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Youth Chen was murmuring in his heart, but he felt that it was impossible for her to know about anything. After all, both him and Xiuyun were very careful and secretive.

Moreover, he also understood Xiuyun’s character— no matter what happened, she would never confess to others on her own accord and she would just grit her teeth, enduring everything that was hurled at her.

Hence, Dong Huaihua probably didn’t know.

With his heart practically falling to his stomach, he smiled brighter to hide his nerves, “Director, I don’t need much; just 10 Yuan is enough.”

Dong Huaihua exclaimed, “Are you trying to rob her? 10 Yuan? Who on earth is able to fork out 10 Yuan at one go? I even have to sell my food to earn 1 Yuan.”

“What are you talking about, Director? Wouldn’t this sister-in-law have it?” Youth Chen salivated and looked at Lin Lan with a slight smile before boasting, “Others might not have such a sum, but sister-in-law would surely have it. Seeing that she has been in high spirits recently, it’s really rather refreshing to the eye— even I’m feeling better just by looking at her.”

Lin Lan rolled her eyes at him unceremoniously. The saying of ‘not hitting a person with a smile'(2) should make sense, so just calm down and ignore him.

(T/N: The phrase refers to the feeling of not being able to hit someone who admitted their faults, but it can be used to express someone’s strength to forgive. Here, I think Lin Lan is telling herself that she is better than resorting to violence and not stooping so low.)

“Sorry, I don’t have 10 Yuan.”

“Then I wouldn’t mind 20. Haha, if this sister-in-law were to lend me 50 or 100 Yuan, I wouldn’t be surprised either.”

Lin Lan was stunned by his shamelessness, “Can you afford to pay it back?”

Youth Chen, “…”

As expected, a shrew is still a shrew. I thought she had changed her ways, but it seems like my intuition was false.

Only then did Youth Chen realise that she wasn’t joking or playing hard-to-get like the other women who usually approached him; she actually didn’t want to acknowledge his presence at all. Therefore, he had to walk away in desperation to find someone else to borrow money from.

Lin Lan whispered to Dong Huaihua, “What exactly is he borrowing money for?”

Dong Huaihua, “It’s probably because of that.”

Lin Lan understood instinctively as it was difficult to comment on it. She still insisted that the publicity about physical hygiene was imperative. Otherwise, more innocent and unknowing girls like Liu Xiuyun would be deceived.

…

In the conference room of the County Revolutionary Committee, the atmosphere was gloomy and moody.

From early morning till evening, even after eating two casual meals in the midst of it, the ones who gathered have yet to come up with a final conclusion.

Han Qingsong sat in his seat with a dark expression and kept silent, merely listening to other people’s words.

Deputy Director Li was very excited, “This Brigade Leader of the Yellow River Brigade is nothing but a bastard. After only 3 years of being a Brigade Leader, he has harmed more than a dozen women but… the crime he committed iisn’t grave enough to be punishable by death,” He stood there, talking as he waved his arms vigorously, “Think about it, we are all cadres, so we should be taking care of each other…”

Han Qingsong suddenly said, “Taking care of each other, you say? Anyone who rapes women and children should be killed!”

The conference room suddenly fell into a certain silence and the atmosphere became even more depressing.