Chapter 20 I don't care, I just want you!
"Brother Wenchang, don't go!" Zhao Hui couldn't let him leave like that, so she grabbed his arm with surprisingly strong force.
Zhao Wenchang stumbled as she pulled him, suppressing his impatience. His smile faded, and he asked in a deep voice, "What is it now?"
Zhao Hui started making a scene, insisting that Zhao Wenchang accompany her back.
He also said he had some good things at home that he wanted to see.
As it grew darker, it wouldn't be good to leave Er Lengzi here, especially since his home was far away. Zhao Wenchang had no choice but to compromise and follow him.
Once home, Zhao Hui didn't even offer him a sip of water before impatiently shooing him away: "Er Lengzi, I'm home. You should go back too. It's getting dark, watch out for bears!"
Upon hearing this, Niu Erleng chuckled and said, "Sister, you really care about me."
Once Niu Erleng left, Zhao Hui adopted a shy demeanor, told Zhao Wenchang to sit down first, and then turned around and climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed). She bent over and started rummaging through a peeling wooden cabinet at the head of the kang, muttering, "Just you wait, it'll be ready soon..."
After a long while, she finally turned around.
That one glance sent a shiver down Zhao Wenchang's spine.
Zhao Hui's lips were covered in something, making them as red as a monkey's bottom, shiny and oily, which looked particularly eerie in the dimly lit room.
"Brother Wenchang, am I...am I pretty?" Zhao Hui asked in a high-pitched, coquettish voice.
Seeing that Zhao Wenchang was stunned, she assumed he was amazed by her beauty, and her pride swelled up like a rising dough.
"This is a lipstick I specially asked someone to buy for me from the county!" She leaned forward, and a cheap, artificial fragrance hit Zhao Wenchang's nose.
Zhao Huiding looked down on those women from the south who were always wearing makeup.
That's something only ugly people do! Someone as naturally beautiful as her looks good even without makeup!
Even if she applies this today, it's just icing on the cake!
She's definitely many times more pleasing to the eye than that withered Jiang Wanqiu!
As she spoke, she pouted her bright red lips and pressed herself against him, wrapping her arms around Zhao Wenchang's neck like snakes, and asked in a cloying voice, "Brother Wenchang, are you stunned? Tell me, am I pretty or not?"
As the gaping maw drew closer, Zhao Wenchang felt goosebumps rise all over his body, and a wave of nausea surged up his body.
Without thinking, he reached out and shoved the person away!
"Don't be ridiculous!"
Zhao Hui was pushed so hard that she fell onto the kang (a heated brick bed).
She was stunned at first, then her eyes filled with grievances turned into tears, which fell down her cheeks.
"Zhao Wenchang! You've never treated me like this before!" she shrieked, "Did that little slut from the south say something bad about me to you?! Huh?!"
"Watch your mouth!" Zhao Wenchang's face darkened completely. "Jiang Wanqiu hasn't even acknowledged you!"
He had finally reached his limit: "Before, it was because our families were close and we grew up together. When we were kids, we could do whatever we wanted, but how old are we now? Don't we know that men and women should avoid each other?"
"Avoid suspicion? Why should I avoid suspicion with you!" Zhao Hui scrambled up from the kang (heated brick bed), her eyes bloodshot, as if she had gone mad. "I never even considered avoiding suspicion! Are you disgusted with me? Tell me!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she actually started to unbutton the buttons on her collar!
"Brother Wenchang, look at me, how am I inferior to that vixen..." She cried as she tried to throw herself at Zhao Wenchang.
Zhao Wenchang hadn't expected her to go this far, and quickly reached out to block her. Only then did he realize that Zhao Hui, though not particularly strong, was incredibly tough, with a broad back and astonishing strength!
Afraid of really hurting her, he didn't dare to use all his strength and could only keep dodging backward. In the struggle, there was a "ripping" sound, and a large tear was ripped in the sleeve of his shirt at his elbow.
Seeing that the woman seemed completely unable to understand human speech, he suddenly exerted all his strength and shoved Zhao Hui away violently, shouting, "Stop being crazy!"
This was the first time in so many years that he had ever gotten angry at a woman.
After saying that, he rushed out of the house without looking back, as if a ghost was chasing him.
If you can't afford to offend him, can't you at least avoid him?
Behind them came Zhao Hui's shrill wail, a voice that was high-pitched and long, just like a pig squealing desperately when its throat is stabbed and blood is drained during the New Year.
Night quietly descended.
Jiang Wanqiu pushed open the door with a "bang" and rushed inside.
The room was empty; Zhao Wenchang was not there.
With trembling hands, she quickly locked the door from the inside, her back pressed tightly against the cold door panel, her whole body still shaking uncontrollably.
"Thump, thump..." My heart was pounding wildly in my chest, as if it were about to jump out of my throat.
After a while, once the shock subsided, she felt a burning pain in her right cheek.
She raised her hand to touch it, and hissed in pain.
I... I was just beaten up.
Just now, a man she didn't recognize from the village, dark-skinned and with a roguish look, came up to her and told her that Zhao Wenchang was waiting for her in the field and that she should go there quickly.
She thought the commune had assigned her some work to do after work, so she followed the man without suspicion.
Little did she expect that the man would lead her behind a secluded haystack, his thieving eyes harboring ill intentions! As soon as she realized something was wrong, the man pounced on her!
Jiang Wanqiu was no pushover either! She struggled desperately, kicking the man in the groin, and then, as he bent over in pain, she poked his eyeball with her finger!
The man screamed, and she managed to escape, scrambling home. But in the struggle, she was slapped across the face, and her arms were pinched until they were bruised and battered.
Just then—
"Clang!"
The wooden door behind me was suddenly pushed hard, making a dull thud.
Jiang Wanqiu's heart jumped into her throat instantly!
It's that beast! He's caught up with us!
Driven to desperation, a ruthless glint flashed in Jiang Wanqiu's eyes as she quietly entered the dark kitchen next door.
Relying on his memory, he groped around on the stove and finally touched something cold and hard—the kitchen knife!
She crouched low, tiptoed, and silently retreated back to the door, shrinking into the shadows behind it and holding her breath.
If that man dares to barge in, she'll stab him! Even if it means mutual destruction!
Outside the door, Zhao Wenchang looked puzzled.
It's just getting dark, not that late, so why is the house all dark?
He was a little suspicious, so he reached out and pushed the door, but it wouldn't budge. He turned the doorknob again, and lo and behold, it was locked from the inside.
Zhao Wenchang took out his key from his pocket and opened the door.
A tall, dark figure squeezed in.
With red eyes, Jiang Wanqiu steeled her heart, and using the faint moonlight filtering in from outside the door, she raised the kitchen knife in her hand and slashed at the dark figure with all her might!
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