Everyone looked at Tan Jian, who was standing there with a pale face, and Jiang Caiqin, who was sitting on the ground.
Wang Lin asked, "What happened?"
Seeing that everyone else had gathered around, Jiang Caiqin felt a little apprehensive and remained silent. But Tan Jian was a pervert; how could she extricate herself from this situation?
When Wang Lin questioned her again, Jiang Caiqin hesitated and said, "I saw it, I saw him take it..." Then she fell silent.
Seeing that Jiang Caiqin was only halfway through her sentence, Wang Lin asked again, "What did he take?"
Unexpectedly, Jiang Caiqin simply shook her head in the end; after all, such things are easier said than done.
Liu Yuan, a member of the gossip squad, immediately led Mao Ke forward to be a bystander. Seeing Jiang Caiqin like this, she also wanted to know what had happened, but her cautious nature as a gossip lover prevented her from asking. Gossip is fine to listen to, but she couldn't become a part of it herself.
Almost everyone from the educated youth compound had arrived, except for Yun Yi and Feng Niaoniao, who remained unusually quiet, as if they were asleep.
Liu Yuan looked around but didn't see Feng Niaoniao. Although she was a little puzzled, she knew that Feng Niaoniao usually wouldn't appear at the gossip scene, but she would participate in the gossip discussion, so her first-hand information was more important.
Wang Lin asked Jiang Caiqin for a long time without getting anything out of her, so he turned to Tan Jian, whose complexion was slowly recovering, and asked, "Tan Zhiqing, do you know what happened to Jiang Zhiqing?"
Seeing that Jiang Caiqin hadn't told her what she'd seen, Tan Jian's mind raced. Hearing Wang Lin's question, she cautiously replied, "When I arrived, I saw Jiang Zhiqing fall here. Perhaps she fell too hard, and the pain caused her to scream."
Everyone glanced at Tan Jian, who was defending Jiang Caiqin, and then at Jiang Caiqin, who was stammering. In the end, Wang Lin could only vaguely tell everyone to go to sleep.
Seeing that everyone else had left, Tan Jian walked up to Jiang Caiqin and asked, "Jiang Zhiqing, are you alright?"
Jiang Caiqin shook her head. Seeing Tan Jian walking towards her, she involuntarily took a few steps back, not noticing a piece of wood under her foot, which tripped her and made her fall to the ground. She sat down and saw Tan Jian come forward to help her up, saying, "Jiang Zhiqing, be careful." He then smiled at her, scratched his nose, and especially when he saw Jiang Caiqin's dilated pupils, he smiled again before going back to his room.
Back in the girls' dormitory, Jiang Caiqin felt utterly disgusted thinking about her few NKs. She never imagined Tan Jian could be so perverted, so brazen, yet no one else knew about it, which inexplicably gave her a secret sense of satisfaction.
The next day, Jiang Caiqin went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought a few feet of cotton cloth. After returning to the girls' dormitory of the educated youth institute, she sewed a few new pairs of underwear for herself. She cut up the old ones with scissors and threw them into the stove. Watching the fire burning fiercely in the stove, she had a feeling that no one knew, and even more so, she hoped that Tan Jian could make other people's underwear look like what she saw.
Everyone thought the matter was over, but on the night of the 20th of the twelfth lunar month, Tan Jian, who couldn't help but act again, was caught. This time, the person who caught Tan Jian was Liu Wan.
Unlike Jiang Caiqin, who shouted and then dared not utter a sound, Liu Wan stepped forward and threatened Tan Jian.
Tan Jian was shocked to see that this female educated youth dared to threaten him and even wanted him to give her money as hush money.
Tan Jian's eyes darkened. Although this was not what he had expected—shouldn't it be like Jiang Zhiqing's situation?—he didn't want to threaten her in such a cowardly manner. He also knew that if he compromised this time, Liu Wan would become even more ruthless in the future.
However, he hasn't come up with a good solution yet. Tan Jian is also feeling a bit regretful. He hasn't been caught for so long, so why was he caught as soon as he reached out?
Liu Wan looked at Tan Jian, whose expression was changing, and said, "What? Are you still trying to threaten me? Let me tell you, that's impossible. If you don't agree, I'll tell the whole educated youth compound about this. Let's see how you explain it then. I think last time Jiang Caiqin encountered you doing something like this, right?"
Tan Jian remained silent, but a tremor ran through him. Was Liu Wan really not afraid?
Seeing Tan Jian's silence, Liu Wan's lips curled up slightly; this was exactly the effect she wanted.
She stepped forward and said, "Tan Zhiqing, give me 200 yuan, and this matter will be over."
Tan Jian shook his head and said, "I don't have any money." It wasn't that he didn't have the money, but this woman dared to ask for such an exorbitant amount. Moreover, Tan Jian wasn't stupid. He had already given her so much money the first time, and Liu Wan would definitely ask him again. He couldn't possibly give her money every time, otherwise his life would definitely be miserable. This was all foreseeable.
Hearing Tan Jian's words, Liu Wan clearly didn't believe him. She said, "Tan, although I've been here shorter than you, I can still tell who's doing well and who's not. Don't tell me you have no money; do you think I'd believe that?"
Tan Jian said, "I really didn't."
Liu Wan asked, "Since you were able to come here to work in the countryside, won't your family help you out?"
Tan Jian gave a wry smile: "How can people who come to the countryside have a lot of money? Everyone needs to eat and drink, how can they possibly save any money?"
Liu Wan thought about it and figured that the educated youth sent to the countryside probably didn't have much money, just like herself, and she was almost out of money. So she made another request: that Tan Jian help her find work.
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