To prevent Father Gu from favoring Gu Jia Ning, Wen Zhuqing gave the note to the Village Secretary.
“This note contains what I just said. You can compare it to Gu Jia Ning’s handwriting to verify.”
Bao Shan Yan frowned. Seeing the note, she pondered whether to snatch it. If her and Gu Jia Ning’s plan failed, she wouldn't fare well either.
But in an instant, she dismissed the idea.
It was Gu Jia Ning who caused this. She had previously warned Gu Jia Ning not to leave any evidence.
If Wen Zhuqing still caught her with evidence, then Gu Jia Ning was foolish.
Moreover, even if Gu Jia Ning was exposed, she could deny her relationship and plan with Gu Jia Ning.
However…
Bao Shan Yan glanced at Gu Jia Ning. Seeing the latter's calm expression, she wondered if there was some trickery involved? Gu Jia Ning was foolish before, but since the incident of jumping into the river and being rescued, she seemed to have become smarter.
Perhaps…
Like Bao Shan Yan, everyone's gaze fell on the paper that the Village Secretary had received.
Father Gu also had some doubts. Wen Zhiqing spoke so confidently; could it really be his daughter's writing?
As a father, he knew that his daughter had genuinely liked Wen Zhiqing before.
To be honest, the Village Secretary, who was being watched by everyone, was also a little uneasy.
However, he slowly opened the paper.
The moment he opened it, the Village Secretary's face changed.
The expression was hard to describe; it was strange, making it hard to understand.
Father Gu, who was beside him, leaned over to take a look. He didn't know until he saw it, and upon seeing it, like the Village Secretary, his expression also turned strange.
“Village Secretary, does it say the same thing as Wen Zhiqing said?”
“Is that Gu Jia Ning’s handwriting?”
“Village Secretary, you can't protect her just because Gu Jia Ning is your relative.”
“Yes, yes.”
The Intellectual Youths shouted one after another.
The Village Secretary's face darkened as he looked at these shouting Intellectual Youths.
Before, these people kept complaining about being tired and hard-working. Now it seems their voices are quite loud, proving their bodies aren't that bad either.
Then they could be assigned more work.
After all, they claimed to have come to the countryside to contribute to construction; how could they not be given a good opportunity to do so?
The Village Secretary coldly snorted, unfolded the paper, and handed it to Wen Zhuqing. “Wen Zhiqing, you probably thought I'm old and easily fooled with a blank piece of paper, right? There are no words on this.”
“Everyone, take a look; there’s nothing on this paper.”
The Intellectual Youths looked immediately; indeed, both sides were blank, without a single word.
At this time, Wen Zhuqing was the most incredulous. Wen Zhuqing finally showed a bit of panic.
He took the paper, looking at it repeatedly, from afar, and up close. No matter how he looked at it, there weren't any words, not even a trace of writing.
“Impossible, how is this possible!”
For a moment, Wen Zhuqing even thought that receiving the note yesterday was a hallucination.
Clearly, when he opened the note yesterday, there were words on it, clearly Gu Jia Ning’s handwriting, but now those words have disappeared.
What is going on?
Right, the note is problematic, then, then what about the handkerchief that was drugged and pressed against his face.
Wen Zhuqing handed the handkerchief belonging to Bao Shan Yan to Old Zhang, who happened to arrive.
“Uncle Zhang, please help me check; there must still be drug residue on this handkerchief, right?”
Bao Shan Yan raised an eyebrow. After she used the handkerchief to cover Wen Zhuqing's face, she threw it on the ground. She didn't expect Wen Zhuqing to pick it up.
It has to be said that even in such a situation where he was tricked and lost his virginity, Wen Zhuqing remained terrifyingly rational, still remembering to use the handkerchief as evidence.
However, Bao Shan Yan wasn't worried at this moment.
Especially after the paper that might have contained Gu Jia Ning’s handwriting became blank.
She knew it must have been Gu Jia Ning's doing.
Therefore, Gu Jia Ning couldn't have left any evidence on the handkerchief.
That was indeed the case.
Old Zhang took the handkerchief, first examined it closely, then smelled it, and said, “Wen Zhiqing, I’m sorry, but I didn’t see or smell any trace of drug residue on it.”
“You can all look and smell it too.”
The people around also took it.
The handkerchief looked like a clean handkerchief, without any other traces; it didn't smell of anything.
When the handkerchief returned to Wen Zhuqing's hands, looking at the clean handkerchief without any impurities, Wen Zhuqing knew that his defense had failed; his so-called evidence simply didn't exist.
His shoulders slumped, as if he had lost all his strength in an instant.
Bao Shan Yan's eyes lit up, and she gave her mother a look.
Bao Yingzi immediately understood and immediately put her hands on her hips, full of momentum. “Everyone saw that Wen Zhiqing said that Gu Family's girl and my daughter plotted against him, but he can't produce any evidence. He can’t just have his say, right?”
“I don’t care, Wen Zhiqing, I need an answer right now.”
“Do you want to marry into our Bao Family, or should I call the police, report to the Commune, and say you’re a hooligan? You decide.”
The Intellectual Youths didn’t dare to speak.
There was no way; Wen Zhuqing bullied Bao Shan Yan, and he was caught red-handed. He couldn’t produce any evidence, so he was just unlucky.
Wen Zhuqing lowered his head, his hand clenching the handkerchief tightly. After a long time, he squeezed out three words from between his teeth, “I’ll marry in.”
Bao Yingzi was satisfied, and Bao Shan Yan was also happy.
“That’s settled. I think three days from now is a good day, let’s set it for then.”
“Everyone, come to the banquet and attend the wedding feast of my daughter Yan and her new son-in-law.”
As Bao Shan Yan happily invited everyone to the banquet, no one saw the scarlet eyes under Wen Zhuqing's lowered head.
Today was the most humiliating day of Wen Zhuqing's life.
He chose to compromise temporarily, but he would not compromise forever; when the time was right, he would get everything back.
Seeing that the excitement had ended, the villagers also left one after another.
Gu Jia Ning also wanted to leave with Sheng Ze Xi, but unexpectedly, Wen Zhuqing quickly came before her.
His red eyes stared intently at her, “Gu Jia Ning, tell me, how did you do it with the note and handkerchief?”
Gu Jia Ning was startled by Wen Zhuqing’s sudden interruption and his red eyes. Sheng Ze Xi quickly pulled her behind him, confronting Wen Zhuqing.
Sheng Ze Xi, over six feet tall, taller than the five-foot-ten Wen Zhuqing, looked down at Wen Zhuqing, his eyes narrowed in danger. “This Intellectual Youth, what do you want to do to my wife?”
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