September in Guangzhou is still extremely hot.
Cicadas were chirping incessantly on the dense trees of Z University. After Lu Wei and Ye Zhi sent their children to school, they went to Ye Zhi's school together, and then Lu Wei returned to the military camp by himself.
But when the two got off the bus and walked towards the school gate, they saw two figures at the university gate from afar.
In recent years, Ye Zhi has been busy with a small clothing factory and island aquaculture, and she has not returned to Xitang Town for a long time. Moreover, the families of Big Brother Ye and Second Brother Ye would occasionally come to Yangcheng to pick up goods, and they had many opportunities to meet with their family, so she had never been back.
Now seeing Ye Hongying and Gao Wenbo, whom she hadn't seen for nearly six years, Ye Zhi subconsciously took a few more glances at them.
Originally, Ye Zhi didn't expect that the city in the south that Gao Wenbo was admitted to would be Yangcheng. Now that she saw them carrying so many bags, she guessed that Gao Wenbo should have been admitted to Z University.
Ye Hongying and Gao Wenbo, who walked in from the gate, saw Ye Zhi and Lu Wei at the first moment. The reason was simple: the two of them, who were tall and good-looking, were too dazzling standing together.
Ye Hongying looked at the two figures and a word emerged in her mind: a perfect match.
She always thought that Lu Wei was a cold-blooded person, but just now, when Lu Wei looked at Ye Zhi with full tenderness and love that he could not conceal, she finally understood.
Lu Wei is cold towards other women, but Ye Zhi is an exception.
Ye Hongying looked over from a distance and saw that Ye Zhi had drawn her eyebrows and put on lipstick. Her originally straight black hair had been curled into the popular curly hair, but many people did not see good results after perming their hair, but she had a unique charm.
Moreover, her outfit today was very refreshing and youthful. She didn't look like a mother of several children at all. There were no fine lines or spots on her face, and she didn't look haggard or slovenly at all.
Ye Zhi was wearing an apricot-colored V-neck shirt today, a white knee-length skirt, and a pair of thick high-heeled sandals on her jade-like feet. Her outfit was eye-catching even in a fashionable trading city, and she looked like a beautiful female star in Hong Kong.
Ye Hongying subconsciously looked at herself. She had gained a lot of weight due to her lazy and gluttonous life in Xitang Town in the past few years. Even in a dress, she looked strong and dark.
Moreover, there was no hair conditioner in that era. After she had her hair permed during the Chinese New Year, it was now deformed, dry, and split. Because she had to be on guard day and night for Gao Wenbo not to take her away from Xitang Town for most of the past six months, she had no time to take care of her hair.
In the words of Gao Wenbo's children, she was like a crazy woman.
Ye Hongying looked at the glamorous and beautiful Ye Zhi, and for a moment, feelings of anger and jealousy intertwined together.
But the next second, Ye Hongying met Lu Wei's cold gaze, subconsciously took a breath, felt guilty, and then pulled Gao Wenbo straight to the boys' dormitory.
Ye Hongying said to Gao Wenbo in a very cold tone: "The boys' dormitory is over here, what are you looking at?"
Gao Wenbo was carrying two large bags of luggage. He glanced at Ye Zhi and Lu Wei from afar and wanted to say hello, but was suddenly pulled forward by Ye Hongying.
The last time I saw Ye Zhi and Lu Wei was when she had just given birth to her first pair of twins and went back to Xitang Town to celebrate the New Year.
It was winter at that time, and Gao Wenbo didn't see Ye Zhi clearly. This time, Gao Wenbo felt like something hit his heart.
However, Gao Wenbo also felt Lu Wei's coldness. The invisible deterrent power in his eyes made people dare not approach him.
Gao Wenbo said coldly: "Isn't that your cousin?"
Ye Hongying knew that he had also discovered Ye Zhi, and immediately said "huh" and said, "What cousin? We don't have such a heartless relative in our family!"
In recent years, Ye Hongying has seen Ye Zhi's elder and second brothers frequently traveling to Yangcheng and making great business reselling all kinds of stuff in Xitang Town. So last year, she shamelessly asked Ye Zhi to give her a way and asked her to write a letter of introduction so that she could come to Yangcheng and bring some goods back to Xitang Town to sell.
Who knew that the letter she sent would be returned to her intact, without Ye Zhi even opening it.
Ye Hongying knew that Ye Zhi didn't take her seriously at all, so there was no need for her to be humble to her anymore!
Anyway, she will be the wife of the richest man in the future. Although Ye Zhi is doing a small business now, in the future, won’t a small family like Ye Zhi be a poor relative?
This is good too, no one owes anyone anything.
…
Gao Wenbo pursed his lips and said nothing.
He and Ye Hongying had been very unhappy in recent years, with disagreements on everything from the resumption of the college entrance examination to having children to divorce, and then to which city to go to study.
Gao Wenbo had originally planned to divorce Ye Hongying two years ago, but who knew that Ye Hongying's family would stage a sad drama, saying everywhere that he had abandoned his wife and children, saying that Ye Hongying was already pregnant with his child, but was divorced...
Under the rumors, Gao Wenbo could only choose to endure it.
Unexpectedly, Ye Hongying no longer mentioned having children and even encouraged him to take the college entrance examination. However, when he was filling out his application form after the exam, he planned to go to Shanghai because it was closer to his hometown.
But Ye Hongying insisted that Guangdong Province was good. Even if one could not get a job in a state-owned factory, one could still start one's own business. Many people had already made a fortune in business.
Later, under Ye Hongying's various commotions, he compromised again, listened to Ye Hongying, and came to the south.
Since they came, Gao Wenbo originally planned to settle Ye Hongying and several children back to his hometown.
But Ye Hongying insisted on coming along, even though his children should have been of working age or attending high school.
However, due to the quarrels with Ye Hongying in recent years, his eldest son not only missed the opportunity to go to high school, but also lost his job in the infrastructure factory.
Now they all came to Guangzhou together. The children don’t have any specific plans for the time being. They said they wanted to follow their former classmates to set up stalls and sell foreign goods.
Gao Wenbo can’t care about so many things now. He just wants to complete his studies well and then return to the infrastructure factory to continue working.
As Ye Hongying walked away, she angrily said, "Gao Wenbo, let me tell you, I didn't ask you to come to Yangcheng to study for that little thing between a man and a woman. Your task in the future is to study hard. As long as you don't have any contact with Ye Zhi, I promise to make your life easier!"
Seeing that Gao Wenbo had taken the first step towards success, Ye Hongying would never let Ye Zhi destroy the relationship between her and Gao Wenbo. Even if she had to tie him up, Ye Hongying would keep him by her side.
Hearing this, Gao Wenbo shook off Ye Hongying's hand and frowned: "What nonsense are you talking about? That's your cousin!"
Ye Hongying felt a chill on her back when she was looked at by Gao Wenbo, but she still snorted: "Anyway, I have rented a house near the school and will come to see you anytime. Don't try to play tricks on me."
"Psycho!" Gao Wenbo said this and walked away.
Ye Hongying subconsciously turned her head to look at Ye Zhi who was still standing under the shade of the tree and glared at her fiercely.
But Ye Zhi had already turned around, as if she was not aware of her presence.
Ye Hongying was hesitating whether to go up and say something to her, but Ye Zhi had already walked in another direction with Lu Wei.
Lu Wei obviously saw them, but he didn't plan to go up to greet them. Instead, he said to Ye Zhi, "It's almost time for class. You should go back to school first."
Ye Zhi also retracted her gaze and nodded: "Well, you should go back soon. The weather has been dry recently, so you should drink more water. Also, I put a new set of pajamas in your bag. They have been washed. Take them out and wear them tonight."
Lu Wei's pajamas were made when they were in Qiongzhou Island. The last time Ye Zhi saw them, they already had holes in them. Lu Wei is happy as long as he has something to wear. If Ye Zhi doesn’t prepare anything for him, he will probably wear it until the end of time.
Ye Zhi kept reminding him to eat on time and go to bed early...
Lu Wei listened to her quietly and felt warm in his heart.
He just likes Ye Zhi nagging him.
Soon, the two of them walked to the downstairs of Ye Zhi's dormitory. Lu Wei thought about it and said, "That... Gao Wenbo, although he is your cousin's man, if there is nothing important, you should ignore him."
Hearing this, Ye Zhi paused and chuckled: "I'm not familiar with him, why should I care about him?"
Lu Wei: "I can't care about him anyway."
Ye Zhi took a step towards him. They were standing quite close to each other. She could feel Lu Wei's breath spraying over her by looking up slightly.
"What? Are you jealous?"
Lu Wei swallowed, turned his head away, and said, "Tsk!" "I am your legal husband, why should I be jealous?"
However, in the past few years that Ye Zhi has been in college, Lu Wei has seen many boys wanting to give her love letters, even though they knew that she already had a husband.
Seeing that they were blocked by the trees, Ye Zhi pulled Lu Wei's finger and smiled: "Oh, my captain Lu is so cute when he is jealous. If we were not outside, I would kiss you."
Lu Weiyi pulled her to a corner, then quickly touched her lips and said, "I've wanted to do this for a long time."
In just a few minutes, not only Gao Wenbo looked at her, but even the students passing by turned around to look at her.
For a moment, Lu Wei wanted to take her home directly.
Ye Zhi didn't expect Lu Wei to be so bold as to kiss her directly on campus. She was just teasing him just now.
But why is my heart pounding?
The next moment, Lu Wei looked at Ye Zhi's slightly red face, and said with a satisfied smile: "Okay, go back to the dormitory to get your books first, don't be late."
Ye Zhi chuckled: "Okay, I got it. Be careful when you go back." With that, Ye Zhi walked towards the dormitory.
Not long after, Ye Zhi turned back again, and happened to meet Lu Wei's focused seriousness, and said with a smile: "I will miss you, and I will go to see you on the weekend."
Lu Wei couldn't help laughing and nodded, "Okay, I'll wait for you to come back and find me."
Most of Ye Zhi's books were placed in the dormitory. When she returned to the dormitory, her roommate Fang Meijuan was frantically fixing her hair and said, "Oh no, oh no, I got up late. Let's go to the classroom."
Then, Fang Meijuan wailed again: "Oh my god, it's too late to have breakfast."
Fang Meijuan helped Ye Zhi to get her new books. She had copied down the schedule yesterday. After taking the textbook from the desk, she sat aside, flipping through the book while waiting for Fang Meijuan.
Although it is the beginning of a new school year, Ye Zhi is now a senior student. She attends classes and leaves home normally, and the registration of new students has no impact on them at all.
Ye Zhi raised her head and glanced at Fang Meijuan, who looked panicked, and smiled: "Seeing how anxious you are, I brought you some buns and soy milk. Eat them in the classroom later."
After Ye Zhi and Lu Wei sent their children to school, they went straight to her parents' breakfast shop for breakfast as they were too lazy to cook at home.
She knew that Fang Meijuan always slept in, and that she had helped to get new books yesterday, so she brought her breakfast today.
Fang Meijuan subconsciously took Ye Zhi's arm and said pretentiously: "Woo woo, our comrade Xiaozhi is still the best. She feeds me again. What will I do without you after graduation? I'm afraid I will starve to death in the future?!"
Ye Zhi couldn't help but smile: "Now there are breakfast stalls everywhere. If you don't want to make it yourself, you can go out and buy it. It's not expensive."
Because of the favorable policies, street vendors are everywhere in Guangzhou, and the food sold at these stalls is much cheaper than that sold in state-owned restaurants. So many people buy from street stalls for convenience.
Fang Meijuan quickly took two bites of the bun and said incoherently, "Aren't you used to eating the buns made by your parents? I bought some at the school gate last time, and they seemed to be a little bit rotten, so I didn't dare to eat them."
"Your parents' food is still fresh."
Because it is summer in Guangzhou for almost ten months a year, food is difficult to store.
Although Guangzhou has developed quite well, everyone here is still a citizen who came from the hard-working era, and thrift is engraved in their bones. Therefore, many stall owners are reluctant to throw away food even if it is a little spoiled, and they cannot afford the cost.
People who eat it also want cheapness and convenience, and sometimes they don’t care.
Ye Zhi smiled and said, "That's because my parents have a refrigerator in their store."
The two walked out while talking.
"A refrigerator? A Wanbao one? It was just launched last year, and your parents actually bought one?" Fang Meijuan asked in surprise.
There is a refrigerator factory in the next city. I heard that it officially started production of refrigerators a few years ago and was listed last year.
But not everyone can afford a refrigerator. Although it is on the market, it is always sold out before dawn on the day it arrives.
Not only are they expensive, they are also rare, and many of them are snatched up by insiders first.
Ye Zhi explained, "That's the medical refrigerator that was discarded by my mother-in-law's hospital. But except for meat, my parents don't really use it. After all, they still want to eat fresh food."
Sometimes Zhang Xiaomei and Ye Aiguo would rather sell less food than stockpile more, mainly because they are afraid of waste.
However, after hearing Fang Meijuan talk about the Wanbao refrigerator, Ye Zhi also planned to save more money before graduation. She would then buy a refrigerator and take it back to Qiongzhou Island!
There is less than a year left before graduation, and Ye Zhi wants to go back to that beautiful island as soon as possible. She wants to go back and catch some seafood, and she wants to go back and see how the farm is doing now.
Of course, I miss her yard too.
However, when I went back last year, her yard was overgrown with weeds.
She is now eager to go back and renovate her yard.
…
After starting her senior year, Ye Zhi's studies were not as heavy as in the previous years.
But because Grandpa Lu and Grandma Lu returned to Beijing, Zhang Xiaomei and Ye Aiguo opened a restaurant, Ye Zhi would go back home whenever she had time to supervise the children's studies.
For two consecutive months, Ye Zhi had not met Gao Wenbo on campus, let alone had any interaction with him.
However, she did meet Ye Hongying once in the cloth market outside the school, but Ye Hongying turned and left as soon as she saw her, and Ye Zhi didn't take it seriously.
Later, I heard from stall owners near the factory that Ye Hongying also seemed to want to make clothes and came here to find out more about the situation.
Until the end of October, when Gong Yuqiong happened to come from Hong Kong, the two of them made an appointment to meet at the riverside behind Z University.
Before meeting Gong Yuqiong, Ye Zhi happened to run into Gao Wenbo and two classmates who were also planning to go to the riverside.
Gao Wenbo saw Ye Zhi a few minutes ago, but Ye Zhi didn't even look in his direction.
Ye Zhi's outfit today was similar to the day she reported to the university, but this time she tied her hair up in a very simple ponytail, but she was still so beautiful that people couldn't take their eyes off her.
Even the two classmates beside him laughed and said, "Look, that's Ye Zhi, who ranks first in the Finance Department every year."
"She's really pretty, prettier than any of the magazine girls I've seen."
"When did you get the magazine? Did you come from Hong Kong?
The two classmates around her were whispering to Ye Zhi, but Gao Wenbo was the only one who remained silent.
Until his classmate Xiao Min touched his arm and asked, "Wenbo, I'm talking to you, what are you thinking about?"
Another classmate, Wang Jinbao, said with a smile: "He misses his wife. Wenbo loves his wife the most. Other educated youth who return to the city would like to draw a line between themselves and their wives in the countryside. But Wenbo brought his wife to college with him. His wife comes to deliver meals every now and then. The couple is very loving."
Because of the drama of the times, many educated youth passed the college entrance examination and returned to the city in the first one or two years after the college entrance examination was resumed.
Many of them have already started a family and have children in the countryside, but no one has mentioned when they will return to the countryside to pick up their wives and children.
Gao Wenbo listened to his classmates' teasing and said with a fake smile, "I'm just thinking about something."
So Xiao Min smiled and said in an ambiguous tone, "Hey, Old Wu from the Engineering College next door, I heard from the educated youth who returned to the city with him that he got married in the countryside, but he started dating a girl from another department last month. It seems that Wenbo is really loyal. Now that he sees the most beautiful girl in our school, he can still concentrate on her."
After hearing this, Wang Jinbao touched his nose guiltily and snorted, "Is there such a thing?"
Xiao Min: "It has spread to several nearby dormitories."
Gao Wenbo: "Why do you care so much about others? Let's go."
…
Although Ye Zhi was not very close, she heard what they said and subconsciously looked towards Gao Wenbo.
She only took a quick glance at him when school started, but this time Ye Zhi was closer to him.
At first glance, Gao Wenbo was seen with a haggard face, and his hair was a little long and messy. He did not have the vigor and vitality he had when he was the deputy factory director in Xitang Town.
Is this the so-called male protagonist in a cool novel?
Her captain Lu is much more brave and handsome.
However, when Gong Yuqiong waved at her and called her name, Gao Wenbo also looked at Gong Yuqiong.
Ye Zhi thought of the book where Gao Wenbo made his first fortune in the real estate industry with the help of Gong Yuqiong, and she suddenly became wary.
Ye Zhi quickly walked towards Gong Yuqiong and asked, "Sister Yuqiong, you're here so soon? Where's Desheng?"
Originally, Li Desheng was already in primary school, and Gong Yuqiong said that she did not plan to bring him to Yangcheng, but the little guy refused and acted like a spoiled child for two days. Gong Yuqiong couldn't persuade him anymore and brought him here.
Gong Yuqiong pointed to the waterfront platform nearby and said, "They are fishing over there. They said they are going to catch two fish for Nian Nian and Sui Sui to raise."
Ye Zhi smiled and said, "Silly child, there are no fish here either."
"Don't worry about him, my assistant is watching him. It's good for this grown boy to have something to do, otherwise his parents will be exhausted." Gong Yuqiong then took Ye Zhi's hand.
Ye Zhi laughed. She had the final say when it came to this boy of such an age that even dogs disliked him.
The two walked slowly, chatting about their children, and finally found a chair to sit down.
Gong Yuqiong looked at the child in the distance, then leaned over to Ye Zhi's ear and asked, "Do those men standing by the river fence know you? Why are they staring at you? It's so rude!"
Gong Yuqiong instantly thought of Ye Zhenhua. Even though they were already in a relationship, Ye Zhenhua respected her in every aspect.
Although sometimes Ye Zhenhua would stare at her without blinking, that was the tenderness between lovers, which was different from the scrutiny of a stranger.
This kind of scrutiny makes people feel very uncomfortable.
Ye Zhi looked in the direction Gong Yuqiong mentioned and saw Gao Wenbo and his two classmates.
Ye Zhi frowned and said, "That's my cousin's husband, but we're not very familiar with each other because I don't have a very good relationship with my cousin."
Then, Ye Zhi briefly talked about her relationship with Ye Hongying, and the grievances and hatreds between Ye Hongying and Gao Wenbo in recent years, and also talked about what the "original owner" had done before.
Gong Yuqiong immediately became interested when she heard this, and her eyes widened with gossip: "Is your cousin blind? That Gao Bo doesn't look that good, and he has three children. Those children are too... outrageous! Why is your cousin so persistent?"
Ye Zhi explained, "After all, that was ten years ago. Being a deputy director of a state-owned factory, even if you have three children, is still popular in everyone's eyes. Seventy or eighty yuan at that time was a huge sum of money."
Gong Yuqiong looked a little bit unbelievable, but she still teased her: "Fortunately you were not blind back then. Captain Lu is a thousand times and ten thousand times better than this man!"
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