Zhong Misu took out two ten-yuan bills:
"Please go to the middle room in the backyard of the educated youth compound and find my bundle."
Get me a clean pair of pants from inside, and a clean towel too!
Then... just like yesterday, help me mop the floor again!
I'm begging you, Shu Zhiqing!
You are my savior!
If Su Ruyi saw me like this, I... I really wouldn't want to live anymore!
"Huh?!" Shulan was startled and waved her hands repeatedly. "Try to think positively! I'll find it for you! I'll find it for you right away!"
Shulan didn't take the money from Zhong Misu's hand, but ran away in a flash.
Zhong Misu struggled to sit up and saw the lunchbox Shulan had left at the foot of the treatment bed. She opened it and found another box of porridge with beef jerky inside, and a faint outline of a poached egg in it.
Zhong Misu suddenly lost her appetite.
Just as he was waiting anxiously for Shulan, about twenty minutes later, Su Ruyi lifted the curtain and came in.
Their eyes met, and Zhong Misu wished there was a crack in the ground she could disappear into.
Su Ruyi was also stunned for a moment: "What... what's going on?"
Her rhetorical question, which she already knew the answer to, gave her a moment to process what she was thinking.
Yes, if someone breaks their leg and no one takes care of them, they'll probably pee on the bed.
Why did he abandon the Su Qiaoqiao he had chosen?
Su Ruyi was somewhat gloating, and you could see the suppressed laughter in her expression.
Seeing her expression, Zhong Misu closed her eyes in anguish.
At this moment, Su Ruyi was extremely grateful that there was a plastic sheet on the treatment bed.
Otherwise, cleaning it up would be too much trouble.
Without saying a word, she turned around and grabbed a mop to mop the floor.
Add disinfectant and mop three times.
Zhong Misu finally calmed down a bit, and he said with difficulty, "Um... Dr. Su, I'm so sorry! I... I've already asked Shu Zhiqing to get me some clean clothes..."
"Okay, then I'll come back tonight to change your dressing. I was thinking I'd have a break around noon, but tonight is fine too!" Su Ruyi said calmly, then turned and left.
"Ruyi!" Zhong Misu called out.
“Zhong Zhiqing! Please have some self-respect!” Su Ruyi turned around and said coldly, “We’re not close enough for you to call me that, Zhong Zhiqing!”
"I'm sorry!" Zhong Misu felt like she was about to cry. "Su Zhiqing, you know, you know I came to see you, right?"
Su Ruyi stood still, not avoiding the question: "Yes, I know."
Zhong Misu said urgently, "I knew it! I knew you already knew! I..."
Su Ruyi sighed: "Zhong Misu, from the first moment I saw you, I knew. Your name, this red mole between your eyebrows..."
As she spoke, she opened her right palm, revealing a red mole that was exactly the same as the one on Zhong Misu's forehead.
"sorry……"
Zhong Misu thought of everything he had done to Su Ruyi since he arrived in Dingjiatun—hostile towards her, belittling her, scolding her, throwing money in her face…especially the spit he had given her. She felt a pang of heartache, as if she were about to faint. “If…if everything could be done over again, I would never…”
"Unfortunately, nothing can be undone. There's no need to lament what's already happened, because you can't change it," Su Ruyi said coldly.
“But I came back for you! I made a mistake and did something wrong, but my heart is good… Can’t I be forgiven just once?” Zhong Misu seemed to be asking a question, or perhaps she was talking to herself.
“Zhong Misu, you made it very clear to me before that what I need to do in this life is to heal the sick and save people, and accumulate merit, right?” Su Ruyi asked again to confirm.
“Yes.” Zhong Misu’s eyes lit up. “What else did I tell you? I told you before I came, right? I really don’t remember anything from before…”
"You didn't say much else to me, just told me to wait for you, and that you would come to find me." Su Ruyi said expressionlessly. "So, I don't necessarily have to be with you in this life to successfully complete my tribulation, because I'm here to accumulate merit. As long as I accumulate enough merit, that's enough, right?"
“…” Zhong Misu remained silent.
His heart was sinking into an abyss because Su Ruyi was right.
But he never imagined that Su Ruyi would abandon him in this life.
"Is it right or wrong?" Su Ruyi asked again.
"I can't lie to you, and I don't want to lie to you." Zhong Misu's eyes were filled with tears. "What you said is right."
Su Ruyi turned and left.
“Su… Educated Youth! I’ve been so honest, don’t I deserve a second chance?” Zhong Misu still wanted to salvage the situation.
Su Ruyi turned around, her gaze falling on his wet pants: "Perhaps, my destiny in this life is to be with you? At least what has happened so far seems to confirm this. So, I'm sorry!"
After saying that, she walked away.
Zhong Misu leaned back on the bed, her eyes unfocused: "What...what have I done?! Su Qiaoqiao, it's all your fault...it's all your fault! You heartbreaker!"
Meanwhile, in the west room of the front yard of the educated youth compound, Su Qiaoqiao was crying her heart out.
In just two short days in the countryside, she suffered the most grievances she had ever experienced in her life.
Just now, he was ridiculed by the entire village.
How could she, who had been pampered and adored since childhood, bear such humiliation?
While she was crying, someone suddenly knocked on the door.
Su Qiaoqiao yelled, "Get out of here!" and then plunged back onto the kang (heated brick bed).
"Su Zhiqing, open the door, I'll bring you some food!" It was Jiang Aiguo who spoke.
When it came to food, Su Qiaoqiao realized she was starving.
She got into a fight with Guo Tianya during breakfast and missed the meal.
Actually, she didn't know that Shulan hadn't cooked her any meal at all.
Guo Tianya actually helped Shulan avoid a conflict.
She got up, wiped away her tears, and opened the door.
With a smile, Jiang Aiguo handed her a box of biscuits: "The rations for this batch of new educated youth will only be issued after the harvest. This box of biscuits weighs two jin, so you can use it for the next couple of days."
"What?! You mean I won't get any food at the educated youth settlement?" Su Qiaoqiao's eyes widened as she asked incredulously. "That Shulan, isn't she the one who cooks all the meals for everyone? That's not right, I saw Li Wenjuan eating her cooking this morning too! Li Wenjuan came with me!"
“Yes, Li Wenjuan and Feng Hui paid their share. Shu Zhiqing borrowed grain from everyone’s rations for them, and they have to pay it back when the rations come through!” Jiang Aiguo explained.
“Then I’ll pay too, I have money!” Su Qiaoqiao hurriedly reached for her money.
"Wait, wait! Listen to me—paying now won't get us any more food—Shu Zhiqing said that everyone's food rations are already insufficient for the advance payment!"
Jiang Aiguo quickly stopped her.
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