When Liu Peng returned to the educated youth settlement, all the educated youths were there. When they saw him return, they all looked at him with strange eyes. It was Lin Hongjun who felt embarrassed and stood up to greet him.

Lin Hongjun: "Liu Zhiqing, you're back?"

Liu Peng looked around in confusion and asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Wang Yaqin didn't like being a behind-the-scenes strategist, so she asked directly, "You... went to see Xu Daya?"

Liu Peng didn't hide anything, nodded, and replied, "Yes! I went to see her. After all, we were friends before. She came back to her parents' home, so as a friend, I should go and visit her."

Wang Yaqin chuckled twice. Although Xu Daya's motives were impure before, she had still helped everyone. So she asked, "How is she doing after she got married?"

Liu Peng's eyes suddenly darkened, and he replied, "Although her husband is a bit old, he is really good to her. All the clothes she wears are newly made, and she wears cotton leather shoes. Even her hair is combed by her husband."

Lu Chunping suddenly chuckled a few times, and said sarcastically, "You're quite lucky! You're even wearing cotton-padded leather shoes now."

Liu Peng glanced at Lu Chunping, and for reasons unknown, suddenly said, "Xu Daya is pregnant. She came here to tell her family."

Lu Chunping then said sarcastically, "No wonder!"

Liu Peng suddenly felt very angry and raised his voice, "Lu Chunping, what do you mean? Xu Daya has already had it hard enough, why are you doing this? Weren't you two the best of friends before?"

Lu Chunping looked at Liu Peng calmly and said coldly, "She may have had a hard life, but does that give her the right to harm others? I, Lu Chunping, would never harm a family member who is completely devoted to me. It's only because the brigade leader and the others are kind that they didn't beat her to death. If it were me, I would have been very lenient by not letting her in."

The other people at the educated youth settlement fell silent. When they heard that Xu Daya wanted to kill Xu Xinning, they couldn't believe it and thought it was a misunderstanding. When Jiang Juecheng came back last time, they ran into him and he mentioned this matter unintentionally. At that time, Jiang Juecheng pursed his lips and didn't say anything. Everyone was smart enough to understand.

Liu Peng became even more agitated and said to Lu Chunping, "She's already become an idiot. God has already punished her. Isn't that enough?"

The entire room fell silent, as if no one could believe what they were hearing. After a long while, Yang Huicai asked weakly, "She...she's become an idiot?"

Wang Yaqin muttered to herself, "How could this happen?"

Lu Chunping seemed genuinely surprised, sitting there without uttering a sound.

Xiang Wanqin and her two children lived in the educated youth settlement, so naturally, the educated youth's arguments did not escape her ears.

She had no idea about this. She never expected that so many things had happened in the eldest branch of the Xu family. No wonder Xu Daya was married off to Xu Yaoqiang in such a hurry.

At the time, she was wondering why Xu Yaoqiang, who usually seemed to be very protective of his children, would suddenly become so unreliable.

No wonder none of the other members of the main branch of the family stopped it; they must have been utterly disappointed in the child!

No wonder, if it were her, she would definitely beat her to death.

Sigh! Every family has its own troubles!

Xiang Wanqin sat for a while. Since the main branch of the family was hiding this scandal, she felt it was better to pretend she didn't know.

The stunned Xu Daya squatted by the wall between the Xu and Chen families, poking at the soil with a small stick. Whenever an ant crawled by, she would poke it with the stick.

The soul inside the body was going crazy; she couldn't understand why she had done something so foolish.

That evening, Xu Daya and Cao Anian stayed in the guest room of the Xu family's house.

That night, Xu Daya had a very long dream. She dreamt that Xu Xinning died in the landslide, and Jiang Juecheng died saving her. She dreamt that she went to the capital with Mu Jingheng under the pretense of taking care of him, and even married him. She dreamt that she was doing very well, and Mu Jingheng became a high-ranking official. She wanted to have a child with him, but he never came home.

In her dream, she also denounced Xu Yaozu, saying that he was harboring enemy agents. After Xu Yaozu got into trouble, both the Xu and Chen families were destroyed.

A few years later, the scandal broke out. Xu Zexi and Xu Laosan found out what she had done, and then joined forces with Mu Jingheng to send her to a deserted island.

Life there was worse than death, but they enjoyed watching her suffer. She lived there for who knows how many years until a tsunami came and swallowed the deserted island and her.

Xu Daya was suddenly awakened, feeling as if it was a dream and not a dream, as if the life in the dream was the life she was supposed to experience.

Xu Daya felt terrified, but her body seemed hungry, so she grabbed Cao Anian's arm and bit it.

Since Xu Daya became pregnant, Cao Anian's sense of awareness has diminished. He often pays attention to Xu Daya's reactions, fearing that she might accidentally hurt the baby or herself.

Moreover, Xu Daya gets hungry easily after becoming pregnant, so Cao Anian often prepares food for her.

Cao Anian pulled his arm away from Xu Daya's grasp, got up and pulled the light cord, then took out a sponge cake and handed it to Xu Daya. He affectionately patted her head and laughed, "Call me when you're hungry. Don't stuff everything into your mouth. What if you get a stomachache?"

The simple-minded Xu Daya silently ate her chicken cake, wolfing it down as if she were very hungry.

Cao Anian caught the pieces she dropped with his hands.

Actually, Xu Daya was quite moved when she saw this scene; no one had ever treated her so well in her entire life.

The next day, Xu Daya couldn't sleep in bed. As soon as the rooster crowed, she started clamoring to get up. Strangely enough, as soon as she got up, she repeated what she had done the day before, squatting by the wall and digging with a small stick.

Only Xu Daya knew in her heart that something was buried down there. She had dreamed about it last night, which explained why she liked to squat there as soon as she got back.

In the dream, I accidentally unearthed something inside, which is why I wrote the letter of denunciation that led to the ruin of the Xu and Chen families.

Xu Daya really wanted to dig down; she wanted to see if what she dreamed about was real. Unfortunately, although her idea was good, she was powerless to do it. Her foolish body could only play with ants.

After breakfast, Cao Anian went out with Xu Yaoqiang and the others to help with the work.

Because Xu Daya married far away, even though she had done something heinous, she was now mentally impaired, so her family members didn't hold it against her and let the couple stay at home for a few more days.

Cao Anian was a good-natured person and felt that he should indeed take good care of his elders on behalf of Xu Daya.

Grandma Xu was at home, so Cao Anian didn't bring Xu Daya with him.

Grandma Chen only noticed something was wrong with Xu Daya the next day, mainly because she happened to see Xu Daya playing with ants under the wall when she was chatting with someone while she was leaning over the wall.

Grandma Chen wondered what she was doing, so she asked curiously, "Da Ya, what are you doing?"