Gao Jianguo quietly held Shang Yanfang, helping the little girl regain her strength.

Shang Yanfang felt her legs regain strength and climbed off Gao Jianguo. She stomped forward angrily.

Seeing the little girl leave, Gao Jianguo quickly grabbed the firewood and followed her.

"You've gone the wrong way," Gao Jianguo reminded Shang Yanfang from behind when she saw her turn at an intersection.

Shang Yanfang naturally turned in a different direction and continued walking forward.

We arrived at another intersection.

Unsurprisingly, Shang Yanfang chose the wrong path again.

Gao Jianguo continued to remind him.

"Where to go?" Shang Yanfang asked when they reached the intersection again.

"Left side," Gao Jianguo pointed to the road on the left.

Shang Yanfang was completely baffled. How come every single path she chose was wrong?

After overcoming eighty-one tribulations, the two finally emerged from the mountains.

Shang Yanfang went straight to the educated youth settlement.

Gao Jianguo also went back to the educated youth settlement.

"Yanfang, we're going to put a sack over that guy's head." Gao Jianguo said, revealing the temptation he was offering the young girl that day.

"Is it okay tonight?" Shang Yanfang asked.

“Okay, I saw Wang Mazi go out drinking this afternoon. When he comes back tonight, let’s put a sack on him.” Gao Jianguo told Shang Yanfang about his discovery.

"Should we go put the burlap sack on her after dinner tonight?" Shang Yanfang asked doubtfully.

"Okay, I'll wait for you at the entrance of the educated youth compound after you've eaten," Gao Jianguo told the young girl.

“Okay, I’ll wait for you at the educated youth settlement,” Shang Yanfang agreed.

After Gao Jianguo left, Shang Yanfang entered the educated youth compound and found that all the old educated youth had returned.

Of the group of people who went up the mountain together, she was the first to return.

One by one, the other three people also returned.

After finishing her meal, Shang Yanfang quietly went out.

As she walked past the corner of the former educated youth settlement, Gao Jianguo was waiting for her there.

The little girl tiptoed over.

"Guess who I am?" Shang Yanfang tried her best to stand on tiptoe and cover the man's eyes with her hands.

Gao Jianguo squatted down to cooperate.

Shang Yanfang tried her best to blindfold the man.

"I bet it's a kitten, a kitten that scratches," Gao Jianguo guessed.

"Hiss. Put me down, put me down."

"Shh, don't let outsiders hear." Gao Jianguo quickly gestured for the girl to keep her voice down.

"Don't be afraid, I want to carry you on my back so I can hear your heartbeat," Gao Jianguo said pitifully.

"You can't just carry me on your back without telling me!" Shang Yanfang complained.

She had just wanted to play around with Gao Jianguo, and because the man was too tall, she even tried to stand on tiptoe to cover his eyes.

The man obediently bent his knees.

Before she could finish playing, the man suddenly stood up, and Shang Yanfang successfully climbed onto his back.

"Don't be afraid, I'll carry you to get the burlap sack from Wang Mazi," Gao Jianguo coaxed the little girl.

"Alright, let's set off now." Shang Yanfang patted Gao Jianguo on the back to indicate that they could go.

Gao Jianguo carried the little girl slowly as they walked.

"Where are we going?"

"That little path, the one where you last met him. He always comes back from there after drinking."

"Alright, let's ambush him there."

The two carefully walked to the side of the path and quietly hid.

"Will he really come back from here?" Shang Yanfang asked uncertainly.

"Yes, he definitely will. Don't worry about that. What you need to do now is find a handy weapon to fight him later."

Gao Jianguo comforted the little girl.

"Won't...won't I hurt him?"

Shang Yanfang was a little scared. Apart from the fights she had when she was a child, she had never been in a fight before.

"It's okay, don't worry about damaging him. Being merciful to bad people is being cruel to yourself. It's alright, he's been drinking, he won't notice."

Gao Jianguo spoke to Shang Yanfang in a low, slow voice.

"Okay, I'll definitely beat him hard in a bit," Shang Yanfang said, forcing herself to calm down.

"Looks like they're coming. I'll put a sack over their heads, and you just need to keep shooting." Gao Jianguo arranged the division of labor between the two.

"Okay, I'll do whatever you say," Shang Yanfang said obediently.

"Three, two, one, move out." Gao Jianguo said softly as he watched the crooked man slowly approach.

Shang Yanfang saw the man pull out a burlap sack from somewhere and rush forward.

The man simply opened the sack and covered the drunk man with it.

She rushed forward and kicked the man a few times.

"Who are you? Believe me or not, I'll get my brother-in-law to come and arrest you," Wang Mazi threatened, feeling someone trying to put a sack over his head.

"Push harder," Gao Jianguo whispered, instructing Shang Yanfang on her movements.

"I'm tired, I can't fight anymore," Shang Yanfang said when she saw that the man had stopped struggling, and she was also exhausted.

Gao Jianguo waved his hand, indicating that the little girl could stop now.

Shang Yanfang wanted to run away as soon as she saw the man's movements.

Seeing the little girl run away, Gao Jianguo released his grip on the sack and kicked Wang Mazi's leg hard.

"Ah!!!" A bloodcurdling scream, like a pig being slaughtered, came from the mouth of the unconscious person.

Just as Shang Yanfang was about to turn around for a glance, Gao Jianguo grabbed her shoulder, preventing her from turning around.

"It's alright, hurry up, he'll wake up soon," Gao Jianguo said, trying to scare the little girl.

Shang Yanfang took off running.

She didn't rest until she had run quite a distance, panting heavily.

Seeing that she was tired, Gao Jianguo helped her walk slowly.

"This doesn't seem to be the way to the educated youth settlement," Shang Yanfang asked, looking at the unfamiliar road. Although she was prone to getting lost, she could still generally distinguish directions within the brigade.

“Let’s go for a walk in a crowded place, otherwise it’s hard to say what might happen, after all, Wang Mazi’s brother-in-law is in the commune’s revolutionary committee.”

"Oh, okay." Shang Yanfang understood the meaning behind the man's words.

That Revolutionary Committee is no good.

“We can leave one after the other later. You go first, and the old lady will chat with you. Just keep her occupied for now. I’ll go over and attract their attention. That’s when you can quietly give them your feedback,” Gao Jianguo said.

"Okay, whatever you say," Shang Yanfang said, clinging to the man's arm.

As they had agreed, they started walking one after the other as soon as they saw people at the village entrance.

Sure enough, the women's eyes lit up when they saw her.

"Little Shang, where have you been so late?"

"Young Shang, is your relationship with Jianguo real or fake?"

Several elderly women even reached out to block Shang Yanfang's path.

"Ahem, those aunties have already eaten." As soon as Gao Jianguo spoke, the aunties who had just been surrounding her realized they wouldn't get any more juicy gossip from her.

They all rushed to Gao Jianguo's side, blocking him completely.

Shang Yanfang tiptoed out of the encirclement, glanced back at Gao Jianguo, who had been watching her every move, and winked at her.

She should hurry up and leave; he can't hold on any longer.

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