Chapter 2

“An Jinsheng, tell me what you mean.”

“All these years, you’ve been eating my food, living in my house, even your college admission and your current job, it’s all because of me.”

“What right do you have to treat me like this?”

A flash of ruthlessness crossed An Jinsheng’s eyes. He abruptly pulled away from Song Shishi’s hand.

“You’re saying all this, but wasn’t it all given to me willingly? Now you’re saying these things, as if I owe you something.

I’m really fed up with your always high-and-mighty attitude and your spoiled-brat temper.

If you ruin my big day, I won’t let you off the hook.”

After saying that, An Jinsheng went to ride the Phoenix brand bicycle that Song Shishi bought for him.

Song Shishi wouldn’t let him leave just like that.

“You can’t leave!”

But An Jinsheng seemed to have gone crazy, forcefully pushing her away.

His strength was too great, Song Shishi couldn’t control her body and fell backward.

At the same time, the sound of a car braking sharply echoed.

“Shishi!”

Before losing consciousness, Song Shishi heard a familiar call.

But she was sure that voice wasn’t An Jinsheng’s.

…

When she opened her eyes again, Song Shishi met her mother Zheng Peilan’s worried gaze.

“Shishi, you scared me to death.”

“Mom has worked so hard to raise you for eighteen years. If you had just left like that, how could Mom live?”

Looking at her mother, alive and well in front of her, Song Shishi’s tears welled up.

She sat up, hugged Zheng Peilan tightly, and whispered, “Mom, Mom…”

Song Shishi was reborn!

She was reborn in 1974, the day before her father, Song Zhenhua, told her to answer the country’s call and go down to the countryside to become a educated youth.

Because Song Zhenhua forced her to go to the countryside, she was so upset that she jumped into the river.

This was right after she was rescued and sent home.

“Good girl, Mom is here.” Zheng Peilan patted her back gently.

Once the quota for going to the countryside was reported, it couldn’t be changed.

Zheng Peilan gritted her teeth and still tried to persuade her, “Shishi, don’t blame your dad, he’s doing this for your own good. Going down to the countryside to be an educated youth isn’t necessarily a bad thing, you…”

Song Shishi let go of Zheng Peilan and nodded, “I know, I’ll go tomorrow.”

Zheng Peilan raised her eyebrows in surprise, “You’ve changed your mind?”

“Yes, don’t worry, I won’t do anything stupid again.”

Seeing that Song Shishi didn’t seem to be lying or trying to appease her, Zheng Peilan finally felt relieved.

As she got up to prepare some food for Song Shishi, Zheng Peilan suddenly remembered something and turned around, “By the way, it was thanks to Xunzhou today, if he hadn’t come back and happened to save you, the consequences would have been unimaginable.”

Xunzhou? Meng Xunzhou?

Didn’t he go to the army long ago?

It wasn’t a holiday or anything, why did he suddenly come back?

“Although you two have been betrothed since childhood, you still need to personally thank him for this.”

“I know, I’ll change my clothes and go.”

After her mother left, Song Shishi got up, went to the dressing table, and looked at herself in the mirror.

Five years later, she was much more haggard than she was now.

Patting her cheeks, Song Shishi took a deep breath.

An Jinsheng, I gave you so much, and you actually wanted to kill me.

This time, we’ll see how it goes!

Song Shishi went to the living room and saw Meng Xunzhou sitting upright on the sofa, his military uniform making him look very imposing.

“Xunzhou.”

Meng Xunzhou stood up, his face cold, even his speech was icy. “Are you alright?”

“Yes, I’m fine.” Thinking of her mother’s words, Song Shishi walked over, “Mom said you saved me, thank you.”

“You’re fine, that’s all that matters.”

Perhaps because they hadn’t seen each other for so long, Song Shishi felt awkward, not knowing where to put her hands and feet.

Sitting opposite each other, Song Shishi looked up and met Meng Xunzhou’s gaze.

“You…”

“You…”

They both spoke at the same time.

“You go first.” Meng Xunzhou raised his hand, motioning for her to speak first.

Song Shishi wasn’t the type to hide anything, so she asked whatever came to mind.

“Aren’t you in the army? Why did you suddenly come back?”

“I heard from my dad that the place you’re going to the countryside is near our training camp, so I specifically took leave to come back and see you off.”

Meng Xunzhou’s answer was something Song Shishi never expected.

“Oh, how is Uncle Meng?”

“He’s fine.”

Speaking of which, Meng Xunzhou’s ears turned slightly red.

He was thinking about his father asking him to come back and see Song Shishi off, and also urging him to quickly develop feelings for her. He couldn’t wait to hold a grandchild.

“This afternoon, I want to take my mom to the hospital for a checkup, can you help me later?”

In her previous life, it wasn’t until her mother was so angry that she had a heart attack that she knew her mother had a heart problem.

Since she was reborn, the first thing she needed to do was to take her mother to the hospital for a checkup.

Meng Xunzhou raised his eyebrows, “Aunt Zheng is sick?”

Song Shishi glanced towards the kitchen, leaned forward slightly, covered her chest, and lowered her voice, “I suspect my mom has some problems here, I want to take her for a checkup. But you know her personality, if I say it directly, she won’t agree, and she’ll blame me for wasting money.”

“Alright.”

Fortunately, Meng Xunzhou was cooperating, and the two of them talked back and forth, and Zheng Peilan finally agreed to go to the hospital for a checkup.

However, the results of the checkup wouldn’t be available until tomorrow.

Song Shishi had to catch the train to the countryside tomorrow, so she secretly wrote a letter in the evening and left it in Song Zhenhua’s study.

She hoped that this time, they could make up for the things they had neglected in their previous life.

…

The station was bustling with people, all educated youth going to the countryside to say goodbye to their loved ones.

A prominent banner hung on the green train, “Educated youth go to the countryside, receive re-education from poor and lower-middle peasants.

“These are all bought for you by Mom at the supply and marketing cooperative, if you get hungry, just take them out and eat, okay?”

Zheng Peilan kept reminding her, afraid that she wouldn’t be able to take care of herself and lose things on the way.

“You’ve never been away from Mom for so long, this time you go out, you don’t know when you’ll be back. Be humble when you’re out there, okay? It’s different from home, no one will tolerate you all the time.”

Feeling Zheng Peilan’s emotions, Song Shishi’s eyes also turned red.

“Mom, I’ll get along well with others, and I’ll take good care of myself, really.”

Zheng Peilan’s voice choked, “You guys go on the train now.”

“Let’s go.” Meng Xunzhou carried his luggage and stood next to Song Shishi.

Song Shishi looked back three times, waving goodbye to Zheng Peilan continuously.

Hope her father would see the letter she left and take her mother to the hospital.

Not long after the train left, the educated youth on the train started singing.

It was the song “Go to the countryside, go to the frontier”.

In the singing, she unknowingly fell asleep.

When she woke up again, she was awakened by the announcement on the radio.

She opened her sleepy eyes and looked out the window.

The educated youth, dressed in plain clothes, carrying large and small bags, crowded towards the station exit.

Something seemed to slide off her body.

“Awake?”