Chapter 147: Not Worthy of Sympathy
Chapter 147: Chapter 147: Not Worthy of Sympathy
"Yeah! How do you know? Last time I asked you, you said you didn’t know."
"You don’t really not know, you clearly already found out, didn’t you? You deliberately hid it from us, afraid we’d also be thinking about this quota."
"Xu Linlin, you really are something."
A few educated youths finally realized Xu Linlin’s various actions.
Watching them surround Xu Linlin menacingly, questioning her.
Xu Linlin forcefully pushed away the people surrounding her, angrily said, "Why are you listening to her nonsense? I only just found out about this myself, I just haven’t had the chance to tell you yet."
Xu Linlin looked at everyone with grievance, as if they had wronged her.
Fu Xiaoxiao internally chuckled, she really could act, no wonder she was able to deceive them.
"Really? You just found out? From whom? Did you hear it from someone in the woods?" Fu Xiaoxiao looked at Xu Linlin with cold eyes.
Everyone’s complexion changed, recently people in the village were saying a female educated youth went into the woods with a man, they matched the time, and only Xu Linlin went out at that time.
Unexpectedly, it really was Xu Linlin.
"Fu Xiaoxiao, if you slander me again, I’ll tear your mouth apart!" Xu Linlin’s heart was startled, yet she viciously glared at Fu Xiaoxiao.
"Whether it’s slander, you know it yourself." Fu Xiaoxiao waved her hand dismissively and sneered, "I’m not interested in your business, I just came over to tell all the educated youth, they have the right to know."
After Fu Xiaoxiao finished speaking, she turned to leave.
"Wait, you can’t just walk away, you have to explain clearly to me." Xu Linlin panicked seeing Fu Xiaoxiao about to leave, if she just left like that, wouldn’t it be confirmed?
She must make Fu Xiaoxiao apologize and restore her innocence.
"What should I say?" Fu Xiaoxiao dodged Xu Linlin’s outstretched hand calmly, turning to look at her.
All the educated youth looked at Fu Xiaoxiao and Xu Linlin, they felt Xu Linlin wouldn’t sell herself for a quota, but... Fu Xiaoxiao’s tone sounded as if she really knew.
"You must apologize to me, what right do you have to slander me and ruin my reputation? I know you don’t like me, but why do you target me at every turn, you can’t stand to see me do well." Xu Linlin played the victim first, giving people the impression it was Fu Xiaoxiao who provoked her.
"Did you really see it? This concerns a female comrade’s reputation, it can’t be said casually." Several female educated youth, though they didn’t like Xu Linlin, felt that reputation is extremely important for women, and they couldn’t bear to see such a scene.
"If not, then you should apologize to Xu Linlin?" Zhao Qing looked at Fu Xiaoxiao, whispered.
Hearing the educated youth speak for her, Xu Linlin visibly gained confidence, straightened her chest, determined to make Fu Xiaoxiao apologize.
"Oh, is it illegal to tell the truth these days? Why should I apologize to her?" Fu Xiaoxiao said indifferently.
Watching Xu Linlin’s smug face taunting her, Fu Xiaoxiao raised her left hand, held up three fingers to swear, "I, Fu Xiaoxiao, indeed saw Xu Linlin involved with someone in the woods, and know who the male comrade is, is that satisfactory?"
Everyone looked at Xu Linlin, Fu Xiaoxiao was even willing to swear.
This...
"Fu Xiaoxiao! I’m going to fight you." Xu Linlin’s face turned pale, reaching out her claws towards Fu Xiaoxiao.
Fu Xiaoxiao sneered, there was still the last incident she hadn’t settled with her, this time she’d clear things up together.
Fu Xiaoxiao smiled and stepped back two paces, still recounting the details of that day, "And I even heard you beg him to make your work easier, and to ensure the quota was fixed for you, even inviting him to meet again, should I continue? Xu Linlin?"
"I did not! It’s not like that at all! You’re slandering me, Fu Xiaoxiao you’ve gone too far." Xu Linlin’s complexion turned ashen, heart already in turmoil, how did Fu Xiaoxiao know these things, "Don’t make false accusations, can you provide substantial evidence? Maybe you deliberately misjudged and are trying to slander me!"
That night there clearly were no outsiders.
"Xu Linlin, I’m not bored enough to slander you, if you want evidence it’s simple, there’s a black mole on your right shoulder near the waist." Fu Xiaoxiao calmly said, pointing at Xu Linlin’s waist.
"What she said is true, I’ve seen it, last time I saw Xu Linlin going to bathe late at night, saw there really is..." The female educated youth’s expression was heavy, wondering why she would bathe at night, never thought she’d just returned from a secret meeting.
Having confirmed it, everyone looked at Xu Linlin with disgust.
"Oh my god! Never thought I’d encounter such a thing, Xu Linlin you really lack self-respect, how can you sell yourself for a chance to return to the city..."
"No wonder the villagers look at us strangely, turns out you really did such a thing..."
"You’re terrifying, to trade your precious reputation for a chance to return to the city, is it worth it?"
The educated youth all wanted to return to the city, but trading one’s body for it was absolutely unacceptable.
"You all know nothing, understand nothing, is this damn place fit for humans? Look at me, my face has been sunburned badly, the work is dirty and tiring, is it wrong for me to want to return to the city? I can’t stay anymore..." Xu Linlin roared at them.
She regretted coming to the countryside, being sunbeaten and rain-drenched, her skin grew increasingly dry, she’s only twenty years old, such beautiful youth wasted on endless farming.
Watching herself grow uglier day by day, she desperately wished to return to the city, no matter the cost.
"I’m begging you, let me return to the city! I really don’t want to stay in this place any longer."
"..." Everyone fell silent watching Xu Linlin’s crazed desire to return to the city.
"You want to go back to the city, no one’s stopping you, but don’t blame everything on everyone else, we’re all equal, you want to go back, who doesn’t want to go back? You feel tired, don’t we all? Do you think you’re superior and want us to give up the quota for you?" Xiao Heng cold-faced stepped forward and woke everyone up with one sentence.
Everyone wants to go back to the city, not just Xu Linlin herself, what face does she have to ask everyone to give up the quota for her.
"I’m already like this, do you not have any sympathy?" Xu Linlin snarled viciously.
"Isn’t your result something you brought upon yourself? You voluntarily offered yourself for a chance to return, if you said someone forced you, I believe they would have fought for justice for you, but you volunteered, didn’t you also gain benefits, essentially it was a transaction, you gave yourself for an easy job, why would you need sympathy then?" Fu Xiaoxiao was amused by Xu Linlin’s twisted logic.
"You don’t deserve a shred of sympathy." Xiao Heng looked at Xu Linlin coldly.