They attended classes and ate together. Qin Man was willing to give up her big meal and eat with him in the cafeteria. She was also willing to roll up her sleeves and help him clean up the leftovers.
The two of them would go jogging together every morning, read books in the quiet library for the afternoon, and walk along the lake, hand in hand for a long time.
It was also on that afternoon, under the willow tree by the lake, that they gave each other their first kiss.
During their four years in college, they accompanied each other. Qin Man never showed off her wealth in front of Jiang Cong and never made him feel the pressure of being together.
She would also tell her parents about him, and he would promise them that he would bring her home to meet them after graduating from college.
However, things did not go as planned. The day before graduation, Qin Man was waiting for Jiang Cong by the lake. They agreed to go see the roses one more time before graduating from university.
But she didn't see him, and he didn't see her for the last time. All he saw was her cold body that he had just pulled out of the lake.
The young man lost his beloved and never married for the rest of his life!
And he never found the person who pushed her into the lake until his death.
Qin Man didn't expect that she was reborn at the age of eighteen, and she could start all over again.
She resolutely set out on a journey to the city before the end of summer vacation. She couldn't wait to meet him earlier!
Qin Ruo also came over and told her that she was going to meet her future husband.
The two of them came to the city one after another, and Qin Man walked through every place she had been to with him in her previous life. Those were the sweetest four years of her life.
After her death, her soul has never left her. She watched him become successful and famous, but he never married for his own sake. In the end, she had to die alone.
And she, after his death, got a chance to be reborn.
Reborn at the age of eighteen.
She and Qin Ruo found a hotel to stay in. Late one night, there was thunder outside. She wanted to go next door to find Qin Ruo, but she accidentally overheard a shocking secret.
Twelve years ago, Qin Ruo actually called the kidnapper who kidnapped him "Dad".
"Dad, didn't I tell you to give me some more time? At least wait until I finish college! I know you hate Ye Zhen in your heart, but now is not the right time. You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. When I become good enough, I will definitely change their views of me. You don't know that idiot Qin Man, who gave up such a great opportunity to go abroad and chose to stay in the country to go to college. What can she do? When I come back from studying abroad, I will be far better than her in terms of knowledge and culture. I will get everything she has, and I will make Ye Zhen kneel in front of you and repent!"
"If she hadn't stood by and watched you die, your mom wouldn't have died because she had no money to treat her illness. Your mom saved her life and kept saying that she was a good sister, but in the end, she was just an ungrateful person. I don't want her to repent, I want her to die too. If it weren't for her, you would still have your mom loving you. She should be nice to you. They owe us a life!"
The man was so excited that veins bulged on his forehead.
"I don't think she is that kind of person. Is there some misunderstanding here? She even runs an orphanage that specifically provides financial assistance to abandoned children!" Qin Ruo spoke for Ye Zhen.
The man became even angrier and slapped Qin Ruo:
"What, are you addicted to being her daughter? Have you forgotten how your mother died?
If their family hadn't stood by you and ignored you, would you have ended up living under someone else's roof?"
"But they are very good to me and have never treated me badly. Yes, I envy Qin Man. So many people love her and pamper her. I even want to get everything from her, but I have never thought of letting anyone die. This is too cruel!" Qin Ruo was somewhat envious of Vanity Fair.
After getting along with the Qin family for so many years, she has developed some feelings and dependence on them. She is jealous of everything Qin Man has.
How she wished she could be like her, to be pampered by everyone, to get what she wanted by just being coquettish, and people would rush to give it to her.
She really needs the feeling of being held in high esteem.
"I think you are just greedy for wealth and glory!" The man reached out his hand again, wanting to hit her, but when he saw the face that looked so much like his wife, he couldn't bring himself to do it.
Qin Man, who was outside, heard all the conversations. Thanks to the poor soundproofing here, she realized that the kidnapping was a scam. The purpose was to send Qin Ruo to their home and wait for an opportunity to take revenge.
Qin Man was about to tell her parents about this when she turned around and the hotel waiter appeared and greeted her.
"Ms. Qin, why aren't you sleeping so late?"
Qin Man was startled, and Qin Ruo and the man inside also heard it. Qin Ruo opened the door to check the situation, and saw Qin Man with a panicked look on her face and the waiter with a puzzled look on his face.
"Manman, what's wrong with you? Why aren't you asleep so late?"
Qin Man looked at her and felt that she was so strange. The sister she brought home personally turned out to be an ungrateful person. It must have been planned all along.
"Don't come over here, you liar!"
Qin Man turned around to leave, but the next moment, the man rushed out, grabbed Qin Man, covered her mouth and dragged her into the room.
The waiter had already walked away, so Qin Man could only let the man drag her in.
As soon as the door was locked, Qin Man bit him. The man felt pain and slapped her.
Qin Man struggled to open the door, but the man got so angry that he picked up the vase on the table and hit Qin Man on the back of the head.
Qin Man fell to the ground and lost consciousness. She passed out and a small amount of blood flowed out.
Qin Ruo covered her mouth and dared not make a sound. Her father had already taken out a knife and was ready to kill Qin Man.
Seeing this, Qin Ruo quickly hugged her father's waist to stop him from killing anyone.
"Dad, no, don't kill her!"
"She already knows our secret. If she doesn't die, you can't continue to stay in the Qin family!" The man's face was full of ruthlessness.
"Then why don't we just not do it ourselves? Let's find a deserted place and dump her there, leaving her to die on her own. Let wild animals eat her. We can do it without anyone noticing and our body won't even be found. Okay?"
Qin Ruo was still too timid to do it herself. The man thought she was right, so the father and daughter drove the person away overnight.
After driving for a day and a night, they finally found a deserted mountain. It was already early morning, and the father and daughter abandoned Qin Man in the woods.
After checking her breath, she found that she was still alive, but the man wanted to bury her alive.
There were faint wolf howling sounds around, Qin Ruo was scared and told her father to stop worrying, because those wild wolves would leave her with nothing left!
It was precisely because of this that, by some strange coincidence, fate sent Qin Man to Jiang Cong.