Chapter 45 doesn't have a single normal character.

Gu Yanxiao had no idea that she had gained a little fanboy before she had even done anything.

He returned to his room and explained the situation to Su Xiangwan.

Su Xiangwan was taken aback: "Xie Manman hasn't returned yet?"

At the time she was collecting Ganoderma lucidum, she saw traces of wild boar activity, but no signs of fighting.

So they assumed Xie Manman had already left, but they didn't expect that she hadn't returned yet.

"Um, could she have fallen off that cliff?"

Su Xiangwan touched her nose and said somewhat embarrassedly.

Although, if she had been more careful at the time, she could have seen the problem.

But Xie Manman had already plotted against her, so it was already kind of her not to finish her off; naturally, she wouldn't care about Xie Manman's safety.

Besides, even if Xie Manman really had something going on, that's her own problem.

Even if Xie Manman really was eaten by a wild boar, Su Xiangwan would have a clear conscience. If she wasn't worried about the impact, she would have even wanted to buy some firecrackers to celebrate!

Gu Yanxiao nodded: "Let's see what the villagers say first. If they don't go to the mountain to look for it on their own, I'll guide them there!"

As for whether Xie Manman lives or dies at that time, it will depend on her own luck.

Anyway, this matter has nothing to do with his wife, unlike Hou San's situation.

He has no reason to take responsibility for the safety of someone who is plotting to harm his wife.

"Go to sleep early, then you won't have to wait for me."

As Gu Yanxiao spoke, he picked up the foot-washing water, took it outside, poured it out, and then walked out of the courtyard, making sure to close the gate behind him.

We followed Tong Aiguo to the educated youth settlement next door.

A considerable number of people had already gathered inside.

Tong Liqun, as the village party secretary, naturally came as well, sitting to one side with a worried look on his face, smoking a pipe.

Seeing that almost everyone had arrived, he finally asked Xu Yirou, "Xu Zhiqing, you shared a room with Xie Zhiqing. Did she tell you where she went today?"

Xu Yirou shook her head with red eyes, almost crying: "Secretary Tong, she told me this morning that she wasn't going to work and was going to town to see a doctor."

As she spoke, she glanced at the others and said, "The other educated youths heard it too. She didn't come back at noon, and I just thought she hadn't finished her medical appointment yet! We didn't see her until evening, so we thought we should ask Uncle Deliang to take us to town to check on her."

"Yes! We heard about it too." Zheng Haiyang nodded; at the time, he had felt quite sympathetic towards Yang Junqing!

However, at the time, there was more of a sense of shared fate, after all, Liu Xian's health didn't make much difference whether she worked or not.

Let alone seven work points, you can't even earn five work points a day.

Even the children in the village are better than her.

Seeing everyone looking like headless flies, Gu Yanxiao's eyes flashed, and he said, "In that case, has she done anything unusual these past two days?"

When Xu Yirou heard Gu Yanxiao's voice, her heart skipped a beat for no apparent reason, and she subconsciously looked up at him.

When I saw his handsome and charming face, which looked even more refined in the firelight, my heart started pounding uncontrollably.

The thought suddenly occurred to her that the man in front of her was the husband she was destined to have.

Although this thought came out of nowhere and made no sense, it was deeply imprinted in her mind.

For a moment, she just stared blankly at Gu Yanxiao, forgetting to react.

Gu Yanxiao frowned at her increasingly intense gaze and said somewhat displeasedly, "Young educated youth, we are asking you a question."

He's a married man, so why is this female educated youth looking at him like that?

If it weren't for Secretary Tong and the others being there, he would have turned around and left immediately.

Wouldn't it be better to go home and sleep with your sweet and soft wife?

Yang Junqing also noticed that Xu Yirou's expression was off. When he saw that she was staring at Gu Yanxiao with burning eyes, his face immediately turned as ugly as if he had eaten shit.

He has liked Xu Yirou since he was in school.

However, Xu Yirou said that she had no romantic feelings for him and only regarded him as an older brother.

He simply thought that Xu Yirou was still young and hadn't yet figured things out.

So even when he was sent to the countryside, he had his father use his connections to get him assigned to the same village as her.

The hope is that when Xu Yirou wants to get married, he will be the first person she sees and considers.

However, now, the girl he had been holding onto for years, whom he couldn't bear to force, was staring intently at a married man.

How could Yang Junqing, who was always proud and arrogant, tolerate this?

However, he also knew that now was not the time to dwell on these matters.

At least for now, he has no right to care who Xu Yirou looks at or who she has in her heart.

He then stepped forward, feigning concern, and gently placed his hand on Xu Yirou's shoulder, pretending to assert his ownership, and asked, "Yirou, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Xu Yirou was in a state of confusion and did not notice Yang Junqing's somewhat inappropriate actions. After regaining her senses, she shook her head with a flushed face and said without thinking, "Gu Zhiqing, I... I haven't noticed anything wrong with Manman lately."

Gu Yanxiao looked at her shy appearance and then glanced at Yang Junqing, who was looking at him with hostility, and felt even more disgusted.

What kind of people are in this educated youth settlement?

Isn't there a single normal one?

"Why isn't anything abnormal anymore?"

Just then, Chen Zhaodi, who was standing to the side with Liu Jiabao, spoke up.

She said with an annoyed look, "Last night when I got up to get a drink of water, I heard her muttering something in the yard, about the back mountain and the big Ganoderma lucidum!"

"What?" The surrounding villagers' expressions changed immediately.

Secretary Tong stopped smoking his pipe and looked at her seriously, asking, "Chen Zhaodi, you're not just spouting nonsense, are you? You can't just blurt things out like that!"

“Secretary, I’m not making this up. It was past 10 p.m., and everyone was asleep. I just happened to get up to drink some water because I was thirsty, and that’s when I heard it.”

What Chen Zhaodi didn't dare to say was that she had been double-teamed by Liu Heping and his son Liu Jiabao the night before, and hadn't eaten anything at all. She was so hungry that she had to get up to drink water to stave off the hunger.

However, Xie Manman's words about the "back mountain" and the "giant Ganoderma lucidum" were not entirely unfounded.

After all, Xie Manman thought everyone was asleep at that time. She was preoccupied with the thorns of the giant Ganoderma lucidum and was afraid of disturbing Xu Yirou, so she simply got up and went for a walk in the yard.

Who would have thought that there would be such an oddball as Chen Zhaodi who drinks water to stave off hunger upon waking up.