Chapter 97: He Will Not Forgive Her
"Yes, that’s true. You’re so smart. I’m sure if you work hard, you can definitely get into a university," Lin Shumo said to Su Zhaozhao with a smile.
Su Zhaozhao smiled back.
Their eyes met, and for some reason, Su Zhaozhao felt that Lin Shumo looked a little sad.
’Did something happen to Lin Shumo again?’
"Zhaozhao, how are things between you and Camp Commander Xie? It must have taken a lot of courage to come all this way to be with him, right?"
"They’re okay, I guess." Su Zhaozhao thought about it carefully. When she first came to find Xie Huaizheng, she didn’t really have any other intentions.
She just couldn’t stand living in the villainess’s family home anymore.
After all, the original owner’s father and stepmother had sold her to a pervert for a hundred yuan, and she knew her ultimate fate was to be toyed with until she died at his hands.
She was about to die, so of course, she had to flee overnight.
She didn’t know where to go, but as the villainess who had offended the male lead, she knew life would be difficult no matter where she went.
So she decided to just throw herself at the mercy of the male lead and hope he would forgive her.
Who would have known that, one thing leading to another, they would develop feelings for each other?
Although these feelings weren’t very deep yet, she felt that marrying Xie Huaizheng was a natural course of events.
She wasn’t really against it.
Lin Shumo studied Su Zhaozhao’s expression. When he mentioned Xie Huaizheng, an uncontrollably gentle smile appeared on her face.
For some reason, Lin Shumo felt a pang of bitterness in his heart.
He suddenly found himself very envious of Xie Huaizheng.
He had such a wonderful fiancée, but he also had a childhood friend.
Thinking of this, Lin Shumo said to Su Zhaozhao, "By the way, I have a childhood friend who said she wants to visit me during her summer break. Zhaozhao, she’s about your age, maybe a year or two older, and she’s in university. You’re both young women, so you’ll probably have a lot to talk about. If you’re still in West State then, could I ask you to keep her company?"
Su Zhaozhao’s heart skipped a beat when she heard this. "Your childhood friend... what’s her name?"
Lin Shumo hadn’t expected Su Zhaozhao’s first reaction to be asking for his friend’s name. He paused for a moment before replying, "Her name is Gu Qingran."
’Gu Qingran! Yes, yes, that’s the heroine’s name! The legendary female lead is coming!’
When Su Zhaozhao had read the novel, she had actually quite liked the heroine. But now, she had transmigrated into the body of the villainess, making her the heroine’s natural enemy.
’The two of us will probably become enemies the moment we meet, right?’
’Besides, I’m with the male lead now.’
Still, that was something to worry about after she actually met the heroine.
’Maybe the heroine won’t even fall for the male lead. Then we won’t become rivals in love.’
’In that case, being friends wouldn’t be bad. I do admire the heroine’s personality.’
So, Su Zhaozhao smiled at Lin Shumo and said, "Well, we’ll see when she gets here."
"She’s also a very smart and independent girl. She’s a junior in college this year. If you’re thinking about going to university, you could talk to her about it. I think your personalities are similar, and you’d probably become good friends."
In reality, Lin Shumo genuinely hoped that Gu Qingran and Su Zhaozhao could become friends.
They were both girls he admired. Su Zhaozhao didn’t seem to have any friends, and Gu Qingran was the same...
It would be for the best if they could become friends.
Of course, he also had a small, selfish reason for this, but it wasn’t something he could tell Su Zhaozhao.
Su Zhaozhao said goodbye to Lin Shumo and left the hospital. It was still quite early.
With nothing else to do, she decided to take a walk around the area.
The environment here was very different from the cities she was used to; it was vast and sparsely populated.
Furthermore, since the military base was built in an even more suburban area, there were even fewer locals.
Only when she walked near the vegetable market did Su Zhaozhao see a few people.
Still, the scenery was quite nice to look at.
There were rolling hills, but because of the climate, there was very little greenery.
The land looked barren, but this created its own unique kind of landscape.
The wind blew, and some sand got into Su Zhaozhao’s eyes.
Su Zhaozhao couldn’t help but lower her head and rub her eyes.
Just then, she accidentally bumped into someone.
She quickly said, "I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry."
She hadn’t been watching where she was going, and she hadn’t seen anyone just a moment ago. She couldn’t believe she had actually run into someone.
"It’s fine," a deep voice sounded.
Rubbing her eyes, Su Zhaozhao looked up and saw a strikingly handsome man.
Her breath caught. The man was exceptionally good-looking, dressed in a dark green military uniform that made him look heroic and dashing in the sunlight.
His eyes were dark and sharp, with a certain depth to them.
This man...
Su Zhaozhao paused. ’Isn’t this the same man I saw near the military base’s elementary school?’
At the time, Su Zhaozhao had thought he was quite handsome, on par with Xie Huaizheng.
The man’s gaze fell on her, paused for a moment, and then he turned and walked away.
It was as if she were some kind of monster.
Su Zhaozhao frowned. ’Wait, I just bumped into him by accident. Does he have to be that angry?’
’I even apologized.’
’He’s even grumpier than Xie Huaizheng!’
The man quickened his pace, heading toward the military base.
His face was dark and as cold as the dead of winter.
’If I’m not mistaken, that girl just now was Su Zhaozhao, right?’
’The same Su Zhaozhao who immediately broke off our engagement when my family ran into trouble, whose stepmother even hurled insults at us.’
’Because they kicked us when we were down and humiliated our family, my mother fell gravely ill.’
’Although she’s better now, she’s still frail and sickly.’
Xie Huaizhen clenched his fists tightly.
’Why is she here now? Did she come looking for me?’
’Did she find out I got promoted, so now she wants to get close to me again?’
No matter how beautiful a woman like that was, Xie Huaizhen only felt utter disgust.
’Good thing she didn’t seem to recognize me just now.’
’I have no intention of acknowledging her, either. She’d better have the sense to get lost and go back where she came from.’
Su Zhaozhao quickly forgot about the incident.
She returned to the guesthouse and immediately entered her space to put on a face mask.
The sun in the Northwest was harsh. Her cheeks were flushed red when she got back, so she used a mask for some emergency care.
She also made use of the spiritual spring water.
She remembered she still had a delivery to make to West State University tomorrow.
’I’m getting rich! I’m getting rich!’
Making money in this era was relatively easy.
With her modern mind, Su Zhaozhao felt that she could earn a lot of money even without the things in her space.
Of course, with the things from her space, Su Zhaozhao figured she could earn even more.
That evening, she was having dinner with Xie Huaizheng.
She went to the military base’s cafeteria to wait for Xie Huaizheng, sitting in a corner and eating quietly.
She had already become a little famous on the base; everyone knew she was Xie Huaizheng’s fiancée.
When Xie Huaizheng arrived, he saw Su Zhaozhao quietly eating dumplings. There were six of them in total.
In front of her was a small dish of green vegetables.
He frowned. "Is that all you’re eating?"