Upon seeing Zhuang Feifei, Li Hongying handed the sweet potato in her hand to Zhuang Feifei, saying, "Zhuang, I specially roasted this sweet potato; it's still warm. Take it and eat it."

Zhuang Feifei didn't care at all about what Li Hongying brought. She had a hundred pounds of steaming hot roasted sweet potatoes in her space. They were made with a modern professional oven and authentic honey potatoes, which were much better than the dark, murky stuff that Li Hongying brought.

Besides, she already knew Li Hongying's true purpose and wanted her blood again, so how could she give the other party a chance to get close to her?

She deliberately kept a distance of more than one meter from Li Hongying. With such a distance, it would be difficult for Li Hongying to attack her, and she would have ample time to prepare a response.

"Comrade Li Hongying, I have never liked eating roasted sweet potatoes, and I even hate eating them. Please take your sweet potatoes and leave quickly."

Li Hongying felt something was wrong. Zhuang Feifei had not only suddenly changed her attitude towards her, but had also been rejecting her. Could it be that she had already discovered her intentions?

"Zhuang Zhiqing, it seems like you're deliberately distancing yourself from me. You don't appreciate my kindness, and you don't want the things I give you. I don't know what happened to make your attitude towards me change so much. Is there something I did that made you uncomfortable? Tell me, I'll apologize, and I'll try to change, okay? I've only made one friend since I came here, and I really don't want to lose you. Please tell me what's wrong, okay?"

Zhuang Feifei said, "Comrade Li Hongying, I've been feeling very unsettled these past few days because of some things. I just want to stay here quietly and don't want to see anyone. So, please leave now and don't bother me for the next few days, okay?"

"Feifei, what's wrong? If you have something bothering you, tell me. Talking about it will make you feel better, and maybe I can even help you."

"You can't help me, no one can help me, and I don't need your help. Just leave. Letting me have some peace and quiet is the biggest help you can give me."

Zhuang Feifei's repeated attempts to drive Li Hongying away left Li Hongying at a loss. Although Zhuang Feifei didn't say anything on the surface, she must have sensed something in secret.

She was still two drops of Zhuang Feifei's blood away from succeeding in the multi-space plan. Two drops wasn't a lot, but it wasn't a small amount either. If Zhuang Feifei knew her purpose now and took precautions against her, then obtaining Zhuang Feifei's blood would become extremely difficult.

Since trying to get close to Zhuang Feifei is no longer an option, we have no choice but to resort to force.

As she looked up, her gaze inadvertently swept across Zhuang Feifei's neck, where she noticed two bloody marks. The bright red color immediately caught her attention and excited her.

This can be described as finding something you've been searching for without any effort, only to have it come to you effortlessly.

Now is the perfect opportunity to obtain Zhuang Feifei's fourth drop of blood.

So, she subconsciously reached out towards Zhuang Feifei's neck. However, Zhuang Feifei was already wary of her. Seeing her move, she immediately reacted, pushing her hand away and taking a few steps back to further increase the distance between herself and Li Hongying. She stared at Li Hongying with wary eyes.

"Li Hongying, what are you doing?"

Li Hongying's sneak attack failed, and she deeply regretted not seizing such a good opportunity.

She explained, "I saw that your neck was bleeding, so I wanted to check how bad the injury was and wipe the blood away for you. Feifei, how exactly did you get your neck injured? Who scratched you?"

Zhuang Feifei thought to herself, "When Li Hongying saw her wound, her eyes lit up. If she didn't want her blood, what else could she be after?"

She won't let them succeed.

"Comrade Hongying, don't you realize your hands are dirty? Touching them will infect my wound. Don't worry about my injury. I'll go to the village doctor to get it checked out myself in a bit. You don't need to be so kind as to accompany me. You should leave here and go home."

Zhuang Feifei's face was full of disgust. She no longer wanted to pretend in front of Li Hongying, so she simply tore off the mask and completely cut off Li Hongying's access to her.

Li Hongying clenched her fist secretly. Zhuang Feifei, well done. I can't do anything to you on the surface, but can't I at least use some underhanded tactics?

"Alright then, Zhuang Zhiqing, you get some rest. I won't bother you anymore. When you've figured things out and want to continue being friends with me, come to my house."

Zhuang Feifei didn't speak. Li Hongying hesitated for a moment, then turned and left.

Luo Jingyan sat at the door and saw Li Hongying come in with sweet potatoes and then leave with them. She came in with a smile on her face, but left dejected, her face full of disappointment.

Li Hongying was sulking and didn't notice Luo Jingyan sitting at the door. She lowered her head and walked straight out of the educated youth settlement.

After leaving the house, Li Hongying was so frustrated that she threw the roasted sweet potato she was holding onto the roadside.

She didn't notice that Liu's mother was chatting with someone not far away. When Liu's mother saw her come out of the educated youth settlement and throw something on the side of the road, she quickly went over and saw that what Li Hongying had thrown away were two roasted sweet potatoes. She immediately got angry and slapped Li Hongying twice.

"You spendthrift wife, I was wondering what you were doing taking things out of the house. Turns out you weren't eating them yourself. If you're not going to eat them, why are you taking them out? And you're throwing them away! Don't you know how precious food is?"

As she spoke angrily, she pinched and twisted Li Hongying.

Li Hongying knew she had done something wrong and begged Liu's mother for forgiveness.

"Mom, I didn't drop the sweet potato on purpose. I just didn't hold it properly and it fell from my hand."

Liu's mother picked up the two sweet potatoes on the ground before her and cursed at her all the way back to the Liu family home.

Inside the educated youth settlement, Luo Jingyan concluded that Li Hongying had failed to obtain Zhuang Feifei's blood, otherwise she wouldn't be so frustrated.

A while later, Jiang Manyue, the gossip queen, arrived. She took a stool and sat down in front of Luo Jingyan, telling her about what had happened in the dormitory earlier.

"Jingyan, just now, that Liu family's daughter-in-law came to bring food to Zhuang, but Zhuang was disgusted and even kicked her out fiercely. I'm quite curious about the two of them. One of them is an educated youth here, and the other was an educated youth next door who married into this family. What do you think is going on between them?"

Luo Jingyan shook her head. "How would I know?"

"From what I overheard between the two of them, it seems like they used to have a pretty good relationship. I don't know why, but Zhuang suddenly stopped talking to Li Hongying. Li Hongying is even begging Zhuang not to ignore her. I think Zhuang is being a bit heartless. After all, they used to have a good relationship. They could have just talked things out, but he didn't tell her why he was ignoring her. He acted like he was going to cut ties with her. Sigh, if I had a friend like that, I would be very sad and upset."

Luo Jingyan didn't hear any useful information and was starting to feel drowsy.

“In matters like this, we outsiders are unaware of the details and it’s easy to make the wrong judgment. It’s not necessarily the fault of either side.”