Quick Transmigration: The Gossip Master Took the Black Lotus Script - Chapter 21

He suddenly regretted choosing her as a teammate, but at this point, he had no other choice.

“Calm down first. You don’t have any proof right now—if you stir things up at the commune, you might drag yourself into trouble.”

Seeing the concern on Shao Jing’s face, Liu Lihong’s anger was instantly soothed.

Could it be… he likes me too? Otherwise why would he care so much about me? Maybe Heaven saw how much I’ve suffered and finally sent someone to protect me?

Liu Lihong suddenly felt shy. Her fingers twisted at the hem of her clothes as she lowered her head, speaking in a delicate, coquettish voice:
“Comrade Shao, you’re so kind… What do you think we should do? I’ll listen to you.”

Shao Jing, who had seen countless women, immediately recognized her lovestruck look. He rolled his eyes when she wasn’t paying attention, then said:

“We can slowly gather evidence. But as an experienced educated youth, you surely know some ways to teach them how to behave, right?”

“Ah, actually I shouldn’t be saying this! But I do think what they did was too much. I just feel sorry for you—someone like you should be protected, not forced to work like a man. Sigh~”

He deliberately ignored the fact that Liu Lihong also needed work points, pushing her resentment to the peak.

Sure enough, the anger buried deep in Liu Lihong’s heart flared up again.
“They’re all educated youths sent down here, but they act all special. They’re just trying to shirk labor. Since their workload is so light, then surely doing more chores for the educated youth courtyard shouldn’t be a problem.”

Thinking of something, Liu Lihong’s lips curled into a malicious smile.

Shao Jing knew she had taken the bait. His gloom lifted slightly. He had no choice anyway—since that Luo An always opposed him, if he didn’t find a way to vent his frustration now, could he still call himself a man?

Recalling what had happened along the way, Shao Jing’s eyes darkened, and he fanned the flames further, speaking with feigned worry:
“But that Luo An is not easy to deal with. Don’t go too far, or she might catch you by the handle. I’d hate to see you get hurt by her.”

“The moment I met her, I knew—she’s nothing but a fox spirit, using her looks to act recklessly.”

“Oh, by the way, when you first came, didn’t they gang up on you? You didn’t look well at all.”

Shao Jing sighed, as if reluctant to speak.
“The village sent someone to pick us up, but they only carried the luggage, not the people. I thought those two girls wouldn’t be able to carry their things, so I spoke up for them, let them ride on the cart.”

“And then, then… ah, forget it, I’d rather not say.”

Cutting himself off mid-sentence was enough to drive anyone crazy. From the look on his face, Liu Lihong knew something must have happened. She pressed eagerly:
“What happened later? Did they bully you?”

At this moment, Liu Lihong’s gaze was full of pity, as if Luo An and the others had truly wronged him.

“It’s nothing. It’s just that Luo An kept picking on me the whole way. She wouldn’t let me ride the ox cart. Honestly, I hadn’t planned on competing with them for a spot.”

“So you walked all the way back from the commune to the village on foot, carrying all that luggage?”

Of course Shao Jing wouldn’t say the luggage had been loaded on the ox cart. If she wanted to misunderstand, so be it.

“Forget it, let’s not dwell on it. I must have said something wrong to upset her, otherwise she wouldn’t have held onto that accident with Dahua and forced me to compensate her one yuan.”

“Compensation? What was that about?”

Since Liu Lihong had a poor reputation in the village, no one gossiped with her. Hearing this, she got anxious.

“One yuan? Did that wretched Dahua get hurt badly?”

Shao Jing shook his head.
“Just a scrape on her palm. I didn’t mean it. She insisted on helping me carry my luggage—how could I, a man, let her? In the scuffle… she fell. It’s my fault. If I’d been more careful, it wouldn’t have happened.”

Dahua offered to help Shao Jing carry his luggage?

Instantly, Liu Lihong’s alarm bells rang. Was that country bumpkin also interested in Shao Jing?

As if she could be worthy!

“This isn’t your fault at all! Dahua clearly did it on purpose—she must’ve wanted to leave a deep impression on you, but bungled it. Let me tell you, the girls in this village are full of schemes.

There was once another male educated youth from a well-off family who caught a village girl’s eye. Guess what she did?”

Feigning curiosity, Shao Jing asked: “What?”

“That country bumpkin knew Comrade Li would pass by after work. She jumped straight into the river! Of course, Comrade Li is kind-hearted and couldn’t just watch someone die before his eyes. He jumped in to save her.

Her shameless family then claimed their daughter had been held by Comrade Li and forced him to marry her—otherwise he’d be branded a hooligan. Tell me, can there be any good people in such a village?

Comrade Shao, you must be careful when you go out. Don’t let any of those perfumed sluts cling to you, or you’ll regret it.”

In reality, a rescue had indeed happened in the village, but the truth was completely different. The girl hadn’t jumped on purpose, and no one forced the educated youth to marry her. On the contrary, her family had sent lavish gifts of thanks. Later, through that incident, the two got to know each other, grew fond of one another, and eventually became a couple.

But in Liu Lihong’s eyes—who herself liked Comrade Li—that girl was just a scheming slut who ruined her happiness. Now that Shao Jing had appeared, perhaps Heaven truly pitied her.

Her heart swelled with sweetness at the thought.

But not two seconds later, when she lifted her head, she saw Dahua walking ahead. Her temper flared again, and she quickly strode forward.

“Dahua! I heard you were hurt—so why didn’t you rest? Did you fake your injury just to swindle people?”

Dahua hadn’t expected her to suddenly pounce, speaking with such biting sarcasm. Flustered, she could only stammer,
“N-no, that’s not true.”

“So you were injured? Then show me your hand!”

Liu Lihong pressed on aggressively.

Dahua didn’t know what to do. She was just about to stretch out her hand to prove her innocence when Luo An’s teasing voice came from not far away:

“Well, well—what’s this, Comrade Liu? Everyone in the village saw Dahua get hurt. And now you’re acting like this… are you trying to seek justice on Comrade Shao’s behalf?”

She then glanced at Shao Jing with a mocking smile.
“Comrade Shao, if you didn’t want to pay compensation, you should’ve just said so. Uncle Zhang’s family doesn’t care about such a small injury. But you—first you pay up, then you send your admirer to bully the poor girl? That’s pretty low, don’t you think?”

Shao Jing never expected this calamity Luo An to appear so quickly. Hearing her words, his heart sank again.

“Comrade Luo, you’re joking. Comrade Liu was only concerned when she heard Dahua was hurt, that’s all.”