Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 198 - 197: Perform Getting Lost

Chapter 198: Chapter 197: Perform Getting Lost

Smart Bai wanted to do something, but Lin Nianhe still doesn’t know.

She was busy searching for people—

The Wen family’s sisters, they were missing.

According to Niuwa, who was the penultimate person to see them, he saw them by the river... Upon hearing this, everyone was very anxious, worried that the two might have fallen into the river.

As per Zhao Zhuangshi, who was the last to see them, he just wanted to ask them who they were; he really didn’t intend any hanky-panky. He just wanted to build good revolutionary friendship and make progress together... But everyone took his words for nonsense.

"This is serious; where could two living people have gone? They better not have run off into the mountains." Li Dahe was so worried that his hair seemed to stand on end, as if ready to take off from his head any second.

Beside him, Widow Zhao was dreadfully afraid, worried that any misfortune befalling the sisters would be blamed on Zhao Zhuangshi.

Furrowing her brow and voicing her suspicion in a low voice, she said: "Could they have run away because life here is too hard?"

"Run away? Run away in broad daylight?" Li Dahe gave her a glance, then gave Zhao Zhuangshi a kick to the butt, "You worthless brat, you’re up to no good! Have I gone too soft on you these days, making your skin itch for trouble? Starting tomorrow, you’re back to sweeping cow dung!"

Zhao Zhuangshi was close to tears.

What on earth is going on!

He vowed, from now on, he would keep far away from the female Educated Youth—except Lin Nianhe doesn’t count; she’s the boss, and sticking with her means getting to eat white-flour buns.

The work day wasn’t over yet, and among those who had come out to search were the village schoolteachers and a few teenagers.

But even after a thorough search of the not-so-large village, the sisters were nowhere to be found.

Li Dahe, with knitted brows, shook his head: "No, this won’t do. Call more people over, we need to search the mountains!"

It was already after four o’clock. If they procrastinated any longer, it would soon get dark, and then no one would be found.

Lin Nianhe, looking at the mountains, said, "Uncle Team Leader, I don’t think they have lost their way and been foolish enough to run up into the mountains."

Li Dahe shook his head, a look of melancholy on his face: "Still, we have to search, just in case they did something really foolish."

Lin Nianhe: "Uncle Team Leader, you are wise."

Meanwhile, by the muddy road leading from Ten Miles Team to town, the Wen family’s sisters were clambering out of a ditch notorious for overturning ox carts, supporting each other.

Looking at the road which looked the same in both directions, they exchanged blank glances: "Where is this?"

The sisters had run hurriedly, and without paying attention, dashed into the mountains.

Fortunately, they had some sense not to venture deep into the mountains but instead walked along the base... Eventually, they left the mountains and arrived on the road.

"Sister, if they don’t find us, will they think we ran away?" Wen Ruannuan was on the verge of tears, guilt-ridden. "It’s all my fault. If I hadn’t caused a fuss, we wouldn’t have come out here..."

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Wen Qingqing brushed the grass clippings from her sister’s head, speaking in a gentle tone: "Don’t worry, all our belongings are still at the Educated Youth Corps spot. As long as we explain ourselves, they won’t misunderstand."

"Yeah!" Wen Ruannuan said, holding back tears, "Then let’s wait a bit longer and ask someone for directions."

"Okay."

Exhausted, they simply sat down by the roadside to wait for someone to pass by.

They didn’t wait long before they spotted two men slowly approaching them.

Wen Ruannuan’s eyes lit up, tugging at Wen Qingqing: "Sister, let’s hurry and ask them for directions!"

From a distance, they couldn’t make out the men’s faces clearly, they could only tell they were males.

Wen Qingqing became nervous again, holding onto Wen Ruannuan’s hand and whispering, "Ruannuan, don’t rush, let’s not have a repeat of what happened before..."

Zhao Zhuangshi’s thuggish demeanor had left a sizeable psychological scar on them both.

Upon hearing this, Wen Ruannuan also turned anxious.

She suggested, "Then how about we head back into the woods first? We can ask when a female comrade passes by?"

Wen Qingqing was about to agree, but as the men got closer, she finally recognized one of them.

That was... one of the male comrades from their Educated Youth Corps!

Wang Dong, with his hands clasped behind his head, looked disdainfully at the dithering Zhou Chujiang: "Teacher Zhou, this isn’t good, you see? You’re struggling after just a few steps. How are you going to manage if you ever need to go to town?"

Wang Dong had run out of patience with Zhou Chujiang, because — Zhou Chujiang neither played table tennis nor was willing to learn.

Uncle Wang liked people who didn’t play table tennis, but those who weren’t willing to learn... he found them really irritating!

Zhou Chujiang felt like his legs were weighed down with lead, and his throat was burning with pain. He gave Wang Dong a weak glare, not wanting to speak.

Wang Dong was about to tease him some more when he saw two familiar-looking female comrades running over.

He stopped and took a closer look, and couldn’t help but exclaim, "Wow, did you two go steal some coal?"

The sisters, dirty as they were, bore no resemblance to their clean and tidy appearance at noon.

Wen Ruannuan was on the verge of tears, and upon hearing this, she suddenly got annoyed: "You jerk, can’t you watch your mouth? My sister and I got lost! Steal coal... do we look like we need to?"

Wen Qingqing quickly tugged at her and apologized to Wang Dong: "I’m sorry, I’m sorry, Comrade Wang Dong, please ignore her, she has a sharp tongue and doesn’t speak well... We wanted to take a stroll to the village but got lost... Could you please guide us back?"

Wang Dong: "I can take you back, no problem, but could you give me another demonstration of how you got lost? I’m curious."

Wen Ruannuan: "Your grandpa..."

Wen Qingqing covered her mouth with her hand and laughed dryly: "That might not be appropriate, right?"

Wang Dong also felt it wasn’t quite appropriate, considering how tired they seemed. They would have to wait until tomorrow at the earliest.

He nodded: "Alright then, let’s head back."

Zhou Chujiang used the interlude to rest for a while, noticing the two sisters with bright eyes and white teeth, and heard that their Beijing accent was very similar to Lin Nianhe’s.

He wiped the sweat from his brow and asked, "Are you two comrades the new Educated Youth here?"

Zhou Chujiang had a regular look that didn’t stand out usually, but compared with Wang Dong, who wanted female comrades to perform getting lost... he was just too perfect.

Wen Ruannuan found him pleasing to the eye and replied, "Yes, I’m Wen Ruannuan, this is my sister Wen Qingqing."

"Nice to meet you. My name is Zhou Chujiang. I used to be a language teacher in the town but have now volunteered to transfer to a village elementary school at Ten Miles Team, and I’m also a contributor to several newspapers..."

Zhou Chujiang spoke of his identity with pride.

However, his identities he took pride in stabbed right into the Wen family’s sisters’ hearts.

A teacher from the commune transferring to a village school?

Didn’t that mean they had even less chance of becoming teachers?

In a flash, the bit of fondness that had risen from comparing him to Wang Dong vanished into thin air.

Zhou Chujiang, oblivious, kept on talking, getting excited and even thinking about reciting a poem.

"Ah..."

"Ouch, my two ladies, where have you been running off to?"

Zhou Chujiang had only started his poem when he was interrupted by Lin Nianhe, who came looking for them on a bike.

Thus, in the eyes of the Wen family’s sisters, the most adorable person naturally became Lin Nianhe.

Not for any other reason, but simply because she cut off Poet Zhou’s recitation, which was enough to make them extremely grateful.

"Nianhe!"

"Wuwuwu... we got lost..."

The Wen family’s sisters summoned their last bit of strength and ran towards Lin Nianhe.

Unexpectedly, Lin Nianhe turned her bike around: "Okay, you can slowly follow Wang Dong back, and I’ll go ahead to spread the word."

"Don’t! Take us with you!"

Lin Nianhe looked at them with complicated eyes: "I really can’t."

Wen Ruannuan clutched at her clothes, eyes full of pleading: "Nianhe, please, just take my sister back, she’s been supporting me all this time, she’s exhausted."

Lin Nianhe: "..."

I just want your sister to walk a bit, not die from it.