Reborn in 1979, with a female educated youth lying next to me.

Although he tried his best to deny it, both of them could tell that Zhou Dengke was extremely flustered.

Across from him, Li Zhenhe's expression grew even more grim.

"Even now, what are you still hiding? Zhou Dengke, I treated you like an older brother, but I never expected you to be so despicable behind my back!"

"I didn't. Lao Zhang is like a brother to me. How could I harm him? I absolutely didn't do anything to betray Lao Zhang!"

Upon hearing Zhou Dengke's words, Li Zhenhe's anger flared up instantly.

Li Zhen grabbed Zhou Dengke by the collar, his teeth grinding together.

"Old Zhang is your brother, you wouldn't harm him, but what about my brother?"

"Liu Jia is my brother! You bastard tampered with the tractor and almost killed him!"

"Zhou Dengke, if you don't give me an explanation today, I'll fight you to the death!"

Zhou Dengke was not tall, but Li Zhenhe, who was opposite him, was big and burly.

After being lifted up by Li Zhenhe, Zhou Dengke felt as if half of his strength had been drained away.

"Xiao Li, listen to me, things aren't what you think. I'm sorry to your brother, but it's really not what you think."

The veins on Li Zhenhe's hands bulged, and his lips were trembling.

Right now, Li Zhenhe even has the urge to strangle Zhou Dengke.

Liu Jia coughed, and Li Zhenhe finally came to his senses.

"Old Zhou, I treated you like a brother, and look what you've done!"

"Do you know you've broken the law?!"

"You're going to jail!"

Zhou Dengke swallowed hard.

"Put me down first, and listen to me, I really didn't mean to!"

Li Zhenhe suddenly let go.

Zhou Dengke quickly stood up straight.

Looking around, Zhou Dengke wiped the sweat from his forehead. "I know this can't be kept a secret, and I know you won't let me off the hook, but this isn't the place to talk. Can you let me finish what I have to say?"

"You've already done it, so what are you afraid to say? Why is this not the place to talk? Spit it out!"

Seeing Zhou Dengke now, Li Zhenhe's face was full of disgust.

If Zhou Dengke argued or fought with him, Li Zhenhe wouldn't feel disgusted with him. But Zhou Dengke stammered, apologizing and hiding his true feelings.

Doesn't that already explain the problem?

Seeing that Li Zhenhe and Liu Jia didn't move, Zhou Dengke decided to go all out.

"I did the thing with the tractor brakes, but Old Zhang's death has nothing to do with me."

"I only touched the tractor's brakes because of Lao Zhang. I didn't mean to hurt anyone at the time. I just wanted to take the tractor apart! Otherwise, I wouldn't be satisfied!"

"I only found out later that you wanted to buy this tractor. By the time I found out, you had already driven it away. I really didn't mean to."

Zhou Dengke paused for a moment at this point.

He shakily pulled a cigarette out of his pocket and lit it.

Both Liu Jia and Li Zhenhe felt puzzled.

Why would Old Zhang have to dismantle the tractor?

Is Zhou Dengke out of his mind?

"Old Zhang is no longer here. Don't use Old Zhang as a pretext, Zhou Dengke. Do you think we'd believe such a lame excuse?"

“Even if you dismantle the tractor for Lao Zhang’s sake, you will still be charged with damaging public property. Just the crime of destroying collective property is enough to send you to jail.”

Liu Jia didn't say the rest.

Do you really have to disassemble it from the forklift side to drive a tractor? Why not just remove the wheels and the engine directly?

While Liu Jia was speaking, Zhou Dengke had already smoked half a cigarette.

At this point, Zhou Dengke also calmed down.

The tone of his voice was no longer as tense as before.

"I know it's a crime to damage public property, but this damn tractor was useless! It killed Old Zhang!"

"I wish I could tear it apart. If Old Zhang turned to ashes, I wish I could turn him to ashes too!"

"If I can't destroy the big parts, I'll start with the small parts. I'll make them pay for Old Zhang's life!"

Liu Jia stared at Zhou Dengke, his mind a jumble of thoughts.

Old Zhang did lose his life driving a tractor, but does dismantling the tractor avenge him?

Zhou Dengke's thinking is far too simplistic!

If you can't figure it out, you can't figure it out.

However, things did not develop as Zhou Dengke had imagined.

The tractor wasn't dismantled, but it almost cost Liu Jia and Li Zhenhe their lives!

At this moment, Zhou Dengke looked at Liu Jia with a gaze full of guilt.

“I really didn’t know you wanted to buy a tractor. When I saw that the tractor wasn’t parked in its previous spot, I was wondering who had driven it out.”

Zhou Dengke told Liu Jia and Li Zhenhe.

At the time, he didn't think too much about it. Seeing that there was no one around, Zhou Dengke's first thought was to remove some small parts.

But just as they tampered with the brakes, Liu Jia and Li Zhenhe returned.

Then, Zhou Dengke asked Li Zhenhe to go and take attendance.

Later, Zhou Dengke learned that Liu Jia was going to drive the tractor away, and there was no longer a chance to reassemble the parts.

“I prayed all day that nothing would happen, and I know that if something did happen, you would definitely suspect me.”

Zhou Dengke's voice grew softer and softer until it was barely audible, like the buzzing of a mosquito.

At this moment, Liu Jia and Li Zhenhe also understood the reason for the brake failure.

Liu Jia told Zhou Dengke that because the brakes failed, they had to rush into the cornfield.

Zhou Dengke also told Liu Jia and Li Zhenhe that if it weren't for Lao Zhang, he, Zhou Dengke, would have died long ago.

Old Zhang saved Zhou Dengke's life, and now the tractor has taken Old Zhang's life. Zhou Dengke is determined to avenge Old Zhang no matter what.

After the matter was explained, all three of them fell silent.

Finally, Old Zhang broke the silence.

"I am guilty, I am sorry. Even if you send me to the law enforcement team now, I have nothing to say."

Li Zhenhe turned to look at Liu Jia, wanting to ask Liu Jia's opinion.

Liu Jia glanced at Zhou Dengke and said, "You can leave now."

"What?"

Zhou Dengke and Li Zhenhe exclaimed in surprise at the same time.

Both of them had disbelief in their eyes.

Li Zhenhe, in particular, looked at Liu Jia as if he were a stranger.

On the way back just now, Liu Jia was cursing and saying that once they found Lao Zhou, they absolutely could not let him off easily!

Having personally experienced the harrowing moment, Li Zhenhe shared the same sentiment.

But now Liu Jia is casually telling Lao Zhou to leave. What does that mean?

Before Li Zhenhe could recover, a bitter smile appeared on Zhou Dengke's face.

"You want me to turn myself in, is that it? I didn't know you looked down on me. Don't worry, I'll take responsibility for my own actions..."

Zhou Dengke choked up and couldn't continue speaking halfway through his sentence.

He has a wife, children, and an elderly mother at home; he has to support the entire family on his own.

If I go in there, this family will fall apart.

From then on, the child had a father who was in prison...

But the deed is done, there's no escaping it, and the legal responsibility must be borne.

Zhou Dengke's mind was in complete chaos; he was panicked, helpless, and bewildered, but he had no regrets.

"If I could do it all over again, or if I had known beforehand that you were going to buy this tractor, I would have advised you not to buy it. Please give me a chance to take it apart!"

"Old Zhou, what nonsense are you talking about? At a time like this, you're still thinking about taking the tractor apart? Are you out of your mind? Why are you just like Old Zhang?"

In desperation, Li Zhenhe mentioned Lao Zhang again.

Seeing Zhou Dengke's tearful face, Li Zhenhe felt like slapping himself.

Li Zhenhe couldn't understand the life-or-death bond between Zhou Dengke and Lao Zhang, but he knew that if Liu Jia had gotten into trouble back then, he definitely wouldn't have been able to get over it.

This time, Zhou Dengke remained silent, but Liu Jia picked up the conversation.

“Zhou Dengke, I admire the brotherhood between you and Lao Zhang. Let’s pretend this never happened.”

"But remember this: from now on, the tractor is mine. If you ever try anything funny, you better keep quiet!"

"If you try to take this tractor again, I will definitely not let you get away with it!"

Liu Jia's voice was serious, with an unquestionable tone.

Zhou Dengke blinked in disbelief until the cigarette butt almost burned his fingers before he could believe that what he was seeing was real.

"That's it? You...aren't you going to sue me?"

"I'm lucky to be alive, but I might not have such good luck again, so don't even think about taking the tractor!"

Liu Jia was telling the truth.

In life, everyone will have lucky times, but it's impossible to be lucky all the time.

You might have escaped death this time, but next time you could end up in jail.

You only have one life; you can't gamble with it if you don't want to.

So, while we admire Zhou Dengke, we still need to issue a warning.

"Thank you. Now that the tractor has been taken, I won't do what I did before. Don't worry about that. I have no grudge against you and I certainly won't harm you."

Liu Jia sighed, "Remember what you said."

"I've got it. I'm sure I'll remember it."

Zhou Dengke reassured them once again, and only then did Liu Jia and Li Zhenhe turn around.

Neither of them turned around.

After crossing the intersection, Li Zhenhe finally asked Liu Jia, "Are you really just going to let it go like this? Can you swallow this anger?"

"What can you do if you can't swallow it? I really don't know what to say about Zhou Dengke. He does these stupid things like he has no brains. But, I admire him a little."

Li Zhenhe knew that Liu Jia didn't pursue the matter further because he admired Zhou Dengke's feelings for Lao Zhang.

I admire myself.

But this thing... what the hell is this?!

I felt frustrated, and Liu Jia must have felt frustrated too.

"Let's go have a drink to calm our nerves."

Li Zhenhe suddenly had an urge to drink, and he especially wanted to drink with Liu Jia.

But Liu Jia refused.

"Don't drink and drive. Let's do it another day."

Li Zhenhe was taken aback.

"That's an interesting statement. It's the first time I've heard of it. I've never heard of a rule against drinking and driving."

Liu Jiazhen wanted to explain the traffic law to Li Zhenhe.

But then I thought, Li Zhenhe probably wouldn't understand the term "drunk driving" now.

"There are no rules; it's just my own requirement for myself."

"Your standards are pretty high, I'm really impressed."

Just as he finished speaking, Li Zhenhe suddenly remembered something else.

"Sanzi, I forgot to ask Zhou Dengke something. Did he really only tamper with the brakes? And didn't he touch anything else?"

Liu Jia turned his head and smiled.

"How about we ask them later?"

"This...is not good."

Li Zhenhe scratched his head, looking embarrassed.

……

Guo family.

Since returning home, Zhang Xiuying has been thinking about that scene at the library.

Zhao Bin, she had already met him, but Zhang Xiuying did not have a good impression of this future son-in-law.

Zhao Bin answered the questions he asked very well.

If it were an exam, Zhang Xiuying believed he could definitely score above 90.

However, for some reason, Zhang Xiuying always felt that something was amiss.

Perhaps it was because his answer was so satisfactory that it made people uneasy.

Just willow catkins and cotton.

At first glance, they all look like a fluffy, full pile.

However, their warmth retention is vastly different.

Zhang Xiuying's intuition told her that Zhao Bin and Guo Xiaolan were not a good match.