Upon hearing this, Shen Qingming was extremely embarrassed. His face turned bright red, veins bulged on his forehead, and his eyes were filled with suppressed anger.
Everyone's eyes followed Ruan Miaomiao's words and fell on Shen Qingming, making him want to find a crack in the ground to hide in.
I hate Ruan Miaomiao so much for making me suffer like this!
Fortunately, Zhao Xiuyun understood Shen Qingming's shame and indignation, and said with a sad face, "Oh, Miaomiao, don't even mention it! Qingming's luggage was stolen on the train. He was so unlucky!"
Upon hearing Zhao Xiuyun's words, Shen Qingming instantly calmed down. He looked at Zhao Xiuyun with gratitude before complaining to Ruan Miaomiao, "You're still my girlfriend, how come no one else cares about me as much?"
"I lost my luggage, and instead of comforting me, you said these hurtful things!"
His resentful gaze fell on Ruan Miaomiao, making it seem as if Ruan Miaomiao had committed a terrible crime.
Ruan Miaomiao didn't expect the male and female leads to be so shameless. They clearly didn't bring any luggage, but insisted on saying they stole it on the train.
They actually think they can use this to brainwash themselves and make themselves feel guilty. They're really dreaming.
"Oh, have you reported it to the police?"
Ruan Miaomiao picked up another piece of luggage, seemingly casually but actually sarcastically saying, "As you all know, my dad has some connections in the army. Which police department did you report to? I'll ask my dad to help you track it down."
Otherwise, you'll lose all your luggage; how will you manage then?
Shen Qingming was about to say that he had reported it, but upon hearing the second half of Ruan Miaomiao's sentence, he immediately shut his mouth.
If he says he reported it, then when Ruan Minqiang has someone ask him, wouldn't the truth be revealed?
Zhao Xiuyun, who had lived an extra life, was quick-witted and said, "Miaomiao, it's all my fault. When I found out we'd been robbed, I was so scared I was completely dumbfounded. Qingming was so busy comforting me that he forgot to report it to the police."
Zhao Xiuyun took all the blame upon herself, and apologized to Shen Qingming with a guilty look on her face: "Brother Qingming, I'm sorry, it's all my fault, I caused you to lose all your luggage..."
Seeing Zhao Xiuyun apologizing to him with teary eyes, Shen Qingming was both moved and heartbroken.
Xiuyun paid a heavy price for her reputation.
Compared to Xiuyun's gentleness, thoughtfulness, and understanding, Ruan Miaomiao seemed aggressive.
At this moment, he truly felt that apart from her good family background, Ruan Miaomiao was utterly useless!
He looked back at Zhao Xiuyun with deep affection and comforted her, "It's alright, Xiuyun, I don't blame you..."
The two gazed at each other deeply, their eyes almost locked in a passionate gaze.
Ruan Miaomiao, carrying a bundle, passed between the two seemingly unintentionally, and murmured, "Ah, youth is so wonderful, love conquers all..."
The scene, coupled with Ruan Miaomiao's words, felt rather strange.
The other educated youth looked at each other in bewilderment as they watched this scene: What a novel and complicated relationship!
The girlfriend doesn't care about the boyfriend, and the boyfriend doesn't protect the girlfriend. The childhood sweetheart feels sorry for the boyfriend, and the boyfriend protects the childhood sweetheart!
Are they too backward?
Have social relationships developed to this point?
Tsk tsk, no wonder they're educated youth from Haicheng, they're just different from those from small towns!
As everyone stared at them, Zhao Xiuyun and Shen Qingming suddenly realized that they seemed to have been genuinely expressing their feelings just now.
Did Ruan Miaomiao discover something?
Realizing this, the two looked at Ruan Miaomiao with a guilty conscience and panic.
However, the latter calmly carried his luggage and chatted with the old educated youth in the room, showing no sign of anything amiss.
Seeing this, the two felt relieved. To avoid suspicion, Zhao Xiuyun tidied her luggage, while Shen Qingming helped Ruan Miaomiao carry her luggage.
Ruan Miaomiao had a lot of luggage, more than the other four educated youths combined. She was very good at using this labor force that had come to her door, talking to the older educated youths while directing Shen Qingming to arrange the things...
Although the new educated youth received a subsidy, the brigade, after some consideration, decided to follow the old rules and borrow ten jin of cornmeal and ten jin of potatoes from each person.
In the evening, to welcome the new educated youth, the educated youth compound cooked a pot of vegetarian melons and beans, stir-fried a plate of dry-pot potatoes, steamed a pot of corn rice, and also made a cold cucumber salad.
Seeing the food on the table, the new educated youth looked listless, with a hint of disappointment in their eyes.
However, the older educated youth's eyes were filled with happiness and hunger.
You should know that when they were stir-frying potatoes tonight, they used a full half spoonful of lard. Normally, that amount of lard would last them three days.
Shen Qingming was extremely disappointed when he saw the food on the table, but he was so hungry that he only wanted to fill his stomach first.
Anyway, Ruan Miaomiao still has a serving of braised pork. He'll call her to the back of the educated youth compound later, and he's not afraid she won't give him any.
Little did he know, just as he was thinking this, he saw Zhou Weihong, an old educated youth who shared a room with Ruan Miaomiao, walking over with an aluminum lunchbox in her hand.
The moment Shen Qingming smelled the familiar aroma wafting from the aluminum lunchbox, his heart skipped a beat: Could it be?
The next second, Zhou Weihong said to everyone, "This braised pork was brought out by Ruan Zhiqing as an extra meal for everyone."
As soon as the aluminum lunchbox was opened, the steaming braised pork emitted an irresistible aroma.
The educated youth, who hadn't eaten meat in a long time, stared wide-eyed, swallowing hard, and showered Ruan Miaomiao with compliments:
"Ruan Zhiqing, you are beautiful inside and out, and you just took out a plate of braised pork to add to everyone's meal."
Praised and seeing everyone's mouths watering, Ruan Miaomiao took the lead and picked up some braised pork: "Oh dear, we are all educated youths who have been re-educated by poor and lower-middle peasants together. It's fate that we've gathered together. Let's eat it while it's hot!"
As Ruan Miaomiao started eating, the others followed suit and began picking up pieces of braised pork.
Seeing this scene, Shen Qingming felt his heart bleeding: They were all my flesh and blood!
Despite his resentment, his chopsticks were no slower than anyone else's. In fact, towards the end, while others only ate three pieces, or even just two, of braised pork, Shen Qingming ate a full five pieces.
However, even after eating so much, Shen Qingming still felt he had lost out, and secretly blamed Ruan Miaomiao for sharing her braised pork with a group of outsiders.
He didn't realize that his craving for meat just now was completely at odds with the refined and serene image he had cultivated.
Some of the educated youth even glanced at him several times during meals, secretly feeling that he was hypocritical.
However, he knew nothing about any of this.
He just wanted to call Ruan Miaomiao aside after he finished eating and give her a good scolding, so that she would only save the good food for him and Xiuyun in the future.
No, she should be allowed to give all the good food to Xiuyun or keep it herself.
Girls raised in wealthy families like this just don't know how to be thrifty and manage a household well. He's afraid Ruan Miaomiao will squander all his things!
However, when he called out to Ruan Miaomiao, she did not go out with him. Instead, she made an excuse that she was tired after a long day and needed to wash up and rest.
"Comrade Shen, you're my girlfriend, right?"
Blinking, Ruan Miaomiao looked at Shen Qingming slyly and asked.
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