Li Xi jumped out, unwilling to give up, covering her mouth, tears welling up in her eyes, her face full of heartache: "Zhiyu, you've suffered so much. Let's go and report him for indecent assault."
With just one sentence, she drove Ye Zhiyu to the brink of death. Even though nothing was wrong, her words made Ye Zhiyu feel as if she had been violated.
Fu Tingshen's face was ashen as he looked at the pale-faced woman with a complicated expression.
"Are you sick? Lu Chen just said that after that old man knocked me out, he scared me away. I also said that he was robbing me. Can't you understand human language? If you're not smart, go get it treated. Don't cause trouble for others here."
Ye Zhiyu, like a firecracker that had been lit, retorted so fiercely that Li Xi was on the verge of collapse.
"Yes, I'm sorry, Zhiyu, I was just too worried about you."
Fu Tingshen quickly took two steps to support her, looking at Ye Zhiyu disapprovingly: "Ye Zhiyu, Xiaoxi is just confused because she's worried. Do you have to say that to her? You don't know what's good for you."
His gaze swept over the bloodstains on her head, making him feel somewhat uneasy. However, he quickly regained his composure, thinking that she had brought it on herself and had no one else to blame. At the same time, he was filled with disappointment, wondering when she would ever be as sensible as Xiaoxi and stop being so unreasonable.
Ye Zhiyu rolled her eyes. "Thank you for your concern, but please don't accept it next time. I can't accept it."
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Old Wang sneaking back, trying to escape, and shouted, "He's trying to run away! Catch him!"
Startled, Old Wang turned to run, but bumped into a wall of people and fell to the ground.
Looking up, he saw that Lu Chen had appeared behind him at some point, blocking his way.
Meeting Lu Chen's sharp gaze, she instinctively shivered, but gritted her teeth and got up to rush forward.
Just as he was about to cross the land, someone grabbed him by the back of the neck and threw him into the crowd.
They were quickly tied up.
Li Xi lowered his head, concealing the sinister glint in his eyes, and mentally contacted the system.
"System, make him mute."
The system's emotionless voice announced: "Mission failed. Appearance -5. Old Wang was rendered mute -50 points."
Li Xi gritted her teeth, "Here you go."
She only had 100 points in total, which she had painstakingly accumulated, and now half of them were gone.
The appearance was reduced by 5 points; when the hand was raised slightly, some subtle changes occurred in the skin.
Li Xi clenched her fist tightly. Damn it, everything was going so well, but then Lu Chen had to show up. Damn it, damn it.
The moment the system took action, Ye Zhiyu noticed it and abruptly looked towards Li Xi's heart.
She smiled knowingly. The novel only mentioned that Li Xi had a system, but didn't say where it was. She had always thought it was in her brain or attached to her consciousness, but she never expected it to be in her heart.
This location is interesting.
The system sensed that it was being locked onto by a divine sense. It looked toward the source of the sense but saw nothing. Relieved, it told itself that it was just an illusion.
When Old Wang was arrested, his first instinct was to implicate Li Xi. If he was in trouble, Li Xi wouldn't be able to escape either.
Who knew that all she could say when she opened her mouth was "Ahhhhhhh".
He couldn't speak anymore, he just kept yelling "Ahhhhhh!"
Completely insane, writhing all over.
"Oh no, Old Wang has gone mad! Quick, hold him down!"
The villagers pressed him to the ground with all their might.
Old Wang's face was pressed to the ground, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was screaming in the direction of Li Xi, which was extremely creepy.
Li Xi flinched, feigning fright, and clung weakly to Fu Tingshen's arm, whispering, "Brother Tingshen, he's so scary."
But Yu Guang looked at Old Wang with malice. Don't blame her, no one can stop her from getting Ting Shen.
Upon hearing this, Fu Tingshen patted her hand reassuringly, his gaze filled with pity.
"Don't be afraid, Xiaoxi, I will protect you."
Ye Zhiyu got goosebumps. Could these two please stop hanging around in front of her? It's so annoying.
"Captain, what should we do?"
Lu Weimin pondered for a moment, then said, "Let's send them to the farm for labor reform."
The male educated youth who had been pointing at Lu Chen while sobbing earlier jumped out again, "We disagree. He committed intentional murder and should go to jail."
Ye Zhiyu frowned, recalled the man's name, and called out, "Liu Yuan, this is fine."
The captain's decision was the best. Going to jail and being sentenced is problematic because the law isn't comprehensive enough. If he gets a few months in prison and comes back, it will cause more trouble.
Whether you reform through labor on a farm or not is not up to you to decide; at the very least, he won't be coming back before the resumption of the college entrance examination.
Liu Yuan obediently walked to Ye Zhiyu's side.
She recalled the original owner's appearance, which was seven-tenths similar to hers. Not to mention the surrounding villages, it was one of the most recognizable in the whole country.
It's perfectly normal to have a few admirers. This educated youth was one of them. People in this era were pure. I like you, and even if you don't like me, I still want to be good to you.
Ye Zhiyu was used to this. She was as old as the heavens and had always been pursued by people. Her father also spoiled her.
Without thinking too much, Wu Wenwen, the female educated youth team leader, helped him move a few steps toward the brigade leader. "Brigade leader, have we made things clear today? Don't let rumors start flying again first thing tomorrow morning."
Public opinion is a fearsome thing. Ye Zhiyu had studied history and knew that in this era, a woman's reputation was valued more than anything else.
Although this little world is a world created by the author, with some personal settings and slight differences, the general direction is correct.
Lu Weimin also knew that if this matter was not handled well, the villagers would speak without thinking. This educated youth Ye was obviously spoiled since childhood. If she couldn't take it and committed suicide, his position as the brigade leader would be over.
He warned those present: "This matter ends here. If I hear any rumors tomorrow, every single one of you here will be sent to Qinghe Road."
Those present immediately gave their assurances.
"Don't worry, Captain. We're men, not gossips."
"Cannot be specified".
Cleaning up the river is no easy task. They're not stupid enough to just talk a good game and then suffer for days.
Ye Zhiyu was finally satisfied and made those educated youths who had just cursed Lu Chen apologize to others.
Lu Chen looked at her in surprise, not expecting that she would still be thinking about him.
Lu Weimin never expected that this arrogant and domineering educated youth, who was notorious in the village, would bring it up. He, as the father, thought that the matter was over and done with.
The educated youths were hesitant and unwilling, so Li Xi seized the opportunity and said gently, "Zhiyu, everyone was just concerned about you. Lu Chen will understand, so there's no need to apologize."
Some of the educated youth nodded in agreement. Yes, if it weren't for her, why would they have done it?
Ye Zhiyu looked at them with suspicion, "Didn't your family teach you that you should apologize if you wrongly accuse someone?"
The faces of the group of educated youths turned red as they spoke.
A hot-tempered female educated youth named Liu Shengnan led the way, saying, "So slow."
He walked up to Lu Chen and solemnly apologized: "I'm sorry."
With someone taking the lead, the rest of the group found it easier to move forward and apologized profusely.
In the end, only Li Xi and Fu Tingshen remained. One of them looked down on all the peasants as equals, while the other secretly felt that he was superior to others.
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