia pushed Yu Jun's hand away and said...

"Then go ahead and tell them! Everyone knows what kind of person I am, and Wang Hao knows about what happened before, but he doesn't care. But if word gets out about our relationship, let's see how you find a wife in the future."

Hearing Zhao Haixia's words, Yu Jun's eyes turned red with anger, and he slapped Zhao Haixia across the face. With a loud "smack," Zhao Haixia glared fiercely at Yu Jun.

Yu Jun kicked Zhao Haixia again and turned to leave.

"Pah, you dog of a man, no wonder you can't find a wife. You even hit women. Only a blind man would fall for you."

Yu Jun had already walked far away and didn't hear it. After being completely deceived by Zhao Haixia, Yu Jun became like a different person. He became somewhat lecherous and kept thinking about finding women.

A few more days passed, and Yu Jun began to miss women—or rather, he felt an intense longing for them.

He started to think of his own ideas. Given his looks, he figured young girls wouldn't be interested in him, so he started to have crooked ideas. In this era, girls valued chastity extremely highly.

Once the truth is distorted, they often end up marrying that person. Yu Jun was thinking about this and started looking for a way to achieve this.

He was a perfectly fine person, but Zhao Haixia broke his heart.

Yu Jun also embarked on a path of no return, and these past few days he had been secretly observing Li Xiuxiu's actions.

Every time I saw Li Xiuxiu, her beautiful face and perfect figure made me lose control of myself. After observing her for a few days, I discovered that Li Xiuxiu would go to the dilapidated temple every morning to collect her fish baskets.

Soon after, they would disappear into the mountains. Yu Jun was overjoyed when he discovered this, as he could not only use it to threaten Li Xiuxiu, but also perhaps allow his evil scheme to succeed.

After all, Li Xiuxiu is currently involved in fishing and hunting, and once things are done, he can threaten her to make her completely follow him.

Since yesterday, the Wei family has been acting a bit mysteriously. When Wei's mother asked the old man to go sell fish, he also brought back a bag of eggs.

However, Wei Mo didn't care. After all, he was just a child, why should he worry so much? As lunch was prepared, a bowl of boiled eggs was placed on the table.

Then Wei's mother picked up two from among them and handed them to Wei Mo, saying,

"Young man, it's your birthday today. Eat an egg and may good luck roll in."

Wei Mo seemed somewhat touched, after all, in his previous life, no one had ever sincerely celebrated his birthday.

Although all he had in his hand were eggs, Wei Mo felt as if he had found gold, and he was extremely happy.