Song Qingshu held the teacup in both hands, clearly a little nervous. However, thinking of Xiao Chunyu being buried in the ground, and the people of Jinfeng Village saying that if he wanted to know everything, he had to ask Shen Sisi, he made his way to Jiangcheng and arrived at the family compound.
"I've been to Jinfeng Village. I never expected that Chunyu..."
When Song Qingshu thought of Xiao Chunyu, the image of a gentle, sweet-smiling girl immediately came to mind.
However, when he was overjoyed and wanted to find his girl, she had already passed away peacefully in the earth.
Unable to bear the blow, he stayed by Xiao Chunyu's grave for several days without eating or drinking. Later, he fainted and was taken to the clinic by the villagers. After waking up, they were afraid that he would try to commit suicide again, so they asked him to come to Jiangcheng to find Shen Sisi.
It was with this willpower that Song Qingshu finally arrived in Jiangcheng and met Chunyu's old friend, Shen Sisi!
Upon hearing his words, Chen Sisi's attitude was no longer as sharp as before.
"Song Qingshu, if you want to know what happened to Chunyu, you have to tell me first what's going on between you and Chunyu?"
Song Qingshu didn't hide anything from her, but told her their story in detail.
“Chunyu and I were high school classmates, and I had a crush on her for three years… Later, because of her family’s class background, she had no choice but to become an educated youth sent to the countryside, while I took the college entrance examination and was admitted to Tsinghua and Peking Universities.”
During their school years, Song Qingshu maintained correspondence with Xiao Chunyu. He confessed his feelings to Xiao Chunyu more than once, but Xiao Chunyu never responded to him.
Song Qingshu understood that Xiao Chunyu felt that her family background was poor and that she was a peasant in the countryside, so she was not good enough for him, a college student.
"Actually, my family wasn't well-off; you could say we were very, very poor. If I hadn't gotten into university, I wouldn't have had the courage to confess my feelings to Chunyu. But unexpectedly, this hindered our relationship. It's truly a cruel twist of fate..."
At that time, Song Qingshu worked part-time every day, working during winter and summer vacations to earn money to complete his studies.
But whenever he has time, he will still make a trip to Jinfeng Village to see the girl he likes.
But every time, Xiao Chunyu acted as if she couldn't bear to see the light of day, never allowing him to enter the house, never introducing him to her girlfriends, and urging him to leave after a brief meeting.
Song Qingshu was also quite helpless!
In fact, Shen Sisi could understand Xiao Chunyu's mentality. She just felt hopeless about her life, didn't want to be a burden to Song Qingshu, and didn't want Song Qingshu to have any contact with her.
She simply didn't want to be a burden to Song Qingshu, or a "black mark" on his path forward.
Her inferiority complex, her fear, her worries... made her timid and hesitant, even afraid to introduce herself to Shen Sisi.
"Later, the year I graduated from university, I was admitted to the Northwest Research Institute. Before I left, I came to see her and told her that I wanted to marry her and take her with me to the Northwest. That night, I drank a little to muster up the courage to ask her, but she rejected me..."
"Later..." Song Qingshu stammered, unable to continue.
Chen Sisi began, "Later, you two had a romantic relationship, right?"
Song Qingshu stared wide-eyed in disbelief: "She...she told you everything!"
Do I really need to tell you that?
The baby has already been born!
However, judging from his reaction, he probably doesn't know about Niu Niu's existence!
"I...I'm not human. I shouldn't have bullied her while I was drunk. But I really love her so much. I dream of marrying her, but she just won't agree. I'm so distressed."
"She said at the time that I was referring to someone better, that she wasn't good enough for me... I was out of my mind, thinking that if she became my woman, then she wouldn't be able to refuse me anymore, so I..."
Chen Sisi was so angry that she wanted to slap him across the face, if it weren't for the table separating them.
"Song Qingshu, you are truly despicable and shameless! Do you even know how much harm your actions have caused her..."
Xiao Chunyu got pregnant on her first try, her belly grew bigger day by day, and she lost her job as a primary school teacher, becoming the subject of gossip and pointing fingers.
Song Qingshu gripped the teacup tightly, the veins on the back of his hand bulging. He lowered his head in guilt, knowing that he was a bastard and shameless. That's why, after completing that project, he immediately rushed back to Jinfeng Village, intending to marry his girl.
Unexpectedly...
Song Qingshu raised his hand and slapped himself twice hard: "Yes, I am shameless, I am despicable and vile. Whatever retribution you have, come at me. Why treat Chunyu like this..."
In the end, he couldn't help but sob, crying like a child.
It's clear that he was sincere towards Xiao Chunyu, and Xiao Chunyu also had feelings for him; otherwise, she wouldn't have protected him until her death.
After a long silence, he wiped away his tears and spoke in a hoarse voice, "Comrade Shen, please tell me, what exactly happened to Chunyu this year? How could she, so young,..."
She stared at him intently, and finally let out a long sigh.
"Okay, I can tell you..."
Shen Sisi told him everything that had happened to Xiao Chunyu after he left.
Upon hearing this, Song Qingshu was completely lost in thought.
The overwhelming grief in his eyes made him look like he might break at any moment.
"How could this happen... I'm not even human!" He slapped himself repeatedly across the face.
Shen Sisi saw this but did not stop him.
"So, you haven't contacted Chunyu at all these years because you've been working on one project?" Chen Sisi asked.
Song Qingshu nodded: "Our project started a few years ago. I joined midway and became the project engineer for the second phase. The project was carried out in the desert and was highly confidential. At that time, troops were sent to be stationed there, and the Jiangcheng headquarters also sent troops there."
Chen Sisi suddenly thought of the secret mission Gu Chengfeng had carried out before, which seemed to be in the desert as well. The timing also matched Song Qingshu's. Could it be this project?
Shen Sisi didn't ask any further questions about the specifics, as it involved state secrets.
Hearing this, she began to believe that Song Qingshu was not lying.
If he was truly imprisoned to work on a project, then he would indeed disappear without a trace, and no one could be found.
No wonder Xiao Chunyu refused to reveal his name or go to him; she must have guessed that he was doing research and couldn't get away for the time being.
So she took on all the burdens herself.
Song Qingshu was originally in despair, but when he heard that Xiao Chunyu was pregnant with his daughter and had given birth to her, a ray of sunshine finally appeared in his dark world.
“I…I actually have a daughter!” Song Qingshu said tremblingly.
Shen Sisi really didn't want to admit it, after all, she couldn't bear to see Niu Niu taken away from her.
However, Song Qingshu is Niu Niu's biological father after all, and he has the right to know about the child's existence.
So she nodded heavily: "Yes, you have a daughter named Shen Xingyue, nicknamed Niu Niu."
Upon hearing this, Song Qingshu burst into tears, covering his face and sobbing softly.
Then she wiped away her tears and rallied herself: "I need to see my daughter, I need to see my daughter right now..."
Chen Sisi frowned, looking at his shabby clothes that made him look even more like a beggar: "Are you sure you want to see her like this?"
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