Xie Yan felt a surge of disgust as he recalled these past events.

He frowned, his face full of disgust, and said, "I never thought that such a vicious and selfish person would get together with Wang Xiao."

He paused for a moment, then asked directly, "I remember this Wang Yindi has a childhood betrothal partner, doesn't he?"

Gu Bin glanced at Xie Yan, a teasing smile on his face, and said, "You really don't care about village affairs at all. You don't even know about such a big thing."

"The engagement was called off before winter even arrived. It's said that the man's family had taken a liking to someone else, so they came to break off the engagement. Not only did they not want the gifts they had given over the years, they even gave him ten yuan. That's why the Wang family didn't make a fuss."

Xie Yan nodded, then asked, "So how did she and Wang Xiao become attracted to each other?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yihong immediately became interested, her eyes sparkling with laughter as she looked at Xie Yan and said, "Don't you know? This Wang Yindi is also one of Shen Jianguo's admirers."

“After winter set in, she would frequently visit Shen Jianguo, each time bringing carefully prepared gifts to bring him warmth.”

"But who is Shen Jianguo? He's a heartthrob, okay? He doesn't even look at her. Every time she gives him something, he doesn't even glance at it and refuses it outright. He won't even see her."

"Later, Wang Xiao went out to refuse them on their behalf. After a while, I don't know how, but the two of them actually fell for each other."

Upon hearing this, Xie Yan couldn't help but laugh, thinking that Wang Xiao probably had his eye on the gift Wang Yindi had given him.

Then he realized something was wrong. Logically speaking, Wang Xiao hadn't experienced the hardships of working before, so he shouldn't have taken a liking to Wang Yindi so easily, unless Wang Yindi had agreed to some conditions.

He turned to Gu Bin beside him and asked, "What's the deal with Wang Xiao?"

Gu Bin revealed a malicious smile and said, "What else could it be? Wang Yindi felt sorry for Wang Xiao's weak health and often gave him the food that Shen Jianguo refused. Over time, Wang Xiao was won over."

Standing to the side, Liu Yihong, with a look of gleeful anticipation, added with great interest, "Wang Yindi has declared that as long as she marries Wang Xiao, Wang Xiao won't even need to work anymore; she'll support him!"

As he spoke, he looked at Xie Yan with interest, a mischievous smile playing on his lips. He continued, "She even spouted nonsense, saying that Yu Yuehui can live a comfortable life supporting someone like you who eats fine food every day. Supporting someone as good as Wang Xiao would be a piece of cake for her, a very easy task!"

Xie Yan was speechless for a moment after hearing this, thinking to himself: This Wang Yindi probably only sees the surface of his and Yu Yuehui's life and thinks he can do it too easily.

But why didn't she realize that even though she didn't work, she could still earn work points by teaching!

Not to mention, Yu Yuehui often went hunting in the mountains and would also dig up medicinal herbs everywhere.

Seeing Xie Yan's speechless expression, Gu Bin said with a smile, "You may not know, but after Wang Yindi's engagement was broken off, many people mocked her, saying that she was abandoned by her man."

"This guy is quite 'stubborn.' I heard he made a bold statement that he would find someone who is ten thousand times better than that guy who broke off the engagement in every way."

"At first, he set his sights on Shen Jianguo, but after being rejected several times, he turned his attention to Wang Xiao."

Xie Yan laughed upon hearing this, and said with a mischievous grin, "Wouldn't this be considered a mismatch between a turtle and mung beans?"

He really wanted to burst out laughing. What a wonderful person, a thousand times better than him!

It's not that I look down on Wang Xiao, it's just that, considering their status as educated youth sent to the countryside, Wang Xiao is really unreliable, okay?

When they were able to return to the city, many of those male educated youth abandoned their wives and children.

Some even swindled all their family's money, claiming they were going to school, but never returned.

Many of these women, who have never left their mountain villages in their entire lives, don't even know where their husbands go to school, let alone how to find them.

Those who can find a school and cause trouble there are all very formidable characters.

Xie Yan recalled something he had heard in his previous life.

There was a woman there who was very beautiful when she was young. She was the most beautiful girl in the village, and so many men wanted to marry her that they couldn't count them all.

As a result, she fell in love with a handsome young man who had been sent to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution, and despite her family's objections, she resolutely married him.

After the college entrance examination was reinstated, this male educated youth went straight to university, heartlessly abandoning his wife and children, and never returned.

At first, every winter, the woman would go to the village entrance to wait, gazing into the distance and murmuring to herself, "He will come back, we promised."

At first, every winter, the woman would rush to the village entrance, her eyes gazing eagerly into the distance, her lips trembling as she murmured, "He will come back, we promised, he will definitely come back..." The biting wind cut across her cheeks like a knife, but it did nothing to diminish the anticipation in her eyes.

However, spring turned to autumn, winter to summer, and the man's figure never appeared on that winding road.

Xie Yan remembered it so clearly because the woman had a close relationship with her grandmother and often brought her son to their house to play.

Grandma Xie witnessed the changes in the woman firsthand. The woman, who was once as bright and beautiful as spring flowers and full of hope, gradually lost her sparkle during the long wait, and her eyes were replaced by numbness and despair.

The woman was unwilling to believe that the husband she loved so deeply could be a heartless and ungrateful person.

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