Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 525 - 526 Sister Flowers Educated Youth 43_1

Chapter 525: Chapter 526 Sister Flowers Educated Youth 43_1

Shen Jie quickly retreated back into the courtyard, "Alright, this is all your business."

"Shen Yuan, stop knocking. I’m not going to open the door."

"If you have to borrow money, I can only make a trip to your village and then I’ll charge you for a phone call to my parents, to ask them for the money."

"No, no." Shen Yuan was taken aback—not only by the need to go to the village but also by the prospect of calling home, which was something she could not accept.

She could imagine what would happen if her family found out she was still with Gao Jian—they might really beat her to death.

That won’t do, she couldn’t let her family find out, "They, they won’t give the money."

"That’s simple, just send a telegram to the Gao Family. If it’s Gao Jian’s mistake, let the Gao Family take responsibility."

It was originally the money Gao Jian earned that he sent back home. Now that there was a need to pay compensation, shouldn’t the Gao Family be the ones to come up with the money?

"The Gao Family, they have no money," said Shen Yuan, hesitating, implying that if Gao Jian had no money, neither did his family.

"Then go ask them." People insist on following this path to the end, not caring about their own reputation—what can she do?

Shen Jie could only think that brains are a good thing, but once you’re lovesick, that brain really turns utterly useless.

Everyone was quick to scatter, fearing that if they ran too slowly, Shen Yuan would latch onto them, forcing them to shell out money.

They didn’t want to cough up such a large sum of money in the first place, let alone clearly not expecting it back—no one would be happy with that.

Shen Yuan turned around and saw that everyone had left, and when she looked for Shen Jie, she found the courtyard gate already closed.

"Open the door, open the door." Shen Yuan kept on knocking.

She now truly regretted it. If only she’d known it would come to this, she definitely wouldn’t have been greedy.

She would have borrowed just the amount needed for compensation.

What to do? The more Shen Yuan thought, the more aggrieved she felt—she didn’t know what to do next without having borrowed the money.

Borrowing money from other educated youths was something Shen Yuan dared not do, as her relationship with the others wasn’t that great.

Moreover, due to this incident, the villagers already had strong opinions against the educated youths.

And most importantly, they were all poor, simply unable to come up with the money—Shen Yuan couldn’t be bothered to demean herself and ask them for a loan.

With a helpless sigh, she wanted to go back, but the commotion had left her nearly drained of strength. She was genuinely worried that she might not even make it to the village.

Especially on the small paths at night, she had no idea if wolves might suddenly leap out from the sides.

Shen Yuan looked at the tightly closed door and an excellent idea dawned on her.

Hmph, it’s not that you don’t want to help her, not wanting to give the money, right? She would use her strength to get enough money to bail Gao Jian out.

"Xiao Jie, let me in. I promise not to borrow money, just let me stay for the night."

"I’m scared to go back, I really am, there’s the sound of wolves," Shen Yuan said with a sobbing tone.

Shen Jie, sitting on the kang bed, turned helplessly to Feng Dan, "See, I guessed this would happen."

"Right, did you pack everything up, including the textbooks?" Although there shouldn’t be much of an issue with the textbooks.

But by now, Shen Yuan could be said to be completely obsessed, nowhere near clear-headed.

Or perhaps she had gone mad, thinking about how to exact revenge.

"Should I pack this as well?" Feng Dan paused, thinking that this item wasn’t worth much and wasn’t worth the caution.

"Just pack it anyway, you know she got down on her knees today and all, and yet she utterly failed to get a single penny."

As far as Shen Yuan was concerned, anything related to Gao Jian was no small matter, especially when it involved someone’s future and great matters.

Feng Dan efficiently placed the items into the cabinet and then locked it.

Shen Jie went to open the door, "Don’t make a fuss. If you don’t rest properly, I’ll kick you out immediately."

"And then I’ll call home."

"You’re threatening me," Shen Yuan said incredulously to Shen Jie, "How can you do this to me? How can you be like this?"

"What did I do?"

"Isn’t it normal?"

"Your brain isn’t normal. Your heart and eyes only have Gao Jian in them. Did you really expect me to be nice to you?" Shen Jie gave her a dismissive look.

"What a big fool."

Shen Jie turned and walked back into the house. Although spring had already started, it was still quite cold.

Shen Yuan, though resentful, was out of options. She knew very well that if she truly provoked Shen Jie, there would be no courtesy.

She had found out the house where Shen Jie and the others lived was built when they first arrived.

Shen Yuan knew it must be better than the Educated Youth dormitory they lived in, but when she entered the room and especially saw that there were only two people on a single heated brick bed, she could feel nothing but intense envy.

"You actually only have two people sleeping here." In the Educated Youth dormitory, such a large kang bed would definitely be shared by three people, all crammed together.

What astonished her even more was that when she sat on the kang, she could distinctly feel the warmth.

"You guys, you’re even heating the kang and it’s already spring." After the Lunar New Year, they had already stopped heating their kang.

"What does spring have to do with it, it’s still cold in the mornings and evenings," Shen Jie said, not caring when others chose to stop heating their kang.

In any case, she felt cold and uncomfortable, so what if it wasted some firewood.

"You, don’t you know it’s a waste?" Shen Yuan considered Shen Jie’s action wasteful.

Waste? Who doesn’t know who is who, "That’s because you don’t go up the mountain to gather firewood."

"That’s true, sleeping in a communal bed, feeling like you’re at a disadvantage, reluctant to gather firewood. Of course, you would only heat the kang at the latest time and stop heating it early."

The original host was honest and also afraid of the cold. After getting frozen during the first year, she gathered a lot of firewood early in the second year, only for Shen Yuan to give it to Gao Jian.

This time, without the original host, Shen Yuan, who was worried about being taken advantage of, could only continue to endure the cold, "But it doesn’t matter, we’re all young people with strong vitality, definitely capable of resisting."

"You, you..." Shen Yuan was infuriated by Shen Jie’s blunt words.

"It’s all true, Gao Jian is busy making money and doesn’t have time to go up the mountain to gather firewood."

"The firewood you gathered was also shared with him, it really isn’t easy..."

Shen Jie suddenly remembered a previous mention about suggesting that they get married, "I remember I asked you once, given that your relationship with him was so close, why you just wouldn’t get married."

"You said the other party was worried about the family’s financial burden and didn’t want to drag you down. At first, I thought he was a very responsible person."

Shen Jie paused, "But now I don’t think so. I think, could it be that he, in fact, simply doesn’t want to share the money with you."

Shen Jie couldn’t believe that Shen Yuan didn’t have any thoughts when Gao Jian was finally caught.

"No, that’s not possible." People had warned her before, and Shen Yuan, of course, was completely incredulous, always standing by Gao Jian.

She thought that others were just jealous that Gao Jian liked her and spoke out of spite.

Now, Shen Yuan was very angry. Clearly, she could have been reminded several more times, yet she wasn’t.

"If those people had just reminded me a couple more times back then, I would have definitely realized sooner."

Shen Yuan, lying on the kang, grew angrier the more she thought about it. She felt that it was the fault of those Educated Youths for not knowing to remind her once or twice more.