Liang Sumei's sudden appearance caught Liang Qing off guard. She knew that Liang Sumei would definitely go home at night, so how should she face her then? Should she hide from her like a turtle? But that was too unrealistic.

Liang Qing took a deep breath, forced herself to calm down, and reorganized her thoughts. She found that the key to the problem actually lies with Zhao Liuzi. As long as Zhao Liuzi is still on her side, no matter how much Liang Sumei talks, without witnesses, who can do anything to her?

Even if he stood in front of Liang Sumei and ordered her to do things for him as he did before, Liang Sumei had no witnesses and could only swallow her grievances.

Thinking of this, Liang Qing felt more confident and decided to go find Zhao Liuzi to find out more.

Zhao Liuzi had never seen Liang Qing since he went down the mountain and separated from her that day. In fact, Liang Qing was deliberately avoiding him because she was afraid that if she showed any sign of intimacy, Zhao Liuzi would stick to her like a piece of taffy.

Zhao Liuzi has been worried about what happened that day since he came back. He originally planned to go back to the mountain to find Liang Sumei, but it was already dark. The old people in the village often said that the forest at night is a man-eating monster, and those who go in rarely come back safely. Perhaps Liang Sumei was also swallowed up by the bottomless forest like those missing people. Thinking of this, Zhao Liuzi was filled with helplessness, and he knew that he could do nothing.

What made Zhao Liuzi feel very guilty was that he listened to Liang Qing's words and lied to Liang Sumei to go up the mountain alone. He blamed himself for being deceived by Liang Qing's beauty at the time, not realizing the seriousness of the matter, and not being able to keep a clear mind to think. Looking back now, he felt that he was really confused. Fortunately, he heard that Liang Sumei was rescued by the people at the educated youth site. When he went to the construction site to watch the excitement today, he saw from a distance that Liang Sumei seemed to be fine, and he felt better.

"Brother Liuzi? Brother Liuzi?" Just as Zhao Liuzi was daydreaming, a gentle and kind voice came into his ears. He was very familiar with this voice that could always easily touch his heartstrings. It came from Liang Qing.

Zhao Liuzi hurriedly patted the dirt off his clothes and ran out to greet her. "Xiao Qing, what's up?" His eyes were gleaming with anticipation, and he had a vague feeling that Liang Qing's visit to him was related to Liang Sumei. It was indeed so!

Liang Qing looked at Zhao Liuzi, but her heart was full of disgust. When she heard Zhao Liuzi affectionately call her "Xiao Qing", she felt a wave of nausea and cursed in her heart: "Are you an ugly person like you worthy of being called Xiao Qing?" But on the surface, she still maintained a decent smile and said in a gentle voice: "Brother Liuzi, you don't know yet, Su Mei is back."

Zhao Liuzi nodded, with a hint of confusion and concern on his face: "I saw it today. I heard that she broke her bones, but she looked fine. Do you know what happened?"

Liang Qing did not respond, but pretended to be relieved, "Now we can both rest assured. It was all my fault that day. I wanted to pursue her, but I sprained my ankle just as I was about to do so. I felt so guilty. I heard from my aunt that my cousin broke her leg. I was so heartbroken. My cousin has always been delicate and can't stand any pain. It would have been great if I had been the one with the broken leg." She lowered her head slightly and bit her lip lightly.

Seeing his beloved blaming herself, Zhao Liuzi felt so distressed that he hurriedly advised her, "Xiaoqing, this is not your fault. If I had thought more comprehensively and asked a few more people to go up the mountain with Liang Sumei, these things wouldn't have happened. It's all my fault. I'll go to Liang Sumei to apologize now. If she wants to blame someone, just blame me." After saying that, he was about to walk out with a righteous look on his face.

Liang Qing was secretly delighted. Her carefully planned honey trap had worked, and Zhao Liuzi took the responsibility on himself. This made her feel relieved. But when she saw that Zhao Liuzi wanted to apologize to Liang Sumei, Liang Qing became worried again: How could these two people meet? Zhao Liuzi was simple-minded. If Liang Sumei said something she shouldn't have said to provoke Zhao Liuzi and make him doubt her, it would be a loss.

So, she quickly stopped Zhao Liuzi and said sincerely, "Brother Liuzi, don't go. You don't know, my cousin is a little extreme. If you go now, she won't listen to what you say, but will get even angrier. After all, I am her closest cousin. We live under the same roof, but I try to avoid her as much as possible, for fear of reminding her of unhappy things. Slowly, when she fully recovers and her resentment towards us disappears, it won't be too late for me to take you to apologize together."

She pursed her lips and pretended to be embarrassed: "Brother Liu, we should not see each other as much as possible these days, otherwise my cousin will find out and think that we are plotting something against her. She has always been suspicious. She would suspect me if she lost a pencil or a notebook. I don't want to offend her again."

Zhao Liuzi was a little hesitant after hearing Liang Qing's words. He looked at Liang Qing's pleading eyes and couldn't help but waver. He thought about it and felt that Liang Qing's words made sense, so he nodded and agreed. "Okay, Xiaoqing, I'll listen to you." There was helplessness in his tone.

Seeing that she had succeeded, Liang Qing did not stay any longer and left after finding an excuse. Zhao Liuzi stood at the gate of the courtyard, staring blankly at Liang Qing's receding back, feeling mixed emotions.

"Hi, Liuzi? Liuzi?" Zhao Xifa, who was passing by, saw Zhao Liuzi's silly look and couldn't help laughing. He walked up to him and teased him, "Don't look at her. Liang Qing's eyes are on the top of her head. You and I can't reach her."

Zhao Liuzi came to his senses. Yes, if he had not killed a wolf, Liang Qing would not have asked him to go up the mountain. If it was Zhao Xifa who killed the wolf, maybe Liang Qing would have looked for Zhao Xifa. Thinking of this, he felt a pang of pain in his heart and suddenly felt inexplicable hostility towards Zhao Xifa.

Zhao Xifa is a well-known rogue in Tianwa Village. He relied on Jiang Fu's name to get a job in the security corps, and he was arrogant and domineering all day long. But now that Jiang Fu was arrested and the security corps was disbanded, he was like a fly that lost its wings and fell to the bottom of the valley.

Without his support and job, Zhao Xifa's voice in the village also vanished. Those who used to be afraid of him and flatter him now treat him like a rag and no one wants to pay attention to him.

He was a lazy man by nature. He didn't like farming, and he was even more unwilling to do such hard work as pounding stones to earn a salary. He always wanted to get something for nothing. So, petty theft became his "side job". He didn't steal much each time, and he ran away very quickly. The villagers knew who did it, but they couldn't catch him in the act. The fierce ones cursed in the streets to vent their anger, while the honest ones could only suffer in silence.

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