Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 315 - 314: Guan Family’s Eldest Daughter

Chapter 315: Chapter 314: Guan Family’s Eldest Daughter

Lin Nianhe left a note for Su Yuncheng, making sure to mention that she was going with Wang Shumei and Wen Lan. She didn’t dare to write the reason in detail, just mentioned that the team leader had asked them to do some errands.

She inquired Uncle Liu about when Su Yuncheng would likely return and learned that he wouldn’t be back until tomorrow. Therefore, she wrote that she’d give him a call at noon tomorrow; if he wasn’t back by then, she would call again at five in the evening.

After parking the car and leaving the note, Lin Nianhe said goodbye to Uncle Liu and headed for the train station.

Wang Shumei and Wen Lan were waiting for her at the train station entrance. As soon as they saw her, they rushed over, one on each side, and dragged her into the station.

"Quick, quick, quick, there’s only this train today!"

"Hurry up, it leaves in ten minutes!"

Lin Nianhe sprinted with them, forgetting to even ask what kind of tickets they had bought.

Without connections in this area, getting sleeper tickets was out of the question, so they probably had hard seats.

However, it wasn’t until they boarded the train that Lin Nianhe was informed—

"Seats? What are you thinking? This is an Educated Youth special line. Meizi had to beg with the introduction letter for a long time before they sold us three standing tickets!"

Lin Nianhe was stunned.

Standing tickets?

Standing for four to five hours?

Could she still get off the train now?

No chance.

The train had started moving.

Lin Nianhe looked out the window, abandoning any thought of jumping off.

Standing for four to five hours may not kill her, but jumping would definitely be a feast for the whole village.

Wang Shumei comforted her: "It’s okay, let’s look around; maybe we’ll find an empty seat."

Lin Nianhe felt hopeless: "But isn’t this an Educated Youth special line? Could there be any empty seats?"

"Err... what if?"

With a glimmer of hope, the three girls began to look for seats.

After passing through three carriages, they didn’t spot a single empty seat.

Lin Nianhe said, "Should we ask the train conductor for some newspapers and sit on the floor?"

"Hey, Hezi, Meizi, there are empty seats over there!"

Wen Lan, who was leading the way, suddenly smacked Wang Shumei’s thigh excitedly.

Wang Shumei: "..."

Nevertheless, having a seat was good news, so the three of them immediately walked towards the empty seats Wen Lan pointed out.

It was a four-person seat at the end of the carriage, occupied only by a girl who was looking down at her book.

Wen Lan jogged over and asked, "Comrade, is anyone sitting here?"

"No, please sit down."

The girl said and lifted her head.

At first, Lin Nianhe felt a particular fondness for the girl’s Beijing accent, but once she saw her face clearly, she was petrified on the spot.

This girl had a beautiful melon-seed face with bright eyes and white teeth, and her features exuded a spirited grace.

When she saw Lin Nianhe, she too was taken aback, and the book in her hands fell onto the little table.

Wen Lan had already taken a seat next to the girl, and Wang Shumei, noticing Lin Nianhe’s unusual reaction, tugged at her and asked, "Nianhe, do you know her?"

Lin Nianhe blinked, her voice filled with disbelief: "Miss... Miss Guan?"

The girl in front of her was none other than the Guan Family’s eldest daughter from Baishun Alley, whom Sie Yufei constantly yearned for!

Guan Manling opened her mouth and smiled: "Lin Nianhe? What a coincidence."

She closed her book and gestured to the seat opposite her: "Please, take a seat first."

Lin Nianhe stared at her, moving her stiff legs to sit across from her.

Wang Shumei and Wen Lan exchanged a glance, their gazes also landing on Guan Manling.

Guan Manling smiled at them and said, "Hello, my name is Guan Manling."

"Hello, I am Wang Shumei."

"I, I am Wen Lan."

After exchanging introductions, Lin Nianhe couldn’t wait to ask, "Miss Guan, are you... going to the countryside?"

She remembered that Guan Manling and Sie Yufei were the same age, but Manling had started school late and was still in her first year of high school this year.

Why was she going to the countryside?

Guan Manling smiled and said, "I’m joining the battalion, heading to the Great Northern Wilderness."

Lin Nianhe: "...!"

Wen Lan’s eyes filled with envy: "Battalion educated youth? I heard you guys get really good salaries!"

Guan Manling smiled and said, "Including regional allowances and such, about forty yuan a month."

Wen Lan’s eyes grew even wider, and she couldn’t help but muse, "That’s great, no need to worry about the train ticket home for the New Year."

Guan Manling smiled helplessly, "The train ticket isn’t a problem, but we are strictly managed. It’s hard to apply for a home leave, not as free as you Educated youth who join the labor force."

Wen Lan wanted to say more, but Lin Nianhe interrupted, "Miss Guan, why do you want to go to the Great Northern Wilderness?"

Even if she was fed up with Sie Yufei, there was no need to run off to the Great Northern Wilderness!

Guan Manling smiled sweetly and happily, her cheeks flushing slightly as she whispered, "I’m now in a relationship with the commander of the male soldiers’ platoon in the tenth company of the battalion, so I’ve come to find him."

Lin Nianhe silently mourned for Sie Yufei in her heart for three seconds.

Poor Sie Yufei. After they finished collecting the vegetables yesterday, he was still up with huge dark circles under his eyes writing a letter to Miss Guan.

The letter hadn’t gone out, but the girl already had someone.

Guan Manling saw Lin Nianhe not speaking and the smile on her lips stiffened a bit. She asked, "Um... I heard Sie Yufei is also doing labor work in your commune, is he, is he alright?"

Lin Nianhe pulled at the corners of her mouth and said, "He’s in the same team as me, he’s fine, just that he was writing to you last night."

Upon hearing this, Guan Manling let out a long, long sigh.

She caressed her books and whispered, "I wrote him a letter before I left, telling him about my new relationship, but I didn’t say I was going to the Great Northern Wilderness. I was afraid he might do something foolish."

Lin Nianhe let out a sigh of relief and nodded, "Yeah, it’s good that you explained things. It’s better not to tell him; we’re not too far from where you are. Who knows, he might just get a notion to run over and find you, causing you trouble."

Guan Manling was completely innocent in the matter of Sie Yufei’s unrequited love. From beginning to end, she never gave Sie Yufei any positive response and had told him to "get the hell out" seventy-two times.

Despite this, Sie Yufei would still loiter around her house now and then. That Guan Manling hadn’t reported him to the Public Security for harassment was already quite kind of her.

Lin Nianhe fell silent for a moment, then put on a smile and said, "Don’t feel pressured, I won’t tell him you’re in the Great Northern Wilderness."

Not telling Sie Yufei was good for Guan Manling and even better for him.

The girl was willing to run to the Great Northern Wilderness for her beau; Youngest Master Sie’s aspiration to compete was nothing but a delusional wish.

"Um, thank you," Guan Manling smiled.

She looked at Lin Nianhe and suddenly, as if remembering something, slapped her forehead and immediately stood up to take down her suitcase from the luggage rack.

She took out a package wrapped in oil paper from the suitcase, opened it, and handed it to Lin Nianhe with a smile, "I brought some jujube flower cake from home. You’ve been in the countryside for so long, you must be craving this. Here, have some."

The sweet fragrance of the jujube filling spread, and Lin Nianhe smiled, reaching out to take a piece, "Thank you."

"It’s nothing," Guan Manling then offered the wrapped cake to Wen Lan and Wang Shumei, "You two try some too."

Upon Guan Manling’s repeated invitations, Wang Shumei and Wen Lan both took a piece.

Guan Manling herself also picked up a jujube flower cake and leisurely enjoyed it. Wen Lan was curious about the battalion life, and she patiently shared everything she knew.

As the girls chatted, no one brought up Sie Yufei again.

Lin Nianhe watched Guan Manling and couldn’t help feeling nostalgic in her heart—

Setting aside Fourth Sie’s one-sided heartbreak, getting snug with a pretty sister was a very happy thing indeed!