Rebirth: She is Ready for a Counterattack!

The car stirred up the whole village as soon as it entered.

After all, such a novel tin car, most people had only occasionally seen in the town or county, let alone seeing it up close and being able to touch such a treasure.

Seeing this four-wheeled tin car stop at the entrance of Gu Ruhai’s empty courtyard, everyone was stunned.

Could it be they were looking for Gu Ruhai?

Gu Ruhai hadn’t returned since he went to the city, and many speculated that the Gu family must not be doing well; otherwise, they wouldn’t go two years without coming back even once.

Families doing well, didn’t they always flaunt big bags and small parcels home every New Year, bragging about how well they’re doing outside?

The people working outside desperately wandered around the village come New Year, making others envious.

Just to show how prosperous they’ve become.

Those who didn’t come back, wasn’t it because they didn’t make it and felt embarrassed to return?

So people really believed in the past two years that Gu Ruhai’s family wasn’t doing well.

Besides, Mr. Gu and others never mentioned the Gu family.

Even when asked by villagers, they vaguely dismissed them with words like "it’s okay."

But everyone knew clearly inside that it probably wasn’t good.

Now, such a grand arrival looking for Gu Ruhai, how could people not be surprised?

When the car stopped, the door opened, and four people got out, someone suddenly realized, these four looked familiar.

"It’s Gu Ruhai and Li Xuemei!"

"It’s Gu Xiaoying and Gu Xiaojie!"

This immediately caused a stir, with the whole village rushing out, running to Gu Ruhai’s doorstep to see what a four-wheeled tin car looked like.

Gu Ruhai got off the car and saw Aunt Zhang Gu Fengying, an old neighbor who had looked after him for many years, and quickly greeted her.

"Jiezi’s mother, is everyone doing well?"

Li Xuemei also got out of the car, the gate opened, Jianhui had been waiting, and upon hearing the commotion, ran out to open the gate, helping Li Xuemei move things out of the car.

Aunt Zhang was startled by Gu Ruhai’s greeting, immediately recognized them, came up and grabbed Li Xuemei: "Goodness, Li Xuemei, you’re all dressed up scarily, I thought you were some cadre coming to visit the old and lonely. Gave me quite a scare."

Li Xuemei pulled Aunt Zhang, saying: "Look at what you’re saying, no matter what, we’re still people from Gu Family Village. No matter how much we change, we can’t transform into flowers."

Pulling Aunt Zhang inside.

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Gu Ruhai also greeted familiar faces.

Everyone followed Gu Ruhai towards the Gu Family home.

Everyone was filled with such amazement.

Gu Ruhai and Li Xuemei with the two kids looking so grand, if they were said to be city people, no one would doubt it, looking at Gu Ruhai’s black suit, likely wool, wearing a wool coat with a fur collar, polished black shoes, hair neatly trimmed.

The past weathered face and wrinkles seemed to have softened a lot, and even looked pleasantly plump.

Yet his smile remained as kind as ever.

Pulling out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, it looked expensive, paper-boxed, passing out sticks to the gathered men one by one.

Smiling and chatting about everyday life.

The womenfolk had long gathered around Li Xuemei.

Each one circling her.

Looking at Li Xuemei’s clothes, hearts racing with envy.

This Li Xuemei now bore no resemblance to the one from the past, hair jet black, complexion fair and soft, even gained some weight, appearing prosperous, but not fat.

Wearing grey woolen clothes and the coat outside, which when touched, was wool-lined, the fur felt truly warm and comfortable, smooth like silky skin.

The shoes on her feet even had small heels, coquettishly like movie stars in films.

And Li Xuemei’s hands, white and tender, clearly not having suffered any hardship.

Who could not feel envy?

Everyone thought Li Xuemei must have had terrible luck following Gu Ruhai.

Yet look at her now, coming back looking like a wealthy lady.

What woman wouldn’t weigh their chances?

It was all envy.

The children squeezed at the door, peeking in, not daring to enter.

Eyes fixed on Gu Xiaojie, dressed like a city kid now, looking so stylish it dazzled, even former playmates found him a bit unfamiliar, wondering if Gu Xiaojie would look down on them.

Gu Xiaoying nudged Gu Xiaojie, who had been awkward the whole journey back, having forgotten the gift for Zhang Zijie at home.

He insisted on going back for it, but got scolded by Gu Ruhai, and only then quieted down.

Pouting as if the whole world should know about his young master’s displeasure.

In fact, Gu Xiaojie wasn’t bad and hadn’t picked up many city kids’ bad habits, still a pretty well-behaved child, living relatively frugally.

He often thought of his old friends in the village, belonging to those nostalgic types.

Gu Xiaojie grabbed the bag and ran out, diving into the crowd of little friends.

He opened the bag, handing out candies to everyone, city-exclusive milk candies and fruit candies, with shiny gold wrappers that dazzled.

The children immediately buzzed with excitement, tucking candies into pockets, and those who didn’t get any cramming towards Gu Xiaojie.

The taller Zhang Zijie immediately shielded Gu Xiaojie, holding back the shoving masses, loudly maintaining order: "Don’t push, don’t push, you’ll hurt Xiao Jie. I’m talking to you!"

Now a big kid, the two playing together had a bond like no other, not to mention the past incident with the traffickers and being abducted.

Someone grumbled dissatisfied: "Who are you? It’s Gu Xiaojie’s family’s candy, what’s it got to do with you? Trying to show off, afraid people don’t know you two are close, huh? See if Gu Xiaojie even cares now."

These words stirred Gu Xiaojie instantly.

He snatched the candies back from the kid, proclaiming, "I’m best friends with Zhang Zijie, are you jealous? You’re not getting this candy now, for badmouthing us."

He looked arrogantly defiant.

The kid instantly burst into tears, rubbing eyes, leaving black smudges on a face, crying sadly, yet not daring to cry loudly for fear of ridicule.

Zhang Zijie nudged Gu Xiaojie, laughing: "Alright, I know your thoughts. We’re best buds for life, not afraid of gossip. Just give him the candy; it’s not worth crying on a good day."

Gu Xiaojie handed the candies back to the kid. (To be continued. If you like this work, please go to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)