The two planned to elope, but things didn't go as planned. All their money was lost to that haggard woman, and all their efforts were in vain. Out of anger, she contacted someone to steal everything from their house.

Along with the few hundred yuan that the old woman had left in her room, and a pair of jade bracelets.

When Junzi returned to Shanshan excitedly with his divorce certificate in hand, the house was already empty.

Lin Xi is unaware of these things yet. If she knew, all she could say was that they deserved it. After they bought their things, they came back and packed their things to go to school.

With graduation just around the corner, I didn't bring much stuff, only a few changes of clothes. The next day, I took the bus to the city.

Ten years of sailing across battlefields, today our names are inscribed on the golden list.

When relatives and friends heard the good news, the whole family cheered and laughed with joy.

The college entrance examination ended as expected, and Lin Xi achieved excellent results, ranking first in the city and becoming this year's top scorer in the college entrance examination, and was admitted to the same university as Lin Xiao.

Like a golden phoenix soaring out of a remote mountain village, Lin Xi's family has been constantly busy since they learned that she was this year's top scorer in the college entrance examination. Qian Lu's father came to see her immediately.

In recent years, the relationship between the two families has remained very good. However, since his promotion, they have had less contact, mainly because they live a long distance apart and Qian Lu has gone to university. So, they only exchange gifts during holidays.

When he heard that a top scorer in the college entrance examination had emerged from the place where he had previously worked, and upon further inquiry, he learned that it was Lin Xi, he rushed back overnight to congratulate her. The fact that a top scorer had emerged from the place where he worked would also be helpful to his career.

After staying at their house for one night, he rushed back to the meeting early the next morning. When Qian Lu heard the news, he was extremely proud of himself, saying that he had a keen eye for talent and could tell at a glance that Lin Xi was not a simple person and that she was destined for great things.

The conversation also mentioned Liu Jingyu, and when he learned that they happened to be in the same school, he was extremely envious and kept saying that he wanted to transfer schools so that he could be in the same school as them. Lin Xi told him that a slacker like him wouldn't be able to get in, and that this was a problem that money couldn't solve. Qian Lu was so disheartened that he yelled on the phone, telling Lin Xi to wait, that he would come back immediately to deal with her.

Lin Jianguo was overjoyed. He booked a restaurant and held a three-day banquet, and also invited two opera performances to make it a lively occasion.

When the banquet was being held, Lin Jianqun also came. He said a congratulatory word to Lin Xi, but when he saw that no one paid attention to him, he left dejectedly.

After Lin Jinbao went to jail, Niu was initially traumatized, but she recovered quickly. The couple tended their few acres of land, foolishly waiting for their son to return.

But Da Ya, behind Lin Jianqun's back, went straight to Wang Mazi's house and stayed there, refusing to leave. Lin Jianqun went there several times but couldn't get her back, so he simply gave up.

She was quite lucky; she got pregnant not long after entering the family. Wang Mazi was overjoyed and smiled every day, declaring that as long as she gave birth to a son, he would entrust her with managing everything in the house.

Having received the assurance, Da Ya was even more careful with the baby in her belly, afraid that something might go wrong. So when Lin Xi's family held a banquet, she didn't come. But even if she had come, no one would have welcomed her.

In particular, Lin Xi overheard Qian Lu mention that once when he went to the village, Da Ya stopped him and spoke ill of Lin Xi, even implying that if he didn't mind, she would come home with him, and that she was much prettier than Lin Xi.

Qian Lu got goosebumps all over his body from talking about it. He hadn't been to Lin Xi's house for a long time, and it wasn't until Lin Xi moved to town that he felt better.

Lin Xi was speechless. You said you yearn for a wealthy life, and no one can say anything about that. But it's wrong to climb up by stepping on her. Her mind is not upright, and she probably won't be very settled even after marriage.

After Lin Xi went to university, she received a call from Lin Jianfang. During their conversation, she learned that Da Ya had diligently carried her pregnancy for ten months and given birth to a girl.

Wang Mazi was furious. When he was drunk, he would either beat or scold her, and he even went out to find other women every day.

Daya was quick-witted and couldn't bear the daily beatings and scoldings. She had an affair with a man from the neighboring village, and after becoming pregnant, she pinned the blame on Wang Mazi, claiming it as his.

This time it was a boy, but after he was born, he didn't look like Wang Mazi at all. Suspicious, Wang Mazi went for a checkup and found that he was indeed not his child. After returning home, he kicked Daya and her two children out of the house.

They even brought people to Lin Jianqun's house and smashed it up, saying that he didn't know how to educate his daughter and had raised such a shameless, adulterous child.

Daya and her son had nowhere to go. They went to find the man from the neighboring village, but he wouldn't acknowledge them, and besides, he had a family and wouldn't divorce for Daya.

With no other option, Daya had to take her child back to her parents' home. Lin Jianqun and Niu Shi knew in their hearts that their son would never come back. With such a daughter, at least they would have someone by their side when they got old. So they simply changed Daya's son's surname to Lin.

Lin Xi's family packed up their belongings, and temporarily handed over the management of the restaurants and other businesses in town to Lin Jianfang.

The house in City B has been bought, thanks to Lin Xiao's connections, which got a significant discount. Lin Xi's family has also saved up a lot of money over the years, and the money has been handed over to the head of the household. Lin Lin's school has also been found, thanks to Lin Xiao's help. With the start of the semester approaching, they need to hurry over to register.

After making arrangements with the people back home, we gathered my maternal grandparents, my aunt and uncle's family, and Li Taohua's family together for a reunion dinner.

Now, Gou Dan'er has grown into a tall young man of 1.8 meters. He dropped out of school early because his grades weren't very good, and now he's learning how to do business from Li Taohua.

Upon seeing Lin Xi, Gou Dan'er blushed and became extremely nervous. They hadn't seen each other much in the past few years, as Lin Xi was usually at school and he was busy with his business.

He knew that he was now too far away from Lin Xi. She was a golden phoenix, while he was just a country bumpkin from a remote mountain village. Now she was going to study in a big city, and he might never see her again.

A few years ago, Li Taohua jokingly said that if Lin Xi became her daughter-in-law, she would treat her like her own daughter. However, in recent years, as Lin Jianguo's business has grown bigger and bigger, and Lin Xi has become more and more outstanding, she has never mentioned it again.

Jiang Damin also dropped out of school, but he is quite talented in business. He now owns a shop, which is doing very well. He is even planning to open a new shop recently.

To be continued!