After being reborn, I have seven older sisters.

When Chunsheng and Song Guangliang reached the intersection of the alleyway of Team Three, Song Guangliang suddenly stopped and said that he would not go to his house to exercise today, but would go tomorrow, because it was already a bit late and he had to go to school for evening self-study after dinner.

When Chunsheng arrived home, his seventh sister, Chunmiao, was in his room diligently copying his first-year junior high school Chinese notebook.

Upon seeing Chunsheng return, she first turned her head to look outside, asking, "Why didn't our parents come back with you?"

Chunsheng smiled helplessly, "There were too many people at the brigade headquarters, so I didn't see them and came back first."

At this moment, Chunmiao pointed curiously to the three books on the table and asked Chunsheng, "Where did these second-year high school textbooks come from?"

"I borrowed it from the teacher!" Chunsheng replied immediately.

Chunmiao asked, somewhat puzzled, "Why do you need to borrow the second semester of the second year of high school? You haven't even finished the first year!"

Chunsheng knew she would ask this question, and he had already prepared his reason: "There's a provincial essay competition recently, and both my Chinese teacher and homeroom teacher want me to participate. So I borrowed these three books from my homeroom teacher and brother-in-law to see if I can find some inspiration or something!"

After listening to her younger brother's explanation, Chunmiao didn't say anything more. She picked up the second semester of her second year of high school Chinese textbook and started flipping through it casually.

Although she didn't complain when her parents made her drop out of school and go home to farm, she still harbored a slight regret deep down that she hadn't been able to finish high school.

As Chunsheng watched his sister turn the pages of the book, he was deeply moved, which further fueled his determination to help her get into university.

After dinner, Song Hongqin, as always, came to call Chunsheng to go to school together.

While walking, Chunsheng chatted with Hongqin about how he and Song Guangliang had gone to the brigade headquarters to watch the meeting that day.

After hearing this, Hongqin asked with a smile, "Wasn't he supposed to be at your house to train? Why didn't he train but instead went to watch the fun?"

"Maybe he was just curious! He said the village hadn't held a meeting like that in a long time."

"I guess he just wanted to join in the fun!"

After Hongqin finished speaking, she suddenly asked Chunsheng with a face full of curiosity, "When did you start getting so close to him? He even said that he would walk home with you every day after school to train at your house. I've never heard you mention this before?"

"It was only yesterday that I had my first formal contact with him. Before that, even when we met, we never spoke!"

Chunsheng was taken aback by Hongqin's question, which had a slightly accusatory tone. He continued to explain, "Song Guangliang and his father came to my house yesterday afternoon to take measurements. They're planning to build a wooden shed in my backyard to store the training equipment that Junwu gave me."

"Yesterday, when Song Guangliang saw those training equipment, he asked his dad to make some for him too. But his dad couldn't make them himself, so he had to find someone else. So I told him to come to my house and train with me first, and then he can go home and practice after he's finished making his own!"

After listening to Chunsheng's earnest and detailed explanation, Hongqin smiled and nodded.

"I see. Good thing you're honest. Next time something like this happens, you must tell me beforehand!"

Chunsheng couldn't help but chuckle as he said, "You ignored me the whole way home from school because of this, didn't you?"

"Who's ignoring you? You two are chatting so happily, it's all about exercise. I don't exercise, how am I supposed to talk to you?"

On the surface, Hongqin's words seemed like she was just being childish, but upon closer inspection, they actually made a lot of sense.

Moreover, Chunsheng did not treat Hongqin as a peer, but only as an innocent little girl.

Therefore, I will not take her current or even future childish behavior seriously at all.

Seeing that Chunsheng looked calm and had been convinced, Hongqin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Actually, she regretted her temper tantrum. She felt that she shouldn't have argued with Chunsheng, no matter who else she was arguing with. If she really angered him, she wouldn't even have anyone to confide in.

Thinking of having something to say to each other, she suddenly remembered what had happened that afternoon, so she quickly said, "Oh, right, there's one more thing I need to remind you of!"

"What's wrong?" Chunsheng asked immediately.

"That's the 'bourgeois lady'."

"Young lady of the bourgeoisie! You mean Hou Cuicui? What happened to her?"

Chunsheng was genuinely curious as to why Hongqin would suddenly mention her.

Hongqin looked at Chunsheng's puzzled expression, bit her lip, and continued.

"Actually, I shouldn't talk badly about others behind their backs, but I really don't want you to be distracted by messy things and affect your studies, so as a friend, I wanted to give you a little reminder."

Chunsheng laughed, "I thought it was something serious! Don't listen to those classmates' wild guesses. She came to find me during self-study this afternoon. I didn't even expect it myself!"

"Besides, there's nothing between us. This afternoon at the classroom door was the first time we'd ever spoken."

After Chunsheng finished speaking, he noticed that Hongqin was still frowning, so he smiled wryly and said, "What, you still don't believe me?"

Hongqin shook her head. "How could I not believe you! The reason I reminded you is because I heard some things about Hou Cuicui from a classmate in Class 3!"

"She said... that Hou Cuicui is like a leech, once she sticks to someone, she can't get rid of them unless they give up on her own, otherwise..."

After hearing this, Chunsheng couldn't help but laugh and said, "She's just a spoiled brat, how difficult could she be!"

Seeing Chunsheng's attitude, Hongqin immediately said seriously, "Don't underestimate her. I heard that last semester she had a crush on a boy in the second year of high school. Every day after school, she would block his classroom door. When he refused, she had her younger brother find some people to force him to agree. When he still refused, they ganged up on him and beat him up. I heard they even knocked out his teeth!"

Chunsheng frowned slightly. "Is that so? How come I didn't know?"

"Don't tell me you don't know, even many teachers don't know!"

Hongqin lowered her voice deliberately as she spoke, "I heard that Hou Cuicui's family went to the school leaders and spent a lot of money to resolve this matter; otherwise, Hou Cuicui and her brother would definitely have been expelled from school!"

Upon hearing this, Chunsheng looked shocked and said, "Then the way our school handles things is a bit too..."

He was about to say that it was too unfair, but before he could say it, Song Guangliang suddenly jumped out from behind them, startling the two of them.

"I've been calling you guys from behind for ages, why didn't you stop!"

As soon as Song Guangliang arrived, he put his arm around Chunsheng's shoulder, panting heavily, clearly having chased after them all the way.

Chunsheng gave an awkward laugh. "Sorry, we were so engrossed in our conversation that we didn't hear anyone calling us!"

"It's alright, it's alright!"

Song Guangliang shook his head, feigning tolerance and magnanimity.

Just as Chunsheng was about to say something more, a bicycle suddenly sped past them from behind, nearly hitting Song Hongqin, who quickly dodged in fright.

Just as Chunsheng and Hongqin were about to lash out, Song Guangliang picked up a clod of dirt from the ground and threw it at the bicycle, while simultaneously hurling a string of profanities at the man.

All I heard was the person on the bicycle in front yell "Ouch!" and then, without turning around, cursed a couple of times before speeding off.

"Did you hear what that person just said?"

Song Guangliang looked at Chunsheng and Song Hongqin with a puzzled expression and asked.

The two men immediately shook their heads at him.

Song Guangliang glared angrily at the departing bicycle, then hesitated and said, "The person who just insulted me doesn't seem to be from around here!"

"He's from the South!"

Chunsheng said with certainty.