“Xu Shanshan, you are my wife! How can you do this to me, Xu Shanshan!”
Xu Shanshan’s beautiful eyes fluttered open slightly, but by the time she wanted to resist, it was already too late.
Lin Xiangdong kissed her lips and then took off her clothes.
It was broad daylight, and everyone in the Educated Youth Dormitory had gone to work.
There was only the two of them in the room.
Xu Shanshan wanted to refuse, but she was no match for Lin Xiangdong, a grown man.
With a mix of resistance and yielding, he touched her again.
She was lost in pleasure, sinking beneath him, and cupping his face, she said, “Brother Xiangdong, am I your wife? Will you marry me?”
Lin Xiangdong was burning with fever and disoriented.
He could no longer distinguish between dream and reality.
In his dream, he was extremely angry because Xu Shanshan had betrayed him.
In reality, Xu Shanshan was alluring, charming, and seductive.
As the two intertwined, he thought Xu Shanshan was being seductive to another man.
He fiercely bit down on Xu Shanshan’s chest.
“Don’t go, don’t leave me… Shanshan, you are my wife.”
Xu Shanshan cried out in pain, yet she also succumbed.
After a bout of tossing and turning.
The commotion continued until Lin Xiangdong’s body couldn’t take it anymore, and he fainted again.
Xu Shanshan was afraid someone would return and catch them. She immediately pulled on her clothes, cleaned Lin Xiangdong, and then, blushing and enduring the discomfort, headed to the female educated youth dormitory.
She was very satisfied with Lin Xiangdong.
His roughness, wildness, and untamed nature were incredibly manly.
It was a stark contrast to his usual polite demeanor.
Xu Shanshan believed this side of Lin Xiangdong belonged only to her, and she liked it very much.
On her way back, Xu Shanshan encountered a female comrade who was crying.
Xu Shanshan took a second look and recognized her.
It was Wang Mei, a girl from the village.
Her skin was a little dark, but her eyes were quite large. Among the village girls, her features were considered quite good-looking.
Xu Shanshan remembered her for another reason.
When she had first arrived in the village, the fashion-conscious Wang Mei had asked her where she bought her skirt, saying she wanted to buy one too because she liked it.
Xu Shanshan had immediately mocked her, saying that a village girl like her couldn't wear such a beautiful skirt, as it was from Beijing City.
Wang Mei hadn't gotten angry then and had even wanted to borrow the skirt, saying she had a blind date with the third son of the Team Leader’s family and wanted to look nice.
The third son of the Team Leader’s family was Xia Xi’s third brother.
Xu Shanshan’s eyes darted, and she immediately came up with a plan, asking, “Wang Mei, why are you crying?”
Wang Mei immediately wiped her tears and shook her head, “No… it’s nothing.”
Xu Shanshan frowned, “The third son of the Xia family doesn’t like you?”
Wang Mei denied it, “No!”
“Then what is it? Tell me, and I can help you. Aren’t we friends? You wanted to borrow my skirt earlier, I’ll give you one I haven’t worn, how about that?”
Xu Shanshan said generously.
Wang Mei was flattered, “You… you want to give me one?”
“Yes, I can’t wear it anyway. You wear it, it’s good to have someone beautiful go on a date.”
Wang Mei shook her head, “I don’t want to marry the third son of the Xia family.”
Xu Shanshan frowned, “You don’t want to marry him? You’ve already met, why don’t you want to marry him anymore?”
Wang Mei looked towards the male educated youth dormitory, “I like someone else. The third son of the Xia family isn’t who I fancy. But my mother insists that the Xia family has good conditions and wants me to marry him.”
Xu Shanshan thought of something, “Then find a reason that makes it impossible to go through with the engagement.”
Wang Mei looked at Xu Shanshan, “What reason?”
Xu Shanshan leaned into Wang Mei’s ear and suggested, “This way, he wrongs you first, so it’s not your problem, but his problem, right?
As for the person you like, it’s a male educated youth, isn’t it? I can help you with that too.”
After hearing this, Wang Mei looked around fearfully, “Educated Youth Xu, won’t this be too much?”
“Too much? If one doesn’t look out for oneself, heaven and earth will destroy them. Wang Mei, I’m helping you, and you say this? Then forget I said anything. I’m really meddling, with nothing better to do. You consider them a friend, but they don’t take you seriously.”
Xu Shanshan muttered, deliberately letting Wang Mei hear her.
Wang Mei immediately grabbed Xu Shanshan’s clothes and coaxed, “Educated Youth Xu, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean that, I… I’m just a little scared.
The third son of the Xia family has well-developed muscles and is very fierce. If he finds out, he’ll beat me to death!”
Xu Shanshan sized her up, “Then you can just wait to marry him.”
Wang Mei felt something was off about Xu Shanshan’s gaze, “Educated Youth Xu, do you know some secret about the Xia family that no one else knows?
It’s a fire pit, isn’t it?”
Xu Shanshan waved her hand, “I have other things to do, I need to go back to the dormitory. I’ve given you my suggestion, think about it yourself. I really am a busybody, and my good intentions are being taken for granted.”
Hearing her say this, Wang Mei, who had a somewhat people-pleasing personality, felt very apologetic, “Educated Youth Xu, I’m sorry? I’m sorry, I’ll do it, it’s just that… I don’t know where to get that thing.”
Xu Shanshan leaned into Wang Mei’s ear and whispered.
Wang Mei’s face instantly flushed to her neck, “I… I understand, thank you.”
Xu Shanshan smiled smugly.
She even deliberately glanced in the direction of the Xia family’s home, “Xia Xi, I hope you’re disgusted to death!”
You little bitch!
Xia Xi was unaware that Xu Shanshan was hatching a new scheme.
She thought that by knowing the secret of Xu Shanshan and Lin Xiangdong’s affair, she could use it to manipulate her, at least to make her behave.
Furthermore, she believed that by changing all this, she could change her family’s fate.
Her father wouldn’t be reported anymore, and her family members wouldn’t be pointed at and gossiped about.
Little did she know, when one’s skill reaches its peak, a higher one will emerge.
Late July. 【 All timelines in the text are basically lunar calendar. 】
The rainy season arrived.
Light rain lingered, and the paddy fields relied on this time to store water.
This was also considered a slack period in farming.
There wasn’t much work in the fields.
The sweet potato vines had all been planted, and for the earlier ones, it wasn’t yet time to turn the vines.
The seedlings had been nurtured in the paddy fields, and the rest was left to time.
On rainy days, children loved it the most.
Because the adults were home, and usually, they were busy in the fields. It was rare for them to be home, so the children would happily pester their parents, acting cute and playing.
During this time, every household also began to busy themselves with their own small matters.
The Xia family was no exception.
The third son of the Xia family and Wang Mei had met once.
There was no follow-up.
Early in the morning, Xiang Cuihua prepared to go out to find Matchmaker Ma and speak to the Wang family again.
She thought highly of Wang Mei, considering her a gentle girl who was good at needlework, presentable in public, and capable in the kitchen.
Xia Xi woke up and groggily heard her mother mention this matter. She immediately thought of her previous life, when the Xia family had an accident, the Wang family immediately broke off the engagement, which later made it difficult for her third brother to find a wife.
Xia Xi asked, “Mother, does it have to be Wang Mei?”
Xiang Cuihua heard Xia Xi’s words and glared at her strangely, “What do you mean, ‘does it have to be Wang Mei’? Your third brother also likes her, and in the surrounding ten villages, it’s rare to find such a suitable match, so why wouldn’t it work?”
Xiang Cuihua was starting to doubt herself.
Xia Xi thought for a moment and said, “Why don’t we look again? I feel Wang Mei isn’t very suitable. She’s too soft-natured, always crying.”
Xiang Cuihua pushed Xia Xi’s hand away, “Young girl, don’t meddle in this matter. Your mother knows what she’s doing.”
Seeing that she couldn’t persuade her mother.
Xia Xi could only shift her focus to her third brother.
This Wang Mei was no match for her eldest sister-in-law or second sister-in-law anyway.
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