Chapter 111: Su Liang Swimming Naked Is Nothing to Write Home About Either

Standing beside Lin Xu, Ya Qin Fu noticed that Lin Xu did not mention the matter of the sent-down youth being manipulated, and quietly breathed a sigh of relief, hoping that no one would bring it up. She only wanted to resolve the issue privately; if that proved impossible, she was willing to bear the financial loss. After all, neither she nor her family could afford to take any risks. The Fu family was a large clan with dozens of members. If something really went wrong, no one would have a good life.

Hearing that Changming Hu had stolen the money hidden in someone’s letter, Fa Cai Wang was speechless and thought Hu was crazy. Even if the letter didn’t mention money, wouldn’t it have been said over the phone? Their brigade had telephones installed, making calls in and out very convenient. It was fortunate that the matter hadn’t been exposed after several months; Hu had some luck.

Sigh, who would have thought the sent-down youth compound would elect such a character as the team leader? And Du Yong wasn’t any better. If they knew Hu’s actions were improper, why didn’t they tell him privately? Fa Cai Wang understood that if he had received the information discreetly, he would have handled the matter quietly to prevent it from leaking.

Although this was done by the sent-down youths, it would bring shame to the Wangzhuang brigade if it got out. Fa Cai Wang looked at the two letters in his hand and then at the sealed envelopes; he could only say Hu was careful. The seals were so well done that one could hardly notice unless they looked closely.

“Is there a secret in this letter?” Fa Cai Wang asked.

“I don’t know. I haven’t read the contents yet, and I’ve never met the sender, so I don’t understand why they wrote to me,” Lin Xu said, pointing at the letter from Zonghan Qin, giving Fa Cai a heads-up.

Fa Cai Wang stared at the letter, deep in thought, when suddenly Hong Han said, “Could he be a spy sent by the enemy to investigate something secretly?”

The remark made Fa Cai break out in a cold sweat. Right, that was a real possibility. If Hu had intercepted important information from the letter and leaked it, he would be committing a grave crime. This couldn’t be allowed. He had to hurry to the clinic and report Hu’s case for a thorough investigation.

Fa Cai Wang turned to leave, his gaze falling on Hu’s room door. He slapped his forehead and asked, “Who has an unused padlock?”

“For what?” Qian Li asked curiously.

“To lock the door,” Fa Cai pointed at Hu’s room. “There might be evidence in there that needs to be secured.”

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Ya Qin Fu felt a chill at those words. She had been hoping to sneak in and search, but the brigade leader had spoiled her plan. What now?

Before Ya Qin could devise a new plan, Qian Li eagerly raised her hand, excitedly saying she had a new lock. Ya Qin could only sigh inwardly, thinking what a true sister she was.

Soon, Fa Cai Wang and Lin Xu’s group arrived at the clinic, only to find it packed with people inside and out. Old Wang, the village doctor, had been summoned there already. Seeing Hu Changming’s battered state, he was truly shocked. The sight was terrifying, and instinctively, he felt he couldn’t treat him.

Sure enough, after a full examination, the village doctor shook his head. “His injuries are too severe, especially that broken leg. I really can’t handle it. We should send him to the commune hospital.”

Upon hearing that, Liang Su immediately curled his lips, standing among the crowd with disdain. “If you know you can’t handle it, why just sit there and do nothing?”

Su Liang still believed that Qin Fang should be the one to handle this; after all, her family had trained her as a head nurse. But his words had barely fallen when the village doctor’s wife, Lingzhi Miao, overheard and slapped her thigh, standing behind Su Liang and scolding him fiercely.

“You shameless scoundrel! You’re good for nothing, always taking advantage of others, and yet you have the nerve to criticize my husband. Hmph! Since that sent-down youth praises that female sent-down youth so highly, let her take over. Let’s see who’s really useless.”

Miao Lingzhi cursed while tugging at Qin Fang’s arm, spitting at Su Liang’s face as she busily chided him.

“Shameless coward, avoiding labor! If you’re just going to sit there doing nothing, then don’t expect others to work for you. Just because you have a head nurse at home doesn’t mean you can be the medic! All talk and no action. Today, I’m going to expose your fake face.”

Ignoring Qin Fang’s protests, she dragged her over to Hu Changming’s bedside and pushed her roughly. “Qin, don’t you have a head nurse at home? Aren’t you skilled in medicine? Come on, show us. If you can’t treat Hu today, I’ll come see you every time and scold you.”

Su Liang’s face turned dark with anger at Miao Lingzhi’s rude actions, ready to argue. But before he could, he felt a heavy weight on his shoulders. Turning his head, he saw that strong young men from the village had pinned his shoulders down, with several burly fellows standing behind them.

The atmosphere was clearly one of confrontation, as if saying, “If you, Su, don’t back down, we’ll settle this now.”

Without a backup, Su Liang had no choice but to behave.

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Qin Fang knelt by the bedside, looking at the pig-headed Hu Changming and his broken leg, her mind blank. She had never been trained and had no knowledge of first aid, let alone how to treat injuries.

With Hu’s current condition, she had no idea where to begin. Helplessly, she looked to Su Liang for help, hoping he would step forward to save her.

But seeing him restrained like a prisoner, she was stunned. Was this the mighty Su Liang who could take on five men? The illusion she held of him nearly shattered.

Lin Xu, blending into the crowd, chuckled at the scene. The once-glorious Su Liang had come to this. Without a patron, his true nature was exposed.

“Sent-down youth Qin, can you handle it?” Fa Cai Wang stepped forward and asked loudly. “If you can’t, step aside so we can send him to the commune hospital.”

Qin Fang hesitated, feeling humiliated. Couldn’t they spare her some dignity? After all, she was still a flower in bloom.

She stammered but couldn’t come up with an answer. Fa Cai Wang shook his head in disappointment—sure enough, neither of these two told the truth.

Recalling the information he had secretly gathered at the commune, Fa Cai Wang shook his head again. He had heard that the Su family forbade their connections here from helping Su Liang, wanting him to suffer in the countryside until he relented.

He understood why. If it were him, he wouldn’t want his good son marrying the daughter of a spy. Marrying a spy’s daughter was tantamount to losing one’s career prospects. A son obsessed with women like that would be a burden to anyone.

Moreover, Su Liang was the Su family’s heir, so it was out of the question for him to marry Qin Fang.

Tsk, youth is truly reckless.

Fa Cai Wang told Qin Fang to step aside and called for the village tractor driver to quickly come and take Hu to the commune hospital.

After handling this, he pulled the old village chief aside to quietly discuss Hu Changming’s secret letter-reading incident.