20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3473 Another Version of Lu Feifei

In winter, Taohua River doesn't seem to offer much scenery. During the dry season, large sections of the riverbed are exposed, and some pools are completely frozen. Some people break the ice with stones or bricks for fun, but as the temperature drops, these holes freeze again, layer upon layer.

Some mischievous children even defecated and urinated on the edge of the ice. The steaming excrement and urine, along with the toilet paper used to wipe their bottoms, froze together with the ice, giving it a yellow hue.

The rest of the opposite bank was desolate and bleak, with rolling hills covered in a grayish hue, somewhat resembling the scenery of Lu Xun's hometown described in his novel "My Hometown".

This winter, the mountain city only had one heavy snowfall a little over a month ago. For the rest of the time, the weather has been sunny and dry. The cold north wind has blown the loess from north of the Huai River over. Because of the Dabie Mountains in the south, the wind slows down here, and dust is scattered everywhere.

Zhao Chang'an remembered that on May 1st, during his senior year of high school, he and Wen Ye went to the Taohuajiang Dam to play. Originally, there was an entrance fee to go up the dam, but the two of them sneaked in without paying by pretending to go in to collect recyclables.

Right there, amidst these ancient, century-old weeping willows, I was punching the bark with my fists and urinating when I happened to be there during a school-organized outing for outstanding students to Taohuajiang Reservoir.

He couldn't quite remember which old willow tree it was, almost four years had passed in the blink of an eye, and things had changed so much that he could hardly recall it anymore.

You're all scum!

This happened inside the Peach Blossom Lake scenic area. Facing Chen Jing, Zhang Xiaole, Guan Xinyi, and the others, Zhao Chang'an shouted towards the vast, shimmering Peach Blossom Lake: "In my eyes, all of you are scum!"

At the time, it was because of Chen Jing's ruthlessness towards Wen Ye that this inspirational young man, who was living with his seventy-year-old grandmother who made a living by collecting and recycling recyclables, became self-destructive, his grades plummeted, and he eventually became a womanizer who wandered among women. This was the outburst of his anger.

However, what he said was actually true!
In Zhao Chang'an's eyes, these outstanding students who ranked in the top dozens in the four mock exams for arts and sciences at No. 1 High School were nothing but worthless trash!
Including Xia Wenzhuo, one of the top ten richest female entrepreneurs in the Central Province in Zhao Chang'an's previous life; Guan Xinyi, who worked in foreign affairs outside the mainland; Chen Jing, who became a female professor at Jinling University, a 985 university; Liu Cui, who became the vice dean of the School of Literature at a provincial normal university; and Li Yanqiu, who became a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

He can be considered one of the best in Zhao Chang'an's field, in business, politics, education, and scientific research.

If we don't count the fact that they only took the single-color lottery for one year, it can be said that these people in the Taohuajiang Scenic Area at that time were the most outstanding class in the past ten years or so of Shancheng No.1 High School.

Xia Wenzhuo, Guan Xinyi, and Li Yanqiu all climbed onto the large rock on the school's main playground.

However, in Zhao Chang'an's eyes today, they can be described as 'scum'.

Zhao Chang'an placed his hand on Tian Xue's bodycon skirt, taking advantage of her in a lewd manner, thinking to himself with smug satisfaction that Tian Xue was among these people at the time, and that she and Guan Xinyi were a couple that everyone tacitly agreed to be outstanding academic achievers.

Who could have imagined that life would change so drastically, and now this woman was his?

At that time, Tian Xue was plump and chubby, and the adults all said she was beautiful. This was a personality trait they had developed from their past lives of poverty and lack of food and clothing. However, her classmates, even those from families like Liu Yihui and Wen Ye, were not so poor that they would go hungry. Therefore, they thought thinness was beautiful and considered Tian Xue to be too fat.

When Tian Xue had plastic surgery, she was even heavier than she was in high school. She had just entered university, and Jiangcheng was full of famous snacks. There was no morning running or heavy academic pressure. She was admitted to a prestigious university, and her boyfriend was also satisfactory.

So, without realizing it, Tian Xue let her guard down a bit regarding her figure and became a real chubby girl. After undergoing cosmetic surgery, she continued to gain weight during her recovery period.

Zhao Chang'an could probably imagine how shocked Guan Xinyi must have been when he suddenly saw a fat woman during his first winter break, her face so swollen and shiny from being stretched.

Of course, Zhao Chang'an knew that he was judging others by his own petty standards. After learning about the background of some of Guan Xinyi's relatives, he knew that no matter how beautiful Tian Xue was, she could not gain their approval.

At that time, Guan Xinyi and Guan Hairong's relationship was so ambiguous that they were just one step away from officially becoming romantic. Therefore, regardless of whether Tian Xue had undergone plastic surgery or not, Guan Xinyi would clearly and coldly state, "We were good friends before, and we'll remain good friends!"

Tian Xue tilted her head slightly upwards, giving her lover a charming look. Her whole body began to lose strength and slide towards the ground. Fortunately, Zhao Chang'an's arm held her tightly, otherwise she would have really fallen heavily onto the cold ground.

Zhang Xiaoxue, standing nearby, smiled slightly, pretending not to see it. Although she hadn't had meat before, she'd seen pigs run before, but she'd eaten a considerable amount of pork for over two years.

Having been with two men in succession, Zhang Xiaoxue's outlook on life, worldview, and values ​​have undergone significant changes. She also knows how pleasurable it can be for men and women to do these things together.

Thinking about all this, Zhang Xiaoxue's long legs couldn't help but feel a little weak.

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Zhao Chang'an drove the car onto the riverbank. It was already sunset. In order to find a clean spot, the car waded across a forked stream and onto an island formed during the dry season.

This long, narrow, oval island has a river that is still flowing forty or fifty meters to the south. The stream we just drove over is four or five meters wide. Although it is not deep, only thirty or forty centimeters, it is frozen because of its slow flow. In the dead of winter, every drop of water freezes instantly, and no madman could possibly wade across it.

The car stopped, but Zhao Chang'an didn't turn off the engine; instead, he left the air conditioning running.

The upper reaches of the Taohua River are to the west, and the setting sun is casting its light on the shimmering water, making it look like peach petals are scattered all over the river.

"If Lu Feifei were here now, I would definitely make her take a good look at the scenery of Peach Blossom River that I described in my letter back then, and see if it was an exaggeration, a metaphor, or a true depiction."

Zhao Chang'an sighed inwardly. In his previous life, Lu Feifei had treated him and his father poorly, so even though Lu Feifei had come closer to him in this life, Zhao Chang'an still harbored resentment towards her.

Later, Lu Feifei came to the mountain city and saw the Peach Blossom River with her own eyes. She visited the Peach Blossom River Reservoir, but she was very angry and said that Zhao Chang'an had lied to her.

At this moment, Zhao Chang'an gasped.

Only now has he been shocked to discover another possibility, another version of the story.

Zhao Chang'an looked at Tian Xue and Zhang Xiaoxue, his eyes shining with a light as shimmering as the red petals of the Peach Blossom River.