Yan Jingwen heard Ye Shuning's voice was a little hoarse, so he stood up and brought a glass of water over. "Drink some water. Your father sacrificed his life for his country, you should mourn. Although we are not getting married, you can come to me if you have any difficulties in the future."

Ye Shuning felt that Yan Jingwen was a relatively gentle person, and it was really good that he could still say this now.

Ye Shuning drank some water and said softly, "Yan Jingwen, you're actually a good person. You didn't say anything mean to me because I schemed against you. Don't worry, my words count. I won't bother you anymore. You can freely pursue your own happiness. I'll leave in a few days and won't bother you anymore."

Yan Jingwen's heart tightened for some reason when he heard this, and he couldn't help but ask, "Where are you going? Are you going back to your hometown?"

Ye Shuning shook her head and said, "No, if I go back, my uncle and his family will definitely not let me go. I don't want to have to be on guard against them all the time. Besides, my household registration has been transferred, and I'm already a local. I plan to go to the county and see if there's any work I can do."

Ye Shuning didn't know much about the world in the book, so she needed to understand the current social situation. If she couldn't find a job in the city, she would have to find a village to settle down.

She remembered that the period novel mentioned that the original owner, Ye Shuning's father, happened to have a comrade-in-arms here who was a village captain. Perhaps she could go find one of the original owner's father's comrades-in-arms. However, she couldn't tell Yan Jingwen about these plans yet.

When Yan Jingwen heard that Ye Shuning wanted to find a job, he said, "You can find a job if you want, but don't worry. I'll ask for you."

Ye Shuning glanced at Yan Jingwen in confusion. She felt that Yan Jingwen's attitude towards her had changed a lot. Although he had not spoken ill of the original owner before, he would not treat her well, let alone pay any attention to her.

But now he can speak to her in a gentle voice, probably because she no longer forces him to get married, and he doesn't hate her so much.

But Ye Shuning didn't want to owe Yan Jingwen anything anymore, so she shook her head and said, "No, I'll always have to rely on myself in the future."

Yan Jingwen's eyes flickered when he heard this, and he frowned and said, "It's not easy to find a job nowadays. I'll help you find a way to deal with this. I'll go get some food."

With that, Yan Jingwen left the house and went to the cafeteria to get food.

Dinner was still a simple meal of cornmeal porridge, steamed cornmeal steamed bread, fried potatoes and stewed radish.

It is early spring now, the time when there is a shortage of food, so it is good enough to have potatoes to eat.

The canteen chef’s cooking skills are not very good and the food tastes average.

In her previous life, Ye Shuning lost her mother when she was a teenager. Since then, she has tried to cook for herself and gradually developed a good cooking skill. Whenever her father is at home, she will cook a few dishes that his father likes.

Seeing her father eat the food she cooked with big mouthfuls and keep saying it was delicious, she felt extremely happy. Making delicious food for her father also became one of her hobbies.

Not only did she cook, but because her father was busy with work, she gradually learned to take care of the household affairs. In the end, she kept the house in order, so that her father would have a clean, tidy, warm and comfortable environment when he came home.

Thinking of her father again, Ye Shuning's eyes became hot and her nose felt sore. She quickly lowered her head and drank the porridge in her bowl.

Yan Jingwen, who was sitting opposite Ye Shuning, watched her eat silently with her head down. He felt a layer of sadness shrouding her. He picked up the serving chopsticks beside him and picked up some food for Ye Shuning. He said in a gentle voice, "The food in the cafeteria is not very delicious. Just make do with it. Eat well so that your body can recover faster."

Ye Shuning sniffed and said, "I'm much better now. You're so busy at work, so you don't have to come and take care of me tomorrow. I'm fine on my own."

Yan Jingwen was indeed very busy at work, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll come see you again tomorrow at noon."

After dinner, Yan Jingwen returned to his office.

It's not good for him and Ye Shuning to always be together as a single man and a single woman. They should pay more attention to this point now that they are not getting married.

Yan Jingwen met Li Shaozhong at the office door.

Li Shaozhong patted Yan Jingwen on the shoulder and asked, "Jingwen, is Ye Shuning feeling better?"

Yan Jingwen nodded and said, "Much better. She also told me that our engagement is cancelled and we don't have to get married."

Li Shaozhong was stunned when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Why did she give up on you so suddenly? This doesn't feel right. Didn't you say that her parents are gone? Logically, she can only rely on you now. There is no reason for her not to want to marry you?"

Yan Jingwen frowned as he listened to Li Shaozhong's words and said, "She looked very calm when she told me this, she didn't seem to be joking. She said she had thought it through and wouldn't bother me anymore. She also said that I was busy with work and didn't need to take care of her."

The more Li Shaozhong listened, the more he felt something was wrong. This wasn't like Ye Shuning's style before. He frowned and said, "You said she was calm and didn't need you to take care of her. Your mother came again today, and you must have said something to her. Could it be that she wanted to commit suicide and deliberately sent you away?"

When Yan Jingwen heard this, all the hairs on his body stood up, "No way?"

Li Shaozhong couldn't be sure either, but Ye Shuning's sudden change was too strange, so they had to take it seriously. He pulled Yan Jingwen and said, "Come on, let's go to your place and take a look."

With that, the two of them ran towards Yan Jingwen's temporary residence.

Just after Yan Jingwen left Ye Shuning, a young woman walked into the house. Ye Shuning learned from the original owner's memory that this was Xue Lili, Yan Jingwen's childhood sweetheart who grew up in the same compound.

Xue Lili had also been watching this place the entire time, and only came after seeing Yan Jingwen leave. She didn't want to ruin her good image in Yan Jingwen's heart.

But she didn't know that as soon as she entered the house, Li Shaozhong and Yan Jingwen entered the yard, and they also saw Xue Lili.

Li Shaozhong held Yan Jingwen back and didn't let him in. The two of them stayed outside the house to hear what Xue Lili and Ye Shuning would say.

Xue Lili looked at Ye Shuning viciously and said contemptuously, "Ye Shuning, stop pretending to be weak. Brother Yan will never marry a stupid country girl like you, otherwise he wouldn't have dragged it on like this.

Aunt Li is here today, and she definitely doesn't agree with you marrying into the Yan family, right? You'd better pack your bags and get out. Don't dream about it here. Otherwise, you'll suffer the consequences. "

Ye Shuning thought about how Xue Lili was just a supporting actress in the book who facilitated the original owner and Yan Jingwen's divorce. She smiled sarcastically and said, "After all, Yan Jingwen brought me back personally. What right do you have to tell me what to do? Who are you to me?"

Xue Lili was furious and threatened: "Brother Yan and I grew up together as childhood sweethearts. We are a perfect match. I will not allow him to be ruined by a country girl like you.

I tell you, you are a helpless country orphan. Killing you is as easy as crushing an ant. If you know what’s good for you, get out of here as soon as possible.”