Huo Jingrui’s lips curled into a sneer as he lifted his leg, carrying his load of firewood and vanished from the spot. As for whether the person behind him was hurt or injured, what did that have to do with him?
Zhang Wenjuan was thrown to the ground and took a long time to regain her strength. By the time she shouted the word "molest" again, there was no trace of Huo Jingrui.
But the commotion on her side naturally startled the companions who were digging wild vegetables not far away. They all stood up and ran towards her in unison.
Someone asked urgently, "Zhang Wenjuan, what happened?"
Zhang Wenjuan was desperate and shouted, "Quick, come here, someone molested me."
But as soon as she said this, everyone froze, all of them searching for someone.
Yet where was there anyone nearby who could have molested her?
After exchanging glances, someone stepped forward and asked, "Zhang Wenjuan, where is the person?"
Zhang Wenjuan pointed ahead, "Ran over there."
Everyone looked in that direction for a long time but didn’t see a shadow of a person, all thinking: Could this person be hallucinating?
Zhang Wenjuan noticed everyone was not moving and looked at her strangely, "What kind of expression is that? I’m like this, and you don’t even help me. You really have no sympathy."
Someone couldn’t bear it and said, "Zhang Wenjuan, there has to be a limit to your nonsense. There’s no shadow of a ghost around here, where did someone molest you, or maybe you met a ghost?"
Zhang Wenjuan got directly angry, "Didn’t we see someone chopping wood here when we came up?"
They couldn’t believe anyone could run away that fast.
On the other hand, some thought, how could Zhang Wenjuan, just a girl, joke about her reputation, and indeed, she was somewhat disheveled.
The female educated youth who didn’t get along with Zhang Wenjuan looked impatient, glanced at her watch, "Alright, we don’t have time to waste with you here."
Another female educated youth standing next to her asked, "What time is it?"
That female educated youth glanced at Zhang Wenjuan lying on the ground, turned to leave, replying, "Ten o’clock, if we dawdle any longer, we might miss lunch."
They had spent over an hour climbing the mountain empty-handed, and until now hadn’t dug up many wild vegetables. If they didn’t hurry, they wouldn’t collect much firewood, and wouldn’t get back in time to make progress. Naturally, they didn’t have the leisure to waste any more time.

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