Chapter 4: Meeting in this Life

Meng Shulan ran to the old sycamore tree at the entrance of the town.

It was not a market day, so there were few people on the street and no cars waiting for passengers.

But it's okay, this is the main road, connecting more than a dozen villages along the way. If she waits for a while, she might be able to ride a tractor or a ox cart.

In fact, her house is not far from the town. If you walk fast, you can get there in an hour.

But the rural roads today are not paved with cement, and it rained last night, so the road is difficult to walk on and is full of mud. If she goes back like this, the shoes on her feet will probably be ruined.

The pair of little leather shoes on her feet were bought by her brother in the city and sent back to her. Meng Shulan treasured them very much and was reluctant to part with them.

Just as I was thinking this, I suddenly heard a light bell ringing behind me.

Meng Shulan looked over with some surprise, and heard someone say, "You're blocking the road."

The voice was low and hoarse, and sounded particularly cold in the late autumn of October, making her feel familiar.

It should be Gu Hansong.

The person who often visited her in the hospital in her previous life, her fellow villager, the neighbor just across the wall from her hometown, was the golden phoenix that flew out of their small corner of the world. He was a figure who often appeared on TV and in magazines more than ten years later. He was the most successful entrepreneur in the country in those years, a rare talent.

Meng Shulan rubbed her moist eyes and saw Gu Hansong as expected.

However, this was not the Gu Hansong who was over thirty years old in her memory, but the Gu Hansong who had just turned twenty years old in his youth.

No one knew where he came from. He was driving a mule cart, wearing a pair of old Liberation shoes, black bucket pants and a blue jacket that was washed to a pale color. He looked gray all over.

Gu Hansong, who was used to being dressed in a suit and tie, with even his hair neat and delicate, suddenly looked like a country boy. To be honest, she was a little uncomfortable with it.

Why is his hair so long? When it falls on his forehead, it almost covers half of his eyes. When he looks at people, his line of sight comes through the ends of his hair. Combined with his serious face, he looks gloomy and distant.

Is he like this at the age of twenty?

It happened so long ago that Meng Shulan could hardly remember it.

Logically, they are neighbors and should be very familiar with each other.

It was true when I was a child.

Ever since Meng Shulan could remember, she had been following Gu Hansong and calling him brother.

At that time, Meng Shulan felt that Gu Hansong was very capable. He could do everything. He could go to the river to catch fish, climb trees to take bird eggs, he was good at working in the fields, he had good grades, and he took good care of himself.

Meng Shulan still remembers that he often smiled at her, touched the little braids on her head, waited for her and took her to school in the commune, and sometimes when it rained, he would hold an umbrella for her and carry her across the river.

However, as the two grew up and there were differences between men and women, they rarely played together, and Gu Hansong's personality gradually became colder.

After finishing primary school in the commune, his grandfather passed away, so he dropped out of school and worked as a farmer at home. She came to the town to attend junior high and high school, and only came home once a week. They hardly saw each other, and they became more and more distant. Sometimes when they met on the road, he would even avoid her.

To be honest, Meng Shulan felt a little sad. She felt that this guy didn't treat her as a friend. He only played with boys and looked down on her because she was a girl.

Later, she took the college entrance examination and went to university, while he went south to work and soon brought his family over, and the two lost contact.

When they contacted again, it was seven years later. By then, he had achieved something and still remembered his hometown. He returned to the city to invest. Because they were from the same village, the leader specially transferred her from the grassroots level to the front line to do reception work.

That day, Gu Hansong, wearing his expensive suit, seemed like a different person, no longer the poor boy he used to be.

Meng Shulan realized that they were getting further and further apart and were no longer from the same world.

During that reception, the leader followed them throughout the whole process. Although the two knew each other, they did not have the opportunity to chat.

Meng Shulan just remembered that he asked, "Is he good to you?"

At that time, she and Han Ning had already set a date for their wedding.

Meng Shulan naturally knew who this was referring to.

She was stunned for a moment and said softly, "It's pretty good." Han Ning was indeed nice to her at that time.

He said "Oh" and there was no further communication until she was diagnosed with cancer and his business shifted to the domestic market. Then they met again.

He suddenly appeared in her ward carrying some things. His previous aloofness was gone. He asked her why she didn't tell him earlier and whether she wanted to go abroad for treatment.

That worried and nervous look seemed to have turned back into the smiling and easy-going big brother next door who lived next door when he was a child.

But she had liver cancer, a terminal illness.

Meng Shulan refused. She had already undergone the surgery, so why bother making trouble? She should just leave it to fate.

During those years, Gu Hansong often went back to the city to see her, talk to her, and bring her delicious food.

They finally became friends.

It’s a pity that she won’t live for many years.

Fortunately, he came back to life after death.

If she calculated, she hadn't seen Gu Hansong for two or three months in her previous life.

He said he had some project and was going abroad.

After being reborn, Meng Shulan was quite happy to meet him suddenly. She immediately smiled and called him, "Gu Hansong."

The beautiful eighteen-year-old girl’s smile is like the most dazzling gem in the world, making people dare not look directly at her.

Gu Hansong frowned, drove closer, glanced at her and said, "Stop laughing."

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The gaze that emerged from the ends of his hair was so indifferent that I always felt like he was looking down on me.

Meng Shulan's smile froze and her face almost fell.

This person is so heartless.

If I hadn't lived through this life and knew that he just had a cold face, I would probably have hated him.

Meng Shulan didn't care and asked him quickly, "Where are you from? What's in the car? Are you picking up vegetables outside? Have you had lunch? Are you going home?"

Gu Hansong didn't answer at all and drove away.

Meng Shulan: “…”

The last time you met, he was sitting in front of the hospital bed, peeling an apple for himself, but now he doesn't even look at you, which is a bit crazy.

Meng Shulan quickly chased after him.

"You are going back, take me with you, I want to go back too."

The mule cart did not stop, and the driver even whipped it.

Meng Shulan: “???”

What is this person doing? He is determined not to take me with him, right? I have to sit here today!!!

Meng Shulan quickened her pace.

The mule cart ran slowly and was caught up in a short while.

But when she was about to climb into the car, her shoes sank into the mud, her steps became unsteady, and she fell to her knees.

Meng Shulan: “…”

Now, not to mention her precious leather shoes, even her pants and sleeves were covered in mud.

Looking at the car driving away, Meng Shulan's face turned green with anger.

"Gu Hansong, you want to run? If you run again, I will tell Grandma Wu that you are the one who caused me to be in this state!"

Grandma Wu is Gu Hansong’s biological grandmother. Although she is seventy-six years old, she still manages the household.

In the Gu family, only Grandma Wu can control him.

Sure enough, the car in front stopped.

Gu Hansong looked back, put down the whip and got out of the car.

(End of this chapter)