Chapter 10: "Kind" Roommate

"What's wrong, Jingyao? Was it written by that scoundrel? How could there be such a shameless person who even sent him the New Marriage Law and still pestered me so much?"

"No, it's a letter from my brother."

Lu Jingyao quickly folded the letter to prevent its contents from being read by her two overly "enthusiastic" roommates.

"No, Jingyao, your expression is not right. If it was a letter from your brother, your expression would not be so bad.

Don’t be shy, tell us if you have any difficulties, and we will help you solve them together.”

"That's right, Jingyao. Our thoughts are bound to conflict with old bad customs, but this is also our responsibility.

We have the responsibility to educate those ignorant people and make them enlightened and progressive."

The two roommates kept nagging and soon made Lu Jingyao confused and at a loss. She finally began to doubt whether her decision to accept the "concern" of these two roommates was a wrong one.

After coming to Beijing to attend university, Li Ye continued to write to Lu Jingyao at a frequency of one letter a week for several months, successfully igniting the gossip fire of several enthusiastic sisters in the dormitory.

They are all older women who have been to the countryside and mountains and have rich experience in eloquence. How can Lu Jingyao, who is still inexperienced, be their opponent?

After repeated "care and concern", his relationship with Li Ye was finally revealed.

Lu Jingyao was very conflicted. She wanted to completely escape the cage of the past, but she was afraid that her family members who stayed in Qingshui County would be retaliated by the Li family.

When Lu's father said, "If Li Ye is admitted to university next year, I will not object to you two," Lu Jingyao clearly felt her father's timidity and concession.

After listening to Lu Jingyao's story, several of her roommates became "outraged".

In this era of renewal, how can a female college student, who is the pride of the world, still endure the moral constraints of the evil old society?

Criticism, must criticize.

Even if that Li Ye has agreed to cancel the engagement, his family's attitude is too bad and must be severely criticized.

Several classmates offered suggestions, including breaking off the friendship letters, returning the betrothal gifts, and reading law books, a set of methods and strategies to completely shatter the daydream of the country toad.

Now it seems that Lu Jingyao's plan seems to have succeeded. Li Ye took back the No. 26 Phoenix car in public, which was equivalent to publicly breaking with her and completely severing ties with her.

But this result is not what Lu Jingyao hoped for!

Lu Jingyao originally hoped that Li Ye could "understand" herself, support "noble and pure freedom", and then take the initiative to resolve the conflicts between the Lu and Li families, and resolve this grudge in which it is unclear who is right and who is wrong.

Based on Lu Jingyao's understanding of Li Ye, he should be able to recognize his mistake, show responsibility as a man, and convince the Li family not to care about this matter.

Only Li Ye can resolve this matter peacefully and quietly.

But according to the scene described in his brother's letter, Li Ye seemed to have become a complete stranger.

To put it in the words of my two roommates, this toad is very tactless!

Thinking of this, the tall, thin and handsome toad unknowingly climbed into Lu Jingyao's heart.

Lu Jingyao quickly shook her head to try to calm herself down.

She didn't want to get entangled with Li Ye anymore, and didn't want to endure the depression of being given charity.

"Jingyao, what's wrong with you? Don't hold it in. Let me see your brother's letter and we can give you some advice."

Lu Jingyao's actions were like a fuel, causing the gossip of the two roommates to swell and burn, making their hearts itchy and uncomfortable.

Lu Jingyao was a little annoyed, but she was embarrassed to reject her roommate's kindness. At this time, Liu Muhan on the upper bunk suddenly spoke.

"Xu Xue, Ma Li, this is Lu Jingyao's private matter after all. Aren't you too concerned about it?"

"What are you talking about?"

Xu Xue immediately said, "Xiao Liu, you city kids don't know how unruly country folk are.

If you don’t believe me, ask Ma Li. How many educated youth who went to the countryside were deceived by the villagers and finally couldn’t return to the city and regretted it for the rest of their lives?

“.”

Liu Muhan glanced at Xu Xue and Ma Li, then shrank back into his bed.

Although she shared a dormitory with Lu Jingyao and others, there was a subtle gap between them due to some living habits.

I usually don't talk much with my roommates, but this time I couldn't stand it anymore and gave Lu Jingyao some advice. But whether Lu Jingyao listened or not was up to her.

Lu Jingyao seemed to realize something and said to Xu Xue and Ma Li, "It's okay. My brother wants to take the college entrance examination next year and wrote to ask for my opinion."

He Xue said in disbelief: "Isn't your brother just in the first year of high school? Let him take the college entrance examination next year?"

Lu Jingyao smiled and said, "He is a good student. He wants to give it a try. If he fails, he can gain experience, right?"

“That’s right.”

He Xue and Ma Li then let Lu Jingyao go and started chattering about other news.

After a while, He Xue suddenly said mysteriously: "Jingyao, do you know? Qian Shun seems to be interested in you. If you think he's good, I can help you make some connections?"

Lu Jingyao was stunned for a moment, and said hurriedly: "No, Sister He, I don't want to think about anything other than studying now."

He Xue sighed and said, "That's a pity. Qian Shun has both family background and talent."

Lu Jingyao lowered her head silently, wishing she could cover her ears.

How similar is that Qian Shun to Li Ye?

They both have a rich family background, spend money lavishly, and have a sense of superiority that they themselves are not aware of.

Apart from these two points, the two men have nothing else in common.

Li Ye is 1.8 meters tall, Qian Shun is 1.6 meters tall;

Li Ye has Zhang Shuai's stunning face, and Qian Shun has an oversized rosacea.

Li Ye's bright eyes were filled with pure admiration, but the look Qian Shun gave her made Lu Jingyao feel uncomfortable all over.

If we only talk about appearance, Li Ye can almost get full marks in Lu Jingyao's eyes, but Qian Shun... is hard to describe.

If Li Ye is a toad, Qian Shun is a buzzing fly.

It was not until the afternoon that Lu Jingyao found an opportunity to be alone and spread out the letter paper to write back to her family.

In the letter, she advised her brother to be self-reliant and not to be greedy for fame and fortune. If he didn't have a bicycle, he should walk. As long as he got good grades, he would find a golden house in the books.

But when he got to the end, Lu Jingyao hesitated.

Because she knew the family situation very well, her younger brother Lu Zixue had gotten used to Li Ye's "bribing" over the past year and might not be able to adapt to the simple life in a short period of time.

Given how much I dote on my precious son, I might really want to buy a bicycle for Lu Zixue myself.

Li Ye's sudden action of asking for the bicycle back will also cause people around him to point fingers at the Lu family, causing turmoil again for the Lu family, which has finally calmed down.

After thinking for a long time, Lu Jingyao wrote the second letter.

[Li Ye, long time no see. You make me feel strange. Where is that kind, generous and responsible man? ]

[Give the bike back to my brother. He is still young and cannot stand the rumors. Don't worry, I will definitely pay you back the money for the bike with interest.]

(End of this chapter)