Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 121 - 120: The Same Thing?

Chapter 121: Chapter 120: The Same Thing?

Li Dahe’s teeth were almost clenching to breaking point!

He saw it clearly, the ground was smeared with blood and scattered with knives, and yet, this little brat still dared to get involved?

"Just you keep it up! Sooner or later someone’s going to chop you to pieces!" Li Dahe, having grown tired of kicking, glared furiously at Zhao Zhuangshi.

Zhao Zhuangshi, publicly kicked around, felt extremely humiliated, so he simply plopped down on the ground, holding his head in silence.

Wang Shumei, seeing Li Dahe had finished his kicking, nodded towards Lin Nianhe.

Lin Nianhe clicked her tongue lightly.

"Uncle Team Leader, don’t be angry," she stood up and approached Li Dahe, "It was those guys trying to snatch our ox cart, Zhao Zhuangshi was only fighting with them because of that. It’s not his fault."

Li Dahe paused, his gaze on Lin Nianhe softened with a hint of grievance.

Why didn’t you give such a legitimate reason earlier?

He awkwardly raised his head to look at the sky: "But you can’t just head into danger blindly. We’re only a few steps away from the Ten Miles Team. Didn’t you think to call for help? The ox cart... if we lose the ox cart that’s acceptable, but if you were killed, how could I explain it to your mother?"

The latter part of his statement was directed at Zhao Zhuangshi.

Zhao Zhuangshi dared not remain silent, and gave a muffled "hmm" in response.

Li Dahe rolled his eyes at him and then towards Lin Nianhe: "I heard from Comrade Xiao Su that you all have to go to the police station, too?"

"Yes," Lin Nianhe honestly nodded, "They say we need to go there to give a statement. Don’t worry, it’s nothing serious."

"What do I have to worry about? It’s all your own doing!" Li Dahe turned his head and shouted at Li Xiaoshan, who stood foolishly by the bicycle, "What are you standing there for, like a wooden stake? Come over here, haul the bricks back and deliver them to the backyard of the Educated Youth Corps."

Li Xiaoshan hurried over: "Yes, yes."

His father was in a bad mood, and he certainly didn’t want to be dragged into it.

"Day by day, not a single one keeps my mind at ease!"

Li Dahe glared at them one by one, sparing even Li Xiaoshan, who was unrelated to the incident.

Having said his piece, he walked towards Su Yuncheng, leaving behind a not-so-tall figure.

"Ah, Comrade Xiao Su," Li Dahe said, attempting to smile, "Look, all three girls are educated youth, if it’s nothing serious then let’s not bother bringing them into the police station, alright? And this little runt, look at all the wounds on him... putting him through more tonight and if he falls ill again, what do we do?"

He played the emotion card emphatically: "The lad lost his dad early, and there’s just an elderly mom at home. If something happens to him, this family would fall apart."

While speaking, Li Dahe fumbled for a freshly opened pack of cigarettes from his pocket and shakily offered two to Su Yuncheng.

"You needn’t trouble yourself." Su Yuncheng stopped him, "I don’t smoke either."

In Li Dahe’s ears, that translated as: Don’t ask, it’s not going to happen.

His brow furrowed: "Well... then how about this, I’ll take them to the police station first thing tomorrow morning. It’s getting late, you could at least let us have dinner..."

"You are overthinking it." Su Yuncheng shook his head, "Comrade Zhao acted bravely and was injured, of course we will take him to the clinic. As for these three, due to their involvement, they must go to give their accounts. This will have no impact on their records; please, rest assured."

"Ah..." Li Dahe breathed a sigh of relief, glimpsing at the slanting western sun, and couldn’t help but haggle, "These three young girls, going there now, coming back at night wouldn’t be safe, could I perhaps..."

"I will escort them back." Su Yuncheng said, "I assure you of their safety."

Finally, Li Dahe felt at ease. Seeing that Su Yuncheng was adamant about not accepting the cigarettes, he turned and offered them to the others.

No one dared to accept his cigarettes, trampling the cigarette butts on the ground, all claiming they didn’t smoke.

Feng Wei popped his head out from under the car, with half a cigarette in his mouth, saying: "Yes, yes, Team Leader, don’t bother, none of us smoke."

Li Dahe: "..."

Ultimately, Li Dahe’s cigarettes were kept untouched and returned to his pocket.

He turned back to see Li Xiaoshan had already packed all the bricks onto the oxcart, not even leaving the broken ones behind, so he bid farewell to Su Yuncheng and the others, mounted his bicycle, and told Li Xiaoshan to drive the ox cart back.

Before leaving, he didn’t forget to slap Zhao Zhuangshi on the head: "I’ll just tell your mother you’ve been running errands at the commune. Don’t slip up tomorrow."

Zhao Zhuangshi grinned: "Alright, thank you Uncle!"

Li Dahe gave him a glare, then said to Lin Nianhe and the other two, "Speak up about anything you have to say, don’t be afraid."

Then, he walked away into the sunset.

It wasn’t long after they left that the Public Security comrades arrived.

They herded those people into the cargo truck’s compartment, with half watching inside while the others followed outside on bicycles.

Su Yuncheng asked a colleague for a bicycle and rode with Lin Nianhe, while Lin Nianhe’s bike was ridden by Wang Shumei and Wen Lan.

Since about half of the people inside and outside the truck were injured, the truck drove straight to the medical clinic.

The doctor had already received the news and prepared the operating room. As soon as the truck stopped, Scarface and the crafty one were lifted onto stretchers and rushed for emergency treatment.

As for the others, Qian Guozhu and his group were with Feng Zhou’s group, while the remaining one had two Public Security officers closely watching him, fearful that he might run away.

The clinic became busy. Su Yuncheng called over an older colleague, "Uncle Sun, please keep an eye on this side. I’ll take them back to the station."

Liu Jianjun looked amused, "You sure know how to pick the easy jobs for yourself."

Su Yuncheng replied, "Tired."

"Alright, alright, go on back. It’s been three days since you’ve been home, right? Once you’ve sorted things out over there, hurry back and rest," Liu Jianjun waved his hand.

"Okay."

...

Lin Nianhe only knew about the police station’s gatekeeper, Uncle Liu.

But it wasn’t Uncle Liu on duty now; there was another elder sitting in the gatehouse.

"Speak without fear."

Before handing them over to his colleagues, Su Yuncheng instructed.

"Okay."

All three nodded.

What else could Lin Nianhe say, but the truth?

"...we were just pulling bricks back to the production team, then from a distance, we saw people fighting! Actually, we wanted to detour, but there was only one road, so we couldn’t avoid it..."

"They even said they wanted to rob our ox cart! Fortunately, Comrade Zhao from our production team reacted quickly, otherwise, there would have been serious trouble..."

When Lin Nianhe came out, the sky was completely dark.

Wen Lan and Wang Shumei were sitting in the corridor, with Wang Shumei sleeping soundly leaning on Wen Lan’s shoulder.

Wen Lan looked at her with eyes full of grievances, "Hezi, we were talking about the same thing, right?"

Lin Nianhe was clueless, "Of course."

"Then how did you manage to talk for so long? What did you even say? Mei Zi has been asleep three times over!"

Wang Shumei woke up from the noise, and when she saw Lin Nianhe, her eyes were also full of grievances.

Lin Nianhe touched her nose, "I was just worried about missing any details... so the Public Security comrades could understand..."

Wen Lan, moving her sore shoulders and yawning, said, "Let’s go, I’m dead tired."

Wang Shumei didn’t get up immediately; instead, she looked at Lin Nianhe and asked, "Should we wait for Comrade Su?"

"Uh..."

There was no need to wait for Comrade Su, as if someone had tipped him off, he arrived just in time.

Still on two bicycles, they moved under the starlight and moonlight towards Ten Miles Team.

Lin Nianhe held a flashlight in her hand, its dim yellow light illuminating the path ahead.

Just as they turned the corner and were about to enter the village, the flashlight beam was torn apart by two silhouettes, startling all three girls into a collective scream.