(Second Update) Absolutely Cannot Let Jiang Xia Pick It Up

Wen Wan looked at the nets on the beach and the small piles of shrimp that Zhou Chenglei and Jiang Xia were collecting, her eyes turning red.

Today, her father and stepmother had once again pressured her to give up her studies, saying they didn't have the money to pay her tuition when school started, and that she should find a job to earn money to help the family.

She had been waiting for this Typhoon, waiting to collect shrimp and sell them to earn tuition money, she didn't want to walk the same old path as in her previous life.

In her previous life, she didn't finish high school because she didn't earn enough tuition during this summer vacation and was forced to drop out.

Her stepmother believed that girls would get married sooner or later, and there was no use in studying too much. It was better to go out and earn money early to help the family, otherwise, they would be raising her for nothing after she got married. She didn't give her money for school, and she had always earned her own high school tuition.

Father Wen didn't have any biological sons, only two biological daughters, one was her, and the other was the younger sister he had with his stepmother later. Therefore, Father Wen treated the son brought by his stepmother as his own son and cultivated him, thinking of relying on this adopted son to provide for his old age and burial. All the money in the family was spent on this adopted son!

Moreover, Father Wen also believed that no matter how much a woman studied, it was better to find a good husband. Marrying well was better than any good job.

So in her previous life, she didn't finish her senior year of high school and went out to work to subsidize the family.

The money she earned from working was used to support her stepmother's son and stepsister in school.

She got married not long after working.

In her previous life, she didn't marry much better than Jiang Xia. The man she married was a gambler.

The man she married was also found by her stepmother. Although he was a second-time marriage, the man worked at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, a respectable job. His ex-wife divorced him because she couldn't have children after several years of marriage.

That man had a good job and said that after marriage, he could get her into the Supply and Marketing Cooperative to work. The betrothal gift was also generous.

Her stepmother said that studying was just to find a good job? Getting a job at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative was a secure job. Even her stepbrother might not be able to find such a good job after graduating from university.

At that time, she also felt that her stepmother's words made sense. After all, the job at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative was really good, how many people wanted to get in? And that man really liked her and treated her very well, bringing her many things every time he came, and promising her that after marriage, if she didn't want to work at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, she could continue to go to university, and he would support her.

So she got married! She also passed the university entrance exam, but she found out she was pregnant just after the start of school and ultimately failed to graduate from university.

Because after she became pregnant, that man revealed his true nature, was a terrible gambler, and took the money to gamble as soon as he got his salary, only returning home after losing it all. Later, he was even arrested for gambling and lost his job.

After she gave birth to her child, she had to earn money to support him and the child. But he secretly took the money she earned to gamble, and after losing it all, he would kneel down and beg for forgiveness. Because of her daughter, she became pregnant with a second child and forgave him again and again...

Later, that man didn't change his ways and gambled away the house. Her daughter also went bad...

The past was unbearable to recall. Wen Wan stopped her thoughts. In this life, she would never take the old path, would no longer support her stepbrother and stepsister in school, and would not marry that man again. She would pass the university entrance exam herself and get rid of the fate of her previous life! University students in this era were very popular!

Her stepbrother and stepsister both went to university, found very good jobs after graduating, and lived much better lives than her! They lived stable lives, and had tens of thousands of retirement money when they got old.

Wen Wan looked at the nets, and the small piles of shrimp.

Since Jiang Xia was also reborn, and was blocking her path to earning tuition and changing her destiny.

Then she didn't need to be polite. In the future, they would each rely on their own abilities!

Let's see who can change their own destiny.

Originally, she thought that if Jiang Xia was also reborn, and she was unwilling to divorce Zhou Chenglei, then she couldn't be a mistress.

But now thinking about it, Zhou Chenglei didn't like Jiang Xia anyway.

And her dreams were too real, they were all omens, every dream she had would happen, so Zhou Chenglei would definitely be her husband in the future.

Jiang Xia was now just a cuckoo occupying the nest.

A while ago, she dreamed that Zhou Chenglei saved her from being swept away by the waves. She vaguely felt that today was the moment when her and Zhou Chenglei's fate began.

Wen Wan hurriedly ran to Zhou Chenglei's side and said with a smile, "Brother Zhou, you're so early?"

Zhou Chenglei and Jiang Xia were separated, each collecting shrimp in a place with a dense population of sea shrimp.

Zhou Chenglei only replied with an "Mm," without raising his head, without even looking at her, lowering his head and using a rake to gather the shrimp together.

Wen Wan felt that she couldn't rush, he would save her in a while.

Now it was important to seize the time to pick up shrimp and earn money, otherwise she wouldn't have money to pay tuition.

The waves were quite big now. She didn't expect Jiang Xia to be so smart, she would even use nets to block the shrimp, stopping those shrimp that were taken away by the waves.

But she was also prepared, and specially brought a push board for collecting Grain, but when the push board scraped, there was more mud and sand than shrimp. It would be troublesome to clean up at that time, and the beach was not flat, so it was not easy to scrape.

She saw the improved bamboo rakes used by Zhou Chenglei and Jiang Xia. With a gentle rake, they could only hook the shrimp, and the sand and mud could also leak out from the gaps, leaving behind only the shrimp. Moreover, the rake had teeth, so they were not afraid of unevenness, which was much more convenient!

How could she not have thought of using a rake?

Wen Wan had no choice but to give up using the push board and directly picked them up by hand.

Besides the shrimp, Wen Wan had another dream last night, dreaming of two Pearl Conches. Those two Pearl Conches were picked up by someone and opened to reveal pearls.

Those two Pearl Conches were also her target for today!

Wen Wan glanced at the basket beside Zhou Chenglei. Seeing no conches, she felt relieved.

She quickly picked up shrimp while searching for the Pearl Conches.

Taking advantage of the rain, no one was around. Once the rain stopped, the villagers would come out.

Before long, Father Zhou arrived.

Seeing that Zhou Chenglei and Jiang Xia hadn't returned home for so long, he guessed that there might be something good on the beach, so he came to check, also worried about their safety.

Father Zhou saw the unusual activity on the beach from afar, and he hurried over.

Zhou Chenglei saw him and said, "Dad, can you help shovel these piles of shrimp into the basket first?"

Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei had both collected several piles of shrimp with rakes.

Although each pile was small, it still weighed several pounds.

"Okay!" Father Zhou hurried over, took a dustpan, scooped up the piles of shrimp, and poured them into the basket.

He grinned from ear to ear, "Luckily, Xiao Xia prepared so thoroughly!"

If they hadn't brought enough containers and had to run back to get more, the round trip would have taken enough time to collect two or three pounds of shrimp!

That's right, it was collecting shrimp. The beach now looked like it was drying Grain, covered in shrimp!

Okay! A bit of an exaggeration! But there were indeed shrimp scattered everywhere.

Wen Wan felt even more anxious when she saw Father Zhou arrive, which meant more people would come.

She had only collected one basket so far.

And she hadn't found the two Pearl Conches from her dream.

But the beach was vast, so how easy would it be to find them? She looked around, Where are the Pearl Conches?

Wen Wan's gaze suddenly stopped, landing on the sleeves Jiang Xia was wearing.

In the dream, the hand that picked up the conch was slender and white, round and delicate, obviously a pampered hand, yet it wore sleeves in stark contrast.

Exactly like Jiang Xia's sleeves.

Wen Wan's heart pounded.

She absolutely cannot let Jiang Xia pick up her Pearl Conches!

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