Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 484 - 485 Sister Flowers Educated Youth 2_1

Chapter 484: Chapter 485 Sister Flowers Educated Youth 2_1

Is the ending tragic? It seems to have a tinge of tragedy, but it wasn’t the most tragic case she had ever taken on.

If only the little girl’s family had been more attentive, when they arrived in the Northeast, they would have learned the situation with the local youth and would have known that the sisterly bond had already been broken.

Unfortunately, they did not investigate, and some of the educated youths didn’t want to meddle. After all, they were cousins and ultimately family. They didn’t think it would be good to stick their noses in.

If the young girl didn’t feel too ashamed to talk about it, and instead of hiding it from her family to spare their worries, she had written to them about it, the family would have known the true face of their niece much sooner and would have been better prepared.

It can only be said that everyone shares the responsibility for letting the other party take advantage of the situation.

Otherwise, things would not have gotten to such a point. Zhang Yu sighed softly, pulling to the end, wanting to see the other party’s demands.

The client’s demands weren’t many, just that she be able to take care of her grandparents and parents into their old age; they didn’t want their own family to have a bleak ending, and of course, they hoped that the cousin would reap what she sowed.

"The demands aren’t high; I’ll take it," Zhang Yu quickly signed the agreement with the other party.

The agreement was soon generated. After thanking Zhang Yu, the other party ceded control of the body to her.

Lying on the bed, she carefully reviewed the original host’s memories. Since she knew the unfortunate fate of the young girl, Shen Jie, was tied to being an educated youth with her cousin, Shen Yuan,

She decided to simply bypass Shen Yuan—by not joining the educated youths together, she could avoid this tragic turn of events in her life.

Although the two families were related, their interactions weren’t particularly frequent; their relationship was fairly ordinary. Shen Jie’s grandparents were workers, and even though her grandfather had already passed away, the elderly lady still had a pension.

With only one son, Shen Jianshe, the old lady’s pension could help supplement her son.

In contrast, Shen Yuan’s family, although Shen Jiansheng and his wife both earned salaries, he was the third among five siblings, holding a position neither favored by his father nor loved by his mother.

After getting married, they received no care from any elderly family members and had three sons and a daughter, never placing much importance on Shen Yuan.

If it weren’t for Shen Jie attending high school, Shen Yuan would have either been sent off to be an educated youth or more bluntly, "married off" for a significant bride price, right after finishing junior high.

Shen Jiansheng and his wife, who had provided for Shen Yuan’s education through high school, also had many expectations for their daughter. They thought that when their daughter got married, the bride price couldn’t be low; otherwise, no one would expect to marry a high school graduate.

If they knew that the golden grandchild, Shen Yuan, in whom they had placed high hopes and looked forward to recouping the investment of her upbringing, had already fallen for someone,

And that someone was the eldest son in a family with many siblings, who still had a frail widowed mother to support, it was unknown whether they would be driven mad with rage.

Forget it, it’s not suitable for her to bring it up now. According to the timeline, for now, it’s only Shen Yuan who has a one-sided affection, while the other party has no feelings for her at all.

In time, Shen Jiansheng might worry that his daughter would turn out to be a losing investment and simply find a man to marry her off to; what about what will follow then?

In their previous lives, the couple wasn’t extremely cooperative, they were envied and praised as a perfect couple.

Given another chance at life, how could she ruin their relationship? Of course, she had to let them continue as husband and wife.

It’s just uncertain whether they, who were a loving couple in their previous life, will still be together this time.

She would probably still make it happen, considering Shen Yuan’s determination. She must surely achieve what she desires.

Lady Shen Li estimated the time, feeling that her precious granddaughter must have awoken by now. Ever since the girl offered her job opportunity to her brother Shen Xiaohui, the entire family had been feeling indebted to her.

Originally, they had thought that if all else failed, they could let Shen Jie take over Zhang Yamei’s job. But the girl refused, saying she would only earn the minimum wage if she went.

Especially after she mentioned her promise to join her classmates as rural laborers, how could they not understand that the young lady simply didn’t want to burden her family too much?

Zhang Yamei’s family had only her and her sister, but both her parents and her sister were in poor health. And with only Old Master Zhang’s pension, they couldn’t afford the medical and living expenses for the family of three.

When Zhang Yamei got married, she had an agreement with Shen Jianshe that her family back home couldn’t be neglected, which meant a large portion of her salary went to the Zhang Family.

In the past, Lady Shen Li wouldn’t have had any complaints, Zhang Yamei was truly beyond reproach, adept at managing both home and work, and all three children were well educated.

But now, facing difficulties, the old lady occasionally wondered if without the burden of the Zhang Family, could Shen Jie have smoothly taken over Zhang Yamei’s job.

No sooner had this thought surfaced than the old lady suppressed it, mentally chastising herself repeatedly for even considering it.

Many people courted Zhang Yamei back then, her job was good, she was hard-working and attractive. With their family’s status, they could hardly match up, but it was precisely because of the Zhang Family’s plight that Zhang Yamei thought they were sincere and agreed to marry into their family.

Lady Shen Li gently pushed open the door and saw that Shen Jie was awake. "You’re awake," she said.

Shen Jie hummed a response, "Yes, I’m awake. Oh, Grandma, please give me the household registry. I’m going to register at the street office with Feng Dan today."

The old lady acknowledged and was about to retrieve the household registry when she suddenly remembered what Shen Jianshe mentioned the day before. "Your dad came back yesterday and said that your older cousin mentioned Shen Yuan is also going to be a rural laborer. You might as well go together, it’s nice to have someone to look out for you."

Thinking it over, they had always helped Shen Yuan in one way or another; such a child who offered to join her should be grateful.

It’s not that Feng Dan isn’t good enough, but can friends really be as reliable as relatives?

"I don’t want to go with Shen Yuan," Shen Jie frowned. "I don’t know how much she’ll look out for me, but I do know that if she looks out for me, I have to give her something in return."

"Last time she said she would take me to buy books at the bookstore, Grandma, I didn’t tell you, but I ended up buying a book for her too."

"She said it was a thank-you gift for taking me to the bookstore. Grandma, I used to go to the bookstore with Feng Dan. If it weren’t for her, I could have gone earlier, and wouldn’t need any thank-you gift at all."

"I ended up going a few days late, and in class, I shared a book with Feng Dan." Anyway, that’s the truth. The young girl hadn’t mentioned it before, each time Shen Yuan complained about how stingy her family was, she thought she’d help if she could.

"There was also the last time..." Whether it looked like she was tattling or not, it was the truth, and there was nothing wrong with telling it.

Ah, so there was this matter. Lady Shen Li had always thought Shen Yuan was not bad, but she hadn’t expected such a facade behind their backs, infuriating the old lady greatly.

"Why didn’t you speak up earlier?" Had she known, would they have given the things from their home that they didn’t need to Shen Jiansheng’s family?

They had thought that without older folks to look after them, and with many children, they should help when they could, but this was too much.

The old lady didn’t need any confirmation to conclude that Shen Yuan was at fault. She had personally raised the three children; how could she not know their temperaments?