Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 276 - 275 We All Want to Know

Chapter 276: Chapter 275 We All Want to Know

Under the protection and blessing of Emperor Eating Melon, Lin Nianhe scurried back to the Educated Youth Corps, dragging her weak body the entire way without even stopping to catch her breath.

Seeing her dash into the courtyard gate, Yu Xiangqin casually remarked, "Were you chased by a dog?"

The moment the words left her mouth, Yu Xiangqin immediately covered it, regretting it so much she almost wished to bite her own tongue off.

When Lin Nianhe spotted Sister Yu Xiangqin, her eyes instantly lit up: "Sister Xiangqin!"

Yu Xiangqin felt a chill down her spine and shivered violently.

She took a big step back, eyeing Lin Nianhe warily, "Don’t come any closer, I really don’t have any peach cakes left!"

Having been tricked out of a quarter of a peach cake by Lin Nianhe last time because of a slip of the tongue, Yu Xiangqin was still sore about it.

Lin Nianhe approached Yu Xiangqin in just a few steps, grabbing her arm with a smile so sweet that Yu Xiangqin felt like crying for help.

Clasping tightly to her arm for fear that she might escape, Lin Nianhe asked, "Sister Xiangqin, I just heard from Zhao Zhuangshi that he has learned three hundred words? Is that true?"

Yu Xiangqin was startled, hardly believing her ears, "Is that really all you wanted to ask?"

Lin Nianhe nodded resolutely, "Yes, that’s exactly what I wanted to inquire about."

Yu Xiangqin heaved a long sigh of relief, her tense nerves finally relaxing.

She said, "Yes, he came to test writing characters with me yesterday, indeed three hundred, and he got them all right."

After saying this, she noticed that Lin Nianhe’s eyes were shining like lightbulbs.

Yu Xiangqin became nervous again, "Can you... can you not stare at me like that, please? I really don’t have any peach cakes left."

Lin Nianhe blinked her eyes, staring into Yu Xiangqin’s pupils as if trying to discern something, "Sister Xiangqin, it must be tough to test his writing after a hard day’s work."

Yu Xiangqin rubbed her arms, "What are you trying to get at?"

Lin Nianhe pressed, "Where did the two of you have the test? Did you teach him all those words? Why did he come to you for the test? And why did you agree when he did?"

Yu Xiangqin: "..."

Lin Nianhe gripped her arm even tighter, "Sister Xiangqin, please, I’ve been puzzled about these questions the whole way back, and I’m dying to know!"

Behind the windows, doors, walls, and stoves of the Educated Youth Corps, several heads popped out one after another. They all nodded in unison, their gazes burning toward Yu Xiangqin, "Right! We want to know too!"

Even Mu Tou’s six brothers and Zhou Chujiang couldn’t help but glance in Yu Xiangqin’s direction.

Yu Xiangqin: "..."

She quickly scanned those who were enjoying the spectacle, her face beginning to turn red.

This awkward feeling was unfamiliar to Yu Xiangqin. She covered her face with the back of her hand, cleared her throat forcefully, and with her usual loud voice yelled at those folks, "What’s there to know? What’s so interesting? What do you all want?"

Seeing that they had been spotted, the other girls no longer hid, running out and surrounding Yu Xiangqin.

"Come on, tell us, we’re all friends here, what are you afraid of?"

"Right, speaking of which, Zhao Zhuangshi has been behaving better recently."

"I even saw him playing with Niuwa earlier, he was quite patient."

"Sister Xiangqin, you aren’t getting any younger..."

Yu Xiangqin: "..."

Was her voice not loud enough to intimidate them anymore?

"Hey hey, I get it. There are guys around, Sister Xiangqin is embarrassed." Wen Ruannuan grabbed Yu Xiangqin’s other arm, signaling Lin Nianhe with a glance, "Let’s go inside the room and talk!"

Into the cramped room meant for three female Educated Youth, eight people crammed themselves in.

Yu Xiangqin was pushed onto the kang bed, and despite breaking into sweat from struggling, she couldn’t escape, "Aren’t you going to cook?"

"Cooking, yes! But it can wait!"

Yu Xiangqin shakily pointed towards the door, "There are guys outside..."

"Let them wait!"

Yu Xiangqin was completely at a loss for words.

She clenched her teeth, her face turning even redder.

Facing seven pairs of gleaming eyes, Yu Xiangqin hemmed and hawed for a moment before saying softly, "Isn’t it normal for comrades to help each other out..."

"Do you even believe that yourself?"

Yu Xiangqin’s breath hitched, she gritted her teeth, and in a fit of resignation bellowed, "He gave me an egg! Are you happy now?"

Everyone: "..."

They were all contemplating how to marry Yu Xiangqin off, yet she came up with this?

Wen Ruannuan really didn’t want to face this depressing reality and, still not giving up, reminded her, "Just for an egg? There’s no other reason? He didn’t say anything else?"

Yu Xiangqin pushed Lin Nianhe away, rolled her eyes, and said, "What else is there to say? Isn’t an egg enough? Just a few characters for an egg, I’m not losing out!"

Everyone: "..."

"Let’s disperse."

"Time to cook."

"It’s so crowded."

After eating such a bland melon, Lin Nianhe felt so gloomy she ate an extra half bowl of rice that night.

After dinner, she also cut a watermelon.

"Mmm, so sweet!"

Lin Nianhe squinted her eyes in satisfaction.

Getting a taste of sweet melon is truly not easy.

The next day, the sun seemed sluggish from not having melon to eat, dawdling and reluctant to come out from behind the clouds.

At 5:30 am, Lin Nianhe got up from her bed, the fatigue from illness vanishing due to last night’s hot bath and good dreams. She faced the shy and timid sun and did some simple stretching exercises in the yard, breaking into a light sweat, warming up.

Those who were heading to work had already left, and Lin Nianhe remembered she hadn’t talked to Principal Wu about Zheng Shan yet. She greeted Wang Shumei and Wen Lan, who were still having breakfast, and then left the house on her own.

She clutched her little hands behind her back, strolling down the village road.

Before reaching the school, she first saw Zhao Zhuangshi squatting at the school gate.

"What... You haven’t been waiting here all night, have you?" Lin Nianhe gaped in disbelief at Zhao Zhuangshi’s dark-circled eyes.

Zhao Zhuangshi yawned, stood up, stretched, and hummed, "Do I seem like the kind of person who can’t keep things to myself because I’m too impatient?"

Lin Nianhe: "Yes."

Zhao Zhuangshi’s open mouth stiffened momentarily, and when he closed it, his cheeks clearly made a "click" sound.

He stiffly retorted, "I’m tired because I was watching over those chicks in the cowshed all night!"

Uncle Guan said that it’s chilly at night now, and the newly hatched chicks can’t withstand the cold. If they freeze overnight, they might just die.

Uncle Guan, being old, couldn’t stay up all night, so he kept watch the entire time.

Lin Nianhe’s eyes lit up: "There are new chicks hatching?"

"Yep," Zhao Zhuangshi said with some pride, "Twenty-three of them!"

"That’s wonderful!" Lin Nianhe genuinely felt happy.

This is the "egg tickets" for their village’s school!

Even Zhao Zhuangshi’s usually careless expression warmed a bit, and he said, "According to Uncle Guan, the rest should hatch in the next couple of days."

"Okay, once you’re done with your work, I’ll treat you to a meal."

"Alright... hey, no, that’s not what I came to talk about!" Zhao Zhuangshi finally remembered and, looking at Lin Nianhe, asked, "Did you ask Yu Xiangqin already?"

"Oh, that. I did ask, and she said it’s true." Lin Nianhe quickly nodded her head.

"Then teach me quickly!" Zhao Zhuangshi’s hands rubbed together in excitement.

Lin Nianhe: "..."

And you say you can keep things to yourself?

"Okay, you listen..."

"Nianhe! Nianhe! My uncle sent me a telegram!"