Chapter 57 Yu Jiajia twisted the hair...

Yu Jiajia wrung out the water from her hair and her clothes, then, wearing sneakers several sizes too big for her feet, headed straight for the place she had just desperately fled from.

Director Zhu's methods were simple and brutal, but effective. After rescuing Yu Jiajia from the water, he would definitely hold her, then give her artificial respiration and CPR, accidentally tearing Yu Jiajia's clothes...

Yu Jiajia either gets married or her reputation is ruined.

In this day and age, reputation is extremely important.

Calling the police was useless; the person saw someone fall into the water and went in to save them. What wrong did they do? This is an act of heroism.

Even if they call the police, they can only start with Xiao Lü, catch the beggar who stole her car, and see if he can provide any useful information.

She went to the police station to ensure her safety and to have Cheng Xiuying pick her up.

Yu Jiajia grew angrier the more she thought about it, her eyes filled with fury. She wished she could trample that greasy, lewd Director Zhu under her feet. He had used a series of schemes to frame her, and she didn't even know him! She had no idea where they had gotten into this feud.

When they passed a supply and marketing cooperative, Lu Chenzhou took Yu Jiajia in to buy clothes first. Yu Jiajia was worried that they would waste time and not be able to find Director Zhu later. Lu Chenzhou said, "Don't worry, we will definitely get our revenge today."

Wearing wet clothes is certainly uncomfortable, feeling sticky and uncomfortable, and the shoes are too big, slipping off with every step.

Yu Jiajia: "I don't have any cloth coupons."

Lu Chenzhou: "I have it."

Yu Jiajia had made it clear beforehand: "I can only pay you back after I've saved up enough cloth coupons."

Her mother probably doesn't have any cloth ration coupons left.

Lu Chenzhou: "Either is fine."

Seeing Yu Jiajia soaking wet, the saleswoman quickly asked, "Are you alright, sir?"

Yu Jiajia: "Thank you, sister. I just fell into the river. I need a piece of clothing and a pair of shoes." She looked at the clothes hanging on the wall and quickly chose a white shirt with blue floral print, a pair of black trousers, a light pink cotton undershirt, and white Feiyue sneakers. Pointing to the white sneakers, she said, "Brother Chenzhou, you can wear these."

Lu Chenzhou shook his head, "No need."

Yu Jiajia: "Then don't."

It cost a total of fifty-two yuan, requiring eight feet of cloth ration coupons and two industrial coupons.

Lu Chenzhou paid with both money and coupons. Yu Jiajia handed Lu Chenzhou five ten-yuan bills, saying, "Brother Chenzhou, thank you. I'll pay for it myself. I'll pay you back with the cloth coupons and industrial vouchers when I've saved enough."

Lu Chenzhou accepted it.

The sales clerks were envious; she was beautiful and rich, and she didn't even need to go home to change her clothes when they got wet—she could just buy new ones! They wondered if the man in question was her boyfriend.

The sales clerk took her to the warehouse to change clothes.

Yu Jiajia took off her clothes and saw a large bruise on her stomach. She turned to look at her back and saw a large bruise there as well. No wonder it hurt so much! She carefully changed her clothes. The small clothes were clean ones she took out of her spatial backpack and were a similar color. She wiped her feet clean with the wet clothes, as several places were rubbed red. She put on socks and sneakers, put the wet clothes in a mesh bag, and took out Lu Chenzhou's shoes for him to wear.

The two searched upstream along the river. Yu Jiajia was very tired and could barely lift her legs. She had just swum so far, about six or seven kilometers. Human potential is truly enormous.

Now, she didn't want to walk by herself. "Brother Chenzhou, carry me on your back."

She's pretty, with a childlike face and chubby cheeks. It's hard to resist her when she's being so affectionate.

Lu Chenzhou decisively refused: "Too many people will damage your reputation."

Yu Jiajia took a breath; this was the truth. She continued jogging forward.

Finally, they spotted Director Zhu. He had changed out of his wet clothes and was now wearing an official uniform. He was being searched for along the river.

Yu Jiajia pointed at Director Zhu, her eyes blazing: "It's him!!"

Damn it, everyone thought she was dead, yet they still sent people to retrieve her?

Lu Chenzhou: "Wait a little longer."

That won't work now. Director Zhu is surrounded by people; we can't abduct him quietly.

If an official is beaten up in the street, his career is over.

There were many people in the river, about a dozen or so. Some were in the river, some were on the bank, making a lot of noise, just like a vegetable market. A middle-aged woman was kneeling on the ground, wailing and crying, beating her chest and the ground, calling out in a mournful voice, "My son, my son, please come back soon."

Her son drowned?

If it was Zhu who drowned while chasing Yu Jiajia, then Yu Jiajia really wouldn't be sad. She would only feel regret that Director Zhu didn't drown with her.

Yu Jiajia and Lu Chenzhou hid in the distance and followed the group downstream.

Unable to find him, the middle-aged woman cried until her voice was hoarse. She stopped pounding the ground and instead punched Director Zhu, yelling, "Give me back my son! Why did you let him go into the water? My son!"

Grandpa Wang rushed forward and roughly pulled the middle-aged woman away, shouting angrily, "Are you crazy! Your son drowned, and instead of blaming that little slut, you blame Director Zhu? There's no logic in this world! If that little slut hadn't jumped into the river, and your kind-hearted son had gone down to save her, would this have happened!"

The middle-aged woman stumbled as she was pulled, her unfocused gaze suddenly sharpening: "Little bitch? Which little bitch?"

Grandpa Wang muttered to himself for a while, and the middle-aged woman's eyes suddenly widened. Her grief instantly twisted into overwhelming resentment. She began to curse at the river, her vulgar language mixed with words like "despicable," "harmful woman," "dead bitch," and "may you never be reincarnated," which were unbearable to hear.

Director Zhu's livid face softened a bit. He straightened his back, adopted his usual authoritative tone, and shouted, "Keep searching! Dig three feet into the ground and find him! Live or dead, find his body!"

Grandpa Wang had successfully flattered Director Zhu and happily followed him around.

Yu Jiajia was really annoyed by Grandpa Wang. This troublemaker was everywhere. She had a stern face and was very angry.

Lu Chenzhou picked up a small, angular pebble from the ground. Without aiming, he flicked it with his fingertip, and the pebble flew through the air, striking Grandpa Wang's knee with perfect accuracy.

Grandpa Wang was directing everyone to search quickly, speaking animatedly, when suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his right leg, as if he had been stung by some poisonous insect. His entire leg instantly lost its strength, and with a cry of "Ouch!" he staggered forward uncontrollably, instinctively grabbing the person next to him.

Two 'plop plop' sounds.

The heavy thud drowned out the noise on the bank. Grandpa Wang and Director Zhu were left with only four pairs of legs, kicking awkwardly a few times on the water's surface before plunging completely into the river, splashing up a huge spray of water.

Time seemed to stand still; everyone was stunned. This…

Director Zhu can swim. After swallowing some river water, he finally surfaced. Everyone reacted quickly and rushed to rescue him, pulling him ashore.

Grandpa Wang can't swim. The more he struggled, the deeper he sank. When others tried to rescue him, he pushed them into the water. He was gasping for air while stepping on them... The scene was very chaotic. Luckily, there were many people who tied Grandpa Wang's hands and pulled him out of the river.

The person who saved him earlier almost drowned in the river. After getting ashore, he vomited up river water and rushed to Grandpa Wang, slapping him several times.

Grandpa Wang ignored everything else and lay down to vomit violently.

Yu Jiajia laughed out loud, covering her mouth to stop herself from laughing out loud. Serves her right!

It's a pity that these two scourges didn't drown.

Director Zhu sent someone back to get him some clothes, and stood with a gloomy face a meter away from the riverbank, as if afraid of falling into the river again.

Finally, the right opportunity arose. There was a small grove of trees beside the river. Director Zhu and a young man with a crew cut were talking by the grove, while the others were either in the river or on the riverbank.

Lu Chenzhou hid in the shadows behind the tree, raised his hand and chopped at the neck of the crew-cut youth. The youth's eyes rolled back and he went limp. Lu Chenzhou lifted his foot and cleverly dissipated the force of the fall, making his body land almost silently.

Director Zhu received no response and was about to turn his head when a large, bony hand clamped down on his lower face like an iron clamp, silencing all his screams. At the same time, another hand gripped his throat with terrifying force, rendering him unable to utter a sound.

Director Zhu's eyes were bloodshot as he struggled desperately, kicking his legs wildly in an attempt to make a sound. But the hand gripping his throat tightened even more, and the intense feeling of suffocation and dizziness drained all his strength.

Lu Chenzhou dragged the lifeless Director Zhu into the woods, and kicked the young man into the woods as well, so that no one would easily notice that the young man was unconscious.

Once they reached the depths of the woods, Lu Chenzhou lifted Director Zhu's clothes to cover his face and then kneed him in the stomach.

Director Zhu groaned and collapsed. The excruciating pain rendered him unable to scream. He curled up on the ground like a boiled shrimp, having lost all his strength and unable to even utter a sound. His throat tasted metallic and he gagged repeatedly.

Lu Chenzhou deftly twisted his hands behind his back, tied him up with straw rope, stepped on his back, turned to look at Yu Jiajia, and gestured for her to come over.

Yu Jiajia rushed over excitedly, raising the thick stick she had prepared beforehand and smashing it at Director Zhu. The muffled thuds landed heavily on Director Zhu's fat body and legs.

Director Zhu trembled all over in pain and tried to twist, but the foot on his back was too heavy and he couldn't move at all. He was scared, scared of dying here. The extreme fear and pain made him break through the feeling of suffocation. Just as he was about to shout, Lu Chenzhou's foot on his back suddenly exerted force and crushed down hard!

With a crack, he heard the sound of his bones breaking.

Director Zhu spat out a mouthful of blood onto the clothes covering his head. His body trembled violently, and he collapsed completely, panting heavily.

Yu Jiajia broke the stick in her hand; she had had her fill of beating! Her anger subsided considerably, so she threw away the stick and kicked Director Zhu again.

In the distance, someone seemed to have noticed that Director Zhu was missing. Listening closely, it was Grandpa Wang's voice, "Director Zhu? Director Zhu?"

Lu Chenzhou kicked Director Zhu away, who lay on the ground like a dead pig, his trembling hands proving he was still breathing.

Lu Chenzhou quickly scanned the scene, erased Yu Jiajia's tiny footprints, then carried Yu Jiajia on his back. With a few leaps, he disappeared silently into the depths of the woods, leaving only the dying Director Zhu behind.

Yu Jiajia was very happy at this moment, and she didn't feel aggrieved at all.

"Thank you so much! I wouldn't have been able to eat lunch today if I hadn't gotten my revenge."

Lu Chenzhou: "Zhu Jinsong is the director of the Revolutionary Committee. He got beaten up today, so he'll start to suspect your family."

Yu Jiajia didn't care: "When I saw Wang Liren, I guessed he was the director of the Revolutionary Committee! Let him suspect me if he wants, he has no evidence anyway. I have no grudge against him, yet he wants to harm me! We've been enemies for a long time. Besides, he looks fat and big-eared, I guess he won't live long."

The last sentence was purely a curse against him.

He's probably the one hiding the gold in the toilet. He's already a feud with the Yu family, and now it's compounded. We have to kill him! We must find a way to kill him, or the Yu family will never have a good life again.

Lu Chenzhou: "Indeed. To the steel rolling mill?"

The leader wants to protect Jiajia, but Zhu Jingsong wants to harm her. Zhu Jingsong certainly won't live long, and even if he does, he won't be well.

She felt good after beating the person, but the hurt she had suffered hadn't lessened at all. Now, the sadness was back. Yu Jiajia hung her head, leaned on Lu Chenzhou's shoulder, and said listlessly, "I have to go to the police station. My little green bike has been stolen! I have to report it first. Little green is my bicycle. My little green, my new leather shoes, and I was even beaten up by that female beggar. My stomach and back hurt so much, and my feet hurt too." She then recounted the whole story of how the bike was stolen.

He took advantage of a young girl's kindness to set a trap and cause her to fall into the water; his intentions are despicable.

Lu Chenzhou comforted him, "If you can't find the bicycle, you can ask Uncle Gu for one."

Yu Jiajia instantly perked up: "Ah... is this something I can keep?"

Lu Chenzhou: "I'll mention it for you. Uncle Gu brought it over. I'll take you to the hospital first."

Yu Jiajia: "It just hurts a bit, but it's nothing. Let's go to the police station. There's a sports meet at the factory, and I still want to participate. I don't know if my mom knows I didn't go to the factory. Sigh, do you think my mom will feel sorry for me or for Xiao Lü if she knows I lost Xiao Lü?"