Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 343 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 43_1

Chapter 343: Chapter 343 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 43_1

Huang Lei couldn’t have known that simply because she didn’t want to get involved, preferring to watch a dog-eat-dog scene unfold, she would inadvertently cause Fan Xiaofei to collaborate with the devil.

At this moment, she was busy cooking at home, as she would be heading back to the farm in two days. No matter how often they corresponded by letters, it wasn’t the same as being right beside her elderly parents.

While she was still with her parents, she wanted to make the most of it and perform well.

Before leaving home, Huang Lei washed everything that needed to be washed, aired things that needed airing, and gave the house a thorough cleaning once again.

Watching Huang Lei bustling about the house busily doing chores, many parents grew envious.

They couldn’t stop talking about Huang Lei at home, commenting on how sensible she was.

In places unknown to Huang Lei, she had arguably become everybody’s common enemy.

Upon seeing her, everyone seemed to wish they could rush up and give her a good talking-to, not to mention warmly greeting her.

Huang Lei was initially unaware of the reasons for her declining popularity, but once she learned why, she thought, "Let them hate if they want to hate."

"They’re all insignificant people," she said.

She planned to take the college entrance exam from the farm and, once accepted into university, she would go there to study. Upon graduating, she would await job assignment.

Huang Dapeng and his wife would surely be by her side at that time, and even though they didn’t know what the future held, they knew this was not a place to stay forever.

With this in mind, Huang Lei continued scrubbing and washing, ignoring the dagger-like stares from the people around her.

She needed to become immune to the malicious and dissatisfied gazes cast her way, not letting them affect her.

The young men and women, new brides, and brides-to-be of the neighborhood observed that no matter how harshly they looked at Huang Lei, it had no effect, and eventually, they reluctantly gave up.

What they now looked forward to was Huang Lei returning to the farm as soon as possible.

When they learned of the date she planned to go to the farm, they couldn’t contain their joy. Even though she might return earlier than expected, at least she wouldn’t be right in front of them, and the elders wouldn’t mention her as frequently.

When Huang Lei left home with her bags, it was clear that her popularity had begun to recover.

Some even greeted her warmly, mentioning how much better life was on the farm and how urban living depended on supplies and vouchers.

Huang Lei was certain that if they weren’t afraid of getting a beating from Huang Dapeng, they might even wish she never returned to the city.

During the festive season, Huang Lei thought she should strive to be kind to others.

Huang Dapeng, noting the happy expressions of the neighbors, began to feel upset.

"It’s really too much," Huang Dapeng said angrily. "They don’t know how to help out at home and are unhappy when someone else shows filial respect to their elders."

If they couldn’t stand Huang Lei because they thought she was showing off too much, then let them know that even though Huang Lei had gone to the farm, she would still be dutiful to her elders.

Ah, Huang Lei knew that Huang Dapeng was upset, but she hadn’t expected that he was thinking of continuing to provoke the neighbors’ anger.

Really, one must not provoke the old man, or there would indeed be no good consequences.

Huang Dapeng knew that Huang Lei didn’t want to attract too much attention, especially with the Zhu Family enemies watching them closely.

But now, he really wasn’t worried, "Fan Xiaofei has already had dealings with the Zhu Family’s rivals."

Even though those dealings were quite close, Huang Dapeng, knowing who he was, could still be privy to a thing or two.

A son-in-law discontented with the Zhu Family, meeting so secretly with their enemy—anyone could guess it wasn’t for anything good.

Ah, Huang Lei was stunned, "Isn’t that dancing with wolves?"

"If the Zhu Family meets a bad end, as a member of the Fan Family, a betrayer of the Zhu Family, could he really expect to have good days ahead?"

If she were the rival of the Zhu Family, even after having suppressed them, she wouldn’t trust Fan Xiaofei a bit.

Such people can strike at the Yue family without mercy, who knows who they’ll target next.

Huang Lei kept shaking her head, "Isn’t he said to be the most outstanding successor of the Fan Family?"

Anyone with a bit of sense would understand this; it made no sense for Fan Xiaofei not to know.

"Could this guy be single-mindedly fixated on revenge?" Fan Xiaofei’s days in the Zhu Family were tough, and now it’s the talk of the town everywhere.

When Zhao Aoran found out, who knows how happy he must have been.

"Anyway, let’s just pretend we know nothing, whoever takes over doesn’t concern our household."

"Maybe someone thinks Fan Xiaofei is handsome and would still be willing to marry him."

Huang Dapeng certainly knew of quite a few girls from families with some status who fancied Fan Xiaofei a lot.

Think Fan Xiaofei looks good? What kind of taste do they have, Huang Lei shook her head speechlessly, "If we’re talking about the past, I admit he looked not bad."

"But now, he’s too calculating, he just doesn’t look like a good guy, he has a mean face."

It wasn’t just because of eating Zhao Aoran’s food that made him better looking—all along, even Zhao Aoran, who used to follow Fan Xiaofei around, was much better looking.

"Being too scheming is not good; always thinking oneself is very impressive could just make one someone else’s pawn."

Fan Xiaofei is smart and has experienced a lot, but in a battle with those old foxes who have been thoroughly tested, just think, he will definitely not have a good end.

Don’t let someone eat you up without even spitting out the bones, that’s truly pitiful.

Mean face? Too calculating, the description Huang Dapeng gave Huang Lei made her laugh, "Right, really brainless."

"Forget about it, let’s not care about this stuff." He’s just a cook with a slightly better culinary skill.

Even if they all address him respectfully as Master Huang, do they really respect the person?

They don’t at all, it’s just a title.

Huang Dapeng sighed inwardly, this was also why he actually didn’t want Huang Lei’s child to follow him and learn cooking.

Even if one’s a craftsman, just a cook, how many people truly value a craftsman?

Hearing Huang Dapeng sigh, Huang Lei said, "Grandpa, no sighing allowed."

"Sighing is bad for your health."

"Alright, alright, Grandpa won’t sigh anymore." Knowing that the child was really concerned about their health, how could he be so confused?

"Right, no sighing, sighing is bad for your health."

"You and Grandma haven’t yet seen me get married and have kids, you promised to help me with the baby, to be my support."

They needed to have a strong desire to survive, "Wang Nan always says privately that I will be quite pitiful in the future."

Pitiful? Pitiful in the future? Upon hearing this, Huang Dapeng perked up his ears, keen on hearing how Wang Nan would say his granddaughter would be pitiful in the future.

"She says I won’t have any support later on."

"Whatever the husband’s family wants to do to bully me, there would be no one to stand up for me."

The original victim was bullied by Zhao Aoran and the others precisely because they felt she had no one to rely on, as pitiful as one could get.

That wasn’t how she thought, she believed that as long as she was strong enough, she wouldn’t have to worry about being bullied.

But that wouldn’t stop her from playing up her troubles in front of Huang Dapeng now, stimulating her grandparents’ will to live was the best.