Ji Dahai was stunned for a long time.
It took me a while to realize what was happening.
He laughed loudly and said, "Brother Weidong, your heavy breathing scared me to death. I thought you were going to beg for mercy. You're really something else."
“Brother Ji, you’re joking. How could I plead for them after what they’ve done to me? Besides, I’ve already severed all ties with them. From now on, whatever they do, it has nothing to do with me, Li Weidong.”
"Brother Weidong, now that you say so, I understand. Just wait and see what happens. If they dare to deceive me, Ji Dahai, I will definitely not let them get away with it."
"Alright, I'll be waiting to watch the show from home."
...
After hanging up the phone, Li Weidong was in an exceptionally good mood.
But just then, a complaining voice rang out: "Brother, could you please keep your voice down when you make phone calls next time? You're disturbing my homework."
Li Weidong looked up and realized that his younger sister was doing her homework next to him, and opposite her sat a pretty girl of similar age.
The girl was curiously looking at Li Weidong.
Li Weidong looked up and met her gaze.
Her face flushed red instantly, and she quickly lowered her head, pretending to be doing her homework.
Although it was just a fleeting glance, Li Weidong still recognized the girl as Zhou Xiaoye, his sister's classmate and best friend.
She was also the woman who left him with endless regrets in his past life.
Memories return to a previous life.
In his previous life, Li Weidong believed that he had never wronged any woman except his sister and mother, but Zhou Xiaoye was an exception.
Zhou Xiaoye is her younger sister's classmate, and the two are very close. She often visits Li Weidong's house, so the two are very familiar with each other.
She and her sister both passed the entrance exams for high school and then university.
However, none of them were able to read it.
The younger sister gave up her university acceptance letter because her family's financial situation was too bad and she wanted to work to help her brother.
Zhou Xiaoye, however, is different.
Her fate was even more tragic.
She wasn't their biological child; the Zhou family bought her from human traffickers so they could help her brother in the future.
Growing up in a family that favored sons over daughters, her fate was destined to end in tragedy from the very beginning.
The moment she received her university acceptance letter, the Zhou family was not happy; instead, they were furious.
I think she's an ingrate who wants to leave this family.
To make her give up on him, they arranged a marriage for Zhou Xiaoye.
They arranged a marriage exchange with Zhang the Cripple from the neighboring Shanghe Village.
She married Zhang the Cripple, while Zhang the Cripple's sister married her elder brother.
Zhou Xiaoye objected, cried, and made a scene.
But it was to no avail.
And so the marriage was arranged...
With nowhere else to turn, she turned to Li Weidong.
They pulled him into a dense cornfield.
Without any warning, she revealed her feelings.
She liked Li Weidong and wanted to marry him. She had liked him from the very beginning and had been secretly in love with him for several years.
She didn't want to marry Zhang the Cripple and hoped Li Weidong could help her.
After hearing this, Li Weidong remained silent for a long time.
He wasn't stupid; he could naturally sense Zhou Xiaoye's feelings for him.
He also liked this beautiful girl who was passionate and outspoken.
But that time, he rejected her...
That year was the lowest point in her life. Her mother was paralyzed in bed, her family was heavily in debt, and even her younger sister, who had been admitted to university, was forced to give up her studies.
At that time, he was extremely insecure, and the two were seven years apart in age!
He has already ruined his sister's life; how could he possibly ruin another good girl's?
So he rejected Zhou Xiaoye...
Zhou Xiaoye cried; having lost all hope, she sobbed uncontrollably.
After crying, she took off her clothes one by one and stood naked in front of Li Weidong.
She said she didn't believe Li Weidong had no feelings for her at all, unless he looked her in the eye and told her himself.
Li Weidong didn't dare to look up, didn't dare to look into her hopeful eyes, and even less dare to look at her young but naked body.
That time, he deserted from love.
Zhou Xiaoye left dejectedly.
Not long after, she got married...
She married Zhang the Cripple, an old and ugly man from Shanghe Village.
Later, I heard from others that Zhang the Cripple treated her very badly, not only drinking heavily but also committing domestic violence.
Li Weidong felt sad, but there was nothing he could do for her.
Later, she heard that Zhou Xiaoye, unable to bear the domestic violence, jumped into the icy lake with her child in her arms one winter night.
Zhou Xiaoye is dead.
But it became a hurdle that Li Weidong could never overcome in his life.
Countless times in the dead of night, he would think back to that cornfield at dusk.
As the sun set, Zhou Xiaoye stripped naked and stood before him, forcing him to say, "I don't love you."
After recalling that scene countless times, Li Weidong gradually understood what Zhou Xiaoye was thinking that day.
Perhaps, what she hoped for that day was not for Li Weidong to marry her at all.
It was a kiss!
A hug!
Or perhaps it was each other's first time.
Anything is fine, as long as Li Weidong touches her that day, her love life won't be empty.
Even in her bleak life, there will still be a ray of light!
But on that particular day, Li Weidong did nothing.
But none of that matters anymore.
He was reborn, and after many twists and turns in his life, he met her again.
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