Cannon Fodder Group Ch.287

Chapter 287 – The Seized College Admission Spot

After getting married, Shi Xue used a few small tricks to make Zhou Feng obey her every word.

Many times, Zhou Feng even went against his parents for her sake.

After Shi Xue and Zhou Feng got married, they naturally lived off Zhou’s family, eating and drinking from their supplies without having to work the fields.

However, despite being married to Zhou Feng, Shi Xue looked down on him in her heart. She still longed to return to the city and had no desire to have Zhou Feng’s children.

So, she took contraceptive pills from time to time.

Over the years, she even blamed the inability to conceive on Zhou Feng, and Zhou Feng naively believed her. He felt guilty towards his wife and even admitted to his parents that he was the one unable to have children.

Captain Zhou and his wife were skeptical.

They even wanted to take their son and daughter-in-law for a check-up, but neither of them was willing.

However, in the following years, the young couple indeed had no children.

Half believing that their son might truly be infertile, they were also half suspicious that Shi Xue was the one who couldn’t conceive.

But they didn’t dare to say this in front of Shi Xue or force her to go for a check-up.

Otherwise, if Shi Xue cried to Zhou Feng, Zhou Feng would quarrel with them and make a fuss.

They understood that their son’s heart was now completely set on Shi Xue. He put her first, listened to her every word, and tried to justify her actions in everything, even though they were his parents who had raised him.

But they couldn’t get past Shi Xue.

Unfortunately, Captain Zhou and his wife only had this one son.

They were counting on Zhou Feng to take care of them in their old age.

So, they didn’t dare to anger Zhou Feng.

It could be said that Captain Zhou and his wife were manipulated by Zhou Feng, while Zhou Feng was manipulated by Shi Xue.

The Zhou family was almost under Shi Xue’s complete control.

Shi Xue had been constantly seeking an opportunity to return to the city.

Although she exchanged letters with Zhou Yinsheng and flirted with him in her letters, Zhou Yinsheng was not the only one she wrote to. There were several others, all educated youths working in different places.

In modern terms, Shi Xue was like someone who kept a pool full of fish, and Zhou Yinsheng was just one of the fish in her pond.

However, Zhou Yinsheng naively believed that he and Shi Xue were in love.

Zhou Yinsheng was not to be pitied, as he had originally been married to Cai Shumin, and he knew that Shi Xue had married the son of the local captain.

Both of them were willing to sacrifice their marriages temporarily for convenience, fully aware of each other’s marital status.

People like them, who knowingly engaged in affairs, do not deserve pity regardless of the outcome.

Last year, when the news of the college entrance exam came, Shi Xue knew that her chance had finally arrived.

As long as she took the exam, she could return to the city and completely get rid of Zhou Feng and this rural place.

She even painted a rosy picture for Zhou Feng.

She promised that once she got into college and settled in the city, she would bring Zhou Feng along so they could both live as city people.

Zhou Feng believed her.

Yes, even without children, he foolishly believed her.

Naturally, the rest of the Zhou family did not believe it and tried to persuade Zhou Feng otherwise, even desperately attempting to prevent Shi Xue from taking the college entrance exam.

But Zhou Feng believed her, and the rest of the Zhou family could do nothing about it.

They could only watch helplessly as Zhou Feng gathered textbooks for Shi Xue and as she began to review.

Shi Xue was initially very confident about the college entrance exam, but it wasn’t until she got the textbooks and started studying that she realized she might not pass.

She was a high school graduate, but her grades had been mediocre.

Over the past few years in the countryside, she spent all her time dealing with men and hadn’t touched a book, so she had forgotten everything. Now, trying to relearn it was impossible.

Shi Xue became anxious and panicked.

But she still wanted to take the exam.

What if, by some stroke of luck, she passed?

Besides, she wasn’t the only one who hadn’t studied for years; surely others were in the same boat.

So, she felt she still had a chance.

Eventually, the exams came.

And Shi Xue failed.

The Zhou family was quite pleased.

But Shi Xue couldn’t be happy. This had been her chance to leave this dreadful place, and now it was gone?

She was unwilling to accept this.

She didn’t want to stay here another moment.

At this point, Shi Xue discovered that her third sister-in-law had received an admission letter.

Zhou Feng had two older sisters who were already married.

This third sister, Zhou Yun, was Zhou Feng’s younger sister by two years and was the smartest of all the girls.

Neither she nor the rest of the Zhou family had realized that Zhou Yun had been secretly studying all these years and had quietly taken the college entrance exam.

If Shi Xue hadn’t accidentally seen the admission letter and exposed the matter, Zhou Yun might have gone off to college smoothly.

What made Shi Xue even more resentful and jealous was that Zhou Yun had been accepted to Beijing University!

Beijing University, the top institution.

Located in Beijing, the capital, it was the place Shi Xue had always dreamed of going.

She couldn’t even pass the entrance exam for a technical school, yet this rural girl, Zhou Yun, got into Beijing University.

She was truly unwilling to accept this.

If that admission letter were hers, she could return to the city smoothly. With that letter, she could enter Beijing University and meet better, more promising men. That admission letter could be her ladder to success.

So, why wasn’t that admission letter hers?

Yes, that admission letter should be hers.

The admission letter was in her hand, so it should be hers.

She shared her thoughts with Zhou Feng, asking him to persuade Zhou Yun and the rest of the family.

She wanted to go to college in Zhou Yun’s place.

Then she would marry Zhou Yun off.

Zhou Feng obeyed Shi Xue’s every word. Even though it involved his sister, he didn’t care.

So when Shi Xue said this, he did as she asked.

Naturally, Zhou Yun refused to give up such a precious opportunity to Shi Xue.

Zhou Yun always knew what her family was like and didn’t want to become a tool to be married off for a dowry.

She had to seize this chance to escape her original family.

However, her sister-in-law, Shi Xue, wanted to cut off her future, her only path.

Captain Zhou and his wife, of course, did not want Shi Xue to go to college, so they were secretly pleased when they learned that Shi Xue had failed the exam.

Upon learning that the third daughter had been accepted to Beijing University, their emotions became complex. They were surprised by her capability yet angry at Zhou Yun for not listening to them.

They realized that if Zhou Yun really went to college, she would completely break free from their control.

With their son already out of their control because of Shi Xue, they couldn’t afford to lose their daughters too.

So, it was better for Zhou Yun not to go to college and get married instead.

With the support of Captain Zhou and his wife, and with Zhou Feng’s persistent protests, the admission spot to Beijing University ultimately ended up in Shi Xue’s hands.

[When Shi Xue first enrolled in college, she used Zhou Yun’s name. However, she didn’t plan to use Zhou Yun’s name forever.]

[So, a while ago, under the excuse of her parents’ divorce and wanting to take her mother’s surname, she changed her name back to Shi Xue.]

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