Seeing him like this, Song Yunlan sighed helplessly.
“Alright, stop acting spoiled! I’m not angry. I understand what you’re thinking, but I still need to make this very clear to you once again.
Shen Zhiyan, from the moment I decided to marry you, I already completely gave up on Liang Bo.
Whether now or in the future, I will never have any emotional involvement with Liang Bo again.
I hope you can sincerely trust me. I’m willing to spend the rest of my life with you and build a small home that belongs only to us.”
When it came to Shen Zhiyan, Song Yunlan always softened. She couldn’t bear to see him looking lost and unsettled, nor could she stand him being anxious and fearful.
Since she had chosen him, she would give him enough security so he would know how firm she truly was.
As expected, after she finished speaking, she met Shen Zhiyan’s eyes bright and almost glowing.
Shen Zhiyan’s eyes were very beautiful deep and captivating.
Inside them was his passion and sincerity for Song Yunlan. How could a man like this not make someone’s heart move?
Shen Zhiyan himself didn’t expect that Liang Bo’s sudden appearance would actually bring him such a huge gain.
He had originally thought that Song Yunlan agreed to marry him only out of necessity, and he was always afraid that one day, the person he cherished in his heart would leave him.
He never expected that his wishful thinking would actually be answered.
The moon he had only ever looked up to in the sky had now fallen into his arms.
The corners of his mouth couldn’t help but stretch into a grin so wide it couldn’t even be stitched back together.
Shen Zhiyan excitedly pulled her back into his embrace.
“Lanlan, thank you! Thank you! I’m so happy so happy! Don’t worry, I will never let you down. I will prove my sincerity to you through my actions!”
Seeing the usually composed Shen Zhiyan looking like a joyful child, Song Yunlan also curved her lips into a smile.
She looked up at the moon outside and patted his arm.
“Alright, it’s getting late. You should head back and rest. If you go back too late, Auntie will worry.”
Shen Zhiyan straightened up and placed a reverent kiss on her forehead before reluctantly letting her go.
“Okay, I’ll head back now. Lock your doors and windows. Good night!”
“Good night.”
Song Yunlan waved as she watched him, then closed the door under his gaze.
Shen Zhiyan lingered, glancing at the silhouette cast on the curtain, before finally turning to leave.
With his heart filled with anticipation for tomorrow, Song Yunlan drifted into sleep.
But at the educated youth compound, a new storm was already brewing.
With the exposure of Bai Lian and Liang Bo’s affair, the educated youths living there reacted extremely strongly.
After all, this concerned the reputation of all of them.
Liang Bo, who had just brought back a bottle of medicated bruising oil from the clinic, and Bai Ruolian, who was hiding in the girls’ dormitory refusing to come out no matter how they avoided it, they could not escape that night’s “criticism meeting.”
Given that the two of them were going to register their marriage the next day, the team leader Zhang Jun, representing all the educated youths, ordered them to move out of the compound before tomorrow evening.
As for where they would live, that was their own problem.
By the time the “criticism meeting” ended, it was already midnight.
The next morning, everyone woke up to music coming from the loudspeaker.
All the educated youths tacitly isolated Liang Bo and Bai Ruolian.
Even Xu Dandan, who had once been close to Bai Ruolian, drew a clear line between them.
Faced with this situation, Bai Ruolian and Liang Bo were powerless.
The only thing they could rely on now was the subsidies and help from Beijing.
After finishing breakfast with stiff expressions, the two of them headed toward the commune.
At this point, it was already impossible for them not to register their marriage.
If they didn’t, there would be no place for them in the entire production brigade, and they couldn’t even imagine what would happen next.
“Brother Liang, what do we do now? Team Leader Zhang told us to move out of the educated youth compound, but where are we supposed to live for the time being?”
Liang Bo had been beaten up by Song Yunlan and Shen Zhiyan the day before. Although it was only superficial injuries, he still needed time to recover.
But in order to give the brigade leader an explanation, he had no choice but to endure the pain and go with Bai Ruolian to register their marriage at the commune.
Every step he took now felt like torture.
Usually, whenever Bai Ruolian showed this kind of pitiful and aggrieved expression, Liang Bo would immediately comfort her.
But now, he couldn’t even take care of himself how could he possibly comfort someone else?
Especially when he looked at her downcast appearance, he only felt irritated.
“Why are you sighing like that! We’ll figure it out when we get there!”
Bai Ruolian paused, turning to look at him in surprise. Seeing his bad expression, she wisely swallowed her words.
It seemed unrealistic to bring up building a house now but were they really getting married with nothing at all, not even a bride price?
When Song Yunlan married that useless Shen Zhiyan, she even got a hundred yuan!
“Brother Liang, I don’t mean anything else. I was thinking, if you write letters to your parents, it would take a long time for them to arrive.
But if you make a phone call, wouldn’t we get a reply much faster?
I’m not thinking about myself I’m just worried about your body. You’re injured so badly, you should take proper nourishment.
Shen Zhiyan only compensated medical expenses, and Song Yunlan is still pressuring us for repayment we need to think of a way.”
Before they were even married, Bai Ruolian was already worried about their future life.
Hearing this, Liang Bo sighed inwardly, feeling uneasy.
When he went down to the countryside, he had spoken harshly to his parents, saying he would never rely on them.
Writing letters would be fine it wouldn’t be too embarrassing.
But making a phone call?
He couldn’t bring himself to do it. What if his father embarrassed him on the spot?
Besides, his family probably still didn’t know he had broken off the engagement with Song Yunlan.
Thinking of what his parents had once said, Liang Bo felt a heaviness in his chest.
“Just write letters. My dad isn’t often in his office anyway. Even if we call, he might not pick up.
Let’s just forget it.
When the 10th comes, I’ll go find Song Yunlan and take back the things my parents sent. I’m not taking advantage of her, and she can’t just keep my stuff either.”
Bai Ruolian frowned slightly, sensing that Liang Bo was hiding something from her.
Weren’t the Liang and Song families supposed to be equally matched? Why was he so afraid of his family finding out about the broken engagement?
“But didn’t Song Yunlan say we have to pay up tonight? What are we going to do?”
Liang Bo frowned.
“We’ll deal with it tonight. I don’t have money what, is she going to kill me over it?
Alright, stop talking. It’s so hot, you’re making my mouth dry. Are we going to register the marriage or not?”
Seeing his impatience, Bai Ruolian could only swallow the rest of her words.
But deep down, she grew more and more doubtful was choosing Liang Bo really the right decision?
At this point, she had no other choice but him, so she could only go down this path to the end.
She could only hope that Liang Bo’s parents in Beijing would be useful, so their life in the countryside would improve.
If she could “rise in status through her child,” and have the Liang family help arrange a transfer back to Beijing, that would be even better.
Even if they might not like her as a daughter-in-law, they would surely love their grandson.
Bai Ruolian couldn’t help but fantasize, pushing all her uneasy feelings aside and dreaming of marrying into wealth.
To her, Liang Bo coming from a military compound already counted as “high society.”