Did you know that she was forced to give her job to her younger brother, went to the countryside in his place, broke her leg, and experienced her parents' indifference? She truly witnessed what it means to see true friendship in times of trouble!

Thinking about her parents' words and actions towards her, Xia Xiaoli's eyes involuntarily welled up with tears.

Stepping out of the residential compound, there is a sidewalk lined with trees on both sides. It takes about ten minutes to walk to the village ahead, passing through the hospital. The supply and marketing cooperative is not far from the entrance to the village.

People who work at the hospital, people from the village in front, and people from the family compound all buy groceries here.

The village is close to the sea, and people can occasionally go to the village to exchange seafood when they go out to sea to fish.

Because it's close to the sea, seafood is relatively cheap.

It takes others about ten minutes to walk out of the supply and marketing cooperative, but for Xia Xiaoli, it takes more than twenty minutes.

When facing pedestrians on the street, Xia Xiaoli still feels inferior and doesn't dare to look up at them.

Xia Xiaoli was lost in thought as she walked past.

"ah!"

He bumped into someone and fell to the ground.

I landed on my hands first and got poked by the sand.

"Why don't you watch where you're going?" Fang Guilan walked over from the bus stop carrying her luggage.

She came to see her sister, who had heard that her sister had introduced her to a boyfriend in the army, so that she wouldn't have to stay in the countryside to work anymore.

Looking down at Xia Xiaoli's pitiful appearance, Fang Guilan pressed on, saying, "You were the one who wasn't looking where you were going. I didn't knock you down."

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to," Xia Xiaoli said hastily.

Looking at how beautiful Xia Xiaoli was, and then touching her own face, Fang Guilan felt even angrier.

She was in the countryside, where she had to do all sorts of chores. She finally managed to get here, but her sister still wouldn't come to pick her up, which made her even angrier.

He had only intended to ask for directions, but when he saw Xia Xiaoli walking towards him with her head down, he bumped into her.

Even more annoyed, he looked down at Xia Xiaoli and angrily cursed, "What's the use of saying sorry? You think you're so pretty that you can get sympathy by saying a few soft words? I've seen too many people like that."

After returning the car, Li Qingming, who was heading back to his unit, saw Xia Xiaoli fall down and saw a woman standing in front of her, saying something to her.

"Are you alright?" Li Qingming came over and helped Xia Xiaoli up.

"I'm fine, thank you." Xia Xiaoli was helped up by Li Qingming. She patted her hands and then patted the dust off her clothes.

Fang Guilan looked at Li Qingming and felt that he was very familiar, so she took out a photo from her pocket and compared it.

He's much more handsome in person than in the photos.

"Liu Dahai, let her go." Fang Guilan saw Li Qingming supporting Xia Xiaoli. She was shocked to see this man, with whom she had corresponded, supporting another woman.

Li Qingming was pushed aside and looked at the woman with a puzzled expression, wondering what she was looking at.

He was calling out other people's names; he had absolutely no manners.

Xia Xiaoli also found it strange when she heard the woman call Li Qingming Liu Dahai.

She looked at Li Qingming; she had originally been watching the show.

With a "thud," pain shot through Xia Xiaoli's face.

Xia Xiaoli was stunned. Why was she being hit? She covered her face and stared incredulously at the strange woman.

She wasn't looking where she was going and bumped into someone, and she apologized. There's no reason for her to hit her.

"Comrade, what are you doing? Why are you hitting someone?" Li Qingming was also frightened. Did this woman have some kind of grudge against Xia Xiaoli?

Fang Guilan saw that Li Qingming was actually protecting Xia Xiaoli.

He rolled up his sleeves, pointed at Xia Xiaoli's nose, and cursed, "You seductive vixen, I'll beat you to death!"

"Hey, hey!" Li Qingming, not understanding what was going on, reached out and stopped him.

Li Qingming stood alone in front of Xia Xiaoli, and she could only take two steps back.

"Liu Dahai, you clearly promised to date me. I'm already here, and you're flirting with this vixen right in front of me! I'm going to find that leader and report you!" Fang Guilan said, seeing that Li Qingming was still protecting this woman. "Do you think I'm ugly because I'm dark-skinned? I'm pretty too, I'm just tanned. If you don't like me, you don't have to humiliate me like this."

"Are you sure you've mistaken me for someone else? I don't know you. Don't talk nonsense here. You hit someone and you're trying to shift the blame!" Li Qingming was confused. He came over to help, but was pushed by this strange woman. He had just watched her hit someone and then said nothing.

Now, it's the other way around; he, Li Qingming, betrayed her.

"Comrade, are you out of your mind? Have you been through something traumatic?" Li Qingming couldn't help but become suspicious.

Xia Xiaoli was slapped. She was a gentle person by nature and had never been bullied like this before.

Tears welled up instantly.

"Liu Dahai, how could you treat me like this? You were the one who told my sister that you liked me and agreed to marry me. I traveled all the way from out of town to marry you, and you just played me for a fool!"

Fang Guilan also became anxious and directly questioned Li Qingming.

This has left Li Qingming bewildered. What does this mean?

Staring at Fang Guilan, he said again, "My name is not Liu Dahai, but Li Qingming. Liu Dahai is from the same hometown as me. Are you mistaken?"

"What?" Fang Guilan was taken aback at first, then looked at Xia Xiaoli, who looked pitiful, behind Li Qingming.

Fang Guilan pointed at Xia Xiaoli and asked Li Qingming, "Are you talking nonsense because of this woman? Look at the photo, that's you."

"And these letters, all written to me. You said that as long as I married you, I wouldn't have to work in the countryside. I brought all these things over, and you actually..." Fang Guiyan was so angry that she was about to throw down the things and stared at Xia Xiaoli.

"I'm going to die with this bastard today!"

She'd only be ridiculed if she went back; she'd rather die than let Liu Dahai dump her.

Xia Xiaoli felt herself being stared at with a fierce gaze, but she didn't back away.

Fang Guilan pounced on Xia Xiaoli, and just as she was about to grab her, Li Qingming pulled Xia Xiaoli away, causing Fang Guilan to miss.

When Xia Xiaoli lost her balance and was about to fall, Li Qingming caught her in his arms.

Zhang Dali, who had just returned from training, saw Li Qingming make this gesture.

"Li Qingming, you bastard!" Zhang Dali shouted angrily as he ran over from a distance and threw a punch.

Xia Xiaoli was stunned; what was going on?

Li Qingming was truly miserable. He didn't even know what had happened, but he was relentlessly pursued by a woman and even punched by Zhang Dali.

More and more people gathered around to watch.

The matter escalated to the point that it reached the leader's office.

Political Commissar Liao Heshan looked at Li Qingming's face, which was swollen from a punch, and Xia Xiaoli's face, which also had obvious handprints.

Then look at Fang Guilan, her eyes red from crying, saying she had been bullied and deceived.