Wang Qing glanced at Fu Wenwen and asked earnestly, "Are you with Liu Zihua?"
"What do you think? How could I possibly be with him?" Fu Wenwen couldn't help but roll her eyes, looking at Wang Qing.
Seeing Fu Wenwen's look of disgust and aversion, Wang Qing nodded and leaned in to whisper, "I saw Liu Zihua sneak out late last night and only return after a long time."
"Another time, I saw him rush back and go straight to his room without a word," Wang Qing added. If it wasn't Fu Wenwen, who would Liu Zihua be meeting in the middle of the night...
Fu Wenwen patted Wang Qing's arm. "Don't worry about him, he'll get himself into trouble sooner or later."
"Do you know something?" Wang Qing saw how certain Fu Wenwen seemed, she must know something.
"I'll tell you after work!" Fu Wenwen winked at Wang Qing and turned back to distribute the tasks assigned by the village head to everyone.
Wang Qing looked at Fu Wenwen and returned to Qian Xiulan's side. Qian Xiulan immediately tugged at Wang Qing's clothes, asking with her eyes.
Wang Qing shook her head.
Qian Xiulan raised an eyebrow. Seeing Liu Zihua nearby, she didn't ask further.
After finishing work, Fu Wenwen didn't see Liu Zihua among the educated youths. She raised an eyebrow and immediately used her special ability to check.
Good heavens, he was in the alley behind the village head's house again.
This time, however, Zhu Xi had been confined to her home by the village head and couldn't get out at all.
Fu Wenwen calmly returned home. Shortly after, Wang Qing and Qian Xiulan arrived.
"Educated Youth Fu," Wang Qing and Qian Xiulan called out.
"Come in!" Fu Wenwen was cooking in the kitchen and smiled when she saw them.
"I didn't expect you to know how to cook?" Qian Xiulan exclaimed in surprise. Fu Wenwen shook her head. "I didn't at first either. Fortunately, I have a bit of talent. I've fumbled my way through, and now I know a few dishes. Plus, I have a child, I can't possibly make my child cook for me, can I?"
"That's true, a mother's love makes one strong," Wang Qing nodded. "You're quite good to Lin An."
"The child is well-behaved! Makes people dote on her," Fu Wenwen smiled.
"You've really surprised us! You seem to have changed so much..." Wang Qing and Qian Xiulan exchanged glances, looking at Fu Wenwen now. She was completely different from when she first arrived.
"When you first came, you had a look of disgust at everything, saying this was no good and that was no good. 'Oh, this will stain my skirt!' 'Ah! My shoes are so dirty...'" Qian Xiulan mimicked Fu Wenwen's former affected manner, making Fu Wenwen stiffen.
Indeed, it was quite unbearable to watch.
"Cough, let's not bring up the past!" Fu Wenwen said, her face flushing with embarrassment, helplessly.
"We're not here to talk about your past today!" Wang Qing said with a smile. Qian Xiulan leaned in carefully. "Do you know what Liu Zihua has been up to lately?"
"I have a general idea," Fu Wenwen nodded. "He's been trying to woo the village head's youngest daughter."
"Hiss! That Liu Zihua is really not a good person." Wang Qing and Qian Xiulan gasped.
"He looks so upright, but he's just a hypocrite!" Wang Qing said with a sigh.
"Exactly, you can know someone's face but not their heart! He even asked me what the village head's youngest daughter liked! I didn't expect he had ulterior motives!" Qian Xiulan spat. "When he was entangled with you, I saw him chatting and laughing with Su Xiaoxiao, and he always took her side. I felt something was off with him."
"It's not the first time he's had dealings with Su Xiaoxiao! They've been together for a long time. They were just treating me like a fool and trying to gain something from me!" Fu Wenwen said nonchalantly. "If I say there's nothing between them, only a fool like I was before would believe it."
"Indeed, you don't know, but I felt their interactions were strange!" Qian Xiulan glanced at Fu Wenwen. "We weren't close before, so I couldn't really say anything to you, but they were too intimate."
"Many times... I saw Su Xiaoxiao... throw herself into Liu Zihua's arms!" Qian Xiulan whispered. "Sometimes, they would both disappear for a while."
Fu Wenwen was stunned. As expected, someone would eventually notice something was wrong between Liu Zihua and Su Xiaoxiao.
"Do you have any plans?" Wang Qing looked at Fu Wenwen. Fu Wenwen looked bewildered. "What plans?"
"Aren't you going to beat him up or teach him a lesson?" Qian Xiulan prompted.
"I'd rather not dirty my hands by hitting him!" Fu Wenwen shook her head. "If I step in, people will think I'm still involved with Liu Zihua. It's not worth dirtying my hands for someone like him."
"If I were you, I would have torn him apart by now!" Qian Xiulan said to Fu Wenwen. "You're just too soft-hearted!"
"Me? Soft?" Fu Wenwen pointed at herself, surprised.
Wang Qing and Qian Xiulan nodded. "You are too soft-hearted! If it were me and Wang Qing, regardless of the consequences, we would have beaten him up first."
"It seems I'm indeed too gentle!" Fu Wenwen nodded. It made sense. She'd put him in a sack and beat him up tonight!
First, collect a little interest!
"Will Liu Zihua really end up with the village head's daughter?" Qian Xiulan asked Fu Wenwen, her face full of gossip.
Fu Wenwen shook her head. "Who knows! If we say it's impossible, what if they actually get together? There's no need to guess. Besides, Su Xiaoxiao will come back. If she finds out Liu Zihua is pursuing Zhu Xi, just wait and see the show!"
Wang Qing and Qian Xiulan's eyes lit up.
"Forgot about her! But Su Xiaoxiao was released just like that?" Qian Xiulan said fiercely. "Someone like her should be locked up forever!"
"There's no conclusive evidence, and at most, she's guilty of incitement. The biggest crime belongs to Zhang Laosan," Fu Wenwen explained. "Besides, she's a woman, and she's good at acting. I had already predicted that she would be released!"
"She's truly... disgusting!" Qian Xiulan and Wang Qing exchanged glances. If Fu Wenwen's words were just pampered complaints, then Su Xiaoxiao was purely disgusting.
"You have no idea, before, when she cried, those men would think we were bullying her! It was a task we had divided amongst ourselves, just to have her cook. But she cried! Then the cooking task fell to us. It happened so many times!" Qian Xiulan gritted her teeth.
"She's been like this since she was a child," Fu Wenwen comforted, patting Wang Qing's shoulder. "As someone who's been through it, I can empathize. I didn't understand why everyone disliked me before, but now I do."
"When Su Xiaoxiao returns, we'll definitely keep an eye on her for you!" Wang Qing looked at Fu Wenwen and said earnestly.
"Then I'll have to thank you both! I really don't want to see her again!" Fu Wenwen smiled faintly and pleaded with them.
The first thing Su Xiaoxiao would do upon her return would surely be to find her.