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After seeing off the overjoyed Qi Xiaoyan, He Tiantian returned to her room that evening, took out Huo Yingjie's letter, and read it carefully.
The contents inside horrified Qi Xiaoyan!
Huo Yingjie wants to break up with her?
No... that can't be right?
The letter I received a few days ago contained sweet nothings between the two of them. How could things have changed so quickly in just a few days?
He Tiantian thought she had misread it, so she looked at it again.
Because it was the second time I was reading the letter, I wasn't as shocked as I was the first time I saw its contents.
Huh?
Something's not right.
The handwriting is different from Huo Yingjie's.
He Tiantian quickly picked up the letters Huo Yingjie had written before and carefully compared them, discovering some differences between the two.
In her past life, He Tiantian encountered Qi Jianguo hiring someone to imitate Huo Yingjie's handwriting. But in this life, Qi Jianguo is already locked up in a labor camp, so it's impossible for him to hire someone to imitate Huo Yingjie's handwriting!
Upon discovering the discrepancy in the handwriting, He Tiantian also noticed something suspicious.
The content is cold and heartless, and the last character of the first three paragraphs does not form a homophone for "He Tiantian".
That was the secret code that He Tiantian and Huo Yingjie had agreed upon.
Their letters were always written this way, and even if Huo Yingjie wanted to write a breakup letter, he would follow this agreement.
Therefore, it is clear that this letter was not written by Huo Yingjie himself.
But...but...
Sigh, He Tiantian is a bit confused!
If it wasn't written by Huo Yingjie, then who wrote it?
He Tiantian took out a piece of paper and drew a picture on her notebook. The little figure with pigtails on the paper was He Tiantian, and the little figure with three hairs on its head was Huo Yingjie.
While thinking, He Tiantian tapped her little braids and three strands of hair.
In her past life, Qi Jianguo had taken a liking to her, so he had someone imitate Qi Jianguo's handwriting to sabotage her relationship with Huo Yingjie.
In this life, Qi Jianguo is gone and can no longer do such a thing!
Meanwhile, since the letter was delivered by Niu Dajun and the envelope stamps were the same as before, it can be inferred that it wasn't He Tiantian's side causing trouble.
If it's not He Tiantian's side, then it must be Huo Yingjie's side that's in trouble.
Uncle Huo, Aunt Jiang likes her very much and won't do anything to break them up!
There's only one possibility: a woman took a liking to Huo Yingjie and wrote this letter to sabotage her relationship with him.
That must be it!
He Tiantian forcefully poked the notebook with her pen, tearing it.
While He Tiantian was furious, she also felt a pang of sadness at the many hardships she and Huo Yingjie had endured. They had driven one away, and now another had arrived.
However, He Tiantian is no longer the He Tiantian of the past. Huo Yingjie is hers for life, and she will not allow anyone to take him away.
After calming down, He Tiantian understood everything.
Now that unknown woman knows of her existence, but He Tiantian doesn't know who that woman is or what she does.
While sorting through the envelopes, He Tiantian poured out a photograph. "Hmm, it's quite pretty." But in this life, He Tiantian would never back down, no matter what.
He Tiantian didn't dare to go to Huo Yingjie's workplace rashly, for fear of affecting Huo Yingjie's work.
Since He Tiantian can't go, she'll send this letter to Huo Yingjie when she replies to his letter next month.
Huo Yingjie's current job is very important; the task of imitating handwriting can be either a big deal or a small one.
If that woman's advances are rejected, and she imitates Huo Yingjie's handwriting to write letters to enemy agents, slandering Huo Yingjie as a traitor, then something terrible will happen.
He Tiantian became increasingly frightened as she thought about it, so she decided not to wait until next month and to write to Huo Yingjie now, urging him to be on guard. She also sent him the photo.
This is the romantic trouble he caused; he should personally cut it off!
Niu Dajun came to Qijia Village every few days, so He Tiantian's letter was sent out very quickly.
Let's leave Huo Yingjie's situation aside for now.
Two weeks later, Niu Dajun and Qi Xiaoyan finally got engaged.
Among the engagement gifts Qi Dajun gave Qi Xiaoyan were several sets of clothes, a bicycle, a sewing machine, and a Shanghai brand watch. The gifts were the "three turns and one sound" (referring to a set of three items, a bicycle, a sewing machine, and a radio), but the radio was missing; he would definitely get it for the wedding.
After they opened up to each other, they became inseparable. If Qi Xiaoyan weren't too old, Niu Dajun would have wanted to get married immediately.
Qi Zhenzhen was furious when she heard that Niu Dajun and Qi Xiaoyan were engaged!
It's rare to find such a good man, and Qi Xiaoyan has taken him.
"Dad, Qi Dazhu is like the local tyrant in our village. Everything is done his way," Qi Zhenzhen said angrily. "I'm about the same age as Niu Dajun, and I'm prettier than that skinny Qi Xiaoyan. Why does Niu Dajun look down on me?!"
Qi Shuli had been all smiles outside, but once he got home, he dropped his pretense, lit a pipe, and sat on a stool to take a few puffs.
"Alright, stop talking. I understand what you're saying," Qi Shuli said. "Go and cook."
Ever since Qi Jianguo was imprisoned and sent to a labor camp, Qi Shuli had been holding a grudge in his heart.
The university admission quotas have already been distributed to the village.
If Qi Jianguo hadn't done that, the university spot would have been a sure thing for him.
But now, instead of becoming a college student that everyone envies, he has become a labor camp prisoner.
Qi Shuli was so fond of Qi Jianguo before, and now he's just as angry with him!
What a worthless child, doing such a thing!
He had told Qi Jianguo more than once before that if he behaved well, he could go to university this year. But... sigh, I won't say anymore, just thinking about it makes me even angrier.
Fortunately, he had seen that the child had gotten together with the deputy county head's daughter, which saved him from imprisonment.
Hopefully, with Deputy County Head Zhang around when he gets out, Jianguo will be alright.
It's only because of Jianguo that their branch of the village has become even less influential; otherwise, he wouldn't have to live such a pathetic life every day.
Oh well, let's just consider it a period of hardship and perseverance.
With Deputy County Head Zhang in charge, Qi Jianguo no longer needs his second uncle, who works as an accountant. Now, he needs to focus his energy on finding good husbands for his two daughters.
As for the university spot, Qi Shuli wanted to give it to his daughter, but his two daughters hadn't graduated from junior high school and weren't qualified!
Since he wasn't qualified to take that spot, he didn't want Qi Dazhu to get his way.
Qi Dazhu had always been one step ahead of him. They studied together, but he couldn't outdo Qi Dazhu; after starting a family and establishing a career, he couldn't compete with Qi Dazhu in terms of wealth, and he couldn't even outlive Qi Dazhu in having children. Qi Dazhu had two sons and a daughter, while he only had two daughters.
Sigh, I should have known better than to only look at his face. His wife is pretty, but she's too thin to have a son.
"Those who don't heed the advice of their elders will suffer the consequences." This saying is absolutely true; it's too late to regret it now.
Since he had no son, he was determined to find a good son-in-law to live with him in the family. He insisted that one of his two daughters stay at home to carry on the family line. As for his original plan to have Qi Jianguo care for him in his old age, he had let go of that idea after this incident.
Qi Jianguo, that nephew, is unreliable! (To be continued.)
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