Gu Qingyao gazed at him speechlessly for a long time.
“What’s the matter?” Mo Beihan asked.
“Elder Brother Beihan, you… do you think I’ve become bad?”
She was not like that in the past, but had been very compliant and quiet. She was a well-brought-up teenage girl. She had no idea how to plot against someone.
Mo Beihan looked at her and said earnestly, “No. I’m delighted that you have learnt to protect yourself!”
Gu Qingyao raised her head and looked at him. Did he realize that she had changed?
Mo Beihan said, “In the past, you were very good. But you were inexperienced and too kind. Yao Yao, the truth is that you must know how to avenge yourself when you encounter bad people. If you have learnt to retaliate and to protect yourself, I won’t have to worry about you when I’m not with you!”
In her previous life, Yao Yao had been hurt when she was on the brink of adulthood. Later on, she had not had much mental strength. Whenever he was away, no matter where he went, he always worried about her.
Gu Qingyao was startled!
She suddenly remembered that in her previous life, she was always afraid of what others would say and had been unable to emerge from her past for a few decades. At that time, her family had spent a lot of effort to counsel and protect her, hoping that she would grow stronger.
She had needed more than ten years to rid herself of the scars of her youth.
But now that she thought about it, her behavior in her past life only served to delight her enemies. If she had been able to let it go, be a little braver, and not be influenced by others, she could have boldly married Mo Beihan. That would have infuriated Bai Youran and the others!
Gu Qingyao smiled brilliantly. She held Mo Beihan’s hand and shook it. “Don’t worry. I definitely will not allow anyone to bully me in the future. I will become a scoundrel and spend my time thinking of ways to deal with people who have bullied me. Alright?”
Mo Beihan smiled. “If you can’t beat them, remember to tell me. I’ll help you!”
Gu Qingyao was amused. “Alright. If I can beat them, you just cheer me on. If I can’t beat them, I’ll look for you immediately!”
“Okay!”
“Hahaha…”
Gu Qingyao laughed out loud. Then she carefully looked around. She only relaxed when she saw there was no one about.
Mo Beihan patted her head. “Don’t worry. I’ve been keeping watch! There’s no one!”
Gu Qingyao touched her hair. “Stop patting! You’ve messed up my hair!”
Her long hair was always braided. Lately, Mo Beihan seemed to enjoy patting her head, messing up her hair each time.
Mo Beihan looked at her head of shiny black hair and stroked her small braids. “I’ll help you comb them when we get back.”
Gu Qingyao blushed. She glared at him, then raced off!
…
It was the end of the year and the big factories had all closed. Zhou Hong was also on leave. Zhou Xiaoyu had gone out to play with her friends while Zhou Xiaoyu went shopping in the cooperative for new year goods.
It was the end of the year and many people were preparing for the new year, so the demand far exceeded the supply. Although Zhou Hong had cash and coupons, she waited for a long time before she managed to buy anything.
She had spent almost all her money, but she felt that what she had bought was completely inadequate.
She had so many household expenses and still needed to support Wang Guozhu’s two useless parents. They only knew how to eat but did not know how to do anything else.
They were not so old that they could not move. They could go to the countryside and work for labor points, but they refused. They wanted to enjoy life at home. This infuriated her.
She had enough of this kind of life. Fortunately, she had already found a way out. She would soon divorce Wang Guozhu and move to the city to enjoy her life.