“Oh my, there are countless stacks of firewood in our village, scattered in every household. With people burning firewood every day, every house has been hollowed out.”

He Wan only remembered that Zhang Cuicao and Chen Lemin were found in a woodpile.

They weren't even sure which one: "Let's go find the woodpile. Hurry up."

"I'll go and call a few more people."

It might be too late. He Wan is getting anxious. She has been paying close attention to Zhang Cuicao's situation and doesn't want her to become cannon fodder for the female lead. She has always wanted to change Zhang Cuicao's fate.

Unfortunately, despite all our careful planning, we didn't anticipate it happening ahead of schedule.

"Let's find those hidden stacks of firewood first."

"He Zhiqing, why do you insist on looking for the woodpile? Do you know something?"

"I don't know, it's just a feeling." There's no way to explain it.

"Su, the educated youth; He, the educated youth, what are you two doing here?"

"Where did you go just now, Xue Zhiqing?"

"I...go..."

Su Ranran didn't care where she went. Seeing her stammering, she got anxious and quickly interrupted, "Why don't you come with us to look for Cuicao? We suspect something happened to her."

Xue Zhenzhen exclaimed, "Zhang Zhiqing? When I came out, I saw Qiuzhen telling her to walk towards the road at the edge of the village, as if someone was looking for her. What happened to her?"

"Let's go, we'll talk on the way."

Several people ran towards the village entrance.

There was a stack of firewood at the first house at the entrance of the village, but Hewan shone her flashlight on it and found that it wasn't there.

That leaves the area about 200 meters ahead.

When they arrived at the destination, they indeed discovered that something was wrong.

"It's Cui Cao's clothes."

Su Ranran looked at the messy stack of firewood, and her eyes instantly filled with tears.

Xue Zhenzhen couldn't stand seeing the female educated youth being harmed, and she cursed viciously, "You son of a bitch, if I find out which beast it is, I'll chop him up."

He Wan looked down carefully at the situation in the firewood, then held her breath and stood up, saying, "Let's quickly find Sister Cui Cao."

Xue Zhenzhen pointed to a large tree in the field ahead and said, "There seems to be something over there."

He Wan shone her flashlight over and saw that it was a man. The women ran over like madmen.

As Xue Zhiqing ran, he cursed, "Damn it, I'll skin him alive!"

Although Su Ranran didn't scold, she picked up a small stone from the ground at some point.

Several people went up and started hitting the man without saying a word.

Xue Zhiqing kicked the man in the chest. The man groaned in pain, but before he could speak, Su Ranran smashed a stone into his head, injuring him.

He Wan was about to use the stun gun when Zhang Cuicao, who was standing nearby, cried out, "Don't hit him! He saved me!"

Su Ranran shone the kerosene lamp over and found Zhang Cuicao hugging a tree with her arms around it, her hair disheveled, her face bruised, and her clothes torn: "Cuicao, how are you?"

"I'm fine, I... Waaah... Just now... Waaah, it was Chen Lemin... Waaah."

Seeing that Zhang Cuicao was only a little frightened, He Wan breathed a sigh of relief. She turned and shone her flashlight on the man beside her, exclaiming, "Quickly bandage him up!"

Xue Zhenzhen didn't move, and asked Zhang Cuicao to confirm, "Cuicao, did this person really not do anything to you?"

"No, if it weren't for him, I might have really been violated by that beast."

After confirming the situation, the two quickly helped the person up.

Looking at the man apologetically, He Wan noticed that his face was both unfamiliar and familiar, as if she had seen him somewhere before.

After a quick thought, he hurriedly took out a long strip of white cloth from his pocket, or rather, from his spatial storage, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, comrade, I misunderstood just now."

Shen Guoqing covered his head, frowned, and said, "I understand."

Xue Zhenzhen suddenly exclaimed, "Comrade, you...you wouldn't happen to be one of the educated youth from the farm, would you?"

Shen Guoqing nodded: "I gave you a ride for part of the way to the county town before."

He Wan said "Oh," and then asked, "Are you the educated youth team leader at the farm?"