Ruan Qingling usually rides her bicycle home because she doesn't live in the dormitory, so she naturally leaves in a hurry on her bicycle as soon as school is over.
Sometimes, Ruan Huaiguo would make time to take her to school, and then pick her up later.
Ruan Qingling felt that this kind of life was great, except for the slight regret that Song Shiting wasn't by her side.
She attended classes while also engaging in literary creation.
She discovered that since the country began to emphasize education, the prospects for literary creation have improved significantly.
And so, a week passed, and the family's concerns about adapting to school were completely resolved.
But at school, for some reason, her classmates started looking at her more and more strangely, as if she had done something shameful.
The way people looked at her even carried a hint of disdain.
However, Ruan Qingling didn't care; what she needed to do now was to live a good life.
Give yourself a second chance at life, and live a more meaningful one.
This noon, Ruan Huaiguo made an appointment with her to go out for lunch, and Ruan Huaizhu was going to come along.
He said he had something important to tell her.
Ruan Qingling was about to leave after class when her classmate called her back.
"Ruan Qingling".
Ruan Qingling turned around and asked, "Classmate, is there something you need?"
Mingxia said, "Well, there's a celebration on October 1st. We're going to organize an event, and we're short on time, so we'd like to rehearse a program and invite you to participate!"
Ruan Qingling has already promised Zhang Daqian that she will finish the comic book within half a month, so she definitely won't have time to squeeze out time to participate in these rehearsals.
So he said, "What you said, I probably can't participate, you guys do it!"
Ruan Qingling refused without the slightest hesitation.
Mingxia said, "Well, this is our first activity since we came to school. If possible, I hope you will participate."
Ruan Qingling said apologetically, "I've been busy lately and can't participate. I'll participate next time if I have the chance. Thank you for your hard work this time."
Mingxia frowned slightly and said, "Please don't be angry if I say something more."
Ruan Qingling looked at her and said, "You tell me. You don't live at school, so there are probably many things about school that you don't know. I think if you can participate, you should try your best to participate."
Ruan Qingling certainly knew that participating in activities at university was the foundation for developing one's social skills when entering society.
But she came to the school for only one purpose: to obtain a prestigious diploma.
Mingxia felt she had made her reminder clear enough, but Ruan Qingling had her own decision; she didn't want to participate, nor did she have the time or energy to do so.
If you can't do things well and end up making a mess of things, it's better not to do them in the first place.
"I won't participate this time. I'll work with my classmates again when I have time in the future."
Mingxia opened her mouth, clearly wanting to say something, but ultimately didn't.
Ruan Qingling glanced at her watch; four minutes had passed since their agreed time, and she was worried that her older brother was waiting for her outside.
She smiled slightly and said, "Then I'll be going now."
Watching Ruan Qingling walk outside.
Mingxia sighed.
She thought Ruan Qingling was a very capable girl, but it would be a shame if a girl didn't cherish her reputation.
When Ruan Qingling came out, Ruan Huaiguo was indeed waiting for her outside.
He stood beside the car, watching his sister jog over. As he reached out to open the car door for her, he said, "No rush, take your time."
They were more tolerant of their younger sister because she had lost so much.
There are many people watching at the school gate.
This includes Liu Mei.
Ruan Qingling said, "A classmate just asked me to participate in a school event, but I didn't go."
Ruan Huaiguo said, "The school's activities are meant to give you better opportunities to grow. I think it doesn't matter whether you participate or not. You have more experience than anyone else. Right now, as long as you're happy, that's all that matters. Whether you participate or not isn't important."
Ruan Huaizhu nodded and said, "Yes, I think what you said before makes a lot of sense. No matter what we do or learn now, it's all to lay the foundation for our future work. As long as you think it's useful, let's do it."
"If you think it's useless, then we won't do it. After all, life is about experiencing things. As long as we enjoy the experience, that's enough!"
It is rare for Ruan Huaizhu to have such ideological awareness.
Ruan Qingling smiled at her, then, thinking of Lu Zhen, she asked, "Big brother, how is Lu Zhen doing now?"
Ruan Huaiguo said, "Don't rush, find a place to sit down, and I'll tell you."
Ruan Huaizhu chuckled and said, "I think it's great news. Of course, even the best news is relative. It should be good news for us, but for some people, it's not good news."
Ruan Qingling smiled slightly: "Everything in this world has two sides. There are good things and there are bound to be bad things. Seeing how happy you are, it must be good news."
Ruan Huaizhu smiled, still trying to whet her appetite: "Second sister, eldest brother said that when we go to a restaurant, we can eat and talk at the same time. Eating delicious food and talking about pleasant things, that's what we call enjoyment."
Ruan Huaiguo said, "You should keep your mouth shut. If someone hears this again, it will make you look like a capitalist."
Ruan Huaizhu stuck out her tongue.
Ruan Qingling said, "I believe that in another year or two, we will be relatively free. At that time, we will have to learn the capitalist way of doing things."
Ruan Huaizhu's mouth suddenly opened wide.
Ruan Huaiguo's words interrupted what she was about to say.
"What you said isn't impossible, but it depends on the timing."
Ruan Qingling nodded: "Mm."
When they arrived at the state-run hotel, Ruan Huaiguo was in charge of ordering the food, while Ruan Qingling was not in a hurry and quietly watched from the side.
Ruan Huaizhu picked up the cup and poured a cup of chrysanthemum water for each of them.
He said, "Eating out is convenient, that's the point."
Ruan Qingling waited for the dishes to be served before saying, "The dishes are here now, big brother, can you start talking now?"
Ruan Huaiguo picked up his chopsticks and said, "I want to tell you to get some rest. However, this time, the news of our decisive action is temporarily kept under wraps."
"But I know you must be very curious, which is why I'm telling you this. However, this matter must absolutely not be known to anyone else!"
"Big brother is being so mysterious," Ruan Qingling said, holding up four fingers to assure him, "Big brother, just tell me, I absolutely won't tell anyone!"
Ruan Huaiguo then said, "Someone has been monitoring those who have been in contact with Lu Zhen. They have finally found the place where Song Hongyu hid his money, and that money has now been recovered."
"How much?" Ruan Qingling asked.
Ruan Huaizhu blinked and said, "Second sister, guess how many there are."
Ruan Qingling shook her head and said, "That's really hard to guess."
She felt that in this day and age, even if Song Hongyu could keep it, he couldn't possibly keep that much. But she also felt that what could make a woman like Lu Zhen willingly raise a child, and even bear the infamy for the sake of that child, must be an extraordinary temptation.
So, how many exactly?
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