Six days later the wedding will proceed as scheduled, but the groom is not Li Wenjie who called off the engagement—with blood still trickling from her temple, Lin Peilan dropped these words before both families, and everyone in the room thought she had lost her mind. Blind dates failed one after another, and as the days drew closer, Chen Jianguo brought gifts and came to her door, making an agreement right then and there to get their marriage certificate on Monday, while also promising on the spot, "I will pay for your younger brother's miscellaneous school fees, and you can return to your maiden home at any time." After the wedding he hurried back to the construction site, leaving her alone to face her mother-in-law's cold face, her sister-in-law's harassment, and the tea factory supervisor's entanglements. She planted vegetables, fried tea, and propped up this family, until Lu Kun's words, "A female classmate came to his unit," made her grip her ring and stay awake all night.