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

Chapter 207, Episode 0215: Ren Yan Returns
"Is anyone home? Can someone come out and help me carry this? I've already washed it all again."

A familiar and loud shout rang out outside the gate.

Xu Zhichuan and Zhang Ze exchanged glances, and both of them inexplicably saw the word 'guilt' in each other's eyes.

Honestly, neither of them did anything wrong, so why are they acting so guilty?

But for some reason, my legs felt a little weak.

Xu Zhichuan hurriedly put down what he was doing to wash his hands, saying, "Aze, I'm going to wash my hands. You go out and help Xiaoyan for a bit."

Zhang Ze: “……%@#……%￥*”

Don't think I don't know you're stalling for time.

Oh well, they're good brothers after all.

Zhang Ze grinned mischievously and ran off, his somewhat unsteady steps revealing his excitement.

Xu Zhichuan had a vague sense of unease.

Sure enough, my premonition came true immediately.

"Ren Yan is back! What did you buy? There are so many bags and bags of stuff. You didn't even let us know you were coming back, so we could have picked you up at the station instead of carrying all this stuff back by ourselves."

"These are all local specialties from the Northwest. I borrowed a bicycle and went to several villages to buy them. I'll send some to the brigade leader later."

"Okay, I'll go run it over once it's ready."

"Where are Xingran and the others?"

"Ran went to the Party Secretary's house; they're having a wedding today, and Ran is going in Xiaoxi's place. As for Zhichuan..."

Zhang Ze chuckled a few times, then, under Ren Yan's puzzled gaze, glanced towards the kitchen and deliberately raised his voice:

"Let me tell you, it's a good thing you came back. If you had come back any later, your Zhichuan would have become someone else's. He would not only have become someone else's partner, but he would also have had to help raise someone else's child."

"Oh, he's really lucky. Wait, what did you say?"

"You heard me right, it's your Zhichuan. He was almost snatched away by someone else. You have to thank Li Zhiqing for this. If it weren't for him, your Zhichuan's innocence would definitely be in jeopardy."

"What did you say?"

She was definitely angry, but Ren Yan wasn't stupid, nor was she the kind of person who would go crazy without thinking if provoked. She was more rational and understood the meaning behind Zhang Ze's words, realizing that the real problem didn't lie with Xu Zhichuan.

Regardless of the meaning behind Zhang Ze's words, the fact that Zhang Ze would tell her these things shows that Xu Zhichuan himself is not a problem. Zhang Ze is Xu Zhichuan's brother, not her brother.

"Who is that person? Which bastard is planning to use dirty tricks on A-Chuan?"

Zhang Ze's eyes gleamed with a smile, his face still bearing that smug look. He picked up the two sacks from the ground and walked inside, saying as he went, "Didn't we agree before you and Xiao Xi left to move back to the educated youth settlement? Who knew that just two days after we moved back, Zhichuan almost got tricked and killed?"

"Do you remember Wan, the new educated youth?"

Ren Yan nodded with a displeased expression.

"It was her, along with Zhang and Kong, those two accomplices. After we moved back, we thought it wouldn't be too much trouble to run around for meals, so we ate with Song and the others. Kong knew medicine, so she went up the mountain to collect herbs and made a sleeping potion, which she put in the water tank we had placed at the kitchen door. Zhang knew how to pick locks, so they drugged us all. That night, they planned to unlock Zhichuan's room and have Wan climb onto Zhichuan's kang (heated brick bed)."

"Luckily, Li Zhiqing drank too much water at night. When he got up to use the bathroom, Wan Zhiqing and the others were preparing to unlock Zhichuan's room. He called out to them, and the three of them ran away, thus saving Zhichuan's innocence." He wanted to laugh as he said this.

At this moment, Xu Zhichuan also came out. He grinned at Ren Yan with a fawning smile, but he didn't dare to get too close.

He already knew how strong his future wife was, and he was afraid that if she got angry, she would take it out on him and hit him, which his small body couldn't withstand.

Ren Yan glared at him, annoyed. "Why are you dodging? Are you afraid I'll hit you?"

Oh dear, his partner's reaction meant he wouldn't get involved, so Xu Zhichuan shamelessly sidled up to her.

She took Ren Yan's hand and squeezed it, saying with a wronged expression, "When you weren't around, I almost got bullied."

Zhang Ze: Ugh~~
Xu Zhichuan glared at the person who made the noise, then looked at Ren Yan again, who appeared as a pitiful, wronged woman. "By the way, did you come back alone? Why didn't I see Comrade Yuexi?"

Zhang Ze: Huh~~
That was a really abrupt change of topic.

"I signed a confidentiality agreement, so I can't tell you. I can only tell you that Xiaoxi doesn't need me to take care of her right now. I was feeling uncomfortable all over there with nothing to do, so I came back."

Jiuquan Base is a place with extremely strict security. Ren Yan, who is not a formal security guard for Lin Yuexi, is not even qualified to enter Jiuquan Base.

However, since Ren Yan was Lin Yuexi's person, Jiu Quan did not kick her out, but simply arranged for her to move to the family quarters.

Ren Yan has her own salary. Lin Yuexi had already told her this before they set off for Jiuquan. The reason for letting Ren Yan go to Jiuquan was to let her know Lin Yuexi's general identity, so there was no need to completely hide some things from her anymore.

In other words, Ren Yan has passed the first level of testing and review. Although she has not been officially appointed, she is already one of the candidates.

But precisely because she was only a prospective member, she wasn't qualified to know too much.

Ren Yan thought Lin Yuexi would go home to the family compound after work, so she stayed there temporarily. But after waiting for almost a month, she didn't see a single person.

Lin Yuexi's level of secrecy is too high. Ren Yan couldn't find anyone to ask about Lin Yuexi, and she couldn't possibly ask around casually.

Five days ago, Lin Yuexi finally remembered Ren Yan and asked Xu Shan to tell Ren Yan that she could choose to go back or stay in the Northwest.

If they stay in the Northwest, although they won't be taking care of Lin Yuexi, they will still be considered part of the caregivers and receive a salary. If they go back, they won't receive that, because they will be no longer part of the caregivers.

Ren Yan thought about it. If she stayed, she would be getting paid for nothing, which would definitely have a bad influence on Xi Bao. What if someone thought that Xi Bao was taking advantage of the public?

So, I spent a day buying some local specialties and came back carrying big bags and small bags.

Xu Zhichuan's attempt to change the subject failed, and Ren Yan steered the conversation back on track, hands on her hips and glaring at him: "Tell me, what exactly happened? There are dozens of people in the entire educated youth settlement, a dozen or so of them male educated youth, how come something happened as soon as you moved back?"

puff~
Zhang Ze couldn't help but burst out laughing. Xu Zhichuan glared at him coldly, and he quickly turned his back, his shoulders trembling suspiciously.

That's a really good question. If he weren't an insider, he would definitely be suspicious too.

To prevent his good friend from continuing to laugh at him, Xu Zhichuan took Ren Yan's hand and led her to the kitchen.

Without hiding anything, she told Ren Yan everything they had found out afterward, and finally, genuinely feeling wronged, she said while rolling out the dough:

"Because my father is a teacher, that identity is easy to exploit, so I became their first target."

Who do you think he offended?

He was a man who never strayed from women, and before he had a girlfriend, he didn't get close to any women. After he got a girlfriend, he became even more chaste and tried his best to avoid women. He didn't even recognize those three women.