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Chapter 1398 The Extra Letter

After the two returned to the camp, Shen Mengyin went back to the girls' dormitory and prepared to lie down and rest.

There was nothing she could do; she had to provoke Lin Hao before leaving, and as a result, she got a thorough beating.

Since they walked back, their energy was completely depleted by the time they returned to camp.

When the girls returned to their dorm and passed by Shen Mengyin, they all noticed that she smelled nice, so they asked her about it out of curiosity.

Shen Mengyin was extremely grateful that she had taken a bath with Lin Hao before returning home, so she didn't smell any particular odor. In addition, after a night's rest, she could walk normally and there was no bloody smell on her body, so she didn't think anything else.

Of course, although she didn't return all night, Zhao Tianshan had told them yesterday that she had gone to the old camp with Lin Hao and wouldn't be back until today, so they didn't suspect her.

However, this did not include Tang Qi, who, as someone who had been through it all, immediately understood what was going on.

Fortunately, Tang Qi had been with Lin Hao for three years and had long since become the kind of person Lin Hao liked, so naturally he wouldn't expose her.

Shen Mengyin inwardly cursed, but a sudden inspiration struck her, and she nonchalantly said:
"When I came back, I was covered in dirt. Luckily, no one was at the camp, so I took advantage of the fact that no one was around and asked Team Leader Lin to get some hot water from the kitchen so I could take a shower!"

Everyone was filled with envy upon hearing this, especially when they learned that Shen Mengyin had taken a bath; they immediately felt itchy all over.

They did want to take a shower, but there were so many people outside that there weren't enough to go around.

After all, there's only so much hot water in the kitchen, it wouldn't be right to give it to anyone. I wish they had come back sooner.

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next day
Yu Zhenglai and Qu He arrived in a supply vehicle to deliver supplies to them.

Among the supplies were food for those who stayed behind, as well as packages and letters sent by the families of the college students.

Lin Hao greeted Yu Zheng and the others, then went directly to the truck and said to the driver:

"Xiao Pang, did you bring everything I asked for?"

"Of course!" Driver Xiao Pang said with a smile, "Not only what you asked for, Expert Lin, but also your letters and things mailed from the college students' homes!"

"Yes, thank you for your hard work, Comrade Xiao Pang."

"Expert Lin, you're too kind. We can't compare to how hard you've worked here on the dam."

Lin Hao talked with the driver for a while, then asked Zhao Tianshan to help him carry the box back to his dormitory.

Zhao Tianshan walked over and immediately helped Lin Hao lift the wooden box. Feeling its weight, Zhao Tianshan smiled and said:

"Wow~, what's inside? It's incredibly heavy!"

Lin Hao smiled and said, "They are experimental equipment and books on agriculture and forestry!"

"Expert Lin really loves learning, with such a big box of books."

"Haha, there's nothing here on the dam, so I just read books to enrich myself when I'm free."

"Expert Lin, please take these letters with you!" the driver said hurriedly as Lin Hao was about to leave.

Lin Hao was carrying a stack of letters, and the others had also brought back the things sent from their homes.

Actually, not everyone received much, since not every family has the same conditions as Wu Yansheng and Qin Xuemei.

Therefore, the amount of mail sent was actually quite small, mainly letters. Ji Xiurong's case was different; she received a total of six packages.

The package contained a bright red quilt embroidered with mandarin ducks playing in the water, a bright red dress, melon seeds, wedding candy, and other items.

Previously, Ji Xiurong had written to her family to tell them about her marriage to Yan Xiangli, so her family sent over her dowry.

After everyone had put away their belongings, they all gathered around the letter in Lin Hao's hand, for a letter from home is worth a fortune.

"Step back, step back, everyone, don't rush. Everyone has a lot of letters this time, let's send them out in the cafeteria!" Lin Hao saw everyone gathering around and quickly called them to the cafeteria.

"Okay!" Upon hearing this, everyone immediately surrounded Lin Hao and led him to the cafeteria.

"Is there any letter for me?" Shen Mengyin and Mengyue asked excitedly as soon as they entered the cafeteria.

They were the two girls with the most delicate personalities and the worst psychological resilience among all of them.

Having not received any letters from home for so long, I was naturally both scared and excited.

"Don't rush, don't rush, I'll call out the names one by one!"

"Shen Mengyin, three letters!" Lin Hao said, handing three letters to Shen Mengyin.

"It's mine, it's mine!" Shen Mengyin was so happy she almost jumped for joy, and quickly took it from Lin Hao's hands.

"Why are there three letters?" Shen Mengyin asked curiously as she looked at the letters.

She then read through the letters one by one, and found that two of them were from her mother. Shen Mengyin knew that her family missed her, and her heart immediately filled with sweetness.

Then I checked the last letter, but there was no information on it. No, it wasn't completely empty; there was a red heart on it.

“They were all written to me by my mom!” Shen Mengyin said, and immediately wanted to open them to read.

However, Lin Hao immediately stepped forward, pressed Shen Mengyin's hand, and said:
"Don't worry, as the saying goes, a letter from home is worth a thousand pieces of gold. You women are the most sentimental. When you see a letter from your family, you'll definitely be moved to tears. If you cry, we won't be responsible for comforting you!"

"Haha, Team Leader Lin is right!" Sui Zhichao joked with a smile.
"Take the letters back to the dorm and open them. Everyone can cry if they want to, so we won't be laughed at!"

Sui Zhichao joked with a smile, which resulted in a collective outcry from the girls. However, it was indeed not a good idea to cry in the cafeteria.

Shen Mengyin thought for a moment, looked at the envelope over and over again, and then decided not to insist on opening the letter.

"Master Wei, this is yours!"

Lin Hao was curious about how he got Wei Fugui's letter. After all, Wei Fugui's mother was dead, so how could he have a letter?

Wei Fugui stepped forward, looking completely bewildered. Lin Hao handed the letter to Wei Fugui, noticing that it bore his uncle's name.

As Wei Fugui read the letter, he couldn't help but shed tears.

"Old Wei, don't get excited, don't get excited,"

Seeing Wei Fugui with tears streaming down his face, Lin Hao patted him on the shoulder. Wei Fugui nodded and then wiped away his tears.

"Li Tielong, Li Tiehu, you two also have some."

"They're here!" The two Tie Long brothers stepped forward with the letter.

"Da Kui, this is yours, one letter!" After Li Tielong and his brother took it, Lin Hao called out to Da Kui again.

But Da Kui excitedly took the letter, looked at the envelope, and then said with a worried expression:
"It was written to me by my mother. I guess she's urging me to find a wife again!"

As he spoke, he couldn't help but look at Ji Xiurong. When he came here, he had promised his mother that he would marry Ji Xiurong during the New Year.

"Sigh, I guess my mother's been waiting a while!" Da Kui took the letter with a dark face and subconsciously looked at Yan Xiangli. But he didn't see him. Then he remembered that Yan Xiangli went down to the dam three days ago and hadn't returned yet.

"Sui Zhichao, two letters!" Sui Zhichao took the letters from Lin Hao.

"My dad wrote it; my mom can't read!" She looked at her father's name on it and then said with a sigh:
"In this harsh place, there are still people who care about you; that is the greatest happiness."

"Alright, stop reminiscing!" Lin Hao said, then continued calling out, "Zhao Tianshan!"

When Lin Hao called out, he didn't call out the names on the envelope. Instead, he casually placed the envelope at the bottom and changed the order.

"How many?"

"Four seals!"

Zhao Tianshan rushed over excitedly, saying with a smile, "If it's Sifeng, then he must be my comrade-in-arms!"

He took the letter from Lin Hao, held it in his hand, saw the familiar name, and then said with emotion:

"I didn't expect these guys to still remember me."

Lin Hao then looked at the names, but he didn't expect there to be such a large stack. All the letters here combined didn't even amount to this one stack.

"Where's mine? Where's mine?" Mengyue had been waiting for quite a while, but why hadn't it been her turn yet?

"Don't rush, you have a lot!" Lin Hao carefully counted them, then handed them to Meng Yue, and then said loudly:

"Mengyue, twenty-one letters!"

"What? Twenty-one? All of our combined totals don't even amount to hers!"

"Mengyue, your girlfriend loves you so much, you're so lucky!" Shen Mengyin and Ji Xiurong both crowded around, saw a boy's name written on it, and said enviously:

"So many letters? Did your boyfriend write them to you? So many?"

Upon hearing this, Mengyue shyly placed the letter against her heart, as if she were hugging her boyfriend.

"What are you saying, Ji Xiurong!" Mengyue said shyly, "I'm so embarrassed!"

Not to mention Ji Xiurong and Shen Mengyin were envious, even Qin Xuemei was very envious!
She knew that Mengyue and her boyfriend had been corresponding by letter, and each letter was a long stack, filled with incredibly cheesy love poems.

"Next, Tang Qi!" Lin Hao said, taking out a letter. "One letter!"

"A letter?" He has no relatives left, so how could he receive a letter from himself?
Tang Qi then took the envelope with a puzzled look. There was no name written on it. Just as she was about to open it to check, she suddenly saw Lin Hao wink at her.

Then, a thought struck Tang Qi, and she immediately understood, quickly tucking the item into her bosom.

"Who wrote it to you?" Ji Xiurong asked curiously from the side.

"It was written for me by my brother!" Tang Qi said, taking advantage of Lin Hao's distraction while he was reading someone else's name and not paying attention to her, she glanced at Yan Linhao discreetly.

"Next, Feng Cheng!" Lin Hao handed the letter to Feng Cheng and said, "—A letter!"

"Huh, why is someone writing me a letter?" Feng Cheng stepped forward in confusion, took the letter from Lin Hao's hand, and then looked at everyone.

"Uh, this was sent to me by my mentor!" After seeing the sender's name, Feng Cheng scratched his head and said:
"I think I've finally found something because I asked my teacher to help me find the information before!"

"Eryong, two seals!"

"Little New Year's Day~, one letter!"

Then he counted out several letters and said, "Ji Xiurong, five!"

"Wow, so many!" Ji Xiurong was a little surprised, and thinking about her upcoming wedding, she said with a touch of pride:

"It's my mom, my eldest sister, my second sister, and my third sister—one letter each!"

"Wait a minute, there are only four letters. Who wrote the other one to me?" Ji Xiurong asked curiously.

Lin Hao raised an eyebrow. The letter didn't have a sender's name, but he guessed who it was, so he quickly offered a heads-up:
"No matter who wrote it, I'll read it slowly when I get back to the dorm, so I don't end up crying in the cafeteria later!"

Everyone assumed Lin Hao was teasing her, so they didn't say anything more, and instead joined in with a few jokes about Ji Xiurong.

Ji Xiurong suppressed her doubts and waited for Lin Hao to continue reading the names, preparing to see who received the most letters and who received the fewest.

In the end, Lin Hao only had one letter left, and everyone was guessing whose letter it was.

"Whose letter is this? Is it Xuemei's? Only Xuemei didn't receive the letter." Mengyue asked, looking at Qin Xuemei curiously.

Since Lin Hao was the first to take the letter from the driver, Meng Yue subconsciously assumed that since he had already taken the letter, the remaining one must be Qin Xuemei's.
"Probably not. My mother died when I was young, and my father went into battle and disappeared. So you could say I have no home. Why would anyone write to me?"

Qin Xuemei was somewhat downcast because she had already spotted Minister Qin, but they hadn't been able to reunite, and she had even been mocked by that woman.

Thinking about this, Qin Xuemei felt conflicted, but her longing for her father's love still filled her with hope.

"Even if you don't have family, you still have teachers and classmates. Look at Feng Cheng, he even gets letters from his teachers."

"Yes, could it be a letter from Teacher Xuemei?"

Everyone was curious, and Mengyue, as Qin Xuemei's best friend and the second closest person to her in Bashang, was naturally anxious for her good friend.

"Team Leader Lin, stop dawdling and tell us quickly, whose letter is next?" Mengyue shouted at Lin Hao.

"Qin Xuemei, one letter!"

"Here you go!"

After Lin Hao finished speaking, he handed the letter to Qin Xuemei.

Qin Xuemei accepted the letter that was meant for her with trembling hands. She was somewhat incredulous, feeling both anticipation and inner turmoil.

However, when Qin Xuemei looked at the letter, although the address on the envelope was here, there was no sender. Instead, there was a red arrow piercing through two parallel red hearts.

This was clearly a love letter. Qin Xuemei kept quiet and carefully put the letter away to avoid misunderstandings. Of course, she was also quite curious about who had written the love letter to her.

Seeing Qin Xuemei put the letter away, Lin Hao smiled.

"Hey, Team Leader Lin, why haven't I received any letters from you?" Qin Xuemei asked curiously.

Her thoughts were always on Lin Hao. After Lin Hao received the letter, he came to the cafeteria with everyone. How could he not have received the letter?
"Me!" Lin Hao shook his head and said with a wry smile, "I'm all alone, who would write to me!"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Lin Hao with mixed feelings. They hadn't expected Lin Hao's background to be so tragic, even worse than Feng Cheng's.

Feng Cheng at least had his father's connections and influence, while Lin Hao was all alone, without any relatives, living a lonely life.

The letters had been distributed and everyone was preparing to leave when Ji Xiurong sensed something was wrong and quickly asked:
"Team Leader Lin, wait a minute, where's Yan Xiangli? Why haven't we received any news from him?"