The girl was about fifteen or sixteen years old and quite pretty—slender and petite, with very fair and beautiful skin, but her eyes were slightly upturned, giving her a somewhat worldly appearance.
The girl was moving her bedding aside and putting her own on top of it.
The girl smiled at Su Ruyi and said, "Hello!"
Su Ruyi decided to give her a chance to explain herself: "Who are you? What are you doing in my room?"
The girl dusted off her hands and extended her hand to her: "My name is Su Qiaoqiao, I'm a new educated youth from Haicheng! From now on, we'll be roommates! What's your name?"
Su Ruyi frowned: "Who let you move in?"
"I found it myself!"
Su Qiaoqiao smiled again.
"I peered out your window, and you're the only person living in your room!"
I don't like crowds, so I chose your room!
I hope you won't be too noisy in the future!
I hate noise!
"And this kangqin (a type of heated brick bed), clear half of the space; I need to put my things here!"
Su Ruyi turned around and saw that sure enough, half of her curtains were not fully drawn, obviously because she was in such a hurry when she left that the wind had blown them open.
She sighed, grabbed Su Qiaoqiao by the back of her neck with one hand, and dragged her outside.
At this moment, the female educated youth heard the commotion and gathered around.
Su Ruyi immediately noticed another unfamiliar face—a thin, small girl wearing glasses.
Su Qiaoqiao screamed, "Put me down, you barbarian!"
As soon as Su Ruyi let go, Su Qiaoqiao landed on her bottom with a "thud," her eyes reddening from the pain.
Su Ruyi said coldly, "This is my room, and I don't like others staying here."
Su Qiaoqiao stood up, tiptoed, and put her hands on her hips: "You don't get to decide! There are two or three people in the other rooms, but only one person in yours. Why are you being treated differently? I know there's no brigade leader right now, but there will be one in a couple of days! I don't believe the new brigade leader will agree to let us all squeeze into one room with three people, while you have your own room!"
Su Ruyi said calmly, "Then let's wait until the new captain arrives. Until then, please stay away from me."
Su Qiaoqiao's face turned red with anger: "I won't!"
"Oh right, a female educated youth hanged herself in this room. Did they tell you?" Su Ruyi remembered and looked at the female educated youth.
Wang Chuntao and Ai Shengnan both lowered their heads.
Guo Tianya also lowered her head, which was rare for her. The fact that Su Jin was taken away after being warned was a huge blow to her, and she had not yet recovered.
Only Shulan whispered, "I told her, but she didn't believe me!"
"So what if someone hanged themselves? I'm not afraid!" Su Qiaoqiao shrieked. "I'm going to stay in your room tonight!"
As she spoke, she squeezed past Su Ruyi and went back into the house.
Su Ruyi sighed and pulled her out by the collar again.
Just then, a very familiar male voice shouted at her, "Hey! What are you doing?! Put Qiaoqiao down right now!"
Su Ruyi left Su Qiaoqiao behind and turned around.
It turned out that the male educated youth had also heard the commotion and had all gathered around.
The next second, she saw a young man of about seventeen or eighteen years old glaring at her.
The man was extremely tall and had very fair skin.
Her lips were full and rosy, and her eyes and brows were deep yet rounded; she was so beautiful that she looked like a figure from a painting.
He has a red mole between his eyebrows.
It's exactly the same as the one in my palm.
Su Ruyi's heart skipped a beat.
Some long-lost memories struck her at that moment—this person was her lover, Zhong Su, with whom she had been entangled for five lifetimes.
Although his face looks different in each of his lifetimes, that red mole remains unchanged.
She blurted out, "Zhong Su?!"
The moment he saw her face clearly, a strange look flashed in the man's eyes, but it disappeared in an instant.
He frowned and said, "You know me? But my name isn't Zhong Su, it's Zhong Misu!"
"What?" Su Ruyi was momentarily dazed.
The intricate threads of memories from her past lives are assaulting Su Ruyi's mind.
Zhong Misu glanced at Su Qiaoqiao and said loudly, "My name is Zhong Misu! Zhong as in 'devotion,' Mi as in 'searching,' and Su as in 'Su Qiaoqiao'!"
Upon hearing this, Su Ruyi froze on the spot.
She stared blankly at the person named Zhong Misu in front of her.
So that's how it is.
He came to find her, but the price he paid was obviously losing all his memories of her.
He used only his own name as a thread to remind himself of the lover he was searching for.
Seeking Su...
Searching for Su Ruyi...
Wait, the name...
What did Zhong Su just say?
Su Qiaoqiao's Su?
Su...
Su Ruyi stared wide-eyed at the two of them—Zhong Su, have you mistaken me for someone else?
Zhong Misu had already walked up to them, but for some reason, he deliberately avoided looking at her.
He helped Su Qiaoqiao up, his eyes filled with concern: "Qiaoqiao, are you alright?"
Su Qiaoqiao pouted and pointed at Su Ruyi: "This female educated youth is so barbaric!"
Zhong Misu brushed the dirt off her clothes: "It's okay, we won't stoop to her level. Qiaoqiao, why don't you stay in the middle room? It's a bit cramped, but the people there are much nicer! Okay?"
"No! I insist on living in this west room!" Su Qiaoqiao said, pointing a finger at Su Ruyi. "Hey! If you don't want to live with me, then move to the middle room!"
Su Ruyi was almost laughing in anger. This imposter was so arrogant!
At this moment, Zhong Misu walked up to Su Ruyi and took out two ten-yuan bills from his pocket: "Comrade, take this hundred yuan! Give your west room to Qiaoqiao, okay?"
Su Ruyi looked into his eyes: "Do you know my name?"
Zhong Misu added another large ten-yuan note: "I don't want to know! Isn't that enough?"
As he spoke, he added another card.
Su Ruyi felt like she was about to cry.
His lover from five lifetimes was right in front of him, but he hated himself.
Zhong Misu was still pulling out money when she asked, "Isn't that enough?"
His eyes already showed obvious disgust.
As he spoke, he pulled out all the money in his pocket, which looked to be more than a dozen ten-yuan bills, and was about to stuff it into Su Ruyi's hand: "Here, take it all! Is that alright?"
Su Ruyi raised her hand and knocked the money out of his hand.
Then she immediately turned around and went inside. After closing the door, her face was covered in tears.
She wiped away her tears with her sleeve and calmed herself down for a moment.
Indeed, it was seven lifetimes of tribulations.
They were face to face, but did not recognize each other.
But Zhong Suming said he was coming to see her just a few days ago, how could things have gotten to this point with this girl named Su Qiaoqiao?
How did they meet?!
Holding her breath, Su Ruyi grabbed Su Qiaoqiao's bedding and her two large bundles and threw them onto the ground in the yard.
"Brother Zhong!"
Su Qiaoqiao's tearful cry sent Zhong Misu rushing forward as if he'd been injected with adrenaline.
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