Episode 18 recap: Fan Wu Jiu arranged a rescue plan.
From Zhang Fengzi's mouth, Fan Wu Jiu learned the truth: everything was done by Zhang Youtao. He looked at Bao Ge, the leader of the defense team, who had the obligation to eliminate harm. However, Bao Ge also had to consider the feelings of the villagers. After thinking for a moment, Bao Ge was willing to help Fan Wu Jiu and would also inform the villagers of the truth.
At this moment, Zhang Fengzi slowly stood up and sighed. Zhang Youtao had transformed from a powerful figure in chaotic times into a cold-blooded killer. He was willing to kill anyone for his own utopia. He disguised himself as a wandering Taoist and targeted middle-aged women in the town. He would drug them and then tell them about the utopia, deceiving them into thinking that he had brought them there using his supernatural powers.
Zhang Fengzi said that people in his age group were becoming fewer and fewer because their food had been poisoned by Zhang Youtao. He discovered this by chance and managed to survive by pretending to be crazy. Besides, the people in town wouldn't believe the words of a madman, so he dared not reveal this secret. Wang Hai, Qian Duoduo, and Zhu Meng were not murdered by Zhang Youtao. In reality, Meng Po was a pharmacist, and Yu Shi and the others were responsible for carrying out the actual killings.
Fan Wu Jiu remembered that Zhu Meng had drunk the drugged wine on that day. Zhang Fengzi said that Xie Ping An, the outsider, had become a scapegoat in reality. Zhang Fengzi had been searching for evidence all this time, but unfortunately, Zhang Youtao had been too cautious and hadn't left any evidence. Fan Wu Jiu, as mentioned in his letter, was Zhang Fengzi's hope, and the future of Taoyuan Village rested on him.
Fan Wu Jiu was willing to take a risk, so secret tasks were arranged. Meng Po decided to target Xie Ping An in order to control the villagers.
I remember back in my sophomore year, my dorm buddies and I made a bet. They promised to give me 100 yuan each if I could win over the campus beauty. So, I put on a convincing act of falling head over heels for her.
It felt so real that I forgot it was all a bet. I actually fell in love with her. After two weeks, she agreed to be with me, and I also won 300 yuan. But every day, I worried that if she found out about my initial intentions, she would break up with me.
Finally, one day, the truth was revealed, and I was in a complete panic. But she just smiled and said, "Silly, I was the one who put up the 300 yuan.