Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 313 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 13_1

Chapter 313: Chapter 313 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 13_1

"They’re fighting, they’re fighting again."

As Huang Lui was working in the fields, upon hearing this, he immediately looked up.

Many others around also looked up, considering the fight from yesterday had yet to be resolved—how could another fight have started so soon?

Zhang Xia was very unhappy, "What’s going on, why are they fighting again?"

Someone nearby also expressed displeasure, "What’s happening, it’s not like they’re going to increase our workload again, is it?"

The tasks assigned for today had already pushed everyone to the brink of complaining; if they were to add more, no one would know how to cope.

Huang Lei’s face suddenly changed, and she almost lost her composure, "No way, increasing it again?"

"That would kill us."

Everyone knew that being a sent-down youth was tough, but no one expected it to be this brutally hard.

"By the way, who’s fighting?" Everyone looked concernedly towards the area where the crowd was thicker.

It wasn’t that they didn’t want to go over, but there were already so many people gathered that rushing over might not give them a clear view of the situation.

"Who else could it be but Zhao Aoran’s good friend, Fan Xiaofei," someone who had gone over to inquire came back and glanced at Huang Lei a few times.

Fan Xiaofei? Huang Lei was very surprised. If Zhao Aoran was known to be impulsive, Fan Xiaofei was far stronger and not so rash.

If she was somewhat prepared for Zhao Aoran to get into a fight, she was completely baffled by Fan Xiaofei being involved in one.

"It wouldn’t be because of Wang Nan, would it?" Huang Lei hesitated.

The other person nodded and recounted what had happened, "It really is because of him. The inspector criticized him but he didn’t retaliate."

"Knowing it was about Wang Nan, he actually started fighting." The person swallowed nervously, "Are they a couple?"

Huang Lei, of course, couldn’t admit that; after all, the two of them had not made it official, "They have a good relationship."

"That’s not right, if they were a couple, why wasn’t Fan Xiaofei as anxious as Wang Nan when Zhao Aoran got into trouble?"

They had all seen Wang Nan frantically jumping around, trying to clear the way for Zhao Aoran.

"Exactly, if she’s with Fan Xiaofei, why would she help Zhao Aoran that much?"

"They are also good friends," Huang Lei continued to use the term ’good friends’ to explain their relationship.

Being ’good friends’ was a convenient way to describe their dynamic, being offensive when needed and defensive when necessary, even if Zhao Aoran and the others heard it, they couldn’t say she was wrong.

"Good friends, indeed." Everyone indicated they understood.

People their age had experienced relationships themselves, of course; they knew what ’good friends’ implied.

"Alright, I won’t go there," Huang Lei said, having lost all interest in watching the fight once she knew Fan Xiaofei was involved.

Sighing inwardly, Huang Lei lamented how much trouble the fight between these two might cause.

It wasn’t just bad luck for them; all the newcomers would suffer consequences.

Huang Lei worked diligently, knowing well that come inspection time, they would not ease the requirements because of a fight—standards might even be raised.

After discussing for a bit, seeing Huang Lei hard at work, everyone thought, "What are we chatting about, it’s almost noon."

During midday, the sun was scorchingly hot, as if at that time they could rest for an hour or two, and then return to work after two o’clock.

This meant less time to work in the afternoon and if the tasks were increased, it would be very tough.

While many still crowded around to watch the commotion, those far from the scene had already started working.

Though spectating was entertaining, rushing work was undeniably tough.

The news of the fight involving the new sent-down youths quickly spread to the farm office. The farm leaders had not anticipated today’s youths would work with such a lack of focus that after being critiqued by an inspector, a fight would break out.

In the eyes of the leaders, this was defiance, and learning who threw the first punch, the leaders were even more incensed.

They felt that this was Fan Xiaofei’s discontent with the leaders; otherwise, why would the inspectors have criticized so many people, yet he was the only one to take action?

They were already dissatisfied with Zhao Aoran, who was impervious to reason and would never admit to any wrongdoing.

The leaders declared outright that this matter must be dealt with severely and not be taken lightly.

By the time Huang Lei and her coworkers finished their shift that afternoon, the punishment had already been decided—they were to inspect every team at the worksite.

They had to apologize while moving along the raised paths between fields under the blazing sun, apologizing to every team.

At the same time, a major demerit was to be recorded in their files, the kind that couldn’t be rescinded.

Looking at the official document on the bulletin board, Huang Lei’s mouth fell open; she knew that the futures of these two were more or less ruined.

To think that even if the college entrance examination were restored in a few years, regardless of one’s social class, but one’s archival records would still be scrutinized; with such evaluations on record, just being eligible for the college entrance examination would be problematic.

Even if they could take the college entrance examination later, unless they succeeded in getting into university in the first one or two attempts, they would still be one step behind others.

Huang Lei knew that Zhao Aoran wouldn’t be able to repeat his past life’s success, and she couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Would Fan Xiaofei, who had risen through the ranks with the help of the Zhao Family’s connections and networking, still be able to prosper as he had in the past?

Huang Lei took a deep breath, ready to go get some food, though she was also very anxious, wondering where Wang Nan might pop up from.

By the time she finished eating, she still hadn’t seen Wang Nan, which started to worry her.

It wasn’t until she ran to Wang Nan’s dormitory that she found out Wang Nan had gone to the worksite administration with Fan Xiaofei and hadn’t come out yet.

Off to the worksite administration, then. Although she really didn’t want to go, knowing that Wang Nan was there, she couldn’t just not go.

When she arrived at the worksite administration, she found Wang Nan below the office building, pacing back and forth.

"Xiao Nan," Huang Lei approached Wang Nan.

Wang Nan, who was wandering in circles and at a loss for what to do, threw herself at Huang Lei when she saw her, "Xiao Lei, Xiaofei has been locked up."

"I know, the announcement has already been posted," Huang Lei nodded.

"How can they do this?"

"It’s just that they..." Wang Nan hadn’t expected the announcement to be posted so quickly.

Huang Lei wouldn’t let Wang Nan speak out of turn, "You haven’t had your meal, right? Let’s go eat first."

"Otherwise, the cafeteria will close soon, and you won’t have anything to eat," Huang Lei said, pulling Wang Nan toward the cafeteria.

After getting her food, Wang Nan went outside and found a spot to eat, "What should I do, this is going on the record."

Huang Lei let out a long sigh, "Is there really no way?"

Wang Nan shook her head, "There’s no way."

Huang Lei remained silent, listening to Wang Nan’s complaints.

After Wang Nan had been complaining for quite some time and noticed that Huang Lei hadn’t said anything, she prompted, "Why don’t you say something?"

"What can I say?" Huang Lei responded languidly, "I’m not a leader, and besides, they did resort to violence."

"How can I defend that? I’m just a young educated person from the city; I’d be doing well just to take care of myself."

"Did you notify Zhao Aoran’s family?" Huang Lei remembered they were supposed to inform Zhao Aoran’s parents.

Wang Nan’s eyes flickered, "I don’t know his parents’ contact information."

"I was thinking Xiaofei would notify them later, but now he’s in trouble as well. Do you think if his parents come, they could remove the incident from the record?"

Wang Nan looked at Huang Lei with a pathetic plea, hoping to hear the answer she desired from her.

That... "You know, I’m not familiar with Zhao Aoran’s family, and I have no idea about their capabilities," Huang Lei said.

Huang Lei felt that even if Zhao Aoran’s family had the ability, they would also have to be willing to make an effort for Zhao Aoran.