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

"Well, it's too late, I don't want to trouble them." Lin Qingyun casually avoided the question, pointing ahead, "The bus is here, get ready to get on."

She looked back at the courtyard where the Yun family lived, and saw Yun Qi still standing at the gate looking in this direction.

She steeled herself, turned around, and got into the car. In that moment, she extinguished the flame that had just ignited in her heart. The surging bitterness in her heart stung her eyes, but it wasn't enough for her to look back at that person one last time.

I ate at the cafeteria again.

Lin Qingyun went to queue up to buy food, leaving the three of them to sit down and wait.

However, when she returned after getting her food, she found her mother bragging, and the table was already full of students listening.

Lin Qingyun looked around and saw that there were many people eating. These girls must have been unable to find seats, so they went to sit in the empty seats at her mother's table.

"See this? This was given to us by my son-in-law's family. It's all the best stuff, the kind that only cadres' families have!" Wu Axiu showed off the things she brought back from the Yun family.

"Auntie, this thing looks like it's about to expire," a girl said, pointing to the box.

Wu Axiu didn't understand what "expired" meant. In the countryside, it was already difficult enough to have enough to eat, let alone have spare money to buy such high-end things, so there was no such thing as "expired".

She skipped over anything she didn't understand and pulled out a red envelope from her pocket. "Our son-in-law is also giving his younger brother a gift. Look, it's a hundred yuan!"

One hundred yuan was a lot of money at that time, but Lin Qingyun really didn't know when the Yun family had given her mother a red envelope. Her mother not only accepted it, but also took it out to show off, just like when she was washing clothes at the village entrance and showing it off among a group of women.

But this isn't a village, it's a university! Good heavens, does she even want to live with herself?!

Lin Qingyun wished she could disappear into a crack in the ground. Her face flushed red, she quickly walked to her mother's side and snatched the red envelope in her hand.

She didn't know those girls, which made them look at her with smiles. At that moment, she couldn't tell whether the smiles in their eyes were kind or malicious. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she said to the three of them while holding her food, "Let's go out to eat!"

Lin Qingyun didn't wait for them and left on her own.

She knew her mother would definitely come along, because the money was in her hands.

After Wu Axiu had her red envelope snatched, she was furious, as if her life had been taken. She hurriedly chased after the thief, shouting as she ran, "You brat! Give me back my money! Give me back my money!"

This attracted the attention of everyone in the cafeteria.

Lin Qingyun ran wildly, with her mother chasing after her. However, her mother was older and couldn't outrun her, and her brother was extremely lazy and would never chase her relentlessly. Lin Qingyun ran all the way to her room in the guesthouse, put down her food, and waited for her mother to come.

Wu Axiu felt like she was about to run out of breath before she finally caught up with Lin Qingyun and was about to hit him.

Lin Qingyun was caught off guard and received a solid slap on the face.

"You brat, give me the money!" Wu Axiu was about to slap her again when a little guy suddenly darted out in front of her, bumping into her stomach and knocking her to the ground.

Wu Axiu started using the same old tricks again, crying and wailing, cursing Lin Qingyun for being unfilial, and saying he would be struck by lightning and suffer retribution.

Zhiyuan stood in front of Lin Qingyun. He was the one who bumped into her. Seeing Wu Axiu like this, he shouted, "I bumped into you, it has nothing to do with Second Aunt! I won't be punished! You're not my mother! You're a bad person! Only bad people get punished!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Axiu, too lazy to argue with a child, yelled at Lin Qingyun, "Give me the money!"

Lin Qingyun covered her face, tears welling in her eyes, and shook her head. "No, I won't give it to you! I can't accept that money! I want to return it to the Yun family!"

"That was money given to me, why are you taking it back?" Wu Axiu shrieked. "Didn't their family have to pay you to marry them? Why should they give it back?"

Wu Axiu screamed, but Lin Qingyun was adamant that she would never give her the money. He also told Wu Axiu in a serious tone that she and Yunqi were just classmates and that she should watch her mouth and not talk nonsense.

Wu Axiu valued money the most; whether Lin Qingyun and Yunqi would get together was secondary. Seeing that Lin Qingyun wouldn't give it to her, she stepped forward to snatch it. However, Zhiyuan, despite his small stature, was quite skilled and tripped Wu Axiu with a sweeping leg kick.

Wu Axiu fell and cried out in pain, angrily rebuking Lin Qingyun, "You watch this bastard beat his mother, and you're not going to do anything about it? I'll beat this brat to death!"

Wu Axiu grabbed a chair and was about to smash it.

"If you break it, you'll have to pay for it." Lin Qingyun's words stunned her mother.

Did she feel good watching her mother fall twice? She was also upset, probably even more so than Wu Axiu herself. But why did she have to have such a mother?

Lin Qingyun clutched the money tightly. "I've already paid for a week's room at the guesthouse. Once you've stayed there for a week, you absolutely have to go back. If you don't leave, I won't pay for your rooms anymore!"

Lin Qingyun grabbed Zhiyuan and was about to leave when her mother rushed up from behind, yelling, "You dare! If you don't pay me back today, I'll report you to your school! If you try to send me back, I'll badmouth you to your classmates! I'll tell them you had an affair and got pregnant, and the Yun family doesn't want you anymore!"

Tears streamed down Lin Qingyun's face. This was her mother, her own mother...

She hated herself for crying at a time like this.

She cried, but her resolve was unwavering. "Do whatever you want! I'd rather not go to school, I'd rather be expelled than let you control me anymore! Do whatever you want!"

As for the Yun family, she had already given up on them! Why would she care what the Yun family thought of her?

After saying that, she grabbed Zhiyuan and rushed out of the guesthouse.

Tears were still streaming down my face, but I suddenly felt relieved. I realized that when a person is truly willing to risk everything, they will no longer be afraid. When a person has no desires or wants, they will no longer be manipulated by others.

Lin Qingyun took Zhiyuan back and told him not to tell his sister about what happened at the Yun family's house today.

The next day, she waited for Yunqi outside the teaching building and returned the 100 yuan to him.

Yunqi has been in a daze since last night. "What's wrong? Qingyun, is there something I did wrong?"

"No," Lin Qingyun said seriously, "You are very good, but you cannot accept undeserved rewards."

"But..." Yunqi felt that everything started to change last night. Even his grandfather was moving to the suburbs. He didn't know what had happened, and his family hadn't told him.

"Class has started, I'm going into the classroom." Lin Qingyun smiled and entered the teaching building.

After Yunqi went inside, he found that Lin Qingyun was sitting on both sides.

It would be strange if something went wrong!