Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 119 - 118 I Will Be Afraid, Really

Chapter 119: Chapter 118 I Will Be Afraid, Really

"Just now it was too noisy, I feel like I have tinnitus."

"Uh, if there’s nothing else, come with me to your production team, I need to borrow a phone."

"Sure, it’s not far."

"Uh."

In the sunset, Sister Lan put the brick in her hand onto the bullock cart, and shouted towards those two, "Hey? Are you leaving just like that? What about all these bricks?"

Lin Nianhe didn’t turn back, waving his hand: "A true warrior never looks back at the chaos behind."

Wen Lan: "You’ve really found a new way to slack off!"

Lin Nianhe lowered his hand, hands in pockets, and once again chose to be selectively deaf.

Having walked a bit further, Lin Nianhe said softly, "Actually, we didn’t just happen to pass by."

Su Yuncheng, with no surprise on his face, responded, "Uh."

"Sister Shumei and Sister Lan were going to build houses, they originally planned to fetch bricks... she wanted to see her brother, so we just came out now." Lin Nianhe slightly tilted his head, "Is it inappropriate?"

"It’s human nature," Su Yuncheng said, "you didn’t expect to be waylaid, did you?"

"Of course not..." Lin Nianhe asked, "By the way, why are you here?"

Su Yuncheng hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "I can’t say."

Lin Nianhe looked puzzled, staring blankly at him: "Huh?"

"It’s confidential," Su Yuncheng explained, "I can’t tell anyone."

"Alright," Lin Nianhe pursed her lips and chuckled lightly, "then your job is really tough, not only to hustle around but also to keep all these secrets."

The corners of Su Yuncheng’s eyes tinged with a smile.

"Brother Yuncheng."

Lin Nianhe suddenly quickened her pace and stood in front of him.

"Uh?"

Su Yuncheng stopped walking, looking down at her.

"If one day, you want to talk about the past, things you can speak of, I can listen," Lin Nianhe’s eyes curved, "I promise I won’t tell anyone, not even in my sleep talk."

She smiled, noticing the increasingly deep tenderness in Su Yuncheng’s eyes, seeing him nodding lightly, hearing his simple yet solemn response: "Okay."

Lin Nianhe chuckled lightly and turned around, continuing to walk forward with her hands behind her back.

She sighed with relief in her heart.

Without Wen Lan, the atmosphere really was much more normal!

They hadn’t walked long since the trouble spot was close to Ten Miles Team, and they soon entered the village.

Su Yuncheng said: "You can go back first to change clothes, I’ll come find you later."

He indeed didn’t need to bring her back, but considering her usual cleanliness, letting her stay dusty and dirty at the police station for so long would be unbearable for her.

"Okay." Lin Nianhe knew she’d better not listen to the phone call he was about to make, and without objections, she stopped at the entrance of the Educated Youth Corps.

She also remembered to add, "Remember to tell Uncle Team Leader about the whereabouts of the bullock cart and Zhao Zhuangshi, and oh, tell him I can’t attend class tonight."

"Okay."

Lin Nianhe quickly returned to the Educated Youth Corps, luckily it was still light out, everyone was inside the house, and no one stopped her to ask questions.

She hurried back to her room and first took out a few buns to cool them down. Then she washed quickly, changed clothes.

Her hair was inevitably still wet, Lin Nianhe tried her best to dry her hair and then braided it into a twist on one side.

After all this, Su Yuncheng had just arrived.

"I’m here."

Lin Nianhe responded, wrapped the cooled buns into her bag, grabbed her bicycle keys, and stepped outside.

"Here," she handed him the keys, "you lead."

"Uh?" Su Yuncheng did not accept, "Isn’t that inappropriate?"

Lin Nianhe looked innocent, "Then you ride it, I’ll walk over... It’s just that I’ve never been to the police station before, I’m a bit scared, if I can’t help but run, will you be the one to catch me?"

Su Yuncheng’s ears turned red, he turned his head away, avoiding Lin Nianhe’s gaze, and unlocked his bicycle.

Lin Nianhe sat on the back of the bicycle with his bag, asking him, "Can I hold onto the corner of your shirt?"

Su Yuncheng: "...!"

"I’m afraid of falling off."

"...Okay."

Wang Shumei cleaned the blood off Qian Guozhu and Sun ManCang, her eyes swollen like peach pits.

Sun ManCang smiled with his bruised lips, "Sister, stop crying, see, it’s nothing serious."

Wang Shumei sniffed and said nothing.

Qian Guozhu threw a cigarette to Sun ManCang, then stood up to distribute cigarettes to Feng Wei and Zhou Xu.

The bond formed from fighting together gave these four similarly aged men a sense of camaraderie.

Zhou Xu looked at Qian Guozhu and said, "Brother, you’re also unlucky, encountering robbers in broad daylight."

"Indeed."

Qian Guozhu’s response was somewhat vague. He looked at Zhou Xu, hesitated for a moment, then turned to Feng Wei.

Frowning, he lowered his voice and asked Feng Wei, "Comrade, I see... are you guys from the Public Security?"

Feng Wei hummed affirmatively and glanced sideways at Zhou Xu.

Zhou Xu chuckled, "I used to be a soldier, then I retired. Brother, just speak up, if you don’t say it now, you will have to later."

Qian Guozhu gritted his teeth, clearly struggling.

After a long while, he exhaled a puff of smoke, his voice growing a bit louder, "I feel these people weren’t really robbers. That guy with the scarred face asked me about provincial city’s apples... I’m just a transporter, how would I know about any apples, I just don’t think they are robbers."

While speaking, he kicked a stone by his foot, swearing, "Damn bad luck, maybe we got framed unwittingly."

Feng Wei and Zhou Xu exchanged a glance, both understanding flickered in their eyes.

Exactly, these guys wouldn’t go out to rob trucks no matter how bad they are.

Zhou Xu raised his hand and patted Qian Guozhu’s shoulder, "Alright brother, let’s consider it serving justice for the people. Take a rest, our boss should be back soon."

"Ah, okay." Qian Guozhu lifted his head, his face worried, "Comrade, about my brothers and me... we won’t end up behind bars, will we?"

Zhou Xu thought for a moment, then smiled, "What fault is there in being robbed? No worries, you might even get commended for this."

"Ah, that would be great, that would be great!" Qian Guozhu’s smile finally seemed sincere. He waved at Feng Zhou, then went back and sat next to Sun ManCang.

Wang Shumei had overheard their conversation and seeing Qian Guozhu’s questioning gaze, she said, "Brother, I just heard you mention those apples, what’s that about?"

Qian Guozhu immediately grasped Wang Shumei’s implication, sneering, "How would I know, I’ve almost forgotten what apples even taste like."

Sun ManCang was also shocked, "What? What apples?"

Wang Shumei’s gaze swept over them, and after a moment, she stood up, pointed at Qian Guozhu and huffed, "Hmph, I can’t control you anymore, I’m going back to write a letter to your sister-in-law to sort you out!"

With that, Wang Shumei turned and left.

"Hey? Sister, don’t be like this..." Qian Guozhu scrambled up from the ground, begging Wang Shumei for mercy, "No, sister, don’t tell your sister-in-law, my injury isn’t serious, it will heal once I’m home, don’t make her worry..."

Zhou Xu and Feng Wei listened to Qian Guozhu begging for mercy, both shivering.

"Xuzi, what exactly is a wife?"

"Look at Brother Guozhu... such a tough guy when fighting, but he turns timid as soon as his wife is mentioned."

They shivered again, thinking of their mothers who were always arranging blind dates, feeling bleak about their future.

Sun ManCang joined them, chiming in, "Really, Brother Guozhu used to be tough as iron, but after getting married... tsch, he never had more than two dimes in his pocket."

Feng Wei gasped in shock, and his cigarette fell down.

He instinctively tried to catch it, then burned his hand; out of habit, he stuffed the cigarette butt into Zhou Xu’s hand...

And chaos erupted again.