Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Chapter 12 What is Love?

Zhiyuan took her to the bathroom to see.

The bathroom door was fixed, and she thought that was all. However, when Zhiyuan pushed the door open, she was shocked.

Why is there a showerhead-like thing in the bathroom?

It certainly can't compare to the showerheads that came later. The principle is similar to that of a boiler. A frame was built high on the wall, a water tank was made, and it was placed on the frame. The small boiler heated the water in the tank, and then a water pipe was connected, and that was a simple shower.

"And this too." Zhiyuan led the way to a large wooden tub that was being dried in the sun with tung oil on it. "Uncle Gu said that once it's dry, we can take a bath in it."

Bath... bathtub?

Lin Qingping stood there, stunned.

“These are…” she asked, grabbing Zhiyuan.

Zhiyuan looked at her with a bit of a puzzled expression. "Isn't this what you asked Uncle Gu to do?"

"Me?" Lin Qingping couldn't remember at all.

“Yes!” Zhiyuan tilted his head. “You were drunk yesterday and asked Uncle Gu for these things. Uncle Gu stayed up all night to make them for you.”

Lin Qingping was stunned again.

Because of a casual remark she made while drunk, he stayed up all night making things for her...

He really is like this, whether in his past life or this one. He never says anything, just silently gets things done. In his past life, it was a bicycle; in this life, it's these things.

Anyway, no one could guess what he was thinking or why he was so good to her.

He never said he liked her, let alone loved her. The only words he ever used were "I'm sorry" and "I apologize."

So, all he felt for her was apology and sorry?

What kind of past did he have with Chen Xia?

When she was reborn, many things changed. For example, Chen Xia had barely attracted her attention in her previous life, but in this life, he frequently appeared in front of her.

So, Gu Juncheng hasn't touched her since he came back, and he even brought up divorce as soon as he got home. Is Chen Xia part of the reason for this?

I don't know... and I can't guess.

She quickly realized that this was inappropriate.

She had made up her mind that she had come back in this life to repay a debt of gratitude and to live a good life with Gu Juncheng, so let's make it as good as possible.

As for love or not love, that's a matter of choice.

She's a woman who came back from the age of seventy, what is there that she can't see through?

Moreover, she herself didn't know what love really felt like.

She lived to be seventy in her previous life, but never truly loved.

Before marrying Gu Juncheng in her previous life, she had a vision of the kind of person she longed for, but she never really identified with anyone. She and Gu Juncheng were husband and wife for several years, but they were also like enemies. As for the decades that followed, it wasn't that she hadn't met any men, but none of them genuinely liked her as a person.

Having survived those terrible days in my past life, I'm reborn. Everything is just beginning, so why overthink it?

She felt instantly relieved. This was exactly how she had described living. She didn't know if he could get through the ordeal of his sacrifice, but she would first spend these next few years with him.

She came to repay a debt of gratitude.

When she came to her senses, she realized that Zhiyuan had been watching her the whole time.

"What did I do yesterday?" she asked casually.

"You even sang."

Lin Qingping: ...

"Hmm, and you even asked Uncle Gu if you look good."

Zhiyuan was very honest, and he answered Lin Qingping's questions clearly.

"Alright, stop talking." Lin Qingping's face was truly flushed. Was she going to go even further?

Zhiyuan thought he had said something wrong and immediately lowered his head. "Yes... you were shouting very loudly, I wasn't eavesdropping..."

Lin Qingping: ...

His face turned even redder!

What does it mean to shout very loudly?

Seeing Zhiyuan's timid appearance, Lin Qingping's heart softened again.

"I...I'm going to pick wild vegetables..." Zhiyuan carefully picked up a basket and was about to leave.

Lin Qingping grabbed his basket.

Zhiyuan was even more frightened.

"It's alright, Zhiyuan, I'm not angry," Lin Qingping said calmly. "Don't go picking wild vegetables, come home with me."

She planned to give Zhiyuan his first education. Zhiyuan was intelligent and talented, and in this life, she was determined to make sure he studied hard.

In those days, few people in Gujia Village valued education. Having been reborn, she knew better than anyone else the importance of education.

But she really didn't expect it. Zhiyuan was indeed intelligent, but his intelligence exceeded her expectations.

She has experience in tutoring children.

In her past life, she had no children of her own, so she doted on her younger brother's child, who was her nephew, and even tutored him in his studies.

She used her memories from her previous life to teach Zhiyuan the elementary school curriculum.

After learning the first day's content, she assigned Zhiyuan homework, asking him to write down each number and pinyin he learned that day on a separate page.

After setting everything up, she went about her business. A little while later, she found Zhiyuan playing with a wooden gun.

When she checked the homework, well, it turned out that she had indeed written a whole version of each word, but this version only contained one word!

One character from Ocean University took up an entire page!

Zhiyuan seemed to know he had done something wrong, and he lowered his head without saying a word.

"Zhiyuan, tell me, isn't this a deliberate mistake? A blatant act of laziness?" Lin Qingping asked, pointing to the homework.

Zhiyuan lowered his head even further and then stood in the corner with his head down.

Lin Qingping: ...

This is a deeply ingrained habit: if you're wrong, you have to stand in the corner.

"Stand first, and then you have to come back and rewrite it for me!" Lin Qingping had no intention of slacking off on him when it came to his studies.

While he was standing in the corner, Lin Qingping didn't stay by his side; she went about her own business.

Go to the field to pick vegetables and prepare to cook.

Actually, she really enjoys cooking, mainly because she loves food; otherwise, she wouldn't have opened a restaurant. However, she used to be deliberately lazy when she was at home.

When she returned from picking some peppers and vegetables in the field, she found that there were more people in her house—her mother and her younger brother had come.

When she came in, her brother was drinking a glass of milk. She had made it for Zhiyuan before she went to work, intending to let it cool down a bit before letting him drink it.

On the table in front of her mother and brother, a large bag of cookies was opened. Her brother was drinking milk, and cookie crumbs were scattered all over the floor.

And what was her mother doing?

They're talking about Zhiyuan.

"Your dad's gone, but you still have your mom, right? Why doesn't your mom come to pick you up? When is she coming to pick you up? You eat and wear whatever your family provides, but your family hasn't sent any money over? Don't you have any other relatives? What kind of behavior is it to keep living at other people's houses?"

Lin Qingping heard this as soon as she entered the room, and immediately put on a stern face, "What are you talking about with the child?"

As she spoke, she put the bag of cookies away, leaving only a few pieces, and placed them on a plate for them to eat.

Her mother clicked her tongue. "Why are you putting it away? We're letting your brother have a few pieces while your in-laws aren't home. We'll take the rest back with us. Honestly, you didn't bring us anything good when you went back to your parents' house last time. You only brought a fish. There are plenty of fish in the village stream. Do we really care about fish?"