The next morning, everything was the same as usual. It was raining heavily outside, so they couldn't go out. Cheng's parents were also feeling lazy, sitting on the sofa trying to wake up.
Five minutes later, Cheng Zhi and Xiao Feiran came out of the room and sat down opposite them. Cheng Zhi was still yawning when she asked, "What are you having for lunch, Mom and Dad?"
"..."
Cheng's parents were stunned; they were still not fully awake, otherwise they wouldn't have seen their daughter.
Then Cheng Ye got up. Seeing that her younger brother was up, Cheng Zhi quickly asked Cheng Ye to pour her a glass of water, but Cheng Ye refused, and the two of them started fighting again.
Seeing Cheng's parents looking so bewildered, Xiao Feiran went over and took Cheng's mother's hand, gently reminding her that this wasn't a dream. They had come back last night and hadn't woken them up because they wanted to give them a surprise.
Cheng's mother squeezed Xiao Feiran's hand; it was warm, soft, and tangible—this wasn't a dream. The couple exchanged a glance, and the next second, they raised their hands and began to beat the two siblings mercilessly.
"You two are really something, not even saying a word about something this big."
Both were beaten, but Cheng Zhi acted as if nothing had happened, while Cheng Ye was completely different, wincing in pain.
Cheng Ye collapsed onto the sofa, clutching her arm and protesting, "No, she told me not to say anything! It was all her decision, what does it have to do with me?!"
Hearing him say that, Cheng's father raised his hand threateningly again, "Of course you're wrong. She's being immature, and you're just going along with her nonsense. Why didn't you come and warn her?"
Just as Cheng Ye was about to explain, his father continued, "Your father and I are old and in poor health. We might get frightened by any noise outside. What if your mother and I get too excited?"
"..." It's all nonsense. Who does 100 push-ups every morning without even breaking a sweat? Cheng Ye looked at his serious father and really didn't want to talk anymore.
Fortunately, Cheng's parents didn't linger on him for long; they still had a lot of questions they wanted to ask their daughter who hadn't returned for so long.
Cheng Zhi told her parents everything that had happened along the way. After hearing that Xiao Feiran was injured, she quickly went to her room and got out the scar removal cream.
Actually, Xiao Feiran didn't care, because ever since she bumped her forehead, she had cut bangs, and since they covered it up, you couldn't really see anything.
After explaining their situation, Cheng Zhi quickly asked about Pengcheng's current condition.
As she expected, Pengcheng is still quite chaotic. Capitalists are still the biggest controllers, but some people are already dissatisfied with this exploitative behavior and have begun to resist.
Upon hearing the phrase "exploitation everywhere," Cheng Zhi raised her own questions.
Cheng Ye explained that many people were dissatisfied with the protection fees they collected from entering the city. There had been several fights between people from both inside and outside the city, resulting in injuries and deaths on both sides.
There weren't enough people to collect protection money, and the city's residents were running out of food. At this point, the capitalists adopted a savior-like stance, offering to hire everyone, providing food and wages.
Everyone was eager to go, and the lunch in the canteen was indeed quite good. But when they got paid in the evening, they realized that all they could get after working from day to night was two loaves of bread, barely enough to fill their own stomachs, let alone have family members waiting for them.
After saying all this, Cheng Ye looked at Cheng Zhi and the others, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopping herself.
Cheng Zhi immediately realized that he hadn't finished speaking, "Speak quickly if you have something to say, or you're going to make someone anxious."
"The men will be forced to do manual labor. Some families that have run out of food will sell their women. Although our family doesn't sell, you shouldn't go out unless necessary. These days, anyone with a little power on the street will just rob you."
Cheng Ye's words were truly shocking. Cheng Zhi and Xiao Feiran both gasped in shock; this city was truly lawless.
These words reminded Cheng's mother, and she quickly asked, "You didn't let them see your faces when you went into the city yesterday, did you?"
They were afraid of getting splashed by the rain, so they wore masks and face shields the whole time, and of course, their faces were not shown.
Cheng's mother was relieved to hear this.
After chatting for a while, Cheng Ye went back to her room, changed her clothes, and stood in the entryway putting on her raincoat.
Cheng Zhi quickly asked why they suddenly wanted to go out.
Cheng's father explained from the side, "Isn't there a university town a little down from our house? There are some local agricultural college students there who are doing experiments or farming."
"Anyway, they just wanted to cultivate frost-resistant seeds. The person in charge happened to be Cheng Ye's senior from high school. They were short-handed, and since Cheng Ye was free anyway, he went to help. His senior said that as long as he could grow them, he would give Cheng Ye the seeds."
"Seriously? This is out of the question?" Cheng Zhi was a little uneasy and quickly asked, "Which senior is it? He went to the same high school as us, maybe I know him?"
Cheng Ye put on her rain boots, stood up, looked at Cheng Zhi, and smiled subtly, "Then you definitely know him, Zhou Lin, do you remember him?"
Cheng Zhi's memory is really not good. So many years after graduation, she can't even remember her classmates clearly, let alone those from other classes.
Cheng Ye knew his sister didn't remember, so he sighed dramatically, "Alas, poor senior brother was so devoted to you. He pursued you for a whole year, brought you breakfast every day, and even gave me the seeds only because of you. You don't even remember any of it."
Xiao Feiran and Cheng's mother, eager to hear the gossip, looked at her expectantly.
"?!" Mr. Cheng was furious. "Zhizhi, is this true? Explain yourself! And you, Cheng Ye! Don't go! Our family doesn't need his seed!"
Cheng Zhi, who seemed to have lost her memory: "..." Who am I? Where am I? Why can't I remember anything!
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