"..."
After listening to what Song Sanhe said, Grandma Chen and Grandpa Chen fell silent, unsure of what to say.
"Second Uncle, if you ask me, it's a great thing that Lanlan didn't end up with Chen Dongze. You don't know, Chen Dongze is just like his mother. He seems polite, but he's actually very hypocritical."
Chen Dongxu said without any scruples: "Also, Chen Dongze's mother is used to praising the powerful and belittling the weak. The reason she disagrees with Chen Dongze dating Lanlan is because she wants to matchmake the girl from the Yuan family in our compound with her son."
Unfortunately, the Yuan family suddenly collapsed last year, leaving Chen Dongze's mother with nothing but disappointment.
As he spoke, Chen Dongxu became visibly gloating.
"You mean your Aunt Zhang has always wanted to match Xiaoya and Dongze up?"
Old Mrs. Chen asked Chen Dongxu.
"Um."
Chen Dongxu nodded and then said, "This is not a secret in our compound. It's just that you and my grandfather live in the courtyard house almost all year round, so naturally you don't know much about some things in our compound."
"If I remember correctly, Xiaoya and Dongze went to the countryside together. I wonder what her situation is now?"
As he spoke, Old Master Chen looked up at Song Sanhe.
"Dad, are you talking about Yuan Xiaoya?"
Song Sanhe asked.
Grandpa Chen nodded: "Yes, it's that girl."
Song Sanhe's expression was slightly complicated. He opened his mouth and finally recounted what had happened to Yuan Xiaoya since she came to Shisong Village. After listening to him, not to mention the expressions of Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen, the young man Chen Dongxu was completely stunned!
"Second Uncle, is Yuan Xiaoya really that unlucky?"
Coming to his senses, he immediately asked Song Sanhe.
“It’s not bad luck, it’s being schemed against. But Yuan Zhiqing has no evidence. The fact that she was schemed against time and time again suggests that she had schemed against others before, and that’s why she was schemed against in return.”
Song Sanhe said softly, "Those educated youth in the educated youth compound are all cunning as sieves. They're always scheming against each other. The brigade leader and the party secretary have given them a lot of lectures, but it hasn't had much effect."
Putting aside other matters, just considering their personal conduct alone, including Yuan, two other female educated youths have married idle young men from our village because of their reputations.
After a pause, Song Sanhe continued, "Today, there were incidents like those involving Chen, Zheng, Zhao, and Song, which shows that the educated youth are really scheming against each other. I don't know what they're thinking, they just keep causing trouble."
"Second Uncle, you're right. Chen Dongze's unusual relationship with the female educated youth was indeed a setup, and the person who set him up was most likely the educated youth Song you just mentioned."
As for the disgraceful things Song and another male educated youth did, Chen Dongze suspected Song of plotting against him, so he forced Song's unfinished stew into his mouth and also forced down a lot of the broth... Anyway, I've really had my eyes opened today!"
As Chen Dongxu finished speaking, he involuntarily clicked his tongue.
"I heard from the villagers today that Lanlan was switched at birth. What happened?"
Old Master Chen changed the subject.
Song Sanhe didn't hide anything and told them that Song Lan and Song Jiaojiao had been switched at birth. He also mentioned Song Jiaojiao's trip to Beijing to meet her family. After thinking about it, he decided to tell them everything about Song Jiaojiao, Song Lan, and the sordid affairs of their family.
"That kid is such an ungrateful wretch!"
Old Mrs. Chen could not hide her anger: "Lanlan's adoptive parents are no good either. Although they put a lot of effort into raising our Lanlan, they were willing to force Lanlan to divorce her husband and marry a mentally challenged man for their own benefit. This shows how vicious they are!"
Song Sanhe: "Mom, don't be angry. Lanlan is a sensible person. She said that she will only treat her adoptive parents' side as ordinary relatives in the future, so as not to give others a reason to talk and have a bad influence. Neither her mother nor I have any objection to this."
Grandma Chen looked pleased: "He's truly one of our children; he's sensible to the core."
Old Master Chen nodded in agreement.
The next day.
Song Lan was picked up by Qin Yanzheng after get off work at noon and taken home. Before she could even sit down in the living room, Li Jumei said, "Your dad called at noon and said that two big things happened in the village."
Upon hearing this, Song Lan's curiosity was immediately piqued: "Mom, tell me quickly, I need to listen carefully."
Li Jumei gave an awkward laugh: "Maybe we shouldn't say anything!"
"Why?"
Song Lan was puzzled.
Li Jumei glanced at Qin Yanzheng, her lips twitched, but she remained silent for a long time.
Qin Yanzheng was nervous, wondering what his mother-in-law meant by that look she gave him.
"Mom, hurry up and tell me, or I'll panic!"
Perhaps because she often heard nurse Wang Ping gossip, Song Lan unconsciously developed an interest in gossip. Urged by Wang Ping, Li Jumei finally spoke up, saying:
"Chen, an educated youth from the village's educated youth compound, and a female educated youth named Zheng Qiuwen did something shady today. Your dad said that Chen and Zheng were framed by Song Jiaojiao."
Chen, the educated youth, later suspected that Song Jiaojiao had schemed against him, and used force to make her suffer the consequences of her own actions, having that affair with a male educated youth named Zhao Yuzhou.
As Song Lan listened to Li Jumei's words, her expression involuntarily became stunned. This... wasn't the storyline going too far off track?
That's not quite right either. After all, no matter what, the male and female leads did end up together. The entire storyline can be said to have gradually changed since she came into this world, but now it has surprisingly returned to the main storyline, that is, the male and female leads have achieved a happy ending.
Thinking this, Song Lan's lips twitched almost imperceptibly; she had no doubt what her mother had said.
In other words, Song Lan felt that Chen Dongze's actions were by no means reckless!
Based on Song Lan's understanding of Song Jiaojiao's journey to this world and the new storyline that unfolded, it was clear that Song Jiaojiao was scheming against Chen Dongze.
The plan was to force a fait accompli, but it ended up benefiting Chen Dongze's official partner, the female lead Zheng Qiuwen, by creating an opportunity for the male and female leads to get married ahead of schedule.
As the male lead, Chen Dongze is naturally quite intelligent. He guessed that he had fallen into Song Jiaojiao's trap and was determined not to let her get away with it. Thus, he made Song Jiaojiao the subject of gossip as well.
Song Lan didn't believe that such a big thing had happened and that the villagers and the educated youth in the educated youth compound wouldn't know about it.
In fact, the fact that her father called her mother at noon today to talk about Chen Dongze and his group indicates that the news has probably spread throughout the entire village.
"She has evil intentions; she deserved to be treated that way."
The "she" that Song Lan was referring to was undoubtedly Song Jiaojiao. She even thought that if possible, she would set off a few strings of firecrackers in the yard to celebrate Song Jiaojiao and Zhao Yuzhou being tied together.
One is a scumbag woman, and the other is a scumbag man; they are a perfect match.
Song Lan hadn't forgotten that, whether in the original story or in the storyline formed in the lifetime before Song Jiaojiao became the original owner, Zhao Yuzhou had wronged the original owner in both lifetimes.
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