Zhou Luancheng could also feel Mu Xiaowan's tense emotions, so he reached out to hold her shoulders and pressed them gently: "It's okay, no one will dare to bully you."
Mu Xiaowan curled the corners of her lips and said, "When I left here, I swore that I would never come back. I didn't expect that I would come back seven years later and this place is still so shabby."
As soon as the two arrived at the entrance of the village, they ran into an old acquaintance.
Li Xiumei, wife of Village Party Secretary Shi Tianliang.
Li Xiumei was carrying a pickaxe and preparing to go to her own plot of land to catch insects and weed the cabbages. When she saw Mu Xiaowan, she was stunned for a while before she called out uncertainly, "Mu Xiaowan?"
After all, when Mu Xiaowan was here, she was thin and small, with only a pretty face, but the girl in front of him was tall, bright and beautiful.
Her facial features vaguely resemble that of the skinny girl back then.
Mu Xiaowan curled the corners of her lips: "It's me, I didn't expect to see you again."
Li Xiumei looked down on the skinny and young Mu Xiaowan at first, mainly because she had a bad background, so she often looked down on her.
But they don’t dare to do that now. These people have returned to the city, and many of their identities have been restored. They are still farming in the countryside, but they no longer have the feeling of being superior.
Besides, there is Zhou Luancheng standing next to Mu Xiaowan. This man's temperament is obviously not that of an ordinary person.
Li Xiumei rolled her eyes and laughed, "Oh, it's been six or seven years since we last met. Although you've only been here for less than a year, I really like you, little girl. You've changed and become more beautiful. If you were to walk on the street, I wouldn't even recognize you."
Mu Xiaowan sneered: "That's right, you were so nice to me in the beginning, you instigated the children in the village to throw slop on me, and let them chase me and scold me."
Li Xiumei's smile froze on her face instantly. She didn't expect Mu Xiaowan to not give her any face at all. She smiled awkwardly: "Look at you, kid. Did you remember it wrongly? Can I do such a thing at my age?"
Zhou Luancheng took a deep look at Li Xiumei. It turned out that she had bullied Mu Xiaowan in the same way before. He spoke with a more severe tone: "We are here to find the village party secretary. Do you know where his home is?"
Mu Xiaowan just remembered that she hadn’t introduced her to Zhou Luancheng yet, so she quickly tugged at his sleeve and said, “She is the wife of the village party secretary.”
When Li Xiumei heard that the person was looking for her man, and saw that Zhou Luancheng had an extraordinary demeanor, she thought he should be an official in the city.
He did not care about Mu Xiaowan's attitude and led her to his home: "So you came to my house. Come and sit at my house. Hurry up."
Shi Tianliang happened to be at home, squatting under the eaves smoking a pipe with his eyes squinted, obviously enjoying it.
Zhou Luancheng entered the courtyard and, without Li Xiumei asking, strode over and asked, "Are you Shi Tianliang? Where is your son Shi Dalei? I'm from the Beijing Public Security Bureau."
Shi Tianliang was just about to get angry, wondering where this rude young man came from. After hearing Zhou Luancheng's words, he was so scared that he quickly stood up. Although he was a village official, he had never seen a police officer from Beijing.
He stuttered unconsciously: "He's not at home, he went out...what did he do wrong?"
Zhou Luancheng did not answer, and asked again: "When did you go out, and who was you with?"
Shi Tianliang thought for a moment and said, "It's been a month. I went out with my brother Shi Tianming."
"What are you going to do?"
Shi Tianliang shook his head: "I'm not sure. My brother has been traveling around these past few days and earned some money. He said that money is easy to earn outside, so he took Da Lei with him. What? Did they commit any crime?"
Zhou Luancheng shook his head: "No, I just came to understand the situation."
Li Xiumei was listening to this and was so frightened that her heart began to tremble. She spoke incoherently and said to Shi Tianliang, "I'll go call Da Lei's wife. She should know where Da Lei went."
Shi Tianliang nodded: "Go quickly, we can't let the public security comrades wait too long."
After Li Xiumei left, Shi Tianliang saw Mu Xiaowan. He was stunned for a moment and recognized her: "Comrade Xiaomu? Why are you here too?"
Mu Xiaowan smiled and said, "I came here with Comrade Zhou."
As he spoke, he straightened his back, as if he was taking advantage of the power of another.
Although Shi Tianliang did not make things difficult for her back then, he still took her food coupons and benefits, and only let her go back to the city when he saw that she was about to die.
There is nothing good about this family.
Including Shi Dalei's wife Xu Ping, who is big and strong, and can do the work of two men. She has been exposed to the wind and sun all year round, and her skin is dark, just like a man.
So he hated all the female educated youth who came to the village, especially those who were good-looking.
Including her, who was only fifteen years old.
When Shi Tianliang heard that she was accompanying Zhou Luancheng, his attitude towards Mu Xiaowan became better: "Hurry up and come in and sit down. I'll pour you some tea. I really couldn't bear to see a little girl like you suffer so much, so I risked being punished to let you go back to the city."
"Seeing that you are doing well now, I feel relieved. You are all children. You have never suffered any hardship."
Mu Xiaowan just watched him talk nonsense quietly, and secretly pulled the corner of her lips towards Zhou Luancheng to indicate that he was talking nonsense.
After entering the room and sitting down, Shi Tianliang went to get tea leaves diligently. He also took out the white sugar that he usually didn't want to eat and put it in the teacup, and made a cup of jasmine tea for Zhou Luancheng and Mu Xiaowan.
Zhou Luancheng waited until Tianliang sat down before asking a few questions: "How old is your brother?"
Shi Tianliang thought for a moment and said, "He is much younger than me. He is exactly 48 years old this year, and only eight years older than my Da Lei."
Zhou Luancheng nodded: "Has Shi Dalei made enemies with anyone in the village? Or has he offended anyone?"
Shi Tianliang shook his head: "No, my Da Lei is honest and kind, and he has never offended anyone. Comrade Zhou, what do you mean by asking this?"
Mu Xiaowan sneered a little. Shi Dalei was simple and honest. Then there was no one in the world who was not simple and honest.
Shi Tianliang also realized something was wrong and asked nervously, "Comrade Zhou, has something happened to my Da Lei?"
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