In just one day, Lin Qingyan received gifts from Lu Zhengting three times. He's not even her boyfriend, yet he keeps sending her gifts, while Gu Mingzhou, her boyfriend, has been here for so long without giving her anything in return. How could she not be angry?

"Guanghui, I'll talk to him when he comes out."

She kept hinting at it to Gu Mingzhou, but Gu Mingzhou couldn't figure it out, so she had no choice but to tell him directly.

Lin Guanghui then smiled and said, "Okay, sis."

After dinner, Lin Sisi sat in the courtyard waiting for Gu Mingzhou. Gu Mingzhou lay on the kang (a heated brick bed) for a while, then came out to use the toilet. Lin Sisi quickly went up to him and said, "Brother Mingzhou, I have something to tell you."

Gu Mingzhou pointed in the direction of the toilet.

"Let's talk about it when I get out."

"OK."

A short while later, Gu Mingzhou came out of the restroom, approached Lin Sisi, and asked, "Sisi, what's wrong with you?"

At this moment, his emotions and expression had returned to calm.

Lin Sisi said, "Brother Mingzhou, you saw it today too. Comrade Lu sent so many things to Qingyan in one day. I asked Qingyan, and they're not even dating yet."

But we're already engaged, and our relationship is much closer than theirs.

Gu Mingzhou realized something only then; Lin Sisi was hinting that he should buy her a gift.

He actually dislikes this kind of behavior of deliberately asking for gifts. Gifts represent sincerity, and deliberately asking for them is like kidnapping.

I never expected Lin Sisi to be this kind of woman.

Thinking back to when Lu Zhengting gave Lin Qingyan a gift today, Lin Qingyan wanted to refuse it, but Lin Sisi had the nerve to ask him for something. It turns out that Lin Sisi is so greedy for petty gains, so stingy.

In comparison, Lin Sisi's image in his mind was somewhat overshadowed by Lin Qingyan.

He sighed and asked Lin Sisi, "Sisi, in your heart, do you think the gift is more important, or am I more important?"

"Of course, it's Mingzhou who's more important."

"Sisi, it's good that you think this way. Sending a few things doesn't mean anything. Like that Comrade Lu, he sent things to Lin Qingyan. He had ulterior motives. Who would send things several times a day? There's nothing wrong with that, right?"

Lin Sisi thought about it and realized that Gu Mingzhou's words made a lot of sense.

She also knew that Gu Mingzhou was referring to Lu Zhengting. "Brother Mingzhou, do you think that Comrade Lu will really harm Qingyan?"

"I think it's possible. Let me tell you, he's actually in the same unit as me. We know each other, but we don't interact much. He seems upright on the surface, but who knows how despicable he is inside."

I reminded him to stay away from Qingyan, but he wouldn't listen, and Qingyan ignored me too. Sigh~

Lin Sisi felt a little comforted. Although Lu Zhengting was good-looking and more capable than Gu Mingzhou, he was not a good person.

She was just waiting to see how Lu Zhengting would toy with Lin Qingyan. When Lin Qingyan was deceived and cried, she was determined to have a good look at her.

The autumn harvest is not over yet, and everyone still has to go back to work.

Gu Mingzhou didn't accompany Lin Sisi to the fields or the mountain today; he rested directly at the educated youth settlement.

Lu Zhengting went to work in the fields with the Li family.

Lin Qingyan had just cut half of the pig feed when she saw Lu Zhengting.

She didn't find it strange; the other person was visiting relatives, and whether or not he wanted to work in the fields was his own business.

Lu Zhengting smiled and walked towards her: "Comrade Lin."

"Comrade Lu, what a coincidence, it's great to see you again," Lin Qingyan said politely.

"Yes, I was working in the fields with my uncle's family just now, and I came over for a stroll during my break. I didn't expect to see Comrade Lin."

His gaze flickered to the sickle in Lin Qingyan's hand.

"Since we've run into each other, let me help Comrade Lin with some work."

"How can that be?" Lin Qingyan quickly hid the sickle behind her back. "I can't always let you do my work. Now is your time to rest. You should take a good rest or go for a walk somewhere else."

“Mowing the lawn is like taking a break for me. Besides, I can’t repay you for holding your handkerchief, so mowing your lawn is like paying interest.”

"Really, you don't need to."

"I might need your help in the future. If you don't need my help, does that mean you won't help me when I need it in the future?"

"No, that's not it. If you need anything, I will definitely help if I can."

"That's it then. What's the big deal about me cutting some grass for you?"

Lu Zhengting snatched the sickle from her hand and started cutting grass. Lin Qingyan was stunned. What Lu Zhengting said seemed to make sense, but she always felt that she had taken advantage of him.

Lu Zhengting worked quickly, and soon the bamboo basket was full of grass he had cut.

Lin Qingyan smiled and said, "The work you do in a little while will be equivalent to what I do in half a day, and I can finish work more than an hour earlier."

Lu Zhengting also laughed and said, "So, don't be shy about helping me mow the lawn in the future. What you think is difficult is probably a piece of cake for me, not worth mentioning."

"Then I can't keep owing you money."

"So what? I owed you first, so it's perfectly reasonable for you to pay me back."

"Hahahaha." Lin Qingyan was amused by him again. "Then if we keep owing each other, it might never end."

"That's alright, why does it have to be over? We've already met three times by chance, which proves that we're destined to be together."

"You also believe in fate? I thought you soldiers were all very pragmatic and didn't believe in such ethereal things."

Lu Zhengting thought for a moment: "To be honest, I didn't believe it before, but ever since I met you by chance in Tianjin, I thought that the world was so big that it would be hard to see you again."

But a few days later I saw you again on the train. Although I still didn't know where you would go after that, I had a feeling that we would see each other again.

I never expected you to cut in line at my grandma's house, and then we ran into each other again. Isn't that a wonderful coincidence?

"Yes, it's quite a coincidence."

"So, I've slowly come to believe in fate, and this is the fate between us. Even if you insist on distinguishing between us now, with this thing called fate, I think we will still cross paths in the future."

Lin Qingyan nodded: "What you said seems to make sense."

"Right, just let nature take its course."