The world of film and television begins with Zhou Bingkun in the human world.

After saying goodbye to Zheng Juan at the movie theater, Zhou Bingkun went straight to the library to buy some books.

After all, the college entrance examination will be reinstated in the future. Zhou Bingkun wants to read more books and study more in the next few years so that he can take the college entrance examination directly after it is reinstated.

However, when Zhou Bingkun arrived at the library intending to buy books, he discovered that the number of books he needed to buy seemed rather large.

The math, physics, and chemistry series alone numbered as many as seventeen, in addition to books on Chinese language, geography, biology, history, and other subjects.

Books were quite expensive in those days, and Zhou Bingkun certainly couldn't afford them.

That makes sense, though, Zhou Bingkun didn't actually have much money on him.

He could afford a few cents, but these books would cost at least several tens of dollars. Where would a jobless teenager like him get so much money?

Helpless, Zhou Bingkun could only leave the library empty-handed.

I'll buy it later when I've earned the money. Anyway, there are still many years ahead, I'll be able to earn enough to buy books eventually.

As for asking Zhou Zhigang for money to buy books? Zhou Bingkun had absolutely no such intention.

……

"You're always running around everywhere, what's wrong? Can't you stay home?"

As soon as Zhou Bingkun got home, he was met with a severe scolding from Zhou Zhigang.

Zhou Bingkun kept his head down, his face calm, completely ignoring Zhou Zhigang's voice. His words were like water off a duck's back to Zhou Bingkun; he didn't take them to heart at all.

"Bingkun, don't think your dad is scolding you. It's just that you're going to the countryside tomorrow, and your dad originally wanted to take a family photo today since we have some time, but he couldn't find you, so he's unhappy," Li Suhua quickly explained from the side.

"Okay, I understand." Zhou Bingkun nodded calmly, even feeling a little relieved that he had been out all day and only returned home at this time.

Taking a family photo with Zhou Zhigang and the others? Zhou Bingkun felt uncomfortable just thinking about it.

To him, Zhou Zhigang and the others were familiar strangers.

If Zhou Zhigang isn't biased, and if Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong can still be decent human beings and not look down on him, he will gradually accept it. After all, no matter what, his current identity is Zhou Bingkun, and that's an unchangeable fact.

However, Zhou Zhigang was incredibly biased. He treated Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong with utmost kindness, like a loving old father. But towards Zhou Bingkun, he would either beat or scold him. This difference in treatment was something Zhou Bingkun simply couldn't accept.

And Zhou Bingyi? He's a sophisticated egoist who only cares about himself.

Zhou Rong? She was even more love-struck than Zhou Bingyi. She was willing to sacrifice anything for so-called love. Even because Zhou Bingkun took the spot to go to the countryside first, Zhou Rong almost hated her nominal younger brother Zhou Bingkun to the core.

There was only one Li Suhua who could treat everyone fairly at home, but she was dependent on Zhou Zhigang and had almost no opinions of her own.

Zhou Bingkun truly didn't want to have these "family members".

After dinner, Li Suhua started nagging as she packed Zhou Bingkun's luggage.

Take out the clean clothes one by one and stuff them into a woven bag, along with food such as flour and rice.

"Sigh, Bingkun, you should have told your family sooner. Look, we have nothing at home now. If you had told me earlier, I could have prepared more meat for you. You've loved eating meat since you were little..."

"Bingkun, I've put these clothes here for you!"

"Bingkun..."

Listening to Li Suhua's rambling, Zhou Bingkun was honestly a little moved. Unfortunately, he was not Zhou Bingkun himself, so there was a layer between them, and he could hardly feel that sense of identification at all.

If there were no other people in the Zhou family, and only Li Suhua remained, Zhou Bingkun could actually gradually accept this kind woman.

"Bingkun, once you're in the countryside, you'd better be diligent..." Zhou Bingyi, the older brother, didn't forget to give Zhou Bingkun a few words of advice.

As for Zhou Rong, she simply stood quietly to the side, not saying a word, her eyes fixed on Zhou Bingkun. Zhou Bingkun could even vaguely sense a hint of hostility in her eyes.

Lying on the heated kang bed that night, Zhou Bingkun closed his eyes, planning to get a good night's sleep before heading to the countryside the next day.

"Bingkun—" Zhou Bingyi's voice rang out from the side.

"Hmm!" Zhou Bingkun responded without opening his eyes.

"You shouldn't have acted so impulsively about going to the countryside; you didn't even tell Dad."

"Anyway, the result will be the same whether we tell her or not. We can't just send Zhou Rong to the countryside," Zhou Bingkun replied casually.

"...Don't keep calling her Zhou Rong. She's your sister, you should call her 'sister'."

"Okay. I have to get up early tomorrow, I'm going to bed now."

"...Go to sleep."

The next morning, Zhou Bingkun woke up early, got up to wash and check his luggage—well, actually it was just woven bags, and three of them at that.

Two of the woven bags contained quilts.

Going out these days wasn't as convenient as it is in later times. Clothes, blankets, and even toothbrushes all had to be prepared in advance.

After breakfast, Li Suhua gave Zhou Bingkun another fifty yuan and some food coupons.

Zhou Bingkun did not feign arrogance and refuse this handout.

Zhou Bingkun couldn't bring himself to ask for it, but he wouldn't refuse if Li Suhua offered it to him.

Afterwards, Zhou Bingkun and his family, including Zhou Zhigang, set off together to report to the subdistrict office. The subdistrict office staff then helped Zhou Bingkun and his family find a ride.

After all, the place Zhou Bingkun went to was remote and there were no direct trains.

If you want to go to the countryside, you can only take a ride-sharing service.

Zhou Bingkun threw the woven bag containing clothes and quilts into the carriage, sat on the woven bag, and even took out a quilt that was originally in the woven bag to keep warm, and wrapped it directly on his body.

Finally, after waving goodbye to Zhou Zhigang, whose face was long, Li Suhua, who was wiping away tears with red eyes, Zhou Bingyi, who was expressionless, and Zhou Rong, whose eyes were filled with hatred and hostility, Zhou Bingkun set off with a ride.

Despite the biting cold wind, as Zhou Zhigang and his group grew further and further away, Zhou Bingkun felt as if a huge weight had been lifted from his heart. He felt incredibly relaxed, almost as if he had escaped a cage and regained his freedom.

However, it wasn't long before Zhou Bingkun couldn't stand it anymore and huddled under the covers; he was practically freezing to death. This Northeast is fucking cold!

"Achoo!"