Chapter 2 Fiancée
Zhang Xiuying gritted her teeth, suppressing her anger: "Lu Huaiyuan, my daughter is your fiancée, why are you so concerned about other women?"
Liu Xuejun sneered, "We're all men, don't we understand what he's thinking? He's got his eye on some rich girl from the city."
Lu Huaiyuan glanced at the three of them with a cold look in his eyes, and said in a commanding tone, "I don't have time to mess around with you. Doctor, come with me right now."
He made a move to pull at the doctor's clothes.
Liu Zhixia stopped the doctor, saying, "Doctor, that soldier was originally on leave with Brother Kai in our village. He offered to help us during our busy farming season. He must still be in the brigade now."
One was a capitalist's daughter, and the other was a soldier. Without saying a word, the doctor chose to carry his medicine box and follow behind Liu Zhixia.
Liu Zhixia gave Liu Xuejun a look, and he immediately understood, blocking Lu Huaiyuan's path and preventing him from chasing after him.
The mother and daughter, along with the doctor, arrived at the brigade.
"The doctor is here!"
The group waited anxiously, and only breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the Liu family bring the doctor over.
The doctor followed them into the room to examine the injured, and the others pulled Liu Zhixia aside to offer their concern and care.
"That was really close! How could someone as small as you be taken for a bump?"
"That Gu Zhiqing is really ruthless; she's the one who pushed Zhixia out!"
"I heard her family are capitalists. This kind of bourgeois lady behavior is truly despicable!"
Amidst the villagers' insults, Liu Xuejun and Lu Huaiyuan arrived together.
As soon as Lu Huaiyuan arrived, the surroundings quieted down again, and everyone's eyes darted back and forth between Liu Zhixia and Lu Huaiyuan.
When the accident happened, Lu Huaiyuan was holding Gu Zhiqing, and everyone saw it.
Lu Huaiyuan and Liu Zhixia were betrothed as children.
"Where is the doctor?" Lu Huaiyuan asked Liu Zhixia, his tone unfriendly.
Liu Zhixia's anger flared up, and she rushed over and slapped him hard.
In this life, she is still young and has done a lot of farm work every day, so she is naturally quite strong.
She slapped him with all her might, carrying the resentment of two lifetimes.
Lu Huaiyuan was spoiled by his family and had never done a day's work in the fields under the pretext of studying. When she slapped him hard, not only did he see stars, but a clear handprint was also visible on his fair face.
Lu Huaiyuan never expected that Liu Zhixia, who usually followed him around cautiously, would suddenly be so irritable today!
So what if he helped Gu Zhiqing up but didn't save her? She's fine now, isn't she? Why are you so angry?
This woman can be so crazy when she's jealous.
Especially since it happened in front of so many people, it made him lose face!
"Liu Zhixia! Are you crazy? How dare you hit me?"
Liu Zhixia didn't want to say a word more, and shook her numb hand, looking coldly at Lu Huaiyuan.
Lu Huaiyuan had a high school education and usually appeared refined and gentle, which is why she secretly fell in love with him. In addition, since they had been betrothed since childhood, she was determined to marry Lu Huaiyuan no matter what.
Who knew he was such a beast in human form!
Lu Huaiyuan's face flushed with anger, and he raised his hand to strike Liu Zhixia.
Liu Xuejun immediately stepped in front of Liu Zhixia, his voice filled with anger: "Lu Huaiyuan, is my third sister wrong? What are you trying to do now? Hit a woman?"
Lu Huaiyuan's face was contorted with rage as he looked at the two people in his way. Just as he was about to lash out, several members of the Lu family arrived late.
Grandma Lu rushed over, grabbed her grandson, glared at him fiercely, and then said with a forced smile, "Zhixia, I heard you were almost hit by a cow. Are you alright now?"
Liu Zhixia coldly looked at her hypocritical smile: "Grandma Lu, thank you for your concern. Luckily, there were other people around at the time, otherwise I would have been hit by a cow."
The villagers watching the scene nearby were eating sunflower seeds while looking at Lu Huaiyuan's father, Lu Jianping.
"Captain, is your marriage between Huaiyuan and Zhixia still valid? This fiancé is always getting so close to other girls, what kind of talk is that? You're the captain, you need to start with your own conduct!"
Lu Jianping has always been the village's brigade leader. He usually has a righteous and awe-inspiring demeanor. Although he has taken many benefits for himself by virtue of his position, he has also handled the affairs of the brigade, big and small, quite properly.
Moreover, there was no one more suitable than him, so everyone turned a blind eye.
But now his son didn't save his fiancée in front of so many people, and even hugged the instigator in his arms, who happens to be a capitalist's daughter. This is a serious problem.
Lu Jianping walked up to Lu Huaiyuan with a dark face and said sternly, "Hurry up and apologize to Zhixia!"
Lu Huaiyuan retorted, "I only protected a young woman who was almost hit by a beast! Isn't Liu Zhixia perfectly fine? It's the young woman Gu who's still unconscious! If anything happens to the young woman Gu, the Liu family who took the doctor away will be considered to have abandoned her and let her die."
Lu Jianping had only intended to pretend to scold his son, but upon hearing his words, he angrily slapped him across the face.
It's harvest season, and everyone's rushing to collect grain; time is of the essence and there's no time to waste.
Now, because of Gu Zhiqing, a lot of time has been wasted, and the son is still oblivious and entangled with this capitalist's daughter.
Lu Huaiyuan's mother, Li Xuemei, rushed over with a shout, looking at her son's swollen face with heartache and scolding him angrily: "Lu Jianping, my son was just trying to save someone, and he even made a mistake, didn't he?"
She pointed at the crowd of onlookers and shouted, "At the time, Gu Zhiqing was just standing closest to Huaiyuan, and he casually helped him up. What have you people said about that? People with dirty hearts see everything as dirty!"
She gave Liu Zhixia a disdainful look: "Our Huaiyuan is your fiancé, after all. Instead of taking his side, you're just blindly following the villagers' lead? How did that soldier manage to save you from so far away? I bet you and he's been hooking up for a while now, and you're trying to dump Huaiyuan?"
As Lu Jianping watched his family members come up to help but make things worse, and the surrounding crowd looked at him with even stranger expressions, his mind was buzzing.
Lu Jianping shifted his gaze to Liu Zhixia.
The only solution now is to have Liu Zhixia speak up for Huaiyuan and let everyone know that their marriage agreement is fine. Then the matter between their son and Gu Zhiqing can be put on hold, and their family's conduct will be fine.
Zhi Xia is usually quite well-behaved, so as long as he softens his tone a little, there shouldn't be any major problems.
Lu Jianping walked up to Liu Zhixia and said in a humble tone, "Zhixia, this kid is so stubborn. I'll give him a good beating with a stick later to vent your anger. If you still don't feel satisfied, I'll go find you a stick, and you can hit him yourself! Okay?"
Seeing Liu Zhixia's cold expression, Lu Jianping's smile also became somewhat stiff.
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