Lai, the village party secretary, was dismissed from his post, and his family members were placed under close surveillance by the police. Any misconduct they committed would be reported by the entire village, so they had to be extremely careful and cautious in their every move.

Previously, the Lai family relied on Lai, the village secretary, being the top leader in the village, to take advantage of others openly and secretly. At that time, when Lai Chunming was still in the commune, the villagers almost all turned a blind eye and dared not go against the Lai family. This time, with Lai Chunyang in trouble, they finally got their revenge.

After the position of Party branch secretary became vacant, it should have been filled by the original brigade leader.

However, the process of the brigade leader taking over as village party secretary did not proceed immediately. Nevertheless, even without a ceremony or title, the brigade leader had already become the most influential person in the Shengli Brigade.

In order to keep Xue Yanchen and Zhao Jun's identities secret, the police did not reveal who actually arrested Lai Chunyang, only saying that Lai Chunyang was an enemy agent.

The news that an enemy agent had been found in the Victory Brigade spread throughout the village immediately and quickly to several surrounding brigades.

Upon learning this, Luo Jingyan couldn't help but recall the scene of Xue Yanchen and Lai Chunyang getting along a few days ago. Xue Yanchen was a bit cold by nature. He was only warm to people he knew well, and he was indifferent to outsiders, especially strangers. However, he was able to warm up to Lai Chunyang quickly when they first met.

Why is that?

Her sensitivity to enemy agents quickly led her to consider several possibilities.

Is it purely a coincidence, or did they already know each other, and are they actually on the same path?

At that moment, Luo Jingyan was startled by the thought that suddenly popped into her head.

She couldn't believe what she was thinking.

Xue Yanchen is a veteran who once trained hard and fought bravely for the safety of the motherland. He has truly been injured and bled. She could not forget the heartache and shock she felt when she first saw the scars on Xue Yanchen's body. He loves his country very much and would never do anything to betray it.

Moreover, just recently, when a riot broke out during a performance in Taohua Brigade, he disregarded his own safety and risked his life to rescue many innocent people who were threatened by lawbreakers, demonstrating his fervent and sincere heart.

If they were enemy agents, how could they possibly be willing to sacrifice themselves to save the people of an enemy country?

"He's not that kind of person, he couldn't be," she tried her best to convince and comfort herself.

Suddenly, another possibility came to mind.

Because Xue Yanchen had served in the military, his investigative abilities and insight were stronger than those of ordinary people. He might have even clashed with enemy agents before. Perhaps he had already discovered something strange about Lai Chunyang and deliberately approached him in order to find out if Lai Chunyang was an enemy agent.

Arresting enemy agents is not the responsibility of certain individuals, but something that every responsible Chinese citizen would do.

Luo Jingyan felt that her second guess was more likely.

Did Xue Yanchen play a role in the capture of Lai Chunyang?

She couldn't help but wonder how Xue Yanchen had noticed Lai Chunyang's unusual behavior, and she would ask him when she met him.

When the news spread that Lai Chunyang had been identified as an enemy agent and that Party Secretary Lai had been dismissed, most people in the village were happy, but a small number of people were quite worried. These people were, of course, relatives and friends of the Lai family who had close ties with the Lai family, as well as those who had received favors from Party Secretary Lai.

The most disappointed among them was Zhao Wensong, who had become the son-in-law of the Lai family and was about to return to the city to attend university.

Lai, the Party Secretary, was dismissed, but the quota for returning to the city has not yet been announced. He took the initiative to date Lai Chunhua and spent 100 yuan as a bride price to register their marriage. It can be said that he invested both money and his body. Now that Lai Chunyang has been arrested, he will probably be implicated as well.

He hated those who arrested Lai Chunyang, wondering why they couldn't have arrested him later. He also hated Lai Chunyang for not being more careful and not letting anyone discover his identity.

If Lai Chunyang had been arrested later, he might have already gone to school. But now, whether he can return to the city to study is uncertain.

The other people at the educated youth settlement seemed to have thought of this as well. Now, when they saw him, they would have a faint smile on their lips, clearly mocking him.

Two days later, he received a notification that his name had been removed from the list of recommended candidates for the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University.

He lost this opportunity to go to university, and he will never again be eligible to return to the city or attend university.

Like Meng Bin, he was also added to the blacklist of educated youth.

It was because of this announcement that everyone finally understood that Zhao Wensong and Lai Chunhua had gotten married through connections.

Zhao Wensong immediately looked like a defeated rooster; the more triumphant he had been, the more pathetic he became.

At this moment, everyone else made no attempt to hide their mockery of him.

"Zhao, the educated youth, schemed and plotted to give himself to the former Party Secretary's daughter, but in the end, it was all for naught. I bet Zhao is kicking himself now." Zhuang Feifei laughed heartily at Zhao Wensong's pathetic state.

Among them, Meng Bin laughed the loudest. Zhao Wensong had been blacklisted, so he now had company.

Since Zhao Wensong could no longer go to university, the spot for recommending university admission among the educated youth became vacant. The brigade decided to transfer his original spot to Tong Jianxin, the educated youth who had performed the best. Tong Jianxin felt sorry for Shen Ruyi and did not want her to suffer here anymore, so he gave the spot to Shen Ruyi.

Shen Ruyi was just as unwilling to leave as he was. Tong Jianxin said, "The chances of the two of us leaving together are slim. Rather than wasting our youth here, we might as well leave one at a time. You go to university first, and I'll wait for the next opportunity."

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