Chen Xiaoyue's words immediately stunned the educated youth. He quickly went inside to call Xue Yanchen and joked, "Educated youth Xue, another one of your crushes has come to see you."
Xue Yanchen glanced at him: "Chen Zhiqing, don't talk nonsense. I know you're joking with me, but if other people hear this, they might think I'm messing around with women."
"Xue Zhiqing, don't be angry. I'm not lying. The girl outside really is your boyfriend. You should go out and see for yourself."
Xue Yanchen walked out with a puzzled look in his eyes and saw Chen Xiaoyue standing in the educated youth compound with her suitcase. He frowned subconsciously.
When Chen Xiaoyue saw him, she immediately called out, "Brother Yanchen."
Xue Yanchen walked over and reminded her, "Please call me Xue Zhiqing. I don't want others to misunderstand us. What are you doing here?"
Chen Xiaoyue's initially cheerful mood immediately turned extremely low after hearing his words.
"Brother Yanchen."
"Call me Xue Zhiqing!"
"Me." Chen Xiaoyue hadn't expected to face this situation. "Okay, Xue Zhiqing, I... I came here specifically to find you." She glanced at the other educated youth beside her: "Can I talk to you alone?"
"Let's go over there." Xue Yanchen pointed to a corner of the educated youth compound. He wanted to finish his business with Chen Xiaoyue quickly and get her to leave.
"What exactly happened? Tell me."
"Yan, Xue, I've come to ask you to be my girlfriend. Even though you were sent down to the countryside as an educated youth, I've never been able to let you go. Shall we be my girlfriend?"
She naturally wouldn't reveal that she disliked Xue Yanchen.
Xue Yanchen found it laughable: "I rejected you in the city, do you think I'll fall for you just because I went to the countryside? If you came here for this reason, then let me tell you clearly, we're not a good match, and there's no way we'll ever date. Now that you know the answer, hurry back to Beijing."
"Xue Zhiqing, why do you look down on me? In terms of family background, our two families are well-matched. Besides, you can only farm here now. If we get married, wouldn't it be better for our two families to work together to transfer you back to Beijing?"
“I really like it here and don’t want to go back. If you’re really looking for a partner, there are plenty of male educated youth here, go find one.”
"But I only like you."
“But I don’t like you.” Xue Yanchen originally wanted to tell her that he had a girlfriend, but he was afraid that she would cause trouble for Luo Jingyan: “Comrade Chen Xiaoyue, I have made my meaning very clear. I hope you will stop bothering me. Otherwise, I will only think that you are very lowly and cheap, like a piece of trash. Unfortunately, I don’t recycle trash here.”
As a soldier, Xue Yanchen always pays close attention to his words and actions, especially in respecting female comrades. Even though he is no longer in the military, he still maintains this long-standing habit.
The fact that he could say such things to Chen Xiaoyue at this moment shows the extent of his dislike for her.
Chen Xiaoyue was indeed devastated. She felt utterly humiliated and even wanted to leave immediately and return to Beijing.
But after thinking about it, she calmed down.
“Xue Zhiqing, I will be staying here for a while. I hope you will carefully consider what I have to say.”
"I don't need to think about it."
After Xue Yanchen finished expressing his meaning, he walked back to his dormitory, leaving Chen Xiaoyue alone in a corner of the courtyard.
Chen Xiaoyue was not discouraged; she picked up her luggage and went to find Du Yinan.
She was unaware that Du Yinan had already married. She went to the educated youth settlement in Shengli Brigade first, where Shen Ruyi told her that Du Yinan had already married and gave her Aunt Hu's address, telling her to go there to find Du Yinan.
When she arrived at the Hu family's door, she realized what kind of family Du Yinan had married into.
Du Yinan was two months pregnant at this time, and she was very surprised when she saw Chen Xiaoyue.
"Cousin, what brings you here?"
"Yi Nan, you've been working in the countryside for so long, I've come to see you."
Du Yinan was very touched. After quickly leading her into the house, she poured out all her grievances to her.
Chen Xiaoyue had no interest in listening to her complaints, so she started talking about Xue Yanchen.
“My mom said he had health problems, which is why I gave up pursuing him. Who knew he had nothing wrong at all? My aunt was wrong.”
Du Yinan said, "So it was fake. No wonder Luo Jingyan would fall for him and date him. She must have known that Xue Zhiqing was healthy."
"Luo Jingyan? Dating?" Chen Xiaoyue frowned deeply. "You mean he's already dating someone here?"
"Yes, and besides, that woman has a grudge against me."
"Tell me quickly, what exactly happened?"
The next morning, Xue's mother also arrived. She got off the train in the city and took a car directly to the Qin family in the county town.
When Grandma Qin saw her daughter arrive, she was overjoyed. After the mother and daughter met, they reminisced at home.
Then, Xue's mother talked about Xue Yanchen and Luo Jingyan.
Grandma Qin also told Xue's mother some things about Luo Jingyan.
"Let me tell you, Minghui, your family has really struck gold. Jingyan is not only beautiful, but she also has many other great qualities. Let me tell you, the first time I met her, she helped me catch the thief who stole my bag. This girl has a good character, knows kung fu, and is an excellent cook. Girls like her are rare."
Mrs. Xue was overjoyed. "It seems our Yanchen has struck gold!"
"That's for sure."
"Mom, I heard from Qiulan that there's a girl in our area who has a crush on Yanchen and has chased him all the way to the countryside. I was afraid she might cause some trouble, so I quickly came over too."
Grandma Qin immediately became worried: "Won't she do something to Jingyan?"
Mother Xue said, "I don't know either. Mom, since I'm here, let's go and meet my future daughter-in-law together."
“Okay, let’s go right now.” The old lady perked up at the mention of it.
“I came in a hurry and didn’t bring you and your daughter-in-law anything. Let’s go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things before we go.”
At the Shengli Brigade's educated youth settlement, Chen Xiaoyue learned that Luo Jingyan was dating Xue Yanchen, so she came to the settlement to find Luo Jingyan.
She went directly to Luo Jingyan's house and knocked on the door. When Luo Jingyan opened the door, she was a little surprised to see who it was, but she immediately understood the other person's intention in looking for her.
I never expected to have tracked them all the way here.
Chen Xiaoyue had no impression of Luo Jingyan. Back in Beijing, her attention was only on Xue Yanchen, and she didn't notice Luo Jingyan at all.
However, upon seeing her today, she immediately realized what she lacked compared to Luo Jingyan.
But Luo Jingyan was only beautiful, and as a sent-down youth, she had an advantage, at least in terms of her status.
With a polite smile, she greeted Luo Jingyan, "Hello."
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