Chapter 91 College Entrance Examination
A month passed in the blink of an eye, and educated youth and intellectuals from all over the country went to their respective provincial and municipal schools to take the college entrance examination.
After the college entrance examination, they returned to their respective production teams or homes, waiting for good news.
Not long after, the college entrance examination results were released, and a series of news followed.
Those educated youth, intellectuals, and students who took the exams learned of their college entrance examination results through various channels. Some were happy, some were disappointed, some were frustrated, and some even went crazy...
Cheng Xue learned about her college entrance examination score through her former teacher. After discovering that it exceeded the admission score, she happily hugged Cheng Ying and Wan Shuhui, laughing and crying at the same time.
In this era, college graduates are highly valued. Not only are they key talents cultivated by the country, but they are also guaranteed job placement. More importantly, after graduation, the vast majority of college graduates will enter public institutions or factories, where they will be given a cadre position. They will be guaranteed a stable future, and barring any major problems, they will rise rapidly through the ranks, enjoying a secure job and a life free from financial worries.
In her previous life, before the college entrance examination, Cheng Xue was sold by her heartless grandmother, Huang Cuizhi, to an old man in the mountains to be her wife. She missed the college entrance examination and was tormented by that man for many years.
Later, with Cheng Ying's help, she successfully divorced her ex-husband, escaped the remote mountain village, and after several years of silence, got together with Sun Qinghui.
However, their final fate was tragic. Wei Mu coerced Cheng Ying into reconciling with him, which led to Sun Qinghui's death. In the end, one died and the other was injured, forever separated by death, a regrettable ending.
Now that Cheng Ying has been reborn, thanks to her intervention, Cheng Xue was not sold into marriage by Huang Cuizhi. Instead, she stayed home and studied hard. She, along with Sun Qinghui and two other educated youths from the village, were admitted to universities in the capital. Although Cheng Xue did not choose a top-tier university, being admitted to a university in Beijing was already a great honor for her family.
Cheng Ying was genuinely happy for her younger sister. Cheng Xue's fate had changed in this life, and she would not repeat the tragic fate of her previous life. She could now live the life she wanted.
Even her partner, Sun Qinghui, had his fate changed.
In his previous life, Sun Qinghui did not get into university, and his parents were not exonerated. After the end of the Cultural Revolution, the family returned to the capital and squeezed into a small house of less than ten square meters, suffering all kinds of bullying and scorn from their neighbors every day.
Ultimately, Sun's mother, a cultured woman, could not withstand such mental torment and passed away in depression less than two years after returning to Beijing.
Unable to accept the fact that his wife had passed away, Sun's father suffered both mental and physical blows and followed Sun's mother in death less than half a year later, leaving Sun Qinghui alone.
Sun Qinghui was all alone, had a bad family background, and a bad job. He was so worried at a young age that his hair turned white, and he lived a muddled life every day.
He had lived alone for many years, and as his spirit gradually collapsed and he contemplated suicide, he happened to meet Cheng Xue, who had come to the capital to visit Cheng Ying.
The two recognized each other and developed feelings for one another. They shared their experiences over the years and gradually began to see each other. It took them two years to get together, but in the end, Sun Qinghui was killed by Wei Muchen's men...
Now, Sun Qinghui has been admitted to a university, a top-tier one at that. His parents received the news of his exoneration a few days ago.
They received their dispatch order and were about to return to the capital. All the properties and assets that had been confiscated in the past would be returned to them.
Mr. and Mrs. Sun have been all smiles these past few days, busy making arrangements for their son's engagement to Cheng Xue.
The two young people got engaged before enrolling in university. After enrolling, they had to report to the school teachers so that they wouldn't be expelled for dating.
Soon, university admission notices were sent to all parts of the country by postmen.
As one of the postmen at the town's post office, Cheng Ying naturally attached great importance to the recent mail delivery.
In the more than 20 villages under Qingqu Town, there were thousands of educated youth, cultural figures, and students taking the college entrance examination. However, only about ten of them were admitted to university, which shows that university admission quotas were extremely limited in those days.
Of these ten people, five were admitted to university and were on the postal route that Cheng Ying ran.
She first solemnly handed the college admission notice to Cheng Xue, Sun Qinghui, and two other educated youths. Then she ate at Cheng Xue's engagement banquet and carefully placed Xiang Zhaodi's admission notice in the innermost part of the package, planning to set off early the next morning to deliver the notice to Aimen Village.
However, that evening, Wei Muchen, who had been missing for almost two months, appeared in the alley of her house in town.
Wei Muchen stood under a newly installed street lamp in the alley, a cigarette in his hand, puffing out smoke at the end of the alley.
Seeing Cheng Ying return, he stubbed out his cigarette with his bare hand, flicked it with two fingers, and casually tossed the cigarette butt to the ground. He walked towards her and said, "You're back? I've been waiting for you for a long time."
In the dim alley and under the lights, Wei Mucheng's cold and aggressive gaze made Cheng Ying's heart skip a beat.
She instinctively tensed up, silently reaching into the pocket of her coat where she had shoved her military dagger, and looked at the person opposite her warily: "Wei Muchen, what are you doing here?"
Why is this person so persistent?!
Wei Muchen caught a glimpse of her movements and said with a teasing expression, "Don't be nervous, I won't do anything to you. I'm going to the Soviet Union soon for an extremely dangerous mission, which could be life-threatening. I wanted to see you before I left, so you don't need to be so wary of me."
Cheng Yingcai didn't believe his nonsense and still looked at him warily, saying, "Whether you go on a mission or encounter danger is none of my business. I've already said we've broken up, we're in the past. I have a fiancé now, so please be sensible and stay away from me. Don't be a clingy pest that I hate!"
Wei Muchen gave a wry smile, "You hate me that much that you don't want to see me?"
“Yes, I not only don’t want to see you, I hate you to death, and I wish you would disappear from this world!” Cheng Ying said without hesitation.
"Why do you hate me?" Wei Muchen stared straight at her, his gaze probing. "When we were dating, I never did anything to hurt you or wrong you. Why are you filled with such hatred for me? Or, Cheng Ying, did you have the same dream as me, dreaming about the things I did to hurt you in my past life?"
Cheng Ying froze, vehemently denying it. "What dream? I just hate you and don't want to be with you anymore. Don't think I don't know what shameless things you did in the capital! You and a bunch of playboys often harassed women in the outskirts of Beijing, teasing and bullying respectable women, toying with their feelings, and abandoning them after they were taken! Then you joined the army, pretending to be an innocent man, deceiving and playing with my feelings. It disgusts me! Your mother is always targeting me, looking down on me, and belittling me. Why should I put up with you and your son, and be pathetic enough to suffer your abuse!"
She learned about Wei Muchen's affair with the beggars after she broke up with him in her previous life, from his friend. At that time, she was so disgusted and disheartened that she almost wanted to kill Wei Muchen without a care in the world!
This man deceived her from beginning to end. He was unfaithful to her from the start, yet he pretended to be innocent and affectionate to win her favor.
Ironically, she took it seriously, allowing him to manipulate her at will, and tormenting her for most of her life before finally being freed!
Now that she has been reborn, whether Wei Muchen is reborn like her or dreaming about his past life, she will never admit to being reborn or dreaming like him, because she doesn't want to have any more entanglement with him!
Wei Muchen was somewhat surprised that Cheng Ying knew about his affair with the courtesans, since he had always been very discreet about it...
He smiled wryly and said, "Cheng Ying, I didn't mean to hide it from you. Back then, I was young and reckless, hanging out with a bunch of rich kids, getting into fights and having fun. I was just looking for something new and made a mistake. My dad was afraid I'd cause even bigger trouble, so he sent me to the army for reformatory training. As for that woman, my mom gave her a lot of money and took good care of her. She's married now and won't affect us..."
"Don't tell me that, I don't want to hear it!" Cheng Ying interrupted him. "I don't care about your past, and I care even less about your future. I'm someone else's fiancée now, so please stop bothering me!"
Wei Muchen was very jealous. "Is he really that good? Is he worth you being so devoted to him, even at the cost of giving up me, a promising military officer, to choose that guy from that poor, remote place?"
"He's a thousand times better than you, ten thousand times better!" Cheng Ying sneered. "He won't deceive me, he won't betray me, he won't cheat on me, and he won't force me to do things I don't want to do. He respects me, loves me, and gives me everything he has. So what if your family background is good? In my eyes, you're not even a fraction as good as him!"
"Fine, very well!" Wei Muchen's chest heaved with anger, his eyes filled with jealousy and resentment.
He wanted to tie Cheng Ying up at all costs, subdue her with violence, lock her up, and make sure she could never leave him.
But he also knew that Cheng Ying's fighting skills were in his possession, and if he tried to force himself on her, it would only result in mutual destruction and an irreparable situation.
He forced himself to calm down, recalling what Grandma Cheng Ying had told him two months ago. Suppressing his anger, he softened his tone and said, "Cheng Ying, I didn't call you here today to argue. I've said before that I have to go on a mission, and you're the one I can't let go of the most. Since you don't want to be with me anymore, I won't force you. But I have one request: before I leave, can you hug me like we did when we were dating? I want to feel the warmth of your body again. If you don't agree, I'll come back and keep bothering you after my mission. If you agree, then we can go our separate ways and wish each other well."
Cheng Ying became suspicious and did not believe his nonsense, not knowing what he was up to.
But she was so bothered by him that she couldn't do anything about it. If she could get Wei Muchen to completely give up his thoughts of harassing and tormenting her, she was willing to try.
Cheng Ying hesitated for a moment and said, "Just a hug. If you dare to do anything else to me, I'll kill you!"
Wei Muchen laughed, "Don't worry, I won't do anything else."
He couldn't wait to pull Cheng Ying into his arms, his hands tightly holding her slender waist. He turned his head to smell the unique orchid fragrance behind her, and his heart surged with emotion.
This is the woman he has been longing for, the woman he has never wanted to give up. He loves her more than anything, and he will never allow her to belong to another man!
When Cheng Ying felt unwell, he released her, smiled at her, and said, "Alright, I'm leaving now. Take care of yourself. I'll come back to find you after I finish my mission."
Cheng Ying watched his departing figure, unable to believe that he was really gone.
His behavior was too unusual; she instinctively felt something was wrong and couldn't understand what he was up to.
However, she carries two Gu worms that Long Buxi gave her, and her parents' family also has Gu worms. If Wei Mucheng really wants to do anything to her and her family, Long Buxi's Gu worms will take care of him directly!
Thinking of this, Cheng Ying felt much more at ease. She turned around, opened the door, and went home to wash up and go to bed.
Unbeknownst to her, a tiny, transparent butterfly with wings the size of a palm had witnessed the entire scene from the wall of her yard.
The moment she closed the door, the butterfly fluttered its wings from the high wall and flew towards the deep mountains in the direction of Pucang Village.
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