Chapter 2 Eavesdropping
Gu Qiuyue clearly remembered the moment she woke up under the water. Her mind was blank, her body was sore and weak, and she climbed ashore entirely by instinct with the help of the branches next to her.
Fortunately, there was no one around that day. When she heard a noise not far away, she instinctively hid in the reeds.
Through the gaps in the reeds, she saw several women carrying baskets walking towards the river. The fat woman in their lead even scolded them with a smile, "Wang Dazhu, what are you doing sneaking around here? Are you waiting for the fish in the river to jump into your arms?"
Then a gruff male voice chatted with a few women.
Gu Qiuyue's mind buzzed. She hadn't figured out her situation yet, but she knew there was a man guarding the river. She subconsciously thought that the man squatting there might be her, so she curled up in the reeds until dusk, then she slipped back to the Youth League compound along the wall.
Since crossing over, Gu Qiuyue has found that many of her memories of her previous life in the countryside are hazy. She wonders if she's deliberately forgotten something she experienced. But the people around her shun her like the plague. She looks at her relatively unattractive features in the mirror, but she can't fathom the meaning of the villagers' disdainful, mocking looks.
Later, when he couldn't stand the work anymore and asked to change to an easier job, he heard the female educated youth in the same educated youth compound say something like, since you are afraid of hard work, you shouldn't be a good person and give him the quota to return to the city.
She spent a few snacks and some candies, and learned some things from the female educated youth. She couldn't believe it, but she had to believe that there were such stupid women in the world. She, a wealthy third-generation with billions of dollars, sober and confident, turned into a love-brained woman with the same name.
It is said that she, no, the original owner, has been clinging to the male educated youth named Chen Xiangsong since she went to the countryside. No matter how unreasonable the other party's request was, she would do it.
At first, everyone thought that the two were dating. Later, when Chen Xiangsong and his girlfriend Bai Xiaolian returned to the city together, everyone realized that the original owner had always wanted to compete with Bai Xiaolian for a girlfriend. Since then, the original owner's reputation has been ruined.
When Gu Qiuyue was in the countryside, she would be pointed at and talked about whenever she walked on the street, and sometimes even whistled at by the village scoundrels.
In the past, when the original owner encountered such a situation, she would just lower her head and walk back home, and would never dare to step forward to argue. But Miss Gu, who had changed her heart, didn't know what it meant to lower her head.
If you dare to tease her, come on, let’s have a good chat, openly chat, and I will admit defeat if I don’t make you doubt your life.
As for those scoundrels who whistled at her, they all got bruised and battered the next day. Gradually, the villagers no longer dared to whistle her in person, but her reputation became even worse.
But so what? The most important thing is not to get bullied.
Seeing that Gu Qiuyue was somewhat absent-minded, Elder Tang thought she was still grieving over her family's fate, so he changed the subject and said, "Since you're back, don't leave. I'll arrange a job for you. Wait for your family to return in Beijing."
"Will it embarrass you?" Although Gu Qiuyue wanted to nod, she also understood that there were many eyes staring at Mr. Tang. Moreover, although she knew that the dark period was about to pass, the darkness before dawn was even more terrifying.
Old Tang smiled slightly and said, "It's okay. I can still arrange a job for you, a sent-down youth. Just go back and wait."
"Thank you, Grandpa Tang!" Gu Qiuyue smiled, chatted with Grandpa Tang about her life in the countryside, and had a meal at Grandpa Tang's home before returning to the guesthouse where she was staying.
In the evening, when Gu Qiuyue was about to return to the guesthouse after dinner, she met Chen Xiangsong and Bai Xiaolian who were walking and chatting.
For some reason, Gu Qiuyue had never seen them before, but she recognized Chen Bai and the other two immediately, and her emotions were turbulent. So without a second thought, she followed them into the cinema and sat down a few rows away.
Gu Qiuyue didn't care about the content of the movie at all. She stared at Chen Xiangsong and Bai Xiaolian, her eyes full of uncontrollable anger. How could these two murderers have the right to live so carefree!
After the movie ended, Gu Qiuyue followed the crowd and quietly followed Chen Xiangsong and the others out.
The two of them were so busy being intimate that they had no time to notice if anyone was following them.
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Chen Xiangsong first sent Bai Xiaolian back to her home, and hid in a shadowy place. The two of them were affectionate with each other for a while. "Brother Song, don't be like this. It would be bad if someone saw us..." Bai Xiaolian said in a delicate voice as her cheeks flushed from the kiss.
"What are you afraid of? Who would notice us in this place?" Chen Xiangsong's voice was frivolous. "Besides, we've done more intimate things before, so what's wrong with just kissing now?"
"But aren't we sure that Sister Qiuyue has really returned to Beijing? We should not meet again in the future, otherwise it would be bad if she misunderstood." Bai Xiaolian struggled to break free from Chen Xiangsong's arms. The more she struggled, the closer they got.
This made Chen Xiangsong even more furious. "Stop moving, little devil! With her parents' background, how long can she stay in the capital?"
"But I'm still worried," Bai Xiaolian looked at Chen Xiangsong with a worried look on her face. "Brother Song, don't you remember that in order to coax her to give up her place back in the city, you even wrote her a note saying you wanted to marry her? If she goes to your factory with this note and makes a scene, will your work be affected?"
Bai Xiaolian's words made Chen Xiangsong's face turn ugly. He said bitterly, "That woman is just a stupid and evil fool!"
As he spoke, Chen Xiangsong hugged Bai Xiaolian again and kissed her little mouth as if to vent his passion. When Bai Xiaolian fell limp in his arms again, he softened his voice and said, "Don't mention that idiot who ruined the fun. Tomorrow I'll have someone find out where she is now. If she really came to visit, we'll find a way to send her to her parents. It will be a good deed for their family to be reunited."
Bai Xiaolian giggled after hearing this, "Brother Song, you are so kind-hearted that you still want to reunite Sister Qiuyue's family. But it's better this way, so she doesn't always say that she misses her parents." After saying that, she took the initiative to kiss Chen Xiangsong on the cheek. Chen Xiangsong quickly turned from passive to active, and the two of them entangled together again.
Gu Qiuyue, who was hiding in the dark, listened to the whole thing and felt her stomach churning. Her anger surged to her head. She used the greatest restraint in her life to prevent herself from rushing out and beating the two of them up.
From the conversation between the two, Gu Qiuyue extracted a very useful piece of information. Chen Xiangsong left a receipt when he coaxed the original owner away to return to the city. Although she has not found the receipt in the original owner's luggage yet, it does not prevent her from scaring Chen Xiangsong or even Bai Xiaolian. Anyway, these two people are not good people.
Gu Qiuyue maliciously grabbed a few small pieces of dirt from the ground and threw one at each of the two heads that were almost stuck together.
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