Chapter 5: Xia Keqing’s True Colors

Xia Keqing heard the sharp voice and found it familiar.

When she saw Chen Zhou and a girl standing in front of her, her mind immediately recalled the girl’s name – Xu Li.

Xu Li, like the original owner, was a college student from the countryside.

Her family was better off than the original owner’s, her parents both supported her going to college.

In this era, going to college not only meant no tuition fees, but also guaranteed job placement after graduation, so for a rural person, getting into college was like “leaping over the dragon gate.”

Of course, tuition and accommodation fees were waived, but living expenses were definitely necessary.

Although Xu Li’s family was not bad, they were still from the countryside, her parents only gave her ten yuan a month.

Besides the most basic food tickets, other tickets were also very tight.

In contrast, the original owner had the support of her fiancé, Shen Jichuan, with twenty yuan a month and a full supply of various tickets.

So in Chen Zhou’s eyes, the original owner’s conditions were naturally better than Xu Li’s.

And most importantly, the original owner was prettier than Xu Li.

Xu Li’s features were also good, but her chin was pointed, her cheekbones were high, making her look a bit sharp and mean.

But she was young, with a little makeup, she could also be considered pretty and fashionable.

Actually, if the original owner had been a little smarter, she would have known that Chen Zhou had been “raising fish” all along.

He was flirting with the original owner, exchanging sweet nothings and glances, but he also didn’t forget to keep Xu Li hanging on, enjoying her admiration and pursuit of him.

In the original text, after the original owner got pregnant and married him, he began to despise her for being unkempt, not glamorous, and unable to connect with him spiritually, so he got together with Xu Li.

At that time, her parents were angry with her for breaking off the engagement, getting pregnant before marriage, ruining her reputation and future, so they ignored her.

Her former fiancé, Shen Jichuan, also stopped sending her money and tickets.

She could only live in Chen’s house.

Chen’s mother looked down on her on the one hand, thinking she was just a country woman who got together with her son before even graduating from college, and was even pregnant, thinking she was not proper and not a good person.

On the other hand, she deliberately tried to control her, finding fault every day, giving her a lot of grief.

She was already sensitive due to her pregnancy, she had no money, her parents had cut off contact, and her in-laws were constantly picking on her, how could she have the mood to be romantic with Chen Zhou like she was in college?

The original owner was certainly wrong, but the cheating husband and mistress were even more hateful.

This is ridiculous, what a terrible era, there’s nothing decent to do besides going to a state-owned restaurant, even eating a meal you run into scumbags and sluts, it’s really off-putting!

Xia Keqing internally complained, but her face was a professional fake smile.

“Oh, it’s you two.”

Xu Li, as if to show off, hooked her arm around Chen Zhou’s.

Chen Zhou also subconsciously puffed out his chest.

But he wasn’t tall enough, standing in front of Shen Jichuan, who was at least 1.87 meters tall, he was clearly shorter in both appearance and aura.

He was deeply struck.

But to save face, he said loudly to Xu Li, “Lili, didn’t you say you wanted to eat braised sea bass? Let’s order a braised sea bass!”

“You’re my girlfriend, I can’t let you suffer.”

He said, looking at Shen Jichuan defiantly.

Shen Jichuan frowned, not sure what he was thinking.

Xia Keqing quietly glanced at him, “Brother Shen, these two are my classmates.”

“Chen Zhou, Xu Li, they’re dating.”

She looked at Shen Jichuan again, glancing at Chen Zhou, “My partner, we’re going to get married soon, but unfortunately, after I graduate, I’m definitely going to follow my husband to the army, we won’t see each other anymore, and I won’t be able to attend your wedding.”

Chen Zhou’s expression was a bit complicated.

Xu Li was instantly delighted when she heard this.

She had always considered Xia Keqing a rival, but she didn’t expect her to have a fiancé?

She had a fiancé and still kept clinging to Chen Zhou, how shameless!

She only found out today that she and Chen Zhou had already been in love for a long time, but Chen Zhou said that Xia Keqing was from the countryside just like her, and she always used this to cling to him, making excuses to interact with him.

He was reluctant to reject Xia Keqing because of her.

This made Xu Li even more disgusted with Xia Keqing.

She looked critically at Shen Jichuan, finding him really tall and good-looking.

Her heart immediately felt sour.

How could someone like Xia Keqing deserve a soldier?

She must expose her true colors!

Hopefully, her fiancé wouldn’t want her.

Xu Li thought viciously in her heart.

She deliberately said, “Oh, that’s really unfortunate, we’re classmates after all, we would definitely invite you to our wedding, but it’s such a coincidence.”

“But Xia Keqing, don’t blame me for exposing you in front of your fiancé. You clearly have a fiancé, why are you still clinging to Chen Zhou? You almost made me misunderstand him.”

“Chen Zhou is kind, he doesn’t want to argue with you, you should know, a woman like you who is promiscuous, in the countryside, you would be drowned in a pig cage.”

Xia Keqing had expected Xu Li to say nothing good, but she didn’t expect her to dare to say it.

She looked at Chen Zhou.

The relationship between the original owner and Chen Zhou had always been Chen Zhou deliberately hanging her on.

The original owner was a girl from the countryside, and she was the eldest in her family, although she had some flaws and her thoughts were too idealistic, she couldn’t have taken the initiative to seduce a man.

She was conservative and wouldn’t do such a thing.

If not for Chen Zhou constantly hooking her, talking to her about ideals, poetry and the distant future, how could she have betrayed Shen Jichuan?

Her original plan was to marry Shen Jichuan after graduation.

But Chen Zhou kept telling her that people should have their own ideals, and also said that after they got married, their life would be the same as before, they would live together, be romantic together… in short, the scumbag painted a very beautiful picture of their life after marriage.

It was like a dream.

In comparison, one was a classmate with spiritual resonance, the other was a blind date she had never even met before.

The scales in the original owner’s heart tilted immediately.

She foolishly believed everything the scumbag said.

Chen Zhou was guilty and didn’t dare to look at her.

Xia Keqing couldn’t let her talk nonsense and ruin her image in Shen Jichuan’s eyes.

After all, it was a gold-plated thigh, for a better future, she had to clear her name.

“Chen Zhou, your girlfriend is talking nonsense, don’t you say anything?”

Chen Zhou chuckled nervously, “Classmate Xia Keqing, I don’t understand what you’re talking about.”

“You always used to look for me, Lili was just a little unhappy, now that she’s said it directly, it’s good to clarify things.”

Xia Keqing was amused.

“Okay, let’s clarify things. But before we clarify things, there’s one more thing.”

Chen Zhou looked at Xia Keqing, who was acting naturally, and had a bad feeling about it. Sure enough, she said, “Then you return the money and tickets you borrowed from me first.”

Chen Zhou’s face changed.

Even Xu Li was stunned.

“Chen Zhou, what money and tickets is she talking about?”

Xia Keqing held Shen Jichuan’s arm and said softly, “Brother Shen, I was able to go to college thanks to you, I planned to marry you after graduating from college, this was agreed upon long ago.”

“I would never do anything to betray you.”

The tall and strong man curled his lips, even his arm relaxed a lot.

“I’m really just ordinary classmates with Chen Zhou, but because we have some common hobbies, we’re a bit closer. Although his family is from the city, he has many brothers and sisters, and his family doesn’t give him much living allowance.”

She deliberately paused, “He asked me, and I couldn’t refuse.”

Never fall into the trap of self-justification.

Just bounce the problem back.