She wanted to enjoy a few more years of freedom and date first, but marriage was out of the question for now! Besides, judging from Shi Yuan's previous words, Gu Huanian's mother was not easy to get along with, so why make things difficult for herself?
"I'll do whatever you say. It's fine to get married later, as long as it's you. Okay, I really have to go now."
As he spoke, Gu Huanian lightly pecked Su Li's lips.
"Don't see me off anymore, just stand here, otherwise I'll feel bad for you."
Su Li nodded, and Gu Huanian left without turning back this time.
Su Li watched him walk away until his figure disappeared from sight before turning around and going back into the house.
Before she could even enter the house, Zhou Yuting said behind her, "When did you two start dating?"
"What does this have to do with you?" Su Li asked calmly.
"I just want to know, when did you two get together? Is that a hard question to answer?"
She should give up, after all, Gu Huanian was genuinely good to Su Li.
She saw it all, but she was unwilling to accept it and wanted to know everything about them.
"I just don't want to answer your boring questions. If there's nothing else, I'll head back now."
Su Li entered her room, locked the door from the inside, and then entered her spatial dimension.
The space involved in her last transaction with Lu Shan was upgraded a bit more.
A corner of the mountain on the other side of the space was exposed, and a few scattered herbs could be seen.
The spiritual spring in the space started dripping again, but she knew its nature and it wouldn't last long.
Her chicks have grown up, and Su Li has hatched another brood of eggs. She's thinking that next time she goes to town, she'll see if they sell geese and ducks.
Buy some to raise in the space, and it would be best to also get two pigs and two sheep, so that she won't have to worry about eating meat in the future.
In the few days since Zhou Yuting returned, rumors have been circulating in the village. Everyone looks at her with disdain and contempt.
Perhaps she's used to hearing profanity! She doesn't think it's a big deal.
Some men always look at her with ill intent.
That day, she planned to go to the town's public security bureau to ask if they had found out the whereabouts of Liu Atu and Liu Axing.
When the police found her that day, those two beasts had run away.
And Zhao Meilan, she also wanted to see how she was doing.
If she could, she really wanted to get to know Zhao Meilan herself, instead of letting her just spend a few years in prison.
When she was riding in the oxcart, several educated youths and some girls from the village kept their distance from her, as if she were some kind of dirty thing.
Upon arriving in town, she went directly to the police station.
When she arrived, she looked for the young police officer who had handled the case last time, and he happened to be there.
"Officer, I'd like to ask, have you found Liu Atu and Liu Axing?"
The young policeman glanced at her and remembered that she was the victim in the human trafficking case; "We've already found out that Liu Axing is dead. As for Liu Atu, we still don't have any news about him."
Zhou Yuting nodded; "Comrade, I'd like to ask if you could visit Zhao Meilan in prison?"
"I'm afraid that won't work. She's no longer with our police station; she's been transferred to another prison."
Zhou Yuting was somewhat disappointed; "Oh, I see! Then I'll be going."
The young police officer looked at her and felt that she was a bit neurotic.
Zhou Yuting walked to a deserted path and felt as if someone was following her.
She quickened her pace, but before she could go far, she was grabbed.
She turned around and saw that the person who had grabbed her was actually Liu Atu.
She was terrified; "You...how are you here? Why are you here?"
Atu chuckled wickedly, "Of course it's to find you! My little darling, haven't you missed me these past few days?"
Zhou Yuting opened his hand and started running. After running for about five minutes, she tripped over something.
She fell to the ground, and just as she closed her eyes, she felt herself being hugged.
She quickly pushed the man away forcefully, shouting, "Let go! Get out of here!"
"Comrade Zhou, what's wrong? I didn't mean anything by it, I just saw you fall and wanted to help you up. Don't be afraid."
Zhou Yuting squatted on the ground, hugged her head, and dared not look at anyone.
"Get away, get away from me!"
Confused, Zhang Shun took two steps back, distancing himself from her. "Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person. I'm Zhang Shun, the second son of the brigade leader of Lijiatun."
Only then did Zhou Yuting dare to raise her head, glance at him, and after confirming that he was not in danger, slowly stand up from the ground.
"Is something wrong? Do you need my help?"
Zhou Yuting tidied her hair, looked at him, and said, "Can you come with me to the police station?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Shun knew that she must have really encountered something, and this was further confirmed by her earlier actions.
Maybe it's because I encountered some thugs before that I'm so afraid of people getting close to me!
"Okay, let's go!"
The young police officer was somewhat surprised to see Zhou Yuting again.
"Officer, I just saw Liu Atu."
She recounted the process, and the young police officer immediately arranged for someone to investigate at the location Zhou Yuting had described.
After reporting to the police, I left the police station.
Zhang Shun looked at Zhou Yuting and said, "I'll take you to the oxcart."
Zhou Yuting was worried that Liu Atu would reappear, so she nodded.
"Alright, then I'll leave it to Comrade Zhang."
Zhang Shun just felt that Zhou Yuting was very tense, like a string that could break at any moment. She was also easily frightened, and he didn't know what had happened to make her so easily startled.
He escorted the person to the oxcart before turning and walking away.
On the oxcart back, Zhou Yuting felt a gaze that kept falling on her from time to time.
She looked ahead and saw an old man's face, who was smiling at her with ill intent.
She was immediately terrified and got goosebumps all over her body.
She dared not look at that old man again.
It was already afternoon when Zhang Shun finished doing the good deed in town.
When he got home, he helped Aunt Li cook dinner and casually remarked, "What's going on with that Zhou educated youth in our village? I saw her in town today, and she seemed very afraid of people."
While cooking, Aunt Li said, "Zhou Zhiqing was also a pitiful person. You don't know since you just came back. When she was sent to the countryside, she was the prettiest educated youth in our village. It's just that she didn't know how to choose people. Of all people to befriend, she had to befriend Zhao Meilan."
That woman is heartless. Not only did she swindle Zhou Qing out of his money and belongings, but she also sold him to human traffickers. Zhou Qing was sold for several months before the police finally found him. It's obvious he suffered a lot.”
After hearing this, Zhang Shun felt a pang of sadness. No wonder she was so afraid of people getting close; she had suffered so much.
"That's quite pitiful."
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