He knew that Fu Wenwen liked him, but he had always detested Fu Wenwen, feeling it was unfair to Su Xiaoxiao, who he thought was too kind.
"Brother Zihua..." Su Xiaoxiao was deeply moved and threw herself into Liu Zihua's arms.
"Oh my, are you two hugging in broad daylight?" A voice suddenly sounded from behind them. Liu Zihua immediately pushed Su Xiaoxiao away. Su Xiaoxiao was stunned, and as she turned, she saw Zhang Cuihua and others. The contempt in their eyes made Su Xiaoxiao nervously clench her clothes.
"Don't misunderstand, we didn't do anything," Liu Zihua quickly explained.
"Educated Youth Liu, I have eyes and I see clearly. You two were just hugging," Zhang Cuihua glanced at Liu Zihua. This man lacked backbone, having just held her and then denied it.
"Exactly. Although our village doesn't strictly forbid educated youths from dating, it's still broad daylight. Isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to be like this?" Xiao Hong said with a cold smile, seeing Liu Zihua's displeased expression.
"Aunties, please don't misunderstand. She was just wrongly accused by the village chief and was very sad, so I was comforting her. She's like my younger sister," Liu Zihua explained.
Su Xiaoxiao, standing beside him, looked at Liu Zihua in disbelief. How could he say he only saw her as a sister?
"Brother Zihua..." Su Xiaoxiao looked at Liu Zihua, who turned his head away, avoiding her gaze. "I have something to do and need to leave."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, this is really..." Xiao Hong and Zhang Cuihua exchanged knowing smiles. "Educated Youth Su, you've chosen a poor partner. How could he just leave you alone like this?"
"Aunties, you've misunderstood..." Su Xiaoxiao said to them with red eyes, looking wronged.
Zhang Cuihua and Xiao Hong let out snorts. "Educated Youth Su, we're both women. You don't need to shed tears in front of us. We're not those men; we won't fall for your act."
Su Xiaoxiao looked at them and gritted her teeth. "Then what do you want?"
"What can we do?" The two women exchanged smiles, clasped their hands, and walked past Su Xiaoxiao. "Educated Youth Su, don't think too highly of yourself."
After they left, Su Xiaoxiao watched their retreating figures, her eyes dark and deep.
"Neither of those two are good people," Zhang Cuihua said disdainfully as she and Xiao Hong slowly walked home.
"Exactly. We clearly saw them hugging, but the man denies it, and the woman just plays innocent. Look at them; it's definitely not the first time. They might have already been involved for a while, and poor Fu Wenwen doesn't even know," Xiao Hong added.
"You know, given Fu Wenwen's family background, she didn't need to come to the countryside. Could it be that she came here for that man?" Zhang Cuihua suddenly thought, looking at Xiao Hong.
Xiao Hong nodded. "You know, it's quite possible. Look at how she's been bullied since she arrived in our village, and then married Lin Feng."
"Wait, wasn't it Educated Youth Su who called out when Fu Wenwen had that incident?" Zhang Cuihua frowned, looking at Xiao Hong.
Xiao Hong's eyes widened as she looked at Zhang Cuihua. "She... she wouldn't have done it on purpose, would she? Deliberately framing Fu Wenwen and ruining her reputation?"
"..." The two women exchanged glances. The more they thought about it, the more likely it seemed. At the time, there were too many coincidences surrounding Fu Wenwen and Lin Feng's situation, and everyone found it hard to believe.
It was just that Educated Youth Su had been shouting everywhere that Fu Wenwen was being bullied and that Lin Feng had to take responsibility. The village, not wanting to make a big scene, had forced Lin Feng to take responsibility and marry Fu Wenwen.