Chapter 61: The sharp-tongued Wen Leyu
In winter, it is already completely dark at 5:30 in the afternoon.
The few lights on the street made Wen Leyu and Lu Jingyao's shadows very long.
The two people had been wandering on the street for a long time, and neither of them took the initiative to speak, as if they were competing with each other in practicing the art of holding their breath.
Finally, the younger Wen Leyu spoke first.
"You shouldn't have come to see Li Ye. You sent the money to the County No. 2 Middle School, which has caused him a lot of trouble.
Are you coming to see her again now, hoping that the joke that shocked the whole school will be passed down forever?"
“.”
Lu Jingyao suddenly stopped and looked at the calm and indifferent Wen Leyu. She felt that the last dam in her heart was slowly collapsing.
After Lu Jingyao came out of the Second Grain Store, she couldn't calm down.
The resistance of Hu Man, Han Xia and others towards her made her unable to understand and feel sad.
They were classmates who had studied and struggled together, encouraging each other to fight for freedom and change their destiny. But when Lu Jingyao successfully got ashore, why didn't she get the congratulations she deserved?
But that’s not a big deal. The strong Lu Jingyao doesn’t care about the attitudes of Hu Man and others. After all, the two sides are no longer from the same world and will have no intersection in the future.
But Wen Leyu is different, she is the "sister" that Lu Jingyao cares about sincerely!
But now, it was this sister who uttered such cold and ruthless questions in this cold winter.
"Xiao Yu, I thought you could understand me. We are all people abandoned by fate. We must be self-reliant and change our own destiny."
Lu Jingyao sniffed hard, raised her head, and stiffened her neck: "Is it wrong to try to change my fate?"
Wen Leyu looked at the strong Lu Jingyao expressionlessly and said coldly, "It is your freedom to change your fate, but it is your fault to hurt others.
Don’t use your bullshit freedom to cover up the fact that you betrayed someone, and don’t use it as a weapon to hurt others over and over again.”
After hearing Wen Leyu's words, Lu Jingyao couldn't help but feel flustered, but she immediately said loudly: "I didn't hurt anyone intentionally, it was Li Ye who was not up to the task.
Everything I did was legal. Guo Jia's law stipulates freedom of marriage. I have paid back what I owed him."
“No~!”
Wen Leyu shouted decisively, interrupting Lu Jingyao's words, then raised his arm and pointed it directly at Lu Jingyao's chest.
"You betrayed him and betrayed pure and sacred love."
“.”
Lu Jingyao seemed to be hit by a void acupuncture point and took several steps back in panic.
"Love" is such a noble word in literature, but for more than half a year, Lu Jingyao has been deliberately avoiding these two words all the time.
The two were silent again. After a long while, Lu Jingyao smiled bitterly and said, "Xiao Yu, you have only known Li Ye for a few days, how come you have been seduced by him?"
"How many days? Haha."
Wen Leyu laughed sarcastically and whispered, "In fact, people are not that complicated. It may only take a few minutes to see through a person."
“.”
The girl in front of Lu Jingyao was possessed, but then Wen Leyu started talking about an old story.
"Do you still remember last year when you took me to steal someone's corn?"
"Uh~~"
Lu Jingyao was stunned because what Wen Leyu said made her feel very embarrassed.
At that time, Wen Leyu and Teacher Ke had just arrived in Liuqiao Township. Because Lu's father and Teacher Ke were both substitute teachers at the school, the two knew each other.
At the end of that summer, Lu Jingyao and Lu Zixue invited Wen Leyu to eat "Qingbangzi".
In an era of severe food shortage, green corn with a slightly sweet taste was one of the few delicacies in the countryside.
Wen Leyu couldn't resist the "enthusiasm" of Lu Jingyao and her brother, and followed them to the cornfield north of the township government. Only when he got there did he realize that the so-called "invitation" from the Lu siblings was actually "stealing."
In fact, in that era, stealing corn was not uncommon, and many educated youth who went to the countryside had done this.
But Wen Leyu has never done this!
What you fear will come to you. Perhaps the cornfield had been severely damaged by human beings, and someone happened to be "watching the slope" that day.
The man who watches the slope is an old man with difficulty walking, but he has a big dog.
The little mute, who had no experience in stealing, was chased by the big dog all the way. In his panic, he failed to jump over the ditch and fell into it.
Lu Jingyao in front wanted to go back and pull Wen Leyu, but the old man in the distance had already caught up with them. Her younger brother Lu Zixue held her tightly and they ran away in a panic, even losing their shoes.
However, Wen Leyu was not caught that day. Lu Jingyao only remembered that she escaped back covered in mud, and her face was so dirty that she couldn't even be seen clearly.
On the contrary, Li Ye, who came to Liuqiao Township to look for Lu Jingyao, was caught red-handed and became a "corn thief."
At that time, Lu Jingyao was puzzled and asked Li Ye, but Li Ye didn't say anything. Anyway, it was not a good thing, so everyone quickly chose to forget about it.
But now that Wen Leyu suddenly mentioned it, Lu Jingyao intuitively thought that Li Ye and Wen Leyu had had an intersection at that time.
Sure enough, Wen Leyu, who had been unusually indifferent just now, had moist eyes.
"You know, I sprained my ankle at the time and was stuck in the mud at the bottom of the water. I couldn't even stand, and that big dog was barking right above my head."
"Do you know how much trouble it would bring to my mother if I were caught stealing?"
"But you didn't come back to help me. You just told me to run. Am I a fool? Don't I know how to run?"
Big tears flowed out from Wen Leyu's big eyes, slid down her little face, and fell onto the collar of her cotton-padded jacket, forming ice flowers.
She will never forget that scene.
The big dog was afraid of water and did not immediately jump into the ditch to bite her, but it kept barking around Wen Leyu and had already attracted the old man over.
Wen Leyu struggled hard, but to no avail. Instead, he fell down repeatedly, drank a lot of dirty water, and his face was covered with smelly mud.
Wen Leyu was in despair at that time, tears were falling down her face, but she didn't dare to make a single cry.
She wanted to use this ostrich tactic to delay being caught and pray that the Lu siblings would come back to rescue her.
But the Lu siblings did not show up, but a boy with a straight waist ran over like the wind and kicked the big dog so hard that it broke its courage.
It really broke the dog's courage and the dog died.
Wen Leyu wiped her tears with the sleeves of her cotton jacket and actually smiled.
laugh at.
"Do you remember what happened? When Li Ye was caught, he not only claimed the dog, but also the corn cobs we dropped by the ditch."
"And you, Lu Jingyao, Li Ye's fiancée, not only did you not care about him, you also laughed at him for being stupid and blamed him for being foolish, causing your father to lose face."
Lu Jingyao remained silent.
She just selectively forgot the scene at that time. In fact, how could she forget?
Li Ye was dragged to Liuqiao Township. Not only did he shove the old man rudely, he also said arrogantly: "Isn't it just kicking your dog to death? Isn't it just stealing a few sticks from you? Isn't it enough to pay you money?"
The villagers of Liuqiao Township banded together and surrounded Li Ye, shouting and calling for his death.
But even though Li Ye's eyes were black and blue, he remained as arrogant as ever.
In the end, it was Lu Jingyao's father who stepped in and forced Li Ye to pay compensation.
At that time, Lu Jingyao did blame Li Ye.
"Aren't you very skilled? Why don't you run? Isn't your grandfather the director? Why don't you report his name?"
Li Ye said nothing, just laughed foolishly.
Unexpectedly, Li Ye actually saved Wen Leyu at that time.
Lu Jingyao bit her lip and defended herself, "I didn't laugh at him for being stupid. I just thought he could have used a better way to avoid that embarrassing situation."
Li Ye's grandfather had already resumed work at that time, so as long as he said that he did not steal, then it meant he did not steal.
But Wen Leyu said disdainfully: "If Li Ye didn't steal it, then who did? Do you think you're the only smart one?"
Although Wen Leyu is younger than Lu Jingyao, the things she has experienced are much more complicated than Lu Jingyao.
You are a local, who can you hide this from? Lu Jingyao is a local, so it’s fine, but how can Wen Leyu, a girl from outside, run away?
It can be said that if Li Ye had not blocked everything for her at that time, Wen Leyu might have been in trouble.
(I have done this myself and ran away. How the hell did they find me? I was back home for the summer vacation and strangers stood out. After a few questions, they were sure it was you.)
“Hoo~Hoo~”
Lu Jingyao kept taking deep breaths, using the cold air to cool down the anxiety and heat in her heart.
"So, you were with Li Ye at that time..."
"No, Li Ye didn't know me at all. My face was covered in mud. After he kicked the dog to death, he didn't even look at me."
Wen Leyu was very sure of this, because during their subsequent interactions, Li Ye hardly looked at her directly.
But this year, when I arrived at the County No. 2 Middle School, everything suddenly became different.
Lu Jingyao choked again. Half a minute later, she spoke to Wen Leyu in an adult tone: "Xiaoyu, you are still young, and there are many things you don't understand.
There is no love without reason in this world. Any benefit has a price. When others are nice to you, they must have a purpose and they must want to get something."
Lu Jingyao only realized this truth after being humiliated by Qian Shun.
But as soon as she finished speaking, Wen Leyu retorted: "Then Li Ye was so good to you in the beginning, what did he get?"
“.”
Lu Jingyao was speechless, not understanding when Wen Leyu, who was like a mute, became so sharp-tongued?
[Li Ye wants to marry me? Don’t you understand? ]
However, Lu Jingyao took advantage of the situation but broke off the engagement, so she couldn't justify this reason now.
So embarrassing.
But what was even more embarrassing for her was yet to come.
Wen Leyu asked Lu Jingyao directly: "You always say that you are self-reliant and independent, and you changed your destiny, so how did you get into university?"
Lu Jingyao was stunned, and said frankly and confidently: "I was admitted to university through hard work and the help of Teacher Ke. I will never forget the kindness that Teacher Ke has shown me."
"No, it isn't."
Wen Leyu shook his head slowly, stared into Lu Jingyao's eyes and said, "You were able to get into college because I ate a piece of candy."
“.”
Lu Jingyao was completely stunned. She didn't understand why Wen Leyu would say such unreasonable words.
But in a flash, a ray of memory flashed through her mind, and it struck her like lightning, making her dizzy.
At the beginning, Lu's father, Li Ye, and Lu Jingyao brought gifts and went to ask Teacher Ke to give Lu Jingyao English lessons.
Teacher Ke refused calmly, a refusal that left no reason for people to continue asking.
But just as they were about to leave, Wen Leyu opened the gift that Li Ye brought and ate a piece of candy.
Teacher Ke agreed immediately and did his best to help Lu Jingyao get into university.
[The change of fate was actually because of a piece of candy? 】
Lu Jingyao looked up at the sky in confusion and helplessness. All her self-reliance, self-respect and self-confidence seemed to have become a joke.
Without the help of Teacher Ke, she would not have been able to get into university, at least not a university like Beijing University of Foreign Studies.
And that piece of candy belonged to Li Ye.
After a long time, Lu Jingyao smiled bitterly and asked Wen Leyu: "So, do you regret eating that piece of candy?"
Wen Leyu smiled, ignored Lu Jingyao, and turned away.
[Do you regret it? Of course not! ]
(End of this chapter)
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