"I'm only making it up to you because I broke my promise. I wasn't very generous to you before, and you were the same way!"
Song Ziqing is the kind of person who responds better to gentleness than force, and he becomes stronger when faced with a strong opponent. After hearing Lin Chengyu's words, he immediately became righteous and assertive again.
"Alright then, I'll do as you say. Use your money and tickets to have a good Shanghai meal. We'll be leaving Shanghai after tomorrow. Tonight is our last day in Shanghai, so be careful on your way home tonight!"
Lin Chengyu could tell that Song Ziqing had made up her mind to ignore her, so she shamelessly accepted the money and tickets she handed over and headed straight home.
He didn't plan to go home right now. He wanted to go home for a visit while his parents were at work, to take all his luggage out, and then go to his secret hideout to retrieve his gold bars.
He planned to shamelessly spend the night at the Song family's house. He was genuinely worried about Song Ziqing being home alone, as she had mentioned that someone had visited her house the previous night.
He guessed that Wang Dagang was also looking for treasure at her house. After all, everyone in Shanghai knew how powerful the four major families were during the Republic of China era. Even if Song Ziqing's family was just a collateral branch of the Song family, they must have a lot of treasures.
However, Wang Dagang had no idea that Song Ziqing's original body had been reborn. The first thing she did was become a thief, stealing back the ring space that belonged to her family from the Wang family. She also stole all of the Wang family's cash, amounting to tens of thousands of yuan. She also stole all the treasures that Wang Dagang and his gang had obtained from raiding the Wang family's home over the past year.
The Wang family was back to square one overnight. Fortunately, Wang Dagang had hidden some money at his mistress's house; otherwise, they would have been starving long ago.
Lin Chengyu had inquired about the current situation of the Wang family and knew that they were now acting like mad dogs. If he could take advantage of Song Ziqing's last night away from Shanghai and kidnap her, just like in his previous life, and lock her up in the Wang family for ten years or so, the possibility of that was not low.
Lin Chengyu wasn't lying when he told Song Ziqing that he used to make a living by collecting recyclables. In his previous life, he had no money for many years because of his parents' favoritism, so he had to find another way to make a living.
Before he was ten years old, his grandparents were still alive, so he had no shortage of food or drink. He just lived with the two elderly people in their old home on the outskirts of Shanghai.
After his grandparents passed away when he was ten, he was taken back to his home in the city by the Lin family. Only then did he realize that he was completely out of place in the Lin family and could not integrate into their life.
In the eyes of the Lin family, he was like a wandering ghost, as if he didn't exist.
If it weren't for his grandparents and Song Ziqing's parents discussing his marriage with Song Ziqing in his early years, the Lin couple might have simply abandoned him in their old house on the outskirts of the city, leaving him to fend for himself.
In his past life, he was implicated by Song Ziqing and sent to the countryside. He had complaints about her, but he also knew that even if he hadn't been sent to the countryside because of her, if it had been a year or two later, when every family had to send someone to the countryside, he would still have been the one abandoned by the Lin couple.
So, he eventually let it go.
Thinking of his hometown, Lin Chengyu had gone back a couple of days ago to explain things there. This time, he was going to the countryside and leaving Shanghai, and he might not be able to return for more than ten years.
When he was in Shanghai, he would occasionally go back to his old house to stay for a few days. In his spare time, he would pick up broken tiles and do some cleaning. But after he went to the countryside, he could no longer do that. He simply lent the house to the village committee without charging rent, and the village committee would just take care of cleaning the house for him.
The Lin family's old house was built by Lin's grandparents when they were young, costing them their life savings. When they passed away, they transferred the house directly to Lin Chengyu, so that he would still have a safe haven.
When he was a child, if he went back to the Lin family home and was ignored or beaten by his parents, he would run back to the old house and stay there for one night. It was as if he had been recharged and had the courage to go back to the Lin family home again.
He felt from the bottom of his heart that the Lin family's old house was his safe haven.
Now that he is leaving this haven, he feels his heart adrift.
And Song Ziqing, who traveled from another time, became his new safe haven.
He hoped this haven would be his refuge for the rest of his life.
He readily left Song Ziqing.
After watching Lin Chengyu leave, Song Ziqing headed towards the supply and marketing cooperative where Du Juan worked. She originally intended to walk, but then remembered that it was a full hour's walk from where she was to Du Juan's workplace, so she took a bus instead, which took about twenty minutes to reach her destination.
It was around 5 p.m. when Song Ziqing entered the supply and marketing cooperative. Du Juan spotted her and quickly told her colleagues before greeting Song Ziqing and pulling her outside.
"Xiaoqing, you're here? I made plans with Xiaoling to come to your house after get off work!"
"I was thinking of leaving Shanghai tomorrow, so I came to meet you all today and say goodbye! Xiaoling got married a long time ago, I wonder if her husband treats her well? I've been busy with my family matters for the past month and haven't really paid attention to her."
“Xiaoling has too good a temper. I think if she doesn’t change it, she’ll definitely suffer in the future. If you had stayed in Shanghai, the two of us could have taken better care of her. Now that you’ve left Shanghai, I’m all alone, and I can only take time out occasionally to have a heart-to-heart talk with her.”
“No matter how capable someone is, they still have their own life. She has to stand on her own two feet! I’m already struggling to take care of myself, and you will also have your own life in the future. You can’t keep helping her forever.”
Unexpected events can happen at any time.
Song Ziqing believes that everyone should strive for self-improvement; no matter how capable your relatives or friends are, they are not as capable as yourself.
Her previous life ended up like this because she wasn't independent and strong enough, and she was largely responsible for it.
"Xiaoqing, wait for me a little longer. After I get off work, we'll go find Xiaoling together. I already made plans with her to pick her up after get off work. By the way, she's pregnant and not feeling well, which is why she didn't come to see you before."
Song Ziqing said nonchalantly, "Even if she weren't pregnant, she probably wouldn't have come looking for me. That's just who she is, always living in her own world. I don't mind, after all, it might be years or even decades before we see each other again."
Even the best of friends can become strangers over time.
The original owner wasn't entirely without resentment towards Shen Ling, after all, she had taken great care of Shen Ling during their school days, and even Du Juan hadn't received much gratitude from her.
She and Du Juan have always treated each other as equals, after all, Du Juan's family is also quite well-off.
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