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

The two sat down at a stone table in the middle of the garden.

"Lin Qingping, I don't know if I should say this!" Zhong Xiaoxiao hesitated, "If I say something wrong or not well, please don't mind."

"Go ahead and tell me!" Lin Qingping's curiosity was piqued.

Zhong Xiaoxiao hardened her heart and said, "Then I'll tell you?"

"Say!"

"Lin Qingping." Zhong Xiaoxiao looked at her seriously, "We're the only two in the dorm who are married and have children. It's really not easy for people like us to come to university. I understand you. I'm confused myself too, but you still need to be careful not to let people gossip. If the school and teachers find out, it will affect your graduation, right?"

Okay, Lin Qingping is now certain that there really is a secret she can't know.

Seeing Lin Qingping's bewildered expression, Zhong Xiaoxiao realized, "Lin Qingping, it seems you really don't know. Everyone is saying that you have an improper relationship with Liang Jiaqi from the Economics Department. They say that you, a married woman whose husband is a soldier, don't respect yourself and can't stand being alone."

"Really?" Lin Qingping was no stranger to this kind of thing. She wondered if it was because her dessert shop was too popular. She had encountered this kind of thing more than once in her previous life.

She ran a successful restaurant, but there were always some people who didn't believe that women could be so capable of building a business. They always thought it must be because of the support of men behind the scenes. Every now and then, there would be rumors about her, and some wives would even come to her restaurant after hearing about the rumors.

At that time, she was not afraid. She believed that the innocent would be proven innocent and that a person with a clear conscience had nothing to fear.

But things are different now. Now she is a student, and as Zhong Xiaoxiao said, she has to consider what her teachers and classmates will think of her if such rumors spread, and whether it will affect her studies and graduation.

Furthermore, she is a military wife and cannot tarnish Gu Juncheng's reputation.

"Lin Qingping, what are you really thinking?" Zhong Xiaoxiao was surprised by her reaction, as if nothing had happened. Did she really not care?

Lin Qingping smiled and said, "I'm wondering what to do."

"You're still laughing!" Zhong Xiaoxiao glared at her. "If it were me, I'd be worried sick. What are you planning to do?"

"I haven't decided yet," Lin Qingping said frankly.

Just then, Liang Jiaqi appeared outside the garden and called out to her, "Sister Lin!"

It seems that Liang Jiaqi has also heard the news.

"Here I am!" Lin Qingping stood up and prepared to leave.

Zhong Xiaoxiao grabbed her, very anxiously, "Lin Qingping, are you still going with him?"

"What's wrong?" Lin Qingping asked with a smile.

Zhong Xiaoxiao was extremely anxious. "Your relationship with him is already complicated enough, and you're still with him. Won't people gossip about that? Why don't you avoid suspicion?"

Lin Qingping was taken aback, realizing that Zhong Xiaoxiao was genuinely worried about her, and laughed, "If I stop doing anything just because others will gossip, wouldn't that be a pointless life?"

“But…” Zhong Xiaoxiao hesitated, “But what will other people say…”

"But living a happy life is more important to me! As long as I have a clear conscience, that's enough," Lin Qingping said with a smile. "Xiaoxiao, thank you for reminding me of this today. I'll go over and talk to you first. Come visit me at my shop sometime!"

Zhong Xiaoxiao stared at her blankly, forgetting even to say "okay".

Is it really possible? Can a person truly disregard what others say and live according to their own ideas?

Zhong Xiaoxiao watched Lin Qingping walk towards Liang Jiaqi and fell into deep distress.

Liang Jiaqi had indeed come for this matter, filled with anger. "I don't know which scoundrel spread this rumor! It's infuriating!" After saying that, she comforted Lin Qingping, "Sister Lin, don't worry, I will clarify things. If I find out who is talking behind my back, I'll kill them!"

"What do you plan to do?" Lin Qingping asked him.

Liang Jiaqi thought for a moment, "I will go to the offices of our two departments to explain things to the teachers, and I will also..."

He looked somewhat dejected. "I'll keep my distance from you, Sister Lin. I won't come looking for you anymore..."

The young man, speaking of never seeing each other again, showed undisguised sadness, but she was a soldier's wife, and he couldn't let her get into trouble.

As the two were talking, Jia Fangfang from Lin Qingping's dormitory ran over and shouted when she saw her, "Lin Qingping! Something bad has happened! Your sister got into a fight and was taken to the school security office."

Lin Qingping didn't have time to talk to Liang Jiaqi anymore and ran straight to the security department.

In the security office, the second sister's hair was disheveled and her face was scratched. Another girl, in a similar state, had her face swollen.

The second sister tensed up as soon as she saw her, frowning as she asked, "What are you doing here?"

"What happened?" Lin Qingping couldn't believe that her second sister would do something like fighting. Her second sister was such a coward in her previous life. Even if her fate had changed in this life, her personality shouldn't have become so polarized.

The second sister remained silent.

Another girl scoffed, "Birds of a feather flock together. No wonder you're sisters. Shameless family!"

"Shut up!" The second sister rolled up her sleeves, ready to hit him again, but Lin Qingping held her tightly.

The security guards didn't look at Lin Qingping with friendly eyes either. They said a bunch of ambiguous things, gave her a lecture, made her second sister write a self-criticism, and then let them go.

The second sister objected, "Why should I be the only one to write? Shouldn't she be the one to write what she's saying, even though she's talking nonsense?"

The security officer's face turned cold. "If you still haven't realized your mistake, then report it to your department's student affairs office and handle it according to school regulations!"

Lin Qingping pulled her second sister away.

They pulled the person away with a smile and kept apologizing and admitting their mistakes.

She didn't want her second sister's university life to have any blemishes; it wouldn't be good if she were disciplined and it was recorded in her file.

The second sister was very indignant. After leaving, she warned the girl, "Zhou Qun, you better remember this: if you talk nonsense again, I'll beat you every time I see you!"

What could have made the second sister so angry?

Lin Qingping only found out after asking that it was because of the rumors about her and Liang Jiaqi.

"That's too harsh!" the second sister said angrily. "I didn't beat her so badly that her parents wouldn't recognize her, because I wasn't ruthless enough!"

Lin Qingping had a headache; they were all about beating people up...

"Go back first and we'll talk about it later. You don't need to worry about this! You just focus on your studies. I can handle my own affairs!" Lin Qingping said to her second sister in a commanding tone.

The second sister outwardly agreed with a huff, but it's unclear whether she'll actually do it; anyway, she went back to her dorm.

Liang Jiaqi said he would no longer associate with her, and after leaving the security office, he really did leave on his own.

Lin Qingping shook her head and went back to the shop.

Wu Tianjiao was sitting in the shop.

Upon seeing her, he immediately grabbed her and asked, "What exactly happened to you? You even wrote a report to the military?"

"What do you mean?" Lin Qingping then realized the problem was serious.

"The letter accusing you of having an improper relationship with your college classmate has been sent to the military! Wu Tianping, come back and tell me!"

"Then... Gu Juncheng found out too?" Lin Qingping was shocked.