Zhao Hanqiao stared intently at Chu Yu. Under the blazing sunlight, her fair cheeks were slightly flushed, her hair was slightly disheveled, and her eyes were long and alluring. With such captivating eyes, one would expect her to possess a natural charm, yet she also exuded an air of aloofness and coldness.
After not seeing her for many days, she seemed even more beautiful, no longer the timid country girl who revolved around him.
Zhao Hanqiao couldn't quite describe his feelings; he felt a mix of sadness, disappointment, and bitterness.
More than anything, a lingering affection for Chu Yu emerged.
He and Chu Yu both studied at the town's middle school. They had just come from the previous decade, and the school had not been reorganized for long. There was a shortage of teachers, and the college entrance rate in the entire county was pitifully low, let alone an ordinary rural school.
He and Chu Yu encouraged each other and often discussed problems they couldn't solve. However, Zhao Hanqiao discovered that Chu Yu always learned the same problems before he did.
Although he was born in the countryside, he was the only male in his family after seven older sisters. His parents and grandparents spoiled him, and his sisters indulged him. He always believed that men were stronger than women. When he learned that he was actually inferior to a girl, he felt an indescribable sense of loss from the bottom of his heart.
Until he noticed a hint of cautious adoration in Chu Yu's eyes as she looked at him.
Taking advantage of her affection, Zhao Hanqiao would ignore Chu Yu if she did better than him in any exam, but if she deliberately failed and he came in first place, he would be very attentive to her.
Over time, Chu Yu learned how to please him.
Later, Zhao Hanqiao got the opportunity to receive intensive training at the county high school. In order to improve the college entrance examination pass rate, the county invited the best teachers from big cities to train these top students. Zhao Hanqiao was like a fish in water, frantically absorbing knowledge, and eventually got into a prestigious university.
Chu Yu was forced to drop out of school due to Jiang Meifeng's commotion, and didn't even have the chance to take the exam.
The two who once studied in the same classroom now find themselves in such different circumstances that Zhao Hanqiao can't help but feel a sense of victory.
Zhao Hanqiao's intense gaze made Xu Yiyi feel uncomfortable. Yesterday, when Zhao Hanqiao suggested coming to Deyang and showing her around his hometown, Xu Yiyi readily agreed.
This was their first official date after they became a couple.
She took it very seriously and dressed up carefully, hoping that every acquaintance he met on the street would think that Zhao Hanqiao was wise and that giving up on Zhou Chuyu, that peasant girl, was the best decision he ever made!
For this occasion, Xu Yiyi wore the most fashionable sun hat, a modern collared dress, and a pair of white leather mesh sandals.
These clothes were all bought for her by Zhou Jian'an after he received his salary.
After graduating from university, there is a one-year internship period. Zhou Jian'an's internship salary is 49.5 yuan.
In his pursuit of Dai Qinxue, he spent all his money on her and her daughter. He saved up three months' worth of internship wages to buy Dai Qinxue a cashmere coat, and then bought her the same outfit at the Beijing Department Store.
Walking down the streets of Deyang in this outfit, Xu Yiyi received countless stares from passersby and felt a sense of superiority. However, this sense of superiority vanished the moment she saw Chu Yu.
Chu Yu wore a simple shirt and trousers, and her sandals were the most outdated style, but that couldn't hide her natural beauty.
Her skin was as smooth as jade, and her beauty was unparalleled. She didn't wear any makeup, yet she still outshone her.
Xu Yiyi was so angry she could barely manage a smile.
"It's Sister Chu Yu, what's she doing here?"
On the day Zhou Jian'an got divorced, Chu Yu acted so proudly that Xu Yiyi thought she would have the backbone to go back to school and try to get into university to make her mother proud. Who knew that she would degenerate and become a lowly self-employed individual!
Xu Yiyi despised her depravity from the bottom of her heart.
Both she and Zhao Hanqiao were top-tier university graduates. After graduation, their internship salary combined was over a hundred yuan. After starting their formal jobs, with benefits and subsidies, they could earn at least one or two thousand yuan a year!
Buying color TVs, bicycles, tape recorders, and motorcycles is no problem for them.
But what can Zhou Chuyu do?
He's just a small business selling buttons!
How much money can you make from a single button? A few cents or a few dimes?
How much money does she need to earn to support her mother and sister, to barely maintain her ridiculous sense of self-esteem, and to catch up with her and Zhao Hanqiao?
Xu Yiyi used to be somewhat wary of her, afraid that Chu Yu would really go to Beijing and live a better life than her and Zhao Hanqiao, and that Chu Yu would cause trouble for Dai Qinxue and Zhou Jian'an. Now, Xu Yiyi is completely at ease. What great future could a woman who sells buttons have?
What man from a good family with a good job would marry a self-employed woman?
She could never change her rural household registration until her death; she was just a farmer living at the bottom of society!
With an air of superiority, Xu Yiyi pursed her lips, squatted down, deliberately grabbed a handful of buttons, and raised her chin high. "I'll buy these buttons. How much?"
Chu Yu didn't notice her. To be honest, although Xu Yiyi was good-looking, she wasn't more pleasing to the eye than money.
She was so busy making money that her hands were sore. She kept a mental record of every single transaction. With a rough calculation, she had earned a hundred or two in just one morning. She had no time to pay attention to Xu Yiyi.
Chu Xiang angrily retorted, "Why are you here? We'd rather throw away all our buttons than sell them to you!"
Chu Yu looked up and noticed two familiar faces in the crowd.
Who did she think it was? It turned out to be the third son's daughter, the mistress, and that scumbag man who was disgusting to even look at.
After being scolded by Chu Xiang, Xu Yiyi tugged at Zhao Hanqiao's sleeve, her eyes reddening. "Hanqiao, should I not have appeared here and made Sister Chu Yu unhappy?"
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