“Good! Excellent! Young people should have exactly this kind of spirit!”
This person was the official in charge of the educated youth resettlement work in the Ning City area.
Hearing such an impassioned declaration, he immediately felt a surge of excitement in his heart.
“Good comrade!”
Ruan Liuzheng gave a shy smile.
“Leader, there’s one more thing I’d like to ask for your help with. My older sister is the child of a martyr. At that time, her mother remarried and moved to Jinshan Commune under Heihe in Heilong Province.”
“I was wondering if it would be possible to register her to go to that place instead. It could also fulfill my sister’s wish!”
The leader waved his hand generously. “No problem!”
After leaving the neighborhood office, Ruan Liuzheng’s expression turned cold.
She went all the way back to the Shen family.
Just as she reached the entrance, she heard Shen Rongrong gossiping with the neighbor Aunt Xu’s daughter at the doorway.
Ruan Liuzheng didn’t even need to guess what they were saying.
She walked straight inside with a cold expression.
“Ruan Liuzheng, what kind of attitude is that?”
Ruan Liuzheng: “A good dog doesn’t block the road.”
Xu Min couldn’t help but “pfft” out a laugh.
“I couldn’t hold it in.”
Shen Rongrong was so angry that she chased after her and grabbed Ruan Liuzheng’s arm forcefully.
“Ruan Liuzheng, are you insulting me? Are you looking for a beating?”
“Shen Rongrong, what were you just saying about me? Do you think I don’t know?”
Shen Rongrong felt a little guilty, but still straightened her chest and slandered her confidently. “You were just out fooling around with wild men.”
“Slap!”
Ruan Liuzheng slapped her across the face.
“Shen Rongrong, say that again and I’ll tear your mouth apart.”
“You… you actually hit me!” Shen Rongrong shouted as she lunged at her.
A surge of anger rose in Ruan Liuzheng’s heart.
For the past five years, she had been treated like a servant and worked like a mule.
She had been bullied so much she hadn’t even dared to let out a fart.
Shen Rongrong twisted her right arm with force.
With a sharp crack, her arm was dislocated.
“Ahhhhh——!” Shen Rongrong’s screams drew the attention of many neighbors.
Bang bang bang——
“Open the door! Open the door!”
Crying hysterically, Shen Rongrong ran to open the door.
When she turned back, she saw Ruan Liuzheng curled up by the water vat in the courtyard, trembling all over.
Her outer clothes were torn to shreds, and her hair was a mess.
She looked exactly like someone who had just been beaten badly.
Shen Rongrong shouted angrily, “Ruan Liuzheng, you bitch! Stop pretending!”
The neighbors who rushed in were all sharp-eyed and experienced. One look at the scene and they could tell what had happened.
“Auntie is just saying this, Rongrong. Although Xiaoruan was raised in your house, she didn’t spend your family’s money.”
“Exactly. Her father’s work unit has been sending money every year. If you do this, how will your father ever hold his head up in front of his colleagues?”
Aunt Xu from across the hall stepped forward and helped Ruan Liuzheng up.
“Zhengzheng, are you alright?”
Ruan Liuzheng trembled, too afraid to speak, only shaking her head while tears fell silently.
This made Shen Rongrong so angry her blood pressure spiked.
At that moment, a voice came from the doorway. “What’s going on here?”
Aunt Xu quickly said, “Jinfang, I’m not trying to criticize you, but Rongrong bullying Zhengzheng like this and you don’t even care? Look at what she’s been turned into.”
Mother Shen was shocked. “I… I didn’t know! Rongrong, what did you do?”
Shen Rongrong was about to cry. “Mom, she hit me! Look, my arm can’t even move!”
Seeing her daughter like this, Mother Shen felt heartbroken, but with so many people watching, she still had to save face.
She said hypocritically, “Zhengzheng, Rongrong has been in a bad mood lately because she hasn’t found a job. Don’t blame her. Auntie apologizes to you.”
Ruan Liuzheng kept her head down, silent, tears dripping one after another.
Mother Shen felt suffocated with frustration—ungrateful wretch.
Biting her teeth, she suddenly slapped Shen Rongrong across the face.
“You really can’t worry me for once? Even if you’re in a bad mood, you can’t bully Zhengzheng. She is your sister!”
Shen Rongrong sobbed, covering her face. “I hate you!”
Then she turned and ran away.
Mrs. Shen said helplessly, “I’ll go check on her. Zhenzhen, don’t be angry. I’ll hit her for you.”
After everyone left, Mrs. Xu patted her shoulder.
She sighed. “Child, when you’re under someone else’s roof, you have to lower your head. Sigh.”
Ruan Liuzheng silently thanked her.
Then she closed the door.
Her expression instantly turned blank.
She glanced at Shen Rongrong’s room, took medicine from her space, and sprinkled it on her pillow.
She also smeared a dose of laxative around the cup she used for drinking water.
It dissolved in water, colorless and tasteless.
It wouldn’t kill her, but it would definitely make her suffer badly.
At night, she heard movement outside. Mrs. Shen and Shen Rongrong had returned.
Mrs. Shen muttered in a low voice, “Fine. Once she gets married, we won’t have to deal with her anymore. Go to sleep.”
Ruan Liuzheng turned over and yawned.
Gradually, she drifted into sleep.
“Zhenzhen?”
“Mm?” Ruan Liuzheng responded drowsily.
Through the dim light, she met a pair of eyes filled with an aggressive, predatory glow.
The next second, scorching kisses fell on her face like a sudden storm.
“Zhenzhen, don’t be afraid.” His tone carried a seductive emotion.
His long fingers gently brushed at her waist.
His magnetic voice was domineering.
“Zhenzhen, I really want to make you cry.”
Then he kissed away her tears, his tongue sweeping lightly. “So sweet.”
Feeling his overwhelming, storm-like desire, Ruan Liuzheng felt a little afraid.
She tried to break free from the burning kiss, but his hands locked hers tightly, fingers interlaced, leaving her unable to move.
Burning kisses landed on her wrist, sending waves of shivers through her body.
But in the end, he always stopped.
Shen Que did not cross that final line.
At that moment, chaos broke out outside.
“Waaah—!”
“Mom, I pooped my pants!!”
“What nonsense? You’re this old and you still poop your pants?”
Ruan Liuzheng listened to Mrs. Shen’s exasperated voice and couldn’t help but laugh a little.
She couldn’t help it—the strong laxative was made by her.
And it worked exceptionally well.
Not everyone deserved such a “special gift.”
She moved her slightly weak body, as if it were the aftereffects of a strange dream.
Staring blankly at the ceiling beam for a long while.
Shen Que, Xie Jinghuai… those two men.
Sigh. What a mess!!
Still, even if she was going to be a “bad woman,” she had to be a clear-headed one.
She got up, sat at the desk, and began writing a breakup letter under the moonlight.
In the letter, she deliberately portrayed herself as innocent and pitiful, forced by circumstances to end the relationship.
After finishing, she folded it neatly and placed it into an envelope.
Tomorrow she would mail it on the way to the cotton factory.
She couldn’t help worrying—would Shen Que go crazy after receiving the letter?
Based on her understanding of him, the answer was definitely yes.
And when that happened, he would probably come looking for her.
Just imagining that scene—
Sigh. She shouldn’t think about it. It was giving her a headache.
Ruan Liuzheng sighed, feeling a little uneasy.
And that Xie Jinghuai—what kind of person was he?