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

"What did you say?" Gu Juncheng threw her onto the bed and quickly pinned her down. "Lin Qingping, do you know what you're saying?"

Lin Qingping had no idea...

Soon, she knew nothing more.

Moreover, she didn't want to know. To be honest, after enduring it for so long, she actually quite wanted to know herself...

She felt like Gu Juncheng was about to smash her to pieces...

However, given her limited knowledge in this area, she felt that doing this too often would definitely harm her health. So, despite being completely confused and her mind a mess, there was one thing she hadn't forgotten—she couldn't let Gu Juncheng keep causing trouble.

So, after that one time, she used the excuse that Zhiyuan would be back soon and she needed to open the door to escape from his arms.

In fact, Zhiyuan has indeed returned, but he has his own key, and Sister Zhao accompanied him back.

But the atmosphere dropped to this point, and the conversation didn't continue.

Lin Qingping packed Gu Juncheng's things for his return to school downstairs. After tidying them up, she went upstairs and found that Gu Juncheng had already taken a shower and fallen asleep.

She sighed, becoming even more convinced that he was exhausted and physically drained. So, he really had been pushing himself before? It seems that some things really do need to be done in moderation.

She also took her clothes to take a shower, and fell asleep as soon as she came back and lay down.

I'm really tired, busy with the shop, and I just had another crazy outing...

However, she didn't know that after she fell asleep, Gu Juncheng opened his eyes, turned to look at her in the darkness, and remained silent.

Lin Qingping slept soundly. When she woke up the next day, it was already bright, and the seat next to her was empty.

She woke up with a start.

Oops!

I didn't give it to him!

She got up and went downstairs, only to find that Gu Juncheng was nowhere to be seen. Only Zhiyuan and her second sister were there, and even Sister Zhao was not there.

"Where is he?" Lin Qingping asked dejectedly.

"Sister Zhao went next door to knead dough with Auntie!" Zhiyuan was packing his precious toys, putting them into a bag one by one. It looked like he was also getting ready to go next door to play with Xiaomai.

"I'm talking about your Uncle Gu."

Zhiyuan glanced at her, looking puzzled. "Uncle Gu is going back to school today, didn't you know that?"

Lin Qingping: ...

She did know, but she didn't give it to him!

This was the first time since they came to the capital to study that she didn't see him off to school...

Perhaps it was because Gu Juncheng was considerate of her being tired that he didn't wake her, but not seeing him off made her feel inexplicably empty inside.

Never mind, she's overthinking it.

Zhiyuan indeed went out with his precious bag. Lin Qingping sat opposite her second sister and asked, "What time did you come back yesterday?"

My second sister went out with classmates who returned to school early yesterday and didn't come home until she went to sleep.

"It's probably around eleven o'clock. Don't ask me anymore, eldest sister. Actually, there's something I've always found strange." The second sister looked at her curiously. "Don't worry about it. I've been wanting to ask, but I haven't dared to."

"Just ask me whatever you want to say. What can't we, as sisters, tell each other?"

“Sister, I feel that you have changed a lot in the past year or so.” The second sister looked at her. “You weren’t like this before, towards Father and Mother, or towards your brother.”

"Well..." Lin Qingping searched for an answer, "I'm married now, so of course I have to prioritize my family. Besides, after I married your brother-in-law, he read me a lot of books. I learned from those books that people should be self-reliant and not always depend on others. I think our younger brother is a man, and he should shoulder the responsibilities of the family and live his life well..."

Lin Qingping rambled on and on, talking complete nonsense, but she couldn't tell her sister that everything she did was based on the painful lessons learned in her past life.

What she didn't know was that Zhiyuan hadn't closed the door properly when he left. At that moment, Gu Juncheng returned home and stood at the door.

“But sister…” the second sister glanced at her mischievously, “I remember you didn’t like your brother-in-law before, and you almost hanged yourself to avoid marrying him, so why now… um?”

Lin Qingping was taken aback.

"I don't mean to say anything bad about my brother-in-law. He's a very nice man, but I'm just curious," the second sister quickly said.

Lin Qingping's gaze deepened. "Your brother-in-law is not only a good person, but he has also been kind to me."

"A favor? What favor? I don't know anything about it."

"Don't worry about that. Have you had breakfast? And here's some bread I made at the shop yesterday, I'll get it for you." Lin Qingping went to the kitchen.

The second sister rested her chin on her hand and muttered to herself, "A debt of gratitude? What debt of gratitude? Does a debt of gratitude have to be repaid with a lifetime of marriage?"

Lin Qingping did not hear those words, but the person standing outside the door withdrew his hand that was about to push the door open.