At that time, Sheng Xiping didn't want to live anymore inside.
Because of him, he has burdened his parents, siblings, and the girl he loves. What's the point of him living?
Then he started causing all sorts of trouble inside, and started thinking he might as well just die.
But life is hard, and dying isn't necessarily easy either.
Especially in a place where everyone is watching your every move, dying is very difficult.
After several failed suicide attempts, he ended up with injuries all over his body. One of the older men who was with him couldn't stand it anymore and gave Sheng Xiping a good beating while cursing him.
Perhaps he was woken up by the scolding? From then on, Sheng Xiping stopped courting death and focused on performing well in order to get out as soon as possible.
There is his elderly father, his younger brother and sister, and Zhou Qinglan's family outside. He has let so many people down, he has to go out and atone for his sins.
Through his efforts, he was released five years ahead of schedule. However, when he finally emerged, everything had changed.
The Zhou family has already moved away and has disappeared without a trace.
Sheng Xiping inquired with all the educated youth who had been in Qianchuan back then, but no one knew where they had moved to, not even Tang Fengying's family.
However, through some people, he vaguely learned some of the hidden stories from back then.
After the incident, Du Jiabin offered to recruit Zhou Qinglan to return to the city and take her away from Qianchuan Forest Farm in exchange for her marrying him.
Zhou Qinglan rejected Du Jiabin's suggestion and chose another path.
Later, Du Jiabin returned to the city and got married, only to find that the kick Sheng Xiping had given him left him with a chronic condition that rendered him useless.
Since then, Du Jiabin has been drinking heavily every day, always drunk.
It's unclear when it happened, but Du Jiabin, after drinking too much, revealed the truth: it turned out that he had secretly planned everything back then.
It was he who instigated Sun Yunpeng to fight with Sheng Xiping, and it was he who suggested to Sun Yunpeng that they secretly ambush and deal with Sheng Xiping.
Du Jiabin's family lives on the outskirts of Songjiang River, in a place called Daqingpaozi. As the name suggests, there is a pond nearby.
No one knows when, but the Du family discovered that Du Jiabin was missing. They searched for several days and finally found Du Jiabin's body in Daqingpaozi.
At the time, there were rumors that Du Jiabin had accidentally fallen into the water and drowned after drinking.
Some say that the Sun family learned the truth about their son's death and secretly hired someone to do it.
The incident caused quite a stir at the time, with all sorts of rumors circulating.
There were no surveillance videos back then, and no evidence at all, so what could the Du family do?
When Sheng Xiping learned the truth, of the four people from that year, only he was still alive; the others had all turned to dust.
A fight ultimately turned into a tragedy for four families. Who was right and who was wrong back then?
Everything vanished with the passage of time.
All that remained was Sheng Xiping's midnight dreams, where he would look at his sleeping wife beside him and secretly yearn for that innocent and bright girl from years ago.
In every man's heart, there will always be that one unforgettable girl.
Even after many years of change, it remains a tender spot in my heart that cannot be touched.
For Sheng Xiping, Zhou Qinglan was his childhood crush and joy, the most beautiful memory of that youth, and also a wound in his heart that he could not touch.
He had thought that his connection with Zhou Qinglan was too shallow and that there was no possibility of them ever meeting again.
But I never expected that I would have another chance.
So, will these two be able to stay together until the end this time?
Sheng Xiping wasn't sure either, but he was willing to try his best.
"Um, I just heard someone downstairs shouting that they wanted soap."
I thought you had gotten your hands dirty while working, which is why you let the soap float down the water. I didn't mean anything by it.
Just as Sheng Xiping was lost in thought, munching on his pancake without any appetite, Zhou Qinglan, her pretty face flushed, came up to him, rubbing the hem of her clothes with both hands, and explained to him.
"Yes, I know. I guessed it when I saw that piece of soap."
Sheng Xiping quickly stood up and took out the bar of soap and the leaf from his pocket.
"Then, return it to its rightful owner. Just now, everyone was making a fuss, and I shouted a few times."
I'm sorry, we really shouldn't have done that.
For a young woman, her reputation is very important. No matter what, it was wrong for them to bet on someone else's daughter, and they should apologize.
"You don't need to return it, you can keep it."
Zhou Qinglan looked up, glanced quickly at Sheng Xiping, and blushed even more. She quickly lowered her head, turned, and ran away.
Sheng Xiping held the bar of soap in his hand, looking at Zhou Qinglan's slender and graceful figure.
Those two dark braids swayed with the rhythm of her running.
"Oh, what's there to say now? They've even given you the soap."
Wang Jianshe, Chen Weiguo, and others gathered around Sheng Xiping, looking at the bar of soap and deliberately making fun of it.
"Perfect timing, I got my hands dirty while eating, can I borrow your soap while I wash them?"
Wang Jianshe, with his short haircut, grinned as he spoke, reaching for the soap.
"You wish."
Sheng Xiping was even faster, grabbing the soap and leaves in his hand in an instant and quickly stuffing them back into his pocket.
This attempt to cover up the truth only made everyone burst into laughter.
Over there, Zhou Qinglan, who had returned to sit down next to her cousin, was surrounded by the other girls.
No one knows what they said, but Zhou Qinglan became furious and embarrassed, and went to grab them with her face red.
The girls screamed and scattered in all directions, running and laughing.
Sunlight filters through the trees in the forest, casting dappled shadows on the ground.
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