The Tempting Educated Youth Married to a Rough Man-Chapter 48: A Twist of Fate

The two entered the county town. With Xiao Chenye familiar with the place leading the way, Wen Ran effortlessly got rid of the silly deer and even acquired some dried shrimp and seaweed from others.

"Do you like these things?"

"Yes," she smiled with her eyes narrowed while looking at the high-quality dried shrimp in her hand, "These are from the sea. Eat more of them to supplement trace elements."

"Oh, oh, oh," Xiao Chenye didn’t quite understand, but he remembered. Later, he’d chat with the brothers in the fleet, see who’s delivering goods to the coast, and perhaps have them bring some back for him.

"Besides this, is there anything else?"

"Yes, there is!"

Now that Wen Ran was familiar with Xiao Chenye, she rattled off her list of desires like they were treasured items. Xiao Chenye remembered everything she mentioned.

"Wait a minute," a woman’s voice came from behind. Xiao Chenye stiffened and lowered his head, not daring to move.

This voice...

It was so familiar.

Wen Ran, unaware, turned her head, alert, "What do you want?"

"Don’t be nervous," Wang Man smiled, "I was just there too. You guys sell meat, right? Do you have any other meat on you?"

Wen Ran’s basket certainly still had meat, as she had temporarily decided to keep a silly deer’s leg.

But she didn’t plan to sell it. As she was about to speak, Xiao Chenye grabbed her wrist and pulled her behind him with an intentionally cautious face, "Want to buy meat? Talk to me, not my wife." 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Wen Ran: "?"

Something’s not right.

She looked up at the back of Xiao Chenye’s head.

Definitely not right at all.

Wang Man chuckled, "Don’t be afraid, I don’t have a red ribbon on my sleeve. I just purely want to buy meat. Do you have any meat?"

"Yes," Wen Ran peeked out with a simple smile, "I have a silly deer’s leg. If you want it, I can sell it to you, just the price can’t be too low."

"Let me see."

Wang Man approached, carrying a scent of powder.

Although Wen Ran didn’t know why Xiao Chenye was acting strange, she was good at playing along.

The deer’s leg was real, but it still had its fur on.

Wang Man frowned at the sight, "Can you help me peel off the fur? I’m not good with this at home as a girl."

Wen Ran glanced at Xiao Chenye, who calmly said, "Sure, but you’ll have to wait for us to peel the skin at home and bring it over tomorrow."

Wang Man laughed again, realizing this newlywed couple was exceptionally good-looking despite their seemingly lacking brains.

"No need to wait till tomorrow. This fresh meat would be wasted if kept till tomorrow. If you two trust me, come home with me now. I have everything at my place. Once you’ve peeled it, I’ll pay you cash."

"Alright."

And so, Wen Ran, a bit bewildered, followed Xiao Chenye to Wang Man’s house.

Once there, Wang Man threw them some tools for peeling and went to her room to fetch money.

Finally seizing the opportunity, Wen Ran whispered, "What’s going on? What’s your plan? I can’t make sense of it."

Xiao Chenye lowered his voice too, "It’s complicated, but this woman is suspicious. Just remember to adapt to the situation."

"Huh?"

Dear heavens, what have they gotten her into this time?

Can they not suddenly thrust her into an unexpected mission? It’s really terrifying!

The next second, a dagger was shoved into her hand. Xiao Chenye tersely added, "For self-defense."

Alright then.

At this point, Wen Ran had no choice but to comply.

Diligently, she peeled the silly deer’s skin, which took ten minutes front to back, earning twenty yuan, and upon stepping out, she still felt a bit dazed.

"What exactly happened?"

Xiao Chenye took a deep breath, intent on revealing everything.

Just then, Xiao Chengguang appeared, with a serious expression and hands on his hips, eyes sharp, "What are you two doing here?"

Zhang Jili quickly followed.

Wen Ran, unaware of any wrongdoing, instinctively hid behind Xiao Chenye.

Can’t see me, can’t see me.

Xiao Chenye straightened his back, "What’s with the attitude? Speak to us properly. You guys have been lurking here for days with no result. If we hadn’t stumbled upon this by chance, you’d probably still be lingering."

Xiao Chengguang scratched his head, "Young people today have no fear. Even dare to bump into such dangerous matters."

Wen Ran peeked out, meekly asking, "What exactly is going on? And we’re not deliberately looking for trouble; it was a pure coincidence, she asked if we had meat, so we followed."

Xiao Chengguang sighed, exchanged a glance with Zhang Jili, and helplessly took the two to their recent observation post.

During the process, Xiao Chengguang chose his words carefully, explaining what he could to Wen Ran.

Wen Ran: "?"

Her eyes almost popped out, "Human trafficker?"

Can’t be, he didn’t look like it at all.

"It’s indeed him. We’ve been tracking for a long time."

Wen Ran resigned, "Alright, let us know if we can help."

"I hope we won’t need your help!" Xiao Chengguang sighed, "Avoid going out unnecessarily."

Xiao Chenye scoffed, "But just the other day, you advised me to visit the county town."

Xiao Chengguang: "Did I say that?"

"You did!"

Well, Xiao Chengguang was silenced completely this time.

After instructing the two not to act recklessly, they sent Wen Ran and Xiao Chenye away.

The two stood on the street, staring at each other. After a while, Wen Ran softly asked, "If there’s anything you want to say, why not clear it up now?"

Considering the situation, Xiao Chenye decided to lay it all out and found a quiet place to explain everything to Wen Ran.

Wen Ran was stunned after hearing it, "What, Li Chenggang can do this?"

She could only say, people can’t be judged by appearance, the sea can’t be measured with a bushel.

Wen Ran had only met Li Chenggang once, and in her eyes, he was someone with no ability and a pride bigger than the sky.

Such people usually lack talent, like a toad on the foot, unable to bite but disgusting enough.

Never expected him to do such a vicious thing, tearing apart countless families.

Yet he’s cunning, keeping such dirty money while working at a factory, not appearing to live lavishly at all.

Just thinking about sharing a room with such a person, even lying on the same bed, Wen Ran felt cold sweat all over. It’s terrifying; how is a human heart any different from a ravenous wolf?

"Sister Xiao still doesn’t know about this, right?"

Xiao Chenye sighed, "I haven’t told her yet."