sjar Chapter 309: Accurate Guess
Chapter 309: Accurate Guess
Lu Yuanqing's different attitude towards Liu Ling was largely due to Cheng Ruolan.
As fellow educated youth in the same village, the villagers clearly had a better impression of Liu Ling.
This girl is capable, she doesn't cheat or shirk her duties at all, and she's very honest.
Of course, Lu Yuanqing wouldn't use "capable" to honestly evaluate a young girl.
In fact, he believed that as long as a girl was reasonable and didn't have any particularly obvious flaws, she was a good girl.
But people nowadays value diligence and competence more!
He doesn't comment on this, nor does he have any prejudice against it.
He remained himself, the same person who, even when he understood the customs of the time, neither thought of how to change them nor held any prejudice. He simply watched calmly, understood, but never accepted them.
However, it must be said that if everyone says it's bad, you might still have doubts.
But if everyone says it's good, you'll subconsciously feel it's good too.
After Liu Ling went to the countryside, she never caused any trouble and obediently followed the work schedule every day.
Lu Yuanqing's only impression of her was that when the grain was distributed, the girl's expectant and excited look was more obvious than that of the others.
Furthermore, among the work points of a large group of female educated youth, her work points are quite prominent.
He was a person who truly worked hard to earn work points.
If this was just Lu Yuanqing's slightly good impression of Liu Ling, then the fact that Cheng Ruolan's family disgusted him was his delight after Liu Ling and Lu Mingnan became involved.
After Cheng Ruolan left.
Lu Mingnan continued to live his life quietly, exactly the same as before.
It seemed as if he was not affected by it at all.
Whether Cheng Ruolan leaves or not, he can live a good life.
But those are just outsiders' perspectives.
Family members understand each other.
Lu Yuanqing was worried for a long time.
I'm afraid he might suddenly suffer a blow and never recover.
So, when Lu Yuanqing unintentionally caught Lu Mingnan telling Liu Ling to study hard, he was speechless for a moment, but his joy was even greater.
He was genuinely worried that Lu Mingnan would become disillusioned with life because of an unhappy relationship.
Lu Mingnan chuckled, "Third Uncle, it's not as serious as you make it out to be!"
"Tch!" Lu Yuanqing glared at him. "You have a good attitude. When she first left, I was really worried that you thought you would never love again."
Lu Mingnan laughed heartily, "And what about now? Two years later, you think you can still be salvaged?"
Lu Mingnan found it really funny.
But after laughing, I felt a warmth in my heart.
"So, the person you feel you can still save now is Liu Zhiqing?" Lu Yuanqing raised an eyebrow and smiled.
Lu Mingnan was speechless.
"Third Uncle, why are you so eager to ask about this?"
"You could keep an eye on Xiao Bei and the others; they're graduating from elementary school next year. It's a crucial time for them to take the middle school entrance exams, so you'd better keep a close eye on them!"
As for Cheng Xiaobao, he just graduated from elementary school this year.
Chengjun was so happy to have been admitted to junior high school that he treated them to a big meal at a state-run restaurant. The restaurant was almost packed with his family that day.
Lu Yuanqing, whose task was urgent, no longer needed to hold back. He grabbed Lu Mingnan's ear and twisted it around like a TV part that needed to be manually changed.
Lu Mingnan was in so much pain that he quickly begged for mercy.
"Hmph, hurry up and tell me, you brat, you're trying to fool me."
What a pity! Back then, Lu Yuanqing said he would never use corporal punishment on his children.
He has now mastered the art of 'hands-on teaching'.
Lu Mingnan hissed and covered his ears, "What are you saying! I'm not dating Liu Zhiqing, what do you want me to say?"
Lu Yuanqing was stunned. "You two are so close, yet you're not dating."
Closeness?
Lu Mingnan's pupils dilated in shock. "What do you mean by 'close'? What is Uncle talking about?!"
Lu Yuanqing frowned: "No? Then why did you tell Liu Zhiqing to review beforehand? I always tell you not to tell outsiders about these things before they're confirmed. Liu Zhiqing, are you an outsider who can tell everyone everything?"
"This……"
Lu Yuanqing continued, "I've seen you two chatting and laughing at least six times, and I don't know how many more times I haven't seen it!"
"Ah! This..."
"Don't tell me you two are getting this close? You're just friends?" Lu Yuanqing glanced at him sideways.
If they're really friends, that's just outrageous.
“Uh!” Lu Mingnan was at a loss for words.
But he still felt he should try to explain himself, otherwise, he didn't dare to imagine what kind of role he would be in Lu Yuanqing's mind.
"Third Uncle, Liu Zhiqing and I really weren't dating."
"She felt grateful that I told her such important news so she could start studying earlier, so she would occasionally bring me some food. But I promise that every time I accepted it, I returned something else to her."
He had witnessed Lu Mingxi's lesson firsthand.
Lu Yuanqing: "..."
"You've exchanged gifts, but you're still just friends!"
Ha ha! ! !
The mockery was so strong that Lu Mingnan couldn't help but see it.
"Really, no!" Lu Mingnan retorted, his neck turning red. "We're just friends!"
"Liu, the educated youth, believed that our family had connections in the city and that the information we received must be true. Therefore, she was very convinced that the college entrance examination would be reinstated. She felt that we had taken advantage of her, so she wanted to give us something to repay us."
"But I didn't want to take her things. What kind of man would I be, taking a young girl's things? When I tried to give them back to her, she wouldn't take them and insisted that I keep them. So I had no choice but to give them back to her using other things during holidays or other occasions."
"And so it went, and..."
The more Lu Mingnan spoke, the more he felt something was wrong, so he silently shut his mouth.
Lu Yuanqing looked at him with a half-smile, "Speak! Keep talking! Why aren't you continuing?"
Lu Mingnan kept his mouth shut even tighter.
Lu Yuanqing had figured it out a little, but he still needed to understand his suspicions further.
He stopped mocking Lu Mingnan and asked seriously, "Why did you tell Liu Zhiqing about the resumption of the college entrance examination? Aren't you two not close? Why would you tell her something so important?"
"Aren't you afraid she'll go around telling everyone, which could have adverse consequences for us?"
“No way!” Lu Mingnan quickly said, “Third Uncle, she won’t say anything. Look, she’s known for so long, but there hasn’t been a single word from the educated youth settlement. She’s a person who knows what’s important.”
"You still haven't answered my question," Lu Yuanqing said calmly.
Lu Mingnan: "Liu Zhiqing is a very good person. Back then... back then, when I was with Cheng Zhiqing, I found out that she was speaking up for me, telling Cheng Zhiqing not to listen to her parents too much, and that I was very good to Cheng Zhiqing. She said that if I abandoned her and went back to the city, she would definitely regret it."
Lu Mingnan overheard their conversation unintentionally.
He was heartbroken and also very shocked at the time.
He wasn't familiar with Liu Ling, and she didn't seem easy to get along with, nor did she give him a friendly look. So he was quite surprised that she would speak up for him.
"Oh!" Lu Yuanqing nodded thoughtfully, confirming his guess.