Lin Shanshan went to pick corn, but Li Hongying stayed where she was, resting her chin on her hand. She had been paying attention to Lin Shanshan's reactions while they were talking.
She found Lin Shanshan very strange, especially since Lin Shanshan seemed very nervous every time she mentioned Gao Tieshan. When she mentioned her aunt Li Xiangyu, Lin Shanshan would also show the same unusual expression, as if she didn't know the two people at all.
The more unusual Lin Shanshan's behavior, the more suspicious she became of Lin Shanshan's relationship with Gao Tieshan.
After work, Lin Shanshan returned to the educated youth settlement alone. Suddenly, she chased after her, ran up to Lin Shanshan, and said, "I know, you are Gao Tieshan and Li Xiangyu's daughter, right? You can't fool me."
Upon hearing her words, Lin Shanshan felt an urge to kill her.
Once her true identity is exposed, she will be arrested and imprisoned.
She pushed Li Hongying away: "I'm not, I have nothing to do with them, don't talk nonsense."
Li Hongying persisted, determined to find out Lin Shanshan's true identity.
"You still won't admit it? I already know. You're their daughter, definitely. Hey, do you know who I am? I am..."
"I don't care who you are, you're so annoying."
Lin Shanshan pushed her away and ran away. No matter who Li Hongying said she was, it was probably a lie. It was definitely a trick to trick her into admitting her true identity.
She ran back to the educated youth settlement in a panic, thinking about Li Hongying's words. Would others soon find out her identity? The thought of her parents' fate sent chills down her spine.
Fearing that others would discover she was the descendant of a spy, she lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed) and covered herself tightly with the quilt, making it completely airtight. Even with the quilt covering her, her heart could not find peace for a long time.
It wasn't until Chen Yuling came in and called her to eat, "Shanshan, it's time to eat."
She threw back the covers and was covered in sweat, both on her head and face.
Chen Yuling asked, "Shanshan, are you feeling unwell? The weather isn't cold yet, why are you huddled under the covers?"
"I, I. It's nothing. I was feeling a little unwell just now, but I covered myself up and started sweating, and I feel much better now."
"Oh, then hurry up and go eat. You'll feel better after you eat."
"good."
The educated youth ate in the courtyard during spring, summer and autumn, and only ate indoors when it got cold in winter.
It wasn't dark yet, and Lin Shanshan's hair was a mess from getting into bed, with some of it sticking to her face with sweat. Her disheveled appearance was quite different from her usual self, and also quite different from the other educated youth. As a result, she attracted the attention of the other educated youth, and they all turned their gazes to Lin Shanshan.
It was these blatant scrutinizing gazes that gave Lin Shanshan the illusion that her true identity had been exposed.
Her parents are traitors, and she is the daughter of traitors. If these people find out her true identity, they will definitely arrest her and keep her in a dark and hopeless prison forever. They will also beat her, torture her, and make her wish she were dead.
Perhaps because she imagined it was too frightening, she felt very cold and instinctively hugged herself with her arms.
Seeing that she looked sick, Sun Tiantian asked, "Lin Zhiqing, are you feeling unwell? Why don't you go see the village doctor?"
Lin Shanshan suddenly came to her senses again. She shook her head and said, "It's okay, I'm not sick, I don't need to see the village doctor."
When she went to sleep at night, every time she closed her eyes, she saw the way her father had died.
With a loud bang.
Her father was shot through the head, and bright red blood gushed out, splattering all over her face. All she could see in her vision was a grotesque and terrifying red.
"No, no!"
"What's wrong, Lin Zhiqing?" someone asked her from the side.
Lin Shanshan opened her eyes and realized that she had just been trapped in a nightmare.
"It's alright, it's alright."
She lay down again, but as soon as she closed her eyes, the tragic and bloody scene reappeared before her, along with the image of her mother waiting for her to rescue her in prison.
Lin Shanshan couldn't fall asleep all night.
The next morning, she woke up feeling groggy and disoriented.
Walking into the courtyard, she saw Jiang Manyue, Sun Tiantian, and Chen Yuling gathered together talking. She immediately realized that those people must have discovered her identity as the daughter of a traitor, and they were probably talking about her.
She quickly went over, pushed the three people aside, and asked them sternly, "What are you two whispering about?"
The three female educated youths were somewhat bewildered by her agitated expression.
“Lin Zhiqing, we’re looking at this nest of ants on the ground.” Jiang Manyue pointed to the ground, and Lin Shanshan indeed saw a nest of ants; she had been overthinking things again.
When they went to work, the other female educated youths talked about her.
"Don't you think Lin Zhiqing acted strangely yesterday?"
"It's a bit strange, like he's acting a little off."
Lin Shanshan didn't get a good night's rest because she was overthinking all night. She was in a daze at work during the day, and her work efficiency was naturally not as good as usual.
It's harvest time now, and everyone is trying their best to harvest, but she works very slowly.
Seeing her dawdling while harvesting beans, the squad leader walked up to her with a stern face and scolded, "Did you not eat or not wake up? Don't you know what season it is? We need to harvest quickly, and after that, we need to plant quickly. If you work so slowly, and everyone is like you, we can only wait for heavy rain to fall and the crops to rot in the ground."
Lin Shanshan was in low spirits. Looking at the squad leader's mouth opening and closing, his stern and cold face, she seemed to hear another voice: "Daughter of a traitor, her crime deserves to be punished!"
Lin Shanshan couldn't take it anymore, her vision went black, and she fainted.
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