After being reborn, I decisively broke off my engagement and married a cold-faced military young mas

Looking at Lin Yuyao, Lu Jiangting's eyes softened again. "Look at Yuyao in the water. Isn't she miles ahead of Fang Qing? How could I not like her instead of you? Yuyao, have more confidence in yourself. I definitely like you."

Lin Yuyao looked at her reflection in the water, raised her hand, and touched her face.

How beautiful I am, only twenty years old this year.

Her skin was so tender it looked like you could squeeze water out of it, white with a rosy tint, as delicate as a peach blossom in March.

Her hair was black and thick, braided into two plaits that hung down in front of her chest; she looked beautiful no matter how you looked at her.

At that time, she was still the most beautiful flower in the big village.

But in that terrible dream, for the next few decades, she gave birth, took care of her in-laws, and tended to the chickens, ducks, and geese on the few acres of land they owned...

The burdens of life crushed her, and the pain in her heart, knowing that Lu Jiangting and Fang Qing were still entangled, overwhelmed her.

By her fifties, her face no longer bore the resemblance to her current appearance.

His hair was gray, and he had lost most of it.

His face was deeply lined with wrinkles.

Fang Qing, on the other hand, had never suffered any hardship in her life and was well-preserved.

She was clearly several years younger than Fang Qing, but she looked like her mother.

So... Lu Jiangting chose Fang Qing later because he's someone who judges by appearance?

Thinking about all this, she just found it ridiculous.

"Oh, so you've been bothering me because I'm pretty."

Lu Jiangting: "..."

What if I become ugly?

Lu Jiangting: "I'll love you no matter what you become, Yuyao. Our years of friendship are definitely not just about your looks."

He tried to pull Lin Yuyao away.

Lin Yuyao dodged it.

"No need, I don't like you anymore."

"you……"

"Stop talking." Lin Yuyao suddenly raised her voice and said impatiently, "I'm letting you off the hook because you saved me. Can't we just part ways amicably? Why do you have to keep bothering me? I've already said I don't like you anymore."

After saying that, she kicked the fruit candy that Lu Jiangting had thrown on the ground into the pond in the yard.

Lu Jiangting: "..." Looking at the fruit candies in the water, he felt a pang of heartache.

But this time, he didn't chase after Lin Yuyao after she left.

He still thought she was just angry and would be fine once she calmed down.

When Lu Jiangting returned home, his parents asked him how he had done.

Lu Jiangting shook his head. "She's still angry and won't forgive me."

"Sigh!" Lu Cong tapped his pipe, coughed a few times, spat out a mouthful of yellow phlegm, then stepped on it, turned left and right a few times, and the yellow phlegm blended into the floor.

"Jiang Ting, you did something wrong."

"Father, I know I was wrong. If I had known that lending money would make Yuyao so angry, I would have..." Could he not have refused to lend it?

No, Fang Qing had already asked, so he still had to borrow it.

He just wanted to keep it even more secret and not let Yu Yao know.

"I told you to go and get it back, but you wouldn't. Now... sigh! What do you suggest we do?"

"Father, Mother, don't worry, she's just angry for a moment, she'll be fine once she calms down."

"How do you know it's just a momentary impulse? What if she persists and refuses to marry you?"

"Impossible! Do you know what she went to town for today?"

"What are you doing?"

"I went to buy things for the wedding."

Ok?

"Really?" The two elders found it hard to believe.

"Really, I saw it all. The baskets they carried on their backs were full of things they would need for their weddings."

what?

Hearing him say that, the two elders were finally relieved.

"If that's the case, then don't go to their house for now and provoke them to yell at you. Everyone should calm down, and maybe things will calm down in a few days."

Lu Jiangting nodded. "That's what I think too."

……

The next day, he rode his bicycle to Fang Qing's house.

Fang Qing needed to find a renovation team today, so she asked her to help.

He was supposed to go yesterday, but she was dealing with that elderly couple about a house yesterday and asked Lu Jiangting to keep an eye on things for her because she was afraid of being scammed.

But knowing that Lin Yuyao was angry, he didn't go to Fang Qing and waited for Lin Yuyao at home all day.

Seeing Fang Qing's helpless expression today, he felt a little guilty.

"Fang..." He was going to call her Fang Qing, but then he remembered that Yu Yao minded his relationship with Fang Qing, so he changed his address.

"Sister-in-law, I'm sorry, something came up at home yesterday and I was delayed."

Upon hearing the word "sister-in-law," Fang Qing's face paled, and she forced an awkward smile. "No, it's alright. I heard Yu Yao is angry with you?"

"It's okay, she'll be fine in a few days. By the way, have you bought the house yet?"

"I've bought it, but... I don't have much money left."

"Will that hair salon ever be able to reopen?"

"Yes, we can. The bulk of the money has been spent, and the remaining funds are just enough to keep the hair salon running."

"That's good. I'll go with you to find a renovation worker today and try to negotiate a lower price."

"Okay, please."

Renovating a house isn't something that can be done in a day. Lu Jiangting accompanied Fang Qing for two whole days before they finally made a decision.

He thought that two days had passed, and Lin Yuyao should have calmed down by now.

He wanted to have another serious talk with her.

Unexpectedly, Fang Qing then said to him, "Jiang Ting, tomorrow is Chenchen's birthday. His father used to celebrate with him every day, but now... his father is gone, and I..."

She sobbed twice before continuing, "Can you come? Chenchen said she doesn't want to spend her birthday alone."

Lu Jiangting was somewhat taken aback and asked, "Aren't you taking Chenchen back to his hometown to live with his grandparents?"

Fang Qing shook her head and said, "His grandparents live in the countryside, and there's no car to go there; it's more than ten miles away. Chenchen is too young to walk there. Besides, he has to go to school the day after tomorrow, which is more than thirty miles round trip."

Think about it too.

Lu Jiangting nodded and said, "Then I'll come to celebrate Chenchen's birthday tomorrow."

"Oh, Jiang Ting, thank you."

"You're welcome."

"Thank goodness you were here, otherwise Chenchen and I wouldn't know what to do."

Lu Jiangting even ordered a cake for Wang Chen.

This was his last bit of money; he had originally saved it for his return trip to his unit.

Now look what's happened, all the travel expenses have been spent.

The next day, he celebrated his birthday with Fang Qing and her son. Lin Yuyao didn't inquire about it, but these words still reached her ears.

Although their family lives in a village, it is a village on the outskirts of the city.

It was only two or three miles from their house to the tenement building where Fang Qing lived, about the same distance as going to Lu Jiangting's house.

A few days ago, their family had a big argument at Lu Jiangting's house, the biggest conflict being with a woman named Fang Qing.

The village women and aunties who love to listen to gossip would go to the open space under the tenement building to inquire whenever they had free time, and there was nothing they couldn't find out.

"Ye Lian, it was the right thing for your daughter not to marry that Lu family boy. That boy kept saying he wanted to marry your Yu Yao, but in reality, he was entangled with that widow Fang. When she was renovating, he accompanied her everywhere, and everyone thought he was her man."