Chapter 68 Sober

Liu Heping initially held onto a sliver of hope, thinking that Chen Zhaodi was just scaring the child.

Or perhaps Liu Jiabao is just talking nonsense.

But when they returned to the educated youth settlement, pushed open the room door, and saw Chen Zhaodi hanging from the beam, her face pale, her eyes wide open, and her tongue sticking out.

Liu Heping was so frightened that he fell to the ground.

"ah……"

Chen Zhaodi is dead.

He hanged himself from a beam in the room.

The news spread like wildfire throughout the entire Bakushu Village.

Tong Liqun, who was in the village committee with Tong Decheng and the others, dividing the pork, was devastated when he heard the news.

Can't this educated youth settlement just let people have a moment's peace?

It's always about this or that?

Things were alright before; at least no one died.

But now, it's even gotten to the point of causing deaths.

Ultimately, however, Chen Zhaodi hanged herself; it had nothing to do with anyone else.

These days, every village has a few people who jump into rivers, drink poison, or hang themselves.

It's nothing new.

Therefore, Tong Liqun only went through the motions at the educated youth settlement, and then asked Liu Heping to bury the person as soon as possible during the day.

After all, this is a settlement for educated youth. It's impossible to leave Chen Zhaodi's body here for too long, otherwise how will the other educated youth stay?

In the end, Liu Heping simply took a tattered straw mat, wrapped Chen Zhaodi in it, carried her to the foot of the mountain behind the hill, dug a hole, and buried her there.

They didn't even put up a tombstone, and just turned around and went down the mountain.

The people of Bakushu Village were all deeply saddened upon learning this.

It can be said that Chen Zhaodi's life was a tragic one.

When I first came to Bakeshu Village, I was a skinny, dark-skinned girl, looking like I had no food to eat.

Later, for reasons unknown, she married Liu Heping, and ten months later, she gave birth to Liu Jiabao.

This person is truly annoying, but also truly pitiful.

The Gu family was having lunch when they heard the news.

Mother Gu sighed, "That Liu Heping is really heartless. Chen Zhaodi gave him a son, after all, how could he not even put up a tombstone for her? What will become of Liu Jiabao in the future..."

At this point, Gu's mother couldn't continue.

After all, given Liu Jiabao's attitude towards Chen Zhaodi, he would never go to pay respects to Chen Zhaodi again.

Whether the tombstone is erected or not makes no difference.

Su Xiangwan didn't speak. Chen Zhaodi's situation was different from Li Jinhua's. She would rather commit suicide than dare to resist Liu Heping in the slightest. Even five-year-old Liu Jiabao would beat and scold her at the drop of a hat. This kind of person was beyond saving.

Perhaps for her, death was a kind of relief.

Although the atmosphere at the Gu family's place was somewhat somber, it didn't have a significant impact.

On the other hand, at the educated youth settlement, the blood from Chen Zhaodi's head injury that morning, which had dripped onto the ground, had not yet been cleaned up.

Although the blood had long since dried up, the psychological effect made everyone feel that the pungent smell of blood still filled their nostrils.

"Why...why would someone suddenly hang themselves?"

Xia Yi's face turned deathly pale with fright.

You know, she had even scolded Chen Zhaodi that morning!

Who would have thought that, in the blink of an eye, that person would hang themselves in their room?

Unfortunately, their room was right across from Chen Zhaodi's room. From then on, every morning when they woke up, they would have to look straight into Chen Zhaodi's room as soon as they stepped out of their room.

Who could endure this kind of psychological torment?

"No! No! I have to move out, I absolutely have to move out..." Xia Yi stammered, her eyes filled with fear.

Liu Xian, standing to the side, was in no better shape.

It's no wonder people can't stay calm in this situation!

"This educated youth settlement only has a few rooms, where can we move to?"

Liu Xian's eyes were red. If she could, she would also like to move!

She had long since given up on living in this educated youth settlement.

This educated youth settlement was truly terrifying.

Xie Manman has been arrested by the police, and we don't know her current situation.

Chen Zhaodi hanged herself.

There's also Xu Yirou, who fell into a ditch and ended up in the hospital; we don't know if she's alive or dead.

These events really make one think a lot.

This educated youth settlement is really too eerie.

"I wonder how Xu Yirou is doing? Yang Junqing hasn't come back either."

There are hardly any people left in the educated youth settlement now, and their increasingly calm demeanor is frightening.

I just hope that Xu Yirou is alright and that Yang Junqing can come back soon. At least that way, there will be more people in the educated youth settlement, and it won't be so gloomy.

Meanwhile, Xu Yirou, lying in her hospital bed, was unaware of everything that was happening at the educated youth settlement.

Even now, she still can't accept the fact that she has been reborn.

Scenes from her past life continued to replay in her mind.

In her previous life, she was actually lucky. After Xie Manman sent her to the bed of Tong Yaozu, the son of the production team leader, she was rescued by Gu Yanxiao in time.

Later, after her persistent pleading, Gu Yanxiao finally agreed to be a fake couple with her.

To repay Gu Yanxiao's kindness, she accompanied him to the capital for surgery.

During this time, she did consider turning their fake marriage into a real one.

After all, how could she not love a man like Gu Yanxiao?

Unfortunately, Gu Yanxiao seemed to have lost all hope, and no matter how hard she tried, he remained unmoved.

Even after she confessed her feelings, she hadn't fully recovered before returning to her unit.

She also went to Beijing with Gu Yanxiao's help and started to build her own career.

With her status as Gu Yanxiao's wife, her business has been thriving.

Especially after Gu Yanxiao rose through the ranks in the military, she became the respected wife of the army commander.

The only regret is that Gu Yanxiao never truly accepted her.

As a result, she died without having any children of her own.

Now, in this new life, Xie Manman, who plotted against him in his previous life, has been arrested by the police.

Gu Yanxiao was not divorced yet; the whole family went to the countryside together.

Can she finally have a completely new life?

"Yi Rou, are you feeling better? I bought you some food."

Yang Junqing's voice interrupted Xu Yirou's thoughts.

Xu Yirou looked at Yang Junqing's concerned face, a hint of mockery flashing in her eyes.

She is no longer the naive and almost foolish Xu Yirou, so naturally she cannot be fooled by his gentle and refined facade.

He said, "Brother Yang, thank you so much this time. I'll pay you back how much you paid for this time when we get back."

Yang Junqing's face stiffened, then he sat down in front of her and said with a smile, "Yi Rou, it's not much money, so you don't need to pay it back."