Seeing Song Rumeng crying while clutching her clothes, Qi Yanyun felt no pity, only frustration and irritation. He said in a deep voice, "What are you crying about? Hurry up and put on your clothes."
"How could you... how could you misunderstand me?" Song Rumeng accused, feeling wronged. "I was just trying to be kind... I braved the heavy rain to bring you dumplings, and you..."
"Yet you...yet you treated me like that." A mix of emotions mingled on her tear-streaked face.
Most of the feelings were embarrassment and shame.
"You came all this way to bring me dumplings in the pouring rain, only to end up in my bed," Qi Yanyun sneered sarcastically. "You really are kind."
"I didn't, I didn't," Song Rumeng retorted softly. "My intention was just to bring you dumplings, I didn't mean to end up in your bed."
"I am an innocent girl, and you have taken my innocence for no reason."
"You still misunderstand me like this, I...I..."
As she spoke, Song Rumeng burst into tears, sobbing uncontrollably.
Song Rumeng's words about being innocent and pure were fine, but Qi Yanyun got angry as soon as she said that, "You are an innocent and pure girl, but am I not an innocent and pure young man?"
"You know better than I do exactly what happened last night."
It was definitely not a coincidence that the old educated youth came back this morning and happened to find the two of them sleeping together.
There aren't that many coincidences and perfect matches in the world.
Qi Yanyun himself was often scheming, so how could he not have imagined that he had been schemed against by Song Rumeng? As for Song Rumeng's claim of a misunderstanding, he didn't believe it at all.
"I don't know." Song Rumeng raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, looking stubbornly at Qi Yanyun. "I was about to leave, but you grabbed me and wouldn't let me go."
"And you even dragged me into... dragged me into..." As if recalling a certain scene, Song Rumeng's face turned bright red, and she couldn't say anything more.
As long as she insists that Qi Yanyun bullied her, she is powerless to resist and has been defiled by him.
Qi Yanyun had no choice but to accept it, whether she wanted to or not.
Seeing Song Rumeng's flushed face, Qi Yanyun felt a pang of doubt. Could it be that he had truly misunderstood her? But if it was a misunderstanding, what about all those coincidences?
It's not a misunderstanding, it's definitely not a misunderstanding.
Qi Yanyun quickly made up his mind, glancing at the clothes Song Rumeng was holding, "If you want to be seen by those people again, then keep crying while holding these clothes."
Song Rumeng was stunned. She didn't want to be seen by those people anymore, not at all. She dared not cry anymore and dressed herself while tears streamed down her face.
While Song Rumeng was getting dressed, Qi Yanyun kept replaying the events of the previous night in his mind. He still couldn't figure out how such a distressing thing had happened.
He remembered that when Song Rumeng brought him dumplings, he wanted to scold her away without any politeness.
She didn't want to leave, and in the course of her conversation, she inadvertently mentioned Song Yueying.
Knowing she was Song Yueying's cousin, he lowered his guard. Then he ate the dumplings she brought, and he remembered everything that happened afterward.
The only thing I can't remember is when it started, or who started it first?
Seeing that Song Rumeng had finished dressing, Qi Yanyun asked directly, "Tell me, what is your purpose in doing this?"
"What do you mean? What did I do? I didn't have any ulterior motive!" Song Rumeng pretended to be stupid, blinking her eyes as she looked at Qi Yanyun with a very innocent expression.
Seeing her still pretending to be stupid and innocent, Qi Yanyun felt like strangling her.
But he was always good at pretending; no matter how angry he was inside, he would never show it on his face.
"Whatever you say goes!" Qi Yanyun sighed and said, "What's done is done, there's no point in trying to figure out how it happened."
"What we need to discuss now is how to smooth things over."
Although it's difficult, we have to smooth things over, otherwise it will affect his reputation. As for Song Rumeng's reputation, she dared to do such a thing, so she should be prepared to bear the consequences.
Song Rumeng feigned concern and said, "Those old educated youths outside saw me sleeping with you. I wonder what kind of rumors they'll spread that are bad for us."
"Where there are people, there will be trouble, and rumors are inevitable." Qi Yanyun wasn't worried about this, nor was she afraid of rumors. "Just ignore them."
"They spread rumors for a while, then get bored and stop spreading them."
“But,” Song Rumeng said with difficulty, “my parents will definitely not let me off the hook, nor will they let you off the hook, when they hear the rumors about you and me from outsiders.”
“My dad has always been very strict with me, and he recently got injured. He can’t go to the fields to earn work points or participate in the double harvest season, so he’s in a bad mood.”
She kept beating around the bush, never revealing her purpose. Qi Yanyun began to grow impatient, her tone turning colder, "Didn't you think about the consequences before you did it?"
"Wh...what consequences?" Song Rumeng asked, looking puzzled.
"Song Rumeng, is it meaningful for you to pretend like this?" Qi Yanyun laughed in anger. "You've already done it, why pretend you don't know? How hypocritical."
"I...I wasn't pretending not to know, I really didn't know." Song Rumeng shook her head, quickly concealing the guilt in her eyes.
"How could you not know?" Qi Yanyun narrowed his eyes and decided to be frank: "Although I haven't been feeling well these past few days, my memory is perfectly fine."
"I started to lose consciousness after eating the dumplings you brought, and I have no idea what happened after that."
"But you were conscious at the time."
Qi Yanyun's words were very straightforward: there were only the two of them in the room at the time. He was in a daze, but she was fully conscious; if it wasn't her who did it, then who else could it be?
Qi Yanyun firmly believed that he had been tricked by Song Rumeng, but he had no evidence.
"What do you mean by that?" Song Rumeng rushed up to Qi Yanyun, her face full of anger, and questioned him, "You suspect that I put something in the dumplings?"
"Qi Yanyun, do you have any conscience? I kindly brought you dumplings, and you actually suspect that I put something in them."
"If you suspected there was something in the dumplings, then don't eat them! Now that the dumplings are all gone, and you still suspect there was something in them, I'm left with no way to defend myself!"
"Whether there's something in the dumplings or not, you know it in your heart," Qi Yanyun scoffed.
Song Rumeng's heart skipped a beat, a sense of unease welling up inside her. She hadn't expected him to have guessed so much, and she certainly hadn't expected him to say it so directly.
They showed absolutely no consideration for her feelings.
Song Rumeng was starting to wonder if choosing such a man was the right or wrong decision. But now that the die was cast, there was no point in regretting it.
The room fell silent for a moment.
Early in the morning, the sun rises early and shines on the earth.
When Wang Qianqian arrived at Song Yueying's house, she saw that the gate was open and went straight in without thinking much about it.
She froze as soon as she entered the courtyard.
In the courtyard.
Song Yueying squatted on the stone-paved path in the middle, with a large pile of herbs in front of her. Her hands were rummaging through the herbs, as if searching for something.
Song Yueying said, "Qi Yanjue, you need to dig out more land. I have a lot of herbs that need to be planted."
On either side of the stone-paved path, the vegetables growing on one side were thriving. On the other side, Qi Yanjue was turning the soil with a hoe.
As Qi Yanjue dug the ground, he said, "Okay, I'll dig out all the land here for you today. This land is wide, so you should be able to grow a lot of herbs."
“Okay,” Song Yueying replied.
Then, neither of them spoke again, each busy with their own things.
A scene suddenly flashed into Wang Qianqian's mind. The wife was sitting in the yard picking vegetables, while the husband was turning the soil. Occasionally, their eyes would meet, creating a harmonious and warm atmosphere.
Qi Yanjue, who was wielding a hoe, stopped and glanced at the gate of the courtyard. He nodded slightly as a greeting, then looked back and continued digging.
His hearing suddenly improved again, and now he can hear the sounds of the entire village.
He spotted Wang Qianqian before she even reached the courtyard gate.
Song Yueying looked over at this moment and said to Wang Qianqian with a smile, "Qianqian is here."
Wang Qianqian nodded, walked over and squatted down next to Song Yueying, "Teacher Song, you got up so early today?"
Song Yueying was taken aback. These words made it sound like she had never gotten up this early before.
A soft laugh came from not far away; without even looking, she knew it was Qi Yanjue making fun of her. Song Yueying looked up and glared at him fiercely, too lazy to pay him any attention.
"Teacher, I didn't mean you woke up late. I just didn't expect you to get up so early today," Wang Qianqian quickly explained.
If she still doesn't realize she's said the wrong thing at this point, she's a fool.
Song Yueying was speechless; explaining this was worse than not explaining at all!
Wang Qianqian wanted to explain further, "Teacher, I really didn't mean that, I just..."
"Alright, don't be nervous, I'm not blaming you." Song Yueying interrupted Wang Qianqian's explanation, "Come on, let's pick out the herbs that can be planted together."
"It rained heavily last night, so the herbs will be easier to grow today. Let's quickly pick out the suitable herbs and try to plant more in the ground."
“Okay.” Wang Qianqian nodded and searched through the pile of herbs with Song Yueying.
Suddenly, Wang Qianqian remembered something she had heard on her way here.
She glanced up at Song Yueying, then kept her hands busy while she struggled with whether to speak or not.
If I speak up, this matter doesn't seem to have anything to do with the teacher directly. If I don't speak up, Song Rumeng is, after all, the teacher's cousin, so she's considered a relative.
Will this incident have any impact on the teacher?
Wang Qianqian was still hesitating about whether to speak, but Song Yueying had already noticed her hesitation. She smiled and said, "Qianqian, just say what you want to say. You don't need to be so cautious."
"Teacher, I heard something on my way here, but I don't know if I should tell you," Wang Qianqian said somewhat shyly.
To her surprise, Song Yueying's eyes lit up when she heard her words, and she urged her, "If there's gossip, of course you have to tell me! Come on, tell me what the gossip is."
Qi Yanjue, who was digging not far away, heard Song Yueying's words and his hoe tilted and fell to the side.
Completely unprepared for Song Yueying's reaction, Wang Qianqian stared at her in astonishment.
Isn't the teacher's reaction a little too enthusiastic?
Seeing that she was still hesitating, Song Yueying directly took the herbs from her hand and threw them back into the pile of herbs. She continued to urge, "Come on, tell me quickly what it is?"
“Um…” Wang Qianqian hesitated for a moment, glancing down at her empty hands.
"Xixi," Song Yueying said, "Don't be shy, if you have gossip, you should tell it. Sharing is caring, and you have to believe that everyone likes to hear gossip."
"Teacher, you like to hear gossip, don't you?" Wang Qianqian no longer felt guilty.
She said, "On my way here, I met a fellow educated youth from the educated youth settlement and walked with him for a while. He told me that he was going to invite the brigade leader."
"Did something happen at the educated youth's place when they went to invite the brigade leader?" Song Yueying asked with great interest.
She had no problem with the educated youth in the educated youth camp; she just wanted to watch the show.
“Yes.” Wang Qianqian nodded. “According to him, a major incident occurred at the educated youth settlement today. It was a major incident that the educated youth themselves couldn’t handle, so they had to ask the brigade leader to deal with it.”
"It's gotten so bad that we need to call in the brigade leader, it's definitely a serious matter." Song Yueying agreed, then asked, "Did the educated youth tell you what serious matter had happened?"
"I told you." Wang Qianqian gave Song Yueying a strange look.
She wasn't sure if her teacher would still be as enthusiastic now that she knew about Song Rumeng's situation.
I wonder what the teacher's reaction would be if I saw my cousin in a play.
Wang Qianqian's expression told her that this matter was related to her. Song Yueying became even more interested, "What's the big deal? Quickly, tell me."
Wang Qianqian made up her mind. "He said that they worked overtime in the barn yesterday, and when they returned to the educated youth center this morning, they saw Song Rumeng sleeping with that new educated youth."
He added that when they went inside the house, they were shocked to see men's and women's clothes lying on the floor.
Song Yueying was stunned.
"Song Rumeng and that new educated youth got together?" Qi Yanjue asked this question. He had been listening to the two of them the whole time and hadn't missed a single word.
When Wang Qianqian mentioned the new educated youth, the only person he could think of was Qi Yanyun.
Wang Qianqian turned her head when she heard the sound. Because she was squatting on the ground, she could only see Qi Yanjue's muddy feet. He was working in the fields without shoes?
"You mean Song Rumeng and Qi Yanyun are together!" Song Yueying suddenly stood up, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Qi Yanjue.
She hadn't forgotten that on his very first day in the village, Qi Yanyun had come to her and said a bunch of nonsensical things, saying he shouldn't have given up on her and that he wanted her forgiveness.
Say things like, "Wait for her to forgive me."
Qi Yanjue said with a grim expression, "If there are no other new educated youths in this brigade, then it must be him."
Song Yueying really didn't know that. She was too lazy to pay attention to things that didn't concern her, so naturally she wouldn't know that several new educated youths had arrived in the brigade.
“Only one educated youth came to our brigade, and that new educated youth’s surname is Qi.” After Wang Qianqian finished speaking, she stared wide-eyed at Qi Yanjue. If she remembered correctly…
The teacher's husband's surname is Qi.
Could it be... could it be that the teacher's husband has a relationship with that new educated youth?
"Come on, let's go to the educated youth center to watch a play." Song Yueying grabbed Qi Yanjue's hand and walked outside, not forgetting to look back at Wang Qianqian.
"Sisi, close the courtyard gate and hurry up and catch up."
"Okay." Wang Qianqian had just finished replying when Song Yueying and Qi Yanjue had already disappeared.
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