By the time work ended at noon, the news about Yuanchun had already spread, thanks to Auntie Liu.
Word of mouth traveled fast. By evening, the entire village, with its few dozen households, knew that the educated youth Han had a mother who was anything but human.
Meanwhile, Zhang Guozhen and Su Lingling, who had taken time off and were on their way to Red Star Brigade to settle scores with Yuanchun, had no idea that she had already taken precautions to ruin their reputations in the village ahead of time. They were still dreaming of finding Yuanchun and stripping her of every cent—the money from the sale of the house and job, Zhang Guozhen’s savings from over a decade, and the bank deposits and pension Han Yi had left behind before his sacrifice.
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