"It's not good to lie."
The simple-minded Qin Chuan only knows to tell the truth about everything, and it is not good to hide things from others.
"If she finds out, and my whole family finds out, she won't let me go to the provincial capital. Then your plan to repay the money will be ruined. Are you happy with that?"
Qin Chuan shook his head like a rattle, he was unhappy.
He wanted to spend more time with Li Heng, at least to pay him back for the noodles before leaving.
"Then you have to listen to me." Xu Jing was particularly patient with the child. "Go wash up and go to bed early. You have to get up early tomorrow."
"And you?"
Xu Jing pointed to a pile of books in the corner and said, "I have to review my lessons."
"Oh." Qin Chuan took the basin and went into the bathroom to wash up. When he came out, he saw Li Heng sitting at the head of the bed in the dim light, staring at the book intently. For a moment, his movements slowed down a lot.
Li Heng and Ye Ziqiu are both studying, so he can't disturb others.
After putting the washbasin in the corner, he turned over and got on the bed.
The bed in the hospital is soft, much better than the hard bed at home.
The pillows were also softer than the ones at home. He had never lived in such a nice house.
Qin Chuan leaned on the pillow and turned his head to look at Li Heng.
Li Heng is really good-looking, as fair and clean as a steamed bun made with leavened dough, and he smells nice. It's obvious at first glance that he's not the same type of person.
She was supposed to study hard and become an official in the future, unlike him. Even though he tried hard to wash his fingernails, he could still see mud under them. He was not worthy of her at all.
When he thought of this, Qin Chuan felt particularly depressed.
Zi Qiu was right. I was a fool. How could I be worthy of him?
"Qin Chuan?" Xu Jing put down the book and looked at him.
"I'm here." Qin Chuan opened his eyes. His grape-like eyes were particularly bright under the dim light, twinkling as clear and bright as the stars shining outside.
"Are you full?"
"I'm full." Qin Chuan said cautiously: "Why are you staying in the hospital? Are you sick?"
In Qin Chuan's mind, only people with serious illnesses would go to the hospital. He usually cleaned his injuries himself, and only went to see a barefoot doctor when he couldn't stand it anymore. Those who could see a doctor in the hospital were rich, and they were beyond his reach.
Xu Jing sat beside his bed. Only when he got closer did Qin Chuan see the scar on his forehead. "You have a cut on your head?"
It looked like a centipede hovering over her fair face. Qin Chuan sighed and touched it. "Does it still hurt?"
"Okay." Xu Jing grabbed his hand and said, "You don't have to feel inferior."
He didn't understand what inferiority complex meant. He just felt embarrassed to touch Li Heng. He retracted his hand and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."
"It's okay, you can watch." Xu Jing smiled and said, "You are pretty good-looking too."
"I'm not good-looking." Qin Chuan shook his head, his forehead sweating from being too nervous.
"Qin Chuan, look up at me."
Qin Chuan looked at him for a second as he was told. His eyes seemed to contain vast stars, and if you looked at them for too long, you would be mesmerized and unable to extricate yourself.
Qin Chuan doesn’t know many people, and the only one he’s close to is Ye Ziqiu.
Ye Ziqiu has deer eyes, which make her lively, smart, playful and cute.
But Li Heng was different from Ye Ziqiu. His eyes were like a clear spring, so clear that one could see the bottom. He could see his own embarrassment through his eyes.
"I..." Qin Chuan didn't know what to say for a moment. He just felt his breathing become short and his mind went blank. "Li Heng, I believe you are not a bad person."
Huh? What are you thinking about at the critical moment?
"Zi Qiu said you are a gangster, but I don't believe it."
Li Heng is a scholar, not a second-rate person without a proper job.
Xu Jing held his forehead. It seemed the little fool was really stubborn. He believed what he saw and not what others said.
"It's a gangster."
"Ah?" Qin Chuan was stunned, then muttered: "Even if they are gangsters, they are good, not bad."
It's all a mess.
Xu Jing smiled faintly and said, "Just remember that I didn't lie to you."
"Well, you can't lie to me." Qin Chuan nodded heavily. "I will make a lot of money to pay you back."
"Okay, go to bed early."
"Are you going to eat?" Qin Chuan poked his head out and asked in a low voice: "You haven't eaten yet, aren't you hungry?"
"I've eaten. I'll go wash up and continue reading."
"Oh. Li Heng, what grade are you in?"
"She's in her second year of high school." Xu Jing said, "She goes to the same high school as your Ye Ziqiu, but she's in her third year."
"It's not mine. I only treat Ziqiu as my sister." Qin Chuan added: "Her family treated Ziqiu very badly. She was admitted to high school but was not allowed to go to school. I gave her money to go to school, and she said she would treat me as her own brother."
"Silly boy, do you know which brother it is?"
If someone calls him a fool, Qin Chuan will get angry, but if Li Heng calls him a fool, he will blush.
"I've agreed with Ziqiu to treat her as my own sister."
“How much money do you make?”
Qin Chuan held up five fingers. "Fifty."
"Nothing left for myself?" All the hard-earned money for three years was used to support Ye Ziqiu, this ungrateful person?
"Yeah." Qin Chuan counted on his fingers. "I don't need to spend money. There's water in the sweet potato fields. I can carry water for drinking. I can light candles when it gets dark. I don't need to spend money."
Xu Jing glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw a pair of cloth shoes on the ground with a few holes in them, but they were still wearable. He felt a little sad. "Don't you need to buy clothes or shoes?"
"No need. I can weave straw sandals. If they break, I can make new ones." He chuckled and said, "The clothes were given to me by Aunt Zhang next door. The clothes her children gave her when they grew up are just enough for me to wear."
He only wore cloth shoes when he came to the county town because he was afraid of embarrassing Zi Qiu.
"Just follow me, I'll keep you fed and warm."
Xu Jing suppressed the emotion in his eyes and said calmly: "At least you have to follow me until you pay off the debt."
"I will." Qin Chuan nodded heavily. "I will do anything to pay back the money."
"Go to bed early, you have to get up early tomorrow."
Xu Jing tidied the quilt for him and walked out of the room.
After walking a long way and getting out of the building, Xu Jing took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit it with a lighter and took a few puffs silently.
"Minors are not allowed to smoke." 021 said: "Put out the cigarette quickly."
Xu Jing ignored 021 and only put out the remaining cigarette butt and threw it into the trash can after he finished smoking.
"He's quite pitiful."
021 said: "You're not sympathizing with him, are you? There are many people more pitiful than him, and it doesn't seem like everyone needs to be saved."
"Yeah, if we can save as many as we can, we'll save them all." At least we can't let the fool be ruined by Ye Ziqiu's hands.
"Is Bai Meng intoxicated?"
021 said: "They get along pretty well, and they've developed feelings for each other."
Bai Menghun was incarnated as Taozui's fiancée. The two families were well matched, and they were the same kind of people.
Ye Ziqiu relied on Qin Chuan's relief money to climb up the social ladder and destroyed the original marriage alliance with the Tao family. No wonder he was disliked. It was all his own fault.
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