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Chapter 82: 82: Lu Daya's Thoughts
Chapter 82: 82: Lu Daya's Thoughts
Chapter 82: Chapter 82: Lu Daya’s Thoughts
Xu Ying was in a good mood today. After eating out at the restaurant, she went home and had another bowl of congee.
Her heart was filled with joy.
To ruin Chen Yanran was her greatest delight.
“Yingying.” Lu Daya saw the happiness in Xu Ying’s eyes—it was all thanks to Yingying that she could become a teacher.
Yingying was right, only when you become strong will others not dare to bully you.
Now at home, her mother no longer yelled at her like before, and would even share some of the delicious food with her.
“Sister Daya, what brings you here today?” Xu Ying was extremely surprised to see her.
Lu Daya was no less busy than her, ever since she started working, she was always bustling about.
Lu Daya looked down shyly and said awkwardly, “I came to ask Shengcai about some problems I couldn’t solve.”
Learning never ends. Now that Lu Daya had become a teacher, she didn’t dare to slack off in her studies, especially since Xu Ying told her that the sea of knowledge is boundless.
What you learn is yours, and the country needs talents now. She also believed what Xu Ying said, that one day, universities might start again—of course, she didn’t dare to spread this talk around.
Xu Ying blinked her eyes nervously, hoping it wasn’t what she thought.
Lu Daya was not bad either, but Second Brother Xu and Qiu Ye were already together, and she didn’t want to see either of them hurt.
“Second Brother, Sister Daya is looking for you!” Xu Ying called out.
Second Brother Xu came running out of the house upon hearing her, looking at Lu Daya with surprise, “Daya, what do you need me for?”
Upon seeing Xu Sheng, Lu Daya’s heart pounded uncontrollably. The people of the Xu Family all looked good, with a first-class appearance in the village. It was no wonder Lu Daya had taken a liking to Second Brother Xu.
“I can’t figure out several questions and wanted to ask you for help.”
Second Brother Xu took the book and glanced at it, quickly providing the answers. Lu Daya understood how to solve them after one look, her cheeks blushing with a flush of red.
“Thank you.”
Second Brother Xu waved his hand nonchalantly. To him, Lu Daya was a lifesaver for his little sister, so explaining a few problems was nothing to thank him for.
Xu Ying sat in the yard, bringing up Qiu Ye casually but deliberately, “Mom, when are we inviting Qiu Ye’s family over to our house?
Second Brother is really slacking off since he got together with Sister Qiu Ye, such a jerk, pth!”
Mrs. Xu was stunned and stopped in her tracks while pulling vegetables in the garden. Her daughter was babbling nonsensically—what in the world was she talking about?
As soon as Second Brother Xu heard this, he became anxious and shouted in defense, “Little sister, don’t talk nonsense. If Sister Qiu Ye hears this, she will definitely give me a hard time.
Isn’t it just because I’ve been busy? Whenever I’ve got time off, I hurry to see her.”
Hearing this, Lu Daya felt a sharp pain in her heart and looked incredulously at Second Brother Xu—he was actually with Qiu Ye.
“Well, I know how to do this problem now, so I’ll head back first.” After leaving the Xu home, Lu Daya’s mind was in chaos. She was blank, just aware that Shengcai now had someone else.
Her love, which had not even begun, was over.
Xu Sheng and Lu Daya’s Second Brother got along well; as kids, they often went to play with Lu Aimin. As they grew older and became busier with work, their visits grew less frequent, but their friendship remained.
Lu Daya didn’t know when she started to like Xu Sheng. Perhaps it was when they were young, and Sheng would often come to play at her house, becoming familiar after numerous visits.
After Lu Daya left, Xu Ying started lecturing her Second Brother, “Second Brother, both you and Sister Daya are grown-ups now. Men and women should keep a proper distance, and besides, you’re in a relationship now.
You need to be aware of your behavior. Got it?”
Xu Sheng was originally clueless, but under the curious gaze of Mrs. Xu, he was instantly shocked.
“What’s the matter, Daya likes your Second Brother? Ah, she’s such a nice girl, what a pity your Second Brother already has someone else,” Mrs. Xu said with a face full of pride.
This meant that her own son was like her, sought after.
“Younger Sister, don’t talk nonsense about things that have no foundation, I’ll be more careful in the future,” Xu Shengcai said in a low voice, feeling somewhat embarrassed; if it were true, could he still be friends with Aimin?
Xu Ying blinked and stretched in the yard before turning back and going inside the house.
She flopped onto the bed in a spread-eagled position and instantly fell asleep.
It seemed renting a room in the county sooner or later was inevitable. She was too exhausted running back and forth every day.
Commutes took over two hours. In those two hours, she could’ve done so much.
Inside the Youth Corps lodging, Chen Yanran sat on the bed, touching the bruises the Dong Family brothers had left on her body that day, her eyes seething with poison.
Her fists clenched tightly, she angrily stared out the window. Xu Ying should die, she thought; it was all her fault that she had lost her purity.
“Yanran, aren’t you sleeping yet?” Sun Yunjuan turned over and yawned. She rubbed her eyes and mumbled sleepily when she saw Chen Yanran sitting by the bed.
Chen Yanran quickly burrowed into the blankets.
“Yanran, aren’t you uncomfortable sleeping in your clothes?” Sun Yunjuan asked, puzzled.
Chen Yanran, shifting from her previous good temper, replied irritably, “I’m not uncomfortable; you should hurry up and sleep.”
Sun Yunjuan saw she was as explosive as if she’d eaten gunpowder, so with a twitch of her mouth and turning over, she continued to sleep.
In her dream, she dreamt she was with Xu Shengcai, and had given birth to a big chubby son for the Xu Family.
The Xu Family adored her sky-high, even Xu Ying had to stand aside.
“Ha ha ha ha ha ha~” Sun Yunjuan awoke laughing.
The moment she opened her eyes, she saw everyone in the room staring at her and awkwardly said, “What are all of you looking at me for!”
“Yunjuan, what kind of wonderful dream were you having, laughing in your sleep so early in the morning? Share it, let us all have some joy,” teased a group of girls from the Youth Corps.
The thought of her dream made Sun Yunjuan shyly lower her head.
She fiddled with the corner of the quilt and slowly said, “Nothing, just dreamt of eating chicken legs.”
“Really? Better not be you dreamt of some man.” Mainly because Sun Yunjuan’s red face was extremely suspicious, it was no wonder they speculated.
Mainly, in recent years, more and more Youth Corps members couldn’t handle the hardship and started marrying locals.
After all, they had no idea when they would be able to return to the city.
When this was brought up, the female Youth Corps members all looked gossipy: “Yunjuan, you’re not thinking of marrying into the village, are you?”
Without a word from Sun Yunjuan, everyone became even more curious.
“Who do you want to marry? If we talk about decent men in our village, it has to be the team leader’s family, right?”
The team leader’s second son used to be a good-for-nothing, but now he’s transformed himself into a teacher, and the team leader’s youngest son is even less inferior to city folks, working in the transportation department.
Perhaps after getting married, she might settle down in the county.
Afraid that these people would compete with her, Sun Yunjun declared domineeringly, “I want to marry into the village; I’m going to marry Xu Shengcai.”
At these words, the faces of those in the Youth Corps changed and they all sighed, “Yunjuan, you can’t just marry because you say so, who knows if there are others who want to as well.”
Sun Yunjuan’s face turned red with anger: “I have a high school education, much better than any of you, apart from me, who else is qualified.”