Rebirth: The Courtyard Bride Is Cool and Radiant

Chapter 413: Chapter 413 Going into the City to Find Jingrui

After being busy for over two hours, they had finally stabilized several critically injured patients.

Unfortunately, among the two people crushed to death, one was an educated youth from the Agricultural Reclamation Group. It was said his family often wrote asking him to send money home—either his grandmother was sick, or his siblings needed help arranging work or marriages. In short, it all boiled down to one thing: money.

After they finished their work, Doctor Qiu spoke up. ”He was a comrade who struggled alongside us in the Agricultural Reclamation Group. Let’s go and bow to the educated youth to pay our last respects.”

A few of them nodded in agreement and walked over with solemn expressions.

Seeing the clothes on the educated youth, Yunyi couldn’t help but sigh inwardly. What was all this for? To suffer oneself for the supposed happiness of an entire family?

His cotton-padded jacket wasn’t just patched upon patches; it was also incredibly thin. In such cold weather, how had he managed to endure day after day?

Originally, she had intended to leave her military coat for him, but she worried it wouldn’t actually reach him. An idea sparked when she remembered the clothes she had collected from the Shen Family in her space.

After returning, her mood was clearly affected by the day’s events, so naturally, Qiao Wenyu’s planned special meal for her fell through.

She went into the space warehouse and picked out a complete set of clothes from the pile belonging to the Shen Family—not brand-new ones, but those that were only gently used—and packed them in a bundle for later.

Today, she had soaked in the hot pool for a long time before getting out. For some reason, tonight she particularly missed Huo Jingrui.

After cleaning herself up, she prepared quite a few edible treats for Huo Jingrui. These included chili sauce, meat sauce, and mushroom sauce. She also packed some pickles and preserved vegetables she had made before.

Finally, she busily butchered a small wild boar previously stored in her space, turning it all into jerky before stopping.

After bathing again, she rested directly in her space.

「The next morning.」

She steamed a bowl of egg custard for herself, drank a cup of milk, ate a few pieces of the jerky made the day before, and then left her space.

She carried a basket on her back, casually placing some items inside as a cover, then headed to the bus stop.

Her luck was good. Perhaps due to the weather, not many people were out, so she found a seat when she boarded the bus.

Everyone on the bus was discussing the incident at the forest farm from the previous day. Their expressions were grave; New Year was just over a month away, yet such a tragedy had occurred.

The educated youth from the Agricultural Reclamation Group became the main topic of discussion.

”I heard from the other educated youths who went to the countryside with him that he wasn’t actually that family’s child,” one person said. ”He was his aunt’s biological son. After his birth parents died, his maternal uncle and aunt took him in, and he started calling them Mom and Dad.”

”They say he was sent to the Agricultural Reclamation Group because the educated youths here received a salary,” another added, ”and he had to send money back home punctually every month.”

”Now, who knows if that pair of unscrupulous uncle and aunt will be tormented by nightmares every night,” a third voice remarked.

Listening to everyone’s condemnations, the bus arrived at the county town.

Once Yunyi got off the bus, she headed straight for the county machinery factory.

When she was close to the factory, she found a place to move the items for Huo Jingrui into her basket. Given the time, Jingrui definitely wouldn’t be at the family compound, so she went directly to the factory gate.

The last time she returned from the city, it had started snowing. Fearing road closures, she hadn’t come to see the house allotted by the machinery factory, so naturally, she didn’t have the key.

Outsiders weren’t allowed to simply enter the factory, so Yunyi had to approach the gatekeeper. ”Master,” she said, ”I’m looking for Deputy Factory Director Huo Jingrui. Could you please pass on a message for me?”

If she hadn’t mentioned that, the man might have kept smiling at her. But once she finished speaking, he began to size her up, his eyes filled with a scrutinizing gaze.