Wen Qing and Shi Lei walked ahead, chatting.
Shi Lei said, "I thought you would have two braids."
Wen Qing laughed: "The result wasn't right, are you disappointed?"
"No, no," Shi Lei quickly denied.
Wen Qing turned her head to look at Shi Lei, but glanced back and saw Ji Ningzhi following behind. A smile appeared on Wen Qing's lips.
"The ponytail looks nice," Shi Lei said.
Wen Qing smiled and said, "Thank you."
Shi Lei smiled and looked up at the rice candy stall by the roadside. He turned to ask, "Wen Qing, do you want some rice candy?" Rice candy is peanuts coated in sugar; it's very fragrant and crunchy.
Wen Qing glanced at it, smiled, and nodded: "Okay."
"Young man, young lady, would you like to buy rice candy?" the stall owner asked with great enthusiasm, as if he had a keen eye for such things.
Shi Lei and Wen Qing then stepped forward.
Ji Ningzhi, standing not far away, curled her lip. "Rice candy, eating rice candy, that's something for little kids. These two are so old, eating this stuff, don't they know any shame?"
Ji Ningzhi was utterly disdainful, thinking to herself, "Wen Qing is such a fickle woman. She clung to my brother like a leech, but now she's all lovey-dovey with this handsome young man. I'll definitely tell my brother what kind of person Wen Qing is!"
Thinking this way, Ji Ningzhi followed Wen Qing closely, not wanting to miss Wen Qing and Shi Lei's every move. However, she wasn't stupid. She didn't follow Wen Qing and Shi Lei directly. Instead, they took the main road, while she took the side path. There were trees blocking the way, so even if Wen Qing turned around immediately, he wouldn't be able to see her right away. Even if he did see her, it would be because Wen Qing was being unreasonable. Therefore, Ji Ningzhi felt at ease following them.
Wen Qing and Shi Lei walked towards the river, chatting and laughing.
"I wonder if they're by the river?" Shi Lei asked.
Wen Qing replied, "They're probably not by the river; they're probably watching us from somewhere along the riverbank."
"Watching us?"
Wen Qing nodded: "Let's see how our conversation goes."
Shi Lei blushed again.
Wen Qing looked up at the riverbank, where Zhang Fangfang and Li Chuanli were still there, and the two seemed to be having an unpleasant conversation.
Zhang Fangfang wanted to leave, but Li Chuanli seemed to be preventing her from doing so.
Wen Qing smiled, then turned to Shi Lei and said, "There's a pavilion over there that's quite noticeable. If my mom wants to find us later, she can go there directly."
"Okay." Shi Lei nodded.
Then Wen Qing walked around a row of dense trees towards the other side of the river. When they encountered bumpy or uneven places, Shi Lei would give them a heads-up.
"Thank you." Wen Qing smiled at him, a smile as warm as the winter sun.
Shi Lei felt a surge of joy.
Meanwhile, Ji Ningzhi was completely focused on Wen Qing and Shi Lei. Seeing Wen Qing and Shi Lei getting closer and closer and chatting happily, the gossip bug in Ji Ningzhi's body started to stir, feeling that she would discover some shameful secret in the next second.
After all, they are becoming increasingly secretive and more inclined to do bad things.
Ji Ningzhi's heart was pounding, and she kept glancing back, anxiously wondering why her mother hadn't arrived yet. At the same time, she wished her brother, Ji Yanjun, could see this too. Just look at how shameless Wen Qing is!
"Wen Qing," Shi Lei called out.
Wen Qing asked, "What?"
Do you like Xu Zhimo?
Why do you ask that?
"I feel that girls tend to like Xu Zhimo's poems more," Shi Lei said.
Wen Qing smiled, responding to Shi Lei's gaze but looking through the gaps in the trees towards the riverbank. Then, she walked to the end of the woods, where the riverbank was right in front of her, and suddenly stopped.
Shi Lei stopped and asked, "What's wrong?"
Wen Qing remained silent, staring intently at the riverbank, as did Shi Lei.
As the two watched for a while, Ji Ningzhi also became curious, but the figures of Wen Qing and Shi Lei standing side by side blocked Ji Ningzhi's view.
What happened? What did they see?
Ji Ningzhi was extremely curious. She unconsciously walked around several big trees and stood on a slightly higher place. Her gaze passed over Wen Qing and Shi Lei, and she saw what they were seeing.
Upon seeing this, they were stunned on the spot.
"Oh my god!" Wen Qing deliberately exclaimed, her voice not loud enough for Li Chuanli and Zhang Fangfang to hear, but Ji Ningzhi heard it clearly: "The two of them are hugging each other."
Shi Lei then added, "Actually, the two of them were already hugging just now."
They were just hugging?
Ji Ningzhi's brain went blank for a second, as if she had been struck by lightning. She was completely paralyzed, staring in shock at Li Chuanli and Zhang Fangfang.
As Zhang Fangfang was about to leave, Li Chuanli stretched out his arm to stop her, staring at her intently.
Li Chuanli? What's he doing in the county town?
Zhang Fangfang?
how so?
Ji Ningzhi couldn't believe it. Back then, back then, when she invited her friends to dinner, she met Li Chuanli, and Li Chuanli looked at her with such fondness. This fondness couldn't be faked. He praised her for being fashionable, gentle, and cute. He even wrote her love letters. In the dormitory of Nanzhou No. 1 High School, he held her hand and kissed her. And now... now...
Ji Ningzhi's mind was reeling. It was she who introduced Li Chuanli to Zhang Fangfang. After she was humiliated by Wen Qing in her first exam, it was Zhang Fangfang who brought her chicken soup to comfort her and said that she had met Li Chuanli. So what's going on between the two of them now?
“Let’s go, let’s go,” Wen Qing suddenly said.
Shi Lei asked in confusion, "Weren't we going to the pavilion? Why did we leave?"
"Didn't you see they're dating?"
"I saw it."
Wen Qing said, seemingly shyly, "You saw them and you're still not leaving? Let me tell you, they're very much in love. I even saw them kissing at Su Fang's tailor shop before. Hurry up, hurry up."
Upon hearing the word "kiss," Shi Lei's face immediately turned red, and he hurriedly followed Wen Qing back.
Ji Ningzhi could no longer remain calm.
kiss?
Did Li Chuanli and Zhang Fangfang kiss?
After Ji Ningzhi was stunned, a flame ignited in her chest, then two, three, four... the flames gathered together and gradually became uncontrollable.
Li Chuanli! Zhang Fangfang!
Ji Ningzhi finally lost control and suddenly darted out from behind the big tree, startling Wen Qing. Shi Lei thought it was some kind of dog or cat and quickly stretched out his arm to block Wen Qing. Then he saw a girl with a face full of rage rushing towards the river.
"What happened?" Shi Lei asked.
Wen Qing shook her head: "I'm not quite sure." Wen Qing knew that Ji Ningzhi could lose her temper, but she didn't know how Ji Ningzhi would lose her temper.
Both of them instinctively stood in front of the tree and looked towards the river.
Now Li Chuanli is holding Zhang Fangfang's wrist, preventing her from leaving.
Zhang Fangfang frowned and struggled: "Chuanli, let me go."
"I won't let go, I won't let go!"
As the two were holding hands, they suddenly felt a gust of cold wind, and then Ji Ningzhi appeared directly in front of them, her face filled with furious anger.
The two were taken aback.
"Ning Zhi!" Zhang Fangfang and Li Chuanli exclaimed in surprise at the same time.
Ji Ningzhi strode forward and, without saying a word, slapped Zhang Fangfang hard across the face with a loud "smack".
Zhang Fangfang stumbled from the blow, but fortunately Li Chuanli held her up, preventing her from falling.
"What are you doing?" Li Chuanli shielded Zhang Fangfang behind him and questioned her coldly.
Ji Ningzhi was so angry she couldn't speak. She raised her hand to slap Li Chuanli, but Li Chuanli grabbed her wrist and said, "Are you crazy!" He then threw Ji Ningzhi aside.
Ji Ningzhi staggered, then looked at Li Chuanli in disbelief: "You hit me?"
Li Chuanli said coldly, "Who hit you? You hit me, get this straight!"
"Why did I hit you?" Ji Ningzhi questioned.
"Who knows you?" Li Chuanli said impatiently to Ji Ningzhi, then turned to check Zhang Fangfang's face.
Ji Ningzhi shouted, "Li Chuanli! Are you even human?! You wrote me love letters, I treated you to dinner, and you said I was your sun, your moon. Now you turn your back on me and are all lovey-dovey with her!" Ji Ningzhi pointed at Zhang Fangfang and shouted, "Her? Who is she? When did you two start this? Do you think I'm stupid?"
"Ningzhi, Ningzhi." Zhang Fangfang reached out and pulled Ji Ningzhi, trying to explain.
Ji Ningzhi flung her hand away: "Zhang Fangfang, I'm asking you! What is Li Chuanli doing here? What are you doing by this secluded little river? Don't tell me it's for my birthday, don't tell me you like my brother. I'm telling you, I don't believe it, I don't believe it! Yes, you're both from Nanzhou City, you've been secretly hooking up for a long time!"
Ji Ningzhi was practically screaming. She was angry, she was furious. The first boy she ever liked, the girl she adored, Fang Fang, had actually... held hands and kissed!
"Ningzhi, Ningzhi, it's not like that." Zhang Fangfang came over again and pulled Ji Ningzhi.
"Get out of here!" Ji Ningzhi shoved Zhang Fangfang away.
Zhang Fangfang lost her balance and fell into the mud.
Li Chuanli tried to stop her but failed. Annoyed, he shoved Ji Ningzhi, who immediately sat down on the ground.
"Fangfang, Fangfang." Ignoring Ji Ningzhi, Li Chuanli immediately hugged Zhang Fangfang: "Fangfang, are you alright?"
Ji Ningzhi looked at Li Chuanli and Zhang Fangfang in shock. Li Chuanli actually pushed her.
Just then, a familiar voice called out: "Ning Zhi!"
Ji Ningzhi turned her head and saw Liang Wenhua rushing over, followed by Su Hongmei. Neither of them saw Wen Qing and Shi Lei not far away.
Shi Lei was somewhat confused about the situation.
Wen Qing remained calm. This was about to escalate, so she decided not to leave and would continue to observe.
"Ningzhi, Ningzhi. Get up quickly." Zhang Fangfang saw Liang Wenhua arrive and hurriedly went to pull Ji Ningzhi, who was sitting on the ground.
Ji Ningzhi grabbed wildly with both hands and shouted, "Get out! Get out! Get out of here!"
With a hiss, Zhang Fangfang gasped. The face that already had five fingers imprinted on it now had another red mark.
"Ji Ningzhi, you're crazy!" Li Chuanli grabbed Zhang Fangfang and pulled her close.
Su Hongmei then noticed Zhang Fangfang's face, jogged over, and asked, "Fangfang, what happened to your face?"
Li Chuanli answered on her behalf: "Ning Zhi took the taxi."
Ji Ningzhi jumped up: "Li Chuanli, I'm asking you, why did I hit her? It's because she's shameless! She deserved it!"
Suppressing her anger, Su Hongmei didn't immediately lash out at Ji Ningzhi, but instead asked, "What happened?"
Zhang Fangfang covered her face.
Li Chuanli said, "Auntie, I'm a student at Nanzhou No. 1 Middle School. Ji Ningzhi has always liked me and pursued me at school, but I ignored her. I like Fang Fang, and I came to see her during the winter vacation. I didn't expect Ji Ningzhi to hit Fang Fang right away. That's too much."
Su Hongmei looked at Ji Ningzhi with a vicious gaze.
Ji Ningzhi clenched her fists so tightly that her blood almost flowed backward, and she nearly died.
"Ningzhi, Ningzhi..." Liang Wenhua called out as he came over, "What's wrong with Ningzhi?"
Ji Ningzhi had never been so angry, never been so bullied. She couldn't listen to anyone. She felt like she had been played and deceived. She couldn't accept it. She couldn't stand seeing Li Chuanli, that scoundrel, framing her. She couldn't stand Zhang Fangfang, that wicked woman, pretending to be innocent.
Suddenly, she acted impulsively, looked down, her eyes darting around, and spotted a stick. Without hesitation, she grabbed it and charged at Li Chuanli and Zhang Fangfang, yelling, "I'll beat you to death! I'll beat you to death!"
The sticks were covered in mud from the riverbank, and with a swing, they splashed mud all over everyone.
"Ningzhi, Ningzhi!" Liang Wenhua couldn't stop her.
"I'm going to beat them to death! Beat them to death! I've been so good to them, have they lost their minds?!" Ji Ningzhi went berserk, gripping a stick and beating Li Chuanli, Zhang Fangfang, and Su Hongmei mercilessly, turning the riverbank into chaos.
At this moment, Wen Qing suddenly turned around.
Shi Lei asked, "Wen Qing, where are you going?"
"Go call the police! This is such a big thing, it looks like someone's about to die, we have to call the police right away and let the officers mediate!" With that, Wen Qing started running.
"Wen Qing, slow down. I remember there's a police station nearby. Actually, it's just a family squabble, it's okay not to call the police, right?"
"Call the police, we absolutely have to call the police. Otherwise, this is the end of the matter." Yes, otherwise, once this is over, what's the point of making a fuss?
When Wen Qing ran to call the police, the fighting by the river not only did not end but became even more intense.
Originally, Su Hongmei was invited by Liang Wenhua to watch Wen Qing make a fool of himself, since Wen Qing had caused Su Hongmei to incur a debt of six thousand yuan. She was supposed to watch the show and have some fun, but unexpectedly, she ended up watching Ji Ningzhi and Zhang Fangfang arguing.
"Ji Ningzhi, if you hit me again, I won't be polite!" Li Chuanli tried to protect Zhang Fangfang with his arm, but Ji Ningzhi still managed to hit him with her haphazard stick.
"Ouch!" Su Hongmei cried out. Ji Ningzhi had hit her finger. The pain was excruciating, and she felt a surge of anger. Before Li Chuanli could grab the stick, she snatched it from Ji Ningzhi's hand and struck Ji Ningzhi on the shoulder.
Ji Ningzhi immediately cried out in pain.
"Ning Zhi!" Liang Wenhua was furious and immediately lunged at Su Hongmei to grab the stick: "Why are you hitting Ning Zhi?"
Su Hongmei refused: "She deserves a beating. A young lady with no manners or upbringing at all."
"Your Fangfang has one, how come she's running off to the riverbank to have a tryst with someone!" Liang Wenhua grabbed Su Hongmei.
Su Hongmei wouldn't let her, and went to kick Liang Wenhua.
Liang Wenhua and Su Hongmei, who were originally extremely dignified, well-mannered, and fiercely protective of their own, started fighting by the river.
Liang Wenhua grabbed a handful of Su Hongmei.
Su Hongmei pulled Liang Wenhua aside.
Besides their disheveled hair, the buttons and fabric of their clothes were also torn to shreds. The intensity of their fight completely overshadowed that of Ji Ningzhi and Zhang Fangfang.
"mom!"
"Auntie!"
"Aunt!"
Ji Ningzhi, Zhang Fangfang, and Li Chuanli shouted at the same time.
"Don't hit my mom!" Ji Ningzhi grabbed and shoved Su Hongmei, yelling, "Let go of me!"
"Auntie! Auntie!" Zhang Fangfang nudged Liang Wenhua.
"Auntie!" Li Chuanli's help to Zhang Fangfang and Su Hongmei put Ji Ningzhi and Liang Wenhua at a disadvantage, and they have already been arrested quite a few times.
“Su Hongmei, don’t forget, you still owe my family six thousand yuan!” Liang Wenhua shouted.
"Want it? No way!"
"Stop!" A rough shout suddenly rang out. A police officer stood at the edge of the woods: "Stop it, all of you!"
But the five people completely ignored them.
"Stop it, all of you!" Seeing that no one paid any attention to him, the police officer walked up to him with a stern face, picked up his baton, stretched out his arm and immediately put it around Li Chuanli's neck. He then used his foot to pin Li Chuanli's leg down, and with a slight force, "thud," Li Chuanli fell into a mud pit by the river.
The four people who were just fighting suddenly fell silent.
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