Upon hearing this, Shen Fenghua had a pretty good idea of ​​what was going on. She guessed that Zhou Yueya had indeed come to seek refuge later, but... she had been corrupted by her stepmother.

The way her eyes were darting around, and the way she was scheming, was not the kind of behavior a proper young lady would do.

"You guessed it, didn't you?" Qi Ye said with some emotion. "Over time, things change, and besides, it's hard to learn anything good when you're hanging out with a bunch of animals all the time."

Not to mention that Zhou Yueya, a young girl, had to make a living under the thumb of her stepmother and her beastly father.

Zhou Yang was overjoyed when Zhou Yueya came to seek refuge with him.

At that time, he was on the rise. For those of them from humble backgrounds, moving up a level was harder than climbing to heaven. You really needed a very impressive and outstanding resume to stand out from the layers of selection.

He was about to become a squad leader, a significant leap forward. His plan was to bring his sister over once his salary increased. However, before he could even go back to his hometown to pick her up, his thirteen-year-old sister traveled a long distance to come and join him.

Although his younger sister is going through a tough time now, Zhou Yang feels sorry for her when he thinks about the past. But one must look forward and look to the future. Once his sister gets through this, becoming the class monitor is a sure thing.

But he never expected that his joy would come too soon.

Zhou Yueya, who had been corrupted by her stepmother long ago, was not old but had a lot of bad habits. Not long after she arrived here, she had been stealing petty things. Moreover, someone who was also vying for the position of class monitor directly exposed her.

The result was obvious: in order to resolve the matter, Zhou Yang had no choice but to withdraw from the class monitor election.

From then on, one wrong step led to another.

Qi Ye has been a platoon leader for three years. He had been working hard to accumulate military merits. He would have been qualified to become a company commander a year ago. The previous company commander hadn't left yet, so there was no room for him to take the position.

Now I hear that the company commander is leaving, probably around the end of September. Qi Ye's promotion is just around the corner.

On the other hand, Zhou Yang only managed to become class monitor last year after working himself to the bone because of the severity of that incident. If he wants to take the next step, he will have to endure at least another three years.

Three years, three years and another three years—how many three-year periods does a person have in their lifetime?

Of course, this was a matter for the Zhou family, and Qi Ye had no intention of getting involved. But Zhou Yueya shouldn't have set her sights on him.

If his previous scheme had succeeded, how could he have ever had the chance to be with Feng Hua in this lifetime?

He lowered his eyes and recounted in detail the disgusting things Zhou Yueya had done.

"She also realized the problem. Zhou Yang could provide her with food and clothing, but people are always greedy. Before, when she was starving and had nothing to eat, she thought about filling her stomach. Now that she has enough to eat, she just wants to be able to dress decently..."

Human desires are insatiable.

Driven by desire, people are capable of doing astonishing things.

She set her sights on Zhou Yang's good friend, the scapegoat Qi Ye.

Zhou Yueya doesn't understand love, nor does she care about it. As long as she has enough to eat and wear and has some spare money, that's enough for her. After she took a liking to Qi Ye, she made several attempts to win him over. However, after discovering that Qi Ye was indeed not interested in her, she quickly adjusted her strategy.

Just when Qi Ye thought she had given up, she pulled a big surprise on him.

Using Zhou Yang's name, they lured Qi Ye to the siblings' cramped apartment and then drugged her.

Thinking that once the deed was done, even if Qi Ye was unwilling, he had no choice but to accept it.

Qi Ye was a little too careless and fell for it, but he still had some sense.

Upon realizing something was wrong, he immediately fled. Zhou Yueya was stunned, never expecting that the duck that was about to be eaten could fly away. In a panic, she also chased after him, not because she was afraid of anything else, but because she was afraid that Qi Ye would be picked up by someone else and someone else would take advantage of him.

In that case, wouldn't all her painstaking planning have been in vain?

Qi Ye jumped into the river to put out the fire. Zhou Yueya could swim, but only in the small stream in the village that was only half a person high.

Looking at Qi Ye in the water, she had a look of intense longing on her face. Then she closed her eyes and jumped into the water with a resolute expression.

This is an attempt to force him to comply.

Qi Ye was also furious. He raised his hand and slapped himself twice. He resolutely swam to Zhou Yueya's side, covered her mouth, and pressed her underwater.

A sinister voice came, "If you want to die, I'll grant your wish. We can go ashore together, but it will only be me holding your corpse."

The feeling of suffocation overwhelmed her, and even the fearless Zhou Yueya finally succumbed to fear.

After that ordeal, although Qi Ye escaped danger, looking at Zhou Yang, she always felt that their feelings had unknowingly changed.

If you ask him to open his heart to Zhou Yang again, he won't be able to.

The two had a final farewell drink. Zhou Yang and Xie Qiye gave Zhou Yueya some face and didn't make a big fuss or force her to live a life she couldn't bear.

Qi Ye wasn't that kind-hearted; he just wanted to avoid trouble. Once you get entangled in something like this, it's hard to get out of it. Qi Ye didn't want to be tied to Zhou Yueya like this for the rest of his life. It would be best if they could never see each other again.

Besides, if some idiot tries to pair them up, Qi Ye will be driven crazy with envy.

That's roughly what happened. Zhou Yueya seemed to have been frightened by Qi Ye, and after that incident, she had to behave herself for more than a year.

After that, they didn't speak to each other when they met. After the Spring Festival this year, Zhou Yang became the squad leader and moved into the military compound with his younger sister. She started to revert to her old ways and always hovered around Qi Ye.

This time, she probably heard about Qi Ye's marriage and couldn't hold back, which is why she came up to talk to him. In the past, Zhou Yueya would never have dared to do that.

After hearing Zhou Yueya's story of most of her life, Shen Fenghua didn't know what to say.

This thing has gone through a similar twist and turn to my own life.

The only difference between the two is that Zhou Yueya always thinks about relying on others and will stop at nothing to achieve her goals, while Shen Fenghua relies on herself, is down-to-earth, and takes one step at a time.

As for relying on others, Shen Fenghua also has her own principles for dealing with things, which is that she cannot harm the interests of others.

Thinking of this, after listening to the story, Shen Fenghua remained silent for a long time before blurting out, "If that's the case, then this young lady is quite something!"

Qi Ye: "...?"

He was somewhat bewildered, almost spitting out a mouthful of blood. He looked at Shen Fenghua with a resentful expression, "You're just talking without understanding the situation. I didn't plan on you."

Shen Fenghua laughed, clutching her stomach, "It's all in the past, just let it go!"

As for Zhou Yueya, well, what can I say? Anyway, Shen Fenghua will avoid her from now on; she's got a hornet's nest of schemes.