Reborn back to the time before I sold my blood to support my scumbag boyfriend's college educat

It took more than two hours to reach the provincial capital, and it was almost six o'clock when they arrived. Pei Shizhou suggested that they first go to the guesthouse to book two rooms, and then find a place to eat. Xia Yichu did not object.

"Hello, please give us two rooms."

The receptionist was stunned for a moment when she saw Pei Shizhou and Xia Yichu's appearances; the handsome man and beautiful woman were too pleasing to the eye.

"Hello, I'd like two rooms." Pei Shizhou said again, frowning.

"Oh well."

The receptionist checked the remaining rooms in her notebook, flipped through them a few times, and asked, "Are rooms 304 and 305 okay?"

"OK"

Pei Shizhou paid the money, the waiter registered the payment and gave him the key, and Pei Shizhou and Xia Yichu went upstairs together.

Which one do you want?

Xia Yichu pointed to room 305, "This one."

"it is good"

Pei Shizhou carried her things. Xia Yichu knew that his left hand was injured, so she only let him carry one bag of things and took one bag of clothes for herself.

"Take your things inside, I won't go in."

Seeing that he was behaving himself, Xia Yichu's expression softened a bit, and she took her things inside to put them away. Pei Shizhou didn't go to her room; he waited for her outside with his bag on his back.

"Aren't you going to take your bag inside and put it in your room?"

Xia Yichu put her bag and belongings inside; the important things were all in the space.

"No need, let's go eat. Is there anything you'd like to eat?"

"I don't really want to eat anything, I'll just grab something casual."

Pei Shizhou wasn't familiar with the area either, so he took her to a clean and upscale restaurant.

We ordered some local specialties: braised chicken with mushrooms, shredded pork with garlic sauce, braised eggplant, and a fish soup.

"That's enough, we can't finish it if we order any more."

He wanted to order something else, but Xia Yichu stopped him. She had already seen the portion sizes of the dishes here when she came to the provincial capital last time.

"Okay, then give me five more steamed buns."

"Okay!"

After waiting for half an hour, the dishes started to arrive one after another. The restaurant was quite crowded at this time, and it was basically full.

"Yichu, eat!"

Xia Yichu nodded, picked up her chopsticks, and began to eat; she was a little hungry. Seeing that she didn't seem embarrassed, Pei Shizhou felt reassured and started eating as well.

Half an hour later, Xia Yichu finished eating and put down her chopsticks. She only ate one steamed bun, but ate quite a lot of chicken and mushrooms.

"How was it? The food was alright, wasn't it?"

"It's delicious. You can eat slowly. I'm too full. I'm going to get up and walk around."

"Okay, don't go too far."

Xia Yichu paid the bill first. Pei Shizhou paid for the room, as she didn't like owing favors to others.

After paying, she went outside to get some fresh air; it was too noisy and a bit hot inside, and it was already dark.

"Yichu, why did you pay for the meal?"

Less than five minutes after she came out, Pei Shizhou also came out. He finished his food in a few bites and when he went to pay the bill, the owner said that Xia Yichu had already paid.

"right"

Pei Shizhou initially wanted to ask how much it cost so he could pay her. However, remembering what Zhou Qiangguo had said, he changed his mind and said, "You're treating me to dinner this time, but I'll treat you to dinner again when we get back to Pengcheng."

"No need, you can pay for the hotel room. By the way, when are we going to buy plane tickets tomorrow?"

I'll buy it myself tomorrow.

"Okay, I'll give you the money first."

Xia Yichu didn't want to go through all that trouble, and she especially didn't want to go with Pei Shizhou.

"Need not"

"Then don't buy it for me, I'll buy it myself."

She knew Pei Shizhou was rich, and she wasn't going to take advantage of him.

"No, what I mean is that you don't need to give me the money first. I can give it to you after I buy it and come back."

Upon seeing that Xia Yichu refused to let him buy the tickets, Pei Shizhou immediately changed his mind.

"it is good"

The two walked back to the guesthouse in silence, and then went to their respective rooms.

In the morning, Xia Yichu opened her eyes and saw that it was almost ten o'clock. She immediately got up to wash up, wondering if Pei Shizhou had bought a plane ticket and returned.

Pei Shizhou was in his room, his ear pressed against the wall, listening to Xia Yichu's movements. It was already past nine o'clock, why hadn't Xia Yichu gotten up yet? He hadn't eaten breakfast and wanted to wait for her to eat together.

"Yichu, you're up. Let's go have breakfast."

He heard Xia Yichu getting up and walking around; the guesthouse wasn't soundproof these days, so he could hear it clearly. A little while later, he heard her open the door and immediately came out.

"You just woke up too? Why haven't you had breakfast yet?"

"No, I've already bought the plane tickets. I wasn't hungry this morning, so I didn't go to eat."

Pei Shizhou had barely finished speaking when his stomach growled. His face instantly turned red to his neck; he had never been so embarrassed in his life, especially since he had dug himself into this mess.

Seeing his blush, Xia Yichu burst into laughter without restraint, wishing she could take a picture of him looking like that.

In my past life, the news described Pei Shizhou as cold and ruthless, unapproachable even to his own family. But after spending these past two days with him, I've discovered he's nothing like what the TV portrayed him to be. He's mature, steady, considerate, and thoughtful—not cold at all.

"Let's go, let's hurry up and eat."

Seeing Xia Yichu laughing so happily, he didn't feel so embarrassed anymore.

"Okay, you don't have to listen to my uncle. You don't have to wait for me anymore. I can eat by myself. Don't starve yourself."

"Um"

Xia Yichu had assumed that Lin Weidong had instructed Pei Shizhou to wait for her to have dinner together, and Pei Shizhou did not offer any explanation.

What time is your flight?

"It's a little after one o'clock. Would it be alright if we went to eat near the airport for lunch?"

"it is good"

"Is there anything you want to buy? I'll take you after we finish eating."

"No"

After the two of them ate a bowl of dumplings, they went back to the guesthouse to get their things and took a taxi to the airport. Once at the airport, they went to a nearby restaurant for lunch.

Xia Yichu ate only a little bit, while Pei Shizhou ate a lot. Xia Yichu admired him; he had only been eating dumplings for less than two hours, yet he could still eat more.

"By the way, how much is the plane ticket? I'll give it to you."

Give me eight hundred.

Xia Yichu took out nine hundred from her bag and handed it to him. She knew that the plane ticket cost close to nine hundred.

"One hundred more"

"The rest is your errand fee."

Pei Shizhou accepted the money with a wry smile. He knew Xia Yichu was different from other students; she had several million in her hands.

Xia Yichu was very satisfied to see Pei Shizhou accept the gift. In this life, apart from her family and the people she cares about, she doesn't want others to take advantage of her, nor does she want to take advantage of others.

"It's about time, let's go."

"Okay, my uncle told me you came here to have your hands examined."

"Yes, the doctor said the surgery is not possible."

Pei Shizhou's hands seem to have been ruined in his past life. It's unclear whether it was due to a failed surgery, and there are many rumors circulating about his hand being ruined.

Some say he was crippled by someone hired by his own father, others say by his half-brother, and still others say he was poisoned by a rival after offending someone in business. Only he and those close to him know the truth.

How did you hurt your hand?

Pei Shizhou was secretly delighted, wondering if Xia Yichu was showing concern for him.

"I was injured during a mission. There's a bullet in my hand that's very close to a nerve, so surgery is difficult."

Xia Yichu was stunned. It turned out that what was said on TV was unreliable. Pei Shizhou's hand had been injured so long ago, and it was an injury sustained during a mission.

"My uncle was worried about me and searched everywhere for doctors to perform surgery on me. He even went abroad to study medicine again. I'm fine now; I'm okay except for not being able to exert myself."

At first, Pei Shizhou couldn't accept being discharged from the army with a hand injury and wanted to take a gamble and have the doctor remove the bullet. However, after his uncle talked with the attending physician, he decisively decided against the surgery.

After being discharged from the army, he was depressed for a while, but then he saw that his maternal grandparents were very worried about him. Realizing that he couldn't continue like this, he finally decided to go into business.

Uncle Zhou is so good to you.

No one is perfect. Pei Shizhou was similar to her, having grown up without a mother. But they were lucky to have an uncle who loved them.

"Um"