Accidentally entered a high gate

This afternoon, the students first attended the school's welcome party, and then the department's welcome party. After the class meeting, it's time for lunch.

After finishing the class meeting, Ma Lifeng went to the cafeteria where he had arranged to meet Zheng Chunfang. He searched for her twice but couldn't find her. Standing at the cafeteria entrance, Ma Lifeng waited for Zheng Chunfang while recalling the scene of their class introducing themselves.

Ma Lifeng had gone through everyone in his class one by one, but Zheng Chunfang still hadn't arrived.

Ma Lifeng decided to go to the library science department to see what was going on.

Ma Lifeng walked for more than ten minutes after leaving the cafeteria before he saw Zheng Chunfang.

Zheng Chunfang also saw him.

Zheng Chunfang quickened her pace and walked over. "Phew...Are you hungry?"

"I'm not hungry. Did you just finish a class meeting?"

"Hmm." Zheng Chunfang carried their lunchboxes towards the cafeteria, whispering to Ma Lifeng about Xu Yanqiu and Zhang Qiaoyun's instructions to go to the next classroom one by one. "I suspect the counselor only wanted to call Xu Yanqiu and me over."

Ma Lifeng whispered, "You don't need to doubt it. Your counselor definitely only wants you and Xu to come over. Your counselor is probably afraid that Xu Yanqiu will do something irrational after she finds out you're the same age as her, which is why she made her class monitor. Otherwise, given that she has a two-year-old child with her, your counselor wouldn't have made her class monitor. She should thank you for being class monitor."

"I don't need her thanks, I just want her to stay out of my way."

"If she were smart, she would be on good terms with you. Your man is a philosophy major."

Zheng Chunfang: "..." Her man was being arrogant again. However, her man had the right to be arrogant. "Yes! If she were smart, she would be on good terms with me. My man has a bright future."

As we were talking, we arrived at the cafeteria.

After finishing their meal, the two chatted for a while and then went back to their dorm.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye. The students in each class had gotten to know each other, and Xu Yanqiu moved with her youngest daughter into the small house that Zhang Qiaoyun had helped her apply for. Although the house was small, it was enough for the mother and daughter to live in.

Xu Yanqiu was very happy.

While washing her youngest daughter's face, Xu Yanqiu instructed her, "When you go to class with Mommy, don't make a sound. If you do, the teacher won't let you go to class with Mommy anymore."

Upon hearing this, Xiaoyuqin quickly said, "Don't make noise! ​​Qinqin won't make noise!"

Xu Yanqiu felt both gratified and heartbroken upon hearing this. "Qinqin is such a good girl. Come on, Mom will take you to the cafeteria for lunch."

The small house that Zhang Qiaoyun helped her and her daughter apply for, no matter how small, was still a separate room.

It's impossible for every student at Peking University to sympathize with Xu Yanqiu.

Xu Yanqiu had just finished buying food and was about to feed her youngest daughter when she heard a girl sitting behind her say to another girl, "Do you know a guy in the philosophy department named Ma Lifeng?"

"I know. I've heard he's incredibly daring."

"Yes. Do you know who his lover is?"

"Is he married?"

"Yes. His wife is also from our school. Her name is Zheng Chunfang, and she's in the Library Science department. Do you know how old she is this year?"

How big?

His wife is twenty-nine this year.

Xu Yanqiu's hand froze in mid-air.

When Xiaoyuqin saw her mother suddenly stop feeding her halfway through, she put her little mouth close to her.

Xu Yanqiu snapped out of her daze.

Xu Yanqiu took a deep breath. She couldn't be jealous; she was doing just fine. Besides, those two were definitely saying it on purpose for her to hear; she couldn't fall for it.

Seeing that she didn't react, the girl behind her continued, "Do you know how many children they have?"

"several?"

"Four."

Xu Yanqiu's hand stiffened again.

The girl behind her pouted when she saw that she hadn't reacted yet.

"Guess how I knew they had four kids and that they were both 29 this year?"

"How could I possibly guess? How did you know?"

"That's what Ma Lifeng said. Ma Lifeng said he and his wife have been together since they were eighteen, and that their relationship is wonderful. He said his wife is smart, beautiful, and virtuous. I ran into them in the cafeteria yesterday. His wife doesn't look twenty-nine at all, and she doesn't look like she's had four children."

"Really?"

"Really. I heard that when his wife introduced herself, all the boys in her class thought she was a recent graduate."

Seeing their endless chatter, Xu Yanqiu said, "Girl, do you know there's a disease called conjunctivitis?" She had no grudge against these two people, yet they deliberately came up behind her saying that Zheng Chunfang was the same age as her and that Zheng Chunfang looked like a recent graduate; they must be jealous. Although her clothes were shabby, she was the class monitor and owned a small house.

Xiaoyuqin: "..." What is conjunctivitis? "I don't know."

"Mom is telling you, conjunctivitis is when you see others are better off, or when you see others have good things, and you get jealous and want to do bad things. Mom is telling you, you can be poor, you can lack ambition, but you must never have conjunctivitis."

Xu Yanqiu's ability to get into university despite opposition from her in-laws and husband is no small feat.

The two girls behind Xu Yanqiu: "..." You're the one with contempt!

After feeding her daughter, Xu Yanqiu quickly finished her own meal and carried her away. She walked very fast. Her daughter could already feed herself, but she was in a hurry.

The two girls behind her, seeing how fast she was walking, both assumed she was going somewhere to cry.

As Zheng Chunfang finished eating and arrived at the classroom, she had just taken out her books when Xu Yanqiu, holding her daughter, sat down next to her and smiled, saying, "Hello! When I went to the cafeteria earlier, two girls behind me said you're the same age as me."

Zheng Chunfang: "..." Are there idiots at Peking University too?! "Which department are they in? I'm going to find them! Did they say I seem immature, unstable, and incapable of taking responsibility?"

"Pfft!" Xu Yanqiu was amused by Zheng Chunfang. "You really don't look twenty-nine."

"How do I not look 29? Look at my hair. I cut my hair short to make people think I'm mature, stable, and capable."

"Hahaha... We're the same age and in the same class, so people are bound to compare us. I came to you to tell you that I'm not afraid of people comparing us. Because I think flowers have their beauty, and pine trees have their beauty too."

Zheng Chunfang breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. "You're absolutely right! Can I bask in your relief?"