69novels Chapter 4 A Man's Heart is Like a Needle at the Bottom of the Sea
Chapter 4 A Man's Heart is Like a Needle at the Bottom of the Sea
Cheng Zheng silently took a few steps forward and said calmly, "Add her name."
"Okay, I'll go tell the union members right away." The assistant breathed a sigh of relief for Shen Qing.
But after taking a couple of steps, I felt like something was wrong.
Didn't the representative say before that he wanted to get rid of Comrade Shen?
Why did you add your name again?
Forget it, a man's heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea; who knows what he's thinking? Just do as he says, and you can't go wrong.
……
Lin Shuyao was walking back to her dormitory.
It looks just like a freshly roasted duck.
The whole body was red, warm, and hot.
My mind was working sluggishly, analyzing the relationship between Shen Qing and Cheng Zheng.
She learned from Shen Qing's diary that Shen Qing's job was arranged by Cheng Zheng's father, who was an old friend of Shen Qing's mother.
Shen Qing had never met the Cheng family before, and had no connection with Cheng Zheng at all. So why did Cheng Zheng block Shen Qing from receiving supplies?
Where does this inexplicable hostility come from?
Lin Shuyao was completely baffled.
However, regarding Shen Qing's diary, why does she have Shen Qing's diary, and where did Shen Qing go? This story begins four days ago.
Four days ago, Lin Shuyao and Shen Qing were working in Wangjia Village, one of the poorest villages in northern Guizhou.
Shen Qing couldn't endure hardship, so she dated men from the same village in exchange for favors, freeloading them on food and drink and even making them do chores.
He even accepted a dowry of 50 yuan and promised to stay in the village and live a quiet life there, never to return to the city.
To raise the 50 yuan dowry, the family emptied their savings, borrowed money from villagers in small amounts, and even sold their youngest sister to be a child bride. Only then did they manage to scrape together the money.
Shen Qingming accepted the money on the surface, but secretly he kept trying to find a way to return to the city. He even found connections and got her a job at the 306 Factory in the capital, directly transferring her personnel file to the capital.
With everything in place, Shen Qing prepared to secretly run away from the village to the capital.
Wangjia Village is located deep in the mountains and forests. It takes crossing mountains and ridges to get from the village to the town. Shen Qing specially asked Lin Shuyao to accompany her and asked Lin Shuyao to take her to the town.
Little did he know that the man had found out about Shen Qing's escape. He ambushed her on the way and when he saw her actually appear, he was furious and pulled out a knife he used to cut pig feed, ready to kill her!
In the critical moment, Shen Qing pushed Lin Shuyao out to shield her from the knife and ran away himself.
They ran away, but instead of going down the mountain to call for help, they found a place to hide.
There's a reason for every wrong, and Lin Shuyao didn't want to be a scapegoat. She persuaded the man and led him to find Shen Qing, who was hiding in a cave.
And just like that, Shen Qing was taken advantage of by the man.
While the man was busy with Shen Qing, Lin Shuyao ran away again.
However, she dared not return to the village. She was an eyewitness to the murder, and the man was a native of the village. If she went back, he would surely kill her to silence her.
Reporting it to the police in town is useless; the evidence has already been erased by the man. In a remote area far from the central government, it's perfectly normal for someone to disappear. The police won't care, and they can't care anyway.
Returning to the city or hometown is even worse. Without permission to return, you'll be deported again, and might even end up in jail.
Moreover, if she had a place to stay at home, she wouldn't have been among the first group of educated youth sent to the countryside.
Just when Lin Shuyao had nowhere to go, she discovered that Shen Qing's bag was still on her.
Earlier on the way, Shen Qing, wanting to be lazy, asked her to carry his load for him.
The bag contained various items Shen Qing had prepared for his escape: money, documents, letters of introduction, and notification letters.
There was also a diary.
Out of curiosity, Lin Shuyao opened it and looked through it. She was shocked by what she saw.
It turns out that she was almost raped by an old bachelor while taking a bath at the educated youth settlement, and it was Shen Qing who let him in!
While cutting pig feed on the mountain, Shen Qing deliberately abandoned her, just to create an opportunity for the old bachelor.
She deliberately made her deliver the package today, but in reality, she had already notified the old bachelor to wait for her on her way back to the village. Even if she didn't become the scapegoat for Shen Qing's boyfriend's revenge today, she would still have her innocence tarnished by the old bachelor.
Before this, she had always thought that she and Shen Qing were best friends. They were from the same hometown and both came from unhappy families. After going to the countryside, they talked about almost everything. She never expected this...
The diary also contained other entries.
After reading it, Lin Shuyao thought that since she had nowhere else to go, she might as well go to the capital and take over Shen Qing's job.
Firstly, Shen Qing's biological mother went abroad a long time ago, and she grew up with her adoptive parents. After the two sides had a falling out, Shen Qing went to the countryside and lost contact with her adoptive parents. Her family had no idea that she had gone to the countryside, let alone that she had found her biological father in the capital. In addition, Yuncheng is thousands of kilometers away from the capital, so there was no need to worry that Shen Qing's family would come looking for her.
Secondly, Shen Qing's biological father in the capital has never seen what she looks like since birth. He also has his own family and would be happy if Shen Qing didn't appear and disrupt it. Her biological father certainly won't have much contact with her, and might even deliberately keep his distance.
Thirdly, Wangjia Village would definitely not reveal Shen Qing's death to outsiders. If anyone discovered it, they would say that Shen Qing went to the mountain to cut pig feed and went missing. If no one discovered it, the village would simply pretend that Shen Qing was still alive. Because the higher authorities would provide some subsidies to educated youth, if Shen Qing still occupied that spot, the village could enjoy these subsidies.
Therefore, Lin Shuyao thought that impersonation was a feasible idea!
"Comrade Shen Qing!"
A female voice pulled Lin Shuyao back to reality.