"Ouch~"
Shen Chuntao looked down and saw that it was the brown sugar she treasured, wrapped in oil paper.
"Chen Haiying, please watch your attitude and words."
"The situation is still unclear."
Just as Shen Chuntao picked up the brown sugar, Zhou Huijuan, like a mother hen protecting her chicks, stood in front of her.
Chen Haiying shoved her, "Get out of my way! Explain yourself! Is there any need to explain? The evidence is right here!"
"If it wasn't her, could it have been a ghost?"
Seeing the two people making a ruckus, Shen Chuntao timidly moved closer to Su Qingci.
"Qingci, what's going on?"
"What's going on? Why did they start hitting me as soon as I walked in?"
"Waaaaah, what did I do wrong?"
"Stop arguing!" Liu Qunfu shouted.
Chen Haiying, mindful that Liu Qunfu, the station chief, had saved her life, snorted coldly and fell silent.
Liu Qunfu asked with a serious expression, "Chen Chuntao, where did you go just now?"
Shen Chuntao seemed to recall something terrifying; her face instantly drained of color, and her whole body trembled.
"I, I almost died just now."
"Waaaaah, I went to do laundry, and as soon as I got to the well, Liu Pinggang kidnapped me."
"Huh? You've been kidnapped? Are you alright?" Zhou Huijuan pulled Shen Chuntao over and looked her up and down.
Shen Chuntao shook her head. "He locked me in the house and then left."
"I finally escaped, but then I ran into him on the road and he chased me for half the village with a machete."
"If I hadn't instinctively run back to the Xiao family, I might have been hacked to death outside by now."
"What?"
!!! !!! !
The people at the educated youth settlement were shocked.
"Liu Ping just kidnapped you? And even tried to stab you with a knife?"
"Yeah, waaaaah, that scared me to death."
"With such a commotion outside, didn't you hear anything at home?"
Shen Chuntao rubbed her swollen eyes and choked out, "Liu Ping just killed Xiao Jian and Xiao Quangui."
"A whole carload of police officers arrived."
"The police have already arrested him."
The people at the educated youth settlement looked solemn.
The location of the educated youth settlement was already remote, and it was late at night, with no one coming to inform them.
Just then, Chen Haiying was frightened and caused a great disturbance at the educated youth settlement.
It was noisy outside, and it was noisy inside the educated youth settlement as well.
They really didn't notice what was happening outside.
Chen Haiying said angrily, "Why are you bringing this up so far?"
"I'm just asking you, is this brown sugar yours?"
"Don't deny it, a lot of people have seen you carrying it around like it's a treasure these past few days."
Shen Chuntao shrank back and asked timidly, "It's mine. I also want to ask, how did it end up with you?"
"I clearly fell out when I was kidnapped and was picked up by Liu Pinggang."
At this point, Shen Chuntao seemed to have thought of something, and her eyes widened.
"Could it be that you and Liu Pinggang...?!"
"You're talking nonsense. Watch your mouth."
Upon seeing Shen Chuntao linking herself to the murderer, Chen Haiying roared like a dragon.
Seeing that the argument was escalating again, Liu Qunfu quickly stepped in to mediate.
"Everyone, calm down."
"Comrade Chen Haiying, you should also clarify things before speaking."
As the saying goes, a kind word warms the heart for three winter months, while a harsh word chills the heart for six summer months.
"We are all..."
"Manager, get to the point."
"Oh, oh, that Shen Chuntao, it's like this."
"In the afternoon, when Comrade Chen Haiying was fishing by the river, he was maliciously pushed into the river and almost lost his life."
"This piece of brown sugar was accidentally dropped at the crime scene by the perpetrator."
"ah?"
Shen Chuntao's mouth dropped open in fright, and she was filled with terror.
They looked both innocent and pitiful.
"We all suspected that you pushed Comrade Chen Haiying into the river."
"But you just said that Liu Pinggang took your piece of brown sugar, right?"
Shen Chuntao nodded hurriedly in fear.
Liu Qunfu clapped his hands, "Now we know what's going on."
"Comrade Chen Haiying, you see, I told you, Shen Chuntao is too gentle and weak to do such a thing."
"It must have been Liu Ping who took her candy and dropped it when he attacked you."
Chen Haiying looked at Shen Chuntao with a sullen face and full of suspicion.
Shen Chuntao lowered her head as if she were afraid of her, and timidly took a step back.
Zhou Huijuan quickly stepped forward to block her.
"Chen Haiying, now that the truth has come out, please stop making things difficult for Chuntao."
Chen Haiying snorted coldly and remained silent.
Liu Qunfu slapped his forehead.
"No, I have to tell the captain about this right away."
"Liu Ping's crime is now even more serious!!"
After Liu Qunfu left, Shen Chuntao seemed to come back to her senses.
Feeling extremely frightened, he grabbed Su Qingci, who was standing by watching the commotion.
"Qingci, I was so scared, waaaaah, I thought I was never coming back."
Su Qingci froze; she disliked having such intimate physical contact with others.
Thinking of Shen Chuntao's ordeal, he suppressed his discomfort and patted her on the back.
"It's alright, it's alright."
"Hasn't Liu Ping been caught? We don't need to be afraid anymore."
Shen Chuntao nodded shyly, a blush creeping onto her thin cheeks.
"Yes, thank you."
Zhou Huijuan watched this scene speechlessly.
Isn't he the closest person to Chun Tao?
When did Su Qingci suddenly appear?
She felt very uncomfortable; her friendship had been stolen by someone else.
That night, Su Qingci lay in bed pondering the changes in the space.
Yesterday it had been 83 hours, now it's been over 85 hours.
I roughly calculated that the time in the space increased by two and a half hours in a day.
Previously, it refreshed every 24 hours, but now it's an extra hour.
Now, refreshing the page takes an extra hour and a half compared to before.
What happened?
Su Qingci recalled whether she had done anything special during this period.
Could those antiques have been obtained from Old Wei?
Can antiques upgrade a space?
Does that mean if I collect enough antiques, I can stay on the farm all day?
Su Qingci was instantly filled with enthusiasm when she thought about the future, with heating in winter and air conditioning in summer.
It seems I need to find more opportunities to go to town, acquire some antiques, and see if I can advance the space.
The next day, the entire Gaotang brigade was talking about Liu Pinggang.
While everyone was angrily criticizing Liu Pinggang for standing up for the Xiao family, they felt even more pity for Shen Chuntao.
"If you ask me, the most innocent person in this whole thing is Shen Chuntao."
"Yes, she was completely implicated by the Xiao family."
“She didn’t want to join the Xiao family in the first place, and now she’s suffering like this.”
"A perfectly good educated youth, after a few years here, has turned into a young widow in the countryside."
"Who can I complain to?"
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