CH 12

When Secretary Zhang returned to the office, he was shouted at halfway by someone.

“Secretary Zhang, Secretary Zhang, something happened…” The man seemed to have been walking for a long time, his head full of sweat and panting heavily.

“What’s the matter?” Secretary Zhang asked when he saw that he was an educated youth under his jurisdiction.

“Something has happened at our No. 1 team site.”

Secretary Zhang’s expression was horrified, and his footsteps took two steps faster, “What’s going on, talk as you walk.”

“Okay.”

***

At the moment, in the team leader headquarters, Gu Zheng and Qin LingLing were still sitting on the chairs, drinking their own tea. Seeing Gu Zheng, who was calm and self-sufficient, Qin LingLing immediately stopped panicking.

Qin LingLing didn’t know the character of this unannounced husband because it was their first meeting, but she assumed Gu Zheng had his reasons for remaining quiet. She didn’t ask either; Gu Zheng simply told her to wait, and she did so quietly.

On the contrary, Captain Li and Li JianYe, trembling for a while, hurried out to find someone to drive them out, but just a few people came in, and the old deity Gu Zheng, who was sitting, suddenly rose. The tall stature of his, stands in stark contrast to the few men who are just about 1.7 meters tall, especially those eyes, which are full of fierceness when they stare at others.

He rubbed his fist and state, “I will handle anyone who wants to come at me and make trouble, but I will say this in advance that this matter has nothing to do with you, and I won’t be responsible for hurting you when the time comes.”

Li JianYe shouted directly: “Don’t be afraid, beat him!”

These people have long been a little scared by Gu Zheng’s eyes, so no one acted upon his order. Seeing this, Gu Zheng gave a thumbs up and said slowly, “Also! You’re all on the same team, so you must think carefully if you want to beat me. Because you’re going to lie down for months and have a hard time to get up. Got to be careful, my fists don’t have eyes. So, when you were being beaten by me. Don’t cry.”

Hiss! The rough voice reached the ears of everyone present, and everyone who listened couldn’t help but suck in a cold breath.

Qin LingLing turned her head to look at Gu Zheng who has a stern face, but she couldn’t guess how much of his words were true and how much were false, but based on these people’s faces, it’s working.

Li JianYe’s face turned dark when he heard it as he had seen this guy’s fist. But he couldn’t swallow this grievance. How could an outsider bully him in his turf? He pushed an educated youth who has a fit figure and shouted: “Go on, beat him up!”

“I… I dare not.”

Even though with a club in their hands, the others also did not dare to step forward. Li JianYe become more furious, grabbed the man’s club, and rushed forward. “Ah! I’ll beat you to death!”

“JianYe!” Captain Li yelled. Unfortunately, his voice couldn’t pull Li JianYe back, who felt that his dignity had been provoked.

Gu Zheng stood in place; his eyes calm as if he could not spot the club that was swinging. Seeing this scene, Qin LingLing was so frightened that she shrieked, trying to make Gu Zheng dodged.

However, when the stick was only a few centimeters away from him, Gu Zheng suddenly crooked his neck at the fastest speed. When everyone sucks in cold breath, he successfully dodges the club. He shifted his weight slightly, grabbed Li JianYe’s hand, and flipped him over his shoulder.

“Ah!” Li JianYe yelled painfully when he was thrown to the ground.

“What’s all the commotion about?” A woman’s voice was heard, and several educated youths who had been summoned to beat Gu Zheng instantly yielded when they saw Director Liu and Secretary Zhang approaching the team leader headquarters with a stern expression.

When Captain Li saw them, he was startled and rushed to meet them, “Secretary Zhang, why are you here?”

“Hmph, if I don’t come, is this team leader of yours going to turn over the sky?” Secretary Zhang roared.

On his way here, he heard from the informant saying that someone in the team was looking for him. It seemed that Captain Li’s nephew had done something bad, and he was seeking for justice, but he did not get one, so he was asked to go there to judged.

Their Sun Farm is large, so they had to divided into several production brigade. He oversees the No. 1 and No. 2 brigades as the secretary and each brigade is divided into three teams, so he had to managed six teams. Captain Li is the leader of the No. 1 brigade.

Typically, the No. 1 brigade performs the worst among the others. Their production value is consistently low year after year. As a result, the secretary is unable to raise his head. The situation is already difficult for him, and now Captain Li adds to it.

Director Liu looked at Li JianYe who was thrown to the ground, and then at Gu Zheng who was standing upright in a military uniform, and asked Captain Li, “Captain, what’s going on here?”

Seeing the female educated youth Qing LingLing of their team standing inside the headquarters, Director Liu already had a feeling in her heart. Qin LingLing is in their team. Among so many educated youths, she is young and good-looking. It is uncommon for her to find others for a help or anything.

Li JianYe had screamed for the whole day, and no one dared to bypass the menacing, tall and mighty soldier to help him, so he had to stand up by himself, trembling.

Captain Li has a hard time to tell. He wanted to explain, but when he looked at Director Liu’s questioning eyes and Secretary Zhang’s sullen face, he had trouble in opening his mouth, “I…I…”

Secretary Zhang watched with an angry heart, snorted coldly, and hurriedly one of the rooms.

Captain Li cast a glance at his nephew who was struggling to get up, and it was rare that he didn’t help him. Instead, he hurriedly followed Secretary Zhang and waited on him carefully, fearing that his position as Captain would be lost.

Finally, Director Liu looked at Li JianYe with disgust, and shouted loudly at a group of theatergoers: “What you still doing here? Go continue your works!”

Seeing that Secretary Zhang and Director Liu are here, no one dared to stay in the team leader headquarters anymore.

When all the people left, Director Liu looked at Li JianYe coldly, “Look at what you did.”

Li JianYe is still in pain, grimacing so he had no time to refute Director Liu, who is usually dismissive of his false leaderships. He was afraid that his shabby black hat [1] had fallen off, so he hurriedly followed his uncle into the room.

[1] 乌纱帽 / wū shā mào – black hat (worn by feudal official); fig. official post.

Director Liu saw that everyone was gone, and then she walked towards Qin LingLing and Gu Zheng, who were already stand side by side. Qin LingLing was worried about Gu Zheng’s moves just now, so after he threw Li JianYe over his shoulder, she ran over and asked if there was anything wrong.

Gu Zheng’s face was calm, and he said, “I’m okay, don’t worry.”

“It’s good that you’re okay.”

It just so happened that Secretary Zhang, Captain Li, and the others were in state of disarray, so they didn’t move forward until Director Liu came to ask questions.

“Educated Youth Qin, what happened?”

Qin LingLing glanced at Gu Zheng, then looked at the room. Director Liu’s face turned sullen, she lowered her voice and asked in her ear, “Did Li JianYe bully you?”

Qin LingLing pursed her lips, thinking that there was no need to indulge such people, so she nodded, “He tricked me into going to the banana plantation.”

Whether it is now or in the future, when girls are being violated, they are always afraid of being treated with strange looks by outsiders, so they are unwilling to expose the behavior of the hungry wolf and pervert to the public, so these people become more presumptuous, and those who can really stand up and bring the criminals to justice are few. Even more, she doesn’t want a pervert like Li JianYe to continue to be a tiger, and he must be punished.

Because the original owner and Zhang HuiShan are always associated with each other, there are a lot of descriptions of Zhang HuiShan in the original text. As for Li JianYe, she only knows that she has a serious relationship with Zhang HuiShan, but after all, the part of the original owner’s life on the farm is just a memory, so Li JianYe didn’t get described too much. She only thought that Li JianYe was just a bit lascivious, but she still didn’t dare to mess around. She didn’t expect that when he got crazy, he would just ignore everything.

Director Liu looked at her worriedly, “Then, are you okay?”

“Yes, he saved me.” Qin LingLing turned to look at Gu Zheng, and he looked at Director Liu and stated, “My name is Gu Zheng.”

“Hello Comrade Gu, fortunately she has your help!”

Gu Zheng had never appeared in this Sun Farm, so Director Liu didn’t know Gu Zheng. Even if they got married, they only got a certificate. Even the original owner, Qin LingLing, if she at Xiao Gu Village, the villagers are unfamiliar with her.

“Let’s go, let’s go in first, don’t be afraid, tell us everything, Secretary Zhang will be the judge.”

“Alright.”

***

Inside the room.

Director Liu brought Qin LingLing to Secretary Zhang, who was already seated. “This female comrade has something to say, Secretary Zhang.”

Secretary Zhang knew that today matter is not simple. He pressed his chest that on fire and waved his hand. His face was much more kind than when he faced Captain Li just now. “This comrade, if you have any grievances, please tell me, I will make the decisions for you.”

Qin LingLing didn’t nod immediately. She wasn’t sure if Secretary Zhang was in the same group as the captain or not. After all, the original owner was a female educated youth who has nothing.

But when she looks at Gu Zheng, the other party nodded his head firmly, as if everything was under his control. Qin LingLing didn’t know why he was so calm, but his calmness gives her confidence, and she nodded to Secretary Zhang.

Li JianYe pulls the clothes on his uncle’s shoulder, feeling nervous, “Uncle…”

Captain Li hit his shoulder with his hand, lowered his voice and rebuked, “Shut up!”

If it’s just his uncle, Li JianYe would not be worried at all because he would only got suspend from his position for half a year and when the matter is over, his uncle will still give him the position of team leader. But this time is different, as Secretary Zhang was called.

Qin LingLing revealed everything Li JianYe had done, even the things he had done in the past where he had molested her and other educated youths.

Immediately after listening, Li JianYe retorted: “Secretary Zhang, she’s spouting gibberish; clearly, she was aware that the rubber factory was low on employees and sought to find a means for her to gain entry. She threatened to pit me with this man if I didn’t comply. She was outside with another man as soon as her husband died. You can’t believe what she’s saying!”

Up until now, Li JianYe still slandering Qin LingLing in having affairs with another man.

Qin LingLing feels amused when she looked at Li JianYe, “According to you, if my husband really died, who am I with, what does it have to do with Captain Li? It’s free to fall in love. I’m not in the way of any law or regulation.”

“Heh, you say that so easily, you were originally giving me fairy jump, you…”

“Besides, he is not dead. He’s standing here alive!”