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

Back then, she was young and had never seen the outside world or its people. Having seen so many dark-skinned men toiling in the fields, the sudden arrival of so many knowledgeable, cultured, and fair-skinned students from the city was like a breath of fresh air flowing into the village, which Lin Qingping considered incredibly rustic, and into her heart as well.

She admired scholars and wanted to become one of them.

So she always liked to hang out with them.

She is always very helpful and willing to assist them with anything they need.

Among them, Yu Chengzhi was the one who got the closest.

She doesn't deny that she had a vague crush on him. Like a young girl in love, she was hesitant to express her feelings, so she visited him very often.

Fearing that he might not have good food in the countryside, I stole eggs from my home and took them out for him to eat. I also hunted a pheasant in the mountains, secretly stewed it, and sent it to him.

She thought he was a refined scholar, with such white and slender hands, as if he were born to write, how could he do manual labor? On the other hand, she was a skilled worker, and after finishing her own work, she would go and help him, and finish his work in no time.

Later, she often cleaned his dormitory, and eventually she even started washing his clothes...

At first he was polite, but after accepting her request, he took it for granted. He stopped doing anything himself and just waited for her to do things and bring him meat and eggs.

She was very happy at the time, feeling that he had accepted her and that's why he let her do these things for him. Otherwise, why wouldn't he let someone else do them?

When he had free time, he would teach her to read and explain the romantic imagery in poems, captivating her completely.

Many people in the village laughed at her, saying she was shameless for pestering a city student, but she didn't care.

Back then, she naively looked down on everyone in the village, thinking they were unsophisticated and vulgar, and had no idea how beautiful poetry could be.

She even thought that the girls in the village were jealous of her!

Later, he had to return to the city.

She was filled with reluctance, and even dreamed that she might take her with her.

Who knew, she didn't even know he was leaving.

When she went to his place as usual, he was already gone, all the students were gone, and he hadn't left her a single word, as if he had never been there at all.

She became the laughingstock of the village again.

After all, when the news of her return to the city spread throughout the village, the villagers said sourly, either to her face or behind her back, "Now Pingzi is going to go to the city to enjoy a life of luxury."

At that time, she was arrogant and took all those sarcastic remarks to heart, thinking they were just jealous of her.

As a result, reality gave her a harsh slap in the face.

Even so, she still made excuses for him: Was it because the car arrived too late to wait, and he didn't have time to tell her? Would he definitely come back to see her later? He'd just returned to the city and must be very busy; he wouldn't be able to come too soon…

She came up with one excuse after another in her past life, but she never received any news from that person. Instead, she was met with the marriage arranged by her mother between her and Gu Juncheng.

Gu Juncheng.

A person who is completely opposite to Yu Chengzhi.

It was the dark-faced man she disliked the most!

It's easy to imagine how vehemently she opposed it at the time.

However, in her past life, she couldn't go against her mother's wishes and eventually married into the family despite her resentment. However, she started to cause trouble in the Gu family, not caring at all about how the Gu family would view her. She hoped that they would hate her and that Gu Juncheng would take the initiative to file for divorce!

In her previous life, she did meet Yu Chengzhi once more.

By then, her restaurant had expanded to the provincial capital. Yu Chengzhi and several of his former colleagues who had gone to the countryside together came to the restaurant for a meal, and they ran into each other there.

Yu Chengzhi didn't know she was the boss that time. He was surprised when he saw her, but he quickly went into the private room with his companion.

It was her who, as if possessed, took on the job of a waitress to take their order. At the door of the private room, she heard them laughing and talking inside, and it seemed they even mentioned her name.

"Old Yu, wasn't that your young wife from your time in the countryside?"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Now that you've been apart for so long, aren't you going to catch up with her? I didn't expect that she seems to have hardly changed, except that she's become even more beautiful and fashionable."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Weren't you two really close back in the countryside? Tell me honestly, did you two... um? Hahahaha?"

"No! How could I possibly be interested in a country girl? It's just that she's very persistent, always eager to cook and do laundry for me, and even helps me with chores. Isn't that a relief?"

Lin Qingping ultimately didn't open the door to the private room. Instead, she called a waiter and drove away from the restaurant.

In fact, many years have passed, and those things from her youth have long since faded into the past. After Gu Juncheng's death, she devoted herself to her career and basically never thought about him again. But when she heard those words back then, she still felt disgusted.

Later, Yu Chengzhi actually came to see her, implying that he wanted to reminisce. Lin Qingping only felt it was ironic and naturally didn't give him a friendly look. Her status as a martyr's family member became her best shield, which she used to speak righteously and firmly, making it impossible for anyone to get close to her.

After that, she never saw him again. Unexpectedly, after being reborn, she saw him again on the university campus. Moreover, judging from the way he spoke, it seemed that she had found out that he had been admitted to the university in the capital and had come to the capital to follow him!

What nonsense are you talking about!

Lin Qingping put the man out of her mind and went back to the dormitory with her second sister carrying their things.

The girls' dormitory is an eight-person room, and almost everyone has arrived. The roommates come from different provinces and speak Mandarin with accents, while two of them speak their own dialects.

Lin Qingping was on the upper bunk, and the girl on the lower bunk was a simple and honest girl, slightly chubby, but very enthusiastic. She took out bags of local specialties from her luggage and shared them with everyone.

Except for one girl who looked very well-dressed and aloofly said, "Thank you, I don't eat," everyone else started eating enthusiastically.

No matter the era, girls' friendships can always begin with food.

After a round of eating, everyone had a basic understanding of each other. The slightly chubby girl in the lower bunk of Lin Qingping was named Lu Xiaoxue, and there was another girl from Lin Qingping's hometown, from the same province, named Jia Fangfang. As for the girl who didn't want to eat with them, her name was Xie Wei, which was written on her bed. Lin Qingping also memorized the names of several other girls.

Today is the first day of school, and there are no classes yet. Lin Qingping doesn't plan to stay at school, mainly because she's worried that Zhiyuan might have some difficulties adjusting on his first official day of kindergarten. So, after arranging everything at school, she prepares to go home.

Xie Wei was also going home, which surprised her roommates.

Because her roommates knew Xie Wei was a local, but Lin Qingping wasn't!