Jiang Wanqing glanced over and saw Jiang Xiu chatting animatedly with a stranger. Just as she was about to go over and find out what was going on, the person left.
She frowned in confusion, a strange look flashing in her eyes. Judging from his appearance, he wasn't from the village. Why was he chatting with Jiang Xiu out of the blue?
The thought that Jiang Wanqing would soon suffer because of today's "investigation" made Jiang Xiu's face light up with joy.
He got up, straightened his clothes, strode over, and bumped her arm away.
"What are you looking at! Get out of my way, you're so annoying!"
Ha, it's rare that Jiang Xiu didn't dodge or continue to pester her. Jiang Wanqing felt even more strange and silently made a note of what happened today.
Actually, she had other things to do today, so she didn't linger and headed towards the educated youth's residence.
Ever since the radio incident, Yuan Zhong and the other male educated youths would walk away whenever they saw her, feeling that she had ruined their carefree lives.
The female educated youth also had some complaints about her. They had already suffered some grievances because of going to the countryside, and now they were being observed as bad elements. No one would be happy about that.
However, there was one exception among them. She walked straight past several educated youths who were looking at her with disgust.
Jiang Wanqing knew that the person she was looking for was inside, but she did not rush into the house. Instead, she called out from outside.
Is Comrade Molly there?
Hearing her call out "Molly," Yuan Zhong and another male educated youth looked at her coldly.
"Hey, what do you think she wants with Molly? Among our group of educated youth sent to the countryside, that woman is the strangest, always keeping to herself. Do you think she'd give Jiang Wanqing any face?"
Yuan Zhong sneered. He thought so too. It was said that Molly's family background was different. He had once tried to take advantage of her, but even after using every trick in the book, she didn't waver in the slightest. So he had to give up and set his sights on the local women who were easier to deceive. It would be good to reduce his workload for the time being.
For example, Jiang Wanqing before him was eager to help him with chores, useful and obedient, but she wasn't as clever and charming as Jiang Xiu...
For some reason, Jiang Wanqing seems to have suddenly become enlightened, completely different from before.
Hearing that women become different after marriage and receiving pampering, Yuan Zhong was immediately filled with unspeakable jealousy. He angrily smashed a circle of low walls and walked over.
"Stop shouting, she won't pay attention to you. I'll pass on any message you have to her. After all, you are... Xiuer's cousin. We've known each other for a while, I can't just not help you with this little thing."
This person really knows how to flatter himself. He wants to use the cheapest way to pass on a message to make her owe a favor and gain goodwill. He hopes to gain the most with the least effort, just like in his previous life!
"Ha, Yuan Zhiqing is really joking. Just because Comrade Molly ignores me doesn't mean she'll talk to you. Who was it that tried to chat me up by the river and got pushed into the water? And who staged a hero-saves-the-damsel-in-distress act only to fall flat on their face?"
The ugly past was dug up. These were things he did to Molly when he first went to the countryside. How did Jiang Wanqing know?
"You...you don't know what's good for you! If you want to wait, then wait and see if she'll even acknowledge you. You're biting the hand that feeds you!"
Yuan Zhong was angered by her once again. In the eyes of the rural women, they, as educated youth, were a special group. At least on the surface, they had never suffered any setbacks. Jiang Wanqing had become bolder and dared to openly confront him!
She ignored him and continued calling out, "Comrade Molly, I ran into the postman on my way to town. His bicycle broke down on the way. I brought you the letter from your home. Come out and take a look."
Upon hearing the letter from home, Molly hadn't come out yet, but Yuan Zhong's reaction was even stronger than the person in question; he suddenly grabbed Jiang Wanqing's hand.
"Why should you deliver Molly's message! Give it to me!"
"Let go!" Jiang Wanqing slapped him across the face. "What's it to you?"
"I……"
A flicker of panic crossed his eyes; he almost gave himself away, but thankfully he managed to regain his composure and coughed twice to cover up his awkwardness.
"She won't come out, so you might as well give this letter to me."
As soon as he finished speaking, two completely different voices rang out at the same time.
"Who asked you to pass it on!"
"Who says I won't come out?"
Jiang Wanqing clutched the letter tightly, and at the same time, Molly came out of the house.
She possessed an extraordinary aura, even when dressed in the most ordinary black, white, and gray clothes and with the same braids as everyone else, her cool and unapproachable demeanor was undeniable.
"I received a letter from home?" She asked Jiang Wanqing directly without even looking at Yuan Zhong.
"Well, it's a coincidence. The postman said that he delivered mail to you more than ten times, but someone else received it on your behalf, and he doesn't even know what you look like."
"What did you say?"
Jiang Wanqing's seemingly casual remark stirred up a storm in Molly's heart.
“When...when did they send me letters more than ten times? I never received any, I thought…” Tears welled up in her eyes: “My parents have abandoned me.”
As they spoke, Yuan Zhong retreated step by step, but unfortunately, he couldn't escape Jiang Wanqing's eyes.
In her past life, she believed this scoundrel's words, who said there was a strange woman in their group of educated youth who no one liked, and that she should stay away from her. This person was Molly. Ironically, she believed it and, unaware of the truth, became a member of the collective cold violence.
Molly made it to the month before returning to the city, but then she heard that she had been diagnosed with a mental illness. She became depressed and sullen all the time, and in effect became a useless person.
She was such a vibrant young girl, but just because she didn't do what Yuan Zhong wanted, he and some others conspired to ruin her.
In this life, Jiang Wanqing will never let his plan succeed!
"The postman said that a male educated youth always collected it for you, and that he would pass it on to you. You really didn't receive it?"
"I have no reason to lie to you, I never have!"
Molly's eyes flickered, while Yuan Zhong's eyes darted away.
Jiang Wanqing patiently guided him, then snapped her fingers.
"Oh, I remember now, the postman said that the man was very fair-skinned and had a brown mole on his earlobe."
"Isn't that Yuan Zhiqing? He has a mole like that on his earlobe!"
The male educated youth who had spoken after Yuan Zhong suddenly spoke up. When he looked up and saw everyone looking at him, he realized he had said the wrong thing and quickly covered his mouth.
"I...I just...I just said it offhand, it has nothing to do with me. I have to go to the commune to take care of things, you guys talk."
After saying that, he ran off quickly, and Molly was not slow either. She walked over to Yuan Zhong in a few steps to confirm that there really was a mole!
She already disliked this man who seemed honest on the surface but was actually slick and incompetent, and now she felt even more disgusted.
He was speechless for a moment, but then he thought that the gambling incident had just happened, and if he were to be exposed for intercepting Molly's letter, he would never be able to face anyone again and would be finished with his life!
His mind raced, and he immediately pointed to Jiang Wanqing.
"It was her! It must have been her doing. She's slandering me! Everyone knows we have a grudge because of what happened last time. She's deliberately trying to sow discord among us educated youth!"
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