Chapter 1496: Chapter 549: The Male Lead Who Got Slapped in the Face (Part 13)_3

This time it was just five seconds, probably just a show of power.

The real punishment would be more severe, more lasting.

If it hits her for ten-plus seconds, or even a minute, her life would really be over!

Crawling up from the ground, ignoring the amazed gazes of the passersby, Han Dongmei stumbled towards the scrapyard.

She stuffed fifty cents into the pocket of the responsible old man, and after much persuasion, begged him to sell her all the old newspapers and magazines from the scrapyard.

Not minding the filth or the exhaustion, she carried the huge stack to the roadside, waited for the Qingliu Team carriage, boarded it with her goods, and finally let out a long sigh.

Mom, I regret it!

I truly regret it; I shouldn’t have gone to the countryside, let alone easily bound myself to some damn—

Uh, can’t curse, can’t humiliate the system, or she’ll be shocked again!

Han Dongmei desperately controlled her emotions, preventing herself from random thoughts.

Because she knew that the system hidden in her brain could clearly detect her thoughts.

Ohh, Dad, Mom, please come save me!

Sitting in the same carriage, He Tiantian saw Han Dongmei looking disheveled and like a bird startled by the bow, and was somewhat surprised.

"Student Xiao D?" Why are you scaring her? If she breaks down completely, the consequences will probably fall on He Tiantian.

Student Xiao D felt a bit guilty, shrinking down to a furry, "Well, I, I just wanted to give her a scare, didn’t expect she’d be so easily startled!"

He Tiantian: "You still have a reason? I already told you, don’t meddle with her for the time being, you... well, forget it, since it’s already done, there’s no use talking further!"

"But, don’t mess around like this in the future! I’m a legitimate writer, and you’re a proper Tongzi, you shouldn’t mimic those Wild Systems!"

Student Xiao D was chastised into submission, and finally responded obediently, "Okay, I got it!"

He Tiantian wanted to say something else, but seeing Xiao D looking like that, she couldn’t bear it.

Forget it, Student Xiao D probably just wanted to urge Han Dongmei to improve, albeit in a rather aggressive manner.

In the future, if it pays more attention and restrains itself a bit, there shouldn’t be any trouble.

Perhaps, there might be unexpected gains through a stroke of luck.

He Tiantian sat in the carriage with an upright posture, a soft smile on her face.

A middle-aged woman sitting beside her couldn’t help but take several glances at He Tiantian, thinking to herself—

Geez, although this Educated Youth Heh uses women’s items and hasn’t had a great reputation recently.

But "he" really does look good.

Look at this stature, look at these features, and that pale skin, more delicate than a young girl’s.

No wonder Educated Youth Han is eagerly offering herself, and also several young girls in the village, blush brightly when seeing Educated Youth Heh.

For example, their family’s little sister-in-law has secretly sent Educated Youth Heh eggs many times.

Thinking of their little sister-in-law, the middle-aged woman’s expression soured slightly.

Honestly, she doesn’t want the little sister-in-law to marry an Educated Youth; these city kids already look down on rural folks.

Now they have to stay in the countryside, but once they have a chance to return to the city, they could turn into a Chen Shimei.

There are examples of this.

In the neighboring production team, a female Educated Youth leveraged her relationship with the team leader’s son, even got engaged, seemingly set to marry.

She coaxed the team leader’s family into getting her a chance to attend university, sweet-talked about taking her husband, in-laws to the city for a good life.

But then she left, and there was no news again.

The team leader tried to find her, and when found, she didn’t acknowledge any in-laws.

Come to think of it, not to mention just being engaged, even if married, cities only recognize marriage certificates.

And in their countryside, marriage certificates are rare.

Have a wedding, serve wine, and that’s marriage.

But, just because of this marriage certificate, the team leader suffered quietly.

There was also a male Educated Youth who married a girl from the village, even having children.

Yet due to a chance to return to the city for work, he tricked the village into giving him a referral letter and never returned.

... Alas, over the past decades, there haven’t been many Educated Youths returning to the city, yet several examples like this exist.

Many village elders constantly warn their daughters and sons, forbidding them to entangle with those city folks from the Educated Youth Corps.

But the kids don’t listen.

They just like the Educated Youths, even knowing there’s no good outcome, they still harbor luck— What if I’m that exception?

Of course, seeing these young people who are cleaner, better-looking, and literate compared to villagers, the middle-aged woman also likes them.

But liking doesn’t fill the stomach.

Especially this Educated Youth Heh beside her, already with a history of "freeloading," really isn’t a good person...