What’s the matter? Can’t a love rival become your wife?

The person who sent her the photo took a long time to reply.

The person didn't say much, but it immediately brought back the deepest memory in Zhang Ruo's heart: "Xiaoyu, do you still remember the taste of roasted wheat ears?"

Zhang Ruo was stunned for a long time.

Of course she remembered the taste of roasted wheat ears.

When she was a child, she lived in the countryside far away from the big city for quite a long time, leading an ordinary or even somewhat poor life.

When she was about to go to elementary school, she knew that she had a brother, that her family was very rich, and that her parents were the masters of the famous Haicheng Lu family.

When she learned the news, Zhang Ruo was uneasy.

Since she could remember, she had lived in that remote and secluded countryside. She had seen many things that favored boys over girls and heard many words like "Brothers/brothers are the most important. You are a girl, don't compete with them, otherwise they will kill you."

Therefore, she didn't have any good feelings for this brother whom she had never met.

On the day when her brother and parents came to the countryside to pick her up, she ran out in a panic.

She ran on the ridge, in the endless golden wheat field, her hair was scattered, her shoes were lost, her face, arms, and legs were all scratched by sharp grass leaves, it hurt so much.

But she was still running, running!

Later...

When it was getting dark, her brother found her, pulled her out of the haystack, carried her on his back without saying a word, and walked towards home.

Zhang Ruo ran too far.

She only drank some mountain spring water all day, and now she was starving, her stomach was rumbling.

So her brother put her down, dug out a few green wheat ears on the edge of the ridge, made a fire on the spot, roasted them, rubbed them clean, and handed them to her.

"Are you afraid of me?" This was the first sentence her brother said to her.

"I'm not afraid of you!" Zhang Ruo's eyes were full of vigilance. Her thin body was trembling a little when the cold wind blew, but she dared to reply fiercely: "Even if you force me to go home, I will not be obedient. I will not give you anything that belongs to me!"

Hearing her say this, her brother laughed happily: "Really? This is good."

"Do you really think it's good? I'm not kidding you!"

"I'm not kidding either, I really think it's good."

The brother used his dirty hands to rub Zhang Ruo's equally dirty hair.

"Our family is different from other families. Our family is full of wolves. If you were a little sheep, I would be a little worried. Now seeing you like this, I feel relieved..."

At that time, Zhang Ruo didn't quite understand what her brother said.

Of course, she understood later.

On the day she returned home, her brother took her and took a photo like this.

After many years, Zhang Ruo can no longer remember what her brother looks like.

When the Lu family went to the countryside to pick her up, her brother was already ill. His physical condition was getting worse day by day. He relied on the money of the Lu family to keep alive and barely lived for three more years, but finally died in the hospital.

Since then, she no longer called herself by her original name, no longer had long hair, and no longer wore women's clothes.

She took her brother's name, learned to dress like her brother, and began to play her brother.

On the day when she cut her long hair, Zhang Ruo realized that she and this short-lived brother really looked alike.

But...

The boy in the photo was obviously only about eleven or twelve years old, how could he have such a mature look?

Obviously, both people in the photo were smiling, but her brother's smile... was perfunctory.

Why does this person look so fake?

Zhang Ruo's eyes darkened.

Things that she couldn't see when she was a child, she saw now.

This big brother who didn't have much presence in her life seemed to be not simple.

She replied to the other party: "Is it fun to play tricks? Tell me, who are you?"

This time, the other party replied immediately: "Want to know the answer? Then come back, I'll wait for you where you used to live."

Zhang Ruo hates this kind of guy who plays dumb the most.

She called the other party directly, but the phone rang several times and the other party didn't answer.

She sent a text message to question the other party again, but there was still no reply.

Zhang Ruo was silent and slowly put down the phone.

An absurd idea circled in her mind: Could it be that her brother Lu Ziyan, who died early, could still come back to life?

"I haven't seen Lu Ziyan buried with my own eyes." Zhang Ruo held her forehead and sighed: "Do the old guys in the family know about this? It can't be that they are working together to do it."

Zhang Ruo still cares about her own safety.

After receiving such a strange text message, her first reaction was certainly not to go to the appointment.

Let's goLet's wait and see.

...

The next day.

At the Jiang family.

Jiang Ning didn't sleep all night, and Xiao Wu and Xiao Qi also stayed up with her all night.

Although they agreed not to have a midnight snack, they still ordered five pounds of spicy crayfish, and also a lot of oysters, grilled leeks, grilled kidneys, etc.

Jiang Ning didn't have much appetite, so she only drank some juice.

Most of these things went into Xiao Wu's stomach.

After all, as a self-disciplined human-machine, Xiao Qi couldn't eat such indulgent things at night.

"I'll go see if Miss Bai is awake?"

Xiao Wu yawned and got up, ready to go upstairs to check the situation.

Jiang Ning was about to call her back when she saw Bai Zhenyu open the door and come out.

The two looked at each other.

Xiao Wu waved his hand: "Miss Bai, you're awake! Do you want something to eat? I'll buy it for you."

Bai Zhenyu shook her head: "No, I..."

She subconsciously looked at Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning was also looking at her.

Bai Zhenyu clenched her fingers weakly and took a deep breath: "I'll go to school first."

Mingming has lived in the Jiang family for a long time, but when she woke up today, she inexplicably felt that staying in the Jiang family was very depressing. She felt like sitting on pins and needles, as if she had broken into a place she shouldn't have entered and was eager to leave.

The moment she saw Jiang Ning, she was even more panicked...

She seemed to suddenly discover all of Jiang Ning's shortcomings, and couldn't help but hate Jiang Ning in her heart.

This strange emotion made Bai Zhenyu almost crazy.

She obviously liked Jiang Ning so much!

It was clearly agreed last night that she would be with Jiang Ning for the rest of her life!

Why, why did it suddenly become like this?

She didn't want this!

Even if Jiang Ning had all the shortcomings, she still liked Jiang Ning the most!

Jiang Ning looked at her leaving figure, and always felt that... it seemed that she would never come back after leaving this time.

She subconsciously stood up and called Bai Zhenyu's name.

"Xiao Zhenyu, you will go home after school today, right?"

"Oh, of course, I... I will..."

Bai Zhenyu's affirmative answer, which should have come out immediately, was interrupted by the sudden palpitation yesterday.

She covered her heart, slowly squatted down, and took several deep breaths in succession before she calmed down again.

"Today I... still... stay in the dormitory."