Pan Yong realized what was happening and wanted to chase after her, but then stopped. After all, it was where the girls lived, and it wasn't appropriate for a boy like him to go in.

"Guo Zhiqing, your family is worried about you. Talk to them nicely, and they will definitely forgive you!"

Guo Caixia was secretly pleased with herself and thought Li Hong was even more foolish. It was better that the marriage was severed, otherwise her parents would still want to sell her. Even if the marriage wasn't severed, they wouldn't care about her life or death. For her, whether the marriage was severed or not made no difference!

This incident has blown up so much that Wen Li's reputation is ruined, and she is just a weak and helpless victim!

She looked heartbroken. She had lost a lot of weight recently, and her frail body swayed precariously as she sat on the kang (a heated brick bed), making her look even more pitiful.

Li Hong's heart softened. She had been in the countryside for five years, and her family had long forgotten that she was their daughter. They had even written to her many times, urging her to find a man to marry in the countryside.

However, she was unwilling to stay in the countryside for the rest of her life, so she persevered and did not compromise like other female educated youth.

Thinking of Guo Caixia's plight, she felt even more sympathy. If they could stay in the city, who would be willing to come to the countryside to suffer?

Besides, Guo Caixia didn't have to go to the countryside in the first place!

"Crying like this will harm your health. You need to pull yourself together. Aren't you just giving that heartless person something to laugh at?"

"Is the heartless person Li Zhiqing was talking about... me?" Wen Li walked in calmly, showing no sign of panic at being accused.

When Guo Caixia saw Wen Li walk in, she met her teasing gaze and instinctively avoided eye contact. She felt guilty for a moment, but then, remembering that Wen Li had no evidence, she quickly regained her composure.

She couldn't help but flinch, and the tears she had just stopped falling again.

Li Hong and Li Lingling looked at Wen Li with dissatisfaction, wondering how she still had the nerve to appear in front of Guo Caixia!

Wen Li curled her lips into a smile, and before they could speak, she strode forward, grabbed Guo Caixia by the collar, and slapped her several times across the face.

Guo Caixia felt a sudden dizziness, her face burned with pain, and she even felt her teeth were loose. She raised her hand to cover her swollen face, looking at Wen Li with a look of horror, and was still a little unable to react for a moment.

Li Hong and Li Lingling seemed stunned, not expecting Wen Li to dare to hit someone.

Wen Li raised her hand again and slapped Guo Caixia, causing her to faint and fall onto the kang (a heated brick bed).

"ah--"

Guo Caixia cried out in pain, and Li Hong quickly stepped forward to stop Wen Li.

"Wen, you educated youth, what right do you have to hit me?"

Wen Li looked at Guo Caixia, who was trembling with fear, with cold eyes, and pulled Guo Caixia off the kang (a heated brick bed).

Guo Caixia hadn't expected Wen Li to be so strong. She was already dizzy from being hit and didn't have much strength to begin with. When Wen Li pulled her so hard, she fell off the kang with a thud.

Wen Li still didn't let her go, grabbing her collar with one hand and her hair with the other, dragging her outside.

Guo Caixia screamed in fright and tried to scratch Wen Li, but Wen Li grabbed her hands and continued to drag her out.

Liu Xiu and Niu Zhaodi ran in when they heard the commotion and saw Wen Li dragging Guo Caixia like a dead dog. No one expected Wen Li to be so fierce and even dare to hit someone!

Chen Jiahao quickly stepped forward to persuade her, "Wen, calm down! What do you have to say? Let Guo go first!"

"Ahhh, let me go!" Guo Caixia struggled, and a large clump of her hair was torn out.

Pan Yong wanted to step forward to help, but Wen Li's aura was too intimidating. He was worried that Wen Li would hurt Guo Caixia, so he could only try to persuade her from the side.

"Wen, you don't want to make things worse, do you? Let Guo go first, and we can talk things over!"

"Get out!" Wen Li shoved Pan Yong aside and forcefully threw Guo Caixia into the yard.

Wen Li was too strong; Guo Caixia was thrown into the air and then crashed heavily to the ground!

Everyone gasped and rushed over to help Guo Caixia, who was lying on the ground struggling in pain, to sit up. Guo Caixia was crying with tears and snot streaming down her face, and this time she looked much more genuine than when she cried pitifully before.

Guo Caixia was unaware of how disheveled she looked, her face contorted with embarrassment as she stared hesitantly at the expressionless Wen Li.

"Xiao Li, why are you doing this to me?"

"Wen, you've gone too far!" Li Hong carefully wiped away Guo Caixia's tears, glaring angrily at Wen Li. "You must apologize to Guo, or I'll report this to the brigade leader!"

"Yes, we can't just let this go!" Pan Yong echoed.

Chen Jiahao also sighed insincerely, "Wen, you started acting independently as soon as you arrived, not only disrupting everyone's unity, but now you're bullying the other educated youths. If you don't give everyone an explanation, I'll have no choice but to ask the brigade leader to report this to the commune!"

Looking at their ugly faces, Wen Li sneered, "Fine, I'll see who's going to be the unlucky one!"

Everyone felt that Wen Li was acting so arrogantly because her family had power and influence, and for a moment no one dared to speak.

Wen Li's words seemed to strike a nerve with Jiang Chen. He loathed people who bullied others with their power. Even if Wen Li had a beautiful appearance, it couldn't hide her filthy heart!

Thinking about what Wen Li had just said to him, he suspected that Wen Li knew something!

Then, his eyes darkened. So what if Wen Li's family had some power? This was the countryside. Wasn't it easy to make someone disappear?

The atmosphere in the courtyard suddenly became somewhat stagnant, but Chen Yan's appearance broke the silence.

"Xiao Li, I brought the things over!" Chen Yan squeezed through the crowd and handed the diary to Wen Li.

Wen Li took the diary and looked down at Guo Caixia, who was clinging to Jiang Chen.

"I'll give you one more chance. Tell me properly how you were sent to the countryside, and why you severed ties with your family."

For some reason, Guo Caixia felt a bad premonition when she saw the yellowed notebook.

But when she realized that she had never said those words, and that Yu Shuang and the others had just guessed, she quickly calmed down.

"I...Xiao Li, what do you mean?"

Wen Li scanned everyone present, speaking slowly and deliberately: "I want you to tell everyone yourself whether you went to the countryside for my sake, whether you passed the exam for a job, and... why your family severed ties with you!"

Guo Caixia couldn't admit to these things, so she could only pretend to cry again.

Wen Li sneered, "They really won't shed a tear until they see the coffin!" Then she looked at Zhou Yu, who was standing at the back of the crowd, "Zhou Zhiqing, could you come over here for a moment?"

Zhou Yu: ...

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