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

After Gu Juncheng left, Lin Qingping continued her daily life as usual.

She led a group of children in reading and writing, and made them snacks.

As time went on, the families on the island started to feel embarrassed.

Gu Shi's wife isn't running a private school. In the old days, private schools charged tuition fees. Why would she take care of your child and cook for you for free?

Later, led by Lei Sufang, everyone gathered together and took turns cooking at Master Gu's house, bringing their own ingredients.

The family members were very supportive and thought it was a good idea.

Lin Qingping did not refuse. Small things reveal character. If they didn't have this awareness, she certainly wouldn't say anything, just consider it as helping Gu Juncheng consolidate his rear. But since they did have this awareness, she was very gratified.

Any relationship needs to be reciprocal to last; one-sided efforts will not earn genuine affection.

However, since the children liked her baked goods, she would still bake them for them. Later, Lei Sufang wanted to learn from her, and she taught her diligently. Then, other family members wanted to learn, and so they took over the job of baking the pastries.

The days were actually fulfilling yet peaceful. While the children practiced calligraphy in the afternoon, Lin Qingping also had time to draw new design drafts and research new dessert and cake recipes. This was also a way to urge herself to work hard, so as not to let the beautiful island life influence her to feel like she was on vacation every day.

This tranquility was broken by Shu Xiaowen next door.

Lei Su-fen came to our house to cook that day. Coincidentally, Lin Qing-ping had taught them how to make banana pound cake the day before. In tropical regions, bananas are plentiful.

With the weather so hot, Lei Su-fen felt that the bananas wouldn't keep well and it would be a waste if they spoiled, so she used all the bananas she had at home to make a cake.

The aroma during the cake baking process was simply irresistible; Zhiyuan and his friends kept sniffing it, completely losing focus on the lesson.

And this fragrance, naturally, also attracted another person—Fang Yi from the Fang family, who lived next door, separated only by a wooden fence.

Lei Su-fen really felt sorry for this child.

Which child doesn't love trying new things? But Shu Xiaowen keeps them completely under her thumb.

Fang Yi was very well-behaved. Knowing that his mother would be unhappy, he rarely came over here anymore. But today's cake smelled so good that he couldn't help but lean over the fence and look over through the gaps in the plants climbing on the fence. His big, dark eyes were immediately spotted by Lei Sufeng.

Lei Sufeng couldn't bear it, so she wrapped one up for him and whispered, "Take it and eat it, but don't let your mother see it."

Fang Yi was overjoyed and quickly reached out her little hand through the gap in the fence to take the cake.

However, the aroma of the cake not only attracted the children but also drew Shu Xiaowen over, where she happened to see Lei Sufeng handing food to her son.

Shu Xiaowen had been dissatisfied with Lin Qingping for a long time, and now that dissatisfaction had reached a breaking point, simply because she felt that Lin Qingping looked down on her!

Otherwise, why teach so many family members how to make various desserts but not her?

You know, what do these family members know about desserts?

Many of them had never even known what desserts were before.

Lin Qingping, however, was willing to associate with such people rather than teach her how to make a kiln or how to bake cakes herself.

So, when she saw that Lei Sufeng could bake such a fragrant cake, she was furious. Who was Lei Sufeng? Just a country bumpkin! How could she do that?!

She was immediately enraged and roared, "Fang Yi!"

Fang Yi was peeling the paper off the cake when he heard the shout. His hand trembled, and the whole cake fell to the ground.

Fang Yi was dumbfounded; the cake he had finally gotten was gone...

He was almost in tears, "It...it's gone..."

Fang Yi squatted down to pick it up, when suddenly a foot reached out and kicked the cake away. Just then, the cake passed through a gap in the fence and was kicked to the next room.

Fang Yi felt really wronged. He had liked the boy next door and Aunt Lin for a long, long time, but he had always been holding back. Today, he finally got a piece of cake, but it was ruined. The child's heart, which was not so strong to begin with, collapsed instantly.

Fang Yi burst into tears, crying out, "My cake, my cake..."

He ran out of the yard and went to the neighbor's house while shouting.

"Fang Yi, come back here!" Shu Xiaowen shouted and chased after him.

On the way, they heard Fang Yi crying even louder, so they quickly ran to Lin Qingping's yard next door. There they saw Fang Yi had fallen in the yard, and Lin Qingping helped him up and wiped his tears with a handkerchief.

"Lin Qingping, don't touch my son!" Shu Xiaowen rushed over and shoved Lin Qingping hard.

Caught off guard, Lin Qingping was pushed and stumbled, falling to the ground with a thud.

The children immediately panicked and rushed out to help her. "Mom, Aunt Lin, what's wrong? Does it hurt?"

Lin Qingping fell on her buttocks, but her buttocks didn't hurt much; however, another part of her body was throbbing with pain.

She instinctively covered her lower abdomen, the slight, dull pain inside feeling strange to her.

Lei Sufeng hurriedly caught up and was shocked to see the situation. "Xiaolin, what happened to you? Where did you hurt yourself?"

Lin Qingping shook her head, looking bewildered. "I'm not injured from the fall, but my stomach hurts a little..."

Lei Sufeng's expression changed drastically. "Xiao Lin, are you pregnant?"

Pregnant? Lin Qingping had no feeling at all... She had never been pregnant in her past life, so she didn't know what it would feel like to be pregnant...

"Oh dear, this is terrible! What are we going to do! Master Gu isn't home! Who's going to take responsibility?" Lei Sufeng was frantic and seemed convinced that Lin Qingping was pregnant, fearing that Lin Qingping's fall might cause serious injury.

Shu Xiaowen had given birth before, and upon hearing Lei Sufeng's words, she looked somewhat flustered.

"Shu Xiaowen, you really have to... please don't cause a disaster this time!" Lei Sufeng said angrily, pointing at Shu Xiaowen.

"Xiao Lin, how are you? Let me carry you to the hospital." Lei Sufeng immediately squatted down.

Lin Qingping was stunned by Lei Sufeng's words. She was pregnant? There was a little life inside her?

This feeling is so wonderful, it's unbelievable...

But she's in so much pain, is the baby alright? Is it safe?

She felt as if she were holding a bowl of boiling oil, but dared not move an inch.