Liu Yiyi, who had just heard the commotion and sensed something was wrong, went outside and saw this scene: her two ex-husbands standing face to face.

The new woman was still holding a photo of them together from before.

It's over, there's no way to hide it anymore, everything is over now, Liu Yiyi was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground.

She looked at Deng Jie in horror and said, "Crazy..." Deng Jie smiled brightly at Liu Yiyi.

Enraged, Director Wang felt deeply deceived and walked up to Liu Yiyi, slapping her hard across the face.

"You bitch, how dare you lie to me!"

"No, listen to me... it's not like that..." Liu Yiyi pleaded, grabbing Director Wang's hand.

"Then you tell me..."

The same tactics are being used on different people.

Deng Jie witnessed all of this and, for some reason, felt a sense of exhilaration. Even when the thugs that Director Wang had called surrounded him and beat him, he didn't fight back as if he felt no pain, and just kept laughing.

The laughter was deafening and chilling. The thugs stopped what they were doing and looked at each other, wondering if they had knocked the man senseless.

But Deng Jie kept laughing, stumbling and knocking over many tables and chairs as he walked out.

Now no one dared to stop him anymore, since no one dared to argue with a madman.

A major incident occurred in Songjiawan, where preparations for the New Year were underway: Deng, a educated youth, went mad after leaving the village.

After returning, he became dazed and confused, ignoring anyone who called him and not speaking to anyone. He would sit there all day dressed in tattered clothes.

Everyone's talking about Deng Jie, "Oh, what a pitiful man!"

"How did I end up with a woman like Liu Zhiqing!"

"He's not necessarily a good man. If he dares to hit his mother-in-law, who knows how he'll beat his wife."

On his way home from shopping, Shen Shi ran into Deng Jie, the focus of everyone's attention. After carefully examining Deng Jie, Shen Shi concluded, "Hmm, Deng Jie is indeed a bit abnormal."

Given how easily sparks flew whenever they met before, it would be quite unusual for Deng Jie not to get angry when he saw him.

However, Shen Shi felt that Deng Jie didn't seem like a madman, but rather a bit like a monk in a temple who wanted to become a monk. It's a pity that the temple is now closed due to the "Four Pests" campaign.

Regardless, Deng Jie looked more pleasing to the eye than before. After thinking for a moment, Chen Shi smiled and walked away.

When Shen Jiajia saw Chen Shi come back, she reheated the food and put it on the table. "Didn't you say you'd be back by noon? Why are you up so late?"

"Something came up and took up some time." Shen Shi sat down to eat. "I just ran into Deng Jie, he seemed a bit dazed."

"That's right, now everyone in the village says he's gone mad." Song Jiajia was furious, thinking about his previous beating of the old man. "I bet he got it from hitting someone!"

Seeing Song Jiajia's indignant expression, Shen Shi smiled and changed the subject, "I ran into something good in town today, Jiajia, guess what it is?"

Seeing Shen Shi's smug look, Song Jiajia pouted and said unhappily, "How would I know? Why are you keeping me in suspense?"

Seeing her curious expression, Chen Shi revealed the answer, "How silly Jiajia is that she can't even guess this? The books she brought back are all piled up outside the basket."

"Ah, books! You got books?" Song Jiajia's face flushed with excitement as she quickly got up to check Chen Shi's basket.

The basket on her back was piled high with books of all kinds of subjects. Song Jiajia was stunned and asked in surprise, "Chen Shi, where did you get all these books?"

Chen Shi also felt lucky when she talked about it. "I met an old man in town who was planning to sell his scrap metal to make money. I bought everything that I found useful."

His old books were all at home, some of which had been ruined by his younger brother. Books are hard to find these days, so he and Jiajia could only start by reviewing what they had.

I was incredibly lucky today; I managed to gather all the necessary items at once, and even got some extra practice materials.

"Then hurry up and eat, so we can go study after you finish." Song Jiajia's eyes lit up with excitement as she looked at the books and urged Chen Shi.

Seeing his eager-to-learn wife, Chen Shi quickened his pace of eating.

The two studied from 2 p.m. until after 6 p.m., and they were both very excited, especially Song Jiajia, who wanted to go to university with Shen Shi after the college entrance examination was reinstated.

We may not ask which way to go, but we may not fear wind and snow as we do what we are doing.

Although Song Jiajia doesn't know whether the college entrance examination will be reinstated or when it will be reinstated, she firmly believes that day will come.

Of course, that day came quickly. There was a lot of news in the summer of 1977, and it wasn't until the end of October that it was finally confirmed.

When the news reached Songjiawan, the first place to be excited was the educated youth settlement. Some of them had already given up hope, but now, upon suddenly hearing the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination, they excitedly hugged each other and cried loudly.

"Hey~ Xiao Shen, the college entrance exam has been reinstated. Are you planning to take it?" Aunt Song asked curiously when she bumped into Shen on the road.

“Of course I’ll go,” Shen Shi replied without hesitation.

"Oh, I see. Aunt Shen has something to attend to, so I'll have to talk to you later."

"Alright, Auntie, take care." Watching Aunt Song's hurried figure, Shen Shi scratched his head in confusion. What's wrong?

The college entrance examination will resume in October and will begin in December, so there are only two months left.

These past few days, Shen Shi and Song Jiajia have been studying so diligently that they haven't heard any of the rumors circulating outside.

"Have you heard? Shen, the educated youth, is also going to take the college entrance exam."

"What! Getting married and still going to university? What will happen to the Song family's youngest daughter?"

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