Chapter 68: Comrade Lu is Truly a Good Man

Chapter 68: Comrade Lu is Truly a Good Man

Ye Xiaoxiao finished her meal, and Lu Hanchuan went to wash the dishes.

Zhang Erni had finally waited for Ye Xiaoxiao to come back and hurried over.

"You said you'd help me get prettier. Were you lying?"

Ye Xiaoxiao looked at Zhang Erni, "Of course not."

Deciding to help Zhang Erni lose weight first, Ye Xiaoxiao didn’t delay. She went back into the house and created a ten-day weight loss plan for her.

"Follow this plan for ten days, then come back to me."

Zhang Erni took the paper, read it, and exclaimed, "I can only eat this little each day? I'll starve! And I have to run, jump rope, and do push-ups? What kind of plan is this?"

Ye Xiaoxiao remained calm, "Don't think I don't know you don't do any chores at home and that you eat the most. I'm just asking you to eat a little less to reduce your stomach size. We'll adjust more later.

If you can't even get through the first ten days, then don't even think about becoming pretty."

Zhang Erni looked miserable, "How miserable I am."

Ye Xiaoxiao said, "This is the price of becoming pretty. Right now, you're too fat, and your skin is sallow."

Zhang Erni looked at her skin and then at Ye Xiaoxiao, admitting that she was indeed not fair-skinned.

She asked worriedly, "If I lose weight by starving myself, won't I end up looking haggard?"

Ye Xiaoxiao replied, "Next time, I'll bring you some whitening cream, but it can only improve your skin tone. Becoming very fair is impossible.

Even with whitening injections, the effect won't be significant. It all depends on your genes."

Zhang Erni was satisfied, "Great, great."

"If I come back and find you haven't followed my plan, no whitening cream for you."

Weight loss is a painful process, and Ye Xiaoxiao needed to make sure Zhang Erni had the determination.

Zhang Erni hurriedly assured her, "I'll definitely stick to it."

Ye Xiaoxiao smiled, "Alright, we'll start today then."

Zhang Erni stared, speechless.

After Zhang Erni left, Ye Xiaoxiao and Lu Hanchuan also had to leave.

Ye Xiaoxiao was going to continue learning from her master.

Lu Hanchuan was returning to his military unit.

Before they left, Miao Cuifang gave Lu Hanchuan many of her homemade specialties.

There were dried mushrooms, dried wood ear fungus, cured meats, and sausages.

She even packed some aged ginseng roots from her home for him.

"These are just a few humble things for you to take back and eat."

Lu Hanchuan thanked them and took the items.

These were expressions of the elder's goodwill, and Miao Cuifang was thinking about the gifts he had brought when he arrived. If he didn't accept these things, she might read too much into it.

Ye Xiaoxiao felt like she was fading into the background.

Can anyone tell him why Lu Hanchuan could fit in so quickly?

On the way back, Ye Xiaoxiao brought up her confusion.

Lu Hanchuan: "You were very brave."

Ye Xiaoxiao didn't ask any more.

This guy rarely told the truth.

She pulled out the gift box Lu Hanchuan had given her from her bag.

"Can I open it now, please?"

Lu Hanchuan glanced at her: "I thought you had opened it by now."

"I forgot all about it yesterday."

Ye Xiaoxiao opened the box, unveiling a delicate ladies' watch inside.

"Thank you, I really like it a lot." Ye Xiaoxiao immediately put it on her wrist.

This kind of response was the best feedback for the person giving the gift.

Lu Hanchuan's lips curved up: "That's good to hear. I'm glad you like it."

When they got back to Grandpa Miao's house, Lu Hanchuan gave him the gifts he had prepared.

He hadn't picked out individual gifts for everyone on his first visit.

They were all things to eat and use, safe choices for gifts in this era.

After meeting Miao Fengshan, it was time for Lu Hanchuan to leave.

"I'll pick you up before the school term starts, okay?"

Ye Xiaoxiao quickly said: "It's hard for you to get time off, right? I can go to the capital by myself, I can find my way around."

Lu Hanchuan nodded: "That works, here you go."

He handed a key to Ye Xiaoxiao and told her an address. "This is the key to my own house. It's outside our compound. If you go to the capital, you can stay there anytime."

Ye Xiaoxiao felt the key was a bit too weighty to hold.

Lu Hanchuan, you're really a good guy.

"No one is more fitting than you right now."

After making sure Ye Xiaoxiao had safely put away the key, Lu Hanchuan turned and left.

It was still in this alley that Ye Xiaoxiao had watched many people's backs.

But Lu Hanchuan was the most handsome one.

This waist, these legs, ...

Miao Fengshan called from the courtyard, "Ahem."

Ye Xiaoxiao turned around and called, "Grandfather."

Miao Fengshan said, "He's already gone, don't look anymore."

Ye Xiaoxiao fell silent.

The next day, Ye Xiaoxiao went to the post office and sent back Duan Lei's one thousand yuan.

She also sent him a letter.

Knowing that the sudden repayment would anger Duan Lei, Ye Xiaoxiao specifically wrote in the letter.

Her third brother had earned money, and she was also working at the pharmacy, so they were temporarily not short of money. She told him not to worry about his life anymore.

Additionally, she had performed very well in the college entrance exams and would soon be able to meet in the capital.

...

Capital.

As soon as the college entrance exams ended, Hao Yanyan felt like her life was over.

Her high school knowledge was extremely lacking. Logically, since she had decided to study, she should have relearned middle school knowledge.

But her mother insisted that she go directly to high school anyway.

She also said that this spot was previously Ye Xiaoxiao's, and with their identities swapped, this was the best moment to prove herself.

Although Ye Xiaoxiao was a bottom student, the school she attended was several times better than Bai Chuan No. 1 High School in terms of overall student performance.

After Hao Yanyan transferred there, she completely fell behind in the curriculum.

Even though Zhao Hongxia had hired a tutor for her, in just half a year, she wasn't able to improve much.

Although Ye Xiaoxiao's grades weren't great, she could sing, dance, and also play the piano, violin, and draw, according to her classmates.

So, Ye Xiaoxiao was well-liked in class.

But Hao Yanyan was different, with poor grades and no special skills.

Naturally, she was ignored and isolated by her classmates.

Perhaps Xu Jianwen had also noticed how poor her grades were, as he had long since been unwilling to tutor her, and they had lost the opportunity to develop their relationship.

When the college exam papers were handed out, Hao Yanyan almost cried, as she had no idea how to approach more than half of the questions.

She might become the joke of the whole neighborhood.

"No, this is the life I worked hard for, I can't go back to the old path."

Hao Yanyan wiped away her tears and steeled herself.

"Before the college entrance exam results come out, I need to make a lot of money by doing business, so even if my scores are not good, no one will laugh at me."

Hao Yanyan immediately recalled her memories from her past life, desperately trying to think of what could make money.

Beauty salons, hair salons, clothing, home appliances, opening a restaurant...

All of these seemed like they could make money, but none of them were right for Hao Yanyan.

She only had a few hundred yuan; opening a restaurant or a hair salon wouldn't even be enough for the shop rent.

So, she could only do clothing business.

For the first time, Hao Yanyan left with the money without saying goodbye to Zhao Hongxia.