Free Web NovelChapter 471: Chapter 467: Don’t Talk to Me Alone
Li Hongmei and Hu Ziqiang returned to the Educated Youth Compound together. In the courtyard, the other youths sighed in relief when they saw the two of them come back.
Outside, the evening glow had faded and night was falling. If the two hadn’t returned soon, everyone was about to go out and search for them.
As soon as Hu Ziqiang escorted Li Hongmei back to the courtyard, he bolted for the kitchen.
He was starving to death and had to get something to eat.
The food back then had no oil and wasn’t filling at all, so when you got hungry, it was truly unbearable.
Since Li Hongmei’s change of heart, she found Hu Ziqiang more and more pleasing to the eye. Naturally, she also noticed everyone’s teasing, and her face remained shy and bashful.
No one else liked to associate with Li Hongmei, mainly because she had absolutely no sense of boundaries. Whoever was on good terms with her, she would casually use their things without asking.
Take Gu Jiaojiao, for example. She was the perfect sucker.
When she first arrived in the countryside, she brought many pretty clothes, some hair ties, and even used face oil that cost two yuan a bottle. Li Hongmei certainly benefited quite a bit from all that.
Nobody liked that kind of person, so no one really talked to her.
As time went on, even fewer people bothered with Li Hongmei.
Although the young women disliked Li Hongmei, they didn’t want anything bad to happen to her. That’s why they had all been waiting outside. Only now that she was back did they return to the dormitory together.
Li Hongmei pouted. ’These people are nuts,’ she thought.
The other youths dispersed, but Yun Hao didn’t leave.
He knew Li Hongmei had run off because of him, so he felt some things needed to be cleared up.
"Li Hongmei, I’m getting married to Xu Wenwan. I hope you can understand that we’re not a good match."
Li Hongmei had a round, flat face, a flat nose, small eyes, and dark skin. There was no way Yun Hao could ever like her.
Before, he’d been agonizing over how to reject her. Now that he was getting married, he suddenly felt a little fortunate.
At least between Xu Wenwan and Li Hongmei, Xu Wenwan was beautiful. Just looking at her face was a pleasure.
It was just like the male youths at the compound. After they learned his marriage proposal had been successful, their eyes were filled with envy.
Xu Wenwan was beautiful, and aside from being relatively close to Yun Hao, she never said more than a word to other men. On top of that, she was the village chief’s daughter.
They were educated youths, isolated and without support. With this connection, Yun Hao was like a tiger that had grown wings.
A beautiful wife and a father-in-law who could bring him benefits—eight out of ten people would be envious of this marriage.
Yun Hao had originally despised Xu Wenwan, but now that he was being pursued by someone so much worse, he suddenly felt that Xu Wenwan was a great catch.
Li Hongmei was a decisive woman. She had only "liked" Yun Hao before because she wanted to use him as a way to leave this place. Now that she knew he was getting married, she couldn’t rely on him anymore. The rose-colored glasses came off, and she suddenly found him quite ordinary.
Taking a closer look, she noticed his skin wasn’t as fair as before, and the sparkle in his eyes was gone. The overall impression he gave her now didn’t even have as much charisma as Li Fenggu.
With that thought, she immediately felt relieved.
She was even afraid Yun Hao might say something to Hu Ziqiang, so she quickly explained, "Yun Zhiqing, I wish you and Xu Wenwan the best in your marriage. What I said before was just a misunderstanding, so please don’t overthink it."
"Also, I hope you won’t say anything to Ziqiang that might give him the wrong idea. I don’t want a woman like me to ruin the brotherly bond between you two. Let’s just pretend what happened before never happened."
"From now on, don’t speak to me alone again. It might cause a misunderstanding."
After saying her piece, she also rushed into the kitchen.
She had run out without eating earlier, and now her stomach was aching with hunger.
