Zhang Wenming and Lin Wan both shuddered and looked up sharply in the direction of the sound. They saw Xing Zhaozhao standing not far ahead with her arms crossed, accompanied by Aunt Hao and Aunt Gao. They were so frightened that they turned pale and lost all interest in what they were doing. They quickly got up and put on their clothes.
However, being caught red-handed and thinking about what might happen next, the two of them were so frightened that they were too weak to even put on their clothes properly.
Xing Zhaozhao couldn't stand anything that was offensive to the eye, so she turned her eyes away.
Aunt Gao, being quite old and having seen it all, didn't care at all. She stared intently at Zhang Wenming, even gesturing with her hand to indicate his length, before turning to Lin Wan with disdain and saying, "Hey girl, if you're going to cheat, at least find someone better. Don't get yourself into trouble. Is your man impotent?"
Lin Wan's face was ashen.
Xing Zhaozhao, who was listening nearby, couldn't help but chuckle.
Lin Wan immediately turned her head to look at her, her eyes seemingly filled with venom, and gritted her teeth as she said, "Xing Zhaozhao, you schemed against me."
Xing Zhaozhao raised an eyebrow, shook her head, and said, "You're overthinking it. I've just created a condition for you. How you choose is up to you. However, I really didn't expect you to be so reckless. It's almost unbelievable how smoothly it went."
Zhang Wenming and Lin Wan both looked utterly defeated.
Lin Wan suddenly knelt down on the ground with a "plop," hugging Xing Zhaozhao's legs and pleading with her, "Cousin Zhaozhao, can you please let me go this time? I have two children at home. If Da Chuan finds out, he will definitely beat me to death. Are you really willing to watch your two nieces lose their mother?"
Thinking of Chen Xiaoxia's experience on the other side of the door, Xing Zhaozhao suddenly felt that perhaps it wouldn't be so bad not to have this mother. Not all mothers would wholeheartedly consider their children's needs.
Xing Zhaozhao forcefully pried Lin Wan's hands off her: "If you really cared about the child, you wouldn't have done something like this. Why are you using the child as a shield for me now?"
Lin Wan glared angrily at Xing Zhaozhao: "Are you really that heartless, Xing Zhaozhao?"
"Heartless?" Xing Zhaozhao sneered. "I can't compare to you." Fu Lan's disappearance in her past life was inextricably linked to her. Yet, over the years, she has managed to maintain a friendship with the Fu Hong sisters. When it comes to ruthlessness, who can compare to her?
"We'll see," Lin Wan said coldly.
"Alright, then I'll wait and see. You're already in this state, what other tricks can you come up with?" Xing Zhaozhao said.
Zhang Wenming, having finally finished dressing, saw that Xing Zhaozhao and Lin Wan were fighting fiercely, while Aunt Hao and Aunt Gao were standing by watching the commotion. No one was paying attention to him, so he turned and ran away.
Aunt Gao was the first to notice, and exclaimed, "Oh no, that bastard is trying to run away!" Then she went to chase after him.
Xing Zhaozhao pulled him back, picked up a stone from the ground, and threw it at the back of Zhang Wenming's head.
With a thud, Zhang Wenming fell forward to the ground and remained motionless for a moment.
Xing Zhaozhao walked over, lifted the unconscious Zhang Wenming with one hand, and turned to look at Aunt Hao and Aunt Gao: "Let's go back and find Captain Gao."
"Okay." Aunt Gao replied, trying to lift Lin Wan up with one hand like Xing Zhaozhao, but failed. So she simply tossed Lin Wan onto her shoulder and carried her on her back.
Captain Gao was still inspecting the fields when Aunt Hao suddenly rushed over to him and whispered something in his ear.
"What?" Upon hearing this, Captain Gao's face immediately changed in shock, and he hurriedly went back to the brigade headquarters with Aunt Hao.
"What's going on?" The older women and aunties nearby saw this and gathered together to discuss it.
"Didn't Hao Dajia just go to the outhouse with Third Aunt because of a stomachache? Why is she suddenly coming to see the brigade leader? Could something have happened?"
"Third Aunt hasn't come back yet. What if something really happened to her?"
"Why don't we go take a look..."
I don't know who started it, but a group of middle-aged women and aunties put down what they were doing and headed to the brigade headquarters.
Someone nearby couldn't help but ask, "Where are you going? Not going to work? Don't you want to earn work points?"
"Stomach ache, go to the outhouse," the older women said in unison.
"..." What's going on today? Everyone's running to the outhouse?
When Captain Gao and Aunt Hao returned to the brigade headquarters, Zhang Wenming, who had just been knocked unconscious by Xing Zhaozhao, had already woken up. There was still a little blood on the back of his head. He and Lin Wan were being forcefully pressed down by Aunt Gao and made to squat on the ground. Xing Zhaozhao sat silently in the corner watching.
When Captain Gao saw the blood on Zhang Wenming's head, he was startled: "Why is there blood?"
"It's alright, Captain Gao. That bastard tried to run away, but Mingcheng's wife knocked him unconscious. It's just a little blood, nothing serious," said Aunt Gao.
Captain Gao took a closer look and saw that Zhang Wenming and Lin Wan, who were squatting listlessly on the ground, had no other injuries except for a little blood on Zhang Wenming's head. He was slightly relieved, but then his face darkened and he asked, "What exactly happened?"
Aunt Gao recounted what had happened and said indignantly to Captain Gao, "Caught red-handed in broad daylight in the woods, this is such a terrible example! Our village hasn't seen anything like this in years. They have to be paraded through the streets, Captain Gao. What's that fancy term again? Right, to make an example of them. Let the young people in the village learn a lesson they can and can't do."
Before Captain Gao could even finish speaking, a crowd had gathered outside the door and windows, cheering for Aunt Gao: "Aunt Gao is right!"
Aunt Gao waved to them happily, suddenly feeling like a leader, and puffed out her chest: That's right, this matter must be dealt with seriously.
Although she was mentally prepared, Lin Wan still couldn't help but cover her face in panic when she suddenly saw so many people crowding outside. Back in Chenjia Village, before they moved to Lanyuan Town, she had seen a tattered shoe being paraded through the streets and had even thrown rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs at the person. Only when it was her turn did she realize how scary it was.
Zhang Wenming looked utterly defeated. He knew his life was over. No, it had been over the moment he revealed the past to Xing Zhaozhao and broke off his engagement with Hao Xiuning.
He glared fiercely at Xing Zhaozhao sitting in the corner, deciding to go all out. Since he was going to die anyway, he might as well take someone down with him before he died, so that no one would have an easy time.
“You’ve got the wrong person. The one I’m having an affair with is Xing Zhaozhao, not this woman next to me. I don’t know her at all. The one I was supposed to meet in the grove was Xing Zhaozhao. They look alike, so I accidentally mistook her for someone else,” Zhang Wenming suddenly shouted.
The once noisy brigade headquarters fell silent instantly, with almost everyone looking at Xing Zhaozhao. Even Lin Wan couldn't help but get excited. Could there be a chance for things to turn around?
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