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

When Lin Qingping finally arrived at Gu Juncheng's school by bus, it was still noon.

Unsurprisingly, she couldn't get in.

She pleaded for a long time, revealing her identity as the wife of a student at the school, only regretting that she had brought her marriage certificate with her.

Useless.

She knew that Gu Juncheng's school was extraordinary and had strict discipline, but she was unwilling to give up. She squatted down next to him, hoping that she could wait for Gu Juncheng to come home.

She didn't know whether she should call herself lucky. She didn't wait for Gu Juncheng, but she did wait for Wu Tianping.

Wu Tianping has taken leave and is preparing to go home.

"Wu Tianping!"

Lin Qingping's sudden shout startled Wu Tianping. He turned around and was surprised to see her. "Why are you here? Where's Chengzi?"

"Wu Tianping, could you please call Gu Juncheng for me? I need to speak with him."

Wu Tianping knew about the trouble she had recently gotten into, and upon hearing this, he assumed she was there to explain to Gu Juncheng, so he immediately agreed, "Okay! I'll go call him for you!"

Lin Qingping breathed a sigh of relief and waited outside with hope.

A dozen minutes later, Wu Tianping returned.

From afar, she could see Wu Tianping's figure, but there was only his figure, no one else.

“Lin Qingping…” Wu Tianping’s eyes flickered slightly, “He… has training this afternoon, and training tomorrow too, he can’t come out…”

Lin Qingping caught the key point in his eyes, "He doesn't want to come out and see me, does he?"

Caught off guard by her sudden question, Wu Tianping couldn't hide his true feelings and immediately shook his head in denial, "No, no, no, that's not true. He really did have training..."

"I understand, thank you." Lin Qingping smiled and prepared to go back.

“Lin Qingping…” Wu Tianping looked at Lin Qingping’s sour smile and couldn’t help but curse Gu Juncheng in his heart, but he still asked him aloud, “He really is…”

The only response he received was the rumbling of Lin Qingping's stomach.

Lin Qingping felt a little embarrassed; she hadn't had lunch yet, she'd forgotten...

Wu Tianping overheard this too, "You haven't eaten yet, have you? Why don't you..."

"No, I'll go back to eat. My family is waiting for me!" Lin Qingping thanked him again and turned to run towards the bus stop.

Wu Tianping could only sigh as he watched her retreating figure.

Gu Juncheng did not return this week.

On Sunday, Lin Qingping was busy at the shop when Xie Wei came to visit.

Lin Qingping didn't want to see her, but she went straight to the kitchen and threw a thick envelope in front of Lin Qingping.

Lin Qingping guessed that it contained money, a lot of money.

"Lin Qingping, the most expensive cup of coffee here is only a little over two cents. The money in this envelope is enough for you to sell coffee for ten years!"

It's not so important whether Lin Qingping would have to earn this much money in ten years. What's important is what Xie Wei is trying to achieve with such an arrogant attitude.

Lin Qingping was kneading dough, her hands covered in flour, and stared at her. "Xie Wei, if I'm not mistaken, you're here today to ask me for a favor, aren't you? When you ask for a favor, shouldn't you have the right attitude?"

Xie Wei gasped, her face turning red with anger, but there was nothing she could do; she had indeed come to ask for a favor.

For the proud woman, it would be incredibly difficult to humble herself and beg Lin Qingping, but for her boyfriend, she was willing to do anything!

"Fine! Lin Qingping, I beg you." Still with an arrogant demeanor, she finally uttered the word "beg," "Could you promise to let Yu Chengzhi apologize to you privately tomorrow, instead of apologizing at the main meeting? All this money is yours."

"I don't need the money." No need to even think about it!

“I can add more!” Xie Wei said with a straight face.

Lin Qingping continued kneading the dough, saying, "I told you, I don't lack money."

"Then what do you want?"

"I want you to apologize! If Yu Chengzhi isn't willing to apologize, you can go up there yourself!"

"Lin Qingping! Don't push your luck!" How could Xie Wei possibly apologize?

Lin Qingping said calmly, "It seems I'm not the one who's going too far, Xie Wei, you've got it wrong."

Xie Wei took a deep breath, swallowed the humiliation she had suffered today, and could only continue to beg her, "Lin Qingping, if you promise me, I can help you find a good job after graduation. No matter what job you want to do or where you want to be, it's fine. Staying in the capital is no problem either."

Lin Qingping really didn't understand, and looked up at her to ask, "What's so great about Yu Chengzhi that makes you feel this way?"

Although Lin Qingping was briefly misled by Yu Chengzhi, wasn't she naive and inexperienced back then? Why would Xie Wei, with her family background, be misled by Yu Chengzhi?

To be honest, Yu Chengzhi's character is really bad. In her previous life, after she and he met again at her restaurant, he came to see her several times. When he learned that she was single, he subtly revealed his intention to rekindle their relationship and wanted her to be his lover. She rejected him harshly and never saw him again. However, she had heard that Yu Chengzhi had many mistresses and was involved with more than one woman.

"What do you know?" Xie Wei glared at her. How could Lin Qingping, someone who was obsessed with money, know how good Yu Chengzhi was? He was handsome, talented, gentle, and considerate. He could write beautiful poems and long love letters for her. His writing was so good that it was intoxicating. He was also good to her. For example, when he apologized this time, he couldn't bear to see her go up and embarrass herself, so he went himself.

Lin Qingping nodded. She didn't understand, she really didn't understand. "Fine, as I said, the lowest condition I can accept is a public apology. There's no other bottom line. I won't agree to what you said."

"Lin Qingping! Don't go too far!"

here we go again……

Lin Qingping couldn't help but sigh, "I'm never the one who went too far. Besides, Yu Chengzhi isn't a good match for either of us, you..."

"fart!"

Before Lin Qingping could finish speaking, Xie Wei interrupted her, indignantly saying, "Don't think I don't know your background! I only just found out that the friend Yu Chengzhi was talking about was himself! He was so good to you, teaching you to read and write, helping you with your homework, and yet you abandoned him for a hundred yuan dowry when he was at his lowest point and couldn't afford anything! You ungrateful wretch, could you have gotten into the Capital University without him? And now you're slandering him! Lin Qingping, you're shameless! You don't deserve his affection!"

Lin Qingping was stunned. Could things really be so distorted? And yet, there were actually people who believed it?

Alright, she's said all she could. A stubborn fool can't be persuaded with kind words; there's nothing she can do about someone who can't be pulled back.

Lin Qingping stretched out her flour-covered hand and said, "Please, see you tomorrow."

See you at the school-wide assembly tomorrow.

Xie Wei stomped her foot in anger, "Lin Qingping, don't push your luck..."

"Who's shameless!"

Before Xie Wei could finish speaking, a furious shout rang out. Gu Youlian was wielding a broom and slashing at Xie Wei.

Xie Wei turned around and saw this fierce-looking shrew. She screamed and ran out of the kitchen.

Gu Youlian chased and hit Xie Wei as she ran for her life, but she was still hit on the head and body by several brooms. She screamed all the way and finally escaped from the dessert shop.

If there weren't customers in the shop, Gu Youlian would have given her a real dressing down. This was already considered very restrained!

After finishing, he planned to go back to the kitchen to check on Lin Qingping. Seeing the stack of money on the cutting board, he picked it up and chased after her, running wildly until he caught up with Xie Wei. He threw the envelope at Xie Wei's head and yelled, "Take your stinking money back! We don't want your money! Shameless!"

Gu Youlian returned to the shop victorious. She apologized to the customers first, then went back to the kitchen and said to Lin Qingping, "Finally, I've vented my anger! I wouldn't feel right if I didn't beat that little rascal!"

Then she remembered the bag of money and felt a little guilty. She threw it away. Would her sister-in-law blame her?

"That money..." she asked nervously.

Lin Qingping smiled and said, "You did the right thing. We're not short of money!"

Gu Youlian felt relieved; she loved her sister-in-law's domineering attitude! We're not short of money!

At a school-wide assembly on Monday morning, Yu Chengzhi publicly apologized, admitting in front of all teachers and students that he had spread rumors and slandered military marriages.

The teachers and students were in an uproar.

Lin Qingping stood solemnly in the line, receiving a resentful glare from Xie Wei.

She didn't care. She believed that one had to walk one's own path in life. She was invincible because she was free from desires. She walked upright and sat straight, without any fear.

After this incident, Lin Qingping's relationship with her roommates in the dormitory underwent a subtle change.

Zhong Xiaoxiao began to intentionally get closer to her, Jia Fangfang looked at her with inexplicable respect, and there were also people who hated her. She had a complete feud with Xie Wei, and Lu Xiaoxue probably disliked her too.

After this incident, Lu Xiaoxue, who had been Xie Wei's follower, suddenly fell out of favor. After losing her usefulness, Xie Wei ignored her completely and might even blame Lu Xiaoxue for her poor performance. Since Lu Xiaoxue didn't dare to do anything to Xie Wei, she naturally transferred her anger to Lin Qingping.

Lin Qingping didn't care about any of that.

In this second life, everyone except those she cares about is just a passerby. Whether they can travel together depends entirely on fate, and she will never force it.

But the person she cares about...

She hadn't seen him in a long time.

Two months have passed since we parted ways at the school's student affairs office.

April in the human world is a time of vibrant colors and warm sunshine.

Lin Qingping had not seen Gu Juncheng for two months.

She knew he was a soldier, unlike students from ordinary schools. It might be normal not to see him for two or six months at a time, but when you put the cause and effect together, it just didn't seem normal.

However, she had no choice.

If he doesn't come back to see her, she won't see him.

April is her birthday.

It was also her second birthday since she married him.

He was in the military last year for his birthday, but he still sent a gift to the clothing factory.

Thinking back, he would send her gifts every year on her birthday in his past life. However, back then, she was always the one asking him for them. When he finally found an excuse, she always wanted something expensive.

She asked for a radio, a sewing machine, a watch, a television set...

Of course, she eventually moved all these things to her parents' home, which was the first in the whole village to have a television.

He probably won't be coming back for my birthday this year, right?

It was still Sunday, and she went to the dessert shop as if nothing had happened.

On her birthday, apart from Gu Juncheng sending her gifts, no one in either lifetime remembered it.

She is a daughter, the eldest daughter in the family. Her mother never celebrated her birthday when she was little. In their family, only her younger brother celebrated his birthday every year. Some things, once they become a habit, seem to become taken for granted.