After a simple rebirth

During the COVID-19 lockdown that year, Fu Ying had only finished half of her English course. The school was unable to open the class and had to postpone it for half a year. She couldn't find a job for a while, and Zhang Zun was also unsure about his job at that time.

Fu Ying had no money in her pocket but was too embarrassed to ask her parents for money. She had no money for daily expenses, her cell phone was broken, and her Huabei loan was overdue, so she was extremely anxious.

Later, my roommate at school introduced me to a part-time job on the Internet, which is what everyone knows as an online anchor. At that time, there were not so many live broadcasts, it was more like a voice chat room.

Fu Ying thought that she could earn some money by playing games and singing a few songs.

At that time, she was bad at playing games, couldn't sing, had a bad voice, and was simply useless.

She had nothing to do so she could only hang out in the guild. After a while she became familiar with the people in the guild. Some people asked her to play games with them. It cost 5 coins for a game of King of Glory, and 10 coins for half an hour of playing Peace. They wore headphones and chatted casually, and there was no guarantee of winning or losing.

I worked part-time for three months and earned more than two thousand and lost five hundred.

Because there was a man who colluded with other guilds to gain experience. Others came here to level up, but those who were not familiar with him might just be trying to cheat for money.

She didn't quite know about this kind of trick. The man came to the guild quite often. Fu Ying helped her to get 500 and said that she would return the money later. Then the man played dumb and kept dragging his feet, saying that the finance department was busy and never transferred the money back.

Fu Ying urged several times before she realized that she was too chaste. It was hard to get back the money. She didn't have any recordings at the time, and the orders were fake online. Even if she reported it to the guild, she would have to take the blame. Besides, Fu Ying had already admitted her mistake. She should not blame others for deceiving her because she was stupid and got cheated.

It was also this incident that made Fu Ying realize that this kind of online part-time job was not as pure as she thought. Many people would cross the bottom line and even inquire about private addresses, deliberately turning it into illegal behavior.

Fu Ying only wanted to work part-time and didn't want to bring it into her life. However, not many people were willing to chat with her purely, and she herself didn't have any special skills. She spent a lot of time every day but didn't really earn much.

When she was thinking about quitting the guild, she met Zhang Zun.

At that time, she was like other playmates, and she wrote homework on every account she passed by. Some people ignored her, some tested her bottom line, and some replied randomly.

Fu Ying said she had short hair, and Zhang Zun replied that he had long hair. Fu Ying thought he was joking with her.

Later, Zhang Zun selected three people to form a team to play the game, and Fu Ying survived by staying alive.

Maybe because she was not very good at playing, and her schedule was more compatible with Zhang Zun, she played a few games with Zhang Zun and became familiar with him.

When Fu Ying found out that Zhang Zun was from eastern Guangdong, her first reaction was the eastern Guangdong tradition of worshipping gods and favoring boys over girls.

It's not that I'm biased towards the region, but it's true that the people Fu Ying has come into contact with, whether they are colleagues in eastern Guangdong or the culture she knows, they really attach great importance to this.

But after playing games and chatting more with Zhang Zun, his attitude changed a little.

Perhaps because his grandmother always valued the eldest grandson since he was a child, and because of the clan’s annual worship requirements, Zhang Zun himself also hated these customs.

In fact, Fu Ying’s previous idea was not to look for someone from Guangdong Province, or even to get married, but she was not firm enough.

With Zhang Zun's initiative, Fu Ying discovered more of Zhang Zun's responsibilities and abilities, and the two of them naturally got together.

When she was about to quit the guild, the chat room manager at the time was impressed by Fu Ying's sense of responsibility and ability and wanted her to take over the chat room. Her salary would be a commission of the chat room's turnover.

Fu Ying was struggling because of lack of money, but Zhang Zun advised her not to take the job. Zhang Zun had been exposed to the software and industry earlier than her, and some of his friends were also responsible for the job, and they all said that the industry was too chaotic and that people would be exhausted physically and mentally in the end.

Fu Ying felt that what he said made sense, and she was still worried about the 500 yuan she was cheated out of. Fu Ying also knew that she was the kind of person who was too attentive and easily got into trouble. In the end, Fu Ying withdrew and never went back, and continued to be with Zhang Zun.

In fact, looking back, the timing for Zhang Zun and Fu Ying to be together was not quite right, which added a lot of twists and turns to their emotional journey.

When both of them were unemployed, they were always under great pressure. At that time, Fu Ying had not yet finished learning English, and Zhang Zun's family had just bought a house, and he was responsible for the monthly mortgage payments.

When two people are in different places, they cannot avoid the various expenses of meeting, eating, and staying in hotels.

Later, Fu Ying started school and Zhang Zun found a job, but they were still in different places. With the pressure of mortgage, Zhang Zun did not dare to change jobs easily.

The reason why this relationship could last so long was, firstly, Zhang Zun's stubborn love-mindedness and, secondly, Fu Ying's indulgence and willingness to refuse.

Zhang Zun falls in love with the intention of getting married, so he takes everything seriously. Whenever two people have a fight, Zhang Zun wants to meet them, no matter if they just met last week or if they still have money in their pockets.

Fu Ying was also soft-hearted. She saw that he was concerned about her no matter how much they quarreled, and she didn't refuse because she was free. In fact, sometimes I took the high-speed rail to Guangdong on Friday afternoon, came back on Sunday afternoon, and then took the subway and transferred to the bus, which was quite tiring.

When they met frequently, they met four times a month. The high-speed rail trip cost 4, and the subway and bus trip cost 126. Accommodation cost 150, and two nights cost 150. A normal meal cost 300, and two days cost 50 conservatively. One meeting cost 200, and four meetings cost 650.

Zhang Zun's family had already spent all their savings on buying a house, and dating kept spending money. With a monthly salary of 5000 yuan, a mortgage of 2600 yuan, and dating expenses of 2500 yuan, his family didn't give him any money, and this was the beginning of Zhang Zun's debt.

Fu Ying paid her own tuition fees, but she always used Huabei to cover her living expenses. When dating, she would not let Zhang Zun pay for everything. Sometimes she would book a hotel in advance so that she could pay first.

Due to multiple expenses, Fu Ying's credit card was overdue. She had been delaying the minimum payment. When it was three months overdue, the bank somehow got Fu Ying's mother's phone number and called her.

Fu's parents were very angry that she used a credit card and owed money, so they ordered her to pay it back.

Fu Ying wanted to pay it back slowly, but Fu's mother called Fu Yu and asked her to transfer the money that Fu Ying had deposited with her back to Fu Ying and pay it back quickly.

Fu Ying didn't know whether she should be disappointed or thankful that she had savings. She was afraid that the matter would be exposed, and she had thought about telling her parents to see if they could help her pay it back.

But reality really made her see the reality clearly.

Fu Ying was not going to touch the 5,000 yuan deposit unless she had no other choice, because if she had to pay it back, it would be gone.

Fu Yu offered to lend it to her first, but Fu Ying refused. Fu Yu had three children of his own and it wasn't easy for him either. Just like Fu's father and mother said, just pay it back if you have savings.

I paid it back but other expenses kept coming up and I didn't have a job yet, so it only temporarily alleviated the problem.

Before meeting Zhang Zun, I had thought about renting a house, but the rent was 500 yuan a month, and the daily expenses such as water, electricity, and furniture added up to be more expensive than a hotel, so it was not that cost-effective.

Zhang Zun had always wanted to work with Fu Ying, and now that they were no longer apart, they didn't rent a house.

After dating for a year and a half, Zhang Zun finally quit his job and went to look for a job where Fu Ying worked.

They plan to live together after the Chinese New Year in 2022, but Fu Ying's parents don't know that Fu Ying is dating, nor do they know that they are going to live together. Fu's parents are still relatively traditional. Fu Ying is afraid of getting pregnant before marriage, which will make Fu's parents even more angry, so she decided to bring Zhang Zun home to meet her parents during the Chinese New Year.

The decision was a bit hasty because neither of them actually had any money.

She had to buy some gifts for returning home, and also reserve money for travel expenses and other expenses. She also had to rent a house as soon as she returned to Guangdong Province, so Fu Ying had to consider borrowing money.

She made up her mind and borrowed 2 yuan online, of which she had to pay back 2 yuan. When they didn't know who to borrow such a large sum of money from and couldn't rely on their family, their only way to save themselves was online loans.

After returning from the Chinese New Year, the two officially began living together, she in the kindergarten and Zhang Zun in the snack bar.

Because of the kindergarten owner's shady behavior and low wages, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, Fu Ying changed jobs, but she was still able to pay off the loan at that time.

However, due to the blockades one after another and Zhang Zun's second sister's incident, they had no choice but to return to eastern Guangdong. This trip cost them two months' rent, and because they had so many things, they had to ask Huolala to transport them together.

The salary in eastern Guangdong is too low. Fu Ying interviewed several jobs, and the salary was all 2500-2800, not including food and accommodation, and no subsidies.

I didn’t have a job in the first month, and I hadn’t received my salary for the second month. Although I didn’t have to pay rent, I still had to make daily expenses, so I had to stop making repayments.

The situation kept snowballing and eventually became overdue, and was not completely resolved until the year Fu Ying was reborn.