Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 530 - 531 Sister Flowers Educated Youth 48_1

Chapter 530: Chapter 531 Sister Flowers Educated Youth 48_1

Shen Jie busied herself with various tasks on the farm, little did she know that Gao Jian and Shen Yuan’s relationship had also begun to encounter problems.

Such significant problems too, considering that in the original host’s time, the two had been through so much together, their affection for each other only deepening.

It was only later, during trade with the villagers, that she learned Gao Jian had been dispatched to the reservoir to build the dam.

It was known that this task was far from easy, although it came with a full score of work points and additional subsidies.

But the work was truly arduous, it was exceptionally hard.

"He actually went to the reservoir?" It should be known that in a previous life, these two had lived quite comfortably, relying on the original host before her death.

After the original host died, Shen Jianshe and his family thanked them for taking care of her, often sending money to them by mail.

They were, of course, not too enthusiastic about working, but upon reflection, even if they were not eager to engage in farm work, they could go hunting in the mountains and find various ways to make money.

Now, without the fool to take advantage of, they could only work hard, and the result of that effort led to this conclusion.

"And Shen Yuan, now she’s so eager to work. She can even obtain eight work points and sometimes, if she tries harder, she can get nine."

The person had a good relationship with Shen Jie, otherwise she wouldn’t have gone to inquire about these matters.

To think the work points start at eight, and sometimes there are nine, couldn’t be, Shen Jie’s mouth gaped open.

She really wanted to say, is this the Shen Yuan I know? She had never seen her work so diligently before.

"It’s good to be diligent, otherwise with all those debts..." Everyone knew by now, Gao Jian was to pay compensation, but only two hundred.

This left everyone quite dissatisfied, he was to pay two hundred but borrowed three hundred, clearly taking advantage of the situation to make a profit.

Instantly, many people were very displeased and, unapologetically, brought up the incident involving Shen Yuan again.

Originally, as time passed, the incident had slowly faded from memory, but Gao Jian’s going to the reservoir brought it all back into focus.

Shen Yuan had not expected that her past, which she thought had been buried, would be dug up once more. The educated youths, who had been lenient with her because of her entrapment of Gao Jian, were now keeping their distance from her again.

What made her even angrier was the whispering behind her back, which infuriated her no end.

"I actually only wanted to borrow two hundred, it was Gao Jian who, worrying that my sister wouldn’t lend me the full amount, asked me to request more."

"I, at the start, just wanted to get Gao Jian out. I really, really didn’t think it would turn out this way."

Shen Yuan had grown accustomed to laying the blame on Gao Jian. It was, after all, for his ordeal that she went to Shen Jie in the first place.

Would it have been like this if she hadn’t gone to Shen Jie? In any case, none of it was her fault.

"My parents favored boys over girls, and whenever I needed to buy something, I had to borrow money from Shen Jie, as Gao Jian’s family was poor."

"He seemed so pitiable, and after knowing the situation at my home, he often showed concern for me, comforting me."

"His family was poor, so sometimes I would borrow money from Shen Jie and then buy things for him."

"I thought, since he liked me, it was normal for me to buy him things."

"For his sake, I’ve made my relationship with my cousin quite strained. She said I was a fool, giving so much to someone heartless with no return."

"I just thought she was jealous of me. For him, I really have sacrificed a lot."

"I was supposed to register with Shen Jie, I could have gone to the farm as an educated youth."

"But just because he said he had something to deal with at home and asked me to wait for him for a few days, the result..."

If she hadn’t been assigned to the village but had gone to the farm instead, she would have had a salary every month, and life would have been good.

But she was foolish to follow Gao Jian, leading herself to this point, regretful, truly filled with all sorts of regret.

Everyone listened as Shen Yuan spoke of all the sacrifices she made for Gao Jian. They really hadn’t thought that paying extra was her own doing.

Considering Gao Jian’s behavior, they felt this was another example of Shen Yuan setting a trap for Gao Jian.

"Since you already know what kind of person Gao Jian is, keep your distance from him in the future."

"I know, I know."

"I originally thought that by working hard, we could pay off the debts together," Shen Yuan sighed, "but then he said that he only said that to marry him."

"I admit, I did want to marry him before. Helping him to pay off the debts together, was my request too much?"

Shen Yuan asked those present, and they shook their heads, although they felt Shen Yuan might be a bit delusional.

But if you think about it seriously, it really wasn’t too much, "You’ve spent so much money for him."

Several people rallied to Shen Yuan’s defense, one after another, criticizing how deplorable Gao Jian was.

Shen Yuan, who also criticized how awful Gao Jian was, actually felt a great sense of relief.

Even if Gao Jian came to know of this later, and made various excuses for himself, claiming he never asked her to do such things,

nobody would believe him. Everyone would think he was just shirking responsibility.

Shen Yuan, who no longer viewed Gao Jian through rose-colored glasses and no longer held affection for him, felt absolutely no remorse about stabbing him in the back viciously.

In fact, she had thought about whether there was a way to make Gao Jian give back the money she had spent on him over the years.

But after a long thought, she could only give up helplessly, because there was no IOU, and if the other party didn’t admit the money came from her, claiming it was all his spending, there was nothing she could do about him.

When Shen Yuan thought about how she skimped on eating and drinking, only to have her money swindled away, it is false to say she wasn’t heartbroken, but she had to accept it.

The most she could do was to trample on him a few times when he was down on his luck, and as for the rest, there was no hurry, she believed there would eventually be a way to deal with him.

She wasn’t going to have any good days, and neither could she let Gao Jian have them. She wanted to make him understand that deceiving her would result in a miserable end.

Gao Jian, who was busy at the reservoir, was completely unaware that Shen Yuan, who once adored him and wouldn’t marry anyone else, had actually dug a very deep hole for him.

As for his reputation, not to mention among the educated youths, even in the village and the surrounding villages and farms, it was notorious.

Everyone knew there was such a man who did not exert himself but charmed girls into spending money on him.

After the girl had spent a lot of money on him, he even claimed she was being excessive and stated he would never marry her.

Those words were truly excessive. If he didn’t mean to be with Shen Yuan, he shouldn’t have given her any hope, shouldn’t have taken her money, shouldn’t have accepted her belongings.

Besides, after coming out, he had the nerve to question Shen Yuan pointedly why she didn’t help him to clean.

It could be said that Gao Jian’s reputation became unbearably foul. When Shen Jie learned of it, she didn’t know how many versions she heard.

In short, the word was that Gao Jian really was unscrupulous, even cheating a young girl.

Some people of course also asked Shen Jie if she knew about these things, "How would I know?"

"All I did was occasionally go out with Shen Yuan when I was at home, and I would see Gao Jian."

"Every time we bought something, it was always two portions, and then neither Gao Jian nor Shen Yuan would pay. If they did spend money, it was just a few coins."

"And there has been no repayment to date." Of course, Shen Jie didn’t forget to take the chance to put them down.

"Right, Shen Yuan is working so hard now; she should be able to get some money by the end of the year. I wonder if she will repay the debt."

Shen Jie certainly had no expectations of being repaid, but she felt she had to complain a bit.