Soon, people gathered around to look at Lu Yang's clothes, and he quickly greeted them.

Just as everyone was working hard, a familiar voice suddenly called out, "Lu Yang?"

Lu Yang looked up and met Lu Qing's gaze.

He ignored the newcomer and instead greeted the woman next to him with a smile: "Sister, you look really slim in black. You look like you weigh around 90 pounds from behind."

The woman in her forties burst into laughter: "You young man, you'll say anything to sell clothes. My waist is as thick as a bucket."

"But this dress is really nice, can you give me a discount?"

Lu Yang looked troubled: "I really can't lower the price. My price is more than ten yuan cheaper than that of the state-run department stores!"

"I brought this back from Guangzhou. After deducting the round-trip travel expenses, food and lodging, I didn't really make much profit."

"These clothes are of particularly good style and quality. No other clothes of the same quality are cheaper than mine."

The woman couldn't bear to miss out, so she spent thirty yuan to buy the coat.

"Thank you, sis."

Lu Yang took the money and hurried to serve the other customers.

Lu Qing walked up to him, snatched the coat from his hand, threw it on the stall, and said angrily, "Are you deaf? I'm talking to you!"

"Whose goods are these?"

She is the daughter of Guan Xiuqin and Lu Yang's second uncle. She is one year younger than Lu Yang, but she went to university last year.

Lu Jianjun never cared about the children born to Lu's mother, but he was particularly concerned about Lu Qing and Lu Yao.

Lu Qing and Lu Yao both started school early, and at least on the surface, their grades were good.

Lu Yang feigned ignorance and asked, "Who are you?"

"Lu Yang, have you lost your mind? I've been standing here for ages, what are you pretending to be stupid for?"

Lu Qing was somewhat annoyed, her sharply defined willow-leaf eyebrows furrowed together.

Lu Yang scratched his head blankly: "The key is that my name is not Lu Yang, I don't know you, and I don't know what you want to do."

Lu Qing was stunned. Lu Yang ignored her, quickly packed his things, and walked towards the truck.

"Did I mistake you for someone else?"

Lu Qing also fell into self-doubt. In her memory, Lu Yang was also very unsophisticated, but he wasn't this dark-skinned or this thin.

Moreover, he's easily embarrassed and won't sell things like he did before; he probably just looks similar.

When Lu Qing came to her senses, Lu Yang had already continued selling his goods. The clothes he was selling were indeed quite stylish, and many people were scrambling to buy them.

In just half an hour, more than half of them were sold.

Lu Qing stared intently at Lu Yang, certain that she hadn't mistaken him for someone else.

So she sneered and questioned, "You're pretending not to know me? That's such a clumsy tactic. You're stupid, do you think everyone is as stupid as you?"

People looking at clothes around them stopped and stared at Lu Qing.

Why is this girl so angry?

The person next to him muttered quietly.

Lu Yang smiled apologetically and said, "I don't need to pretend I don't know you. We're not familiar with each other at all."

"If you're not familiar with someone and don't have a good relationship with them, what's wrong with saying you don't know them?"

After Lu Yang finished speaking, he continued to entertain the others. Lu Qing was furious. They had grown up together since childhood, and Lu Yang actually said that they were not familiar with each other!

Lu Qing gritted her teeth and continued to question coldly, "Where did these goods come from?"

Lu Yang finally lost his temper and turned around to curse, "Go to hell! What business is it of yours where this stuff comes from? Do I have to report to you what I'm doing? Who do you think you are!"

Lu Qing looked at Lu Yang in disbelief; Lu Yang had never spoken to her like this before.

"How dare you scold me!"

Lu Qing pointed at Lu Yang's nose and shouted sharply.

Lu Yang squinted and stared straight at Lu Qing. Lu Qing stared back at her for more than ten seconds, and suddenly a sense of fear welled up in her heart for no reason.

She flinched, but forced herself to remain calm and shouted, "You stinking saleswoman, what's so great about you? Stop pretending!"

After saying that, she turned and ran away. Lu Yang ignored her and continued selling goods.

Once all the goods were sold out, he drove away in his truck.

Lu Yang drove back with a gloomy expression. He was afraid that his stall would be seen by acquaintances in the county, so he came to the provincial capital to set up a stall.

But they forgot that Lu Qing was studying at a university in the provincial capital, and that's how she was discovered.

Fortunately, they managed to get away with it, but it was only temporary.

To be fair, Lu Qing was smarter than both Guan Xiuqin and Lu Yao. As soon as she returned to school, she borrowed a phone and called Guan Xiuqin.

Guan Xiuqin works at a meat processing plant. When she heard that Lu Qing was calling, she immediately ran over to answer the phone.

"Qingqing, what's up?" Guan Xiuqin asked with a smile.

What is Lu Yang doing?

Lu Qing asked directly.

Guan Xiuqin frowned in disgust: "Why bring him up? I haven't seen him in a long time."

Lu Qing despised herself for being from the countryside, and after starting university, she never went back home except for Chinese New Year.

She only knew that Lu Yao had been admitted to university, but she was unaware of the other events that had occurred in the Lu family.

With a cold face, Guan Xiuqin recounted the most important things that had happened at home recently.

Lu Qing narrowed her eyes and asked worriedly, "Without Lu Yang earning money, can Uncle support the two of us on his own?"

Guan Xiuqin was fearless; she had already found someone better, and Lu Jianjun was dispensable to her.

So she smiled and said, "Don't worry, I can definitely afford it. Just focus on your studies and don't think about anything else."

After hanging up the phone, Guan Xiuqin smiled at her colleagues in the mailroom and left.

"Comrade Guan also has a daughter studying at a university in the provincial capital?"

After she left, Xiao Chen in the mailroom started gossiping about it.

The head of the mailroom chimed in, "Comrade Guan's two children are both in college, but her husband died in an accident more than ten years ago. She's had a tough life."

Xiao Chen couldn't help but shake his head and say, "It really isn't easy."

……

Lu Qing hung up the phone, feeling extremely uneasy.

She was able to study at university in the provincial capital without worrying about money because her family had two able-bodied men, Lu Jianjun and Lu Yang.

Unfortunately, Lu Yang separated his family and not only did he not give them any money, they would also have to support Old Mrs. Lu and Lu Jianjun in the future, which would only add to their burden.

Just as she was feeling upset, her roommate ran in and said, "There's a guy named Lu Yao at the dorm entrance. He says he's your younger brother."

Lu Qing immediately got up, opened the window and looked out, and sure enough, she saw Lu Yao standing downstairs.

She immediately ran downstairs and found Lu Yao with a stubble beard, looking rather disheveled.

"Didn't you go to university in Shanghai?"

Lu Qing looked at him with a puzzled expression.

Lu Yao pointed to his leg: "My mom said she'd raise money for my surgery, but I haven't heard back."

“I’m being laughed at everywhere at school, it’s so frustrating, and I don’t want to go back, so I came to find you.”

Lu Qing sighed helplessly and said, "Let's eat in the cafeteria first, then go to the off-campus guesthouse and get a room."

Lu Yao remained silent, his expression gloomy, and walked slowly beside Lu Qing.

He always felt that people passing by were staring at him, a feeling that made him want to curse out loud.

After forcing himself to finish his meal in the cafeteria, Lu Yao followed Lu Qing to the guesthouse.

After locking the door, Lu Qing sat on the bed and said, "I saw Lu Yang today..."

Lu Yao recounted his encounter with Lu Yang when he went south to register at the school.

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