University student Qin Xiaoyu died with deep regrets, betrayed by a scumbag. Reborn, she finds herself in the body of a 25-year-old young widow with depression and two children, living in the 1980s...
Before Qin Xiaoyu could comfort her, she was forcibly dragged aside by the people next to her to prevent them from colluding.
Only then did Qin Xiaoyu realize the gravity of the situation; the entire school had been raided. At that moment, her cousin-in-law rushed over; she was there for Tian Tian, her niece.
To be honest, Master Wang is fine, he's in his fifties or sixties, but Tian Tian is an unmarried woman. His sister-in-law is so worried that she's afraid something might happen and her child won't be able to get married in the future.
Seeing that she couldn't get any information from here and was completely lost, Qin Xiaoyu had no choice but to lead her cousin-in-law out.
"What should we do? If they charge this with hooliganism, it'll be forcing the child to take a desperate path! Even if they're released, they'll be too ashamed to face anyone!" My cousin's wife reverted to her old ways when she got anxious; all she could do was cause trouble.
"Let's go find my brother, he has a solution."
Qin Xiaoyu dragged Qi Si out of bed. After making a phone call, he understood the situation and was dumbfounded.
It turns out that a female student named Qi Yanzi from the hairdressing school was dating a male student named Dong Changping and got pregnant before marriage.
The woman caused a scene at the school, and Tian Tian couldn't control her. She was reported to the police station, and officers from the police station came and, in a joint operation, removed all the male and female students living on campus in the middle of the night. Because she heard the door open, Tian Tian went down to check and found that the iron gate between the first and second floors was open. She was immediately labeled as a hooligan group living together with men and women.
Qin Xiaoyu sighed. She had repeatedly instructed Wang Shifu to stay at the school. But Wang Shifu had slacked off and left it to Tian Tian, so Qin Xiaoyu couldn't say much. Now that things had come to this, she could only deal with it as it came.
"Girl, this is troublesome. If it were just a simple mixed-gender living arrangement, it would be easy to handle. But now, a female student is pregnant. She was opposed by her family because of her relationship, and in a fit of anger, she tried to jump into the river. Luckily, she was rescued and is now in the hospital. Her parents have also lost face and almost lost their daughter. Now they are fighting the school to the death." Qi Si was also troubled.
"Could you get my master out first? She's old and in poor health. I'll pay any amount of money to bail her out." Qin Xiaoyu could only try to get one person out of trouble at a time.
“I just asked too. My friend said that this case has caused quite a stir, and it’s not easy to handle now.”
"The main concern is the pregnant girl's family, right? I'll sound her out first and see if we can settle this privately. If possible, it would be best to settle it privately, and then the two children can get married and that's it." Qin Xiaoyu sighed; she really had a lot to worry about all day.
She heard Qi Si's report of the arrest list and knew there were still some who had escaped. She rushed to the school, just in the morning, where three bewildered teenagers were standing at the entrance.
"Come with me now. Leave the bicycle behind!" Qin Xiaoyu pulled them onto the car without saying a word, took them to Qi Si's shop, and led them to the back room.
"Principal Qin, what happened?" One of the students, an elderly man named Hu An, knew Qin Xiaoyu. He lived in the city and went home to stay at night, which is how the three of them escaped unharmed.
They said everything was fine and that they needed to lay low, in case they were taken in to testify and then disappeared without a trace.
Only after asking did Qin Xiaoyu learn the gist of the matter: the situation was different from what the police had gathered. It was Qi Yanzi who had pursued Dong Changping, but he had completely refused and had been avoiding her.
"Is the pregnancy true?" Qin Xiaoyu noticed something suspicious.
"How would I know? Sister Tian is quite strict. Now male and female trainees eat separately." The trainee shook his head.
Qin Xiaoyu knew it was pointless to ask; how could this half-grown boy know what morning sickness was like?
Master Wang has been locked up for two days, and Qin Xiaoyu hasn't been able to get her out. The information Qi Si has been getting keeps changing. It seems the Municipal Bureau wants to make this a case example. If that's the case, these people probably won't get away with it. At the very least, they'll be sentenced to re-education through labor. Then these young people's lives will be ruined.
Qin Xiaoyu shuddered and began to blame herself. At the time, she was only thinking about finding a way for them to find employment, but she overlooked the most important point. Wasn't this just setting people up for failure?
Zhou Xing's mother noticed that Qin Xiaoyu was suffering from internal heat, so she cooked her lily bulb and lotus seed soup that evening. Qin Xiaoyu had a blister on her lip that hurt when touched, so she put down the bowl after taking one bite.
"Eat up, how can you cool down if you don't eat?" Zhou Xing's mother almost snatched the bowl and fed him by hand.
"Mom, I'm worried. Mr. Wang's blood pressure is unstable. What if something happens to him?"
“There’s no use in worrying about this. You handed the school over to her to manage, so it has nothing to do with you. It’s her fault for not keeping it in check. You’ve already done your best,” Zhou Xing’s mother comforted her.
"That's true, but we built this business together, we can't just stand by and watch them die. Besides, it would be so pitiful if these kids' lives were ruined." Qin Xiaoyu sighed, knowing she would have to keep thinking of solutions tomorrow.
Qi Si's influence is considerable, but this matter is extremely troublesome. Many people are involved, and it coincides with the tail end of the public security system's spring offensive. Their achievements weren't particularly outstanding to begin with, and now they've dealt with a major blow.
In his eagerness to report his achievements, he submitted all the documents.
In the end, along with Master Wang and Tian Tian, a total of 23 people were detained, causing a sensation in the city.
A sense of powerlessness returned. Qin Xiaoyu felt like she was being swept up in a massive torrent of the times, like a small boat, unable to control her own destiny.
This wasn't exactly something to be proud of, and Qin Xiaoyu hadn't yet spread her network of connections, so she couldn't afford to be careless now. She grabbed her phone book and started calling everyone one by one.
Director Feng advised her to mind her own business and then said a few more things about how Mr. Wang was heartless, implying that Mr. Wang intended to take over her school.
In truth, Qin Xiaoyu knew that Master Wang had always harbored ulterior motives, perhaps influenced by his children. But she was a sensible person; when she was down on her luck, Master Wang had taken over the school, which, although a huge bargain, was a tremendous help from the students' perspective, and Qin Xiaoyu remembered this kindness.
She currently runs several businesses and doesn't want to take back the school; she intends to hand it over to Mr. Wang. There's no issue of Mr. Wang hoarding it. She could only offer a brief explanation to Director Feng and then figure out another way.
Director Hong's name was next to Lu Di's. Qin Xiaoyu's finger slid over the two names a few times before finally landing on Lu Di's name.
I met him on the train last time, and although we only talked about work, I still had a good impression of him.
"Director Qin, I've been wanting to invite you to dinner. Perfect timing, could you please arrange a time?" Lu Di readily agreed.
Qi Si owns several of the most popular restaurants in the city right now, and Qin Xiaoyu doesn't want to go there. She feels it's inconvenient to have Lu Di with her.
There's one place I don't want to go to, the place where A Lei arranged this surprise last time. And there's another place I can't go to, because it holds memories of Zhou Xing.
Finally, we chose the restaurant on the top floor of the post office building. This restaurant was originally for internal use, but because of its unique taste, it gradually gained fame and became a restaurant open to the public.
The prices offered to customers are exorbitant, clearly ripping people off and directly excluding a portion of middle-income customers.