20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3744 Get into university first, then we'll talk about everything else.
"It's okay, I can do it. You just go."

Xiang Yong said this primarily out of jealousy and resentment that Zhao Chang'an and Lin Xiaojie would be alone together. He wanted to drop off the girl and then come back later, since the car would be carrying a lone man and woman for the entire twenty or thirty miles.

Lin Xiaojie remained motionless, heartbroken and shedding tears, looking weak, pitiful, and helpless. He was afraid that Zhao Chang'an would take advantage of her vulnerability and take advantage of Teacher Lin.

Another reason is that he doesn't want to be with his wife, the "tiger mom," at home. It takes Zhao Chang'an at least half an hour to get there and back, and who knows what kind of crazy thing she might do in front of these four out-of-town women, embarrassing him in public.

"Get in the car."

Zhao Chang'an nodded.

"Zhao Chang'an, if I hadn't called you to stop the car, were you planning to take her to Jiangcheng?"

Qi Xuan'er was a little confused.

"I'm so free that I was planning to get off at whichever town we pass through and find a car to take her back."

"All you know is that there are cars in town, and you're willing to take her home. Well, money makes the world go round, right?"

Qi Xuan'er asked and answered her own question.

The car turned around and drove back. Zhao Chang'an was driving, and Qiao Yan was sitting in the passenger seat. The girl, who was wearing a cotton-padded jacket and trousers, was still looking at Lin Xiaojie with tears streaming down her face, her hands tightly holding Lin Xiaojie's arm.

The car crossed the bridge and entered the mountainous area. The front of the car was slightly raised as it drove onto the winding mountain road.

"What's your name?"

As Zhao Chang'an drove, he asked.

However, the girl sitting in the back row acted as if she hadn't heard Zhao Chang'an speak at all, ignoring him completely. She just looked at Lin Xiaojie, who was still silently crying with her eyes closed, with heartache and tears streaming down her face. She kept wiping the tears that were flowing from Lin Xiaojie's chin with her small hands and then wiping them on her cotton-padded jacket.

Seeing that she ignored him, Zhao Chang'an didn't care. Instead, he said as if talking to himself, "As for the truth, it doesn't really matter to an outsider like me. After all, it has nothing to do with me. In this world, there are happy people and sad people every moment. It's like everyone is on their own wavelength and radio station, and there's not much empathy between them. The reason I'm stating this in front of so many people is that I'm not familiar with you, Lin Xiaojie, but you dragged me into this for your own benefit. It's not too much for me to resist a little, is it? To put it bluntly, I don't owe you anything."

The two women remained silent in the back row.

Qiao Yan wanted to say something, but she didn't know how, so she remained silent.

"As for this girl who doesn't want to say her name, if you want to know the truth, go back and call your brother, and you'll know everything, instead of taking your anger out on me and yelling at me here."

"What if you're the one slandering my brother?" The girl finally spoke to Zhao Chang'an, but her tone was fierce and malicious. Her voice was hoarse as she said, "My brother's reputation isn't a reputation at all; you can ruin it as you please!"

Zhao Chang'an simply stopped the car and said to Qiao Yan, "Give her your phone number and let her make the call."

"There's no signal, what's the point of making a call? If there were a signal, I would have called my uncle already. Right now, cell phone signals are only available in the town area. It's very difficult to find a signal in other places, especially in the mountains."

"Don't tell anyone about this, including Xiang Yong, you have to talk to him too."

"If I don't say anything, what if she has another mental breakdown in a few days? What if word gets out that she was forced to drink with men twice in a row, and that you or my uncle and sister-in-law were forced to do this or that? That would be a real problem."

Zhao Chang'an knew this was the truth, which is why he went to such great lengths to explain things clearly and persuade Lin Xiaojie not to take extreme measures while he was taking the girl home.

He gently patted Qiao Yan's hand to quiet her down: "Whether I'm slandering him or not, compared to Lin Xiaojie running to your house and jumping off, it's really nothing. Apart from the example of Chen Shimei, I can't think of anything else that could make her so ruthless to herself and so hate your family. As for the truth, I'm just an outsider and don't care about the facts. This is your own business. Like I said, when you go back to the village later, there are always phone numbers there. Just call and ask."

This was also what the girl was thinking. Since Xiaojie was unwilling to speak, she could only ask her brother.

In her heart, she already believed that the annoying guy driving in front of her had no reason to suspect anything, but if that were the case, she felt like the sky was falling!

"Let me start with you. You should be a senior in high school, at Pengzhou No. 1 High School. Now that you've come this far and put in so much effort, you should definitely work hard to get into university. Don't say that you wouldn't even be able to finish high school if it weren't for Lin Xiaojie. Rather, if you feel guilty towards her, then go to university, find a good job, and repay her with your actions."

How do you know I'm not going to school anymore?

The girl glared fiercely at Zhao Chang'an's back, her pretty face streaked with tears, looking utterly pitiful. However, having learned his lesson from Xiang Yong being caught peeping through the rearview mirror, Zhao Chang'an didn't see this delicate, tearful beauty.

"I just think you shouldn't let this distract you from your studies. There's plenty of time to make up for it later, but first you need to have the ability, instead of being like you are now, unable to even take care of yourself and struggling to support yourself, let alone talk about compensation and repayment."

Zhao Chang'an didn't want to waste too much time and breath on this girl, and said to Lin Xiaojie, "Lin Xiaojie, I don't know what your logic is. You feel ashamed? You're not afraid of death, why would you be ashamed! You feel you made the wrong bet, just like your brother said, the whole village is waiting for you to be dumped and become a laughing stock. If you jump, it will only be another big joke. Believing in love is not wrong, and making sacrifices for love is not wrong either. It's a normal thing, and even a slightly elevated thing, it's an excellent quality. You haven't done anything wrong. The only mistake is that the other person is an ingrate. At most, that only proves that you have a problem with your judgment. What else have you done wrong? Why punish yourself for someone else's shamelessness?"

"Even if you jump, what impact do you think it will have on him? He'll still find a job, and at worst, he won't go back to his hometown. His household registration will be transferred to the school's collective household registration if he goes to university. It's not that he won't go back to his hometown, but after a few years, when he becomes a big boss, a senior executive of a company, a leader of a public institution, or a powerful person, who will bring up your old, trivial matters when he comes back? There will only be praise and flattery. Your blood is not as durable as the paint on someone's door couplet. It won't last more than a few years before it becomes a distant and insignificant anecdote in other people's mouths."

"No matter what kind of person that ingrate is, this girl has a good heart. Judging from my judgment just now, her mother must have been very good to you. Your jump is a perfect opportunity for that ingrate to sever ties with his family and get rid of his burdens. But you've actually ruined them both."

"Is this the result you wanted, risking your life for?"

Zhao Chang'an said so much in one breath, and then said to Qiao Yan, "You and Xiang Yong should not mention this matter to anyone. As for the result you mentioned, it is impossible. Ms. Ye, who came back to China with me this time, happens to be short of an assistant. I will take the initiative to hire Ms. Lin Xiaojie for her."

(End of this chapter)