Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 343 - 342: About This Little Thing Called Fear

Chapter 343: Chapter 342: About This Little Thing Called Fear

Su Yuncheng stopped in front of Lin Nianhe and looked down at the three of them: "Are they all right?"

Lin Nianhe, with an arm around each child, glanced at Zheng Shan, then at Niuwa, and answered, "Obviously, they’re all troubled."

"And you?" Su Yuncheng asked.

Lin Nianhe blinked, her voice soft and sweet, "I was almost scared to death, so frightened."

After she said this, she suddenly felt a chill on her back.

"Hezi!"

"What’s happened to you?"

Lin Nianhe: "..."

She knew it, the words "so frightened" were the secret incantation to summon Sister Lan.

Wen Lan and Wang Shumei arrived a bit later than Su Yuncheng and the others; earlier, fearing they might interfere with the situation, Wang Shumei had held Wen Lan back from entering. Now that Public Security had taken the kidnappers away, they both came over.

Lin Nianhe turned her head to look at Wen Lan, not daring to repeat what she had just said.

Fortunately, Su Yuncheng had already heard clearly. He reached out to pull her up, hoisted the two children to their feet, and said, "I’ll take you back first, and on the way, we’ll make a statement."

To Lin Nianhe’s ears, this sounded like her own personal court session was about to commence.

She managed a strained smile and nodded, "Okay."

The group didn’t say much. Su Yuncheng carrying Zheng Shan, Wen Lan holding Niuwa, and Wang Shumei assisting Lin Nianhe, the six of them descended the mountain.

By this time, the workday had started, and except for Xie Yufei, who was still snoring and talking in his sleep on the kang, there was no one else at the Educated Youth Corps.

The two children were also brought back to the Corps. Wang Shumei said, "Brigade Commander Sun is still drunk; I’m going to ask the small team leader for leave."

"You and Sister Lan go to work, I’ll be fine," Lin Nianhe shook her head at her. "Just ask for leave on my behalf, and inform the principal and Cao Shijian, tell them Niuwa and Shanshan are with me."

Wang Shumei thought for a moment and nodded, "Alright." She glanced at Niuwa not far away, then whispered, "Don’t be angry with the child; he’s also terrified."

"Got it."

After they left, Lin Nianhe pulled Niuwa and Zheng Shan into the room, made a cup of malted milk for each child, and then took out medicine to treat Niuwa’s wounds.

Niuwa blinked his large eyes, looking at Lin Nianhe and explained in a low voice, "Sister Hehe, they mistook me for Xiao Jun... If I didn’t go with them, Sister Shanshan would be even more scared, and they would take Xiao Jun away, too."

Since the rescue, Lin Nianhe hadn’t spoken a word to him.

Lin Nianhe, carefully tending to his wounds, pursed her lips and said as calmly as possible, "I know you meant well, but have you thought about it? You’re only seven years old, you’re still a child too, you don’t have to shoulder all the responsibility... What would you have done if he realized you weren’t Xiao Jun?"

The real reason she hadn’t spoken to Niuwa was fear she couldn’t control her emotions and would yell at him.

If she were the one kidnapped, she wouldn’t be afraid.

But the sight of Niuwa’s handwriting in his homework book chilled her blood.

To resolve the situation with calm rationale, the best solution wasn’t to go in alone and confront Zhang Changjiang and his group, but to turn back, recontact Su Yuncheng, and have them come.

But could she remain calm?

She couldn’t.

So she took the risk, preferring to draw the hate to herself to ensure the safety of the two children.

Niuwa heard the tremble and the choke in her voice, and he reached out, pressing his soft palm against Lin Nianhe’s cheek.

"Sister Hehe, I was really scared."

Lin Nianhe was taken aback.

She suddenly understood how Su Yuncheng must have felt every time he heard her say she was scared!

Who could withstand that?

She simply couldn’t go on preaching and could only sigh, treating Niuwa’s wound on his forehead and admonishing him, "Avoid getting the wound wet when washing your face these next couple of days, try to move as little as possible, and don’t sweat."

Niuwa didn’t cry out in pain, instead obediently nodding.

He considerately said to Lin Nianhe, "Sister Hehe, you go and talk to Brother Su, I’ll take care of Sister Shanshan."

Lin Nianhe let out a light sigh, packed up the things, and instead of leaving immediately, she sat down next to Zheng Shan, took her small hand, looked into her eyes, and said, "Shanshan, don’t be scared, it’s very safe here. I’ll be in the yard, if anything happens come find me, alright?"

Zheng Shan looked at her, her tightly pursed lips relaxing a bit.

She opened her mouth and let out a dry word:

"Okay."

The little girl must have not spoken for a long time; her voice was very soft and hoarse. After saying one word, she closed her mouth again, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she looked down.

Lin Nianhe’s eyes flickered slightly, she suppressed her joy and showed no surprise that Zheng Shan had actually spoken, she simply, as she always did, tousled Zheng Shan’s hair as if it didn’t matter whether she spoke or not, it was all normal.

Turning her head to Niuwa, she said, "The same goes for you, if anything happens, don’t try to be brave by yourself, come to me."

Niuwa obediently nodded, "Okay."

Only then did Lin Nianhe walk out.

Su Yuncheng was right there in the yard. While she was soothing the children, he had filled her water tank at the doorway.

When Lin Nianhe came out, he said, "Niuwa has been imitating you all this time."

"Hm?" Lin Nianhe was a bit puzzled, "What do you mean?"

"His way of handling things, his thinking," said Su Yuncheng, "he’s learning from you."

Lin Nianhe thought carefully and indeed saw a trace of herself in Niuwa.

Suddenly, she became a bit nervous.

She hadn’t accidentally led a child prodigy astray, had she?

Su Yuncheng took her to the other side of the yard, they sat down on small stools, and then Su Yuncheng asked, "Tell me, what exactly is going on?"

Lin Nianhe pursed her lips and answered, "After Bai Bo died, Zhang Changjiang went to cause trouble at Zheng Lirong’s place, pushing her into a corner with no way out, so she sent the two kids over to me and then she found a new source of goods and set up the black market again. Zhang Changjiang somehow learned of my involvement with Bai Bo and came looking for me, wanting me to deliver goods for him."

"At that time, I just thought of stalling him, later on when Zheng Lirong told me that she could handle Zhang Changjiang, I didn’t tell you... But I didn’t expect that Zhang Changjiang would kidnap the two children to threaten Zheng Lirong."

Lin Nianhe skirted around the heavy topics, saying what she could.

She didn’t think that the resurgence of Zheng Lirong’s black market would escape the eyes of those above, nor was it something that could be hidden—such a big black market was clearly there, how could it go unnoticed?

Su Yuncheng asked her, "Why didn’t you tell me?"

Lin Nianhe looked at him with wide eyes, "If I say I felt pity for them as orphans and widows, would you believe me?"

This reason was both plausible and implausible.

Lin Nianhe pondered; if he didn’t believe her, maybe she would try crying, making a scene, or threatening to hang herself...

But Su Yuncheng just sighed.

He said, "I heard about that black market in the provincial city before. Brigade Commander Sun mentioned it to me. He had people check it, and the prices were quite reasonable."

Lin Nianhe was taken aback.

She had guessed that someone would know about this, but she hadn’t expected that the good man Uncle Sun from Hei Province had already had it checked.

She subconsciously clenched the corner of her clothes and asked, "So, what do you plan to do about her?"