CHAPTER 432: CHAPTER 431 LIFE IS TOO HARD!

Mrs. Han only stayed with Zhen Yu in Qi City for one night, leaving after lunch on Sunday with Han Jiayang. Since Jiayang’s school start date was also on September 1st, and Mrs. Han had to go to work on Monday!

Fortunately, Mrs. Han had already bought everything Han Mingyue needed for his dormitory stay during the second half of the term while accompanied by Zhen Yu before leaving, even the clothes for the upcoming winter were directly brought from the town.

This way, Mr. Han only needed to take care of his eldest son’s school admission and dormitory procedures, send him to First High School, and then quickly head back!

And this one night they stayed together! For Zhen Yu, it was definitely a novel experience! Since her mother passed away in her previous life, Zhen Yu never again had the experience of sharing a bed with anyone else! Not to mention, she never had the experience of chatting with a female elder until midnight!

Before, Zhen Yu only knew Mrs. Han as an optimistic and independent intellectual woman. But from the conversation on Saturday night, Zhen Yu discovered her unhidden other side! It turned out that the very professional-looking Mrs. Han still harbored a tender girlish heart!!

This was truly... a miraculous discovery!

However, upon further reflection, Zhen Yu felt this was quite normal! After all, Mr. Han treated her so well, and her two sons were both sensible, obedient, and filial. So, such a happy woman, even as she aged, her heart would not grow old!

She was treated gently by the world, so her heart was filled with kindness! Hence, in her past life... even though her eldest son had already passed away from illness, she still willingly traveled thousands of miles to collect Zhen Yu’s body, allowing Zhen Yu’s soul to return to her hometown...

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Just after sending off the Han family mother and son at noon, in the evening Zhen Yu went to the station to pick up Bai Xue and her mother.

Bai Xue had finally been admitted to First High School! However, she barely made it in with the minimum qualifying score! It must be said, she really hit the jackpot! Mrs. Bai stayed awake for several days in happiness because of this! If not for the continuous rain during the summer break, she might have already brought Bai Xue to Qi City several times!

Now that school was about to start, she immediately entrusted her son to her elderly father’s care and specifically came to Qi City one day early with her daughter! She came to see how good the prestigious high school her daughter had gotten into and to buy her a few more pretty clothes!

After all, once in high school, her daughter would be a young woman now! And she was going to share a dormitory with others!

Mrs. Bai knew her own daughter well—she loved looking pretty! Although she couldn’t display vanity excessively, Northeastern people do care about appearances! At the very least, she couldn’t let her daughter be too shabbily compared to others...

Since they lived nearby, Mr. Han and the Fu family were old acquaintances! So Zhen Yu gave Mr. Han a call, hoping to use the Han’s place to prepare a dinner to entertain them.

It wasn’t until then that Zhen Yu learned that Mr. Han and Mrs. Bai were actually elementary school classmates!

When Zhen Yu mentioned, "Bai Xue also got into First High School, and her mother is here to send her to school."

Mr. Han immediately cheerfully said, "Now that I have bought a house here in Qi City, I am somewhat like a landlord! When a fellow villager visits, it’s right for me to host this meal!"

In the end, it was only after much persuasion from Zhen Yu that Mr. Han agreed to let them dine at his house.

Friends gathered, and the atmosphere during the meal was naturally warm and friendly.

The parents of the two high school students also exchanged a few words about their children’s school admissions during the meal.

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Not long after dinner, Mrs. Bai suggested it was time to leave. However, Bai Xue didn’t want to go and insisted on staying with Zhen Yu! She even wanted to send her mother to stay at a guesthouse alone!

Zhen Yu, with Bai Xue clinging to her arm, shook her head in strong disapproval and even spoke in a stern tone, "Bai Xue! Tomorrow night you will be staying in the dormitory. If you want to stay with Aunt Fu again, it will be at least six months from now!"

Hearing this, Bai Xue, who was initially very excited, suddenly calmed down.

Seeing that she was willing to listen, Zhen Yu softened her tone and added, "Spend tonight with your mom."

A few seconds later, Bai Xue let go of Zhen Yu and, arm in arm with her mother, bid farewell to the Han and Zhen families, and they left together.

Since Zhen Yu had asked them to temporarily store their large luggage in her current room, Mrs. Bai only carried a small bag and walked away leisurely with her daughter.

While walking hand in hand, Mrs. Bai suddenly said something, "Zhen Yu is a good kid! It’s just a pity that her fate is so rough!"

Bai Xue, puzzled, asked, "Why do you say she has a rough fate?"

"Oh..." Upon hearing her daughter’s question, Mrs. Bai first sighed and then said, "Although she, like you, is a child of divorced parents, your dad, no matter what, still takes care of you! He even managed to provide your school fees once your high school admission was confirmed."

"Oh!" Bai Xue nodded nonchalantly, still more concerned about Zhen Yu, "But what does this have to do with Xiao Yu having a rough fate?"

"That’s what I am about to tell you!" Mrs. Bai shook her head helplessly, "You have your mom, and your dad takes care of you too! But Xiao Yu has that worthless gambler father who’d be doing good not to ask her for money, let alone pay for her school fees! I’ve heard people say that ZhenHailong hasn’t provided child support for that son and daughter in such a long time, and he’s even struggling to provide for the younger ones at home!"

"But there’s still Zhen Yu’s mom, right? Zhen Yan is doing well in high school too!" Bai Xue naively said, "Her and her brother were like me and my brother, we all stayed with our mothers after you adults divorced."

"Oh!" Mrs. Bai smoothed her daughter’s hair, "I heard her mother got remarried! Many people at the station say that Zhen Hailong badmouths Cheng Yan’er everywhere, claiming she got pregnant at her age, hoping to have a son for the man she married. Although I don’t know if the pregnancy is true, Cheng Yan’er’s marriage is for sure..."

"Zhen Yu’s mom got married?" Bai Xue was startled, then immediately looked at Mrs. Bai with frightened eyes.

"What are you staring at me for!" Mrs. Bai slapped her daughter’s back irritably, "I don’t want to bring another ancestor back home to take care of! Just me taking care of you and your brother is fine!"

After saying this, Mrs. Bai added resentfully, "But you need to fight for me too! Don’t spend all day just playing around! Otherwise, it will be such a waste to have gotten into such a good school! Do you hear me!?"

Bai Xue: "..."

As long as you don’t get married! Whatever you say, I’ll accept it...