Zheng Xiaolong went to the commune to call home.

There was a phone in his father's office, and his mother was his father's secretary. When the call was made, the call was eventually transferred to his mother.

When Zheng's mother heard that it was her son, she was furious, "You still remember to call home? You didn't even come home for the New Year. I think you have grown arrogant!"

"It's because you forced me to marry Chen Ruru! I don't like her at all!" Zheng Xiaolong was scolded by his mother as soon as he opened his mouth.

"What's wrong with Ru Ru? Didn't you like her when you were a child? Our family owes her a life! Without your Uncle Chen, do you think you could have grown up without worries? Although this engagement was a verbal joke at first, you agreed to it when you were a child. Now you want to go back on your word. Unless Ru Ru agrees, I won't acknowledge you as my son. I don't want to give you any money. Can you support yourself? Ru Ru has gone to the countryside for you. You have to take good care of her, otherwise you will lose your living expenses!"

"Mom, I was so young back then, how could my words count? Oh, now is not the time to talk about this, Mom, Chen Ruru is not right. Today, the female educated youths at our educated youth point found that she had many injuries on her body. She must have been abused by someone. I think that person is Aunt Xu..."

"What did you say?" Mother Zheng thought she had misheard.

"I saw a few scars on her body when I was a kid, but Aunt Xu said they were just bumps, so I didn't think much about it. And Chen Ruru never wears skirts, isn't that weird?"

"Also, Chen Ruru doesn't want to marry me because she likes me. It's because Aunt Xu has been telling her that you treat her well because she's my fiancée. If you don't marry me, you won't treat her so well in the future. She wants to marry me for you. So why don't you just recognize her as your daughter? Isn't that better than marrying me? Wouldn't everyone be happy this way..."

The more Zheng's mother listened, the more upset she felt. Her heart was about to be twisted into a ball. She heard that her son was still only concerned with breaking off the engagement at this time. She didn't know what was going on with Ru Ru. No, she had to go and see for herself!

"Shut up! Take good care of Ru Ru for the next two days, I'll be right there!"

He hung up the phone.

"Is it your son calling? Calm down. I told you not to send him anything. I think he has enjoyed too much. It would be good if he suffers a little outside," Zheng's father put down the pen in his hand and comforted him.

"Old Zheng, I have to go to the countryside. Xiaolong said that Ru Ru had many injuries on her body. He suspected that Xu Lijun abused her! No wonder Xu Lijun never let Ru Ru come to our house alone. I wanted to let Ru Ru stay overnight, but she was not happy. She always said that Ru Ru was her only support and she couldn't sleep without her! Old Zheng, please buy me a train ticket. I will go talk to Xu Lijun!"

Zheng's mother acted decisively and was about to leave.

Father Zheng stopped her and said, "Whether this is true or not, don't alarm her first. I will go to the countryside with you to check out the situation first."

…

Zheng Xiaolong sighed as he watched the phone being hung up unexpectedly. He was already used to it.

With Chen Ru Ru around, his mother would never see his needs and always ask him to give in.

This kind of kindness is so heavy that I don’t know when it will end.

When he returned to the educated youth site, someone was already picking up tiles on the roof of the empty house next to Yi Qingqing, the old carpenter was checking the doors and windows, and Chen Ruru was talking to Li Mengxue hand in hand.

Seeing this scene, Zheng Xiaolong always felt a little uncomfortable. Why are their relationships so good?

Chen Ruru saw him coming back, and ran over with a smile and said, "Brother Zheng, Sister Mengxue agreed to exchange rooms with me. I will repair her new room. Uncle Yougen and Grandpa Carpenter said that the weather is cold, and the newly built stove and repaired kang in this room need to be aired for at least three days. Can I live in your room for the next few days?"

Zheng Xiaolong couldn't believe it and turned to look at Li Mengxue: "Do you agree to give the house to her?"

Li Mengxue nodded, "Come with me for a moment, I have something to tell you."

Yi Qingqing was wiping the dust off the windows of her house. When she saw Li Mengxue and Zheng Xiaolong going towards the back door, she silently opened the golden melon-eating book in her mind.

Li Mengxue has decided to break up with Zheng Xiaolong. Instead of dragging it out, it would be better to make things clear as soon as possible.

"Let's break up."

Zheng Xiaolong almost thought he had heard it wrong, "Break up? Mengxue, are you kidding me?"

Li Mengxue shook her head, "I'm serious."

"Why? Because of Chen Ruru? I really don't like her at all. My mother is going to the countryside soon. By then, I can recognize Chen Ruru as my daughter and cancel the engagement." Zheng Xiaolong didn't understand. He thought that as long as the engagement was cancelled, the matter would be over and there would be no obstacles between them.

"What I care about is not whether the engagement can be cancelled, but that you pursued me without telling me about the engagement. I still remember Qingqing mentioned the forced marriage before, and I asked you if you were forced to marry before going to the countryside? You said that your family introduced you to another girl, but you didn't say that the so-called matchmaking was an engagement that had been made so long ago. You pursued me without canceling the engagement. Have you ever thought about what I would face after the matter was exposed?" Li Mengxue said.

"It's not like that. I know it's my fault, but you saw how paranoid Chen Ruru was. I couldn't convince her at all. The only way was to escape. I didn't expect her to chase me to the countryside..." Zheng Xiaolong shook his head and explained, "It was just that things turned out like this by accident. I really didn't expect it! You clearly saw hope of canceling the engagement, so why didn't you want to wait a little longer?"

Li Mengxue listened to his anxious explanation and felt heartbroken for a moment, but her determination to break up never wavered.

Yes, he really didn't do anything wrong, he was just immature, thought too simply, and didn't have the ability to solve problems.

A big boy who has not grown up yet may grow into a man of integrity in the future, but growth comes at a price, and no one can predict what he will become in the end.

The process of growing up is bound to be difficult, and those who love him will have to pay for every immaturity of his.

After all, Li Mengxue felt that her love for him was not deep enough to allow her to grow up with him. After all, they had only known each other for less than a year.

That's why she was able to put aside her reluctance and think calmly about whether she could accept such a person.

The answer is no.

"This is the result of my careful consideration. It has nothing to do with whether your engagement can be finally resolved. It's just because I found that we are not suitable. The partner I want is a mature man who can protect me, but you are still a big boy." After Li Mengxue finished speaking, she prepared to leave.

Zheng Xiaolong held her back: "No, I can protect you too! Give me some more time, I will definitely be able to resolve all the issues!"

Li Mengxue shook her head and broke free from his hand: "But my love for you is not deep enough to wait for you to get better."

Zheng Xiaolong was stunned and watched Li Mengxue leave without looking back.

Didn't she like herself that much at all?

Li Mengxue returned to her room, sat on the kang and sighed heavily.

After saying the last sentence, she felt like a bad girl who hurt the innocent boy, but she didn't want to bother him anymore and it was better not to give him hope.

If she had known that there were so many things behind him, she would never have been with him. Now she has simply returned to the starting point.

Although she is still a little reluctant, she does not regret it!

Section 130

Li Mengxue wiped her face dry, picked up the rag on the table, and ran to Yi Qingqing's room, "Let me help you clean up!"

She has to get busy, and when she's busy she'll be able to let it go.

"Okay, then let's clean the kang mat together!" Yi Qingqing didn't ask anything because she knew everything.

She was so happy to have more free labor.

After wiping only a small part of the kang mat, Li Mengxue suddenly asked, "Am I particularly bad?"

"Ah?" Yi Qingqing took a while to react to this sudden question before she realized what she was talking about.

I can't help it, I still want to chat!

"I just broke up with Zheng Xiaolong. He was actually quite nice to me, except..."

"It's a breakup, that's good. Do you want me to celebrate for you?" Yi Qingqing said.

"..." Li Mengxue's melancholy mood was immediately dispelled by Yi Qingqing: "How can you make me sad like this? I'm heartbroken!"

"Then can I lend you my arms so you can cry for a while?" Yi Qingqing opened her arms.

Li Mengxue: "..."

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore," Yi Qingqing said, "He treats you very well, but what he does makes you unbearable, which means you two are not suitable for each other. It is better for both of you to break up early. After all, your partner is the one you want to spend your whole life with. It is normal to choose carefully. There is no right or wrong."

Li Mengxue felt that she might have hurt Zheng Xiaolong by breaking up so suddenly, and she felt a little guilty. "Ah, now I think you are right. We should not be too hasty in dating. We should still see more. Otherwise, it will be very painful to break up after being together. I always feel that I am a bad person. If we had known each other better before deciding whether to be together or not, none of these things would have happened."

"Don't take everything on yourself. He didn't tell me in advance that he had a fiancée, so the responsibility is on him. No one can stand this kind of concealment." She is a modern heroine who traveled through time with a golden finger from a supermarket. There is no need for her to choose such a man.

"Oh!" Li Mengxue continued to sigh.

Yi Qingqing: "..."

She finally understood that Li Mengxue was just feeling a little bit reluctant after the breakup and came to her for comfort.

After all, Li Mengxue was so troubled at the moment that she was too lazy to write in the golden book.

How could she break up so decisively and not understand those big truths?

This is just idle thinking. Yi Qingqing pointed at the kang mat under her and said, "Comrade Li Mengxue, look at the mat in front of you. You've almost rubbed it off. Be careful or I'll make you pay for it!"

Li Mengxue glanced at the shiny kang mat in front of her and said, "No way, look how shiny I polished it!"

"But we are wiping the dust, not polishing! Don't dawdle, hurry up and go help Lingling when you're done. And as for the middle room, it should be no problem to pick up the tiles today. Don't we have to sweep the dust then?" Yi Qingqing urged.

She decided to be a ruthless supervisor so that Li Mengxue would have no time to think about trivial things.

Li Mengxue was ordered to wipe here and sweep there. Although they argued every time, she still did her job obediently. After a long time, she suddenly realized that she had to do all the work in the room.

When I turned around, I saw that Yi Qingqing had not moved for a long time.

"You, you, you're slacking off!"

"Please call me Comrade Supervisor and hurry up. I will spank you if you slack off again!" Yi Qingqing threatened.

"..." Li Mengxue threw the broom to the ground with a snap: "Today I will be the serf who will rise up and sing!"

“???” Yi Qingqing decisively chose to escape when she saw the rebellious free labor.

Even though he ran into Wang Lingling's room, he still couldn't escape Li Mengxue's clutches.

Everyone was an old opponent who had mastered how to deal with physical weaknesses. With Qian Lailai and Wang Lingling taking sides, Yi Qingqing could only endure it silently, laughing until she was out of breath.

The one who is tickled is laughing, the one who is tickled is also laughing, and the one who takes sides is laughing even more happily.

"I always felt like something was missing, and now I feel like I've found the feeling of returning to the countryside," Wang Lingling said with satisfaction.

Yi Qingqing could only silently comfort herself who was weak, pitiful and helpless. At least she got some free labor and her house was cleaned up.

She really gave so much to please her little sisters.

Fortunately, Li Mengxue doesn’t have any other bad peach blossoms, otherwise she would have quit!

Chen Ruru stood at the door and watched them playing. It was a kind of wanton laughter that she had never experienced before.

Every time she saw Brother Zheng, she would smile, but she knew that that smile was different from this smile.

Zheng Xiaolong was alone outside the back door, in a daze, trying to process the news of his breakup. He heard Li Mengxue's laughter and clenched his fists: "It turns out that I'm the only one who is sad! Li Mengxue, how can you be so cruel!"

So this is what being rejected feels like. The whole person feels as if being doused with cold water, from the top of the head to the soles of the feet.

"Brother, have you been living with me these days? Bring your bedding over before it gets dark!" Chen Zhihe suddenly shouted.

"Okay, I'll be there right away," Zheng Xiaolong took a deep breath and wiped away his tears.

Since she doesn't like him anymore, then let her go. He himself has experienced the helplessness and pain of being entangled by someone he doesn't like. Although he is reluctant, he doesn't want to be the kind of person he once hated the most.

That night, Chen Ruru lived in Zheng Xiaolong's room, and Zheng Xiaolong moved to Chen Zhihe's place. In order to avoid embarrassment, Li Mengxue waited until he entered the room before running back to her own room.

Yi Qingqing lay on the warm kang at home and breathed a sigh of relief. It had been a really long day and so many things had happened!

She still hopes that these things will pass soon. She still likes the peaceful and quiet youth training center.