Luo Jingyan didn't actually want to have anything to do with Li Hongying, but seeing how troubled Uncle Li Jiu was, she decided to help him out.
She grabbed a handful of sorghum and quietly tossed it at Li Hongying's feet. Li Hongying stepped on the round sorghum on the ground, lost her balance, and fell forward to the ground.
However, at the moment she fell to the ground, her upper body was closest to Uncle Li Jiu, within her detection range, and the system in her body took the opportunity to quickly assess Uncle Li Jiu.
Then, with great regret, he told Li Hongying: "Host, your fall was for nothing again."
Uncle Li Jiu had no space on him either. Li Hongying pounded the ground in frustration, then got up and glared at Uncle Li Jiu.
Uncle Li was frustrated. What was Li Hongying's expression? She was both angry and glaring at him. Was it his fault that he didn't let her flirt with him?
He may be old, but there's nothing wrong with protecting his chastity and reputation.
Can't boys protect themselves a little more?
Li Hongying then looked at Luo Jingyan. It was Luo Jingyan who had thrown the sorghum stalks earlier, causing her to fall.
However, she was still anxious to find another space and had no time to argue with Luo Jingyan. She got up from the ground, dusted herself off, and left the winery without saying a word.
After she left, Uncle Li breathed a long sigh of relief. He was so grateful that Luo Jingyan had saved him; otherwise, if Li Hongying had insisted on attacking him, he would have had a lot of trouble dealing with her.
After all, he was a gay man, and if he used force to injure Li Hongying, people would talk behind his back.
He quickly thanked Luo Jingyan: "Master, thank you. If you hadn't stopped her in time, I don't know what she would have done to this old man."
Luo Jingyan smiled and said, "Uncle Jiu, I didn't expect that someone your age could still attract a young wife. You're quite charming."
Uncle Li blushed and said, "Oh, don't make fun of me. What charm do I have? I was charming when I was young, but now I'm just an old man. I know my own limitations."
So, I think this patriotic daughter-in-law is really strange. Even if she were restless, she wouldn't be so blatant, would she? Strange, so very strange.”
Luo Jingyan also felt that Li Hongying was a bit strange. When she saw Li Hongying a few days ago, she did not notice that Li Hongying had any mental problems. It was only after that that rumors started to circulate in the village about her following the men in the village.
Why was she following those men? Suddenly, a terrifying thought popped into her head: was she trying to absorb their yang energy to replenish her yin?
No, no, that idea is obviously not valid, because Li Hongying is not a demon or monster.
She simply possesses a system; such mystical things are impossible for her to do.
So, why is that?
She couldn't figure it out for a while, and since she was also busy with things at the winery, she temporarily put the matter out of her mind.
The next day, she ran into Jiang Manyue after get off work. Jiang Manyue, being a gossip, immediately started talking about Li Hongying as soon as she saw her.
"Jingyan, you've heard the rumors about Li Hongying circulating in the village these days, haven't you?"
"I've heard some of it." She'd heard it from Uncle Li Jiu.
Jiang Manyue continued, "Do you think Li Hongying has lost her mind? She's been acting strangely at work these past few days. If she goes up to someone, she'll go up to them for a while and then leave without saying anything. Then she'll go up to someone else again. I really don't know what she's trying to do. She's like a lunatic."
Let me tell you the specifics. That day I said it was quite strange. As soon as she saw me and Tian Tian and Pei Pei on the street, she quickly greeted us and even came over eagerly. She had never been enthusiastic when she saw us before, and we never took the initiative to talk to her. We were like strangers to each other.
This time, she greeted us first, and we felt bad ignoring her, so we politely replied. She then followed us to the field, but before we had gone far, she stopped talking and went to greet other people, getting closer to them.
The key is that the people don't even know her. She gets close to them for less than two seconds and then walks away again to greet other people, get close to them, and then walk away again for less than two seconds. This has been happening every day for the past few days. She's like a wandering ghost, completely illogical. No normal person would act like her.
That day, she got beaten up by a man's wife for following him. She's completely out of her mind.
Upon hearing Jiang Manyue's words, Luo Jingyan realized that they differed from what she had heard about Li Hongying only being close to men. Li Hongying was not only close to men, but also to women, regardless of age or gender.
The reason why the rumor spread that Li Hongying only gets close to men in order to seduce them must be because the women in the village were afraid that Li Hongying would seduce their men, so they deliberately erased the fact that Li Hongying also got close to women, in order to further vilify Li Hongying, exaggerate her moral depravity, make more people hate her, and use the power of public opinion to bring her down.
"You mean she's close to women as well as men?"
"Yes, it's the same for men and women, adults and children alike. We all suspect she's possessed. However, she's usually normal from noon to afternoon, only getting close to people on the street during the time she's at work in the morning. And I noticed she's quite normal today. When she went to work this morning, she didn't get close to people, she just walked by herself. Not only did she not get close to others, she even seemed too lazy to talk to them. The contrast is too big, it feels like she's the same as before."
Have you been keeping an eye on her?
Jiang Manyue smiled sheepishly: "Ever since I noticed she was acting strangely, I've been keeping an eye on her whenever I have the chance. And it's not just me, a lot of people are watching her too. She's become the village's source of amusement now; everyone wants to find something to talk about with her."
"Oh my, let me tell you, the village hasn't been this lively in a long time. These past few days have been like New Year's. Everyone's making fun of her all the time, teasing her, hahaha, it's quite amusing."
The two parted ways at the crossroads, and Luo Jingyan walked while pondering the reason for Li Hongying's unusual behavior.
Li Hongying always deliberately approaches others without doing anything substantial to them. Is her purpose just to get close to them briefly, including her approach to Uncle Li yesterday? What is the purpose of Li Hongying's actions?
She didn't notice anything unusual about Li Hongying yesterday; she could tell from Li Hongying's eyes that she was perfectly lucid.
She was thinking about the problem when she went into the kitchen to cook. Before long, Luo Changtian came home from school.
As soon as Luo Changtian saw her, he said, "Sister, I just saw Li Hongying. I was walking past her on the road, and I didn't want to talk to her, so I tried to go around her. But whichever way I went, she went in the same direction. I had no choice but to walk past her a meter or two away. She didn't say anything. I really don't know what she's trying to do."
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