The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead
Chapter 138 - 136: Different from the Previous Life

Chapter 138: Chapter 136: Different from the Previous Life

Lu Jingqiu woke up naturally, prepared something for Hua Hua to eat. It turned out that her aunt had come over last night and even brought back some meat for Hua Hua. Seeing her asleep, she hadn’t woken her up.

Having nothing to do, she took her camera and started shooting from a second-floor window, noticing the sky didn’t seem too promising.

The thought of rain coming suddenly inspired her.

She took out the photos she had taken before and, after some planning, spent an hour sketching a rough picture of a rainy day.

After a while, she felt it wasn’t perfect, so she touched up a part of it and then left the composition as it was.

The sky was overcast, and around two or three o’clock, it really started pouring down heavily.

After Lu Jingqiu finished collecting the clothes and bedsheets from the yard, she was thinking about how to return to school when she saw Jiang Nanzhou, wearing a military green raincoat and rubber shoes, coming her way.

She hurried downstairs to open the door for him.

"How did you get here?"

"It started raining. Don’t leave this afternoon; I’ll drive you early tomorrow morning," he suggested.

After pondering for a moment, Lu Jingqiu asked, "Won’t it affect you? Aren’t you busy with training these days?"

"We start refurbishing the troops tomorrow. I’ll have some time," he explained.

Jiang Nanzhou then handed her a military green raincoat and a pair of high-topped rubber shoes from his arm, "These were newly issued. I got a set of women’s for you. Keep it."

The raincoats were still very sturdy and durable at this time, and Lu Jingqiu liked it very much.

"Wait a moment," she said, putting down her things and running to the kitchen.

She came out of the kitchen with two chicken legs wrapped up for him, "Take these for a late-night snack."

Jiang Nanzhou glanced at the chicken cage outside and raised his eyebrows, "Did you slaughter the chicken?"

"No, these were brought back by my aunt from the restaurant last night. I didn’t eat them. Speaking of chickens, I plan to wait until it gets a little colder to kill all the chickens, ducks, and geese in the yard," she explained.

"Why kill the goose if it’s laying eggs well?" he inquired.

"I have to go to school, and my dad is busy. There’s no time to take care of them, and we can’t always rely on my aunt and Aunt Liu. It’s better to kill them." It was quite a pity, though, as they were still laying eggs every day. "If it really doesn’t work out, I’ll ask Aunt Liu to trade with me. After all, these can lay an egg a day," she considered.

"Yes," Jiang Nanzhou also found it a shame.

Jiang Nanzhou came in the rain and left in the rain, too. Lu Jingqiu put away her packed luggage aside, calmed her heart, went up to the study, and, watching the mist-like heavy rain, she bowed her head and started drawing again.

Her father didn’t come back tonight, so Lu Jingqiu ate a couple of boiled eggs simply and went to sleep.

Xue Jianian’s Home

After two days of selling, she sold almost all the chicken, duck, and grain in the space.

Now only some vegetables and a few fruits were left, and she had over five thousand yuan on her person.

With this money, she could buy a house in West City, and she had already asked the neighbor’s aunt to help inquire about it.

Counting the money in the room, Xue Jianian was startled by the sudden entrance of Wei Jincheng.

"Ah, when did you come in? You scared me!" she exclaimed.

"I knocked for a long time outside, and nobody opened the door. I saw light through a crack and thought something might have happened to you, so I directly climbed over the wall," Wei Jincheng explained while looking at the cash she hastily hid behind her. He had seen the bundles of money, "Where did you get all this money?"

With that, he noticed the bamboo basket on the ground, filled with vegetables and fruits.

The sharp ex-soldier immediately knew what was going on, "You went to the Black Market?"

Xue Jianian saw him notice the money in her hand. The secret was out, and besides, the neighbors all around knew she was dealing in goods. He could easily find out by asking, so she didn’t dare hide it and nodded in admission.

Wei Jincheng frowned, "The Black Market is full of danger."

Xue Jianian replied, "It’s not the Black Market now, it’s called Fish Tail Market. Lots of people sell things there, and no one interferes."

"Have you been going there often before?"

Xue Jianian nodded, "Yes, otherwise where would I get the money to rent a house, pay for school, or the travel expenses?"

Wei Jincheng, who worked in logistics, often dealt with goods and knew the profits involved. If it had been before, he definitely wouldn’t have agreed to let the young girl go to such a dangerous place, but now things were different.

He didn’t dwell on it too much but asked, "How do you know the supplier over there? You’re so young, yet so bold."

"I didn’t know anyone at first. When I first came here, my grandfather gave me a lot of food. I needed money, so I thought of exchanging these for some cash, which led me to the Black Market. There, I met someone named Brother Yang by chance. He had a lot of goods, and just when there was a strict inspection, I helped him. Since then, he has let me take goods from him to sell." Sorry, cousin Lu Jingqiu, I had to use you as a shield.

While speaking, she took out the money she had on her: "Look, I earned all this by trading goods."

Wei Jincheng’s eyes gleamed at the thick stack of bills, "You make money like this?"

"Yes, selling chicken, duck, fish, and meat makes the most profit. Why have you come over at this time?"

"I’ll be quite busy for a while, so I’m taking this opportunity to come and see you." He said, lifting the net bag he carried, which contained canned fruit and a bottle of Malted Milk.

It was only on this return trip that he found out the truth about his heritage. The man he had loathed for so many years was not his biological father; the mistake his mother made in her youth had been attributed to a man who had died.

His maternal grandparents had instilled a lot of hatred in him. He didn’t join the army by choice but because of the good benefits and subsidies. His grandmother secretly signed him up, eyeing the salary he would earn. Indeed, he had given them quite a sum over the years.

While he was here, he inadvertently learned about the Gao Family and their "father." When he went back and told his grandparents about the man’s death, they wanted him to reclaim his place with the Gao Family, but he refused. Why should he, when that man wronged his mother, shirked his responsibilities, and left them to suffer?

Seeing Gao Shu living comfortably in the Gao Family, he felt discontent and thought about revenge. If he couldn’t be happy, then neither should Gao Shu.

But as a soldier without any backing, he had no means to come into contact with him. Plus, with Gao Shu being sent to the countryside, he felt somewhat appeased for a while.

Unexpectedly, in just two or three years, Gao Shu had returned and even got admitted to a university. He started to think about how to approach Gao Shu, and Gao Qing unexpectedly provided him with a method.

Yet, in the end, he turned out to be a fool played by his own family. No, now the Wei Family was his true enemy.

His mother did have an affair with Gao Feng. At that time, Gao Feng’s station was not far from their village. Once, when he was wounded on a mission and couldn’t move, he took shelter in the Wei Family home, and affection grew over time. Mother Wei began to have feelings for him.

It seemed Gao Feng felt the same, but ultimately his family didn’t approve, and he wanted to break up.

Mother Wei, wanting to keep him, claimed she was pregnant. Her belly started to "grow day by day." Gao Feng didn’t return from his mission, and she was torn between "aborting" the child or keeping it until around four or five months in when Gao Feng came back and agreed to marry.

Mother Wei had no choice but to continue the pretense until she was at her wit’s end and secretly brought him back from the hospital.

Why Gao Feng didn’t stay in the end, he did not know, but the Wei Family’s theft of him, separating him from his biological parents from an early age, was true.

Being treated as a cash cow by the whole family was real, and the Wei Family was anxious when they found out Wei Jincheng had discovered the Gao Family. However, upon learning of Gao Feng’s death, they became eager, hoping he would reclaim his place in the Gao Family because the Gao Family’s Elder Uncle held a high position in the military district. They wanted to benefit from the Gao Family.

Back then, he only thought about getting revenge on the Gao Family, ha, it’s a good thing he didn’t listen to them and reclaim his place. Otherwise, what would he have become now?

Even though he had fallen out with the Wei Family, he couldn’t bear to part with his fiancée, Xue Jianian.