As the man's tall figure receded into the darkness, Li Yuying slumped to the ground with a thud. A chill, mixed with urine, seeped into her buttocks, and a sense of fear spread through her body.
How could she forget what happened to Zhao Xiuyun and Shen Qingming?
Why do I think Zhou Jingyun is someone who is easy to talk to and easy to win over?
What kind of kind-hearted person could a man be attracted to a madwoman like Ruan Miaomiao?
She was unwilling to accept it, she felt wronged.
However, all these emotions were ultimately overwhelmed by fear!
Life is tough now, but if we really offend those two lunatics, we won't even be able to live like this anymore...
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Because they offended Ruan Miaomiao, everyone at the county supply and marketing cooperative was having a hard time, especially the sales clerks, who were fined three months' wages in a row. They had no choice but to live a very frugal life.
More importantly, Shanghai Film Group has actually started to have requirements for their services.
Therefore, they could only suppress their temper and serve the masses well while tightening their belts to make ends meet.
Fortunately, they could still make a living by helping people buy some defective fabrics from the warehouse.
However, because they relied on buying defective fabrics, clothes, and cotton for others in exchange for a little benefit, they themselves hadn't been able to bring defective fabrics home for a long time.
Naturally, Liu Li no longer had the good stuff like the flawed cloth to give to Zhong Qiang.
Zhong Qiang also knew that the leaders had punished the employees of the supply and marketing cooperative, and he didn't want to have any more contact with Liu Li, fearing that she would affect his impression in front of the secretary.
This deliberate avoidance meant that they hadn't seen each other for almost a month.
That day, Liu Li finally managed to get the remaining three feet of flawed cloth from her colleagues, put it in the bicycle basket, and headed towards the Zhong family's house.
To be honest, the place where the Zhong family lived was indeed not as good as hers.
The alleys near the Zhong family's house were filthy, with even traces of men urinating on the walls. As soon as you entered, a strong smell of urine hit you right in the head.
However, thinking of Zhong Qiang, who was dressed simply but was always clean and tidy, and had a cool, scholarly air about him, Liu Li still held back.
Unlike the area near the Liu family's house, the alleyway wasn't paved with bluestone slabs; instead, it was a dirt road, full of potholes. Liu Li wasn't very good at riding a bicycle, so she had to get off and push it forward...
"Wow, Brother Zhongqiang, you're amazing! I couldn't wring out the sheets at all, but you managed to wring them so dry!"
She had only taken a few steps when Liu Li heard a woman's soft cry.
Originally, Liu Li didn't think anything of it.
However, she heard the woman call out Zhong Qiang's name.
Thinking that the Zhong family's house was nearby, Liu Li walked over out of curiosity.
Inside the half-open courtyard gate, Zhong Qiang, who was always stern and unsmiling in front of Liu Li, had a sweet smile on his face, and his clear eyes were full of tenderness as he looked at the woman sitting on the small stool.
With his sleeves rolled up high, Zhong Qiang hung the bed sheet on the clothesline in the yard and went straight to the wooden basin in the yard, squatted down and continued washing clothes.
While washing clothes, Zhong Qiang chuckled and said to the woman on the small stool, "You silly girl, you're a little woman, and I'm a big man. I'm definitely stronger than you!"
The woman on the small stool had her hair down, as if she had just washed it and was sitting in the yard sunbathing.
Hearing Zhong Qiang's words, a blush flashed across her face, and she said sweetly, "Brother Zhong Qiang, you're so kind. If it weren't for you, I don't know when I would have finished washing all these sheets..."
When Zhong Qiang looked up, he happened to see the blush on Zhao Xiuyun's face, and his heart immediately started pounding: "What's wrong with that? You call me brother, isn't it only right that I take care of you?"
"Brother Zhong Qiang, you're so kind..."
Zhao Xiuyun then showed a touched expression, gazing at the other person sweetly.
Seeing this, Liu Li could no longer hold back.
She shoved the door open, rushed into the yard, and slapped Zhao Xiuyun twice across the face, cursing as she did so.
"You slut, what are you doing here acting so provocatively?"
You actually let a man wash your own bed sheets?
"Liu Li?"
When Zhong Qiang saw Liu Li rush in, he felt a brief moment of dizziness and confusion.
However, when he saw Liu Li slap his beloved Zhao Xiuyun twice, he couldn't hold back any longer. He stood up and pushed Liu Li to the ground with his wet hands.
You pushed me?
Ignoring the pain in her tailbone, Liu Li, who had been violently shoved to the ground by Zhong Qiang, stared at him in disbelief: "You actually pushed me for this bitch?"
"Shut up!"
When Zhong Qiang heard Liu Li still cursing his sweetheart, he immediately roared, "She's not a bitch! She's the person I love, the person I, Zhong Qiang, cherish!"
After yelling, ignoring the stunned Liu Li, Zhong Qiang grabbed Zhao Xiuyun's shoulders with concern, looking at the handprint on her fair cheek, and said with heartache:
"Xiuyun, are you...are you alright?"
Zhao Xiuyun was originally an innocent and naive girl, and her best skill was to play the victim in front of men.
Even without being injured, they can still pretend to be pitiful.
Not to mention, being slapped in front of Zhong Qiang made her even more aggrieved. Her eyes welled up with tears, she sniffed, but pretended nothing was wrong, stubbornly shaking her head.
"Brother Zhong Qiang... Oh, no, Comrade Zhong, I'm fine!"
As she said this, a deep despair appeared in Zhao Xiuyun's eyes. She looked reluctant, yet had no choice but to do it, and with a heavy heart, she pushed Zhong Qiang away.
"I'm sorry, Comrade Zhong, I didn't know you had a boyfriend. I didn't expect that your boyfriend would misunderstand my help."
I'm sorry, from now on I will definitely keep my distance from you and I will never let your partner misunderstand..."
When Zhong Qiang saw the deep affection in Zhao Xiuyun's eyes as she looked at him, his heart burned even hotter.
However, after hearing what the other person said, I felt incredibly sad.
He had finally won the heart of the beauty, only to have it ruined by Liu Li.
He hugged Zhao Xiuyun tightly, glaring at Liu Li on the ground, and said:
"She's not my girlfriend, she's just a crazy woman who's clinging to me."
She kept bothering me, but I never responded to her.
Xiuyun, you have to believe me, you're the only one in my heart..."
Upon hearing this, Liu Li immediately yelled, "Zhong Qiang? You think I'm clinging to you? Aren't you the one who's trying to get benefits from me?"
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