For the sake of his wife and children, he couldn't take any risks; otherwise, he and his wife and children might be in danger.
Zhou Yanchen hadn't forgotten why he and his wife, Li Yao, had come from Beijing to work at the machinery factory.
"Uncle, you don't want to help me, do you?"
Yuan Xiaoya's eyes were filled with accusation and grievance: "Is it because you see that my family is no longer what it used to be, so you are unwilling to help me and want me to fend for myself in the educated youth compound?"
Before Zhou Yanchen could respond, she continued, "My family is your maternal uncle's family, and my grandfather is still alive. Aren't you worried that my grandfather will be angry if you treat me like this?"
"You are threatening me with the relationship between our two families."
Zhou Yanchen didn't ask a question; he used a statement directly, seeing Yuan Xiaoya's expression of "I'm threatening you, so what can you do about it?"
In an instant, Zhou Yanchen's hands, hanging limply at his sides, clenched into fists. His eyes were cold, his tone devoid of any warmth, as he said in a deep voice:
"Although my mother and your grandfather were siblings, they were not born of the same mother, a fact that I think you are well aware of."
In addition, my mother and your grandfather didn't have much of a sibling relationship. Over the years, the two families only maintained a superficial relationship by visiting each other during holidays. At other times, they had no contact at all.
Previously, out of consideration for you being a relative and a junior member of the family, my wife not only gave you money and cash when you got into trouble, but I also stood up for you in the village. I never expected that you would not remember the kindness of others at all, and only care about whether you are satisfied with yourself.
Little girl, you need to know when to stop and understand the meaning of propriety.
At this point, Zhou Yanchen let out a long sigh, and then said, "I will no longer interfere in your affairs. What you do next is entirely up to you. Also, I don't want to see you in my house. I hope you understand what I mean!"
After saying that, Zhou Yanchen turned around and walked out of the ward without looking back.
When Yuan Xiaoya came to her senses and saw that Zhou Yanchen was no longer in the ward, she pounded the bed and screamed angrily!
...
About a hundred meters from the town's health center, Song Gousheng stopped in his tracks.
"Brother Lin, how's it going? Is that female educated youth you rescued going to marry you?"
"If she doesn't marry Brother Lin, does she want to be drowned in spit?"
"Is she looking down on Brother Lin? If that bitch really has such thoughts, just wait and see how I deal with her later!"
The speakers were Song Gousheng's cronies. At this moment, the four of them walked up to Song Gousheng and stood in front of him. Three of them spoke one after another, while the remaining one did not rush to speak, but just looked at Song Gousheng with concern in his eyes.
"You truly are my good buddy, Song Lin! Thank you everyone for your concern!"
Song Lin patted his four cronies on the shoulders one after the other. Then, he put his arm around two of his cronies nearby, called to the other two, and the group walked on. Song Gousheng said with a nonchalant laugh:
“They are educated youth from the city, cultured people. How could they possibly look down on a lazy country bumpkin like me?”
With a hint of self-deprecation in his tone, Song Gousheng continued, "But if I hadn't saved her yesterday, she would already have no reputation in our village. If she doesn't marry me, not only will her reputation be ruined, but her future will probably be even more difficult."
"That educated youth, Yuan, has a bad reputation. Could it be that something else happened to her?"
This was the voice of the one of Song Gousheng's four cronies who hadn't spoken up before. His name was Cui Pengfei, and he was being led forward by Song Gousheng with his arm around his shoulder. He was a little curious about what Song Gousheng was saying.
"Didn't I tell the guys?"
Song Gousheng asked.
The few cronies who were walking with him all shook their heads in unison.
"Alright, buddies, I'll tell you about that girl now..."
Song Gousheng rambled on about how Yuan Xiaoya's reputation had been ruined by someone's schemes. Finally, he said, "Although that other person from our village ended up being sent to a farm for reform through labor, Yuan Xiaoya was constantly bothered by that person's mother coming to the educated youth compound."
In short, she lived a life of misery in our village. Everyone avoided her from afar, while pointing and gossiping about her.
Cui Pengfei: "If that's the case, then that educated youth, Yuan, has no other choice but to marry Brother Lin right now."
Before Song Gousheng could speak, one of his three cronies said, "Pengfei, that educated youth Yuan looks down on our Brother Lin."
"Why does that bitch look down on Brother Lin? Why doesn't she take a good look at herself? With her lousy reputation, it's a blessing that Brother Lin married her!"
"That's right, she's just an educated youth, what's the big deal? If she dares to look down on Brother Lin, she might as well fly to the sky!"
Hearing his good buddies speak up for him, Song Gousheng felt very pleased. He shook his head and said:
"Alright, guys, I don't care at all whether Yuan Zhiqing wants to marry me or not. If she does, I'll get a wife for free, which is naturally a good thing."
If she doesn't want to marry, then so be it. As long as she can withstand the gossip in the village and the scorn of the other educated youth, I don't care.
But Yuan Zhiqing couldn't be spared any of the benefits he was entitled to.
Song Gousheng was secretly pleased with himself, unaware that Zhou Yanchen no longer cared about Yuan Xiaoya's affairs, and that Yuan Xiaoya was now completely incapable of offering him a thank-you gift.
"Brother Lin, then you shouldn't be a suspect anymore, right?"
Cui Pengfei asked.
"The police station has proven my innocence, but Yuan Zhiqing insists that I deliberately plotted against her, and that I conspired with someone else to do so. Dude, tell me, am I being wronged?! Yesterday, a few of us brothers strolled over from town to my house to play cards..."
I did hear someone shouting for help as I passed by the river, and I reacted quickly, jumping into the river without thinking. It was clearly a good deed, and my buddies saw it too, but the person I saved didn't appreciate it at all.
At this point, Song Gousheng sighed, "It seems I'm not really suited to be a good person!"
"Brother Lin, do you think that Yuan, the educated youth, was really pushed into the river?"
Cui Pengfei asked again.
"How would I know? She said she was pushed into the river, but there were no witnesses, and the police couldn't find anything. Only she knows the truth."
Song Gousheng suddenly thought of something and said, "Let me tell you, I don't know about the educated youth in other brigades, but none of the educated youth in our village are easy to deal with. Just last year..."
A female educated youth from our village actually married Er Gouzi, a guy from our village. The reason was that she accidentally fell into the water and was rescued by Er Gouzi.
Cui Pengfei: "Could it be that Er Gouzi's scheme?"
"Brother Lin, is Pengfei right?"
"That Er Gouzi is quite capable, being able to scheme for a wife for himself."
"That's right."
Song Gousheng glanced at his cronies and said, "So what if Er Gouzi plotted this? That female educated youth has no evidence to prove that Er Gouzi is involved."
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