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

No matter what Liu Fen said, Gu Juncheng remained silent until Liu Fen said, "What are you still thinking about? She didn't like you when we went to discuss the marriage. She likes the kind of refined and handsome pretty boy. Gou Sheng is a reckless scoundrel, but he's fair-skinned. She is..."

These words may have hurt his male pride, because he finally spoke, saying in a very harsh tone, "Stop talking," followed by the sound of a chair falling over.

He's coming out!

Lin Qingping quickly went back inside.

Lying back down on the bed, Lin Qingping felt both wronged and sad. But most of what her mother-in-law said was true. She did not like Gu Juncheng and did like pretty boys, but that was in the past...

She didn't blame her mother-in-law for saying that. Liu Fen was a traditional rural woman, easily swayed and easily manipulated. But it was precisely because of Liu Fen's weakness that she tolerated Lin Qingping's domineering behavior in the Gu family in her previous life. Especially when Gu Juncheng's will stipulated that all the compensation money should go to her, Liu Fen didn't make a fuss. In fact, Liu Fen had the right to make a fuss...

Just considering how comfortable Lin Qingping was in her husband's family in her previous life, she wouldn't blame her mother-in-law for making those remarks today. Besides, life is all about time and patience; time will tell. Her mother-in-law will easily understand in time, provided that this relationship can continue, which means figuring out what Gu Juncheng really thinks...

Amidst my chaotic thoughts, the door suddenly opened.

He actually came inside!

She thought he would move in with Zhiyuan, but did he come to confront her or bring up divorce?

No matter what, she shouldn't suffer such an injustice...

Just like the night before, Gu Juncheng laid out a makeshift bed on the floor after entering the room and went to sleep.

Lin Qingping felt wronged. She sat up abruptly and asked him, pointing towards his sleeping spot on the floor in the darkness, "Don't you believe me?"

The people on the floor were silent.

What does silence mean?

Lin Qingping almost burst into tears.

She forced herself to stand up, jumped out of bed, turned on the light, and confronted him, asking, "Tell me, don't you believe me?"

As she asked the question, her eyes welled up with tears and her voice choked with emotion.

Gu Juncheng's eyes were dark and deep, like the night sky, making it impossible to discern what lay within them.

Without hesitation, Lin Qingping grabbed the hem of his shirt and ripped it open. Buttons popped everywhere, one of which hit him in the face, making him blink.

Under the lights, she was completely exposed.

Her eyes were filled with tears, and she looked extremely aggrieved. "Look, Gu Juncheng, I do have a mole. Do you think I really have an affair with someone else?"

He finally lost his composure, his eyes darting frantically away as he pulled his blanket over her, his voice urgent and harsh, "Stop fooling around! Go to sleep!"

"I'm not going to sleep..."

Wrapped up by Gu Juncheng, she ended up wrapped in the same blanket as him, pressed tightly against him.

By the time Gu Juncheng realized this, it was too late.

Lin Qingping seized the opportunity, wrapping herself around him softly yet passionately, her voice soft and tearful against his ear, "I can testify that I'm innocent with Gousheng, I'm innocent with everyone, Gu Juncheng, you testify..."

As she spoke, her lips moved, touching his ear repeatedly, her warm breath brushing against his earlobe. He tensed up, his guard on high alert.

"Lin Qingping! You better behave yourself!" He stiffened and growled in a low voice.

Lin Qingping didn't say anything, but reached out and hugged his waist. Even through his vest, she could feel the muscles in his waist tighten.

He immediately grabbed her hand.

He looked at her, his eyes as dark as the night sky, with flames dancing within them.

He gritted his teeth, "Lin Qingping! Don't go looking for trouble!"

Her face was barely the size of a palm, with a head of thick black hair cascading down, her chin held up defiantly, and her eyes were moist, with two bright teardrops hanging in the air, ready to fall at any moment.

"Then what do you want me to do? How am I supposed to prove it? Mom doesn't believe me anymore, and you don't believe me either, so what am I supposed to do? Of course, I can only prove myself in my own way..." As she started to cry, her nose turned red with grievance, and her eyebrows and cheeks were all tinged with pink, like peach blossoms battered by rain and wind, so delicate that they seemed about to be crushed.

Gu Juncheng was almost amused by her, but he kept a straight face and said, "Lin Qingping, I didn't realize you were so domineering when you were facing people during the day, but now you're being so clingy and shameless?"

Lin Qingping: ...I didn't expect him to overhear my confrontation with Big Fat Aunt during the day...

She blinked, and tears immediately streamed down her face like beads. "So that's the kind of person I am... Do you believe me? Do you believe me..."

Lin Qingping was desperate. She wrapped her arms around his neck and wouldn't let go, her lips close to his ear, whispering softly, in a voice only he could hear, "Gu Juncheng, I'll go to the village tomorrow and tell everyone, you're no good! You're not a man..."

"Lin Qingping!"

She finally enraged him, and he roared and stared straight at her.

"I..." Lin Qingping only managed to utter one word before being silenced by a rough, warm touch...

He looked genuinely angry...

She felt like he was crushing her...

My breath was filled with his scent, and soon it filled my mind too…

Just as she was feeling dizzy and about to collapse, grabbing his hair, he suddenly stepped back, lay back down, and started panting heavily.

Lin Qingping's mind was still buzzing, and she was still a little dazed.

"Go to sleep!" he hissed, turning off the light.

Lin Qingping felt a tingling sensation on her lips, and the rough stubble still left a lingering heat.

After a long while, a low voice came from the darkness: "I believe you."

She turned around in astonishment, but the man did not utter another word.

She smiled slightly, then fell asleep holding Gu Juncheng's arm, thinking to herself: "It was so hard! I thought about all the sad things from my past life before I could squeeze out these few tears... At least I've gained something..."

It started raining heavily at some point. The summer night rain fell as densely as scattered beans, but it did not disturb Lin Qingping's sleep at all.

The next morning, unsurprisingly, Lin Qingping was back in bed, and the makeshift bed on the floor had been put away.

Lin Qingping hugged the blanket, feeling a little embarrassed.

She clearly wanted to get up earlier, but she felt it wasn't really her fault.

In fact, ever since she was reborn, she has often had trouble sleeping and has been having nightmares. She dreams of her nephew's hideous face, the feeling of suffocation when she is on the verge of death, and what she dreams of most often is receiving a telegram from the army informing her of his sacrifice. Holding the telegram, she cries her heart out...

Every time she wakes up from a nightmare in the middle of the night, the excruciating pain from the dream still reverberates clearly in her chest, making it difficult for her to fall back asleep. Yet, these past two nights, even though she's sleeping on the floor, she's slept so soundly...