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

"Huh?" Lin Qingping's mind and eyes were still on the book. Hearing him call out, she quickly put down her paper, pen and book, stood up to help him, thinking he was about to lie down.

“I don’t want to lie down,” he said.

"Oh!" Lin Qingping quickly patted her forehead. "Is it convenient for me?"

Gu Juncheng: ...

"no!"

"Then..." Lin Qingping looked up at the medicine, and... what was it for? She thought for a moment and then said, "Do I need to take medicine? No, there are two kinds of medicine that need to be taken twice a day, and the other one is to be taken before meals. I gave it to you before I went to the cafeteria."

"Finally, you mentioned the cafeteria." He leaned against the headboard, glaring at her.

Lin Qingping was confused. What was wrong with the cafeteria?

"You only got food for yourself at the cafeteria today?" Gu Juncheng asked, glaring at her.

Lin Qingping: ? ? ? ?

I don't understand, Commander. I really can't figure it out at all.

"No... I..." What should Lin Qingping say? Should she say that she took your food but because you had already eaten, she ate all the dishes?

He looked at her and chuckled, "No share for me?"

"No..." Lin Qingping stammered, "You...you already ate, didn't you?"

Gu Juncheng laughed, "You saw me eat?"

Lin Qingping touched her hair. "No... I saw them... that girl, her family, carrying two insulated containers... Well, you've already eaten from two containers, so of course you don't need to eat in the cafeteria anymore..."

"I'll eat two buckets?" Gu Juncheng asked him back, his expression not looking too good.

Lin Qingping felt a pang of sadness as she recalled his smiling face in front of that family. She smiled and said, "I don't know how much you ate. If you're still hungry, I'll go get some more."

"No need." Gu Juncheng leaned against the wall and closed his eyes.

"Well..." Lin Qingping sighed helplessly, "So, have you eaten or not?"

"I ate," he said calmly, his eyes closed.

That settles it!

"Shall I make you a cup of milk?" Lin Qingping asked again, trying to soothe the tiger's ruffled fur.

"No need." He kept his eyes closed.

"Then, what do you need me to do?" She felt like she was living the worst possible life!

Aren't the female protagonists in online novels who are reborn always invincible and domineering? And their husbands spoil them rotten after they're reborn!

What about her? Why is she like this after being reborn?

Her husband is already looking for a better opportunity, and she's still here trying to appease him...

"no need."

OK.

Lin Qingping sat down again. "Then I'll get back to my work."

Let's continue with the problem.

However, after drawing two pages of draft paper, I still haven't found a solution.

Her brows were furrowed in worry, but then she heard a voice above her, "Give it to me."

Lin Qingping looked up. "What?"

“I said, bring me your math problems,” Gu Juncheng said.

Lin Qingping's eyes widened. Could he even do math problems? Didn't he join the army a long time ago?

However, subconsciously, I still handed him the questions and the notebook.

He glanced at the question and began to calculate on the paper.

She stared at the tip of his pen, following the train of thought he was writing, and suddenly everything became clear.

"Ah! I see! I get it!" He didn't need to continue calculating; once he understood the logic, he could do the rest.

He glanced at her, then handed the pen back to her, meaning, "You do the math!"

Lin Qingping took the pen and continued writing after the steps he had written, successfully calculating the result. She showed it to him, "See, is it right?"

He glanced at it only once and said, "Hmm."

Lin Qingping asked curiously, "How did you learn that?"

He glanced at her and said, "There are people in the army who are educated."

That look in his eyes seemed to be asking her: Do you think I'm illiterate?

Lin Qingping shrugged. He wasn't exactly illiterate, but he hadn't expected her to be so cultured either…

I'm sorry, I underestimated it...

"Why are you thinking about doing math problems?" he asked her, leaning against her. Then, as if realizing something, he added, "Are you thinking about taking the college entrance exam?"

"Yes." Lin Qingping had nothing to hide and nodded.

He nodded in agreement. "That's good."

Finally, I asked her, "How's the preparation going?"

"It'll do alright!" Lin Qingping was absolutely confident. She wasn't sure she could get into a prestigious university, but she could definitely get into an average one.

She had originally thought about what would happen between her and him after she got into university. How would they meet? What would happen to the factory? And what about Zhiyuan?

She had really planned it all out.

Anyway, they were a long-distance couple, and she would apply to visit him during her winter and summer vacations every year. He could also come to see her at school when he had leave to visit his family.

She even planned to rent a house near the school so that Zhiyuan could take her to a big city to receive a better education, and so that he would have a place to stay when he came to visit her.

That was a home that belonged to both her and him.

She had already thought about how she wanted to decorate her home...

But now it seems she was overthinking everything.

Perhaps, we don't need her anymore...

He doesn't need her anymore, and neither does Zhiyuan.

Yes, only the factory still belongs to her.

Besides, the home is hers too.

She can still rent a house and decorate it comfortably to her liking, just the two of them, her second sister and no one else.

This is good too...

Indeed, one's career will never let them down.

As she thought about it, she smiled, a smile tinged with bitterness, yet also with a sense of relief.

"Lin Qingping?" He called her again, looking at her with a pair of eyes that were full of inquiry and contemplation.

"Hmm?" She snapped out of her reverie and showed him the book. "Could you take another look at this question for me?"

He glanced at the notebook, then at her, and couldn't help but ask, "What are you daydreaming about? What are you thinking about?"

"Huh? I wasn't thinking about anything! I was just thinking about this problem. How about I try to do it myself first, and I'll ask you if I really can't figure it out?"

Lin Qingping buried herself in her homework and didn't look into his eyes again.

Actually, she understood it very well.

She came to repay a debt of gratitude...

He has a brighter future, a better prospects. Shouldn't she be happy for him? She certainly won't hold him back.

Of course, she wouldn't argue with him when he was injured and hospitalized, with blood clots in his brain.

She did whatever he said.

He still needs her to take care of him, so she should take good care of him. Even if she hires a special caregiver, the money he gives her is enough for her to take care of him for a long time.

Once he recovers and officially retires from the military, he won't need her anymore, and she can go back.

Go back to her money-making career, go to university, study, and live a good and wonderful life with her second sister. That's all.

Sad?

Is it heartbreaking?

Of course there will be!

But who hasn't experienced heartache a few times in their life?

It will all pass...

That afternoon, besides taking care of him, Lin Qingping devoted herself entirely to doing practice problems.

I did it all myself, and I didn't ask him again after that.

Ultimately, she has to rely on herself. He can't be her teacher forever! Maybe it'll only be half a month. After half a month, he'll recover, and she can go back. Then, who will she ask?

She was engrossed in doing problems, and even when the cafeteria opened for dinner in the evening, she was still thinking.

And the person who brought Gu Juncheng dinner also arrived...