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“So, what Xiao Lin said is true?”
Fu Huayi said, “It’s true; people in the surrounding villages know about it; Fang Qing’s son even calls Lu Jiangting ‘Father’.”
Uncle Zhou: “…”
He was a little angry, feeling like he’d been tricked.
He angrily said, “This Lu Jiangting kept telling me that he and Xiao Lin have a long-standing relationship, that there are some misunderstandings between them, and that Xiao Lin’s disagreement was just a momentary fit of anger; he said he would coax Xiao Lin. I thought that if it was just a misunderstanding, and it would be resolved, so I held onto their marriage report.”
Lin Yuyao, wiping her tears, said, “It’s not a misunderstanding; this won’t be the first time, and it won’t be the last. Of course, it’s not just about money; it means that in the future, as long as Fang Qing interferes, he will choose Fang Qing and make me suffer.” She sobbed
“She is more important to him than I am, repaying his debt is more important. He could even force me to compromise for Fang Qing on something as important as the wedding, let alone the little things in the future.” She continued
“Once I compromise, I have to prepare to compromise for a lifetime. Uncle Zhou, I’m not saying it’s wrong for him to repay his debt. As you said, if he doesn’t do anything, people will criticize him. But I don’t want to suffer for a lifetime, and I’m not wrong, am I?”
Uncle Zhou, seeing the young woman’s tearful eyes, nodded repeatedly.
“Yes, yes, you’re right. In this matter, Lu Jiangting is right to repay his debt, and you’re also right to not want to suffer. So, this matter… this matter…” Oh dear, this was difficult for him; he had promised Lu Jiangting not to give the marriage report to Xiao Lin.
He felt he should tell Lu Jiangting.
Seeing his hesitation, Fu Huayi directly said, “Uncle Zhou, why don’t you return the marriage report to her?”
Uncle Zhou: …
“Well… I don’t have it on me; it’s in my office.”
“Let’s go get it now.”
“Ah? It’s past work hours.”
“We can go get it after work hours.”
“This… sigh!” Uncle Zhou sighed, “Young lady, this is ultimately between you and Lu Jiangting. How about this, you come back on Monday, and you and Lu Jiangting come together. According to the procedure, we should go through the mediation process. If you still insist on not marrying him after mediation, I’ll return the documents to you. What do you think?”
Lin Yuyao frowned slightly, thinking that she only knew that couples going through a divorce would usually go through mediation.
Now, she and Lu Jiangting weren’t even married, so why did they need mediation?
Sigh! Whatever, regardless, finding out that she and Lu Jiangting hadn’t even gotten their marriage certificate was great news. Mediation, then mediation; no matter what the mediation was like, she wouldn’t agree to marry Lu Jiangting.
The ride back was quiet.
As they approached Chenshan Town, Fu Huayi said, “I’ll come with you on Monday.”
Lin Yuyao’s mind was in a mess; she had been thinking all the way.
Hearing Fu Huayi’s voice, she snapped out of her thoughts.
“Huh?”
Fu Huayi paused, then said, “I’ll come with you on Monday.”
Lin Yuyao quickly shook her head, “No need, Brother Fu, you’ve already helped me a lot. You have to work on Monday; don’t take time off.”
Hearing her say this, Fu Huayi couldn’t insist.
But he was very worried about her, making him anxious and driving a little erratically.
The car swayed a bit more; Lin Yuyao grabbed the armrest tightly.
Finally, they arrived, and the car stopped downstairs from Lin Yuyao’s apartment.
Lin Yuyao unbuckled her seatbelt and got out of the car, bending down to say, “Brother Fu, please tell Lu Jiangting to meet Uncle Zhou on Monday.”
“Yes, don’t worry, I’ll let him know.”
“Thank you, you’re such a good person.”
Fu Huayi: “…”
This was the fourth good person card he received.
Looking at her in the sunlight, her skin was so white it glowed, so bright it was hard to look away.
Fu Huayi secretly swallowed, whispering, “It’s nothing, it’s a small matter. The sun is quite strong, you should go upstairs.”
“Okay, I’ll go then, goodbye, Brother Fu.”
Watching her run into the building and go upstairs, Fu Huayi drove away.
He felt uneasy.
Yi Yunshuo, that stinky kid, was right.
The way she looked at him was purer than how she looked at Lu Jiangting.
…
Lin Yuyao didn’t go to work today; she had half a day left, she stayed home to write.
These days, she had finished half of her first short story. She wrote several thousand words in one go, stopping only when her wrist ached. Then she took a defective notebook that recorded some submission channels.
This is the advantage of being a librarian; she could connect with publishers and access submission channels more easily than ordinary people.
She chose a medium-sized publisher with potential.
She planned to submit the beginning to them first.
Strong publishers had high requirements; this was her first time writing, and she knew her capabilities, so she chose a medium-sized publisher.
This would increase her chances of acceptance.
After selecting the publisher, she took advantage of the early time to prepare the first 10% of the story, character profiles, outline, recommendation reasons,
She wrote down the necessary information separately, put it in an envelope, and mailed it to the address. The publishing house was in the same city, so they should receive it soon. After mailing, she decided to call home since she still had time.
Regardless, finding out that she and Lu Jiangting weren’t married was great news.
Military marriages were difficult to dissolve; it was better that they hadn’t gotten married yet.
As long as she didn’t agree, Lu Jiangting wouldn’t be able to get a marriage certificate with her.
What she needed to do now was wait until Monday to go to Uncle Zhou and get the documents back.
She first called the long-distance operator at the post and telecommunications bureau and asked them to transfer the call to her village to inform her parents to pick up the call.
Standing in front of the phone booth, waiting for about half an hour, she called again; Ye Lian answered.
“Yuyao, is that you?”
Hearing the familiar voice, Lin Yuyao felt warm inside.
“Mother, it’s me. How are you and Father doing?”
“We’re fine. I have good news for you; in a few days, we’ll be able to make long-distance calls from our village; we can now call anywhere in the country; you won’t have to call from the post and telecommunications bureau anymore.”
“Really?” there’s excitement in her voice.
Her father, Lin Dawei’s voice could be heard beside her, “It’s true; I’ve checked, and they said it will be available in three days.”
That’s great; calling her parents would be much more convenient.
This was indeed good news.
“Father, Mother, I have good news for you. The marriage thing was Lu Jiangting deceiving me; Lu Jiangting and I haven’t gotten our marriage certificate.”
“Oh? Really?”
“Yes, yes, it’s true.”