Gu Sinian had already risen to a high position and become a general, but he still had no one by his side who cared about his well-being, and he remained alone until he was forty.
It must have been her breaking off the engagement that hurt him, causing him to feel insecure in relationships, so he simply stopped looking for someone.
She will never betray him in this life.
With her, Gu Sinian will be very happy in this life. She will marry him and have a bunch of children. He won't have to come home to a cold house every time he comes home.
When he got home, there was a hot meal waiting for him, and his child hugged him and called him "Dad."
Thinking about the wonderful days to come, Qiao Xiyan was overjoyed; this was her ideal married life.
Gu Sinian and Huo Zheng are two different kinds of people and cannot be compared. She never wants to see that bastard Huo Zheng again in this life.
Before she went to the countryside, everyone in the Qiao family opposed her going there to find Gu Sinian. They said that if she continued to be so stubborn, she would no longer be a daughter of the Qiao family.
Even if they disagree with her marriage to Gu Sinian, she is determined to marry him.
They're making grand pronouncements now about not recognizing her, but once she becomes the wife of a high-ranking official, the Qiao family's sycophantic faces will be revealed, and they'll be begging to acknowledge her again.
Having lived through her previous life, she was quite familiar with the Qiao family's sycophantic and opportunistic ways of currying favor with the powerful and belittling the weak.
In her past life, she could have reached out and helped her, but she chose to stand idly by. In this life, she will become an unapproachable figure in the Qiao family.
Only by fawning over her from now on can we repay her for the suffering she endured in her past life.
Fortunately, she was reborn just before her wedding. She abandoned that scoundrel Huo Zheng, sold her job, and chose to go to the countryside.
Although life in the countryside is tough, with periods of hunger and hardship, there is hope for the future. As long as she successfully marries Gu Sinian, she will enjoy endless wealth and luxury for the rest of her life.
Before going to the countryside, she already knew that she was prepared to get through this difficult period, and that her future was bright; she was going to be an official's wife.
Instead of Huo Zheng, who had a very high starting point, her parents married her off to Huo Zheng in their previous life because of the Huo family's status and power.
The slap in the face came too fast, catching her completely off guard. Not to mention the snobbishness of the Qiao family, and the Huo family's entire family being convicted and sent to a farm for reform through labor in just a few years.
She naively went home to beg for help, but those snobs told her to get lost and not to cause them any harm.
This behavior completely chilled her heart. In her previous life, when she had just married into the Huo family and the Huo family was enjoying its glory, how much the Qiao family benefited from it and how much they took advantage of the Huo family's name. But when trouble came, they ran away faster than anyone else.
They didn't care about their grandchildren, who were so young that they had to go to the farm to work and suffer.
The Qiao family is truly disappointing; they can't even tolerate two children.
In her past life, she received advance notice that the Huo family had been convicted and sent to a farm for reform, and that the young children could choose to be sent away.
When the Qiao family refused to come and take the two children, her heart sank.
The Qiao family treated her like a plague, and she was heartbroken, so she took her child to the farm.
The living conditions on the farm were terrible. The two children were too young and malnourished, and they were often sick. They didn't last long before they died.
What devastated her was that after losing both children, Huo Zheng changed and kept blaming her. When the Huo family was useful, her family took advantage of her, but now that the Huo family was gone, they couldn't even tolerate her two grown children.
Even if we raise the two children of the Huo family to adulthood, it will be enough to repay the benefits that the Qiao family took from the Huo family.
But the Qiao family is too cold-blooded. After the child was lost, Huo Zheng looked at Qiao Xiyan with disdain all day long, often cursing at her and even physically assaulting her.
With Gu Sinian by her side, she had nothing to miss about her family. She was willing to take a gamble and give up everything in Beijing to come to Willow Village to be with him.
Even though she didn't stay with Gu Sinian in her past life, he never forgot her and never married.
With her by his side in this life, Gu Sinian's achievements will surely surpass those of his previous life. Perhaps he will even make further progress when he is in his forties.
Thinking about the wonderful days to come, Qiao Xiyan smiled broadly and reached out to tug at Gu Sinian's sleeve.
"Si Nian, don't be angry. I didn't mean to. I just wanted to give you a surprise. Didn't I call the brigade to tell you when I was changing to the last train?"
She swayed the man's sleeve, her voice naturally carrying a coquettish tone.
"Si Nian, please forgive me. I know you're angry with me, angry that I followed you here without discussing it with you, angry that I gave up a good job and came to this godforsaken countryside."
"But I'm not afraid of hardship. I just want to be with you, always be with you. I'm not afraid of hardship."
Gu Sinian frowned, listening to Qiao Xiyan chatter on and on until his ears were practically calloused. Finally, he lifted his busy eyes and stared at Qiao Xiyan for a moment.
He couldn't listen to it anymore; Qiao Xiyan had completely abandoned all pretense of decency.
She came to the countryside to suffer for him; did he force her to come?
Pure love is talking nonsense.
He won't take the blame for that.
Moreover, they weren't close enough to call each other by name.
He really does things on a whim, leaving him speechless.
"Stop, stop, stop. I don't know you well. I didn't come to the train station to pick you up today, nor did I come here specifically to pick you up. It was purely by chance. Things have been a bit unsettled outside the village lately, and Sun Xuelin invited me to come along."
Listening to their conversation, Sun Xuelin sensed that the two didn't get along, and quickly nodded, "Yes, yes, yes. Things have been a bit unsettled outside the village lately, there's been a murder case, and I was a little scared, so I dragged Gu Sinian over to help."
"I heard that Gu Sinian used to be a regimental commander in the army. He is highly skilled in martial arts, capable of taking on ten men at once. He is an excellent fighter. With him by my side, I feel very safe. Besides, I need to pick up two female comrades today. If Gu Sinian doesn't come along, I'm afraid I won't be able to shoulder this responsibility."
"Liushu Village is quite far from the train station. It's only a little past three o'clock now, and I'll be back in Liushu Village by around eight o'clock in the evening. I don't dare to go home at night without someone who's good at fighting."
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