“If anyone else at the educated youth settlement dares to take Xiao Xu’s things again,” Song Guangming hesitated for a moment, not using the word “rob,” “I will show no mercy and send them directly to the farm for reform.”

Han Xiaoyu clenched his back teeth tightly.

He had never been so humiliated in his life.

The gazes of those around him seemed to turn into sharp knives, slashing at his face again and again.

"And those things from before, try to return them as soon as possible," Song Guangming said to all the educated youth, his eyes still fixed on Han Xiaoyu. After speaking, he looked at Xu Yan, "Little Xu, do you have any records?"

All eyes were on Xu Yan, including Han Xiaoyu.

Xu Yan was speechless again.

There's not much to say, really. After all, for the original owner, let alone keeping records, he hadn't even seen the things he brought back more than a few times.

She shook her head.

“Then…” Song Guangming hesitated.

Just then, Xie Zhuo suddenly called out to him, "Captain!"

When Song Guangming looked over, Xie Zhuo shook the letter in his hand at him, "Why do you think they secretly threw this letter away? It's because this letter says what things were put in Xiao Xu's educated youth's packages these past few times."

Upon hearing this, the faces of the educated youth at the settlement changed again, and they all stared at him with pale faces.

It was as if Xie Zhuo was not human at this moment, but a demon who controlled their lives and deaths.

“There was no letter at all; you made it all up yourself,” a male educated youth finally couldn’t hold back and shouted.

“We haven’t seen that letter in your hand since we went to the commune to get the things. Everything, including the letter, is on the kitchen table. It must be you. You must be after Xu Yan’s things, so you made it up on purpose!”

The male educated youth was very agitated, his words were incoherent and illogical, and the latter part of his speech was almost shouted.

Xie Zhuo didn't respond to his words, but raised an eyebrow and handed the letter in his hand to the captain.

The male educated youth, for some reason, actually tried to snatch it from the brigade leader, but after being glared at by the brigade leader with a dark face, he shrank back like a deflated balloon.

Xie Zhuo gave a mocking snort.

This immediately drew a fierce warning look from Han Xiaoyu, as if he could rush over and punch him again at any moment.

Xie Zhuo casually raised the corner of his mouth at him and smiled.

He has good bone structure, with a high nose bridge and deep-set eyes. With his handsome face, he looks good no matter what expression he makes, especially when he smiles. His eyes are half-closed and his lips are pursed, which has a captivating charm.

Of course, this is just Xu Yan's idea.

Han Xiaoyu was about to explode with anger at his laughter!

He curled his fingers along the seam of his pants, his hands clenched so tightly that the veins on the back of his hands bulged, barely managing to suppress the urge to rush out and beat him up.

Meanwhile, Song Guangming's attention was entirely focused on the letter, and he didn't notice their movements.

The envelope contained three pages. The first two pages were filled with casual conversations between Xu's parents, and the last page contained Xie Zhuo's description of the items in the mailed packages.

Song Guangming didn't look at the first two pages of the letter; he only focused his attention on the last page.

The more he looked at it, the darker his face became.

After glancing at the letters, he handed them all to Xu Yan.

After Xu Yan saw it clearly, he understood why the captain's expression was getting increasingly grim.

Xu's parents gave him far too much.

In just six months, they sent the original owner nearly 500 yuan, not including some tickets and food.

Five hundred yuan is enough for many families in the city to live on for several years, let alone in the village.

No wonder Han Xiaoyu threw the letter away; if he hadn't, it would have become a handle against him sooner or later.

However, in the original owner's memory, her parents had never listed these things in their previous letters. This time, for some reason, they paid more attention and even added them to the previous letters.

"Han Zhiqing," the brigade leader called out to Han Xiaoyu with a dark face, his attitude much worse than before.

Han Xiaoyu's heart had been in his throat ever since Xie Zhuo took out the letter. Of course, he knew what was written in the letter, because he had read Xu Yan's letters in advance before giving them to her. The previous letters were just some meaningless nonsense, which he would only glance at before giving them to Xu Yan.

He hadn't planned to read it this time, but on the way back, after reading the letter from his family, he was bored and decided to see what Xu's parents had said.

Then I saw the records that followed.

He panicked a little at that moment.

Xu Yan gave him the things willingly, and he had helped her a lot in the city before, protecting her reputation. It wouldn't be a problem for him to accept something from her, but for some reason, he felt very uneasy when he saw this piece of paper.

Absolutely no one else can know!

He only had this one thought at the time.

Then, taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, he threw the letter away. But on his way back to the educated youth settlement, he regretted that he had been too reckless. He should have taken it back and burned it. Leaving it outside was not safe.

He had originally planned to collect it and burn it after he got off work in the evening, but he didn't expect Xie Zhuo to collect it.

He even took it out in front of everyone.

Han Xiaoyu was so angry that his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys were throbbing with pain, but he couldn't do anything about it.

“The first time was given voluntarily by Xiao Xu, so let it go,” Song Guangming said in a cold voice. “But this time, you must return the money, food, and daily necessities mentioned in the letter to Xiao Xu as soon as possible.”

The letter was in Xu Yan's hand. The other educated youth also wanted to see it, but because the villagers and the brigade leader were there, they didn't dare to reach out and snatch it from her like they used to.

“Xu Yan, let me see,” Ye Wei said.

At this moment, her voice lacked its usual gentleness.

Xu Yan glanced at her and handed her the last page of the letter.

The other educated youths surrounded Ye Wei.

"There can't possibly be that many!" Zhou Jingjing exclaimed immediately after seeing the numbers.

The others were also startled by the numbers above, and Ye Wei almost collapsed to the ground with her legs weak.

That's a lot of money! Even if you sold them, they wouldn't be worth that much!

Did they really take that much money from Xu Yan?

She looked down at the calfskin shoes she had bought with the money she had received just two days ago. They were the right size and the perfect firmness. She had bought them for twenty-three yuan and had specially put them on because she was going to the commune to pick up some things.

She looked again at the new pants Zhou Jingjing had made...

His head lolled to the side, and he fainted.

"Hey, how much money did they take from Xiao Xu, the educated youth? Why did he faint from fright?"

"There must be a lot. Look at the brigade leader's expression, and then look at the expressions of the educated youth. I estimate there are quite a few!"

"I never imagined that Xiao Xu's family was so rich. If they're so wealthy, why did they come to our Qingshan Brigade to work in the countryside? These days, you can buy a job in the city, right? Didn't her parents buy her one? Why did they let her come all this way alone..."