Her eyes lit up when she saw Liu Zihua in the crowd, hoping he would step out and protect her.
However, at the same time Liu Zihua's eyes shone with expectation towards Su Xiaoxiao, he frowned and turned his head away.
Su Xiaoxiao was shocked, not expecting Liu Zihua to avoid her gaze.
The village chief followed Su Xiaoxiao's gaze and saw Liu Zihua, sneering. "Educated youth Liu, were you the person educated youth Su met in the small woods?"
As soon as the village chief spoke, the people around Liu Zihua immediately scattered, staring at him.
Liu Zihua became the focus of everyone's attention. Seeing Su Xiaoxiao's helpless and pitiful appearance, he gritted his teeth. "It was me."
As soon as Liu Zihua spoke, Su Xiaoxiao's heart relaxed. Her gaze towards Liu Zihua was filled with affection; he would still protect her as he always had.
"What about you all? Are you sure Liu Zihua wasn't in the room at the time?" The village chief looked at the other educated youths, his eyes sharp as blades.
"..." The five looked at each other. In the past, if villagers targeted educated youths, they would definitely stand together.
But now, Su Xiaoxiao was targeting Fu Wenwen, and Liu Zihua was helping Su Xiaoxiao. They didn't want to cover for him. Helping Liu Zihua would be equivalent to harming Fu Wenwen.
They were all educated youths sent to the countryside, and this situation was already embarrassing.
It was Liu Zihua's business if he wanted to help Su Xiaoxiao.
Dragging them into it was simply too much.
The village chief's expression was so unpleasant. What if he made things difficult for them later, preventing them from returning to the city? After all, educated youths needed the village chief's signature to return.
Offending the village chief would be the most foolish thing to do.
Thinking of this, two male educated youths who shared a room with Liu Zihua immediately shook their heads. "He was in the room reading the entire night, he didn't go out."
Liu Zihua didn't expect them not to help him. He frowned and glared at them.
"Educated youth Liu, we all know you have a good relationship with educated youth Su, but this matter, helping you would be harming educated youth Fu, and it's unfair to educated youth Fu," the male educated youth said, looking at Liu Zihua. "Furthermore, educated youth Fu is the most innocent party in this."
Although Fu Wenwen was indeed a bit pampered when she came to the countryside, she wasn't the spoiled type of young lady. On the contrary, she was happy to share; she just wasn't good at manual labor due to her pampered upbringing.
Fu Wenwen marrying Lin Feng, and especially after such a big commotion, all the educated youths actually felt it was a pity.
Now that they knew Su Xiaoxiao had orchestrated all of this, they found it even more unacceptable. Liu Zihua might be biased towards Su Xiaoxiao, but they wouldn't be.
"Educated youth Liu, do you have anything else to say?" The village chief glanced approvingly at the male educated youth. His words were right. He turned back to Liu Zihua with a sneer.
"It was... I misremembered. I don't know who Su Xiaoxiao met!" Liu Zihua glanced at the village chief and immediately changed his statement.
The village chief couldn't be bothered with Liu Zihua now; he would settle accounts with him later.
The most important person now was Su Xiaoxiao. All eyes turned to her again.
Su Xiaoxiao covered her face and cried, not knowing what to do.
"Why are you all pressuring me like this? It has nothing to do with me." Su Xiaoxiao cried aggrievedly, but her tears had long lost their value in the eyes of the villagers; they were immune.
"You did what you did, who is pressuring you! I'm just asking who you met yesterday, is that so hard to answer? Unless the person you met was Zhang Laosan," the village chief sneered.