Wang Erniu told his wife last night that Gu Jingyan had returned. Wang Ersao was quite surprised.

Wang Ersao got up early in the morning and made dumplings for her family.

While eating, she would immediately take her bowl and go next door to check if Gu Jingyan had really returned.

"Where are you going?"

Wang Erniu saw her running so fast and grabbed her.

"I'll go check next door. Gu Jingyan really came back? You must have been dreaming last night. It snowed so heavily yesterday, and it was New Year's Eve. How could he come back? I just don't believe it."

"Why did you go so early? People are still eating. Eat first, then go. They can't just run away now."

Indeed, after Lin Yue'e put dumplings and various other foods in the kitchen, Gu Jingyan came out to wash his face.

Lin Yue'e found it all so troublesome. With another person in the house, she couldn't even wash herself freely anymore, and she didn't dare to go into her spatial dimension.

Having gotten used to life in the space, she now acts more like an outsider than Gu Jingyan, who just returned home.

After Gu Jingyan finished washing his face, she used the towel and washbasin that she usually used as decorations.

"What are you looking at? Hurry up and wash, the water will get cold."

After washing his face, Gu Jingyan wanted to find his old razor to shave off his stubble. However, it was long gone; Lin Jinbao had stolen it.

Lin Yue'e wanted to say, "Let me use the water you've already used to wash myself." But I couldn't bring myself to do it.

However, Gu Jingyan only glanced at the disgust in her eyes before immediately pouring out the water and bringing over a fresh basin of water.

"Shall I wash it for you?"

"No need, no need." Lin Yue'e thought to herself that he was quite perceptive.

Next, Gu Jingyan went into the kitchen to make dumplings. In northern China, dumplings are eaten early on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

However, while the two were eating dumplings, Wang Ersao spread the word that Gu Jingyan had returned.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, people don't visit relatives. After the sun comes out, everyone sits in their doorways to bask in the sun and chat. The news spreads from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred.

Lin Yue'e's divorced husband, who went to university, came home last night, just before New Year's Eve. The whole village knows.

"This educated youth, Gu, really can't bear to part with Lin Yue'e. She's beautiful, and everyone likes her. Look, she's been gone for half a year, and now she's back. I wonder if she'll leave again in a couple of days this time?"

"No way, I think she'll definitely take Yue'e with her this time she comes back, she's already so pregnant. Besides, Lin Yue'e has cut ties with her family. She won't be sending all her family's things to the Lin family anymore. The two of them will probably reconcile."

"That's not necessarily true. Those families in the village with two children have all left. Some don't even want any of their children."

The Lin family didn't have a very happy New Year. Although they still had money, it wasn't as good as it had been in the previous two years.

Gu Jingyan had been the Lin family's son-in-law for two years. Every year during the Lunar New Year, the New Year's goods he happily bought were taken over by the Lin family, who said that Gu Jingyan was part of the family here. There was no need for him to cook at his own home; he could just eat at the Lin family's house.

As a result, even though they spent their own money and bought the food, the Lin family gave the couple the least and the worst food.

"Guifen, your Yue'e's husband is back. Gu Jingyan came back last night. Did you hear?"

After Zhang Guifen finished eating and tidied up the house, she had just stepped outside and hadn't even sat down when several women told her this big news.

"You mean that bastard Gu Jingyan is back?"

Zhang Guifen was furious when she heard this. After that wretched girl Lin Yue'e wrote that so-called severance letter with them, she really never came to their house again.

In previous years, I would always be concerned about whether her family had enough to eat and drink during the Lunar New Year. But this year, every time I passed by her house, the door was always tightly shut.

"Why do you say that? It's a good thing that Gu Jingyan is back. After all, Yue'e is your daughter. He might take Yue'e away this time. You won't have to worry about her anymore."

Old Chen was deliberately making fun of Zhang Guifen when he said that.

"Alright, alright. What are you talking about? I think they're just trying to trick our family. This Gu Jingyan is the worst kind of person."

"Our Yue'e used to be perfectly fine, but look what happened after he left. Now it's all right, we've severed ties, and he's back. I think they planned this all along; Gu Jingyan deliberately instigated Yue'e to cause trouble for our family."

Zhang Guifen grew angrier the more she talked, and the more she thought about it, the more she realized it made sense. She got up, dusted herself off, and went back home.

Lin Weijun also heard about this, saying that Gu Zhiqing, who had already divorced, had returned. He had only seen this brother-in-law a few times when he invited him home, and hadn't he said they were divorced? Why was he back now?

This Gu Jingyan is supposedly from J City. Could it be that his family wants him to remarry? He knows Lin Yue'e is pregnant and is afraid of future trouble, so he came back specifically to ask his sister to abort the child and not let her have it?

When he was in the army, he heard a lot about the scoundrel behavior of some rich kids.

Thinking of this, he immediately went out the door and headed towards Lin Yue'e's house. However, he did not expect to run into Lin Xiuhua, his cousin, who was coming from the direction of his own house, as soon as he arrived at his sister's door.

"Wei Jun, where are you going?"

Just as Lin Weijun was about to enter Lin Yue'e's house, Lin Xiuhua stopped him.

"What's up?"

Ever since he learned that Lin Xiuhua was his cousin, not his biological sister, Lin Weijun has tried to avoid her whenever he sees her.

It's not that he's a cold-hearted person; after all, they've been siblings for so many years. It's just that Lin Xiuhua's eyes are only on money now, and she wants him to hand over his money to her as soon as she sees him.

He had already told her everything. The money was all given to his mother. But she still wouldn't give up and insisted he go and get it back for her.

"What are you doing here during the Lunar New Year holiday instead of staying home?"

Lin Xiuhua couldn't stand Lin Weijun coming to see Lin Yue'e. Even though she was the one who grew up with him and he had called her "sister" for over ten years, he immediately became affectionate towards Lin Yue'e after finding out that she had been switched with Lin Yue'e.

"I'm looking for my sister, and you're interfering with that? You should go home now."

After Lin Weijun finished speaking, he went into Lin Yue'e's courtyard.

"Lin Weijun, you're a heartless ingrate."

Seeing his attitude, Lin Xiuhua angrily started yelling at his retreating back.

After finishing his meal, Gu Jingyan cleaned up the kitchen and then went to the backyard to heat the kang (a heated brick bed). The family didn't have a stove, and even if he wanted to go to town to buy one now, he couldn't. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, people in the commune didn't open their doors.

Gu Jingyan was worried that Lin Yue'e would be cold, so he found two glass bottles at home, filled them with hot water, and used them as hand warmers for her.

Lin Yue'e sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) leaning against the wall, feeling indignant and constantly complaining about why Gu Jingyan had to come back at this time.

It's freezing cold outside, and I can't even go into my spatial dimension.

After returning home, Gu Jingyan belatedly realized that he hadn't vomited while eating dumplings. Previously, even the slightest smell of them would make him feel like he had a tightness in his chest, causing him great discomfort. But after returning home, he miraculously felt better.

Gu Jingyan was wandering around the house, trying to see if there was anything he could use, or if he could mix some mud and make a makeshift floor cage around the house.

"sister,"

"Wei Jun, you're here. Come inside quickly, it's cold outside."

Lin Yue'e wasn't the original owner of this body, and she always felt something was off when she was alone with Gu Jingyan. This younger brother was a good thing.

"I heard that person is back?"

Li Weijun had already decided that if Gu Jingyan was willing to change his ways and treat his sister well in the future, then he would give him a chance.

If he really came back wanting my sister to abort the child, I'll beat him to a pulp today.

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