"Of course it's true. Grandpa Shen has already arranged for Song Ze's return to the city. I'm going back soon too. We won't be able to see each other anymore, which is a real shame~", Qin Jiajia patted her packed large package, feeling very happy.
She and Liang Shuang didn't get along to begin with, and later, after Song Ze fell in love with Xia Qingqing, a country girl, and Liang Shuang became friends with Xia Qingqing, Qin Jiajia disliked Liang Shuang even more.
Liang Shuang looked at Qin Jiajia's joyful face with disbelief and did not reply. No matter what, she did not believe that Song Ze would just abandon Qingqing like that.
Qin Jiajia didn't mind her silence. Anyway, she wasn't concerned about Liang Shuang's reaction. What she was most looking forward to was Xia Qingqing's expression after she found out about this. It would definitely be very funny.
That evening, Jiang Hai and Jiang Tao also learned that Qin Jiajia was going back to the city.
Jiang Hai didn't feel anything. He had known all along that Qin Jiajia wouldn't stay long and that returning to the city was only a matter of time.
Jiang Tao felt very reluctant when he heard that Qin Jiajia was going back to the city. He knew that Song Ze and Qin Jiajia were both from Beijing, and that once Qin Jiajia left, they would probably never see each other again in this lifetime.
Jiang Tao blinked hard to hold back the tears welling up in his eyes, picked up the cup on the table and said to Qin Jiajia, "Comrade Qin, I wish you a safe journey."
"Thank you," Qin Jiajia smiled at Jiang Tao, a smile that left a deep impression on him.
For many years afterward, Jiang Tao remembered meeting a beautiful girl with a bright smile. She was so dazzling and unattainable.
The next day, before leaving, Qin Jiajia made a point of going to see Xia Qingqing.
At this moment, Liang Shuang had not yet had a chance to tell Xia Qingqing that Song Ze had already completed the procedures for returning to the city.
She always felt there was a misunderstanding. What if Qin Jiajia was deliberately playing tricks? Wouldn't her spreading rumors at this time cause a misunderstanding between the two of them?
When Qin Jiajia found them, she was furious to see Xia Qingqing still smiling.
"Xia Qingqing, it seems your feelings for Song Ze are nothing special. Knowing you'll never see him again, you're not even a little sad. You've wasted Song Ze's feelings for you."
"What do you mean by that?" Xia Qingqing frowned as she looked at the bewildered Qin Jiajia, wondering why she could never see Song Ze again.
Qin Jiajia looked at Liang Shuang with sudden realization: "So you haven't told Xia Qingqing about this yet? I thought you two had a good relationship. I didn't expect you to keep such an important thing from her."
Hearing her divisive words, Liang Shuang looked at Xia Qingqing anxiously: "Qingqing, don't listen to her nonsense. This is definitely her conspiracy. I've seen how Song Ze treats you. How could he possibly abandon you and go back to the city like this?"
"In fact, Song Ze has returned to the city. Xia Qingqing, you will never see Song Ze again in your life. Aren't you very sad and heartbroken?" Qin Jiajia waited to see Xia Qingqing's reaction as she burst into tears.
Then, with a smug look on his face, he said, "If you beg me, I might reluctantly agree to pass on a message to Brother Song Ze for you."
Xia Qingqing understood now, so Song Ze didn't go back to the city to visit relatives, but went straight back to the city?
But why would he deliberately hide this from me? Is he afraid that I will stop him from returning to the city?
Don't joke around. She wouldn't be stupid enough to believe Qin Jiajia's nonsense. If she had any questions, wouldn't she write to Song Ze herself? Song Ze even left her his address in Beijing before he left.
Qin Jiajia ultimately failed to see Xia Qingqing's miserable state and had to leave in disappointment. She had to catch her train and didn't have much time to waste on Xia Qingqing.
Seeing Xia Qingqing remain silent, Liang Shuang felt secretly anxious: "Qingqing, don't believe Qin Jiajia's words. She's just lying to you on purpose."
"Don't worry, I'm not that fragile," Xia Qingqing smiled at Liang Shuang, but felt a tightness in her chest.
Afterwards, Xia Qingqing asked the captain with trepidation. The captain needed to stamp the certificate to return to the city. The captain must know whether Song Ze had actually returned to the city.
The brigade leader took a puff of his pipe, glanced at her with an inscrutable expression, and said, "Song, the educated youth, originally requested a two-week leave to visit his family, but someone came yesterday to process his return-to-city certificate."
“Qingqing, let me give you some advice. Educated youth and us country folk are from different worlds. Don’t be foolish.”
"Okay, thank you, Captain," Xia Qingqing forced a smile and went home feeling dejected.
Something was clearly wrong, so she wrote a letter to Song Ze, asking him what had happened.
Unfortunately, she waited for a long time but did not receive a reply from Song Ze, and Song Ze's promise to send her a letter every week became empty talk.
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Song Ze, far away in Beijing, was unaware that the letter Xia Qingqing sent him had been secretly hidden by Old Master Shen, and that the letter he himself had written to Xia Qingqing had never been sent.
Half a month later, Song Ze noticed that his grandfather's complexion was getting better and better, so he told him that he wanted to go back to the countryside.
Grandpa Shen was also helpless. He was faking illness, and his grandson was taking good care of him three times a day, so it was hard for him not to look well.
Upon hearing Song Ze say he wanted to go back to the countryside, Grandpa Shen's expression changed: "Xiao Ze, do you think your grandfather is too old and too troublesome to take care of?"
"Of course not, Grandpa, why would you say that? My leave to visit my family is up, and I need to go back. I'll be able to come back during the New Year," Song Ze quickly explained, seeing the disappointment on his grandfather's face.
Old Master Shen knew that he could only hold off his grandson for half a month at most, so he simply laid his cards on the table:
"Xiaoze, you don't need to go to the countryside anymore. I've already had someone help you with the procedures to return to the city."
Upon hearing this, Song Ze's pupils dilated sharply, and he stared stiffly at Grandpa Shen, asking, "Grandpa, what did you say? I don't think I heard you clearly?"
"I'll arrange a good job for you. Forget about that girl from the countryside. I don't approve of you two being together," Old Master Shen said to himself, completely unaware of Song Ze's increasingly unpleasant expression.
Song Ze was seething with anger, clenching his fists tightly, and roared at Old Master Shen: "I don't want to! Why did you arrange for me to return to the city without even consulting me?"
Grandpa Shen was startled by his roar. Song Ze did have a bad temper with other people, but he had never lost his temper with his grandfather.
He was truly hurt by his grandson's attitude; his grandson had actually yelled at him over a little girl.
This made him have an even worse impression of the girl named Xia Qingqing: "Xiao Ze, are you dissatisfied with your grandfather? Do you think I'm meddling too much?"
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