Lu Nong looked sideways at her, "How do you know?"

Cheng Duoduo's eyes were complicated. "The handsome young man Pei Zheng from the Law School is not actually your brother. He is your stepson?"

Lu Nong seemed to understand where the problem lay.

"Yes, his father and I formed a second marriage family together." Lu Nong summarized the complex relationship in one sentence.

Cheng Duoduo said with a wooden face: "...So, I once asked you to introduce your stepson to me as a date."

Although it was a bit cruel, Lu Nong had to tell her the truth and completely dispel Cheng Duoduo's thoughts about Pei Zheng: "That's right."

Cheng Duoduo: “…” Fortunately, she gave up in time, otherwise what would it mean to be the daughter-in-law of her classmate?

"Wait a minute, your son's surname is Gu, right? Pei Zheng's surname is Pei. Did you marry Pei Zheng's father for the second time?" Cheng Duoduo looked at Lu Nong in surprise, thinking that he would never have thought that his classmate, who was not very old, had experienced so many things.

"It's like this, our situation is quite complicated, and it can't be explained in a few words," Lu Nong nodded and said only this briefly, then asked the main point, "By the way, how do you know all this?"

Cheng Duoduo: "Jiang Zhenzhen and her classmates also went to the dance at the clothing factory yesterday. They saw you and Pei Zheng. Jiang Zhenzhen heard people talking about you at the dance. They said that you married a man who is ten years older than you and has a stepson who is about your age. They also said that your man doesn't like you and won't dance with you."

"But then Jiang Zhenzhen said your man is here, and he's a soldier."

Cheng Duoduo tried to repeat Jiang Zhenzhen's words as objectively as possible. Although they lived in the same dormitory, Lu Nong was not in the dormitory most of the time. When she didn't have classes, she liked to stay in the library. She didn't spend much time with the other people in the dormitory, which led to everyone talking about Lu Nong without any reservations.

Among them, Jiang Zhenzhen loved to brag about Lu Nong's marriage and having children. This time, when she heard that Lu Nong actually married an old man who was a dozen years older than her, she looked down on Lu Nong even more. When she returned to the dormitory and talked about her, she couldn't hide the disdainful expression on her face.

But when she looked at Jiang Zhenzhen, besides disdain, there was more jealousy on her face, which puzzled Cheng Duoduo. Since Jiang Zhenzhen disdained Lu Nong to marry an old man, why was she jealous of Lu Nong?

Lu Nong didn't have any big reaction after hearing it. It was all gossip, and she thought there was nothing good in it. Her time at school was precious, and she would not feel it was enough if she used it all on studying. She also had no time or energy to fight with her roommates. As long as the dance didn't come in front of her, she would pretend she didn't know.

She imitated Pei Ji'an's calm demeanor and said slowly, "Well, it's basically not bad, but there is one thing I need to correct. My man likes me, and I'm so pretty. If my man doesn't like me, does that mean he likes her?"

Cheng Duoduo: “…” Although these words were not very friendly to Jiang Zhenzhen, but if you think about it carefully, there seems to be nothing wrong with them.

Jiang Zhenzhen and the other two walked out of the dormitory: "..."

Jiang Zhenzhen's chest was gasping for breath, her eyes were blazing with anger, and it looked like she was going to tear Lu Nong's mouth apart in the next second, but she managed to hold herself back, took a deep breath, and put on a smile that seemed very forced to everyone.

"Classmate Lu Nong is right. Classmate Lu Nong and her husband are in perfect harmony and very much in love." Jiang Zhenzhen flattered him as soon as she spoke. Her attitude took a 180-degree turn, which made people wonder if she had other intentions.

After flattering Lu Nong, Jiang Zhenzhen turned to Cheng Duoduo and said to her with an expression of humiliation: "Cheng Duoduo, please don't slander me in front of Lu Nong. I have never questioned the love between Lu Nong and her husband!"

Jiang Zhenzhen really hated Cheng Duoduo, the gossipy woman. Originally, Lu Nong had no idea what they said behind her back, but Cheng Duoduo insisted on reporting her and even named her.

Cheng Duoduo herself tried to please Lu Nong, but the person who was hated by Lu Nong was her, Jiang Zhenzhen. Who knew whether Lu Nong would whisper in the ear of her military officer husband and use her power to bully her and her family?

Her family was born into a wealthy family and their background was not good. If Lu Nong was petty and wanted to take revenge on her, she would have no way out.

Thinking of this, she felt jealous. How was she inferior to Lu Nong?

Just because she was born into a capitalist family, she was looked down upon everywhere. Her father even wanted her to marry an illiterate peasant. She would rather marry a powerful man and become a stepmother like Lu Nong. At least Lu Nong's man was handsome and could protect her family.

Lu Nong: “…” If you didn’t look like you wanted to tear me apart, I would really believe you.

Cheng Duoduo: “…” What the hell! If she hadn’t heard Jiang Zhenzhen’s words with her own ears, she would have doubted whether she had really slandered others.

Seeing that Lu Nong obviously didn't believe her, Jiang Zhenzhen took another deep breath, showed an apologetic expression, and said very sincerely: "Student Lu Nong, I want to apologize to you solemnly. I spoke without restraint in the dormitory and told my roommates what I heard others say about you last night, which caused everyone to misunderstand you. It's all my fault. Can you forgive me?"

“……”Does she think I’m stupid?

However, Lu Nong admired her ability to bend and stretch. And if she had not previously accused Cheng Duoduo of slander, and had not seen that Lu Nong believed Cheng Duoduo and not her, she would not have stopped pushing the blame onto others and changed her attitude to apologize. If she had apologized to her with such a sincere attitude, Lu Nong might have really believed that she was sincere.

But it doesn't make much difference whether he believes it or not. Lu Nong has always kept his distance from people like Jiang Zhenzhen who are rude at first but respectful later, no matter what her purpose is.

As for forgiveness, she asked Lu Nong for forgiveness, but Lu Nong changed his mind and said, "I'm sorry, I can't forgive you now."

Jiang Zhenzhen's face changed drastically, and she heard Lu Nong continue, "But now doesn't mean the future. As long as you sincerely change and let me see your actions of change, maybe I will forgive you."

When Jiang Zhenzhen heard that there was a chance for things to turn around, she immediately asked, "Excuse me, classmate Lu Nong, what can I do to make you feel that I have truly changed for the better?"

Should she pay for it? Or should she explain to others and dispel the slanderous rumors against Lu Nong?

Lu Nong said seriously, "Learn!"

Come on, join the ranks of the involutionary army. As a student of Peking University, why do you have time to chat? Or maybe your studies are not serious enough and you are not studying hard enough!

As long as she studies hard, she won't have time to disturb her studies.

Jiang Zhenzhen looked strange, "Is it that simple?"

He didn't want money or fame, and instead encouraged her to study. Is there such a good thing in the world?

Cheng Duoduo: “…”

Cheng Duoduo, who sees through everything, doesn't know whether to sympathize with Jiang Zhenzhen or envy her. She envies her because the fairy Lu Nong personally sets the schedule and sets the study time for Jiang Zhenzhen, which makes people envious. But when she imagines Jiang Zhenzhen overwhelmed by studying in the future, crying while studying and saying "there is too much homework, I can't finish it, wuwuwu, I was wrong", she feels very sympathetic to Jiang Zhenzhen.

"Student Jiang, please bring me your major's course schedule and I will re-arrange your study time for you. According to the progress of the course schedule, you must achieve the grades I set for each subject at the end of the semester, otherwise I will not forgive you."

As he spoke, Lu Nong revealed a sinister smile.

Jiang Zhenzhen shuddered. See, she had offended Lu Nong after all. "Study, study, study. I promise to study hard and resolutely complete the study tasks assigned by classmate Lu."

Lu Nong smiled slowly after hearing this. "That's good. Go ahead. Go back to the dormitory and get your class schedule and subject materials. Come with me to the library. I will help you arrange everything today."

Jiang Zhenzhen quickly ran back to the dormitory to get her things, while Zhang Shuying and Wang Zhu, who were standing aside and listening to the whole thing, had complicated expressions on their faces. On the one hand, they thought Lu Nong was stupid because someone said bad things about her behind her back, but she actually urged that person to study. On the other hand, they thought Lu Nong was repaying evil with kindness and was a good person with noble character.

It is really inappropriate for them to gossip about Lu Nong behind her back. Perhaps they should learn from Comrade Lu Nong, learn her spirit of studying without paying any attention to what is happening outside, and learn her noble character of repaying evil with kindness.

Zhang Shuying and Wang Zhu looked at each other and saw the same decision in each other's eyes, so they said to Lu Nong: "Student Lu Nong, please take us to study together."

"If you don't mind us being inconvenient, could you please arrange a study schedule for us? I heard from others that you are particularly good at arranging study time for others."

"Okay, okay," Lu Nong nodded with sparkling eyes.

Cheng Duoduo covered her face: "..." Two more people were bewitched by Lu Nong. She could guarantee that the person who spread such rumors had no good intentions.

Pei Zheng: Don’t cue me, I’m working like crazy…

In this way, the group of five went to the library. Lu Nong sacrificed some of his own study time and arranged the class schedules for his roommates one by one.

My roommates who got the freshly released course schedule: "..."

Apart from eating and sleeping time, almost all other time is occupied with study tasks, and even sleeping is not enough for eight hours.

The worst sufferer among them was Jiang Zhenzhen. Lu Nong even set a final grade line for her. To meet Lu Nong's requirement, she had to be among the best in her major. However, she only barely passed the test and ranked last among students of the same major.

Cheng Duoduo almost burst out laughing at their stupid expressions. He covered his face and trembled on the table.

Only Lu Nong was happy and relieved. Her roommates gave up their internal conflicts and started to study hard. She could also be at peace with herself. Everyone had a bright future.

That evening, students from the school music club stopped Lu Nong on the road. They heard from the director of the academic affairs office that Lu Nong played the violin very well, and asked her if she would like to participate in the music club's recruitment.

Lu Nong politely declined the invitation from the music club students on the grounds that he had heavy study tasks, so the music club students had to say goodbye with regret. They also heard that Lu Nong from the history department had three legendary characteristics: unprecedented beauty; miraculous violin skills; and a crazy student who studied hard.

If Lu Nong rejected them on the grounds that he had heavy study workload, they would be able to accept it.

Although Lu Nong rejected the music club's invitation to join, he was inspired to play the violin and wanted to go home and play the violin all night long.

She was distracted when Pei Zheng came up from behind, put his coat on his shoulders, and took the pile of books that Lu Nong was carrying. These were originally Lu Nong's study assignments for tonight.

Pei Zheng: "What are you standing there for? Let's go. If you don't go back, the old man will get anxious."

Lu Nong came back to his senses, glanced at a certain place, and said slowly: "If I remember correctly, last time you were punished by your father for speaking without restraint and ran five kilometers, losing your precious weekend free time. This time, I'm afraid your weekend is gone again."

Pei Zheng: “…”

Lu Nong walked past the dazed Pei Zheng, patted his shoulder, took his book back from his hand, and whispered "Take care."

Pei Zheng no longer dared to disbelieve Lu Nong this time, and immediately turned around. Sure enough, he saw Pei Ji'an walking towards them, looking at him with the same eyes as last time: "Dad, listen to my explanation, the old man's name is a nickname, which expresses my close feelings for you, and it is absolutely not disrespectful to you..."

Pei Ji'an took the book from Lu Nong and said to Pei Zheng without frowning, "Three to five kilometers, on the weekend."

Pei Zheng fell silent, looking listless. He didn't dare to bargain with the old man, bah, his own father, otherwise the punishment would be even heavier. He had no choice but to look at Lu Nong, asking for help: I ​​didn't provoke you today, you can't just stand by and watch me die.

Lu Nong gave him a wicked smile and said to Pei Ji'an in a teasing tone: "Ji'an, Pei Zheng is still young and naive. Maybe he really didn't mean it. Please forgive him this time."

Pei Ji'an was silent for a moment, then glanced at Lu Nong and said, "Forget it this time. If I hear you say something disrespectful next time, I will punish you for it together with this time. I will punish you until you remember it."

Pei Zheng looked at Lu Nong in disbelief. It really worked!? When did his father become so easy to talk to?

Lu Nong... Lu Nong herself was dumbfounded. This was not what she meant.

And it turns out that Pei Ji'an is a man who can't stand pillow talk and is easily influenced?

Pei Zheng and Lu Nong were both doubtful about life until they got into the car. Only Pei Ji'an looked calm. He even calmly held Lu Nong's hand and started playing with it.

Lu Nong did not pull back. She was now getting more and more accustomed to physical contact with Pei Jinan.

Just got home, it started raining heavily outside. The summer rain comes quickly and fiercely, and the sound of raindrops makes a ding-dong sound.

Since each family member is assigned an internal task, they all get busy as soon as they get home.

Instead, it was Lu Nong who was assigning tasks to others, who ran upstairs to find her violin and decided to play a tune while she was in high spirits.

After thinking about the lack of an audience, he carried Gu Xiaohuai and Xiaobai, who were sitting on the doorstep playing in the water, to the sofa in the back room, and opened the door facing the garden. The back room was shielded by the eaves, so the rain could not blow in, but he could still see the scene of rain hitting the summer flowers in the courtyard.

Everything was ready, and Lu Nong took the stage and played the Schubert Serenade that she had wanted to hear for many days.

A peaceful and gentle melody flowed from Lu Nong's fingertips, and the sound of dripping rain accompanied her... Lu Nong gently closed her eyes along with the music, immersed in the gentle and innocent melody.

Gu Xiaohuai hummed softly along with the music. The little white dog was about to bark, and Gu Xiaohuai made a "huh" gesture.

In a small bungalow, a mother and her son were playing the violin while the other was listening to it. It was a warm and happy scene, and both of them looked satisfied.

Upstairs, Pei Zheng, who was struggling with his homework, suddenly heard some beautiful music. He put down his pen, opened the window, leaned against it and enjoyed the music quietly.

Sitting on the sofa in the living room, Mother Wu, who was wearing a crocheted sweater, heard the sound of a piano coming from the chaise longue. She looked up and saw her aunt standing at the door of the chaise longue.

A knowing smile.

This rain came just in time.