Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife
Chapter 1550 - 1550: A Mere Stranger ( 4 )

The female educated youths know that Comrade Jiang liked Comrade Han for a long time, but they never expected her to blurt out her confession like this.

Not to mention that the other party has no feelings toward her, even if he does, being confessed so abruptly like this would embarrass him. The chance of him accepting her confession was near zero.

Han Jinhe was not as naive as a teenager and knew that several women had feelings toward him, whether because of his job or his education. But he was in love with Pan Meijia, so he never gave any sign to those women and always kept his distance from them.

Now that he had let go of his feelings for Pan Meijia, he naturally won't distance himself from women and cut off his own path to get married. It's just that he never expected that his first friendly gesture toward Lin Mu'ai would end up with this mess.

After a while, he regained his composure and said, "Comrade, thank you for liking me. But I only treat you as a comrade and have no other intentions."

"Liking someone is your own business and has nothing to do with the person you like. So, I won't tell you to stop liking me. But I hope you can keep your feelings to yourself and not bother other people because of it."

Comrade Jiang was stunned by his words. After a moment, she asked, "Han Jinhe, what do you mean by that? Who did I bother?"

"Comrade, what is the reason for you to bring so many people with you and come here to question me and Teacher Lin?" Han Jinhe asked her back.

Hearing this, Comrade Jiang was taken aback and lost of words, "I…"

Seeing her like this, Han Jinhe said, "Let me answer it for you. The reason is simple. You feel jealous and therefore, you want to make trouble for Teacher Lin. Due to your own feelings, you disturb other people's lives. This is a selfish act of yours and I feel burdened by your behavior."

After a moment of pause, he added, "This is what I mean. Comrade, I hope you can stop bothering me and my friends just because you feel uncomfortable with your own feelings."

"Han Jinhe, I have liked you for so many years. How can you do this to me?" Comrade Jiang asked.

"Comrade, as I said, your feelings are your own. It's your choice to like me and it has nothing to do with me. How can you demand me to take responsibility because of your own decisions? What's more, I don't even know your name," Han Jinhe replied.

The moment he finished his words, the female educated youths looked at Comrade Jiang with worries. When they saw how pale her face was, one of them asked, "Sister Jiang, are you okay?"

When Comrade Jiang heard this, she felt so embarrassed that she burst out crying and ran out of the yard without looking back.

Seeing this, the female educated youths quickly chase after her, "Sister Jiang, where are you going? Wait for us!"

After they left, Han Jinhe let out a long sigh of relief before he turned to Lin Mu'ai and said embarrassedly, "Teacher Lin, I apologize for dragging you into my matter."

Lin Mu'ai smiled when she heard his words and replied, "Comrade Han, it's not your fault. You don't have to apologize to me."

"No matter what the reason was, this matter happened because of me. I owe you this apology," he said.

Noticing his stubbornness, Lin Mu'ai smiled and said, "Since you have said so, then I will accept your apology."

Hearing this, Han Jinhe smiled and said, "Thank you."

Due to this matter, the atmosphere between them turned awkward. In order to avoid more embarrassment, Han Jinhe quickly left after taking his meal for the day.

Lin Mu'ai sent him off before she returned to the kitchen.

In less than three hours, the matter of several female educated youths going to create trouble for Lin Mu'ai spread in the village.

Although she rarely interacted with the villagers, everyone had a good impression of her due to her profession as a teacher and her politeness toward everyone. Therefore, after they learned about this matter, the villagers scolded Comrade Jiang and the female educated youths who instigated the matter.

Meanwhile, Han Jinhe was working in the production team's office when one of the staff came over to him and asked, "Comrade Han, I heard about your matter that happened this morning."

Hearing this, Han Jinhe asked, "What matters?"

Seeing how calm he was, the staff said, "It's about a female educated youth gathering people to catch you and Teacher Lin. What exactly happened?"

Han Jinhe smiled and replied, "It's just a misunderstanding."

Even though he felt burdened and troubled by what Comrade Jiang did, he didn't have any intention to throw a stone at her while she was down.

Liking someone was not a crime. Even if her means were a little overboard, it didn't cross his bottom line. So there was no need to embarrass her or say something that could ruin her reputation.

The staff observed him for a while and realized that he had no intention to discuss the matter, and left not long after.

While Han Jinhe worked as usual, the news spread to Xie village. When the villagers learned the news, those with unmarried girls at home realized that he no longer hung on a tree called Pan Meijia and had already moved on.

Since that was the case, they would try their best to introduce their daughters at home to him. Who knows, he might take a liking to one of them and propose.

If they had a son-in-law who worked on the production team, it would be easier for them to choose the easy task during the spring harvest.

With lots of people having the same thoughts, Han Jinhe suddenly felt a chill run down his spine while working. He rubbed the goosebumps rising on his arms while muttering, "Did I catch a cold?"