Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 462 - 461 Brother, Sister-in-Law

Chapter 462: Chapter 461 Brother, Sister-in-Law

Time flew by and it was the end of January, with the New Year fast approaching. The once dull Beijing was bustling a bit more than before.

Recently, Lin Nianhe has been very busy. In the mornings, she got up early with Su Yuncheng to buy meat, vegetables, and all kinds of things needed for the New Year. In the afternoons, she went to the machinery factory to report, and occasionally Minister Huang would call her to his office for a discussion. In the evenings, there were unwavering group discussions, and the last two hours before bed were reserved for her own studies to digest and organize her thoughts.

She was busy all day long; if it were not for Sie Yufei’s call, she would have nearly forgotten that some of her friends were coming back.

On the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, Lin Nianhe did not go shopping in the morning but went with Su Yuncheng to the train station to pick people up instead.

Coincidentally, not only were Sie Yufei and the Wen family’s sisters coming back today, but Sie Yuguo also arrived in Beijing in the morning. Sie Yuguo’s train arrived half an hour before Sie Yufei’s. When Sie Yuguo saw Su Yuncheng upon exiting the station, he was startled and hesitated for a while before approaching.

"Is the sky falling? Or have you gone mad? Why are you here to pick me up?"

Frowning, Sie Yuguo said this half-jokingly, yet his eyes were filled with seriousness. He took off his gloves and asked, "Where to?"

Su Yuncheng replied, "The Fourth Sie and Miss Wen are coming back today. Nianhe is here to pick them up."

Hearing that his pickup was just incidental, Sie Yuguo breathed a sigh of relief: "You scared me there. I thought something was wrong!" For a moment, he had even prepared himself to head straight to the battlefield.

For these guys, it’s best when there’s no contact; otherwise, they’d write letters or send telegrams. A phone call between them was really something to get nervous about.

Relaxed now, Sie Yuguo felt playful and grinned mischievously. He glanced at Lin Nianhe, then raised an eyebrow at Su Yuncheng: "Lieutenant Colonel Su really managed to bring the young lady home?"

Lin Nianhe only knew Sie Yufei to be nonsensical but didn’t expect that Sie Yuguo, as the eldest brother, was even more so. Her cheeks reddening, she extended her hand: "Brother Yuguo."

"Ah, ah," Sie Yuguo immediately took her hand, "Sister-in-law."

Lin Nianhe: "..."

Everyone to their own.

She felt a bit too awkward to stay any longer and turned her head to speak to Su Yuncheng: "Brother Yuncheng, you guys chat; I’m going to buy some sugar-roasted chestnuts."

Su Yuncheng looked at the sugar-roasted chestnut stall which was just about twenty meters away. He nodded, reminding her, "Okay, take your time."

Lin Nianhe waved at Sie Yuguo and trotted away.

Sie Yuguo withdrew his gaze and asked Su Yuncheng, "Does Huaizhou know?"

"He knows."

Sie Yuguo’s eyes widened in surprise: "And he didn’t explode at you!"

"He’s injured."

Sie Yuguo clicked his tongue and slapped Su Yuncheng’s shoulder sincerely, "You’re indeed a lucky man!"

He remembered that three years ago, when Lin Nianhe was in high school, a male student insisted on dating her which Huaizhou got wind of... After that, all male students at the school would take a detour when they saw Lin Nianhe.

Ever since guessing Su Yuncheng’s feelings for Lin Nianhe, Sie Yuguo had been anticipating a big showdown between Huaizhou and Su Yuncheng. He had been looking forward to it for so long, only for it to fizzle out because Huaizhou got injured.

Aside from exclaiming that Su Yuncheng was indeed fortunate, he really didn’t know what else to say.

"By the way, what did you just say? Xiao Si is coming back today?"

"Yeah."

"What time is his train? He didn’t tell me about it."

"Another fifteen minutes."

"My dad said both you and Huaizhou might get promoted again, did you know?"

"I did."

"Su Yuncheng."

"Hmm?"

"Can you look at me when you talk? Miss Lin is just going to buy some sugar-roasted chestnuts—if you’re this worried, you might as well follow her!"

"Oh, okay."

"...?"

In Yugu’s shocked gaze, Yuncheng strode off to find his Miss Lin.

Yugu, holding his luggage, was stunned for a while, muttering to himself: "Yuncheng, you’re done for. You’ve put your Achilles’ heel right on your forehead."

How can people like them carelessly reveal their weaknesses? There’s not even enough time to hide them!

Yugu couldn’t understand this self-destructive behavior of Yuncheng and was greatly shocked.

During New Year, there were so many people buying stuff, and it took quite a while in line to buy two big bags of sugar-fried chestnuts.

Yuncheng was carrying the oil-paper bag, while Nianhe just took chestnuts from his hand to eat.

Yugu didn’t want to talk, just silently watched these two courting disaster.

After a while, Yufei and the Wen family’s sisters came out.

Wen Qingqing and Ruannuan didn’t carry much, but Yufei was like a luggage cart, covered in bags big and small, with a face that looked utterly disheartened.

"Over here!" Nianhe raised her hand and waved at them, then left Yuncheng and Yugu behind and ran to them.

"Nianhe!"

Wen Qingqing and Ruannuan looked like they had just survived a calamity, pale-faced and wobbly, it was unclear what they had gone through.

"How was the trip? Did everything go smoothly?" Nianhe hugged them one by one, asking, "How are all the folks back home?"

"All good..." Ruannuan clung to Nianhe’s neck without letting go, practically hanging onto her, "Nianhe, I’m so tired, I almost couldn’t make it back!"

"You have no idea how hard it was to buy train tickets, Sun Guanghui and Fourth Sie had to line up for days. Eventually, the group leader had to ask Uncle Wong to help us buy them."

"Shumei and Wen Lan’s train is two days later than ours, Wang Xue and Hongqi aren’t coming back, saying they are spending New Year with the principal."

"Oh right, Shumei and Wen Lan have to go to the provincial city to catch the train. Sun Guanghui said he’d take them and they could stay at his place."

The three girls chattered on, Yufei’s eyes filled with sorrow: "Ah, my dear ancestors, can’t you show some sympathy for me? Can’t we talk about this at home?"

Nianhe: "I don’t know why, but talking here sparks inspiration."

Wen Qingqing: "Is your brain made of elm wood? Can’t you just put down the suitcase first?"

Ruannuan: "Exactly, why go home? We can’t even talk loudly at home."

Yufei: "..."

For a moment, he really wanted to apologize to these three.

"Alright alright, let’s go home," Nianhe said, reaching for a suitcase from Yufei.

Before she could warm up to the suitcase, Yuncheng took it from her.

Yufei glanced at Yuncheng, shamelessly thinking about handing the suitcase back to Nianhe.

He knew Brother Cheng well. As long as the suitcase wasn’t in Nianhe’s hands, he would absolutely not take it!

Before he could execute his plan, he heard a cold snort: "Complaining about carrying such small items, what have you been up to recently, Xiao Si?"

Hearing that voice, all the hairs on Yufei’s body stood on end.

He stiffly turned his head, facing the stern gaze of his elder brother.

Yufei: "...!"

"Brother, brother, brother? When did you, when did you get back?"

Yugu frowned and looked at him coldly: "Half an hour before you."

Yufei was on the verge of tears!

If he had known his big brother was coming home, he wouldn’t have come back for New Year either!