Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 332 - 331 Squeak

Chapter 332: Chapter 331 Squeak

Lin Nianhe has been feeling very agitated these past couple of days.

During the day, she had to watch Sie Yufei blabber with his scumbag pretty-boy face; and at night, she had to listen to him sob endlessly like a widow, waving his handkerchief around.

She wasn’t sure if Sie Yufei was really going crazy, but she knew that if this didn’t get resolved soon, Fourth Sie would be chopped into eight pieces by her before receiving the letter.

To avoid living through days of torture, Lin Nianhe planned to ask for a morning off to visit Major Su.

However, just as she arrived at the team headquarters and called out "Uncle Team Leader", Li Dahe urgently stood up, heading outside while telling Lin Nianhe, "You came just in time, hurry up and come with me to meet someone—the comrade from the match factory has arrived!"

Lin Nianhe, taken aback, was forced to follow outside, muttering, "Uncle Team Leader, do you really need me for reception duties? Actually, I wanted to..."

"Hongzi went to the commune for a meeting today, and your Uncle Zhao is not well. Do you expect me to command all alone?" Li Dahe slowed his steps, turning back to glare at Lin Nianhe, then lowering his voice, "Besides, you were the leader in this matter. More interactions with the factory comrades would enable me to write more good words on your file in the future."

Although it was Wang Shumei and Wen Lan who initially accompanied Lin Nianhe to the provincial city, Li Dahe was fully aware that it was mostly Lin Nianhe’s efforts, whether in finding contacts or conducting negotiations.

He waited for Lin Nianhe to come closer, lowering his voice even more, "The quota for educated youth to return to the city is limited, and who gets to return needs to be judged from many aspects. You’ve just arrived, and within half a year, there’s no chance for you, but you have to plan for the future... Just honestly come with me, and if the match factory comrades can also say a few good words for you, that would be even better."

Li Dahe was speaking earnestly from his heart, only considering Lin Nianhe’s future with sincerity.

He was truly grateful to Lin Nianhe and thus did not want her to be trapped in the countryside, despite knowing that if Lin Nianhe stayed around, their lives would be much easier.

Lin Nianhe hadn’t expected Li Dahe to have already considered the matter of her returning to the city, leaving her somewhat dumbfounded and moved as she looked at him, calling out with emotion, "Uncle Team Leader..."

Li Dahe couldn’t help but cringe at her tender gaze.

His face stern, he stared at her, "What? Don’t speak in such a pinched voice with me, just say what you need to say!"

Lin Nianhe: "..."

Uncle Team Leader might be allergic to sentimentality.

After thinking it over, she still decided to reveal half of what was on her mind, "Uncle Team Leader, actually, I’m doing all this for the villagers, not to return to the city. If I really wanted to go back to the city, I could just get a medical retirement without any fuss."

Li Dahe continued walking forward, simply saying, "I know you’re not that kind of person."

Lin Nianhe closely followed him, asking, "Aren’t you going to ask what I’m really after?"

Without turning his head, Li Dahe replied, "Your tiny heart is filled with thousands of schemes, how could I know what you’re plotting?"

Lin Nianhe: "..."

Before Lin Nianhe could make a complaint, Li Dahe added, "But I know, you definitely won’t harm us."

Lin Nianhe, turning anger into joy, smiled.

She walked behind him, feigning nonchalance, "Uncle Team Leader, let me tell you the truth..."

"You’ve been talking nonsense to me for half a year now, and only now you speak the truth?"

Stunned, Lin Nianhe stared blankly for a moment before gritting her teeth, "Okay, I can’t even say this truth anymore." He effectively blocked her words.

"That’s fine, I don’t like hearing the truth anyway," said Li Dahe as he hurried forward with his legs moving swiftly.

According to Li Dahe’s many years of experience, anything starting with "Let me tell you the truth" usually ends up either exaggerating the situation or involving matters of life and death.

Lin Nianhe, watching his retreating figure, chuckled softly and muttered, "It’s tough to trick the old ones."

Li Dahe suddenly stopped in his tracks and turned to look at Lin Nianhe.

He stood with his hands behind his back, silhouetted against the light, with a dawn sky above him.

He asked, "Not going to say it?"

Lin Nianhe thought for a moment, then shook her head: "No, I’ll talk about it in a few years."

The road ahead was still uncertain; perhaps she wouldn’t reach that point.

"Jeez... always hesitating," Li Dahe muttered, then turned and walked away.

Facing the sunrise, he walked away swiftly.

Just as Lin Nianhe was about to step forward to catch up with him, she heard the old man say:

"No matter what, you stayed with our Ten Miles Team, you’re one of our own little bastards, just squeak if there’s anything you need in the future."

"We aunts and uncles have no significant skills, but feeding one little bastard like you is not a hassle."

Lin Nianhe looked up in surprise, gazing at Li Dahe’s not-so-tall figure, stunned.

After a moment, she laughed, quickly caught up to him, following behind Li Dahe, showing her little white teeth: "Squeak—"

Li Dahe: "Scram!"

"Hahahaha..."

The match factory’s two dispatched employees were on the late-night train, and Li Dahe and Lin Nianhe rode the only two bikes in the team to pick them up.

"Hello, comrade, I am Lin Nianhe, and this is our team leader of Ten Miles Team," Lin Nianhe smoothly switched to the role of a little secretary, diligently introducing the two men.

"Hello, team leader, I am Liu Neng, the accountant from the match factory." Liu Neng chuckled, extending his hand to Li Dahe. He was short, with a round face and dark skin, appearing very honest.

"Hello, team leader, my name is Yuan Hua, I am the quality inspector of the match factory." Yuan Hua, tall and thin, with a slicked-back hairdo, grinned showing his bunny teeth.

"Hello, hello."

Li Dahe shook hands with them, holding the steady aura expected of a team leader, expressing his gratitude for the match factory’s trust and the support from the two comrades.

Hearing their names, Lin Nianhe tightly clenched her teeth.

She was afraid she might suddenly feel like humming a song.

She also thought, just with Uncle Team Leader’s hairstyle... it would be easy for him to pick a fight with Comrade Liu Neng any day.

Li Dahe didn’t notice Lin Nianhe’s unusual behavior, waved at her and introduced, "Comrade Lin Nianhe is one of our educated youths in the team. It was she who facilitated the cooperation with the match factory. This kid is smart and understands a lot; you can discuss any issues with her in the future."

Lin Nianhe: "...?"

Don’t drag her into it, she’s fully focused on holding herself back right now.

Seeing her silent, Li Dahe felt puzzled, wondering why this usually intelligent little bastard suddenly fell silent, but he said, "Comrade Xiao Lin is just... modest, haha, let’s head back to the team first."

Liu Neng and Yuan Hua didn’t think much of it, following Li Dahe out of the train station while mentioning:

"Team Leader, the factory’s semi-finished products will still take a couple of days to arrive."

"We brought some cardboard for matchboxes this time, when can we gather the villagers, so we both can give a unified training on how to do this work?"