"Serves her right. She's shameless and acts like a slut, having an ambiguous relationship with a man she's engaged to. Report her to the Revolutionary Committee; women like her should be sent for reform and exile."
So what if I hit her? She deserved it if I beat her to death.
Jingxuan tried to rush forward, wildly flailing her arms, but Fan Caicai grabbed her and twisted her arm behind her back.
"What are you doing? Let me go! Let me go! Help! Someone is molesting a woman here..." The words stopped abruptly halfway through...
A loud boom echoed in everyone's ears!
The window frame, which was broken in half, collapsed with a crash. A broken red brick flew out, grazed Fan Caicai's ear, and struck Jing Xuan squarely on the forehead with a loud thud...
She let out a bloodcurdling scream—
A piece of broken brick hit Jingxuan on the forehead, bounced off, and struck the instep. Blood immediately streamed down Jingxuan's forehead and into her eyes.
Jingxuan, who had just lifted her leg halfway to cover her forehead, instantly lost her balance and fell to the ground with a thud.
Ruan Xianxian emerged from the swirling dust, her expression even more anxious than when she discovered her mother's infidelity.
"What's wrong? What's wrong? I heard someone die from far away. I came a little too fast. Who died?"
Everyone glanced at Ruan Xianxian, who was waving her hands in front of her to drive away the smoke and dust, and then at the large hole in the back window. They couldn't help but swallow hard and no one spoke.
They were afraid that if they raised their voices too high, the ancestors would give them a good scolding.
"Ouch!" No one paid any attention to her. Ruan Xianxian spotted Jing Xuan with a bloody head and rushed forward in shock.
"Jing-jie, so you're the one who's going to die? Didn't you see the construction site? Why are you running around like that? Are you alright?"
She stepped forward to help her up, but Jing Xuan shoved her away. She looked up to curse, but in her blood-stained vision, Ruan Xianxian's gaze was as cold as a sharp blade.
Jingxuan shivered and swallowed the foul words she was about to utter.
Ruan Xianxian gazed at her quietly, and when she lowered her head, she turned around, took two steps, and squatted down next to Zhao Di, taking over Fan Caicai's work and supporting her. "Are you alright?"
Zhao Di wanted to shake her head, but touching her wound caused a sharp pain that made her twitch her forehead. Ruan Xianxian thought she was about to cry again, but she didn't. She asked Ruan Xianxian to help her up.
Walking up to Jingxuan, he said, "The new law clearly states that arranged marriages and buying and selling marriages are prohibited. Comrade Wu and I had a free and proper courtship, where our feelings remained true to our relationship."
Wherever you go, you'll always be the one who's unclear and uncertain.
You injured me out of personal revenge, and I won't let it go easily.
Jing Xuan showed a disdainful look, "Do you know who my father is? What can you do about it if you don't count?"
Chen Zhaodi looked suspicious. "Shouldn't you ask your mother who your father is? Even your mother doesn't know about these uncertain private matters, so how could I possibly know?"
Everyone was struggling to suppress their laughter. You, Zhao Di, with your delicate features, who is usually so quiet, have developed such a sharp tongue.
Fan Caicai smiled and nodded, "Asking others about this is useless; we really have to go back and ask his mother."
“You…” Jing Xuan’s face flushed red and then turned pale. Her finger, which was pointing at everyone, was trembling. At this moment, Wu Xueliang, who was carrying Dr. Li, returned.
On their way there, he and Ruan Xianxian encountered Dr. Li, who was running out of breath. Knowing that Zhao Di was injured, he carried her on his back to get the medicine box without saying a word.
"Make way." Wu Xueliang, carrying the person on his back, walked around Jing Xuan and placed the medicine box and Dr. Wu in front of Zhao Di. His forehead was covered in sweat. "Quickly, take a look at her."
Ruan turned on his flashlight and followed Dr. Li's movements to look at the wound. It was quite deep, with a gaping hole in one area.
She felt that she hadn't hit Jingxuan hard enough.
Dr. Li, who was cutting hair, cleaning wounds and stopping bleeding, and coughing occasionally, said in a serious tone, "The wound is a bit deep, it's best to go to the hospital for stitches."
Ruan Xianxian wanted to ask him if he couldn't sew it up? But then she remembered the information about this doctor, whose lungs, arms, and tendons were injured and he could no longer hold surgical instruments.
Swallowing the words that were about to come out, he tossed the car keys to Cai Cai, "My car is at the educated youth settlement. Go drive it over. We're going to the hospital now."
"Brother Xueliang, Ruan Xianxian deliberately hit my forehead and made me bleed a lot. Am I going to die?" The sudden crying attracted Wu Xueliang's attention.
He was startled when he saw Jing Xuan's face covered in blood and quickly pulled Dr. Li over, saying, "Here, there's another injured person here."
Another round of busy work ensued. Jingxuan's wound was also quite deep, but it was on her forehead, far less dangerous than Zhaodi's. She sobbed and leaned against Wu Xueliang's chest.
They asked if I was going to die.
"They say that a dying person speaks kind words. Has my arrival caused you a lot of trouble?" The injured Jingxuan was no longer arrogant.
Poor Chu Chu leaned against Wu Xueliang's chest, tears streaming down her face. "Fine," she said, "I couldn't control my feelings for you. After all these years of unrequited love, death will end my suffering."
It won't get in your way or Comrade Chen anymore.
"Brother Xueliang, maybe you should just leave me alone and let me die. As long as I'm alive, I can't help but want to cling to you."
Wu Xueliang was in a state of utter confusion. "You're not going to die, so shut up."
Chen Zhaodi withdrew her gaze from the two embracing figures, and Ruan Xianxian suddenly picked her up and carried her out of the courtyard.
Watching the two figures leave, Wu Xueliang wanted to chase after them to accompany them, but Jingxuan suddenly grabbed him, "It hurts, am I being too delicate?"
Because I was born prematurely, my grandma never even scratched a single patch of my skin. My head really hurts.
But don't worry, if I'm not going to make it, I'll make sure Grandma doesn't become a burden on the Wu family before I die."
Thinking of the long-standing friendship between the two families, and looking at Jingxuan, who had followed him around since childhood and whom he had treated like a younger sister, Wu Xueliang could only raise his voice towards Ruan Xianxian's back.
"Xianxian, please take care of Zhaodi."
Ruan Xianxian paused, but didn't turn around. She casually waved her hand behind her, "It's nothing, just taking care of her. I can take care of her for the rest of her life."
Wu Xueliang felt something was off about those words, but before he could think about it further, his attention was completely drawn to Jingxuan in his arms.
The cicadas chirped, and as August approached in the countryside of Heilongjiang Province, a cool breeze would occasionally blow. Neither of the two women standing outside the courtyard waiting for the car spoke.
Until the sound of an engine came from afar, the car stopped in front of the factory gate, and Ruan Xianxian arranged for people to sit in the back seat and closed the door.
Gu Chengxuan, who was in a wheelchair and followed along, said, "If you're worried, then call the police."
We all witnessed Comrade Jing barging into the construction site and physically assaulting Comrade Chen; you can testify to that.
He watched as Ruan Xianxian opened the car door and got in from the other side, and said something that was completely out of character and quite unexpected.
"If you need anything, just let me know. The Jing family? Ha, they're nothing."
Ruan Xianxian was surprised for a moment, nodded slightly, and said "Don't worry." Just as she was about to close the car door and tell Cai Cai to drive, Wu Xueliang, who was carrying Jing Xuan on his back, caught up with her in a few steps.
"Wait a minute." He was panting. "Jing'er's wound also needs stitches. Give us a ride."
Ruan Xianxian turned her head and saw Chen Zhaodi close her eyes, her pale, bloodless face expressionless.
Wu Xueliang outside the car was still winking at her, but Ruan Xianxian pretended not to understand, resting one hand on the car window, a half-smile playing on her lips:
"What if I say no?!"
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