Ning Yuan was held tightly in his arms, unable to move her shoulders, and she awkwardly tried to struggle.
Rong Zhaonan whispered in her ear, "Don't forget, we're husband and wife."
Ning Yuan stopped moving and could only awkwardly half-lie on Li Yan's chest as he led her out of the orchard, under his gaze.
Chen Chen glanced at them mockingly and said, "You overestimate yourselves, you want to fight? If the captain really wants you dead, none of you will leave this forest alive today."
Then, he snorted coldly and left the grove.
Li Yan's face was grim, while the other red armband-wearing members looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Officer Li, why don't you arrest him..." The educated youth standing next to Li Yan was bewildered.
He didn't see what was written in the document Chen Chen provided.
Li Yan glared at him angrily: "Tell me, did you start it first or not!"
The educated youth froze. He was already disoriented from Rong Zhaonan's beating, and under the gaze of the group of red armband-wearing men, he stammered, "It was...it was Wang Jianhua who said he wanted to teach that reformer a lesson."
Ning Yuan would rather marry Rong Zhaonan and live in a cowshed than return to the city than submit to Wang Jianhua, making him hate Rong Zhaonan to death.
Wang Jianhua was convinced that Rong Zhaonan had stolen his woman.
However, he failed several times because of Ning Yuan, so this time he wanted to take advantage of Ning Yuan's absence to break Rong Zhaonan's hand.
As a result, the frail village doctor who usually never fought back or retaliated against insults actually crippled Wang Jianhua this time.
They were terrified and almost beaten half to death.
Li Yan listened expressionlessly as the educated youth poured out his story like beans spilling from a bamboo tube.
He suppressed his anger and yelled, "If you two still want to go back to the city, stop doing bad things with Wang Jianhua, or you'll be recorded and unable to find a job for the rest of your lives!"
Wang Jianhua deserved to have his manhood destroyed; what a disgusting, woman-abusing bastard!
The two male educated youths panicked immediately and nodded frantically, "Yes! Yes!"
Li Yan glanced at the unconscious Wang Jianhua with disgust: "Drag this man to the village clinic for treatment."
One of the educated youths was stunned: "But the person in charge of treating external injuries at the village clinic... is Rong Zhaonan."
If Rong Zhaonan were to treat Wang Jianhua's injuries, Wang Jianhua would likely lose his life.
Li Yan said coldly, "Then you can decide for yourselves whether to send them to the county hospital. I can't handle this, and I'm not a doctor."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Several people wearing red armbands quickly followed, no one wanted to get involved in this mess!
The least injured male educated youth quickly looked at the old Party Secretary and pleaded, "Old Party Secretary, you can't abandon us! Without a tractor, how are we going to get people to the county hospital!"
The old Party Secretary sneered, "The tractor will still be used tomorrow. It's being maintained tonight, so it can't be moved around easily. You'll have to find a way to borrow an oxcart yourselves."
After saying that, the old Party Secretary left without looking back.
He asked to borrow the village's prized tractor, but even the tractor owner thought Wang Jianhua was disgusting!
Only two disheveled male educated youths remained, looking at each other blankly, and struggled with all their might to drag Wang Jianhua away.
...
Rong Zhaonan put his arm around Ning Yuan's shoulder and walked towards the cowshed hut.
Without his glasses, he had a cold expression and didn't walk with his head down like before, which immediately attracted a lot of surprised glances.
Ning Yuan felt...embarrassed, and her face couldn't help but feel a little hot.
"That's enough," she said softly, gently nudging Rong Zhaonan.
Why are you making such a big show of it?
Rong Zhaonan didn't speak, nor did he let go; instead, he tightened his grip on her shoulders.
Ning Yuan keenly sensed that he was in a bad mood and glanced at his face thoughtfully.
Only after entering the courtyard of the cowshed did Rong Zhaonan release his arm from Ning Yuan's shoulder and go to the water vat next to him to scoop water to wash his face and hands.
Chen Chen obediently stopped his bicycle first, picked up the bags on the handlebars, and said, "Well, I'll go inside and put my things down first."
After saying that, he picked up his things and hurried into the house, leaving Ning Yuan and Rong Zhaonan alone in the courtyard.
When Xiaobai saw Ning Yuan return, it immediately scurried over and burrowed around her feet, nuzzling her head in a fawning manner.
Ning Yuan reached out and stroked Xiaobai's wolf head, then looked at Rong Zhaonan: "What exactly happened? Can you tell me?"
Rong Zhaonan wiped the water off his hands and casually brushed his wet bangs behind his head: "You see, someone's here to cause trouble."
The dim light of the winter sun fell on his face, outlining his misty face with a sharp, almost sinister, light and shadow.
Ning Yuan was stunned. This side of Rong Zhaonan felt somewhat unfamiliar to her. He seemed too lazy to pretend to be "gloomy" and "low-key" anymore.
Her delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly: "What did Wang Jianhua say?"
If Wang Jianhua didn't say anything, Rong Zhaonan wouldn't break his principle of not harming civilians.
Rong Zhaonan walked up to her, looked down at her, and asked, "Want to know?"
She looked away uncomfortably: "I'm afraid you'll get into trouble. You've always been someone who doesn't want to attract attention..."
Rong Zhaonan said calmly, "He said that on the night we first met, he was the one who took off your clothes."
Ning Yuan froze, then gritted her teeth and cursed with disgust, "He's talking nonsense! It was Tang Zhenzhen who took off my clothes!"
It wasn't that Tang Zhenzhen was being kind; rather, she was afraid that Wang Jianhua might be lustful and try to do something to her, which would delay things!
She later managed to get the information out of Tang Zhenzhen's follower, Qin Xiaoxia, through subtle probing.
Rong Zhaonan looked at Ning Yuan's angry expression, her large, black eyes burning with bright flames, making her exceptionally beautiful.
His eyes deepened: "Hmm."
Actually, what Wang Jianhua said was even more disgusting.
In the woods, Wang Jianhua knocked his glasses off, then, with a malicious and arrogant look, grabbed his collar and uttered vulgarities—
"Hey, I not only stripped that little slut Ning Yuan naked, but I touched every inch of her body, inside and out, before you did. She's so soft!"
By the time he realized what was happening, Wang Jianhua had already been grabbed by the throat and lifted up like an animal.
"Everyone, attack together—break his hand..." Wang Jianhua's face turned red as he screamed and struggled, both angry and in pain.
In that instant, he coldly thought, what's the point of showing any mercy to this kind of scum?
What's in front of me isn't a human being, but a beast in human skin. What does it matter if I ruin a beast?
Moreover, the shackles that the era had placed on him had disappeared.
Rong Zhaonan curled his lips into a smile and said lightly, "So, I crippled him."
Ning Yuan felt a tightness in her chest as she looked at his nonchalant demeanor.
After his glasses were broken again, he seemed to have become a different person; his hidden sharpness gradually became unrestrained.
Ning Yuan wanted to say something, but suddenly water droplets fell from Rong Zhaonan's fair face.
She subconsciously looked up and met his eyes.
The man's extremely long eyelashes were damp with moisture, like black sparrow feathers soaked by rain, making his eyes appear even darker.
He was standing too close, so close that Ning Yuan could see his thin lips, and his slightly protruding, sexy Adam's apple glistened with moisture.
Two crystal-clear drops of water fell directly from his eyelashes onto her soft lips.
Tick-tock—
Like a drop on her heart, she unconsciously opened her mouth slightly.
Rong Zhaonan's eyes deepened, and he suddenly reached out and touched her small face.
His thumb slowly rubbed the water droplets on her lips, gently kneading her small lips until they became a vibrant red.
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