Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 138 - 137: Three Red Strings

Chapter 138: Chapter 137: Three Red Strings

Uncle Niu was unfortunate; half of his life was spent in poverty, his wife passed away early, and his child died young. As a genuine and honest Northeastern man, the only time he went against his conscience to do something bad was to secure a future for the grandson he had picked up.

For this, he was willing to become Wang Wei’s dog, even though he loathed this battalion commander who would not stir without a profit to his very core.

He schemed for a long time, but ultimately, he was not even able to send his grandson out of Lan County.

Uncle Niu was also lucky. Because the doctor who confirmed his limited time left was named Zhuang Shu.

"Hmm... so it’s just pneumonia? Are you sure you didn’t hear wrong?"

Lin Nianhe heard this result while she was eating shabu-shabu with Su Yuncheng.

At this time, it had been three days since Uncle Niu’s arrest.

Three days earlier, because Lin Nianhe wasn’t at ease about Su Yuncheng, she had specifically dragged Wen Lan along, with her strong combat abilities, for backup; but it only took a few extra words from her for Feng Wei and Zhou Xu to follow Zhang Dahu and arrive with their colleagues.

Uncle Niu and Fu Aiguo were unquestionably arrested, and the intended backup from Lin Nianhe and Wen Lan turned into picking up someone else—picking up Wang Xue.

It was also lucky that they had Wang Xue to pick up, which saved Lin Nianhe from the miserable fate of being scolded by Su Yuncheng for running around recklessly.

Out of gratitude, Lin Nianhe told others that Wang Xue had been kidnapped with her because she was more seriously injured and stayed at the clinic a bit longer, doing her best to preserve Wang Xue’s reputation.

As for where Fu Aiguo had gone, the people from the Educated Youth Corps knew perfectly well, but no one talked about it. When the curious villagers occasionally asked, the Mu brothers would hang their heads and not even a fart could be beaten out of them; the girls were all better actors, all feigning ignorance no matter who asked.

With that, the slightly tumultuous Chapter involving Ten Miles Team was turned over.

"To be precise, he caught a cold awhile back, which led to pneumonia," Su Yuncheng said, smiling helplessly. "He thought the clinic was too expensive."

Lin Nianhe: "So does that quack doctor count as an accomplice? For such a crime, shooting him three times back and forth would be considered humane."

Su Yuncheng’s look became even more helpless: "We can’t catch him."

"Tch..."

Lin Nianhe looked at the lamb meat boiling in the copper pot and pondered in her heart that at the very least, she should bag the quack and give him a beating.

Su Yuncheng, seeing her through the steam, continued to report about work: "With this case considered closed, Wang Mao has been very active on the border... the provincial city has also been slightly involved."

"Does he think he’s some kind of emperor?" Lin Nianhe scoffed.

She had guessed these things early on, and she felt that Su Yuncheng knew that she had guessed, otherwise, he wouldn’t have spoken so openly.

Su Yuncheng chuckled and served her some slices of lamb, then changed the subject and asked, "So, when are you free?"

"Huh?" Lin Nianhe looked at him, puzzled. "What’s the matter? Is there something you need?"

Su Yuncheng’s ears turned red. "Didn’t I say before... after we’re done with everything, I’d take you to the provincial city."

Lin Nianhe: "..."

That’s great, she had forgotten.

She did not hide the fact that she forgot, and tapping her head, she said, "Ah, I’ve been so busy I forgot... I have an exam tomorrow, can we set a date after I’ve finished it?"

"Okay," Su Yuncheng nodded earnestly, "I’m not busy lately, I’ll take you whenever you’re free."

"Sure."

Lin Nianhe smiled, her eyes curving.

Because Lin Nianhe had an exam the next day, Su Yuncheng didn’t stay long that evening. He hurried her to study after they finished eating, washed all the dishes and cutlery, and then he was ready to take his leave.

Before leaving, he said, "I’ve boiled a few eggs for you. Make some porridge tomorrow morning and warm them up to eat."

"Alright." Lin Nianhe smiled as usual and handed him a small bundle she had prepared earlier, "Take this to Eldest Sister-in-law Zhou for me. It’s the clothes she lent me before. I’ve washed them. Also, I got a piece of floral fabric for Xiao Fen to make clothes."

If it hadn’t been for Eldest Sister-in-law Zhou’s help that day, she probably would have had to camp overnight in Su Yuncheng’s courtyard.

With her frail health, she might have simply died in the heavy rain.

It was only recently that Lin Nianhe learned the reason for her body’s weakness. She had had a fever when she arrived, and she had thought it was because medical conditions back then were poor, leading to the original owner’s death from just a fever. However, she hadn’t realized there were other factors at play.

Lin Nianhe’s health issues due to being a premature baby were no secret within the compound; everyone was aware, and it was not something anyone would deliberately mention. So... Lin Nianhe, lacking the original owner’s memories, had only just glimpsed the truth.

Su Yuncheng took the bundle, wanting to tell her to do well on the exam, but also afraid of putting too much pressure on her.

In the end, after pondering for a long while, he only managed to say, "Then I’ll be off."

Lin Nianhe watched him, her eyes smiling, "Don’t you want to tell me anything?"

After contemplating for a long while, Su Yuncheng said, "Cover up with the quilt at night, don’t catch a cold."

Lin Nianhe: "..."

That overly fatherly instruction was unparalleled.

She waved her hand: "Goodbye."

Yet the man himself didn’t realize there was anything amiss with such advice and nodded seriously: "Yeah, goodbye."

Goodbye, little girl wants to meet him again soon... He had to check the train schedules to the provincial city, he needed to buy her a sleeper ticket, and he had to bring her infant formula... Oh right, it’s time to buy her infant formula...

Comrade Xiao Su mused as he cycled away.

He wouldn’t know that soon after he left, someone else had left Ten Miles Team. She went to the well-known barefoot doctor at Nine-miles Team and bought a bottle of so-called panacea black ointment for all sorts of injuries and left happily.

That night, on the eve of the Ten Miles Team elementary school teacher qualification exam, just four hours after Lin Nianhe bought that bottle of black ointment—

Doctor Zhuang, who was asleep, was awakened by the sound of pebbles hitting his window glass, and he cursed and went outside. Before he saw anyone, a sack fell from the sky and covered him...

The next day was clear and bright.

"Hey, have you heard? Doctor Zhuang got beaten up! He can’t even get off his bed!"

"Eh? Who said that?"

"Eldest Sister-in-law Zhou’s grandson had a fever last night, so early this morning they went to Doctor Zhuang. Now they had no choice but to take the kid to the clinic... Daxi was heading to town this morning, but there wasn’t enough room on the ox cart, so she came back first. She’s the one who said it."

"The Qian Family is really carefree, daring to take their child to that quack?"

"Exactly, it’s a good thing they didn’t go..."

In the crowd, Lin Nianhe rubbed her sore eyes.

She really didn’t get enough sleep.

If it weren’t for Wang Shumei and Wen Lan forcefully dragging her out of bed, she would have missed the exam due to oversleeping.

Wen Lan supported Lin Nianhe and inadvertently grabbed her left wrist.

She looked at the three red strings on Lin Nianhe’s hand curiously and asked her, "What are you wearing this for?"

Lin Nianhe replied, "To tie my hair?"