Ruling the Historical Romance Novel as the Female Supporting Character-Chapter 217: To Be Honest

"Bah! What a shameless person," spat a female educated youth disdainfully on the ground. Although she didn’t name anyone, her fierce gaze landed squarely on Su Yijia and Xia Pengzhan.

Su Yijia raised an eyebrow at Xia Pengzhan. "They’re talking about you from the Educated Youth Center."

Xia Pengzhan’s nauseatingly tender expression instantly faded. Looking at the female comrade’s disapproving look, he expressed his support for Su Yijia.

"Comrade Yuan, how can you have such thoughts about us?" His words weren’t particularly harsh, but they clearly defended Su Yijia. By referring to both himself and Su Yijia as "we," he completely contradicted the female educated youth’s attitude.

Yuan Xiangning pointed her finger at Xia Pengzhan, her eyes brimming with tears. "You used to call me Xiangning before. Now, because of her, you call me Comrade Yuan?"

Hmm, why does that sound familiar?

Su Yijia propped up her head, enjoying the spectacle.

Xia Pengzhan, feeling embarrassed by the confrontation, spoke firmly, "I was discussing serious matters with Comrade Su. Don’t try to define our pure actions with such vulgar thoughts." 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

"What pure actions? Your actions are so pure that you’re standing so close?" Yuan Xiangning retorted angrily, her tears flowing.

Xia Pengzhan struggled to find a dignified excuse under questioning.

Su Yijia, holding up the sieve in her hand, provided evidence. "What do you mean by standing so close? There’s a big sieve between us. Are you blind? The distance between you Educated Youth when you eat together is much closer than the distance between him and me just now."

"You’re just being sharp-tongued! If you’re so innocent, then tell me, what did you two just say? You’ve just met, there shouldn’t be any secrets between you, right?" Yuan Xiangning demanded.

Hearing the commotion, Xia Weiguo and the others came out. Seeing Su Yijia being bullied, their faces immediately darkened.

Su Yijia chuckled lightly and glanced meaningfully at Xia Pengzhan. "Should I tell her what you just said to me?"

"Comrade Su!" Xia Pengzhan was startled. He couldn’t believe that this young girl would dare to act so boldly.

"Speak up! If you’re so pure, then speak up!" Yuan Xiangning’s tone became increasingly agitated.

Seeing her appearance, it was easy to guess that there was something going on between her and the male educated youth. At least they had secretly established some kind of relationship, otherwise she wouldn’t question Su Yijia with such an attitude.

"Yuan Xiangning, stop it!" Xia Pengzhan was both angry and anxious, and he roared to stop her.

Yuan Xiangning was speechless, looking at Xia Pengzhan with disbelief. This had such a melodramatic flavor, if she kept going, she would probably stomp her feet and burst into tears.

Su Yijia wasn’t going to give her that chance and quickly spoke up. "Alright, you two are dating, but don’t drag me into it. Your Comrade Xia is a good person. Seeing my husband in his current state, he was afraid I would have a hard time. So, he told me that there are two very capable old doctors living on the mountain here..."

"Comrade Su!" Xia Pengzhan couldn’t believe that despite his numerous warnings, Su Yijia blurted it out in front of everyone.

But even though he whispered, he couldn’t stop Su Yijia’s words.

"Your Comrade Xia said that he has a good relationship with those two old doctors, so he suggested that I wait until everyone is asleep tonight, sneak into the mountain with some money, and he will help me plead with those two old doctors to take a look at my husband. Even though you said it shouldn’t be known to others, your enthusiastic assistance to a comrade like this should not be buried."

Xia Weiguo and his group, upon hearing this, already darkened faces turned even blacker, resembling indelible ink. Especially Qin Kaize, who looked like a ferocious beast, stared at Xia Pengzhan with a fierce and terrifying gaze.

The educated youth, upon hearing this, looked at Xia Pengzhan with shock and fear.

"Are you out of your mind? How dare you have dealings with those people? No way! We must tell the village chief about this. We absolutely cannot let you, this troublemaker, drag us down," Wu Linong exclaimed indignantly before turning and running outside the Educated Youth Center.

With a grim face, Xia Pengzhan hurriedly followed him. "Wait! This is all a misunderstanding. Let me explain to you."

The two of them ran out of the Educated Youth Center, followed by the other educated youth who were watching.

Yuan Xiangning had been following behind Xia Pengzhan, but seeing that she couldn’t catch up, she immediately ran back. She rushed to Su Yijia and reached out to grab her.

However, Su Yijia coldly withdrew several steps backward.

Yuan Xiangning became anxious. "You come with me! You go tell the village chief that what you said just now was all nonsense. What Pengzhan told you wasn’t that!"

"But what he told me was exactly that," Su Yijia blinked innocently.

"Don’t you know how to rephrase it? You could have said that you asked Pengzhan if he knew any good doctors, and he said no. That would have been fine! Pengzhan was just trying to help you and your husband, but you’re clearly trying to harm him," Yuan Xiangning glared at her with resentment.

But Su Yijia found it laughable. "You forced us to speak, and when I did, you weren’t satisfied. Anyway, you can solve this matter however you want. I will never lie."

"You’re repaying kindness with ingratitude!" Yuan Xiangning’s voice became shrill.

Before she could finish, Su Yijia slapped her hard.

"Enough! Do you think I’m stupid? Clearly, he approached me first, and now you want me to say that I approached him. Earlier, you were criticizing us for being shameless, but now you want me to lie like this, just to save your educated youth? Not only that, you want to shift the blame onto me perfectly." Su Yijia’s gaze was cold and piercing, rendering Yuan Xiangning unable to lift her head.

Yuan Xiangning opened her mouth, but in the end, she could only kneel in front of Su Yijia with a thud.

"I beg you! It’s all my fault! I shouldn’t have said those things! Please, think of a way to save Pengzhan. If anything happens to him, I won’t live anymore," Yuan Xiangning cried, her nose running and tears flowing.

She was already Pengzhan’s person. They had agreed to save up enough money to build a small house next to the educated youth courtyard. Then, they would tell the people at the Educated Youth Center so they wouldn’t be teased every day. But now, with only a third of the money saved, this happened.