Xin'an
After waiting day and night, Tian Qiaozhu finally received a letter from her daughter. Her eyes reddened after reading it.
"The job issue has been resolved. Now I just hope the two of them can live a good life together. I've watched Lu Yang grow up since he was a child, and he's definitely not a bad kid."
Song Hai took off his glasses and snorted dismissively.
"Wouldn't it be better to leave our daughter in Xin'an? Why send her to such a far away place to suffer?"
Tian Qiaozhu glared at her. "You don't know anything! I don't know what's wrong with you. You were the one who made the Lu family marry her, and now you don't even want your daughter to have a good life."
"It was an emergency, and besides, our two families have already settled this matter; neither of us owes the other anything." Song Hai slammed down his book, sounding somewhat impatient.
"That means they went to the Northeast together. I definitely wouldn't allow them to go back to the Lu family."
Tian Qiaozhu glared at him and ran off to pack her things, unable to reason with him.
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An'an was leading Lu Yang and the others around the zoo. Lu Ronghui lay on the bed, feeling uneasy. News was about to come back that his sister-in-law had not stayed in the Northeast but had gone to Ancheng.
She didn't understand why, out of divine mercy, she was given a second chance at life, but at this particular time.
When she woke up, her sister-in-law had already taken An'an on a train to Northeast China.
"Rong Hui, what's wrong? You've been so restless these past few days."
Bai Rongjun, dressed in a white dress, looked at her with a gentle smile. Lu Ronghui clenched her fist tightly, forcing herself to suppress her discomfort and returning the smile.
"Ronghui, are you worried about what you'll do after graduation? I'm worried too, and I don't know what our plans are." Bai Rongjun smiled slightly, a faint worry shrouding her face.
Really? Weren't you supposed to be taking over my mom's job? How come you still don't know?
Lu Ronghui turned her head away, unwilling to look at her anymore. Bai Rongjun smiled for a while and then left.
She hated Bai Rongjun to the core, but she couldn't afford to break ties with her right now, since she had nothing.
It's almost April now, and Lu Ronghui and Bai Rongjun are both graduating from high school this year. School has stopped running, and they'll receive their diplomas in another month or two.
As the arrangements for going to the countryside began to come out in July, she was both looking forward to it and fearing what the future held.
But she later learned that her brother had originally arranged for her to go to the countryside in Northeast China, but Bai Jiamei had replaced her.
The Bai family clung to his family like leeches. When the news of his sister-in-law going to Ancheng came back, her mother, He Shuyue, was furious at home.
Taking advantage of the situation, Bai Rongjun suggested that Bai Jiamei go to Northeast China. They wanted her to divorce her brother and have Bai Jiamei marry him.
He Shuyue hesitated for a long time. Later, Lu Ronghui realized that she was afraid of the Song family. Bai Rongjun coaxed her for a few days and got her to nod in agreement.
Bai Rongjun also told her with a smile, "Ronghui, you know that my sister has always liked my eldest brother, and she will definitely treat him well."
Before she could figure it out, Lu Ronghui received a notice from the educated youth office that she was to go to the countryside in the Northwest.
At that time, she harbored the ambition to go to hardship areas to make a living. Although she was somewhat puzzled, most parents with the means would try their best to arrange for their children to go to more affluent areas.
Her family had the ability, but she thought that perhaps her father was unwilling to use his power for personal gain, so she should also go and work hard in those places.
But in reality, her mother had Bai Rongjun take her place at work and Bai Jiamei went to the Northeast in her place. Her brother had originally arranged for her to go to his place.
She went to the Northwest alone, while Bai Rongjun stayed in Xin'an.
Ironically, Bai Rongjun still frequently sent her letters, showing concern for her life in the Northwest.
Bai Rongjun is one year older than Lu Ronghui. They grew up together in her family since they were little, and they even have the same first character in their names.
He Shuyue likes Bai Rongjun to treat her like her own daughter. Lu Ronghui was not without jealousy, but Bai Rongjun said they were sisters.
They grew up together, and she also wanted a mother like He Shuyue. She hoped Lu Ronghui wouldn't blame her.
Lu Ronghui would share her things with her since she was little, and she truly regarded her as an older sister.
However, the result was that Bai Rongjun took He Shuyue's job and sent Bai Jiamei to Northeast China.
My elder brother and sister-in-law lived apart for a long time, and later he went to the southwest alone.
Lu Ronghui worked on the farm in Northwest China for five years. Although she was younger than Bai Rongjun, she looked more than ten years older than Bai Rongjun when she stood next to her.
In the first year after the resumption of the college entrance examination, undergraduate and vocational colleges were filled out separately. Lu Ronghui applied to a university in the provincial capital but was admitted to a vocational college.
She had checked the answers and was certain she would get into a university in the provincial capital, so how could she have filled in the wrong application, and even filled in a different batch?
The wave of educated youth returning to the cities began in 1978. In 1977, as long as you were admitted to university, you could leave, but if you couldn't find a receiving unit, you could only stay in the countryside.
Lu Ronghui was very unwilling and wanted to retake the exam for another year, but she didn't want to go back to that place, so she could only go to a junior college.
Back then, even junior college graduates were guaranteed job placement, and she voluntarily applied to go to the south because she didn't want to go back.
Later she learned that it was all because of Bai Rongjun, whose grades were poor. That year, there were only a few months between the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination and the actual exam.
She didn't have time to review, so she could only enroll in a junior college. She wanted Lu Ronghui to go with her.
However, she did not go to college and instead waited until the following year to take the exam.
But the Bai family's crimes did not end there. In 1983, the things the Bai family had done were exposed, and the Chen family's affairs were related to them.
His sister-in-law divorced his brother and hated the Lu family. In the end, An'an took her mother's surname.
My elder brother never returned to Xin'an after that, and remained alone ever since.
She also loathed the Lu and Bai families. If it weren't for them, the Chen family wouldn't have suffered such a thing, and why would her sister-in-law hate them so much?
How could she have stayed in the Northwest for 5 years, and how could her elder brother have been alone in the Southwest?
She was all alone away from home when she returned home by chance and saw Bai Rongjun enjoying a happy time with her parents.
Bai Rongjun is more like a daughter of the Lu family; she and her brother are just passersby.
Why does she have the right?
Now that she's back, she's determined to expose the true nature of the Bai family as soon as possible. It's just a pity that she was in the south at the time and had no idea what the Bai family had done.
However, the Song family must know something, otherwise her mother wouldn't be so afraid of Song Hai.
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Although she was about to graduate, Bai Rongjun wasn't too worried about her future, as Aunt He said she would give her a job.
"Auntie, you're so kind to me, but shouldn't this job be given to Rong Hui?"
You know Ronghui has always been jealous of how good you are to me since she was little. If she knew, she would definitely blame me.
“Silly child, how can you go to the countryside when you’re not feeling well? Auntie can’t bear to see you suffer there. Ronghui is indeed very jealous, so let’s not tell her yet.”
Aunt He had treated her like her own daughter since she was a child, and Bai Rongjun was very grateful.
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