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

"You know it all?"

"Yes, your lie is easy to see through. You were just lucky that Uncle Zhou was on leave to visit his family."

Lu Jiangting nodded, "Yes, I originally... I originally just asked Lao Zhou to help me cover it up for a while. I thought that during this time I could clear up the misunderstanding with you, and I thought we could start over."

But I never expected you to be so determined to leave me. These past few days, instead of clearing up our misunderstandings, they've only deepened…”

“There’s no misunderstanding.” Lin Yuyao interrupted him directly, “It’s not that the misunderstanding is getting deeper, but rather… there’s absolutely no misunderstanding between us. What you did is true, there’s no misunderstanding.”

It's a fact that Fang Qing will cling to you like a vine for the rest of your life, and you can't escape her. I've always made this very clear to you, but you just don't believe it, or rather, you're unwilling to believe it.

"I..." Lu Jiangting said, his eyes red, "Yuyao, is there really no possibility for us anymore?"

"Yes, there's no possibility anymore. I've accepted it, and I hope you can accept it sooner rather than later, so you stop deceiving yourself. Every word I've said to you is the truth; there's no playing hard to get. What you did to me last time..."

She suddenly gave a bitter laugh and said, "Fine, anyway, we'll go find Old Zhou together tomorrow and get our things back. From now on... we'll be strangers."

After saying that, she turned and left, quickly disappearing into the crowd.

This time, Lu Jiangting did not catch up.

Lin Yuyao bought two steamed buns and took them home; they were enough to fill her stomach with the pickled vegetables she had brought from home.

She ran into Lu Jiangting today, and she was in a bad mood and didn't want to cook.

Two steamed buns will do; let's save money where we can, eating out is so expensive.

After finishing her meal, she turned on the desk lamp and continued writing.

The lamp's light is so bright, it's so much better than the light bulb hanging from the ceiling.

She figured the lamp must be expensive.

Thinking back, it seems that in that dream, she didn't buy her daughter a desk lamp until many years later.

She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she noticed that as she got further and further away from Lu Jiangting, the terrible dream began to become blurry.

Besides remembering how miserable she was and some major life-altering events that she still vividly recalled, she couldn't recall many of the details.

Forgetting the past and embracing a new beginning is a good thing.

……

The next day, Lin Yuyao got up very early.

I washed my face with cold water, tied my braids, put on my pretty clothes, and went out.

Unexpectedly, he saw Lu Jiangting at the bus stop closest to his home.

He was dressed in a neat military uniform, tall, and good-looking, making him stand out in the crowd.

She must have been captivated by his looks once, but unfortunately, his actions were too despicable, and once the filter was shattered, he was nothing special.

Lin Yuyao stopped, intending to change stations.

But then she thought about it again and realized that there seemed to be only one bus to the city center at this time. Whether she went to the previous stop or the next stop, she would end up on the same bus as Lu Jiangting anyway, so it didn't seem to make much difference whether she changed buses or not.

Just then, another car arrived.

Forget it, let's go up.

Lu Jiangting also saw Lin Yuyao. He got into the car before her and paid the fare for both of them.

Lin Yuyao took out her money, intending to throw it at him.

But then he thought about it again, and realized he still owed her three hundred yuan.

And they definitely won't pay her interest.

Fang Qing's hair salon is going out of business, and they can't afford to pay back the money.

Never mind, consider it interest.

Lu Jiangting looked her up and down and asked, "Did Fu Huaiyi buy these clothes for you?"

Lin Yuyao: “…”

"It looks really good, it must be expensive. If it were me..." If it were him, he definitely wouldn't be willing to buy her clothes that cost tens of dollars.

“I will pay him back, you don’t need to be sarcastic here.”

Lu Jiangting: "..."

She misunderstood again. Was she really protecting Fu Huaiyi like this?

They were afraid of tarnishing his reputation.

Fu Huaiyi's gaze towards her was anything but innocent, and his reputation was damaged as a result, which was entirely justified.

"Are you dressed up so nicely because you're trying to distance yourself from me today?"

Lin Yuyao: “…”

Ugh, how annoying.

Lin Yuyao felt awkward being looked at by him. It was annoying enough as it was, but she also had to listen to his sarcastic remarks from time to time.

There weren't many people on the early morning bus, and since their town was the starting station, there were plenty of empty seats.

Lin Yuyao, carrying her small cloth bag, moved to the back row, keeping her distance from Lu Jiangting.

Yes, it's really annoying. Stay away from annoying things.

Actually, she never cared about what clothes she wore. She only had two sets of clothes, and once one set was washed, she could only wear the other one.

Of course, she was actually considered one of the better ones in the village.

Many poor families only have one set of slightly better, presentable clothes for several children.

Whoever goes out wears it.

Many children go barefoot even when they are quite old; in the countryside, there are many such children.

Her family has always prepared two sets of clothes for her in every season since she was a child, enough for her to change into.

Her younger brother, Lin Ping, had never worn new clothes; he always wore his older brother Lin Gang's hand-me-downs.

Her situation is better than many others.

……

Buses are relatively slow, especially buses that are loaded while moving.

There weren't many people when I boarded the bus, but now it's packed with people.

The door couldn't be closed, and there were several things hanging at the entrance.

It was wobbling and moving very slowly.

The good thing is that there's really no more room, so we don't need to stop to load people anymore.

After arriving in the city, more people began to arrive.

Although there are bus stops, vehicle management wasn't that strict back then.

Whether the bus stops or not depends not on whether it has reached its destination, but on whether anyone needs to get off or get on.

The bus took a roundabout route and swayed for almost three hours before finally arriving at the military district office in the city.

Lin Yuyao got out of the car, her face pale, and began to vomit while leaning against a tree by the roadside.

She doesn't usually get carsick, but this car ride was so awful. The whole time she felt like tofu in a filter, being rocked and swayed around, making it hard not to throw up.

Not only her, but there were seven or eight people who got off at that stop. Besides her, there were two other people leaning against the tree and vomiting, and the others didn't look well either.

Lu Jiangting, on the other hand, seemed to be fine and asked her all sorts of questions with concern.

Anyone who gets carsick knows how bad she is; she couldn't speak at all, and she didn't have the strength to.

She finally vomited, and after vomiting, she immediately felt like she was alive again.

She took out her water glass, drank some water, and rinsed her mouth several times, but the taste still lingered in her mouth.

Forget it, just bear with it.

It's getting late, I need to get down to business.

Seeing her turn and walk forward, Lu Jiangting followed.

"are you ready?"

Lin Yuyao ignored him and instead took out the address Fu Huaiyi had given her.

She still needs to look for it.

Lu Jiangting then said, "I know where it is. Just follow me."

Uh……

Ok.

This old street is actually quite hard to find.

Following Lu Jiangting, we walked through many twists and turns for about twenty minutes before finally arriving.