After the frail beauty went to the countryside, she went crazy with scientific research.

Chapter 160, Episode 0167: Visiting Li Bin and Understanding the Ins and Outs

Lin Yuexi watched the farce unfolding outside the window speechlessly. Seeing Ren Yan being dragged back to the kitchen by Yu Mengmeng, she shook her head and continued reading.

Let's turn our attention back to the kitchen.

After Yu Mengmeng explained for a long time, Ren Yan finally realized that she had misunderstood. Yu Mengmeng was just being considerate of her husband, and the couple had a great relationship.

"Injured so badly?"

His body was covered in bruises, not a single good spot. How much suffering must he have endured?
Ren Yan felt a pang of pain just listening to it; she couldn't imagine what Li Bin had gone through during the days he was arrested.

Startled by Ren Yan's outburst, Yu Mengmeng calmed down completely. "Chen Bin said that he was beaten when he was first arrested. Several people didn't ask him anything, they just kicked and punched him. After he passed out, he was thrown into a small room. After that, they didn't bother Ah Bin anymore, they just gave him one black pancake a day."

Knowing that Li Bin still needed someone by his side, Yu Mengmeng didn't linger. She handed the basket to Ren Yan, explained that it was brown sugar cake she had made for Lin Yuexi, and then hurriedly left.

After dinner that day, instead of resting and chatting in the courtyard as usual, everyone took a basket and went out, heading towards the educated youth settlement.

The educated youth settlement was not as lively as usual; on the contrary, it was so quiet that it could be described as silent. Even the small houses were not very quiet, as if there were hardly any people living there.

But thinking about it, it seems understandable.

No one knew about Li Bin's situation, and with all the rumors circulating outside, people not only disliked Chen Baogui, but the educated youth also couldn't stand him.

Besides, the villagers are already xenophobic. If they get close to people that everyone dislikes, wouldn't they just be making themselves uncomfortable?
But Li Bin was not only a veteran educated youth, but also the person in charge of the male educated youth settlement. Before the village removed Li Bin from his position as person in charge, they all had to give him some face.

I can't get close, but I have to give them face. What should I do?
The only option is to avoid it, neither getting close nor offending anyone.

That's just human nature.

Lin Yuexi and the others didn't pay much attention and went straight to Li Bin's room.

"Knock knock knock," Zhang Ze stepped forward and knocked on the door.

Immediately, Yu Mengmeng's voice came from inside, "Who is it? Wait a moment, I'll be right there."

A moment later, the sound of footsteps coming from outside could be heard.

Zhang Ze: "It's us. We heard that Li Zhiqing is back, so we came to see him."

"Hey, I'll come."

Their pace quickened.

Yu Mengmeng opened the door, smiled, and took a step back. "Come in quickly."

She didn't expect that most of the educated youth at the settlement avoided them like the plague, but Zhang and other educated youth who had already left the settlement and lived elsewhere were not afraid and even came to see them.

As everyone squeezed into the small room, their first glance was directed toward the kang (a heated brick bed).

Li Bin was sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed), smiling broadly at everyone. He was covered from the waist up with a quilt, so there was no sign of his leg injury.

"Why did you come all this way so late? You have to go to work tomorrow. I'm fine, I'll be better in a few days."

Seriously, even in this situation, he still acts like the big brother. I'm so upset.

Leng Xingran placed the basket in her hand on the kang table. "Why didn't you let someone tell us? You were injured and walked all the way back by yourself." Yes, Leng Xingran met Uncle Qi, who was driving a cart, on her way home from work. Uncle Qi told her that she hadn't gone to the commune today because the team needed to use an oxcart to haul stones.

The tractor was busy in the fields, and the oxcart hadn't gone to the commune, so the only possibility for Li Bin to return was on foot.

Li Bin hurriedly waved his hand, "Lin Zhiqing has already rescued me, I don't even know how to thank her enough, how could I trouble you any further?"

Yu Mengmeng brought over two long benches. Fortunately, there were many people visiting Li Bin today. Qian Duoduo noticed that there weren't enough benches in Li Bin's room and that it would be inconvenient to neglect the guests, so she lent them her own benches.

Everyone sat down.

Lin Yuexi didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point: "Li Zhiqing, do you remember how you were arrested? Can you tell us?"

She saved my life, so what else is there to be ashamed of?
Li Bin recalled carefully and recounted: "That day I saw Wang Qin dressed up specially, and guessed that she was probably going to the commune again, so I kept an eye on her."

Sure enough, Wang Qin asked for leave before going to work and then headed out of the village.

“I immediately asked for leave, afraid that people would see me leaving the village, so I took a mountain path.”

"I was afraid I wouldn't be able to catch up, so I ran all the way, but I was still a step too late. By the time I got there, there was no one left on the oxcart."

“Mengmeng told me where she met Wang Qin, so I went straight there. When I got to the alley entrance, I saw Wang Qin enter the courtyard.”

Li Bin wasn't a reckless person, or perhaps at some point in time, his wife was being bullied and his child was being harmed. If calmness and rationality were only for the sake of living a cowardly life under such circumstances, he would rather be reckless.

Acting rashly on impulse often leads to unsatisfactory results.

"I was hoping to find out who was behind Wang Qin."

Initially, he was heartbroken because his unborn child had been murdered, and he felt sorry for his wife. He wanted to take revenge on Wang Qin, planning to retaliate wherever Wang Qin had hurt his wife.

While waiting for Wang Qin to come out from outside the courtyard, he saw that several of the people coming in and out of the courtyard were new committee members, and he gradually changed his mind.

Li Bin often represented the educated youth point of the Hongxing Brigade to report on the work of the educated youth office. He was quite familiar with several staff members in the educated youth office and learned a lot about the educated youth from various places from them.

Xu Zhichuan had mentioned something before, and the people in the educated youth office had also mentioned it to Li Bin. Even after the deputy director of the committee was changed, the people in the educated youth office specifically reminded Li Bin to pay attention to this aspect, especially the so-called study. Even if it was a notice from the educated youth office, he had to be careful.

He acted like a riddle teller, but Li Bin kept it in mind and became more vigilant.

So when he saw those committee members coming and going in the courtyard, and considering that his wife and Wang Qin were both sent-down youth, although it seemed that some things were far-fetched to be connected, Li Bin's intuition told him that things here were not as simple as they appeared on the surface.

“When I saw those people, I felt something was wrong, so I decided to just keep an eye on them.”

Li Bin punched the blanket in frustration. "I can't be sure of the exact time, but it was probably around two or three in the afternoon when Fatty Xu appeared outside the courtyard. Then, I was arrested. They said I was being a pervert."

The newly appointed deputy director of the committee was surnamed Xu, but no one present except Lin Yuexi knew his given name. However, the name Xu Feilao was well-known throughout the commune because he had a big, fat belly that looked like he had eaten a lot of good food.

This guy was quite extraordinary; in less than half a year, the name "Fatty Xu" became famous throughout the entire Red Flag Commune.

Li Bin continued, his expression slightly distorted, "They dragged me into the committee office. There were seven of them. They didn't ask me anything, and they didn't care what I said. They just closed the door and started punching and kicking me."

Pointing to his face, he said, "They must have some reservations, and they're very experienced. They don't hit my face; they hit me in places on my body that aren't easily noticeable."

After saying that, he lifted his shirt...