Chapter 93

They both held their little faces and left the scene. Oh, she just said the wrong thing. Brother Dunzi doesn't laugh like that.

Now she can only move her small stool to the side and watch, waiting for this round of games to end before joining everyone to start a new round.

But it was fun to watch everyone having fun. They both laughed so hard that they fell over, and couldn't help but instruct Juanjuan on how to pretend to talk to Yuanyuan.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Shuangshuang looked at her leisurely, and when she turned around, she saw her mother staring blankly with a toothbrush in her mouth, not knowing what she was looking at.

"It's okay." Jian Lu smiled at the lady, hiding her shock, which was caused by the guess she had just made.

If she remembered correctly, there were indeed some reports in later generations. In the 1970s and 1980s, many procedures were not perfect, and various identity verification equipment had not yet been introduced, so there were some cases of people impersonating others to go to university.

Now thinking about it, Qiu Cuiping is indeed a person with many doubts.

In addition to his drastically changed personality and inconsistent spending habits, this person's academic performance is also a mystery.

Logically speaking, Qiu Cuiping was admitted to H University with high scores. Among the six people in the dormitory, her college entrance examination score was second only to Jian Lu. However, after entering college, Qiu Cuiping was not attentive in class and seemed to have no interest in learning. She often took sick leave and almost always failed every exam. The excuses she made were either that she had a fever during the exam and felt unwell, or that she had read the questions wrong.

Sometimes the people in the dormitory would get interested in discussing some learning knowledge and analyzing test questions, but this person never participated.

This does not fit the image of a top student, let alone the image of an educated youth who struggles hard to return to the city.

If she had taken someone else's place in college, it all seemed to make sense.

If this is true, where is Qiu Cuiping, who actually got into college, now?

Is she still an educated youth in Songyuan County, D City, as shown in the household registration file of Qiu Cuiping, who is currently studying at H University?

Thinking of this, Jian Lu was a little unsure. She first went to rinse her mouth and wash her face, then stood in the kitchen to eat breakfast, thinking while eating.

Sometimes she felt that her speculation was quite reasonable, but sometimes she was not sure whether such a thing had really happened to her. Jian Lu felt a little conflicted.

"What are you thinking about? You were so focused that you didn't even hear me calling you twice."

Jian Lu was eating a bun and thinking, when she suddenly heard Cheng Zheng's voice coming closer.

"Ah?" Jian Lu looked at him, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

"Something?" Cheng Zheng knew his wife, and it was obvious that she was worried, so he walked over to Jian Lu and leaned against the stove, "Tell me."

"I have a bold guess, but I don't know if it's correct."

"You tell me, I'll help you analyze it." Cheng Zheng was fed a bite of bun by his wife, and his mouth was full of greasy taste.

"That's Qiu Cuiping, the college roommate I told you about last night. I suspect she used someone else's name to get into college."

Cheng Zheng turned his head, his eyebrows raised, "Is this true?"

He had never heard of such a thing. How could someone impersonate someone else to get a place in college?

"Lulu, think about it, you went to college with your acceptance letter, household registration certificate, etc., and you wanted to take someone else's place in college under someone else's name, which seems difficult to do. Does your roommate have this ability?"

"That's why I said it was a guess. Mainly because she is really weird, so I thought this might be a possible explanation." Jian Lu was not sure either. Maybe Qiu Cuiping's personality just changed suddenly?

But on second thought, if it was really an impostor, then the real Qiu Cuiping who was replaced by her would be too miserable. An educated youth stayed in the countryside for several years, and finally waited for the college entrance examination to be resumed. She was admitted to university with excellent grades, but the place was taken away by someone. Jian Lu felt heartbroken for the real Qiu Cuiping when she thought about it.

"Do you know anyone in City D? For example, a retired comrade or something?" Jian Lu thought, it would be better to go and ask and confirm. If it is not true, there will be no loss. If it is really an impostor, it can also save a poor person.

Cheng Zheng raised his eyebrows. "Qiu Cuiping is from City D? You want to know the situation there?"

"No, she is from City A and has been working as an educated youth in Songyuan County, City D, for several years. Can you ask someone to find out about her? If she is really an impersonator, we have saved her."

In this era, passing the college entrance examination and going to university is almost a second transformation of a person's life.

"Okay, I have a comrade who has been transferred to City A, and a retired comrade who is from City D. I'll ask someone to help me find out about the situation."

Jian Lu was delighted, Comrade Cheng Zheng was so useful!

"Do you have comrades in every city across the country?"

Cheng Zheng smiled complacently, and said modestly, "It's not that big."

"Very good, very good!" Jian Lu wanted to pat Cheng Zheng on the shoulder, but then she remembered that her hands were greasy, so she immediately withdrew her hand and only praised him verbally, "The organization is very optimistic about you."

If it weren't for these relationships, considering the current inconvenient transportation and communication, I really don't know how long it would take to find out the situation, and I might even be completely clueless.

Moreover, she heard that the commune where Qiu Cuiping worked was very remote, probably in the deep mountains and forests, and it would undoubtedly be difficult for outsiders to understand the situation.

After taking care of this matter, Jian Lu felt relieved for the time being and led a group of children to cook, including the coconut shredded sorghum cake that Shuangshuang had loved recently.

Before you go back to school, make some preparations for your children.

When the children heard that Aunt Lulu was going to make something delicious, they became excited and wanted to come to the kitchen to help.

When Aunt Wang got up early, she mixed sorghum rice with a little glutinous rice and soaked it. By now, it had been soaked for three or four hours.

Comrade Cheng Zheng, a tool man, took a few boys to wash their hands, and then ground sorghum rice and glutinous rice into pulp in a basin with clean water.

Jian Lu led a few girls in the yard to crack open the fresh coconuts and shred the coconut.

Shuangshuang couldn't help swallowing as she looked at the thin strips of coconut shreds. "Mom, I'll go get the sugar!"

Shuangshuang stood on tiptoe and wanted to get the sugar from the cabinet, but the little girl was not tall enough to reach it. When Lu Qing saw her, he reached out and wanted to help her get it down.

Who knew that as soon as my hand grasped the bag of sugar, I felt a force and someone was pulling it to the other side. I looked sideways and found that it was Dunzi who also reached out.

Lu Qing glanced at him, and saw Dunzi shrug and loosen his hand, then he picked up a bag of sugar and handed it to Shuangshuang.

"Thank you, Sister Qingqing." Shuangshuang was very polite.

"What about me?" Dunzi teased her with a smile. He also wanted to help. Someone was stealing his job. "Your brother Dunzi is also going to get it for you."

Shuangshuang was very generous, "Okay, thank you brother Dunzi too."

Jian Lu took the white sugar that the lady handed to her excitedly, took out the tongs and poured some into the bowl of coconut shreds. The white grains fell into the bowl, crystal clear, sticking to the snow-white coconut shreds, making people salivate at the sight.

She took the chopsticks and handed it to Shuangshuang. Jian Lu asked her to stir it. The child liked to do this part of the job the most.

Jian Lu steamed the sorghum and glutinous rice in a steamer and asked about the college entrance examination candidates, "Dunzi, Hengheng, how are you preparing for the college entrance examination?"

This year, the college entrance examination was adjusted to be held from July 7 to 9. Jian Lu's year was the most special because she took the exam in winter. Now there is less than a month left before the college entrance examination. She looks at Dunzi and the others and feels very relaxed.

Dunzi was indeed relaxed, knowing his own level. "Aunt Lulu, don't worry about me. I have a very good attitude. I will go into the exam with ease. How I perform in the exam will depend on fate."

Jian Lu couldn't help curling her lips after hearing this, "You are really generous. Even if you are angry with your mother, you can make the most of the last minute and read some books. They say that you should try to get help at the last minute, so you should try to get help at least."

Hearing the conversation between the two, Lu Qing, who was helping Shuangshuang stir the coconut shreds, glanced at Dunzi. He thought this man was terrible. He was so lazy about the college entrance examination. If he were taking the college entrance examination himself, he would be so nervous that he couldn't sleep. But he looked like nothing had happened.

Lu Qing looked up and then lowered his head to stir. After a while, he looked up again and lowered his head to stir again. He felt that Dunzi's expression was really relaxed and didn't seem to be pretending. It was really strange.

"Okay, I'll go back and read in a while!" Dunzi came over to take a look at the coconut shreds dipped in sugar. Wow, it looks so beautiful. "I have to eat this coconut shreds cake you made so I can have the energy to read."

"You are the only one who is poor." Jian Lu smiled and raised her hand to pick up Dunzi's short hair. She couldn't help but sigh, "How old were you when I came here? Now you are about to take the college entrance examination, and you are still so tall."

"That's not true, Aunt Lulu. No matter how old I am, I will come to your and Uncle Cheng's house for dinner."

Cheng Zheng smiled cheerfully, "Come anytime, why are you being so polite to us?"

Steam sorghum rice and glutinous rice in a steamer over high heat, and sprinkle with sugar and coconut shreds while hot.

A sorghum and coconut shredded cake is ready.

This snack is soft, glutinous and sweet. It has the softness of glutinous rice and the sweetness of coconut shreds and white sugar. It is refreshing and chewy and is very popular among children.

After everyone had their snacks and sent the children away, around eleven o'clock, Jian Lu prepared to have brunch at home before leaving. Cheng Zheng spontaneously went to the kitchen to cook a bowl of seafood noodles for his wife.

Aunt Wang had eaten porridge and bought red fish from the food station in the morning. She was not hungry at the moment, so she sat next to him to keep him company.

"More noodles, more vegetable leaves, more green onions, more shrimps, and more clams, Master Cheng." Jian Lu enjoyed the man's service, playfully sitting at the dining table waiting, and kept telling him what she wanted to order.

Shuangshuang, who was sitting on the stool next to her, also imitated her mother, "I want noodles too. I want lots of noodles, no vegetable leaves, chopped green onions, lots and lots of shrimps, and a little bit of clams."

After saying that, he remembered something, his black pearl-like eyes flashed, and he called out to the kitchen, "Master Cheng."

Jian Lu raised the corner of her lips and pinched the lady's face lovingly, "Naughty."

Cheng Zheng had just boiled the water and was trying to accept what his wife said, but what did the girl say next?

"Shuangshuang, come here, who am I?"

Shuangshuang smiled, lying on her mother's lap, looking at her father happily, "Mom called me Master Cheng!"

Aunt Wang smiled as she listened to the quarrel between her granddaughter and her son. "Shuangshuang is getting more and more naughty."

"You want a beating, huh?" This is simply lawless and disrespectful.

After Cheng Zheng finished his harsh words, he went back to the kitchen with a smile on his face. Not long after, he came out with two bowls of noodles.

There are two bowls, one large and one small, with thin noodles tangled in a tangle. Some lettuce leaves are placed on the wheat-colored noodles, with green onions scattered here and there. When the noodles are stirred, tender red shrimps and clams hidden inside can be seen, emitting bursts of fresh and sweet aroma.

Shuangshuang pouted and said, "I told you I don't want any vegetable leaves."

Cheng Zheng refuted the lady's protest, "Don't be picky, eat it all."

Shuangshuang’s bowl is small, mainly for her to satisfy her craving and eat with her mother.

Shuangshuang was about to turn around and ask her mother for help when she heard her mother say, "Listen to your father. Mom, Dad, and Grandma all like good children who are not picky eaters."

"Oh~" Shuangshuang is very perceptive. For general family matters, if one of mom and dad agrees and the other opposes, she can do it and have a chance of winning. If both of them oppose, she will surrender directly without struggling at all.

After eating a bowl of delicious noodles, Jian Lu felt that she could last for a long time, so she packed her luggage and prepared to leave.

When you come back, you are happy, but when you leave, you are always sad.

Jian Lu once again stepped onto the H University campus and returned to the familiar dormitory.

"Lulu, you're back?" Hao Yue was cleaning the dormitory. When she saw Jian Lu coming in, she hurried over to her and asked, "Have you eaten?"

It was dinner time and several people in the dormitory had already eaten in the cafeteria.

"Not yet, I'll just pack up and go to the cafeteria to eat."

Sun Shangmei reported important information to her, "Sister Lulu, you have to hurry up. There is braised pork in the cafeteria today! I don't know if they have finished fighting by now."

"Okay." Jian Lu put her bag in the closet, turned around and took her enamel cup to the bathroom to rinse it, then returned to the room and poured a cup of warm water from Sun Shangmei's thermos, then drank it in small sips while holding the enamel cup. "I'll go after I finish drinking."

At this time, Qiu Cuiping, who had been lying in bed for a long time, suddenly half sat up and said, "Lulu, I'll go with you. I haven't had dinner yet."

Jian Lu glanced at her, and when she remembered her own guess, she agreed.

The two of them left the dormitory and went to the cafeteria.

There are two canteens in A University. The one closest to Jian Lu's dormitory is the second canteen, which can accommodate several hundred people at the same time. Next to the canteen is the water room. When people go out to get food, they usually bring thermoses to get water and then take it back after they finish eating.

Now there are a pile of thermoses at the door of the washroom. Everyone is worried that someone might take the wrong one, so they put labels on the thermoses, usually saying which department and which class the person is from.

Jian Lu queued up to fill up the thermos and placed it at the door of the washroom before taking her lunch box to the cafeteria to eat.

The second canteen is larger in area and was renovated after H University. The overall environment and the number of people it can accommodate are better than those in the first canteen. The canteen is basically equipped with two stools facing each other and a dining table in the middle, which can seat eight people in total.

At this time on Sunday, everyone had no classes and the meal time was moved up. Following Sun Shangmei's reminder, Jian Lu went to the window selling braised pork and saw that there was not much braised pork left on the plate. She estimated that there was enough for a few people, so she quickly ordered a portion of braised pork, and then went to the vegetarian window to get a portion of cold cowpea and two taels of rice.

Qiu Cuiping was similar, basically following Jian Lu and ordering braised pork, potatoes, and two taels of rice.

The two of them sat in an empty space at the table, facing each other, with no one else around. When there were no classes, everyone preferred to get their meals and eat at home, so there weren't many people in the cafeteria.

Jian Lu wanted to test Qiu Cuiping's feelings. After eating a few bites of food, she was about to speak, but she heard the person on the other end speak first.

"Lulu, are you going home to celebrate your mother-in-law's birthday?" Qiu Cuiping glanced at Jian Lu's face with a slightly inquiring look.

"Yes, that's right." Jian Lu did not hide it. Everyone in the dormitory knew about it.

"Do you have a good relationship with your mother-in-law? I heard that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is very difficult, and they often quarrel and have conflicts."

Qiu Cuiping was hinting at something. She just didn't believe how good Jian Lu's marriage life could be.

So what if she married a military officer? Maybe he would be old and ugly, and have a wicked mother-in-law tormenting her.

When she started her freshman year, Qiu Cuiping was the last one to arrive. She didn’t meet Jian Lu’s family, although she heard from Sun Shangmei and others that Jian Lu’s husband was tall, handsome, and a soldier, and that he and Jian Lu were a good match, and that the mother-in-law looked kind and gentle, and that she had a lovely and beautiful lady...

Qiu Cuiping didn't believe a word of it. How could she have such good luck and such a good life for Jian Lu? And let her be born beautiful and marry a good man?

Maybe that's what Sun Shangmei and the others said.

Qiu Cuiping had a lot on her mind, most of which were written on her face.

Jian Lu understood the underlying meaning of her words and looked at her expression, knowing that she was trying to set a trap for her. No wonder this person had taken the initiative to come and have dinner with her today.

"It depends on the person. It's not certain. My family is very good. My mother-in-law treats me the same as her own daughter."

Jian Lu took a bite of the braised pork. The braised pork in the cafeteria was not as delicious as the one at home, but it tasted good. She swallowed it with rice. She asked curiously, "You sound so decisive. Is there any difficulty with the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in your family? Is it your brother or sister-in-law or your younger brothers and sisters?"

Qiu Cuiping said casually, "No, in my home..."

After saying just a few words, she stopped talking and pursed her lips tightly, "Nothing."

Jian Lu saw her panic and pressed on, "By the way, Cuiping, was it hard for you to be an educated youth in the countryside? What was it like in the production team in the commune? Could you eat well?"

When Qiu Cuiping heard Jian Lu asking about the past, she blinked several times and stammered, "Ah? It was bitter, it was quite bitter. But I don't remember those things very well. Let's not talk about them, it's meaningless."

"You don't remember? I thought you would find it hard to forget the years as an educated youth. What about the college entrance examination? You did quite well in it. Did you study while being an educated youth? How did you maintain such a good study state? I actually admire you a lot. It's not easy."

Qiu Cuiping's reaction to the topic of the college entrance examination was even greater. She stood up with her chest heaving violently. "How long ago did this happen? Who can still remember it so clearly? I won't talk about it anymore. I'm going back first."

"Are you going back? You haven't even taken two bites of the meal." Jian Lu glanced at Qiu Cuiping's lunch box. It was almost the same as before, and she only took two or three bites.

"No, I'm not hungry." Qiu Cuiping tried to cover the lunch box, but for some reason she couldn't close it. She tried hard several times before she managed to close it. Without even looking at Jian Lu, she turned around and left.

Jian Lu watched Qiu Cuiping trotting away from him, and felt even more that her guess might be true.

This person may not really be the Qiu Cuiping who was admitted to university.

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In the following days, Jian Lu continued to study while waiting for news from Cheng Zheng. However, she found that Qiu Cuiping seemed to have changed recently. Both her temper and behavior were obviously restrained. She even liked to talk about her partner in the dormitory for no reason.

At night, during the dormitory chat time, Qiu Cuiping talked about the gift Qin Zhiwu gave her, a beautiful plastic hairpin.

Among the people in the dormitory, Hao Yue and Jian Lu were reluctant to pay attention to her, but Song Guilan was the most supportive. "Cui Ping, your partner is really nice to you."

"That's right. Zhiwu from my family said that this hairpin suits me, especially with my pink blouse. I want to wear it to the final dance."

On the third day after the final exams this year, H University held a dance party.

Jian Lu was lying on the bed, looking at the dormitory after the lights were turned off. Only the moonlight was faintly pouring in from the window, drawing a ray of light. She gently reached out and touched it, and the moonlight shone on her hand, as if she could hold it in her palm.

"Cui Ping, how much is that bra of yours? It's really nice-looking." Jian Lu said lightly.

Qiu Cuiping suddenly felt superior, especially since Jian Lu, the prettiest girl in her grade, had praised her. She was even more proud. "It's so expensive, thirty yuan!"

She really wanted to say, you can't afford it, but she didn't want to cause trouble now, so she tried to control her temper.

She went back home a while ago, and her family members caught her and scolded her for a long time, telling her to stay out of the spotlight at school and not to attract attention. She had two arguments with her family members about this, and in the end she listened to what they said.

"Wow!" Sun Shangmei sat up from the bed. Her hair was a mess after lying there for a while, flying everywhere. "Sister Cuiping, you can spend thirty yuan to buy braids? You are really rich."

Sun Shangmei's family was ordinary, not as rich as the rich but better off than the poor. But she couldn't afford to spend 30 yuan on a pair of braids. It was painful to hear that. This was a month's salary for some state-owned factory workers.

Hao Yue felt that Qiu Cuiping was spending too much money and couldn't help but nag at her, "Qiu Cuiping, does your family allow you to spend so much money?"

"I..." Qiu Cuiping thought of something and became impatient, "Why do you care about me? I won't say anything more. Let's go to sleep."

As Jian Lu listened to her angry words, she became more and more looking forward to the news that Cheng Zheng was going to find out.

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With the final exams approaching, Jian Lu and her roommates are reviewing seriously. Hao Yue wants to try her best to win the scholarship, while Jian Lu wants to stay in the top three and show her daughter at home. This little girl has reached the point where she wants to compete with her mother in grades.

I don't even check which one is more difficult! It's really frustrating.

"Let's go to the library, comrades?" Li Suihua was holding a pile of books and preparing to go to the library to review. As soon as she opened her mouth, the others thought for a moment and then took action.

At this time, five people in the dormitory were reading, but Qiu Cuiping was nowhere to be seen. Everyone knew that she must have found a partner.

"Let's go. It's more convenient to read books in the library."

"Reading in the dormitory is less efficient."

A group of people brought books to the library and sat inside for the entire afternoon until dinner time.

Jian Lu got her meal and chatted with her roommates before returning to the dormitory. She was the first one to step into the dormitory. As soon as she entered the room, she saw Qiu Cuiping hurriedly throwing something, which she rolled into a ball and threw into a small garbage bucket in the dormitory.

When Qiu Cuiping saw a few people coming back and greeting them in a way that was not intended to deceive her, she felt that something was fishy.

Today was Jian Lu's turn to be on duty. She cleaned up the garbage on the ground. When she was about to pour it into the bucket, she took out the paper ball that Qiu Cuiping had just thrown in when she wasn't paying attention.

After going out to take out the trash, Jian Lu opened a ball of paper in the dormitory corridor and saw the title of a weekly composition. There was nothing special about it. When she looked at the name, she found that Qiu xx had been violently scribbled black, and only a small part of the text could be seen.

But Jian Lu could confirm that these three words were not Qiu Cuiping.

After careful consideration, and running through the words one by one in her mind, Jian Lu guessed that the second word should be "Yan". After further consideration, the third word seemed to be "Ling".

Qiu Yanling?

Could it be that Qiu Cuiping accidentally wrote her real name when she was writing her name on her weekly diary, so she hurriedly crossed it out and then threw it away?

The more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Jian Lu took out the trash and went back to the dormitory, thinking that she should call Cheng Zheng.

The next day, Jian Lu went to the post office during her lunch break and called the 625th Unit. After several relays, the voice of Cheng Zheng's orderly Xiao Zhao came from the other end of the line.

"Sister-in-law, the team leader is out on a mission and is not in the office right now. I'm not sure when he will be back."

Jian Lu understood and just asked him to pass on a message, "Please tell him that the man's real name might be Qiu Yanling. Ask him to call me back when he comes back."

"Is that all you said?" Xiao Zhao was confused and scratched his head. How could the conversation between his sister-in-law and the team leader be so mysterious?

"Yes, just say that. Okay, I won't disturb your office. OK, bye."

Jian Lu believed that Cheng Zheng would definitely understand what she said.

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The final exam lasted for three days. Jian Lu did well as usual and even compared answers with her classmates. Some were happy while others were worried. Qiu Cuiping was the worried one. She had a gloomy face throughout the three days of the exam, as if she was going to a battlefield.

Song Guilan comforted her, "Cui Ping, you used to study so well, are you too nervous now and can't perform well?"

Li Suihua was also puzzled. "Sister Cuiping, are you worried? Or are you having difficulties with your studies? Why don't you tell us and we can see if we can help you? Talk to the teacher."

Qiu Cuiping's face turned pale and she waved her hands, "What's the big deal? In the past, educated youth had to study hard to get into college if they wanted to return to the city. Now that I'm in college, why should I still study? When I graduate, I'll have a diploma and wait for a job assignment!"

"What are you talking about?" Hao Yue was furious when she heard this and retorted loudly, "How long have we waited for the college entrance examination to be resumed? It was not easy at all? You are wasting the college place you worked so hard to get? Qiu Cuiping, if you think this way, why not give the opportunity to go to college to others? There are many people who want to go to college and study hard!"

"Hao Yue! What's it to you whether I study well or not in college? Who do you think you are to control me? This is my place to go to college, I can do whatever I want! It's none of your business!" Qiu Cuiping pushed a few people away with her schoolbag and ran away angrily.

"What kind of person is that!" Hao Yue almost thought that she had changed her personality recently, but she didn't expect that she actually had such thoughts in her heart.

Song Guilan hadn't expected this either. Logically speaking, this group of educated youth shouldn't have thought this way.

She comforted Hao Yue and asked them to go to the cafeteria to eat, then she went back to the dormitory to find Qiu Cuiping.

In the dormitory, Qiu Cuiping was slamming the closet door shut in anger, and then she began to move the desk in frustration, making a harsh sound of friction against the ground.

"Cui Ping, what's wrong with you?" Song Guilan looked at Qiu Cui Ping. Not wanting to see the people in the dormitory quarreling and causing conflicts, she tried to persuade them to stop fighting. "You should talk to Sister Hao Yue in a nice way. There is no deep hatred between them. There is no need to do so."

"How can I talk to her nicely? Didn't you hear what she said? What she meant was that I was just occupying the toilet without doing anything."

"Then you should study hard. It's not easy for us educated youth to get into college. Seeing you like this, I'm worried too."

"Study, study, study. I don't know what there is to learn!" Qiu Cuiping spat bitterly, as if study was her enemy. "Just hold on for another two years, and you'll be free when you graduate!"

Song Guilan saw that Qiu Cuiping's eyes lit up when she mentioned graduation. Although she said that she was looking forward to being assigned a job after graduation, she was obviously different. It was as if graduation was a kind of relief. Such eyes and expression were just like when she left the production team in the countryside, she felt liberated and could finally get rid of those painful days.

The final exam was completely over, and until everyone was ready to go home, Qiu Cuiping and Hao Yue didn't say another word. The other people in the dormitory didn't know how to persuade them, and always felt that the atmosphere was weird.

"Sister Lulu, what do you think we should do with Sister Haoyue and Sister Cuiping?"

Jian Lu was packing her luggage, putting a few pieces of blouse and short-sleeved shirts into a rattan suitcase. "Let's talk about it next semester. Don't worry. We are already in our twenties and thirties. Can we still let ourselves down?"

"Yes, by the way, which day will you take the train home?"

"I'm not going home."

"Ah?" Li Suihua stuck his head out after hearing this. "Where are you going? Are you going to stay in school?"

"No, I..." Jian Lu thought of a way to phrase it, "I went to City Z with my relatives. There was something going on."

"Oh, that's a long train ride."

"Yeah, it's going to be clang-clang again."

The two of them laughed at the same time when they mentioned the clanging. Who hasn't suffered the torture of sitting in a hard seat on a green-skinned train?

Jian Lu and Cai Xiujuan agreed on the departure time a week ago. After Jian Lu finished her final exam, Cai Xiujuan took the train to H City to meet up with Jian Lu, and the two then took the train to Z City together.

Cai Xiujuan arrived in the afternoon, and the train they were taking to City Z was scheduled to depart in the evening. Jian Lu planned to have lunch in the school cafeteria and then leisurely go to the train station to wait for someone.

The university, which has already gone on vacation, is almost half empty. The students are homesick and leave on the first day they can.

Since Sun Shangmei failed to buy tickets for yesterday, she could only leave today, and there were only two of them left in the dormitory.

"All my classmates have left. This place feels quite spacious. Feel free to sit anywhere." Sun Shangmei looked around. There were really not many people. Of course, there were also fewer dishes.

"What? Did you enjoy it? Why don't you stay for a few more days?" Jian Lu teased her.

"No, no, I want to go back!" Sun Shangmei smiled with her eyes narrowed.

"Jian Lu, Jian Lu!" A voice came from outside the cafeteria.

Following the sound, Jian Lu saw that it was a classmate from the same department.

"Yang Liang, what's wrong?" Sun Shangmei spoke first when she saw him looking anxious.

"Jian Lu, here's a call for you." There is a mail room in H University with a rocker phone inside. Students can pay to make or receive calls, but the phone charges are expensive, so few people use it. They only use it when there is an emergency.

"Okay, thank you." Although she didn't know who it was, Jian Lu seemed to be able to guess who would call her.

After receiving Cheng Zheng's call, Jian Lu felt that the man's voice in the receiver was a little strange. It turned out that this telephone line could not be perfectly restored.

"Are you back from the mission?" Jian Lu's voice was unconsciously cheerful. To Cheng Zheng, it sounded like a young lady coming home from school, just as excited and happy.

"Well, I replied a while ago..."

Jian Lu couldn't wait to know what happened, "Did Xiao Zhao give you a message?"

"I said it instantly. The name you provided is useful. The commune is far away and it's hard to ask around. My retired comrade from city D happens to work at the match factory in the county. After asking around for a while, he found out that there's a workshop manager named Qiu in the machinery factory. His daughter is Qiu Yanling, 25 years old. The most coincidental thing is that this person hasn't been home for more than a year. The Qiu family said to the outside world that she went back to her hometown."

The name, address and departure time all match!

Jian Lu pondered, "It seems very possible. You can ask someone to find out whether there is any educated youth named Qiu Cuiping. Once you find out, you can be sure."

At first, Cheng Zheng did not think this matter was so strange, but now after hearing about Qiu Yanling's situation, he also keenly realized that there might be a problem.

"Okay, I'll tell you the latest news." After finishing the serious business, Cheng Zheng finally had the opportunity to ask what was on his mind. "Have you finished your final exams? When are you going home? I'll pick you up."

"The exam is over, but don't come. I'm not going home."

Cheng Zheng: “…?”

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, with only the sound of gentle breathing, rhythmically hitting my ear.

"If you're not going home, where are you going?" Cheng Zheng took a breath, "Your husband and your girlfriend are here, why don't you hurry back? You don't know how anxious I am to go home after the mission is over."

The operator, who was always serious, couldn't help but secretly look up at the words of the head of the team, Cheng. His heart was really in turmoil. Oh my God, this is the head of the team? !

Aren't women always complaining about men not coming home? How come it's the other way around?!

Why do I feel that Captain Cheng is like a shrew? No, it's a shrew who resents the man.

"You forgot?" Jian Lu almost laughed out loud. Did this person choose to forget on purpose? "I'm going to Z City with Sister Xiujuan to attend the trade fair."

Cheng Zheng was stunned again when he heard this. He raised his hand to support his forehead. How could this happen? "Is this true? Did I agree to it?"

My wife is away for a semester, and I haven't seen her for several months. Now that summer vacation is finally here, she has to go somewhere else. It makes me sad just thinking about it.

"Captain Cheng, don't be so rude! Besides, I don't need your consent. I'm busy with my work." Jian Lu seriously suspected that this man was playing dumb. Cheng Zheng had a good memory and remembered everything that happened at home. He would not forget this matter.

Cheng Zheng was speechless after being lectured by his wife. What else could he do?

I could only tell them to be careful and beware of strangers over the phone, and most importantly, "When you move into the guesthouse, ask for the phone number at the front desk and call me. You two lesbians are out of town, so remember to let me know if anything happens."

"I know, I know." Jian Lu was just going along with it now, agreeing to whatever her man said. "Captain Cheng, don't worry, we will definitely go there and come back safely!"

Jian Lu was nervous on the phone, "Take good care of mom and Shuangshuang at home, and wait for me to come back."

Cheng Zheng: "..."

Operator who was listening to the call: Oh???

So this is how Captain Cheng is at home. The one waiting obediently at home is actually Captain Cheng, not Captain Cheng’s wife!