To make up for the debt owed to Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Gu Juncheng was dumbfounded. What was going on?

"Why are you crying? Are you feeling unwell?" Perhaps you've had too much to drink and have a headache? Or maybe your stomach is upset?

Lin Qingping looked at him with red eyes, her eyes moist, and her face flushed pink from the alcohol.

Peach blossoms glistening with rain...

And then there's the soft, gentle voice, "You're being mean to me again..."

Gu Juncheng: ...

"Where am I fierce..."

"You have!"

"I was just... I was speaking a little too loudly, I..."

Before Gu Juncheng could finish explaining, Lin Qingping stopped listening again. With red eyes, she staggered toward the bathtub. Gu Juncheng quickly went to help her, but before he could even touch her, she started taking off her clothes.

Gu Juncheng quickly pulled his hand back, but she lost her balance and fell to the ground, throwing her clothes aside. Gu Juncheng immediately stepped forward and caught her. Her skin was soft and smooth to the touch, but he didn't dare to lower his head. He held his head high, looking at the wooden rafters above. "If you want to take a bath, let's take a proper bath, okay?"

"Okay..." She was quite obedient.

Seeing that she couldn't take a bath by herself, Gu Juncheng hardened his heart and decided that instead of making such a fuss, he should just finish it quickly!

He moved with lightning speed, and in no time at all, he put her into the bathtub.

He closed his eyes, intending to finish washing her as quickly as possible, but with this person making such a fuss, how could he possibly finish washing her smoothly?

He couldn't catch her as she moved around in the bathtub.

His mind was filled with images of peeled eggs; when his eyes were open, they were in his vision; when his eyes were closed, they were in his fingertips…

But this person, one minute he'd be singing, the next he'd be playing in the water, getting water splashed all over him, then he'd complain that the basin wasn't comfortable and that he needed a bathtub, and ideally, a showerhead too…

What is a bathtub? And what is a showerhead?

She sat up straight and drew in the air for him with her finger. Her slender, pale fingers, glistening with water droplets, shone brighter than the lamp itself in the tiny glow of the oil lamp...

After she finished drawing the bathtub and showerhead, her body went limp again. She put her arms around his shoulders and called him by his full name, "Gu Juncheng, Gu Juncheng..."

I called it many times.

He didn't agree, so she kept calling out.

Having run out of options, he could only ask, "What do you want?"

She suddenly leaned closer, smiled at him, and the faint scent of jam wafted onto his face. "Gu Juncheng, tell me, am I pretty? Am I pretty?"

Gu Juncheng: ...

Gu Juncheng just kept his eyes closed while bathing her, without answering her. Suddenly, he felt a warmth on his lips, and he abruptly opened his eyes to find her face pressed tightly against his...

I give up! That's it! I'm not washing anymore!

He wrapped her in a large cotton cloth, carried her back to the room, and let her sing all the way on his shoulder. He was soaked through in the bath, so he took a bath too!

Lin Qingping finally behaved this time. After being put on the bed, she turned over and fell asleep while muttering to herself.

She slept until the next morning.

For some unknown reason, she suddenly woke up, sat up and looked around. It was already broad daylight, and she was the only one sleeping in the room.

Oops!

Gu Juncheng is leaving today! He can't just leave like this, can he?

She quickly dressed, got out of bed, and rushed out. Sure enough, Gu Juncheng was nowhere to be seen in the yard.

Zhiyuan took a broom that was almost as tall as himself and started sweeping the yard.

"Zhiyuan, where is your Uncle Gu?" she asked urgently.

Zhiyuan looked at her in surprise. "You went back to the army! Just left." It was as if he was saying, "Didn't you know?"

"Huh?" Lin Qingping turned and ran!

She took shortcuts to chase after him, hoping to catch up.

In his past life, he also left early in the morning. Not only did she not see him off, but she also got angry with him the night before because her family wanted to buy a bicycle. He had promised to do so, but by the time he returned to the army, the ticket had not been finalized.

She remembers saying some really hurtful things, like, "How can you be so incompetent? I could marry anyone and they'd be better than you."

Later, he left early one morning, and the following week, someone delivered bicycle tickets to her, along with the money to buy the bicycle.

Decades have passed since that incident, and she still wants to slap herself when she thinks about it. She wonders how much he must have felt back then, after being insulted like that by her…

But thankfully, everything has started anew, and there's still time.

She chased after him up the mountain, and finally saw him from afar, wearing a dark green short-sleeved shirt, walking on the road leading out of the village.

“Juncheng—Gu Juncheng—” she shouted.

He heard it and came to see her, following the sound.

She waved frantically at him and ran all the way down the mountain.

She heard him speaking, but all she could hear was the sound of the wind, so she couldn't hear clearly and just kept rushing down the mountain.

He also ran up the mountain, and the two met on a narrow mountain path. Just as they were about to collide, she didn't stop and just ran right into him.

The two of them collided head-on.

Gu Juncheng was well-trained and didn't hurt Lin Qingping, but Lin Qingping held him tightly.

“Gu Juncheng…” Lin Qingping hugged him and earnestly instructed him, “Gu Juncheng, you must be careful and pay attention to safety.”

She chased after him just to say that.

In her past life, as his wife, she never said such a thing.

I can never forget this in my lifetime.

I only wish Gu Juncheng to be safe and sound.

After saying that, she let go of him. "You should go quickly. We need to get going. Don't delay us."

He found it somewhat unbelievable, "You chased after me just to tell me this?"

"Yes." This was extremely important to her.

Gu Juncheng paused for a moment, then nodded, "Alright, I'm leaving now. You should go back now."

Lin Qingping waved to him, "Go ahead."

Lin Qingping watched him until his figure became a tiny dot before slowly turning back to go home.

At the village entrance, she ran into Chen Xia again.

Chen Xia took the initiative to call her, and asked with a smile, "Are you here to deliver Chengzi's gift?"

Lin Qingping ignored her and went straight home.

Chen Xia insisted on following her, saying, "I just dropped off Chengzi too."

Lin Qingping was really annoyed. Fine, you can give it to her if you want. She didn't want to talk to this person at all. Why did he have to come and show off in front of her? What else could he be but trying to disgust her?

She turned around and retorted without hesitation, "You're really strange. You have a husband, why don't you cherish your own husband and instead come around bothering other people's husbands every day?"

Chen Xia's face turned pale instantly.

It must have touched a nerve with Chen Xia, because Lin Qingping turned and left. Chen Xia followed behind, saying things like, "Chengzi and I grew up together, we're like best brothers," but Lin Qingping couldn't be bothered to listen anymore.

On the way back to the Gu family home, I discovered a pile of wood shavings in the yard, which wasn't there yesterday.

"Who did so much carpentry work so early in the morning?" Lin Qingping asked in surprise.

Zhiyuan looked at her, puzzled, "Uncle Gu made it, didn't you ask him to make it?"

Lin Qingping: ? ? ?

What did she make him do?