Quick Transmigration: The Gossip Master Took the Black Lotus Script - Chapter 25

The village chief’s wife looked at the aggressive Luo An, then at Liu Lihong behind her with swollen cheeks, and honestly wanted to ask who was the real victim here.

But having accepted someone’s rabbit, she couldn’t speak too freely. After two seconds of hesitation, she straightened her stance.

“Aiyoh! Educated Youth Liu, your temper has always been a bit fiery, and everyone usually doesn’t bother with you, but how could you bully the newcomer?”

“Educated Youth Luo, don’t worry, I’ll make sure my old man stands up for you. Come on inside.”

After saying this, she started calling for her husband. Liu Lihong immediately realized this was bad!

That shameless vixen had actually won over the village chief’s wife—what chance did she have now?

“Aunt Qiu, Village Chief, don’t listen to her nonsense! It was clearly her being unreasonable and hitting me like this. I’m the one who needs justice here!”

Her face was swollen, her hair a mess, with snot and tears running down—she did look pitiful. But the more one looked, the more disgusting it seemed.

Seeing this troublemaker get taught a lesson by Luo An, the village chief secretly felt pleased, though he knew it wasn’t very proper to think so.

Suppressing his satisfaction, he put on a serious face and asked, “What exactly happened?”

Just as Liu Lihong was about to speak, Luo An raised her hand. Frightened, Liu Lihong thought she was about to hit her again and instantly squatted down with her head covered, not daring to say a word.

Cough cough cough!

Cough cough cough!

The village chief and his wife almost burst out laughing at the scene, but this wasn’t the right time, so they forced it down, nearly choking on their own saliva.

Only Luo An remained calm, giving Liu Lihong a cold glance before slowly recounting what had happened.

When she got to the part about Liu Lihong slandering her for seducing the men in the village, all just because she had caught a pheasant, the couple really wanted to crack open Liu Lihong’s skull and see what was inside.

Crap?

“Educated Youth Liu, this is your fault. Even if you’re jealous of Educated Youth Luo’s looks, you can’t spread such lies. Don’t you know how important a young woman’s reputation is?”

Of course Liu Lihong knew—that was exactly why she said it.

“That pheasant couldn’t have been caught by her! Don’t forget, she’s a city girl. How could she have the ability?”

Seeing her still so stubborn, the couple disliked her even more.

Just then, the daughter-in-law of the village chief came out of the kitchen. Hearing this, she immediately burst into laughter.

“You can’t do it, so no one else can? You think too highly of yourself. And if you’re so sure someone gave her that pheasant, then point them out! Otherwise, accusing people without evidence is easy, isn’t it? Do you even know the saying—‘a rumor takes a mouth to spread, but ten legs to chase down’?”

“Dad, this Educated Youth Liu has caused trouble more than once already. You should really discipline her, or else people will think you’re a village chief who doesn’t do his job.”

Squatting on the ground, Liu Lihong gave them a sideways glance and suddenly sneered.

“I see now, you’ve all been bought off by her! She’s so rich—did she bribe you too? Huh—ahhh!”

Her words turned into a scream as Luo An kicked her away. The young woman’s face was cold as she said,

“It’s one thing for you to slander me, but how can you slander someone who works hard for the village? Has the chief not cared for you since you arrived? Looks like your conscience has been fed to the dogs.”

With Liu Lihong as a foil, Luo An instantly maxed out the favorability of the village chief’s whole family, especially the more emotional women.

“Old man, you have to handle this properly—you can’t let little Luo be wronged.”

“That’s right, Dad. Educated Youth Luo came all the way here, not to be bullied.”

In truth, the chief himself wanted to punish Liu Lihong anyway, so he immediately declared,

“From tomorrow, after finishing your fieldwork, you’ll be cleaning the latrines for a month. No work points.”

Liu Lihong looked up at him in shock.

Cleaning latrines was filthy and stinking work, usually left to the so-called “undesirables.” Now they wanted her, a young woman, to do it?

“No! I won’t clean latrines! Why should I? I won’t do it! This is exploitation of the working people—you’re all bad capitalists!”

Tsk! This mouth of hers never learned a lesson.

“Village Chief, I think Educated Youth Liu has gone mad. Maybe you should just send her to the farm instead. Anyway, she clearly doesn’t appreciate your kindness and even accuses you of favoritism toward me.”

The farm? Absolutely not!

That place was inhumane—if she really went there, who knew if she’d even survive to go home.

“No, no, no! Don’t send me to the farm! I’ll clean the latrines! I’ll start tomorrow!”

Seeing that she had finally come to her senses, the village chief didn’t bother with her anymore—after all, there was rabbit meat waiting to go into the pot.

Luo An got what she wanted, so she didn’t linger to disturb them. She dragged Liu Lihong back toward the educated youth courtyard.

“Host, if she had a knife in her hand right now, she’d probably stab you.”

“I wish she had the guts,” Luo An replied casually.

“Host, that’s a dangerous mindset. Murder is against the law.”

“When did I say I was going to kill anyone? You’re wronging me again, you…”

001 suddenly had a bad premonition. Every time the host talked like this, it was always the one that suffered!

No, it had to do damage control.

“Host, I just short-circuited for a moment. None of those words were from my heart—you have to believe me!

In my heart, you’re the dazzling flower in bloom, the moon in the sky, the purest of the pure!”

Its clownish act made Luo An’s lips twitch. Where had it learned such acting—so fake!

Forget it. Better to go home and eat chicken—she’d let it off this time.

By the time the two returned to the courtyard, the kitchen was already full of delicious smells. Luo An sniffed the air—nice, looked like someone really had skills.

Letting go of Liu Lihong, she headed straight for the kitchen in a few quick steps.

“Jiajia, when can we eat?”

Duan Jia was adding seasoning to the braised chicken. Hearing that, she wanted to roll her eyes. Braised chicken had to be stewed until tender to be good. Luo An was just being impatient.

By then, Luo An had already reached the pot and picked up a piece of meat to pop into her mouth, making Duan Jia so mad she wanted to throw her out.

“You really are… It’s not ready yet! Go wash your hands and wait.”

Her round eyes glared at Luo An, making her look just like a little fox that used to sneak bites of Luo An’s grilled meat.

“Alright, alright, you’re the chef. Whatever you say goes.”

After a bit of banter, Duan Jia finally turned the topic to Liu Lihong.

“What did Uncle Village Chief say?”

“What else? Latrine duty for a month. Free labor, of course.”

Even Duan Jia frowned at that. Cleaning latrines wasn’t just something Liu Lihong disliked—she herself found it awful just hearing about it.

“She agreed?”

“What choice does she have? Around here, the chief makes the rules. And she’s not exactly fearless.”

Luo An mimicked Liu Lihong’s brainless words, and everyone in the kitchen spoke in unison:

“Does she have a screw loose?”