Chapter 59 Hero Saves the Beauty
Gu Mansheng pinned her to the ground, her eyes contorted with rage: "Liu Zhixia! How come you're so lucky! Why do you always manage to dodge my attacks!"
As Liu Zhixia watched Gu Mansheng's ferocious face gradually overlap with the vicious face she had before her death in her previous life, the anger and hatred in her heart instantly broke through the cage of reason!
"Gu Mansheng!"
She roared and, with all her might, threw Gu Mansheng off her!
The next second, she flipped over and pinned Gu Mansheng down!
"I may be uneducated and less cultured than you. But all that knowledge you have has corrupted your heart!"
"I, Liu Zhixia, have never been a pushover that you can bully!"
She raised her hand and delivered a resounding slap to Gu Mansheng's face!
"ah--!"
Gu Mansheng saw stars from the blow and screamed in a tearful voice, "Liu Zhixia, how dare you hit me! When we get down the mountain, I'll let the whole brigade know you're a shrew!"
"Go ahead and tell them!" Liu Zhixia's eyes were icy cold as she slapped him again. "Perfect, I'll also tell you about you going up the mountain to deliver food to Wang Laizi!"
Gu Mansheng fell silent instantly.
"Slap! Slap!" Liu Zhixia slapped him twice more, left and right!
Gu Mansheng was completely stunned, and fear finally showed in her eyes: "Liu Zhixia...you don't want to marry Lu Huaiyuan, right? Let's pretend that what happened today never happened...I'm about to marry him, and I can't afford any more mistakes, or Captain Lu will send me to an even more remote mountain area!"
Looking down at the woman beneath him who was finally begging for mercy, Liu Zhixia smiled coldly.
She really didn't want to let Gu Mansheng go, but she didn't want to be bothered by that idiot Lu Huaiyuan anymore.
Let these two be locked up and let them torment each other; that would be the best revenge against them.
"If you dare to lay a hand on Zhao Zhiqing again, I will absolutely not let you off the hook."
"I won't dare to do it again! I promise I'll live a good life with Huaiyuan from now on and never cause trouble again!" Gu Mansheng immediately promised when she saw that Huaiyuan had relented.
Liu Zhixia stood up, and Gu Mansheng quickly scrambled to her feet as well, managing to force a fawning smile—
"Smack!"
Liu Zhixia slapped him again with her backhand!
Gu Mansheng covered her face, looking aggrieved and terrified: "Why did you hit me again! I already promised!"
Liu Zhixia shook her numb hand, her eyes sharp as knives: "Remember, not just Zhao Dongmei, but any girl in the educated youth settlement, don't even think about having any improper thoughts about her. Otherwise, I guarantee that what happened today will spread throughout the entire brigade!"
She leaned closer to Gu Mansheng, her voice as soft as a devil's whisper: "You'll soon be the brigade leader's daughter-in-law. The Lu family... can't afford to lose face like that. Even if they don't send you away, the Lu family will never let you off easy."
Gu Mansheng trembled and looked at Liu Zhixia in front of her in horror.
She finally realized that she had never been a match for this woman.
"I...I understand. So, about today's events..."
"Don't worry," Liu Zhixia raised an eyebrow, "I won't tell. But your face... it's swollen like a pig's head, how do you explain that?"
Gu Mansheng touched her burning face and said through gritted teeth, "I...I fell on the mountain..."
Liu Zhixia scoffed and waved her hand as if shooing away a fly.
"Get lost."
Gu Mansheng felt as if she had been granted a pardon and fled in a panic.
Liu Zhixia proudly patted the dirt off her body, finally getting rid of all the pent-up anger from her past life!
She had promised Gu Mansheng not to tell anyone, but if Wang Laizi got arrested and implicated Gu Mansheng, then it would be none of her business.
Just as she was about to descend the mountain, she heard a strange commotion coming from the bushes.
She looked over warily and saw two figures hiding behind the bushes. As she approached, the two didn't hide; they just stared at her in shock.
It's Shen Yi and Xu Zhigang.
"You two," Liu Zhixia raised an eyebrow, "what are you doing here so suspiciously?"
Xu Zhigang immediately pointed at Shen Yi and poured out his grievances: "Comrade Liu, don't misunderstand! I just saw you being pinned to the ground by that vicious woman, and I wanted to rush out to be a hero and save the beauty, but it was him! He held me back and wouldn't let me move!"
Shen Yi glanced at him indifferently: "Why don't you let go of my clothes first?"
Xu Zhigang then realized that he was still holding onto Shen Yi's clothes tightly, and quickly let go, chuckling awkwardly, "I was just... seeing you having a good time, I didn't want him to go over and disturb you."
Liu Zhixia chuckled: "Don't worry, I won't suffer any losses dealing with Gu Mansheng. What are you two doing here?"
Xu Zhigang glanced at Shen Yi with disdain: "It's all his fault. He insisted that he was worried and wanted to go up the mountain to catch Wang Laizi, but he just happened to see the two of you fighting."
Shen Yi ignored Xu Zhigang's teasing and looked at Liu Zhixia with concern, asking, "You ran so fast down the mountain just now, were you in danger?"
Liu Zhixia nodded: "We ran into Wang Laizi. He was hiding in a cave. But he's probably moved to a different place now."
Seeing the sudden shift in the atmosphere between the two, Xu Zhigang's eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "Oh dear, that Wang Laizi must still be on the mountain. I have to go and drag him out right away! Old Shen, it's too dangerous in these mountains. What if some vicious woman suddenly appears? You're in charge of getting Comrade Liu home safely!"
Before the two could respond, he vanished in a flash.
Shen Yi sighed helplessly and looked at Liu Zhixia: "Let's go, I'll take you back."
"Okay, thank you for your help."
With Shen Yi by her side on the way back, Liu Zhixia felt much more at ease.
"What are you doing running up the mountain empty-handed?" Shen Yi asked, looking at her curiously.
Feeling guilty, Liu Zhixia lied: "I wanted to dig some wild vegetables, but I ran into Wang Laizi and got so scared that I threw everything away."
"Don't come alone next time, it's too dangerous." Shen Yi's tone was full of unquestionable concern. "Even if we hadn't run into Wang Laizi, the forest fire had just been extinguished, and there was still smoke in the woods. That smoke is poisonous."
"Okay, I understand. I won't be going up the mountain anytime soon."
The two descended the mountain in silence, and as soon as they entered the village, they sensed that something was amiss.
Everyone was secretly eyeing them with strange looks.
"Have you heard? The Liu family's daughter is crying and begging Comrade Shen to take responsibility!"
"Judging from this, are they sending him home to prepare for a marriage proposal?"
Liu Zhixia cursed Gu Mansheng a thousand times in her heart, but on the surface, she walked up to the group of gossipy women with a smile:
"Hey, you ladies, you've exceeded your gossip quotas here! So much spittle! Why didn't you spray some when we were putting out the fire last night? If you had, the fire would have been out long ago! You've really worked hard. I wonder if this spittle counts as work points when we're evaluating for outstanding workers at the end of the year?"
These words made the women blush and embarrass themselves, and they dispersed awkwardly.
Liu Zhixia turned around triumphantly, only to find Shen Yi standing beside her, his shoulders shrug as he suppressed a laugh.
Her face flushed instantly, and she whispered, "They just like to talk nonsense, Comrade Shen, don't mind them."
Shen Yi's smile faded, and he looked at her seriously: "As long as you don't mind."
"What do I care about? It's not like I'll lose a piece of my flesh if someone says a few words to me." She paused, the scene from that night flashing through her mind, and her voice became even softer, "That night... I was drugged, my mind wasn't clear, you... you don't care, do you?"
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