Oh no! His rural wife is sweeter than a peach!

Oh, I see.

Lu Mingshi thought he had done something wrong and that Lu Mingshi was coming to question him.

Upon hearing that it wasn't a big deal, he relaxed.

Without thinking much, he just blurted it out.

"My sister and I usually make a living by selling grilled sausages at a stall in town. During the day, she makes milk tea while I do other things, and then we set up the stall together at night. I try my best to help her and I don't hold her back at all."

He spoke of this with great pride, not feeling at all that it was disgraceful to talk about it.

When Ying Yuchuan heard that they were working so hard, working during the day and setting up a stall at night, he thought...

He subconsciously furrowed his brow. "Are you short of money?"

"Yeah, we're desperately short of money."

When Lu Mingshi, a young man, spoke of this topic, a look of melancholy crept onto his youthful face.

"My parents died in a car accident years ago. Then my grandparents raised the two of us. My grandfather got sick and was diagnosed with lung cancer. By the time we found out, it was already in its late stage, and he passed away within two or three months."

Five years ago, my grandma was also diagnosed with some brain problems. We didn't have much money. At that time, my older sister had just been admitted to university. Let me tell you, she's incredibly talented. She got into a top-tier university, the best student in our village. But she didn't want to go to school; she wanted to work to earn money for grandma's medical treatment. But grandma wouldn't allow it and insisted that she go to school.

He spoke quietly, and Ying Yuchuan listened attentively.

"My sister and grandma argued for several days during that time. My sister had no choice but to give in. Although she said she was going to school, she worked hard to earn money to send back to us while she studied. I stayed home to take care of grandma."

Two years ago, Grandma's condition worsened, and she needed surgery that cost over 200,000 yuan. We didn't have that much money, so we borrowed from everywhere. My sister borrowed a lot online, and it was only with great difficulty that we managed to scrape together the funds.

He sighed, "Grandma's illness is very expensive. She has to take a lot of imported medicine every month. Those medicines are so expensive, you know? They cost almost ten thousand yuan a month. The two of us have to work day and night to earn money."

"We were really, really tired back then, but it was all worth it for Grandma. We couldn't bear to go hungry or cold, and we saved every penny we earned to pay for Grandma's medical treatment. But alas, Grandma still couldn't hold on and passed away."

As he finished speaking, Lu Mingshi's face was filled with heavy sorrow.

How could he not be saddened by the passing of his loved ones one by one?

He may seem carefree, but he's actually more sensitive and helpless than anyone else.

They worked so hard to earn money for treatment, didn't they? How come they still couldn't keep the baby in the end?

One, two, three, four... So when he saw his older sister was injured, he was really anxious. He was afraid, afraid that something might happen to her, afraid that she would leave him behind.

He really won't be able to handle it.

After hearing this, Ying Yuchuan's face seemed expressionless, but in reality, he felt a pang of heartache that was unfamiliar to him and that he had never experienced before.

The heartache I feel for that deer-shaped branch from the past.

It wasn't until he heard what Huang Maozi had to say that he realized how difficult their lives had been before.

He suddenly understood why she was so thin and why she was malnourished.

It's already quite an achievement that she can live a good life under such heavy burdens.

Despite living such a hard life, she still smiles every day, as if nothing could happen, sometimes setting up a stall and sometimes delivering food.

No wonder she didn't cry out even when she was hurt or in pain.

She never showed her vulnerability to others because, apart from this blond-haired boy, she had no one she could rely on.

Lu Ming glanced at his expression, then belatedly realized something. He stood up abruptly and demanded in a harsh voice, "Are you ashamed that my sister comes from the countryside?"

Ying Yuchuan didn't hold his rudeness against him at that moment, but instead asked him, "Why didn't you come to find me sooner?"

If they had come to him sooner, the money they needed would have been readily available.

Then they wouldn't have to live such a miserable life, would they?