novelraw Chapter 12, a chapter returning to the initial beauty.
Chapter 12, a chapter returning to the initial beauty.
On the other side of Shuncheng, in the female workers' dormitory of a huge sports shoe production park.
A slender girl was squatting on her bed, hugging her knees, scrolling through her phone with a blank, tired, and numb expression.
"Hey, Yuping, aren't you going to eat lunch? How many days has it been?"
Just then, the dormitory door opened, and a woman of similar age, who was twice her size larger, walked in quickly carrying a boxed lunch.
"I'm telling you, you should eat something. It's not worth ruining your health over a jerk like that!"
She opened the lid of the lunchbox, which contained two meat dishes, one vegetable dish, and a large, glistening chicken leg.
"I'm not hungry, Sister Wang, thank you."
"Sigh, what can I even say about you?"
Sister Wang closed the lunchbox and placed it on the small table next to her.
"Sigh, I'm telling you, you're just too devoted in love."
"What's so great about that guy Xiao Wu? He's just a little handsome, isn't he? I see him flirting with other women all the time, he doesn't care about you, his wife, at all. You haven't eaten or drunk for two or three days, and he hasn't even come to see you... Humph!"
Sister Wang looked at him with disdain and gave a heavy snort.
"Alright, alright, let's not talk about him anymore. Let me show you something more interesting. Come on, look, there's a handsome guy singing here, want to watch?"
As she spoke, she took out her phone from her pocket, turned on the screen, and handed it to me.
"I'm not watching anymore, Sister Wang. Can you let me have some peace and quiet by myself for a while?"
Xu Yuping's voice was soft, and she seemed very weak.
She is 19 years old this year. She was a senior in high school and took the college entrance examination in July.
Originally a top student, she somehow managed to score only 450 points on the exam!
This completely surprised all the teachers and students in the school.
In her usual mock exams, she was a top student who never scored below 600 points!
How did my grades drop so much all of a sudden? I can't even get into a regular vocational college anymore?
Only he himself knows what he went through during this time, all because he ran into that damned nemesis!
Wu Qu is a handsome classmate from the next class.
He's tall and handsome, plays basketball well, and is an absolute stunner in singing, dancing, and rapping.
Many girls became secretly infatuated with him and lost their minds because of him.
But he happened to see himself in her and accepted her subtle pursuit!
She just wanted to follow the other girls' lead and attend events!
But to her surprise, because of her excellent grades and good looks, he readily agreed when she asked to be his girlfriend!
From that moment on, the sparks between the two became unstoppable.
The two were very affectionate and deeply in love.
She completely forgot about studying hard and striving for excellence, focusing all her attention on this man.
And so, she, who could have gotten into a top university, only got this score on the college entrance exam, which made her family so angry they almost vomited blood!
But what's even harder to accept is...
The man came from a poor family and his grades were terrible. He had no interest in taking the college entrance exam and went to work as an assembly line worker at a shoe factory near Shuncheng after graduation.
For some unknown reason, Xu Yuping refused her family's request to repeat a year of high school and eloped with her boyfriend to this factory one night, where she also became a factory worker on the assembly line.
The two were getting along very well, and Xu Yuping felt that love was enough. Their monthly salaries were 4500 and 3800 respectively, and they were living a prosperous life.
But to his surprise, after only a few months, several of his female colleagues on the same assembly line fell for this handsome young man who was witty, good-looking, and good at basketball.
But this guy named Wu Qu was indiscriminate in accepting all comers, and soon he was surrounded by a group of female workers, living a carefree and successful life.
This infuriated Xu Yuping, and she argued with her several times, each time promising to cut off all contact with them.
But what happened next? Heh.
They had a huge argument just a few days ago, and Xu Yuping was so angry that she hasn't eaten for three days.
"Give me a listen, he sings really well, and he's also a very handsome guy!"
Without saying a word, Sister Wang turned up the volume on her phone, shoved it into her hand, and then took the phone away and turned it off.
She thought that if she looked at other handsome men, maybe he could get rid of that scumbag?
"..."
Xu Yuping didn't say anything, and she was too hungry to refuse. She just silently watched the singing video of the young man who seemed to be a street performer on Chundong Road.
"The intro is quite nice..."
"The young man is quite handsome too."
This was her first thought.
But no matter how handsome the young man was, he still couldn't compare to Wu Qu in his mind.
After all, that was my first love!
They spent all their time together during their senior year of high school. He was so witty, so humorous, so...
"If this world"
You have too many complaints
Do n’t dare to go forward if you fall
Why are people so fragile?
"Degeneration"
At this moment, Zheng Ning's singing voice slowly came from the phone's receiver.
The video uploader thoughtfully added lyrics subtitles to this version, so she could clearly see what he was singing.
Her fragile and tormented heart was suddenly struck gently by the song.
Her clear and gentle voice seemed to be more pleasant to listen to than her boyfriend's rough voice.
No, it's not that it sounds better.
It's like comparing heaven and earth!
Please turn on the TV and take a look.
How many people are fighting for their lives?
Keep going bravely
Shouldn't we be content?
Cherish everything
Even if you don't own it
The singing continued, but her hands, which had been hugging her knees, slowly loosened and fell to the floor, resting on the sheets.
I don't know when it started, but her sobbing gradually stopped.
She held Sister Wang's phone in both hands, staring blankly at the young man on the screen who looked slightly nervous and shy, yet forced a smile as he sang to the audience.
"Hmm~"
She let out a soft sob, and instinctively grabbed a tissue to wipe her eyes and nose.
But my attention was completely drawn to the images and sounds on the phone.
"Do you remember you saying home is the only castle?"
As the rice-scented river continues its journey
I know the dreams I had as a child.
Don't cry, let the fireflies carry you away.
Country folk songs are an eternal reliance
Let's go home, back to the beautiful beginnings...
"Let's go home, back to the beautiful beginnings..."
Without realizing it, she started humming along softly.
"Home".
How long has it been since I went home?
even……
How long has it been since you called home?
Ever since that fight with my family, and then eloping with my boyfriend in the middle of the night to work in a small town 200 kilometers away...
How long has it been since I heard my parents' voices?