"We're all men. When a man is truly drunk, he doesn't even want to move a finger, let alone get an erection? That's nonsense."
"That's right, that's right. When my husband gets drunk, he's so incompetent he wouldn't even know if the house collapsed."
Ignoring the increasingly explicit chatter of the old women outside, Duan Jianhua turned his gaze to the Ma family mother and daughter.
"Tell me, what do you want to do?"
"What else can we do! He's already slept with my daughter! He has to take responsibility! Otherwise, he's just a pervert! Perverts deserve to be punished!"
"You're talking nonsense..."
Qian Yao's cursing was cut off by Duan Jianhua as soon as it began, who immediately ordered the women's director to pull her aside and stop her from causing trouble.
"Duan Zhiqing, you are the key person in this incident. What's your idea?"
Duan Yuyang, who had been keeping his head down and silent, finally raised his head. He looked at the educated youth men and women who seemed to be detached from the matter, then at the commune members watching the commotion outside the courtyard with their arms tucked in, and finally fixed his gaze on the Ma family mother and daughter.
He genuinely had no idea how last night's events happened. He had just drunk too much and felt a bit dizzy before returning to his dorm. Who knew that as soon as he lay down on the bed, he felt a slippery person sleeping next to him. After his consciousness became blurred, he only felt a fire burning in his heart, and then he knew nothing more.
But he also knew that even if he spoke up, not everyone would necessarily believe him. After all, he had already slept with her and taken advantage of her, and it would be too late to say that he was innocent now.
Thinking about why he was sent to the countryside and the consequences of failing to complete the mission, Duan Yuyang gritted his teeth. He could only swallow this bitter pill and wait until things calmed down.
"I'll marry her!"
"Brother Yu!"
Qian Yao stared at him in disbelief. She hadn't shed a single tear since fighting the Ma family mother and daughter, but now large tears streamed down her face like they were free, stinging the wounds on her face. But none of that mattered as much as her heartache. The man she had followed so desperately had married someone else…
Duan Yuyang looked at Qian Yao, a hint of pain flashing in his eyes. He genuinely liked Qian Yao and had once considered her as his future wife, but in the face of the mission, all personal feelings had to give way.
"I'm sorry, Yao Yao, I've let you down."
Qian Yao slid weakly to the ground and burst into tears. Her heartbreaking sobs silenced the onlookers who had been watching her.
Ultimately, she was innocent. The person she loved had been snatched away by another woman, someone inferior to her in every way. How could she not be sad and heartbroken?
Having confirmed the result, Duan Jianhua breathed a sigh of relief. The Ma family was not someone to be trifled with; Duan Jianhua would probably be in deep trouble. However, it had nothing to do with him anymore, as he was the brigade leader, not their father. The rest was a lawsuit between their two families.
Just as he thought of this, he glanced at Duan Yuyang's still bleeding foot out of the corner of his eye, and then remembered that he had forgotten something. He looked around but did not see that familiar figure, and scratched his head in confusion.
"Where is Gu Zhiqing?"
Zhu Xiaoxiao looked back innocently. How did she know?
Oh, she knows but won't say anything.
"Isn't she here? Didn't you notice?"
Li Fanghua and Jiang Yiyan exchanged a glance, then one looked up at the sky and the other at the ground. They didn't know either, so don't ask them.
Duan Jianhua scratched his head in confusion. Had he just seen Gu Zhiqing standing here? Or was he mistaken?
[Host, you ran away! You actually ran away?!]
"Shouldn't I run away and stay to bandage him?"
[The point isn't that you, who used to be so argumentative and confrontational, actually ran away? Where did your swagger go?]
"You ate it."
system……?
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