Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 209 True or False First Love 9_1

Chapter 209: Chapter 209 True or False First Love 9_1

Zhou Juan woke up the next day and heard the many tasks assigned by Old Madam Zhou, "Grandma, I’ll eat something first."

"There’s nothing for you," Old Madam Zhou said impatiently, glancing at Zhou Juan.

"You don’t have a job anyway, not eating breakfast won’t kill you."

"There’s no need to waste food," Old Madam Zhou paused, "These are your mother’s words, if you have a problem, take it up with her."

The old lady indicated she wouldn’t take the blame for this, although she had indeed helped stir the pot a bit.

Zhou Juan snorted coldly, "I get it."

Who made the decision? That didn’t matter. She knew it was actually the whole family’s consensus.

They all felt she had messed everything up and needed to be taught a lesson.

Zhou Juan, after freshening up, didn’t even bother to check if there really was nothing to eat, knowing that even if there was, it wouldn’t be for her.

But that was okay, it’s not like she had nowhere else to eat.

Zhou Juan’s eyes darted around, and she went straight upstairs, knocking on the door casually, "Zhou Lina, do you have any food over there?"

Huh, if it weren’t for Zhou Lina, she wouldn’t be in this predicament, so she ought to hold her responsible.

Zhou Lina was at home reading when Zhang Shifen mentioned that approval had been given for the steel plant to recruit internally and externally as well.

Of course, the so-called external candidates were more or less predetermined, otherwise the authorities wouldn’t have taken so long to make a decision.

Once Zhang Shifen received a definite answer, she promptly went to see the factory manager and others.

It wasn’t about opening the back door; it was just a matter of getting a guarantee to prevent her spot from being taken by someone else.

What the leaders thought, that was for the leaders to decide.

Knowing there would be a recruitment exam, Zhou Lina naturally continued to study seriously, mainly memorizing quotations.

In this crazy era, it’s still important to learn, in case the test really happened and she couldn’t answer, even if she did well in every other aspect, it would be useless.

When she heard the knock on the door, she looked up towards the door, thinking it was a neighbor, but didn’t expect it to be Zhou Juan.

Really admiring this one, she could set people up and still show up so brazenly.

"Why are you here?" Zhou Lina looked at the uninvited Zhou Juan, well, this was her uncle’s house, she was allowed to come and go as she pleased.

"Can’t I come?" Zhou Juan said, clearly unhappy with Zhou Lina’s tone.

"You can come, this is your uncle’s house," Zhou Lina continued to read, paying no mind to Zhou Juan’s feelings.

Zhou Juan glanced at Zhou Lina, who was still reading, feeling indignant, "You’ve already graduated, why are you still reading?"

"Always pretending," she thought. Back in school, everyone read casually, except for her, always attentive in class, always scoring well on exams.

Zhou Juan had vaguely heard people say that if anyone could go to university, it’d be Zhou Lina without a doubt.

Though discontented, she had to admit Zhou Lina was indeed smart, and going to university would be no issue for her.

The only question was which university to attend, but luckily, at that time, getting into university required a recommendation, which offered the chance.

Such an opportunity wouldn’t come to Zhou Lina, "No matter how much you read, do you think you can get into university?"

That remained to be seen. Zhou Lina didn’t respond, she definitely wouldn’t give Zhou Juan any fodder for thought.

"If not for reading, what should I do?" Zhou Lina continued to turn the page and resumed her reading.

What could she do if not read? "There’s plenty to do, you could go find..." Zhou Juan’s eyes flickered, and suddenly she had an idea.

Since it was no longer possible to control this young lady, there was no need to worry, Zheng Weijian was still in play.

"I refuse to believe that with him taking action, Zhou Lina wouldn’t be moved. "Let’s go find Zheng Weijian, how about that?"

Find Zheng Weijian? Did she hope he would persuade her? Zhou Lina continued to turn pages, "I’m not going."

Ah? She’s actually not going? Hearing this unexpected reply left Zhou Juan dumbfounded. What was going on?

In the past, whenever she heard about going to see Zheng Weijian, she would get very excited and even urge to hurry, right?

"What’s wrong with you?" Zhou Juan approached Zhou Lina cautiously and asked in a low voice.

"Nothing’s wrong." Zhou Lina looked at Zhou Juan with a puzzled expression.

That overly calm expression made Zhou Juan hesitate, "You don’t want to see Zheng Weijian?"

"Why would I see him?"

"It’s just two eyes, a nose, and a mouth, just like everyone else." After all, Zhou Lina could not see any charm in Zheng Weijian, the one the original owner of the body cherished.

"You don’t like him anymore?" Zhou Juan’s heart skipped a beat—no way, Zhou Lina couldn’t really have lost her feelings for Zheng Weijian.

This made Zhou Juan panic, as this was the ultimate weapon to change Zhou Lina’s mind.

"Who do I like?" Zhou Lina looked at Zhou Juan, still puzzled.

"Don’t worry, I know you like him, and I won’t compete with you for him."

"It just so happens that you’re becoming ’sent-down youth,’ and he’s going as well. You can register together and be assigned together, and then you can get married."

"Once you’re there, you don’t have to worry about Zheng Weijian’s parents opposing your marriage to him."

"You would certainly achieve marital freedom."

"I bless you, you will surely be happy." Zhou Lina sincerely wished Zhou Juan well as she took her hand.

Whether they went to become ’sent-down youth’ or stayed in the city, the former meant a life full of hardships, whereas the latter meant enduring the torments of a mother-in-law for Zhou Juan.

To personally deal with Zhou Juan? There was simply no need—just by making good use of the surroundings, anyone could definitely teach her a lesson.

Ha, Zhou Juan’s mind exploded at that moment; Zhou Lina knew, she knew about her and Zheng Weijian.

Then she understood why Zhou Lina’s expression was so strange yesterday; she knew the truth.

But yesterday, she and Zheng Weijian hadn’t done anything, ah. Since there were people around, all they did was exchange tender glances and take three steps back with every step apart when they separated.

There was absolutely no inappropriate behavior; even if Zhou Lina had witnessed it, she couldn’t have guessed the closeness of their relationship.

No, she couldn’t admit it, "Xiao Na, who told you? Zheng Weijian and I are just ordinary classmates."

"But he likes you." Zhou Juan reiterated again and again that Zheng Weijian’s affection was for Zhou Lina, not for her.

Watching Zhou Juan still try to explain, "Rest assured, I know you like him, you don’t need to explain."

"By the way, Zhou Juan, has anyone ever told you that there are two things that are impossible to hide?" Zhou Lina said gravely.

Zhou Juan almost jumped from the gravity of Zhou Lina’s expression; it reminiscent of facing Zhang Shifen.

Zhou Lina didn’t wait for Zhou Juan to answer, "They are the eyes of jealousy, and the gaze towards one’s beloved."

"You might deny it with your words, but your eyes will definitely betray you."

Trying to fool an old hand or a cunning fox isn’t easy, but to deceive the current Zhou Juan? It was really no trouble at all.