"Brother Xue," she called out, then walked towards Xue Yanchen. "Brother Xue, haven't you gone back to the educated youth settlement?"

"Going back would be boring, so I came here to wander around."

Luo Jingyan smiled and said, "I also felt too bored in the dormitory, so I came here to take a stroll."

Neither of them revealed their true intentions, nor could they reveal them.

They walked side by side on the somewhat desolate mountain. Luo Jingyan asked, "Brother Xue, I want to ask you a question."

"Go ahead and ask."

"What did you do before?" Is it really the same as what she thought?

“I used to serve in the military, but I was forced to leave because I made a mistake. I couldn’t find a job in the city, so I came here.”

"You really are a soldier. No wonder I felt your physique was different from the average person."

She also wanted to ask him if he was really unable to have sex, purely out of curiosity that someone with such a strong physique shouldn't have a problem in that area.

But to him, she was, after all, a woman with whom he had no intimate relationship, and it was inappropriate for her to pry into such private matters. He could only keep his thoughts to himself.

"Brother Xue, you're amazing! You even served in the army. Can you tell me about your military life? Was it very boring, or were there some fun parts?"

Before they knew it, the two had been chatting until the sun was almost setting, and they decided to head down the mountain.

When they reached the halfway point of the mountain, Luo Jingyan suddenly heard a sound that made her blush.

She immediately pulled Xue Yanchen behind a big tree and peered over there. She felt that the couple looked very familiar, and after looking closely, she realized that they were Fang Zhiyuan and Du Yinan.

The two wild mandarin ducks couldn't make love at the educated youth settlement, so they came here.

Luo Jingyan glanced at it and looked away; it was too offensive to look at.

Besides, she's with Xue Yanchen right now, how could she possibly watch such a shocking scene?

Looking back, she realized Xue Yanchen wasn't looking at her at all, so she quickly pulled him away.

After descending the mountain, Xue Yanchen escorted her to the educated youth settlement before returning to the Qianjin Brigade.

In a house in town, the deputy secretary of the commune was having a passionate encounter with Song Yinglan when suddenly the door was kicked open, and a burly woman in her forties rushed in, beating and cursing Song Yinglan.

"Where did this little slut come from, daring to seduce my man? No wonder he hasn't touched me much these days, turns out he's found someone new."

She raised her hand and slapped Song Yinglan twice across the face. Knowing she was in the wrong, Song Yinglan covered her face and didn't dare to fight back.

The deputy secretary of the commune didn't dare to utter a word, for fear that his wife would make a big fuss about it and jeopardize his official career.

The woman grabbed Song Yinglan's hair again and dragged her off the bed.

"You little slut, you little vixen, you have a face that's good at seducing people, and you take advantage of your youth to act like a slut everywhere. Today I'm going to smash that fox face of yours to pieces."

Slap, slap, slap! Another series of slaps followed, and Song Yinglan felt as if her face was about to be smashed to pieces.

She knelt on the ground, crying and begging for mercy: "Please let me go, I promise I'll never do it again, I promise I'll never do it again."

"Let you go? The more you beg for mercy, the more I'll beat you. I'll beat you to death, you shameless vixen."

Then, they started punching and kicking him.

Finally, Song Yinglan was covered in bruises and her face was also bruised. The woman was completely satisfied. She was also afraid that this matter would affect her man's career, so she let Song Yinglan go for the time being.

"Let me tell you, you slut, you better behave yourself from now on. If I find out you're seducing my man again, I'll teach you a lesson even harsher than this time."

"I understand, I won't do it again, I won't do it again," Song Yinglan quickly promised.

By the time she returned to the educated youth settlement, it was already dark. She covered her face the whole way back, afraid that others would see that she was injured.

She had nowhere else to go except the educated youth settlement, so she had no choice but to bite the bullet and go inside.

She's only earned thirty yuan so far, which isn't even enough to pay back Liu Maisheng's family. What will she do in the future?

The dormitory was lit by a kerosene lamp, and although the light wasn't very bright, everyone could still see the wounds on her face.

Du Yinan asked in surprise, "Song Zhiqing, what happened to your face?"

Song Yinglan's face was extremely pale: "I tripped and fell on the mountain."

Du Yinan deliberately leaned closer to look at her face: "Hey, Song Zhiqing, it doesn't look like you bumped into something. Did someone beat you up?"

Song Yinglan glared at her. She had no grudge against her, so why was she revealing her secrets?

“Du Zhiqing, you’re overthinking it. I just bumped into something, no one hit me.”

Shen Ruyi said, "Yinglan, if you have any difficulties, just tell us. We will definitely help you if we can." She didn't want her to embarrass the educated youth by going out.

"No, it's not difficult." She said she was short of money, and asked if they could help her.

After that, Song Yinglan crawled into bed, covered her face with the blanket, and stopped talking.

Early in the morning, Luo Jingyan and Luo Changtian were having breakfast when they heard arguing coming from the other side.

"Fang Zhiqing, you can eat your food. You don't need to serve me any food. I can serve myself."

“Jiang Zhiqing, you are a woman, I just wanted to take care of you. I’m sorry, maybe my approach was wrong, I won’t do it again.”

Luo Jingyan immediately understood what was going on. Fang Zhiyuan, that lecherous bastard, had already done *that* thing with Du Yinan, and now he still wanted to provoke Jiang Manyue.

After the meal, Jiang Manyue came to find Luo Jingyan, as she greatly envied Luo Jingyan.

“Jingyan, it’s great that you moved out. Staying with those educated youths not only caused them endless arguments, but it was also a real headache.”

Luo Jingyan teased, "You're still not happy? Someone's taking care of you and serving you food. You're getting pretty good treatment."

Jiang Manyue shook her arm.

"Jingyan, don't make fun of me. What I want to say is about this Fang Zhiqing. He has no sense of propriety at all. I have no relationship with him. These past few days, every time he sees me, he wants to do things for me. Today he even helped me pick up food. I don't need him at all."

"Could it be that Fang Zhiqing has fallen for you?"

“But I don’t like him. He used to be nice to Du Yinan. Who knows what he’s up to? He just keeps bothering me. It’s really annoying.”

"He's just a womanizer. He doesn't really like Du Yinan. He's probably already tired of her and wants to find someone new."

“Jingyan, I feel disgusted just looking at him, but he keeps bothering me, even claiming it's for my own good. I really want to report him to the police, but would the police even care about something like this?”

Luo Jingyan smiled, then leaned close to her ear and told her what she had seen on the mountain that day.

"If he bothers you again, just say you saw him having an affair with Du Yinan on the mountain and threaten him to tell everyone. If he feels guilty, he probably won't dare to do it again."

"Okay, Jingyan, I'll do as you say."

Jiang Manyue saw Luo Jingyan winding yarn; the yarn was camel-colored, clearly meant for a man.