Nan Feng lay down on her bed without even taking a shower.
With the depth of night and tranquility, it was finally time to sort out the events of the day.
In her past life, she was a student at the Special Agent School, then she worked undercover and learned a ton of investigative theories.
The motive of Uncle Ye—sleeping with her?
How things progressed—Uncle Ye and the two daughters-in-law of Zhou Family had conspired, lured her into the mountain, trapped her with a hunting net, and then intended to sleep with her?
That was incorrect; Uncle Ye would never collude with the two daughters-in-law from the Zhou Family.
Moreover, the two daughters-in-law of the Zhou Family hold deep resentment towards Uncle Ye; how could they possibly aid him?
So, was it a coincidence when those two daughters-in-law were cursing Uncle Ye at the vegetable field right in front of her?
However, she acted foolishly and ran up the mountain, only to fall into a hunting net trap.
Was it at that moment, when she was crying out for help, Uncle Ye on the mountain heard her? Was Uncle Ye overcome by lust, deciding to take her then and there but not daring to be blatant about it, so he first made her unconscious with a handkerchief?
Uncle Ye didn’t seem like someone who could lose control that easily.
Besides, she has had so many opportunities to interact with Uncle Ye in the past; if he really desired her, he would have taken her a long time ago.
Or maybe she really did encounter a thug in the mountains, but Uncle Ye happened to arrive in time. Uncle Ye didn’t want to make it difficult for her, so he took the blame on himself?
After all, it was an era when if a woman was seen naked by a man, she had to marry him.
Did Uncle Ye not want her to marry the thug, so he took her as his wife instead?
What is the real truth behind all of this?
Nan Feng thought about it until her head almost exploded!
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*
The lights of Liu Chang’s house were still on.
Since he hadn’t returned home late into the night, his parents were anxiously pacing. They checked at Mo Wenxuan’s place and Tie Dan’s place, but they had found no sign of him.
Fearing Liu Chang might have encountered mountain bandits, the couple was about to ask the village chief to mobilize a search party when they heard a “clatter” from outside the yard.
The couple rushed out, opened the yard gate, only to find a person collapsed at the doorstep.
“Who?” Liu Chang’s father cautiously called out.
After a while, the person finally responded, “Dad, it’s me!”
Liu Chang had crawled all the way back home, rolling and tumbling.
He was wounded all over, but luckily none of his bones were broken. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to get down from the mountain.
Upon reaching home, he was at the brink of collapse.
The light of the lantern illuminated the person lying on the ground, and Liu Chang’s mother cried out excitedly: “Dear Lord, I swear it’s Changchang, he’s home! He’s finally home, but… how did he…”
“Stop asking questions. Let’s get him inside first.”
…
Liu Chang’s father placed him on the bed and turned up the lantern. Only then did he see how much his son was injured, his face bruised and battered, clearly he had been beaten up.
“Changchang, who did this to you?”
Whenever Liu Chang thought of Uncle Ye’s ferocious appearance, he would shudder.
He shook his head in response.
“Changchang, there’s no need to be scared. Tell your father. Excluding Uncle Ye, there probably isn’t anyone else in the village who dares to fight with your father.”
Liu Chang shivered again. Wasn’t the person who beat him up Uncle Ye?
“Dad, Mom, I… I’m fine, these injuries aren’t from a fight. I just had a unfortunate fall.”
“You got them from a fall? These aren’t the kind of injuries you get from a fall, Changchang. Tell your father, I’ll confront them immediately!”
Liu Chang looked at his father’s fierce expression, and he got angry too: “Dad, I told you it had nothing to do with anyone else. I deliberately provoked a fight and deserve the beating, so don’t go looking for trouble!”
As his puzzled parents watched, Liu Chang lay down again on the bed, covering his head with the blanket.
Too many things had happened today. He was caught off guard by all the events, so he needed some time to sort it all out.