When Jiang Ting returned to her dormitory, she was all alone. She took out her notebook, which was filled with newspaper pictures, mostly military newspapers that Jiang Pei had given her.

Ever since Jiang Pei's failed attempt to introduce Yuan Qiang to her, she has become infatuated with him and has repeatedly told her cousin to give her any newspaper articles featuring Yuan Qiang.

She cut out Yuan Qiang's photo and pasted it into her notebook, kissing it repeatedly. Whenever she was alone, she would take it out and look at it. She had asked Jiang Pei to take her to the regimental headquarters to see him many times, but the military was heavily guarded and it was impossible to allow unrelated people to come and go as they pleased.

Jiang Pei was afraid that her cousin would cause trouble, so she kept making excuses to avoid it.

Xia Enruo stood in the campus for half an hour and collected three pairs of jeans and two sweaters. It seemed that business was getting better and better in the afternoon.

She took a sip of water to moisten her throat before continuing her calls.

"Cousin, what are you doing here?"

Xia Enruo turned her head and looked around, but didn't see anyone familiar.

"Hey cousin, are you so forgetful that you can't even remember me?"

The boy walking towards us was wearing a leather hat, a straw-yellow jacket, and shiny black leather shoes.

"Who are you?"

Xia Enruo recognized the face but couldn't remember who it was.

"Cousin. I'm Guohong, Zhang Guohong. I didn't expect to run into you here."

Zhang Guohong? Zhang Guohong? Xia Enruo searched her memory. This sounds familiar; she felt like she'd heard it somewhere before.

"Zhang Guohong?"

Xia Enru asked a question.

"What's wrong, cousin? You've fallen so low as to perform on the street, and you're too embarrassed to acknowledge your relatives? I heard you shouting from so far away, I thought you were a monkey trainer!"

The girl next to the boy asked:

"Guohong. Is she really your sister? How come you have such a relative?"

Zhang Guohong looked at Xia Enruo and said:

“She is my aunt’s child. My aunt and uncle were criticized and struggled against in the 1970s and committed suicide by jumping off a building. She was the only daughter left. I didn’t expect to meet her here today. We thought she had gone with her parents.”

Zhang Guohong's mockery prompted Xia Enruo to retrieve it from the original owner's memories.

Zhang Guohong is the son of the original owner's maternal uncle. After the original owner's parents died, her uncle and aunt, along with her maternal grandparents, seized the original owner's parents' inheritance and kicked her out because they thought she was a burden.

Even after the original owner's parents were removed from their posts, they kept the government's compensation money for themselves.

The original owner couldn't survive without a job, so she had no choice but to go to the Gu family with the marriage contract and marry Gu Shaoxuan.

Xia Enru remembered all of this and trembled with anger.

"Oh, it's Guohong. I didn't expect your parents to have taken our family's property, making you look so respectable now. I almost didn't recognize you. Clothes really do make the man. If you were wearing a tattered cotton-padded jacket, I probably would have recognized you from far away."

Xia Enruo's words surprised Zhang Guohong. Didn't she used to hide from people? Why is she so sharp-tongued now? His parents did indeed seize his aunt's property, but so what? So many years have passed and nothing has happened.

"Cousin, I think you've gotten confused from standing in the sun all summer. When did our family seize your family's property? You need to have evidence to support your claim, otherwise you're just slandering us."

Xia Enruo really didn't expect this. You used to be living a life of luxury at home, but now you're standing here on the roadside doing hard labor.

This younger brother is truly disgusting; he disregards family ties and now he's saying such things about himself.

"So what if it's hard work? Who does it bother if you earn your own living? You look like a spoiled brat with your slicked-back hair. I bet you haven't earned a single penny yet and you're always asking your family for money."

Upon hearing Xia Enruo's words, the woman's boyfriend began to shout:

"Guohong's hands are those of a surgeon. After he graduates and gets a job at a big hospital, his daily wage will be equivalent to your monthly wage. What are you so proud of, you're just a laundry worker? Guohong, your cousin is so pitiful, why don't we patronize her business? My coat is a bit dirty, can you wash it for me? By the way, this coat is very expensive, so don't ruin it while washing it, I can't afford to pay for it."

Zhang Guohong smiled wryly upon hearing this.

"Cousin. Look how good we are to you. We've been supporting your business since we first met. After all, we're family. We can't bear to see you not receiving clothes or not being able to afford food."

Looking at the two of them, Xia Enruo thought, "A bitch and a dog are a perfect match. Birds of a feather flock together. She's wearing rags and she dares to call herself expensive? In her past life, every haute couture piece she wore cost tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars. And here she is, showing off."

"Washing clothes is fine, but it'll cost 100 yuan to wash this piece of clothing."

Xia Enruo picked up the clothes and prepared to wrap them up.

"What? 100 yuan? Who are you trying to fool? You clearly wrote 3 mao (0.3 yuan)."

Zhang Guohong said.

"Yes, I wrote 30 cents. But didn't she say that this dress is expensive, so washing it is expensive? My brother is so rich, surely he can afford it?"

Xia Enruo thought, "If I dare to wash it, do you dare to pay for it?"

"Forget it. What a lousy laundromat, I think it's a scam, I'm not getting my clothes washed here."

The woman snatched the clothes from Xia Enruo's hands and pulled Zhang Guohong away.

"Take care! Next time you have any valuable clothes, feel free to bring them here to be washed. I can wash them all here."

"Xia Enruo, don't be so smug for too long. You've become a penniless dog and you're still being stubborn. When I get home, I'll tell my parents and grandparents that you'll soon be begging on the streets."

Zhang Guohong turned around and called out. He was really happy to see Xia Enruo like this. When he was little, his family was poor. When he went to his aunt's house, his cousin had everything she needed, including food, clothing and daily necessities. She also studied vocal music.

Why should my family have to eat coarse food and wild vegetables? It's so unfair! Now that they're all dead, it's so satisfying to see her living like this.

There will be plenty of time in the future. Since I know she is in Yongning, I won't have to worry about running into her. I'll have plenty of time to tease her.

Xia Enruo stood there, feeling indignant on behalf of the original owner of the body. Her parents were dead, and her property had been seized. Fortunately, the Gu family took her in, otherwise she would have died long ago.

What a twist of fate! I never expected Zhang Guohong to be studying at Yongning Medical University. What bad luck!

She was still upset and sat on the stool for a long time.

Having real family doesn't seem to be a good thing. Not only did I feel no joy, but I also suffered an insult. The original owner was really born into the wrong family and encountered such a bunch of oddballs.

Forget it, there's no need to get angry over these bastards. Making money is more important. With money, I'll have confidence, and I won't starve no matter where I go on my own.

She stood up and continued shouting, her voice even louder than before.

Xia Enruo's fighting spirit grew stronger and stronger. Uncles, aunts, grandparents, and maternal grandparents, you'll make me a laughingstock! Dream on!