Quick Transmigration: The Gossip Master Took the Black Lotus Script - Chapter 19

“I’m not just making things up here. I know an auntie who came from a wealthy family. Later, because of a man full of deceitful schemes, she actually broke ties with her family. And guess what happened afterward?”

“What happened?” the two young girls asked in unison.

“That man turned out to be unreliable. He abandoned her alone in some remote place to live, claiming he was going out to ‘find a way out.’ Well, he did find a way out—by becoming someone else’s prized son-in-law. Not only did he abandon her, he also demanded that she stay chaste and never find another man. He didn’t care that, left all alone, she had to survive by digging up wild vegetables. And do you know how long she dug for those? Over ten years!”

When Luo An told a story, she really had the presence for it, so much so that the two naïve girls were completely drawn in, mouths hanging wide open.

“No way! How could a man do that? If it were me, if it were me…” Duan Jia’s face was full of righteous indignation, but she couldn’t find the right words to express her thoughts.

“You’d just whack him with a shovel and send him flying! What trash! Let him rot wherever he wants.”

“Yes, yes! A man like that doesn’t deserve to show up in front of me.”

Luo An felt quite gratified—finally, they were showing some awareness. But before she could enjoy it for more than two seconds, Dahua piped up, “But why did she keep digging wild vegetables for more than ten years? Couldn’t she have just grown some crops to eat?”

Luo An’s forehead darkened with exasperation, and she flicked Dahua on the head. “Is that the point here? The point is that a vain, unfaithful man can’t be relied on! Got it?”

Dahua shrank her neck. “Got it, got it.”

She was afraid if she answered too late she’d get flicked again—though honestly, it didn’t even hurt.

Once they’d had their fill of gossip, the group finally headed to the educated youth dormitory. The door was opened by a girl with braids. When she saw how pretty the newly arrived girls were, one after another, she instantly lost the mood for pleasantries.

“Come in.”

After saying that, she turned to leave—but at that moment she caught sight of Shao Jing walking up slowly. Her eyes instantly lit up. “Is he also a new educated youth?”

Of course, everyone knew who she was talking about. Seeing her switch faces faster than flipping pages, the two other male youths nearly rolled their eyes and couldn’t be bothered to respond. If she wanted to know, she could ask herself. Only Luo An’s eyes glimmered with amusement as she watched them.

Tsk, tsk! Another cannon fodder volunteer had appeared.

This time, though, she had no interest in saving anyone. After all, Liu Lihong and Shao Jing were perfectly matched—two peas in a pod.

Liu Lihong, not noticing the others’ silence, eagerly stepped forward to grab Shao Jing’s luggage. “Are you a new educated youth too? I’m Liu Lihong, an old-timer here. Nice to meet you.”

She lifted what she thought was her prettiest smile. But Shao Jing, after everything he’d gone through, had no patience for polite small talk. He answered bluntly, “No need, thank you,” and brushed past her with a stony face.

But Liu Lihong was the type who only got more excited by rejection. In her last life she’d been drawn to his feigned aloofness, and now it was the same. She stared after his departing back with starry eyes.

“Tsk, tsk! Another love-struck fool blinded by looks.”

“What’s a love-struck fool?”

Luo An: “…It means a lovesick idiot. Someone who sees a handsome man and can’t walk straight anymore. You two must never be that kind of girl, understand?”

“Understood.”

Why did it suddenly feel like Luo An was their mom?

“Then… will she also get tricked into living off wild vegetables for years? Should we warn her?” Dahua asked, frowning.

“Warn her my foot! Just get your little stools ready, bring some melon seeds, and enjoy the show!”

In her past life, Duan Jia and Dahua had ended up like that partly thanks to Liu Lihong. Helping her now would be betraying her own mission. She wasn’t about to waste effort on a thankless task.

“Come on, let’s greet the others.”

In these past years, more than a dozen educated youths had come to Houshan Village. Some with connections had already returned to the city, others who couldn’t endure had married villagers and moved out. Now, only six remained—three men and three women. With five newcomers joining, the place suddenly felt crowded.

After the introductions, Liu Lihong, seeing how warmly the new girls were received, felt a stab of jealousy and quickly shifted the conversation toward Shao Jing.

“Why do you all look so energetic, but Educated Youth Shao looks so exhausted? Did you bully him?”

At those words, all the older educated youths stopped talking and stared at her. Was Liu Lihong acting up again? The new arrivals had barely settled in, and she was already stirring trouble? Did she want the villagers laughing at them?

“Why must it be us bullying him? Couldn’t it just be that he’s… a bit weak?” Luo An raised an eyebrow.

Calling a man “weak” was basically saying he wasn’t man enough. And this was the man Liu Lihong had just set her sights on—of course she couldn’t let that slide.

“That’s nonsense! Educated Youth Shao is tall and handsome—how could he be weak?”

“How do you know whether he is or isn’t? Or… are you planning to test it yourself?”

Being a three-hundred-year-old demoness, Luo An could say something risqué without batting an eye. But everyone else, single as they were, froze for a couple of seconds before realizing what she meant—and their faces instantly turned bright red.

Standing beside her, Duan Jia tugged lightly on Luo An’s sleeve and whispered, “Tone it down. You’ve scared everyone.”

Luo An looked innocent. “What did I say? I was just reminding her out of kindness. If she really wants to know whether Educated Youth Shao is weak or not, she just has to ask him to do some work for her, right?”

Duan Jia blinked in surprise. “Oh… that’s what you meant?”

“What else? Did your little head wander somewhere it shouldn’t?”

A blush spread over Duan Jia’s round cheeks, making her look just like a ripe apple.

“No, no, no—I didn’t think anything.”

001 was laughing so hard it held its stomach. “This little girl is too adorable. Host, you should stop teasing her.”

Luo An rolled her eyes inwardly. “What, am I supposed to tell her, ‘Yes, you’re right, that’s exactly what I meant’? Wouldn’t that just corrupt a good girl?”

“But that example you gave earlier… wasn’t it Wang Baochuan? Since when did she turn into an auntie you knew?” 001 countered.

“Don’t I ‘know’ her? Isn’t she an auntie? What’s wrong with combining the two?”

001: …Well, when you put it that way, I guess nothing’s wrong.

Speechless, 001 decided to shut up. Truly, only a centuries-old demon could talk circles like this.

“Anything else to say?” Luo An asked.

001 shook its head weakly.

“Good. Then let me say this: since you wrongly accused me without investigation just now, you owe me some compensation.”

At the word compensation, 001’s radar went off immediately. It put on a pitiful face and begged, “Host, I’m really poor. Please spare me.”