Reborn in the 70s: Pampered by Regiment Commander-Chapter 1161 - 770: Clearing the Air

In the past... there was always someone following her, whether she was happy or unhappy, whether her attitude was good or bad, she would be accompanied by her. Now... Lin Mengran’s eyes uncontrollably reddened again...

"This is... this is..." Yang Xiaoli looked helplessly at the suddenly changed Lin Mengran. In her impression, the other person wasn’t so sensitive, and her own words didn’t seem to be much either?

In the dormitory, there were five other unfamiliar girls, so Chuxia didn’t say much. Instead, she looked at Yang Xiaoli and Wu Jingbo: "Are you all packed?"

"Yes." Yang Xiaoli nodded, carefully glancing at Lin Mengran. Seeing the other person’s mood improved a lot and even awkwardly smiled at her, she secretly sighed in relief.

"Then let’s go, have dinner at my place." As she spoke, Chuxia pulled Lin Mengran out the door. Regardless of their original relationship, now that they were here, they were the closest. Yang Xiaoli and Wu Jingbo didn’t hesitate even a bit and followed them out.

Once outside, Chuxia stopped: "I’ll go to room 205 to call someone, you wait for me downstairs. Oh, by the way, Zhou Mikang is down there too."

Lin Mengran, who had already taken a step, quickly stopped: "Then let’s just wait for you here."

"Exactly, exactly." Yang Xiaoli quickly echoed, "It’s the same waiting up here."

Wu Jingbo smiled silently, her expression showing she agreed with their decision.

Chuxia rubbed her forehead speechlessly. If Division Commander Tongzi knew he was perceived as a tiger by everyone, what would he feel?

Inside dorm room 205, Li Xinli was chatting idly on the bed with Zhang Guiqin and Zhang Fengying, while others were casually gossiping. When the door opened, everyone looked over.

Adjusting to the room’s light, Chuxia smiled apologetically at everyone and looked at Li Xinli: "Do you want to have dinner at my place tonight? Lin Mengran, Yang Xiaoli, and Wu Jingbo are going."

"Did all of you who know each other get admitted to the same school?" A girl around twenty-two or twenty-three looked at Chuxia in surprise and asked.

"Yes," Chuxia replied politely. The girl continued, "That’s really enviable! Our province only got two people admitted. And which province are you from?"

"We know each other, but we’re not from the same province," Chuxia answered truthfully.

"Ah? Not from the same province, how did you know each other then?"

Chuxia was at a loss, feeling like she encountered a barrage of questions. This wasn’t something she could explain in a sentence or two, and she wasn’t there to chit-chat either.

"Comrade Jiang Guizhen, answering this is a bit complicated, maybe my friend can explain it to you later when she has time, alright?" Li Xinli said as she reached the door, smiling apologetically at Chuxia, "Let’s go."

After the two left, the girl named Jiang Guizhen curled her lips: "What’s so great about that!" Turning to the others, she said, "Don’t you find it unfair that only two or three from our province were admitted, but they managed to have a bunch of acquaintances admitted?"

Her bedmate, a round-faced girl, laughed: "Didn’t Li Xinli say it’s complicated? Maybe she’ll let her friend explain it to you later, so stop guessing. Or maybe they were admitted from the army, which is quite normal, isn’t it?"

"Admitted from the army?" Jiang Guizhen was stunned for a moment, then snorted coldly: "That’s even more unfair. Originally, the selection for female soldiers wasn’t fair. They already have one more chance than ordinary people, why do they have to fight for opportunities with us ordinary folks?"

The round-faced girl shook her head and stopped responding to her.

Jiang Guizhen looked at Zhang Guiqin and Zhang Fengying: "Oh, you two came early and seem to be familiar with Li Xinli. Do you know what’s going on with them?"

"No idea," Zhang Guiqin shook her head. "We just met today too, how would we know much?" She said while pulling Zhang Fengying, "Let’s go for a walk, and head straight to the cafeteria later."

"Okay," Zhang Fengying agreed, fetching her meal box and meal tickets, and followed Zhang Guiqin out.

"Wait for me," the round-faced girl also chased after them.

"What’s with the act?" Jiang Guizhen snorted coldly. "They’re off to eat good food without even bothering with polite pretenses, still protecting them, really thinking of themselves as something great?"

XXX advised: "Alright, stop guessing. This morning, the girl who just entered came to look for Li Xinli, she might be from the Capital City. As for where the other two are from, I don’t know, but if they’re all indeed from the Capital, then it’s no surprise, right?"

"And why do people from the Capital have more opportunities than us? Aren’t we all human?" Jiang Guizhen finally found someone willing to talk to her and grabbed XXX’s sleeve, "We worked so hard just to be here, why was it so easy for them?"

XXX regretted engaging her and smiled as she pulled away her hand: "I really can’t say much about this. I’m quite hungry now, had a light lunch, got to head to the cafeteria."

YYY said: "I’m hungry too."

In the blink of an eye, only Jiang Guizhen and another girl from the countryside, named Niu Aizhen, were left in the dormitory. Just as Jiang wanted to say a few words, she saw Niu Aizhen pull out a large corn bread from her bundle and start munching on it, catching the crumbs with her hands and occasionally stuffing a handful into her mouth. Jiang Guizhen immediately lost the desire to speak and simply took her meal ticket and lunch box and went out.

Once Jiang left, Niu Aizhen let out a long breath, put the bread back into her bundle, muttering, "Oh dear, this is scary, grabbing and not letting go, it’s demanding my life..."

"What did you say?" Jiang Guizhen’s head suddenly popped in, glaring at Niu Aizhen angrily, "If you dare, say it one more time!"

Niu Aizhen looked at her innocently, "What did I say?"

"Oh dear, this is scary, grabbing and not letting go, it’s demanding my life..." Jiang Guizhen paused, staring at her, "Explain what you meant by that."

"The bundle got caught on my hand and I couldn’t pull it off..." Niu Aizhen untied the long bundle and showed Jiang, then added, "Did you think I was talking about you?"

With a cold snort, Jiang Guizhen turned and walked away.

Niu Aizhen patted her chest, never daring to speak carelessly again. Being from a small place, she cherished this opportunity and was determined not to have a bad relationship with any classmates, nor to join any small group. She wanted to dedicate all her energy to studying!

After a bit of self-suggestion, she opened her book...

At this time, Lin Mengran, Li Xinli, Yang Xiaoli, and Wu Jingbo had already followed Chuxia and Division Commander Tongzi to the Lin Family. After a lively greeting, Chuxia led them back to her room.

"Isn’t this a bit much?" Yang Xiaoli said, looking uncomfortable at Chuxia, "Coming for a meal is one thing, but hiding in the room like this is too much. Even if Uncle and Aunt don’t mind, the Division Commander surely has an opinion, right?"

Chuxia just gave her a smile, "Then go to the hall if you want."

"No way!" Yang Xiaoli shrank back quickly, "If we go, we go together; I definitely don’t want to be out of place!"

"Chuxia brought us up here because she wanted Lin Mengran to say something, right?" Wu Jingbo looked at the Miss Lin, whose expression had completely calmed down, "It’s been a few days since we’ve seen you, and you’ve changed so much. Something must have happened, right?"

"Yes." Lin Mengran nodded, revealing her family matters. Since the group would be spending a lot of time together in the future, she didn’t plan to hide anything from them. She had already informed Chuxia beforehand; otherwise, Chuxia wouldn’t have created this opportunity.

After a while, Yang Xiaoli sighed, "I really didn’t expect..."

"Yeah..." Wu Jingbo also sighed, "Things are truly unpredictable."

Li Xinli didn’t know Qu Xiaojing, and she wasn’t familiar with Lin Mengran, so she didn’t know what to say. She just sighed in silence, her eyes red-rimmed.

"Now that you all know about my family matters, you must become my good friends..." Lin Mengran’s eyes were glistening with tears, but she wore a smile on her face, "Whether you want to or not, you’ve already been dragged on board and must be my good friends."

"Of course."

"Absolutely no problem."

Yang Xiaoli and Wu Jingbo hurriedly assured her.

After a moment’s hesitation, Li Xinli stood up, "Mengran, as long as you don’t mind me, I’ll be your friend for life. Although I’m a bit timid, if anyone dares to hurt my friend, I will definitely, definitely not stand for it!"

"Good." Lin Mengran smiled at everyone, waving her hand to wipe away the tears from her face, "From now on, I will live happily and strive to live, carrying Qu Xiaojing’s wishes along with my own, living for both of us.

I’ve also decided that regardless of whether I am fit to be the Lin Family Head or not, I must strive for it and absolutely not let my sister succeed. This is actually something Xiaojing had always worried about.

Previously, she advised me to strive, but I always didn’t listen. Sometimes I even deliberately avoided her. Now, thinking back..." Lin Mengran bit her lip hard, giving a bitter smile, "Now, thinking back, I was really such a jerk!"

"Alright, don’t blame yourself. People are like this..." Chuxia embraced her shoulder, "No one is born understanding everything. We rebel, we make mistakes, and then we progress... As long as we haven’t committed an unforgivable mistake or done something against our conscience, there’s no need for self-blame or regret. If you continue to struggle like this, Qu Xiaojing’s spirit in heaven won’t be at peace."

"Alright, moving on!" Lin Xiaoran energetically waved her arms, "From today, from this moment forward, I, Lin Mengran, will definitely not do anything that I’ll regret!"

Chuxia was speechless, thinking she was speaking too boldly. Yang Xiaoli and Wu Jingbo looked quite similar to Chuxia, except Li Xinli nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes, knowing it now isn’t too late at all!"

"Xinli, you’re the best to me." Lin Mengran shuffled over to Li Xinli’s side, embraced her shoulder, "Look at the expressions of those few, what kind of expressions are those? They totally don’t believe me, too much!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)