Ye Weiwei toyed with the safety amulet in her hand, looking at Zhao Mingzhe and Ye Wanwan's visibly shocked faces with a half-smile, "So you don't know how this engagement token ended up around my dear cousin's neck either?"

"I……"

Zhao Mingzhe was speechless for a moment, his face turning pale and then flushed.

If he had known that today's events would happen, he shouldn't have impulsively given the safety amulet to Ye Wanwan last night.

It's all Ye Wanwan's fault! Of all the things she could have wanted, she knew this safety buckle was his and Ye Weiwei's engagement token, but she still insisted on having this one!

Ye Weiwei then looked at Ye Wanwan, who was shrinking back, and said, "Cousin, you don't mean to say that you didn't know this button was our engagement token, do you?"

"I...I...I don't..." Ye Wanwan was extremely flustered.

How did Ye Weiwei know that Zhao Mingzhe had given her the button? When did she find out? She had hidden the safety buckle very well.

Of course, she didn't want to admit that she knew the origin of the safety buckle. Just as she was about to deny it, she heard Ye Weiwei's voice softly, "Cousin, lying is not a good thing. Besides, many of us who were sent to the countryside from Beijing in the same batch know about this. Such a lie is easy to expose."

Ye Wanwan's face turned deathly pale instantly, and she stammered, "Weiwei, let me explain, it's not what you think..."

Ye Weiwei waved her hand impatiently, interrupting Ye Wanwan, "An explanation is just a cover-up, and a cover-up is the truth. You don't actually think I'd believe your sweet talk, do you?"

"I didn't!" Ye Wanwan saw that everyone at the educated youth settlement was looking at her with disdain in their eyes. Even Dong Jianhua, who had always been on good terms with her, was pursing his lips and had a bad expression. She started to sob and cry, looking so weak as if she had suffered some great injustice!

Zhao Mingzhe looked at Ye Weiwei with displeasure. "Ye Weiwei, it's true that I lost this safety buckle, because it's just a meaningless broken pendant to me. But don't you think it's going too far to treat Wanwan like this? She's your cousin. If it weren't for her taking care of you all this time, do you think you could have stayed here until now?"

Ye Wanwan calmed herself down and immediately came up with an excuse: "Weiwei, I found this safety amulet by the river yesterday. Because I was afraid of being seen and misunderstood, I had to keep it close to my body and planned to return it to Brother Mingzhe when I had the chance. You really misunderstood me. It's also my fault for not taking good care of you. It's understandable that you're angry with me. I don't blame you."

Ye Weiwei was so angry at the shamelessness of these two people that she almost laughed.

"So, I should thank you, cousin, for taking such good care of me and my ex-fiancé all these years? Look how well you're taking care of me now."

Ye Wanwan pretended not to notice the sarcasm in Ye Weiwei's words, "I'm your cousin, this is only natural."

Truly, when people are shameless enough, they become invincible!

Ye Weiwei smiled again.

She was already exceptionally beautiful; her slight smile was as dazzling and radiant as a jewel.

However, her smile lacked any warmth, which made Ye Wanwan feel inexplicably uneasy.

“Weiwei…”

“Cousin, I went to the countryside in response to the call to build up the rural areas and to train myself. So I don’t need your so-called care. Now, please return all my money and tickets to me. From now on, I will take care of my own things. You don’t need to worry about me, cousin.”

"Weiwei, what... what do you mean? Are you trying to break up with me?" Ye Wanwan looked devastated.

Ye Weiwei said righteously, "I'm responding to the great man's call for independence and self-reliance! Only in this way can I progress and grow faster. Cousin, you're not trying to stop me from progressing, are you?"

"I didn't!" Ye Wanwan quickly shook her head. "I'm just worried that you spend money recklessly and run out of money when you need it."

Ye Weiwei said with a serious face: "As long as my cousin stops saying things like, 'Daqingshan Village is too remote, it takes two hours to get to the town's supply and marketing cooperative, and if we had a bicycle, Brother Mingzhe wouldn't have to go through so much trouble to get there,' or 'Brother Mingzhe's clothes were torn by tree branches, and we can't let him wear patched clothes and make people laugh,' or 'A high-achieving student like Brother Mingzhe should wear a Zhongshan suit and leather shoes to match his temperament,' then my money won't be wasted."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's eyes involuntarily turned to Zhao Mingzhe. Everyone in the educated youth settlement knew that the Zhongshan suit he was wearing today was bought with Ye Weiwei's money.

And these little leather shoes too, look at them, they're polished to a shine!

Look at them again, their clothes and shoes patched up, covered in mud, they're nothing compared to others.

No wonder everyone, from the educated youth settlement to the young women, wives, and old ladies of Daqingshan Village, kept glancing at Zhao Mingzhe; he was simply outstanding.

Zhao Mingzhe, embarrassed by Ye Weiwei's words, said with a sullen face, "I'll return everything you said to you!"

After saying that, he pushed through the crowd and walked out.

If we stay here any longer, who knows what crazy things Ye Weiwei might do or what embarrassing things she might say today?

After Zhao Mingzhe left, Ye Weiwei looked at Ye Wanwan and said, "Cousin, give my things back to me."

"Okay." Ye Wanwan knew that she had no choice but to bleed today, so she gritted her teeth and agreed to go open the box.

Ye Weiwei watched Ye Wanwan's retreating figure and said quietly, "Buying a bicycle cost me one bicycle coupon and 180 yuan. Buying clothes and shoes for Zhao Mingzhe cost me 13 cloth coupons. And these days, improving our lives has cost me three jin of meat coupons and two jin of sugar coupons. I still have 200 yuan left for the rural subsidy and 30 jin of national grain coupons. In addition, I have 5200 yuan left, 100 jin of national grain coupons, 20 cloth coupons, 13 industrial coupons, 9 jin of meat coupons, and 5 jin of sugar coupons..."

Ye Weiwei stated exactly what she had in her hands.

Don't ask her why she remembers so clearly; she simply has a photographic memory.

Ye Weiwei's words drew envious and jealous glances from many people at the educated youth settlement.

They knew Ye Weiwei was rich, but they never imagined she would have so much money.

Ye Weiwei deliberately flaunted her wealth.

She wanted these people to know that she was rich and had money, so that she wouldn't be so conspicuous when she took things out of her space in the future, since they all knew that she was wealthy.

Ye Wanwan was so angry she almost ground her teeth to powder, gripping the key to the box tightly, unwilling to open it.

The original plan to give Ye Weiwei some money to get rid of her failed.

That little bitch Ye Weiwei even remembers exactly how much money she has; she's trying to drain her dry!

"Cousin? You're not trying to renege on my money, are you? You said before that you were just holding onto these money for me temporarily."

"I didn't," Ye Wanwan said, forcing herself to speak.

Even if she was very angry, she wouldn't dare not give it to her.

After all, so many eyes were watching from the educated youth settlement.

Everyone here knows that she was afraid Ye Weiwei would squander money, so she kept all of Ye Weiwei's money and tickets under her control.

However, those money and tickets were already in her pocket and belonged to her. Making her take them out again would be like cutting off her flesh!