Apart from Wang Jianguo, everyone at their educated youth settlement was starting to look forward to the new year.

Wang Jianguo went to the county town to look for Ding Shaoling. When he came back, he looked even more dejected than when he went. Everyone knew the result without even asking.

Xue Zhenzhen, who had always disliked Ding Shaoling, came over and complained to them, "I knew Ding Shaoling would never settle down and live a stable life with Wang Jianguo. She agreed to date Wang Jianguo in the first place just to find someone who could protect her. Now that she's climbed a higher branch, Wang Jianguo has no more use to her."

Su Ranran watched as her eyes perked up again and retorted, "If you're so good at judging people, how did you end up with that scumbag Zhang Aimin?"

Xue Zhenzhen said awkwardly, "Don't bring up things I don't want to talk about. I won't let the Zhang family off the hook."

Zhang Cuicao said, "What, are you planning to sue Zhang Aimin?"

Xue Zhenzhen said with a gloomy face, "I can't deal with Zhang Aimin, but Zhang Aiying can forget about being a teacher."

He Wan seemed to have thought of something and quickly pulled her aside, saying, "Comrade Xue, don't do anything foolish and demean yourself because of revenge. No matter how hateful they are, they are not as important as ourselves."

Xue Zhenzhen frowned: "What are you thinking? What do you mean by degrading yourself? I'm not that stupid... No, He Zhiqing, you call them Ranran and Cuicao, but when you call them Comrade Xue, I treat you as friends now."

As Xue Zhenzhen spoke, she took out a White Rabbit milk candy from her pocket: "Here, have this."

He Wan was speechless as she watched her coaxing a child, but she was also happy to call her Sister Zhenzhen: "You are all my sisters. With you protecting me, no one in our educated youth settlement dares to bully me."

Su Ranran said, "That's right. Although we are women, we won't back down if anyone dares to mess with us."

Zhang Cuicao and He Wan exchanged a smile and echoed each other.

Not only were they not bullied at the educated youth settlement, but even villagers had to think twice before causing trouble, as they had contributed to the village that year. Moreover, they were already well-known throughout the commune.

They are now considered precious treasures by the village leaders.

She hadn't forgotten Zhou Ting'an's instructions from a while ago. After the educated youth returned, she made up a lie, saying that tigers had been seen on the mountain recently, and told them not to go up the mountain for the time being.

The results were pretty good; Wang Xiaorong and the other hunting enthusiasts were all holed up inside the house.

The village head recently spread the word that there are tigers in the mountains and warned the villagers not to go into the mountains.

Chen Qing seemed to be hoping to run into a tiger, so these days he would carry a bamboo basket and head up the mountain early in the morning.

Liang Shurui couldn't stop him.

There's nothing she can do if some people want to court disaster.

It was past six o'clock that afternoon, and Chen Qing still hadn't returned. She was always out early and back late, so no one paid much attention, but Liang Shurui was worried.

After eating, they went to the foot of the mountain to wait, but by seven o'clock they still hadn't seen Chen Qing. Then He Wan told them that there were tigers on the mountain, which made him even more nervous.

They quickly returned and called several male comrades from the educated youth settlement to go up the mountain to search.

Wang Xiaorong and the others were the most familiar with the mountains, so they were also called out. He Wan had already run into her spatial dimension, but when she heard the commotion outside, she quickly came out with Hua Hua in her arms.

Then he noticed that Xue Zhenzhen, Su Ranran, and Zhang Cuicao had all come out, and Xie Meihui was at the door pulling Qin Xuxiang back, preventing him from going up the mountain: "They're all from the educated youth settlement, I'll go take a look."

"There are so many people, they don't need you. You can't go."

Xue Zhenzhen looked at Xie Meihui and curled her lip, clearly disapproving of her behavior.

Chen Qing and she were usually the closest, but when it came to a life-or-death situation, her true character was revealed.

He turned to look at the group of women and said, "Should we go and call the villagers? After all, it's a tiger. If Chen Qing really encounters it, none of them can subdue it."

He Wan said, "If we really encounter a tiger, it won't make a difference no matter how many people go."