If other people wore that expression, it wouldn't be surprising at all. After all, life isn't easy these days, and it's easy to feel worried.
But Gu Changzheng is different.
Who is Gu Changzheng?
He was a notorious, universally disliked, lazy good-for-nothing, whom even his own parents considered hopeless. For someone like him to show such worry meant that Lu Huaijiao had truly been badly beaten?
The villager who asked the question subconsciously looked at Lu Huaijiao sitting in the back.
Lu Huaijiao blinked first, then cooperated by showing a pained expression and leaning against Gu Changzheng's back.
"Gu Changzheng, it hurts so much."
It's incredibly painful to hear someone use such a delicate, sweet voice.
Gu Changzheng's thin lips were pressed into a thin line.
His brows were also tightly furrowed.
The villagers suddenly realized that the fourth son's wife was seriously injured.
"Go quickly, fourth brother, take your wife to town for a look."
“This person getting beaten up is no small matter. You need to be reliable and take her for a proper check-up.”
"Yes, we should ask Li, the educated youth who beat people, for medical expenses and such."
"Yes, we should ask her for it."
The villagers were all even more furious than the last.
Gu Changzheng thanked them and continued riding his bicycle towards town. Only after crossing the bridge and making sure the people in the fields were out of sight did Lu Huaijiao, who was clinging to his back, sit up straight.
Gu Changzheng still felt a little unaccustomed to the soft warmth leaving his back.
However, he knew that this little darling would definitely have something to say again.
Sure enough, before Gu Changzheng could even finish his thought, he heard Lu Huaijiao grumble and complain, "Why are you so hot? I'm sweating."
Gu Changzheng: ...
"Wife, your man is a man."
What man doesn't get hot?
Besides, she had been clinging to his back the whole time; if he didn't get angry, he wouldn't be a man.
Lu Huaijiao didn't want to argue with Gu Changzheng about these fallacies, so she patted his shoulder and urged him to ride faster.
I'm hungry.
"Understood, ancestors."
Gu Changzheng resignedly rode his bicycle forward, speeding towards the state-run restaurant in town.
While the couple was eating braised pork and white rice at the state-run restaurant, Li Xiaoya finally finished work in the village.
She walked along the road, rubbing her aching back. Li Xiaoya, who usually liked to pay attention to her image and always wanted to compare herself with Lu Huaijiao, had messy hair, red marks from corn leaves on her face, and her lips were cracked from the sun.
My hands were covered in mud, as were my clothes and pants.
She is no longer associated with cleanliness and tidiness.
This made Li Xiaoya very angry. She felt it was all Lu Huaijiao's fault. If Lu Huaijiao hadn't stolen Changzheng from her, she would have been the one to marry him.
That way, she would be the brigade leader's daughter-in-law, and the work of recording work points would definitely be hers, not Lu Huaijiao's...
Therefore, her current predicament is all Lu Huaijiao's fault.
Thinking about the fifty yuan she owed the brigade, Li Xiaoya felt her heart bleed.
“Lu Huaijiao…”
"Hey, Li Zhiqing, you're still here?"
A loud voice suddenly interrupted from the side. Li Xiaoya looked up and saw Wang Chunhua standing not far away, looking at her with a smile.
Li Xiaoya inwardly despised him, but still managed a forced smile on her face.
If we're talking about the most formidable person in Dawancun, besides Gu Changzheng who's ranked number one, there's also the big-mouthed Wang Chunhua.
Gu Changzheng's unpredictable and ruthless personality made him fearful, while Wang Chunhua's mouth could turn white into black, making her particularly annoying.
Several female educated youths were so persuaded by Wang Chunhua's words that they jumped into the river.
Although the captain warned Wang Chunhua several times that she would be sent to the police station if she continued to talk nonsense, Wang Chunhua outwardly restrained herself, but in private she would still secretly talk about others.
Sure enough, she called out to Li Xiaoya. Li Xiaoya's first feeling was that something was wrong, but on the surface, she still maintained a facade of professionalism.
"Aunt Wang, did you call me?"
Wang Chunhua exclaimed "Oh!" and said with a smile, "You said you're all alone here, who else should I call if not you?" As soon as she finished speaking, she walked over from the side.
Li Xiaoya wanted to leave, but her feet seemed to be rooted to the ground.
"Aunt Wang, I remembered I have something to do, so I..."
"Don't do that, Li Zhiqing. Do you think I'm here to accuse you of hitting Lu Huaijiao like everyone else? Don't worry, your Aunt Wang would never do such a thing."
Wang Chunhua smiled and blocked Li Xiaoya, preventing her from making an excuse to leave.
She had been staking out Li Xiaoya for a long time, and finally managed to catch her off guard after work, so she certainly wouldn't let her go easily.
Li Xiaoya, unaware of Wang Chunhua's thoughts, looked up at Wang Chunhua in disbelief: "What did you say? Everyone else knows about me and Lu Huaijiao?"
"You don't know? It's all over the village. Li Zhiqing, you injured Gu Laosi's wife. She went to the county hospital for treatment, and it's not certain if she'll recover!"
"Gu Changzheng said we should be prepared to take him to the city for a checkup. If it doesn't go well, won't Gu Changzheng become a widower? Oh dear, they've only been married a short time, and he's already a widower."
"Li Zhiqing, you really have a ruthless hand!"
Rumors are always somewhat detached from reality.
Gu Changzheng originally said he was going to the town clinic, but as the story spread, it became that Lu Huaijiao was beaten half to death and that even going to the city clinic might not be enough to cure her.
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