Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 328 - 327: Life is Full of Coincidences

Chapter 328: Chapter 327: Life is Full of Coincidences

All three girls felt the man who had dropped from the sky was just a minor interruption, and none of them thought too much about it. After they watched him being taken away by the flatbed cart, they continued to stroll in the park and didn’t head back to the guesthouse until after dinner.

As soon as they stepped into the guesthouse, laughing and talking, they saw two sturdy men slowly carrying a stretcher up the stairs.

The person on the stretcher—

"Hey! Boat fare!"

Wen Lan recognized the comrade at a glance.

Lin Nianhe and Wang Shumei were also surprised, they looked at each other and couldn’t help but remark, "What a coincidence."

The comrade on the stretcher was already pale, but when he saw the three of them, even his lips turned white: "You, you... why is it you..."

He was wondering why he felt so uneasy just now, turns out he was about to encounter his creditors.

There was only one staircase, and Lin Nianhe and her friends slowly followed him upstairs, still not forgetting to express their concern:

"How are your injuries?"

"Did the park make you compensate for the boat?"

"There weren’t that many people at the park today, how did you get pushed off the bridge?"

The male comrade: "..."

He didn’t want to answer, not a single word.

"Why aren’t you talking?"

"Does it hurt too much?"

"Or are you just naturally reticent?"

The male comrade: "..."

Don’t they really know why he doesn’t want to talk?

He was wrestling with whether to speak a few words to them in gratitude for saving his life when a flurry of hurried footsteps came from above the stairs, followed by a voice: "Oh my god, what happened? How come you found a date but came back injured? Where’s Xiao Sun? Where did she go?"

A short-haired woman dressed neatly ran down from upstairs, likely the mother of the man who jumped into the lake.

Instantly, the eyes of all three girls lit up like light bulbs.

Gossip!

On the stretcher, the man’s face flushed a shade redder as he glanced at the three women at the bottom of the stairs and said in a low voice, "Mom, don’t yell so loudly, there are other people around."

Aunt Li caught sight of the crowd on the staircase and hurriedly made way, "Then let’s go back to the room to talk, quickly."

The comrades carrying the stretcher went upstairs, and Aunt Li followed.

This left the three girls who smelt the melon but didn’t get to taste it so sorrowful they couldn’t contain themselves.

Such a huge, gigantic melon had slipped away.

The three of them exchanged glances, could only sigh deeply, and, suppressing their innate curiosity, resignedly headed upstairs.

As they say, every cloud has a silver lining; just as they reached the floor of their room, they saw the two comrades coming out with the empty stretcher.

The extinguished flames of gossip reignited.

The three girls walked back to their room door as calmly as possible, only to see the door across the hall wide open, with conversation audible from inside.

"... So she just left you like that? Our families have been neighbors for over a decade, even if she’s not keen on you, she still can’t ignore whether you live or die!"

"Mom, drop it, it’s not like I’m in any serious trouble..."

"Not in serious trouble? What else do you want to happen? If it weren’t for those kind-hearted girls who saved you, it’s questionable if you could have made it back today! Oh right, did you ask what those girls’ names are? Which unit are they from?"

"Uh... I didn’t ask, but the ones we saw in the hallway earlier, those were the three comradesses."

"Ah? They work for the railway too? That’s a nice coincidence! You lie down, I’ll go ask them which room they’re staying in..."

’... Next to you lives a relative of our boss...’

On the day they moved in, the words the attendant instructed them with suddenly echoed in Lin Nianhe’s ears.

Lin Nianhe hadn’t had the time to think too much when that auntie came out again.

As soon as she saw Lin Nianhe and her two friends, she immediately smiled: "Oh, I was just looking for you!"

With that, she stretched out her hand enthusiastically and shook hands with each of them: "Young comrades, thank you for saving my son. Which department are you from? Are you in the provincial city to study or on official assignment? My name is Li Juan, my husband’s surname is Chen, and he also works on the railways. If you ever need anything, just come to Aunt Li, I’ll definitely sort it out clearly."

At this moment, the three girls all had a lot on their minds.

Wen Lan: Let’s talk about future matters later; firstly, let’s compensate for the boat fare.

Wang Shumei: Now that we’ve met someone familiar... there’s no need to worry about borrowing the handcart tomorrow.

Lin Nianhe: Let’s put recoprocity aside for the moment, could you please repeat the melon gossip that I missed out on?

Thinking so, Lin Nianhe took Li Juan’s hand with her own, looked at her with sincere eyes, and said: "Aunt Li, it is our duty to help others, please don’t be so polite. How is Brother Chen doing? I hope there are no lasting health issues?"

Li Juan waved her hands carelessly: "What’s a couple of pricks for a man? Don’t worry about him. Have you had your meal? Which room are you staying in?"

Lin Nianhe pointed behind her, smiling and saying, "Coincidentally, we’re staying right here." As she spoke, she took out a key and opened the door, "We’ve just come back after eating. Aunt Li, would you like to come in and sit for a while?"

"Ah, we truly are fated." Li Juan laughed, her eyes curving into crescents, completely forgetting about her son who was still lying in bed at home, and followed Lin Nianhe and the others into the room.

Lin Nianhe poured her a glass of water, chatted for a bit, and then coaxed out the story about the Chen family.

The story was actually quite comical—Chen Ming had a childhood sweetheart named Sister Sun. Two years ago, Uncle Chen was transferred to Liao Province, and the Chen family moved away. But the connection between the two young people was not severed, and their friendship gradually evolved into love.

This time, Li Juan brought Chen Ming back to the provincial city with the hope of arranging their engagement.

However, Sister Sun was going to university and felt that Chen Ming was no longer a good match for her, so she asked to meet him privately to settle things amicably to avoid making a scene.

Chen Ming couldn’t understand, Chen Ming wanted to hold on, Chen Ming... in his agitation, he slipped, fell off the bridge, and crashed onto a boat.

The three girls were astounded by what they heard.

They had just listened to Guan Manling’s touching love story of chasing her husband over thousands of miles, and now hearing such a tale, they were truly questioning life itself.

Love was still love, but because of different participants, the outcomes varied.

Li Juan sighed, rubbed her slightly reddened eyes, and said: "I don’t blame Sister Sun. People always aim higher, and I can’t stop her... But she couldn’t just watch Xiao Ming get hurt and run away, right? Even if they couldn’t get engaged, after all, they’ve been calling each other brother and sister for so many years, how can one be so heartless..."

Wang Shumei smiled and comforted her: "Aunt Li, don’t be too sad. It’s a blessing in disguise to find out early. If they had married only to discover the other’s true colors later, that would be troublesome."

Li Juan wiped away her tears and nodded: "That’s true; we were lucky to have you three today, or else Xiao Ming’s life would have been at risk... Ah, let’s not talk about such disheartening matters. What brought you three to the provincial city? You don’t sound like you’re from Hei Province."

"We are educated youth, we were sent to work in Lan County. We came here because our brigade had some matters to handle," Lin Nianhe took over the conversation, saying, "We’re leaving tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Li Juan suddenly became anxious: "What? You’re leaving already? I haven’t had the chance to properly thank you!"

Li Juan thought for a moment, then asked: "Have you bought your train tickets?"

"Yes."

"I can get sleeper tickets; how about I exchange them for you? It’s safer for you three young ladies to have sleeper berths."

"No need, Aunt Li, we already have sleeper tickets."

"How about your business? If it’s not settled, I can help you find some connections."

"Everything’s taken care of."

"Did you buy anything? I know people at the Cooperative Society."

"We’ve already made our purchases."

"..."

Li Juan fell silent.

Wanting to show gratitude, but finding it so hard.