Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 558 - 557 Uncle Wong Learns to Be Bad

Chapter 558: Chapter 557 Uncle Wong Learns to Be Bad

Under the noonday sunlight, Cloud Shadow moved slowly over the delicate grass. In the river, dark shadows occasionally darted by; they could be carp, grass carp, or some other fish. Clouds in the sky, white or silvery-white, changed endlessly like human life, painted wantonly across the blue canvas.

On the big stone by the river, Lin Nianhe lay back with hands clasped behind his head, lazily soaking in the natural ambiance, unwilling to speak or think about anything.

"Hey, that stone is cold, why are you sprawled on it? You’ll end up sick when you’re old!"

With a shout, Wang Hong pulled Lin Nianhe out of the peaceful moment.

Lin Nianhe slowly sat up from the stone, yawning and asked, "Aunt Wang, what’s up? Who’s looking for me?"

"Who’s looking for you? I’m just passing by to pick some mushrooms." Wang Hong lifted the bamboo basket in her hand, and added with concern, "If you’re sleepy, go lie down inside. Don’t catch a cold out here."

"Alright."

Lin Nianhe obediently climbed off the stone and watched Wang Hong enter the woods, pondering what to do in the afternoon.

They had been back for a week now.

Principal Wu said the three of them were quite exhausted and had given them a week off to rest and sort out their teaching schedules. Today was the last day.

During this week, Lin Nianhe did nothing but eat and sleep, or occasionally find a spot like just now to space out.

The only thing that required some brain use was deciding what to eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and finding secluded spots to secretly hold hands with Brother Yuncheng.

Life was exceedingly carefree.

He intentionally didn’t go into town, not even today when all the other Educated Youth went to see a movie on their day off.

It wasn’t for any other reason than fear of being blamed by Uncle Wong.

As it turned out, if it was truly your responsibility, there was no use in hiding.

Just as Lin Nianhe returned to the Educated Youth Corps, before he could even steady himself, he heard Wong Xiao’s sly voice: "Xiao Lin."

Lin Nianhe turned and left.

"Hey? Hey! Xiao Lin, where are you going?"

Lin Nianhe quickened his pace, murmuring to himself, "Hallucinations, hallucinations, I thought I heard Uncle Wong’s voice."

"Xiao Lin, Xiao Lin, turn around, look at me!"

"What a realistic voice, no, I need to ask Uncle Team Leader for leave and go to the provincial city to see a doctor."

"..."

Bursting with irritation, Wong Xiao quickly zipped up to Lin Nianhe, spread his arms, and blocked her: "Xiao Lin!"

Lin Nianhe looked up helplessly, her eyes full of innocence: "Uncle Wong, what a coincidence to meet you here, you’re busy, I need to go to Uncle Team Leader’s house."

She tried to bypass him, but somehow Wong Xiao became exceptionally agile, blocking her like the best basketball center, no matter how she tried to dodge.

"Ah... Uncle Wong, what are you doing?" exclaimed Lin Nianhe resignedly.

Wong Xiao tugged at the corner of his mouth, revealing a dry smile: "Xiao Lin, let’s discuss something."

Lin Nianhe refused four times in a row: "No discussion, can’t do, no time, not my problem."

Wong Xiao’s eyes flickered: "I just wanted to find a quiet place to hide here, don’t tell anyone I came, hey, don’t be in such a rush to leave..."

"Oh, then you stay, feel free to sit, there’s water in the jar and rice on the stove, help yourself. I still have things to do, excuse me!"

Seeing that Lin Nianhe was truly about to leave, Wong Xiao dropped the act and spoke rapidly: "Every day now, a crowd of people comes asking me for money, but I need to distribute resources with a long-term perspective in mind, and whatever I say, they won’t listen, everyone’s afraid they’ll be too late and I won’t have money for them!"

Lin Nianhe: "..."

She can’t afford not to listen, can she?

But listening is one thing; she doesn’t plan on getting involved.

Unexpectedly, Wong Xiao saw Lin Nianhe leaving and didn’t stop her anymore, just watching her retreating figure with a sly grin, "Xiao Lin, before I came, I swung by Old Ji’s place, guess if I told him I was coming to see you?"

Lin Nianhe: "...?"

"What kind of demon has possessed you? Bring back my Uncle Wong!"

Uncle Wong is not the naive Uncle Wong he used to be!

He’s learnt some bad tricks!

Lin Nianhe didn’t want to delve into who Wong Xiao had picked up these tricks from, she frowned and sighed, "Uncle Wong, I’m just a small Educated Youth, isn’t it inappropriate for you to make me carry such a big burden?"

This issue isn’t hard to deal with, but she didn’t want to rack her brains.

"Of course, it’s inappropriate, so help me think, how can I buy some time so these people stop pestering me?" Wong Xiao walked over in a square gait, rubbing his hands and smiling at Lin Nianhe, "Xiao Lin, Xiao Lin, you’re smart, help your uncle out, I’m about to be torn apart by them!"

Lin Nianhe looked up at the blue sky and white clouds reluctantly moved her brain that had been sealed for a week.

After a moment, she asked, "Uncle Wong, out of all these people demanding money, who do you dislike the most?"

Wong Xiao blurted out, "Sun Jun."

"Ah? Isn’t he your nephew?"

Lin Nianhe looked at him confusedly.

She remembered Su Yuncheng mentioning to her that Sun Jun was a soldier brought up by Su Yuncheng and also Wong Xiao’s nephew.

Wong Xiao grimaced, teeth gritted as if in pain, "Well, saying he’s my nephew isn’t wrong, his great-grandfather was my grandfather’s sworn brother, but this kid is naturally standoffish, not close to me, and besides, he’s been away for many years, even less emotionally attached... anyway, we don’t really get along."

Lin Nianhe shook her head, "Just because he’s a relative, let’s switch to someone else."

Wong Xiao furrowed his eyebrows, pondering for a good while before grudgingly squeezing out, "It’s really hard to rank them, they all damn annoy me."

Lin Nianhe: "..."

Alright then, Uncle Wong uniformly loathes all the local leaders in the county.

She changed her questioning approach, "Then tell me, which expenditure is the least necessary?"

Wong Xiao sank into thought again.

Truthfully, Lan County had been impoverished for so many years, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say there was absolutely nothing left, every expense was tremendously necessary.

He could also understand the logic of these old fellows—they were scared of poverty, dreading that their issues wouldn’t get addressed, which is why they were neck-stretchingly insistent on him providing regulations.

After weighing for a long while, Wong Xiao finally said, "The west city garbage dump."

"Then you approve their funding first," Lin Nianhe stretched lazily, "If the least useful gets money, others won’t worry as much."

"Ah? What a great idea!" Wong Xiao clapped his thigh and gave Lin Nianhe a thumbs up, "I knew you were the clever one!"

"Uncle Wong, go read some more books when you get back," Lin Nianhe smirked, "This was a strategy Zhang Liang once offered to Liu Bang."

"Liu Bang was also chased by a bunch of old folks demanding money?"

"Er... roughly speaking, yes, but what they wanted were noble titles."

Wong Xiao stroked his chin, uttered a thoughtful "Oh" with varying intonations, then suddenly realized something was off, "Wait a minute, why didn’t Old Feng mention this when I sought his advice the day before yesterday? He’s read plenty of books too!"

Lin Nianhe: "Is it possible that Uncle Feng didn’t forget, he just simply didn’t want to bother with you?"

"...!"