Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 527 - 528 Sister Flowers Educated Youth 45_1

Chapter 527: Chapter 528 Sister Flowers Educated Youth 45_1

Shen Yuan groggily awoke, really, she was exhausted, and if possible, she would have liked to rest more.

But she couldn’t sleep any more; dawn was approaching, and once daylight broke, she would have to leave this place.

She didn’t know when she would be able to come back next, and right now, she really needed money.

Her own family wouldn’t give her money, nor could she expect anything from the Gao Family, and it was impossible to borrow from the farm.

Shen Yuan quietly got up, then prepared to rummage through chests, only to find that everything, chests and cabinets alike, was locked.

Everything was locked— if that wasn’t targeting her, then it truly would be fooling ghosts.

Gazing at the locked cabinets and chests, Shen Yuan wished she could deliver them a few hard kicks.

But she really didn’t dare; any noise might lead to unpleasant consequences.

"Find the key." She refused to believe she couldn’t find a key in such a large house.

She scanned the two deeply sleeping figures, "Definitely on them."

But trying to search was not easy, "What to do?"

Shen Yuan just touched Shen Jie’s pillow and realized there was no way to pull it out.

Finding an opportunity to feel under the pillow, she was frustrated not to find the key between the two pillows.

The next step would be to search their bodies for the key, but that too was a highly difficult maneuver, what to do.

As she worried, Shen Jie suddenly opened her eyes to see Shen Yuan already dressed, with her hand suspended in mid-air.

Rubbing her eyes and glancing at the sky outside, "It’s getting late, you have to go to work, you should leave now."

Taking a moment to collect herself, then she got up, prepared to send Shen Yuan off.

What? Send her off just like that? She hadn’t found anything yet, how could she leave, "I, I’m not leaving."

Shen Yuan yelled, refusing to go, as Shen Jie yawned, "You’re not leaving? Planning to find the key to unlock the chests and cabinets?"

Having seen the pillow earlier, she was certain that Shen Yuan had definitely searched through the pillows, turning everything inside out.

"I, I didn’t." Shen Yuan wouldn’t admit to it, especially since she hadn’t been caught red-handed.

"No need to explain, I simply think that way, and now you can leave."

"You still have a debt of three hundred yuan, and you can’t afford to skip work now. If you don’t work in the fields, you won’t earn any work points."

"Without work points, you won’t get food or drink, and by year’s end, there’ll be no money to divide."

"Shen Yuan, you need to work hard, you really need to put in effort to succeed."

"Otherwise, when winter comes and you have nothing to eat or drink, how will you survive the cold?"

"It’s fine, by that time Gao Jian can go hunting in the mountains; you should have meat to eat, and life can be rather cozy."

Shen Jie generously painted a rosy picture, "By year’s end, you should have a child."

"But I still have debts..." The thought of this scenario made Shen Yuan feel better.

The problem was the current predicament, which she really didn’t know how to overcome.

"That’s your problem," Shen Jie said matter-of-factly, spreading her hands, "All I know is, you need to behave well now."

"If you can’t behave well now, how can you expect the village to agree to let you owe the money?"

Shen Jie wasn’t convinced that if they couldn’t pay the money, others would push them to their deaths.

"But this debt..." Of course, the village could agree to let them owe money, but the debt was still something they couldn’t fail to repay.

"No worries, you need to have confidence in yourself, it’s just three hundred. You have to have confidence in Gao Jian."

"Work hard to earn full work points, is three hundred really a problem?" Hmph, Gao Jian is the type who works but never puts in effort. To have him busily working in the fields all day, his frail body won’t stand the strain.

Shen Yuan watched as Shen Jie yawned incessantly and thought she should be resting again soon.

But as she waited and waited, until she closed her eyes to rest again, Shen Jie had not fallen asleep.

Only when Shen Jie heard Shen Yuan’s snoring did she breathe a long sigh of relief, "Good, good."

Taking advantage of the wake-up call not having been sounded yet, Shen Jie closed her eyes to rest again.

Shen Yuan felt very tired, and didn’t want to get up at all, yet the place was noisy so early in the morning with incessant blaring.

A good while later, Shen Jie estimated the time, went over to Shen Yuan who was still deep in sleep, and unceremoniously threw a cold, damp towel onto her face.

Shen Yuan, still in her slumber, was startled awake by the chill and sprang out of bed, "So cold, so cold."

As she noticed the towel that had landed on her chest, she exclaimed, "Yah, Shen Jie, that’s too much, how could you not cover me with a blanket?"

"I didn’t neglect to cover you with a blanket, but time’s running out. We have fifteen minutes before we have to go to work, and you can scoot off, too."

Shen Jie casually mentioned that if a certain someone didn’t speed up, they wouldn’t be getting today’s work points.

"If I can’t get the work points, then so be it," though Shen Yuan was reluctant to lose those points, she figured if she could just have a sweep around when Shen Jie and the others went out, wouldn’t that be making money?

But her idea, though good, needed speed, "Hurry up, make it snappy."

"Otherwise, if things go missing here, the authorities will bring in the police."

"And then, one for poaching, one for stealing money, we’ll make quite the thieving duo, perfect for a shared meal behind bars."

Shen Jie wasn’t just trying to scare her, she was actually willing to do it.

Shen Yuan was furious, but what could she do? She didn’t dare take the risk; if the police were actually called, her future would be completely ruined.

If that happened, would Gao Jian, including the Gao family, still want to marry her? Would they disdain her for having a bad reputation?

After hesitating for a long time, Shen Yuan had no choice but to hasten her pace. After freshening up, she asked, "Is there no breakfast?"

"Nope," Shen Jie added, "We’ve already eaten, there’s none left for you."

"You didn’t tell me yesterday to buy an extra portion of breakfast." Shen Jie said innocently.

"I didn’t say it, and you didn’t think to bring me one?" Shen Yuan was about to explode with anger.

After Gao Jian’s incident yesterday, she had been busy thinking of solutions and skipped dinner. She had walked a long way, and by now, her stomach was already protesting continuously.

"Did you pay for it?"

"You said yesterday that it was just for staying overnight, and that I wouldn’t have to pay."

"If I had known, I wouldn’t have prepared breakfast for you, honestly, I wouldn’t have taken you in."

Shen Jie pushed Shen Yuan to the yard gate, "Alright, off we go to work."

Shen Yuan watched helplessly as Shen Jie left for work, truly dumbfounded.

"That’s too much, how can she be so excessive?" Shen Yuan shouted at Shen Jie’s retreating figure.

Shen Jie walked briskly down the path, "If she can shout that loudly, I can be sure she’s definitely got the energy."

Feng Dan hummed in agreement, "Yes, absolutely vigorous."

The other youths who walked past them and saw Shen Jie and Feng Dan were originally going to remind them that her sister was calling her name from up above.

Recalling the combativeness of a certain someone from the night before, they decided to keep quiet. That girl really is polite until she opens her mouth, but once she does, she’s absolutely merciless.

Feng Dan noticed everyone avoiding Shen Jie, "It seems like they’re a bit scared of you."

Scared, huh? "That’s fine, at least they won’t nag in my presence."

As for what they discussed in private, if she didn’t hear it, she’d just pretend it never happened.