Quick Transmigration: The Gossip Master Took the Black Lotus Script - Chapter 34

“Don’t scare me. They won’t really do anything to us, will they? Besides, An’an’s here, so it should be fine, right?”

Though her mouth said “it should be fine,” Duan Jia’s eyes were already betraying panic.

She had just been thinking of writing a letter home to boast about how well her life in the village was going, and right away a bunch of these messy people popped up trying to slap her in the face. Too much!

“Sit down and eat. Tomorrow’s problems can wait until we’re full.”

Luo An had been waiting for this day for a long time, so of course she wasn’t afraid or worried. But the other three were all anxious.

“You still care about eating? Who on earth did you two offend? Why would they target you in particular?” Xu Quan, quick-tempered as always, couldn’t calm down at all.

Yu Sheng, more observant, suddenly had a flash of realization when he saw Luo An’s calmness. “Don’t tell me you already knew about this?”

“Eat first. And it wasn’t that early—I just happened to see Educated Youth Shao sneaking around when I went to the commune to send a letter, so I followed him for a bit.” Luo An lied without even blinking.

The others were scared out of their wits. “Shao Jing? How could he do something like that? Wasn’t it his fault in the first place when you two had conflicts before? How can a grown man be so petty?”

“And you—what are you doing tailing people? What if he had a backup plan? What would’ve happened to you? To me?” Duan Jia worried most about Luo An’s safety. Seeing Luo An still focused on eating made her furious. “Still eating! From now on you have to tell me about things like this right away, or I won’t cook for you anymore.”

Luo An didn’t let her off easy. “Then I’ll just take what I catch to Uncle Village Head’s place. Auntie would be happy to feed me.”

Duan Jia: … Was that what she meant? Was she trying to drive her crazy on purpose?

“Enough! Finish eating. Tomorrow’s situation is nothing to worry about—I’ve already arranged everything.”

Somehow, seeing her so calm and confident put the three of them more at ease. They obediently ate, though the delicious food still tasted a little flat today.

The next day.

Despite Yu Sheng and Xu Quan’s worried looks, Luo An refused to let them come along. She asked for leave and headed to the commune with Duan Jia, trailed at a distance by a shadow.

Shao Jing hadn’t planned on going, but a gnawing unease kept him awake all night. In the end, he decided to secretly follow.

He thought he was being discreet, but Luo An noticed him as soon as they set out.

Heh. That just made things more fun.

The commune wasn’t close. By the time they arrived, it was nearly noon. At the entrance to the educated youth office, a young man had already been waiting for them. Seeing them arrive so late, he muttered with dissatisfaction.

“Do you even know who called you here? Daring to dawdle until now—are you tired of living? Making me wait two whole hours! Can you pay me back for that time? I could’ve done something useful instead of—”

His incessant whining was grating. Luo An frowned and asked flatly, “Did I ask you to wait?”

The unfinished words stuck in the man’s throat. After a long moment he snapped, humiliated, “What did you just say?!”

“Whoever told you to wait—go complain to them. Otherwise, don’t blame me if I hit you. Buzzing around like a fly, it’s enough to drive someone mad.”

She said it so casually, but the disdain that radiated from her bones was unmistakable.

This girl was looking down on him.

That realization made the young man furious. Ever since he got his job at the educated youth office, he thought he held power over every educated youth here. Their affairs were all under his control—if he wanted to make life hard for them, he had plenty of ways.

So far, every educated youth he’d met treated him politely. Even when he grumbled, they’d apologize again and again. None were like her…

He wanted to explode, but remembering that she’d been summoned by Director Wang, he swallowed it.

He knew all too well what kind of man Wang was. Those two pretty girls walking into his office—how could anything good come of that?

A part of him felt schadenfreude, another part bitter envy. If only he could climb to Wang’s position someday—then he too could have both money and women at his fingertips.

But that was just a dream for now.

“Cut the nonsense! Move it!”

He put on a stern face and led the way, oblivious to the dangerous glint in Luo An’s eyes.

Knock knock knock.

“Come in.” A middle-aged man’s voice came from inside.

The young man opened the door, smiling obsequiously. “Director Wang, the two educated youths from Houshan Village are here.”

Wang Qiang looked up, his eyes lighting up with satisfaction. As expected—quite good-looking.

His heart itching, he quickly dismissed the young man and poured two cups of water with a friendly smile. “Don’t be nervous. I only called you here to learn a bit about the village situation. Come, have some water.”

If not for knowing in advance that this man was colluding with Shao Jing to set them up, Duan Jia might have let her guard down. But now she only felt more frightened, clutching Luo An’s hand tightly.

Luo An gave her hand a gentle squeeze in reassurance, then sat down naturally at the table. She didn’t even need to check—of course there was something in the water.

Sure enough, as soon as she picked up the tea mug, Wang Qiang’s eyes flickered with impatience.

Pathetic. Filthy.

Knowing the young man and Shao Jing were eavesdropping outside, Luo An wasted no time—she knocked Wang Qiang out cold, yanked the two listeners inside, and with a sharp chop sent them crumpling like rag dolls.

After searching the office, she gathered anything useful, then poured all of Wang’s spiked concoction down their throats. Just as she was about to move on, she remembered Duan Jia still standing there frozen. She hurriedly shooed her out.

Once the girl was gone, Luo An moved her fingers slightly, and the three men’s clothes stripped off themselves, folding neatly into bundles without her needing to touch them. They sat quietly to the side, waiting to be carried away.

Carrying the clothes, Luo An knocked on another office door nearby. “Here’s the stuff. I’ll leave the rest to you.”

“Oh, and I gave them a little gift. In half an hour, send someone to untie them.”

With that, she turned and left. The whole thing had taken less than half an hour.

“All done?”

Stepping out of the educated youth office, Duan Jia came to her senses, her face full of disbelief.

“What else did you expect?” Luo An flicked her forehead. “I’m starving! Let’s grab a bite, then come back later for the show.”

Duan Jia followed her in a daze. Even while eating, she sat stunned.

She’d been bracing herself for a life-or-death struggle. And in the end—just like that?