Besides, Song Lan is already his wife. Just like her foolish younger brother said, if she doesn't want to continue living with him, she has plenty of opportunities to leave the Qin family.
So, she might really care about him. Maybe not much, but even a little bit proves that she does care about him!
At the same time, in Shisong Village.
The riverbank not far from the former educated youth compound.
"Why are you crying? I didn't hit you or scold you. I just warned you to stay away from my brother Dongze. What, are you feeling wronged?" Yuan Xiaoya stood by the river, glaring angrily at the female educated youth standing opposite her.
She didn't expect that Song Jiaojiao was so sensible. After being warned, she not only stopped getting close to Dong Zege, but even took the initiative to befriend her and became her little follower.
On the other hand, Yang He is just annoying to look at!
She's clearly not as pretty as Song Jiaojiao, nor as good at socializing, yet she's still obsessed with Dongze. During the day at work, or after work back at the educated youth compound, she dares to steal glances at Dongze in front of her. This is obviously seduction, showing that she doesn't respect Yuan Xiaoya at all. She deserves to die!
"Chen Zhiqing is unmarried. If you can like him, why can't I? Besides, there's more than one person who likes Chen Zhiqing. What gives you the right to threaten me alone?"
Yang He knew Yuan Xiaoya's temper, but she genuinely liked Chen Dongze and wanted to spend her life with him. Wasn't that possible?
"So what if those village girls like them? My brother Dongze won't even look at them. After all, neither my brother Dongze nor I are going to stay in this wretched place forever."
Yuan Xiaoya scoffed: "But you are different. Of course, I'm not saying this because I think you can marry my brother Dongze. I just think you're disgusting. I think it's an insult to me that someone like you would fall in love with the same person."
"You were born in the city, yet your ambitions are sky-high. You dream of marrying my brother Dongze to change your fate, Yang He. I think Song Jiaojiao was right to call you a 'white lotus.' Always pretending to be innocent and pure, don't you get tired of it?"
"You shameless woman, if you don't know when to stop and continue to covet my Dongze brother, I won't mind finding you a husband in this wretched place!"
Don't blame her for being ruthless. After all, people die for money and birds die for food. And Song Jiaojiao is right when she says, "You can only be a thief for a thousand days, but you can't guard against thieves for a thousand days."
Furthermore, even tigers have their moments of weakness. What if one day this slut finds an opportunity to have sex with her Dongze brother? Wouldn't she then lose the person she loves?
"This is a new society, where men and women are allowed to freely choose their partners."
Yang He resisted for the sake of her happiness: "Besides, in the face of love, background doesn't matter. I believe that as long as Chen Zhiqing knows how good I am, he won't care about my family background..."
Yuan Xiaoya interrupted her: "I think you're just dreaming! There's a saying that a barking dog doesn't bite, and I think you're that kind of dog. You don't even know how much you weigh, yet you dare to fantasize about someone who doesn't belong to you. Yang He, I'm warning you one last time, don't force me to take action against you!"
In Yuan Xiaoya's mind, what she said next had two meanings. One was that if Yang He didn't give up her feelings for Chen Dongze, she would be slapped across the face. The deeper meaning was undoubtedly to ruin the other party, that is, to completely cut off Yang He's thoughts.
—She lost her innocence and was forced to marry a peasant. She was unwilling to accept it, but what could she change no matter how much she tried?
Speaking of which, Song Jiaojiao was quite clever this time. Well, perhaps it was related to her knowledge before she transmigrated into the book. In the matter of winning over Chen Dongze, she chose to be patient first, to avoid being targeted by Yuan Xiaoya, and to become Yuan Xiaoya's follower to gain her trust. Then, she would use Yuan Xiaoya to get rid of women like Yang He who coveted Chen Dongze.
Once Yuan Xiaoya has cleared the road for her, that will be the time for her to reap the rewards of her victory.
As for Yuan Xiaoya, she has plenty of ways to make the other party lose the right to marry Chen Dongze!
"Every man for himself," Song Jiaojiao thought. She wanted to live a good life, to enjoy the extravagant lifestyle she had as a rich second-generation heiress. She married Chen Dongze, a man with a powerful family background and a future of wealth. There was nothing wrong with doing something shady.
"You want to hit me?"
Yang He was still naive, thinking that Yuan Xiaoya's words were just a way of trying to hit her. Sure enough, she wasn't afraid at all, and looked Yuan Xiaoya straight in the eyes and said, "Hit me if you want, I won't fight back, but I will let Chen Zhiqing know your true colors!"
When Yuan Xiaoya called her to the riverbank, Yang He decided to stop pretending to be weak. Well, she decided to stop pretending to be weak in front of Yuan Xiaoya. She knew that the reason why Yuan Xiaoya was able to call her aside to talk was probably because she saw through her disguise and wanted to warn her not to get close to Chen Zhiqing.
If she backs down today, she will undoubtedly be severely suppressed by the other party.
In this way, most of what she wants will come to nothing!
Based on this, the moment Yang He arrived at the riverbank and faced Yuan Xiaoya, she dropped her pretense and frankly expressed her feelings for Chen Dongze. She did not believe that Yuan Xiaoya would do anything reckless, such as pushing her into the river in a fit of anger.
"Okay, you're awesome!"
Yuan Xiaoya gritted her teeth, then sneered, "Yang He, you just wait!" She would absolutely not let the other party get away with this!
Leaving behind harsh words, Yuan Xiaoya turned and went back to the educated youth compound.
Yang He glanced at her retreating figure and curled her lip dismissively, muttering, "Who are you trying to scare! I'm not afraid of being targeted by you if I can speak frankly with you."
However, Yang He never expected that she would soon pay the price for confronting Yuan Xiaoya head-on today!
"Brother Dongze!"
The educated youths took turns cooking lunch in groups of three. Just as Chen Dongze stepped out of the kitchen with his rice bowl, he heard Yuan Xiaoya's voice coming from the gate of the educated youth compound. He stopped and turned to look at her: "Is something wrong?"
If it weren't for the sake of the two families' elders, he really wouldn't want to deal with this spoiled and unreasonable little girl!
Yes, in Chen Dongze's heart, Yuan Xiaoya was just a little girl, the little sister who used to follow him around the whole courtyard calling "Brother Dongze" when she was a child.
But ever since he learned of her feelings for him, he felt annoyed whenever he saw Yuan Xiaoya.
"I won't allow you to like that bitch Yang He!"
Walking up to Chen Dongze, ignoring the stares of the other educated youth, Yuan Xiaoya blurted out a sentence.
"Can you stop being ridiculous?"
Chen Dongze blushed. When had he ever said he liked Yang Zhiqing?
Has this girl forgotten that he has someone else in his heart?
"I'm not being silly!"
Yuan Xiaoya stomped her foot and said angrily, "That bitch Yang He admitted it herself. She said she likes you and that you don't mind her family background and are willing to be her partner. Brother Dongze, I swear that everything I said is true!"
Hmph! She's just going to exaggerate, so what can anyone do about it?
Chen Dongze's face darkened: "Whoever likes or dislikes is everyone's right in this world, and I can't control that. But what you're saying, I can only tell you, is not true."
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