A semester passed quickly, and this time Xiaoli took Dong Qingqing to the mountains.
Resources were scarce there, and everyone had to do everything themselves. Dong Qingqing became good friends with Xia Zhizhi, a volunteer teacher there.
"Zhizhi, why did you become a volunteer teacher?"
Xia Zhizhi graduated from a prestigious university and is exactly twenty-five years old this year, in the prime of her life.
"I come from the mountains. After graduation, I felt lost, so I came here."
On the other hand, I've also been resubmitting my resume and have already received replies. I'll start working after this year's batch of students finishes their exams.
Dong Qingqing pressed for an answer.
"So, are you no longer confused?"
Xia Zhizhi nodded, "Yes, I have found my direction in life. I will work hard, and in the future, I want to go back to my hometown to become a school principal."
Dong Qingqing was very happy for her friend, saying, "Then I will become a successful entrepreneur and invest in your school to build teaching buildings in the future."
The two laughed it off and didn't take it seriously. However, more than a decade later, those words became a reality.
Xia Zhizhi was also curious, "Qingqing, what about you? Why are you here?"
Dong Qingqing pondered, "My mother wanted me to experience life and understand its hardships."
Xia Zhizhi nodded. The two women had different backgrounds. Dong Qingqing had never experienced hardship since childhood and was naive, making her easily deceived.
So, Xia Zhizhi, who had a lot of life experience, told Dong Qingqing a lot about her own stories or those of people around her.
"The Mu family's daughter-in-law in our village was bought."
"Is this real? It's unbelievable."
"The village chief's house is the only multi-story building in the village, and his two children are both very capable."
"So that's how it is..."
“Cuihua’s ex-husband used to beat her and the children, so she got divorced and lived with the children on her own.”
"She's so pitiful..."
Dong Qingqing kept marveling at how much Xia Zhizhi knew.
She had never heard these stories before. She didn't know that people could be so wicked, and she had never met such a resilient and insightful person.
A month later, Xiao Li took Dong Qingqing to the disaster area. An earthquake had struck Suxian County, leaving countless people homeless.
Dong Qingqing witnessed the passing of lives and the survival of individuals.
Her state of mind underwent a dramatic change; in the face of universal love, everything else seemed so insignificant.
When she returned to school, she was no longer interested in romance, but instead focused on her studies, spending more time in the library and laboratory.
Wang Xunfei often couldn't find Dong Qingqing, and he felt that he had made a wrong choice.
However, he refused to give up on Dong Qingqing, a promising prospect. Thinking about graduating soon and facing the job search, he patiently persevered.
Dong Qingqing, however, began her internship. Relying on her experience in managing farms, she easily entered Nie's Group, the largest listed company in Linshi.
Wang Xunfei assumed she got in through family connections and subtly hinted that she should also help him get in.
"Xunfei, what do you mean? I submitted my resume myself, how can you doubt my character?"
Dong Qingqing could hardly believe it; she actually detected contempt in Wang Xunfei's words.
Wang Xunfei was indeed disdainful and contemptuous. He considered himself superior to Dong Qingqing, but Nie's Company rejected him from the very beginning.
"No matter what, Qingqing, could you ask your mother to pull some strings for me? If I can stay with the Nie family, I'll have a good chance of being retained in the future."
That way, we can stay in the same city and not have to live apart.
Dong Qingqing refused, "I didn't ask my mother to pull any strings. If you want to get into the Nie family, you have to rely on yourself."
Wang Xunfei's expression immediately darkened. "Can't you even make such a small request?"
"Qingqing, don't you want to marry me? We'll be family soon."
Over the years, the stories Dong Qingqing has heard from Xiao Li have mostly emphasized that people should rely on themselves and that using connections is immoral.
"It's unfair to others that you're doing this, and I can't fulfill your request."
Wang Xunfei was furious. "Dong Qingqing, I knew it. You and your mother both look down on me."
Dong Qingqing still cared about this relationship, so she patiently explained that her mother didn't have any powerful connections to pull strings.
Wang Xunfei didn't believe it at all. He had seen Xiao Li having dinner with those important figures, and he just thought that Dong Qingqing didn't want to help.
He didn't know that Xiao Li's dinners with those CEOs were purely for business purposes.
Dong Qingqing had absolutely no idea what her family's business was.
At that moment, Wang Xunfei seemed like a complete stranger to her.
"Let's calm down. Maybe we need to reconsider our relationship."
Upon hearing this, Wang Xunfei thought, "This duck that's already in my mouth is going to fly away. How can that be allowed?"
He quickly backed down.
"Qingqing, I'm sorry, I was lying. I know how you feel about me."
He coaxed her for a long time before Dong Qingqing finally smiled again.
Unable to find a company he liked, Wang Xunfei had no choice but to submit his resume to a small company.
Not only are the salaries low, but the benefits are also meager.
There are many newbies like him who are not valued by the company. Even if he stays, he has no future.
As he watched Dong Qingqing become more and more capable, he grew increasingly anxious.
Wang Xunfei wanted to take his relationship with Dong Qingqing to the next level, but Dong Qingqing moved back home and insisted on being home before 10 p.m. every night.
He proposed to Dong Qingqing, but she declined. Dong Qingqing felt that her mother was right and that she would get married after she turned 28.
"Xunfei, I want to focus on my career now. We can get married a few years later when my career is more stable."
Wang Xunfei
Listen, and it exploded.
"We'll be thirty in a few years. Do you want my Wang family line to end?"
Dong Qingqing found it hard to believe that such words came from a highly educated person.
She remembered the story her mother had told her.
"Does your family have a throne to inherit?"
That's what she thought, and that's what she asked.
Wang Xunfei spoke with even greater certainty.
“My parents only have me as their son, and they are both waiting to hold their grandson. If you quit your job, it will be perfect for me to take over.”
After we get married, you should start trying to conceive and try to have a big, healthy boy.
Dong Qingqing stared at Wang Xunfei as if he were a monster. How could he say that?
"Wang Xunfei, are you out of your mind? What era are we living in? You still want a chubby boy? What if we had a daughter? Would you abandon her? We're not even married yet."
When Wang Xunfei realized that the two were not yet married, he immediately changed his tune.
"No, I was just saying it offhand, don't take it seriously."
Dong Qingqing felt that she and Wang Xunfei were growing further and further apart, and she needed to seriously consider their relationship.
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