Chapter 130 Lovely Village Girl VS Innocent Educated Youth (16)
The cold air is getting stronger, and the trees on the mountain are all bare. Before it snows, many people go to the mountains to cut firewood to save for winter.
Cheng Jiahe originally intended to buy coal for Jiang Zhiyi's family, but Li Jiaoyun refused. So he could only come over often to help them cut firewood on the mountain.
Today, only Jiang Zhiyi and Cheng Jiahe went up the mountain. Cheng Jiahe walked ahead with a machete, cutting down dead trees and old branches. Jiang Zhiyi followed behind him, carrying a small basket on her back, picking up dead leaves, bark, and dry grass.
“I’m a little thirsty…” he said.
“You can’t drink water!” Jiang Zhiyi refused.
This is the third time today. Every time, even though he's not thirsty or tired, he insists on stopping to rest, and then he pesters her to feed him water, even kissing her to do so...
Moreover, there are many people cutting firewood on the mountain recently, and they might be seen by others. If that happens, they will be drowned in everyone's spittle.
"Okay." Cheng Jiahe was a little disappointed.
Jiang Zhiyi ran to the side to peel off some tree bark, and suddenly she heard a rustling sound nearby.
Oh my god!
There's someone in a tree on the hillside ahead, about to hang themselves!
"Cheng Jiahe, hurry and save him! There's someone over there trying to hang himself!" Jiang Zhiyi shouted.
The two of them rushed over and rescued the man, who was still struggling and had tears all over his face.
"Calm down, there's nothing that can't be solved! Staying alive is the most important thing!" Jiang Zhiyi comforted the person in front of her.
She recognized the woman; she was Li Hua from the next village. That day on the bus to the county town, Aunt Wang had mentioned her, saying her husband wouldn't let her go back to her parents' home.
“I don’t want to live anymore… My father raised me with such difficulty, but I’m useless. I married a heartless man. My father died of illness, and I didn’t have the money to treat him. I’m the one who killed him. I’m so unfilial!”
Jiang Zhiyi suddenly understood. Back then, Aunt Wang was saying that her father had been sick for a long time, but now...
Life is unpredictable.
"Don't stop me, I don't want to live anymore!" Li Hua broke free from her hand and was about to crash into a tree.
"Cheng Jiahe, pull her away!" Jiang Zhiyi went over and slapped her hard, bringing her back to her senses.
“If your father were still alive, he certainly wouldn’t want to see you like this. If you hang yourself here, no one will burn paper money for your father during Qingming Festival, and that would be even more unfilial!”
Li Hua's crying stopped abruptly as she choked on her saliva, causing her to cough violently until her face turned red.
“You’re already in so much pain from choking, hanging yourself would be a hundred times more painful. Aren’t you afraid of dying?” Jiang Zhiyi could tell that she was acting on impulse. “Think about it carefully. If something really happens to you, your father won’t be able to rest in peace.”
Li Hua was stunned and didn't say anything.
Jiang Zhiyi ignored her for the time being and picked up fallen leaves next to her. Cheng Jiahe also went to the other side to chop firewood, but they were all secretly observing her reaction.
The biting cold wind blew on Li Hua, making her shiver, but her emotions also calmed down.
She is actually very afraid of pain, and she is also quite afraid of dying.
She had just gone up the mountain to chop firewood and was leaning against a tree to rest when she unexpectedly fell asleep. In her dream, she dreamt that her father was blaming her for not spending money to treat his illness, which is why she had suicidal thoughts.
"Thank you all for today. Don't worry, I won't hang myself. I was just feeling really bad just now, that's why I did that," Li Hua said, wiping away her tears.
Jiang Zhiyi gave her a piece of candy and said, "Think more positively in the future, and don't do anything foolish. We'll be going now."
"Thank you." Li Hua unwrapped the candy, put it in her mouth, and the sweetness spread.
...
"Cheng Jiahe, let's go back earlier from now on. I'm a little scared." Jiang Zhiyi broke out in a cold sweat.
"What are you afraid of?" Cheng Jiahe asked, puzzled.
"I think there might really be some kind of spirit or monster in the deep mountains. They lure people to commit suicide, and I'm very scared."
Cheng Jiahe thought to himself that these were all superstitions. It was probably just that people were tired from working and their bodies were fatigued, and with the help of psychological suggestion, they were prone to overthinking.
Cheng Jiahe took her hand and smiled. At times like this, he had to show his support. He said, "I'm here, it's okay."
"How dare you say that?! Last time you didn't even come back after dark, and I had to go looking for you!" Jiang Zhiyi suddenly remembered this incident and turned around to start scolding him.
Cheng Jiahe's attempt to make a good impression backfired, and now he's being scolded instead. Feeling frustrated, he said, "Don't scold me. I'll come back earlier from now on and won't make you worry anymore."
"Hmph!" Jiang Zhiyi didn't want to pay him any attention.
A few more days passed.
After returning home, Li Hua divorced her stingy husband, Wang Ba, and went to the county town alone.
Anyway, she's all alone now, so what's there to be afraid of? She wants to go out and explore the world. She's never really tasted any sweets in her life, and even if it's not for anything else, if she could taste more sweet things, she'd be willing to die out there for it.
Unexpectedly, Li Hua's husband, Wang Ba, came to her door. He went to the educated youth settlement and caused trouble, saying that Cheng Jiahe had caused his wife to run away and that he had to give him an explanation.
“My wife wants a divorce after she comes back from chopping wood in the mountains. Someone saw him talking to her that day, so it must have been Cheng Jiahe who instigated her. If he doesn’t give me some compensation, I’ll die right here!”
"You educated youth are really something else, always talking about how great the city is. Now you've lured my wife away from me to the city. You're deliberately trying to harm people!"
"My God, they're harming people!"
Wang Ba would run to the entrance of the educated youth settlement every day and cry, looking like a shameless, scoundrel.
He knew Cheng Jiahe was rich, and he also knew that these educated youths were very concerned about their image. He figured if he spent a few days there, they would definitely give in.
Anyone with eyes could see that Cheng Jiahe was being harassed by Wang Ba. Cheng Jiahe didn't want to waste any time arguing with him, so he simply gave him some money.
Jiang Zhiyi was unaware of this matter at first, and only found out by chance that it had turned into such an ugly affair.
She knew that given Cheng Jiahe's personality, he probably wouldn't want any trouble and would likely try to pay her off.
However, this is definitely not going to work. Wang Ba is a bottomless pit. Once you get entangled with him, you can never get rid of him. We have to think of another way to deal with him.
Jiang Zhiyi went to Chen Yunyang for help.
Chen Yunyang readily agreed. Firstly, since the young girl had come to him for help, he couldn't refuse. Secondly, although he didn't particularly like Cheng Jiahe, he didn't want to see him get entangled with such a scoundrel...
"What do you need me to do?" Chen Yunyang asked.
Jiang Zhiyi told him her plan, and then added, "By the way, don't tell Cheng Jiahe yet, we'll tell him later."
"become."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
