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While Liu Cuiying was peeling peanuts at home, she was overjoyed to see Song Shiting discharged from the hospital, tears streaming down her face. She insisted on keeping Yuan Peng for dinner.
Yuan Peng, who had been frowning since entering the village, politely declined.
Yuan Peng quietly asked Zhang Yunye, "Brother, how do you go to the bathroom here?"
Zhang Yunye gave Yuan Peng a look that said "Are you crazy?" and replied, "You've never stayed in the countryside, have you? Just find a rural place to live for a few days and you'll know!"
Yuan Peng felt a bit embarrassed but didn't mind. He continued to ask Zhang Yunye, "Brother, are you here to shoot a movie?"
Zhang Yunye rolled his eyes and casually replied, "Yes." After hearing this, Yuan Peng lost interest and stopped asking further questions.
He guessed that this kid must be a distant relative of Song Pearl. Yuan Peng didn't remember much of what Song Pearl had said earlier; he only recalled that she wanted him to take this enviably handsome guy home.
As they arrived at Song Pearl's house, Yuan Peng was still contemplating how much to charge.
When Yuan Peng stood in the Song Family yard and was about to leave, Zhang Yunye naturally got into the car with him.
Yuan Peng rested his hand on the steering wheel while watching Zhang Yunye say goodbye to Song Pearl and her daughter.
"Hey, if you're riding in my car, you have to pay. Considering we're acquaintances, fifty will do," Yuan Peng said without starting the car, setting the price in advance.
Song Pearl asked Yuan Peng to wait a moment, went back inside to find her bag, and pulled out two hundred yuan that she had saved up over a semester. She ran out and handed it to Zhang Yunye, saying, "Here, your fare."
Zhang Yunye refused to take any money and threw it back at Song Pearl. "I have money! How do you know I don't? You underestimate me too much. I can afford a rental car company; there's no need to worry!"
"Well, if you have money, pay for the ride first before we leave..." Yuan Peng chimed in from the side.
"If you don't drive, I'll drive!" Zhang Yunye playfully smiled at Yuan Peng. Before Yuan Peng could react, he felt himself being pulled by Zhang Yunye as they switched places.
"Wow, you've got some skills!" Yuan Peng suddenly became excited. He loved making friends and preferred unique ones. He decided not to charge for the ride and let Zhang Yunye drive away.
"Goodbye! No need to see me off; this kid is in my hands now; he won't get lost!" Yuan Peng shouted out of the window at Song Pearl, who was already some distance away.
"Hey, drive slowly; this isn't an off-road vehicle," Yuan Peng said as he closed the window and settled into his seat.
The rutted dirt road was hard and icy from melting snow; the car bounced slightly as it drove over it.
The off-road vehicle driven by Zhang Yunye was towed away by a truck that came from the city. The person who brought the tow truck showed his credentials to the village chief and informed him that the repair costs for the vehicle would not be their concern. Although it was due to human damage, they would no longer pursue the matter.
This person also visited Song Shiting's home to check on him, bringing two boxes of milk and two packs of Eight Treasure Porridge as a gesture of government concern, wishing him a speedy recovery.
Before leaving, he took another box of apples from the vehicle, which Zhang Yunye had asked him to deliver to Song Pearl. He noticed that Song Pearl looked pale and had rough skin, likely due to a lack of vitamins.
Liu Cuiying and Song Shiting were reluctant to accept this unexpected gift, but Song Pearl felt it was Zhang Yunye's goodwill and believed it had nothing to do with government officials, so she urged her parents to accept everything.
After the delivery person left, Song Pearl realized that she only knew Zhang Yunye for a short time. Besides knowing that he also went by the name Zhang Wan and was a student at Backstreet High School not far from her school, she knew nothing else about him, not even how to contact him.
If she wanted to repay his kindness in the future, she wouldn't be able to find him. However, she thought that the young man probably wouldn't mind these things because she felt a familiar connection with him, as if he were her younger brother.
Could it be that Zhang Yunye's past life was also a fish born at the same time as her, but he reincarnated early as a human? That might explain why she felt such familiarity.
Song Pearl shook her head; she decided not to dwell on questions she couldn't understand.
Song Fei had only three days left until his final exams, and Song Pearl tutored him late into the night after school. Although her own studies weren't great, she could still teach him the second-grade material.
She found that Song Fei's math was passable, but he struggled with the last few lessons in language arts and vocabulary.
Song Pearl was very upset and scolded Song Fei: "You only took three days off; how could you fall behind this much?"
With tears in his eyes, Song Fei mumbled, "Dad was in the hospital for two weeks. It was really scary; he lost a lot of blood and might have died. You didn't see any of it; you just scold me!"
Listening to Song Fei's complaints, Song Pearl knew it wasn't as simple as Liu Cuiying had made it seem.
"At that time, when Dad got into a fight and ended up in the hospital, no one dared to come tear down our house. I was home alone watching over things and was really scared. It wasn't until Dad woke up that Mom came back to watch over the house while I took care of Dad," Song Fei explained slowly.
Song Pearl hugged Song Fei's shoulders and patted him gently: "It's all over now; everything is fine. Be good!" Although he seemed carefree now, he must have been terrified back then.
"They only wanted to tear down our house; they didn't mention anything about filling in Fish Pond. I don't know why, but suddenly they brought in an excavator and piled up a lot of dirt next to Fish Pond. I was really scared and ran to find Uncle Wang; he took me to the hospital until Mom returned."
Song Pearl fell silent because she sensed something would happen at Fish Pond; that's why she had that dream.
As for Song Shiting's incident, since it had nothing to do with her, she felt no connection at all.
"Fei, you need to take this exam seriously. Don't worry; as long as you study well, passing won't be an issue," Song Pearl said. "From now on, your sister will make sure you don't have to go through such scares again; just focus on your studies."
"But sister is going to work in the city, and it's just the three of us at home..." Tears that hadn't fallen glistened on Song Fei's eyelashes.
Song Pearl had no words; she didn't know what to do. Since coming to the human world, her life had always been passive, passively becoming a person and being assigned unattainable tasks.
After becoming human, every step of her life was arranged by Song Shiting—going to school, continuously going to school. Working, finding a job in the Provincial Capital. All were demands from Song Shiting.
If she didn't go to the distant Provincial Capital to find a job, but instead looked for work in the nearby County Town or even closer places, wouldn't she be able to help take care of the family?
She shared this thought with Song Shiting, but Song Shiting said, "No, we won't burden you. You just need to live well and take care of yourself; you don't need to worry about the family."
"Only when you are doing well can you take care of the family and us."
Song Pearl nodded, deciding to listen to Song Shiting's words.
However, she still didn't know that she could no longer work in the city. Hongqing Group required her to start working as an exchange for her family's land use.
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