Qiao Qiao twitched the corners of her mouth, her initial bright smile gone, replaced by curses in her heart.

After loading all the luggage into the car, he looked at Xia Wan as if he had just noticed her: "Xia Wan, what are you doing here? Didn't you go to the countryside a long time ago? Why aren't you doing farm work in the village?"

Xia Wan smiled, her eyes crinkling as if she were showing off: "I don't have to do farm work. My brother is helping me at the farm. Why are you in the countryside? Is it because your biological parents were arrested by the police?"

She spoke so frankly without any hesitation, clearly not just asking Qiao Qiao, but mainly for the brigade leader to hear.

Qiao Qiao was clearly trying to cover it up, not wanting others to know that she was forced to come back. However, Xia Wan wouldn't give her a chance to hide it. Since Qiao Qiao had deliberately walked into the line of fire, she had to be prepared to be exposed.

The brigade leader looked at Qiao Qiao in surprise and couldn't help but ask directly, "Xia Qiao, your biological parents were arrested? Did they implicate you when you went to the countryside as an educated youth?"

Before Qiao Qiao could speak, Xia Wan blinked at the captain and corrected her, "Captain, her name is Qiao Qiao now. She changed her surname after she went back. Please don't call her by the wrong name, it's not good."

"Oh, right, right, you went back to your biological parents' house and changed your surname, right? Get in the car first, Qiao Qiao." I don't know if the captain was doing it on purpose, but I felt that his words were a bit sarcastic.

However, Qiao Qiao was so shocked that she couldn't sense his sarcastic tone at all.

"Your brother? You mean Xia Tao's...brother?" Shouldn't Xia Tao have been sent to a farm at this time? How come he's still working overtime for Xia Tao?

Xia Wan narrowed her eyes, not understanding why she was so agitated, and casually said, "Yes, I only have this one brother, don't you remember?"

As they were talking, another male educated youth came over carrying a package. After greeting the brigade leader, he threw his luggage onto the oxcart.

The newly arrived male educated youth introduced himself as Zhou Peng, a native of Beijing.

When the brigade leader saw people coming, he stopped talking to Qiao Qiao and said to them with a smile, "This time, there are only three educated youths coming, so you are lucky. You can even take an oxcart back."

Xia Wan nodded in deep agreement and said in agreement, "We are indeed lucky. We walked from here to Huaihua Brigade when we came here."

She herself didn't feel anything, but seeing the other educated youths so exhausted they were almost fainting, after all, they had taken such a long train ride and walked such a long distance, it was inevitable that they felt tired.

"Weren't you one of the educated youth in our batch? Then we're still missing one person?" Zhou Peng said casually, clearly unaware of the strange atmosphere.

Qiao Qiao exclaimed in surprise, as if she had just remembered: "Oh dear, I almost forgot that Zhao Jiaojiao had more luggage and couldn't carry it herself, so I had to go back to pick her up..."

As she spoke, she glanced subtly at the captain and Zhou Peng, as if she wanted their help but was too embarrassed to ask.

The captain pursed his lips and turned his head away, not even glancing at her. He was an old man who couldn't do that kind of heavy work.

She said she had luggage she couldn't carry, but she didn't seem to have any trouble carrying it on the train and bus journey. How come she only realized she couldn't carry it when she arrived at her destination?

Zhou Peng may seem carefree and guileless, but he's actually quite cunning and doesn't suffer any losses. He pretends not to understand Qiao Qiao's meaning.

He nodded and said, "Then go help your friend. We'll wait for you here."

Qiao Qiao was almost driven mad by the two of them. She suddenly felt that everything was going wrong today and didn't want to care about Zhao Jiaojiao anymore.

But she had already said it, and if she didn't go back to help now, the brigade leader probably wouldn't allow it.

Helpless, she could only look at Xia Wan and say, "Wanwan, why don't you come with me? No matter what, you're family."

Xia Wan rolled her eyes and didn't bother pretending: "What family? I don't have any family like that. Isn't that your stepmother's child? Go find him."

Doesn't this woman know her temper? She's another one who never learns her lesson; it seems she's forgotten the beatings she got before.

"Xia Wan, how could you say that? Aunt Zhao has taken care of you for several years. Aren't you being too heartless?"

Qiao Qiao looked at Xia Wan with disbelief, as if she were looking at an ungrateful bastard.

Xia Wan looked at Qiao Qiao with a half-smile: "You have a pretty good relationship with Zhao Jiaojiao's mother. Do you really like the woman who killed your own mother?"

"What...what are you saying? How could Aunt Zhao have killed my mother?" Qiao Qiao looked at Xia Wan in shock, not understanding where she got this idea.

Even if what Xia Wan said is true, her emotions won't fluctuate much, after all, she has never even seen her own mother.

If Xia Wan says this now, what will the brigade leader and Zhou Zhiqing think of her?

"Really? Then tell me why your biological father and stepmother were arrested?" Xia Wan looked at her nonchalantly: "Why aren't you going to pick up your Zhao Jiaojiao? What's the point of telling me this useless stuff? I'm not going to pick her up for you."

Qiao Qiao's eyes reddened with anger, and she clenched her fists, saying resentfully, "Xia Wan, how can you be so heartless? Even if it's a stranger, you should at least help them, let alone someone you've lived with for so many years!"

Xia Wan's face turned cold: "Is that so? I see so many strangers every day, how can I possibly help them all? Have you forgotten what it feels like to be beaten? Let me remind you."

Before anyone could react, she kicked Qiao Qiao, who was sitting on the edge of the oxcart, and she landed hard on her bottom.

A smile flashed in Xia Wan's eyes. Very good, another point gained. As expected, the little system miscalculated the points before. Qiao Qiao directly provided 10 points this time!

"Xia Wan, you mustn't lay a hand on me. You're just talking, why are you resorting to violence?" The brigade leader was so frightened that he jumped off the oxcart and hurriedly stood between the two.

Qiao Qiao was furious. Why should she suffer in the city and now that she's back, she still gets beaten by Xia Wan? "How can we settle this? My dad and brother have never been willing to hit me since I was little. We absolutely cannot let this go!"

"Sorry, my foot slipped!" Xia Wan sat on the oxcart without moving an inch, pulled her leg back, and said nonchalantly, "But who are the father and brother you're talking about? I don't remember Qiao Chunsheng giving you a brother."

How could she not tell that the woman was talking about Lao Xia and her cheap brother?

I really don't know what this person is thinking. She came back here to be an educated youth. Does she think that Lao Xia and the others will still pamper her as before?

Seeing that many people were looking at them, the brigade leader whispered to the two of them, "You can talk about it when you get back. Xia... Qiao Qiao, didn't you just say you were going to pick up another educated youth? Hurry up and go, and come back quickly, don't waste time!"