Seeing that Su Jiaojiao's face was getting paler and paler, Ye Wanqing said to Liu Xiaomao, "Let's help her out and ask the people at the guesthouse to help take her to the county hospital."
Liu Xiaomao nodded, and the two of them helped Su Jiaojiao to the front desk.
Luckily, the receptionist was a young man who borrowed a handcart, and the three of them pushed it together to the county hospital.
Su Li overheard what the receptionist said when she went out to dinner with Chen Shengnan that evening.
It turned out that Su Jiaojiao had gone into premature labor after being pushed by the two educated youths who were staying in her room because of an argument.
After giving birth to a daughter, Su Jiaojiao cried a lot when she came out of the delivery room.
On the second day of the exam, Su Li and Chen Shengnan still felt they did well.
After finishing the questions, Su Li checked them twice and then handed in her paper.
When she came out, she was surprised to see Gu Huanian waiting for her outside the examination room.
She was genuinely surprised. Wasn't this person saying he was very busy lately? How did he find time to come over?
Su Li walked up to Gu Huanian and hugged his arm. Gu Huanian glanced around and saw a girl looking in their direction.
She quickly said, "Ah Li, hug her when we get home. It's not good if someone sees us."
As he spoke, he pulled his arm out.
"Pretending to be serious"
How did the exam go?
Su Li smiled and said, "Not bad."
As the two were talking, Ye Wanqing walked over.
Her eyes lit up when she saw Gu Huanian next to Su Li.
She smiled at Su Li and said, "Comrade, do you remember me? My friend had a little trouble with you before, and I brought her to apologize to you. She's just impulsive and her words can be harsh, but she didn't mean any harm."
He apologized to her verbally, but his eyes glanced shyly at Gu Huanian, his true intentions obvious to everyone.
Gu Huanian looked at Su Li with a puzzled expression. Su Li smiled and said, "It's nothing, just ran into two bugs."
Upon hearing this, Ye Wanqing's eyes immediately reddened with grievance, and she looked at Gu Huanian with tears welling up in her eyes.
"How could you say that about us? We just wanted to share an apartment with you. If you don't want to, that's fine. I came over to say hello just to ease the tension between us. Maybe we can even go to the same university in the future?"
"Whether you want to mend things or try to seduce my boyfriend, you know perfectly well. Do you really think other people are blind and can't see through your little schemes?"
"You've misunderstood me. I'm not as despicable as you think."
Upon seeing the tall, handsome man in front of her, her gaze changed, and she quickly explained.
"You know best whether it's true or not," Su Li said, just as Chen Shengnan walked out. Su Li quickly waved to her, "Shengnan, over here!"
Gu Huanian said to the two of them, "Let's go! I'll take you to a state-run restaurant for a good meal."
Chen Shengnan smiled and said, "Then we'll have to trouble Battalion Commander Gu to pay for it."
Seeing that the group was chatting happily in front of her but no one paid any attention to her, Ye Wanqing turned pale with anger.
She had never received this kind of treatment since she was sent to the countryside.
She was beautiful with fair skin, and her family was well-off, so when she went to the fields to earn work points, people would fight to help her.
Almost all the male educated youths at the educated youth settlement and the young men in the village would flock to him at a mere beckoning.
The reason she befriended Liu Xiaomao was to protect herself from those men.
As soon as she mentions which man is always bothering her, that idiot Liu Xiaomao immediately charges into battle, becoming her most useful weapon; wherever she points, that idiot shoots.
From afar, she saw Gu Huanian standing ramrod straight in his military uniform, and she was immediately captivated. As she got closer, the man's features became even more defined, giving her a sense of determination to win him over.
And this was the first time a man had ever treated her like she was invisible.
The more this happened, the more her heart fluttered.
The three of them soon arrived at the state-run restaurant. Gu Huanian went to order food, while Su Li and Chen Shengnan chatted.
"What's wrong with that woman just now?"
Why do I feel like there's something off about how she looks at your Battalion Commander Gu?
Su Li laughed and said, "I also feel something's not right. She's quite pretty, but her intentions aren't pure. Let's avoid dealing with her."
Gu Huanian bought a serving of sweet and sour pork ribs, a braised fish, a stir-fried green bean dish, and a tomato and egg stir-fry.
Su Li looked at the dishes that Gu Huanian brought out; they were all her favorites.
Su Li had just picked up her chopsticks and hadn't even taken a bite of food when she heard a sweet, coquettish voice behind her: "What a coincidence, comrade! There are no seats here, would you mind if we sat here?"
It was Ye Wanqing who spoke. Su Li was speechless and glared at Gu Huanian.
It's all his fault for attracting women everywhere. Why does he have to have such an attractive face?
Gu Huanian was puzzled by her gaze and asked, "What's wrong?"
"fine"
Seeing that no one was paying attention to Ye Wanqing, Liu Xiaomao said rudely to the group, "Why are you asking them? These empty seats were just randomly placed anyway."
Ye Wanqing looked at Gu Huanian with her big, bright eyes, determined to see if this man could escape her grasp.
"Comrade, is this alright?"
Su Li didn't say anything; she wanted to see what he had to say, since, as Liu Xiaomao had said, this was something anyone could do.
Gu Huanian added a piece of pork rib to Su Li's plate before slowly saying, "Ask my boyfriend!"
One sentence made Ye Wanqing very angry; this man was really a tough nut to crack.
Liu Xiaomao had already sat down, and she pulled Ye Wanqing down to sit with her.
Why make do with useless things when you're traveling?
"Look, aren't we all huddled together, squeezing in close together?"
Ye Wanqing nodded, thankfully this idiot had dragged her down to sit here.
Otherwise, she would feel a little awkward, since the other party didn't welcome her.
But all of this is only for now. The reason she shamelessly insisted on sitting here was to find out where this soldier was from and what his name was.
Although Su Li felt that the two people were annoying, she couldn't ask them to leave.
Throughout the meal, Gu Huanian kept serving food to Su Li, making Ye Wanqing extremely envious.
She often sized up Su Li while eating. They were both sent-down youths, so why was she so much luckier than this woman, finding such a good partner?
There were too many ribs in Gu Huanian's bowl, and she really couldn't eat anymore. Her eyes unconsciously drifted towards Gu Huanian.
I can't eat anymore.
Gu Huanian smiled and said, "It's nothing."
As he spoke, he took her bowl, placed it in front of himself, and began to eat it, bite by bite.
Chen Shengnan wore a doting smile, while Ye Wanqing, sitting to the side, gritted her teeth.
Why didn't she meet such a good man first?
The three of them finished their meal quickly, and Chen Shengnan made an excuse to leave.
Su Li and Gu Huanian ran into Yuan Shuo as soon as they stepped out of the state-run restaurant.
Yuan Shuo was also surprised; he hadn't expected to see Su Li here.
He said excitedly, "Xiao Li, come eat! Have you finished eating? If not, have some more with your uncle."
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