The Tempting Educated Youth Married to a Rough Man-Chapter 26: Take Her Path So She Has Nowhere to Go

Chapter 26: Chapter 26: Take Her Path So She Has Nowhere to Go

When Xiao Chenye came back, Wen Ran immediately complained.

Walk the path of Li Lihong, leaving no path for Li Lihong.

"What’s up with your childhood sweetheart?" Wen Ran grumbled, "She’s asking me to move out of your house already."

"What?" Xiao Chenye was puzzled like a monk who can’t understand Buddhist teaching—he had just left for a short while!

How did a childhood sweetheart suddenly come into the picture?

"You don’t know?" Wen Ran stood up and shot Xiao Chenye a sidelong glance.

Xiao Chenye’s heart skipped a beat, and he began to search his mind for this alleged childhood sweetheart, "I think there’s been some misunderstanding."

"Please, do tell."

"I don’t have any childhood sweetheart," Xiao Chenye was just short of swearing to the heavens, "When I was young, I didn’t like playing with little girls; they were always crying and complaining, it was so annoying."

"Oh~" Wen Ran casually threw back, "So, what you’re saying is, someone like me is annoying then?"

Xiao Chenye: "...Really, no."

He wanted to protest, but at that point, someone was already bringing corn over. The two exchanged a glance, became more serious, recorded the corn in the books, and watched as everyone bustled around.

Wen Ran tossed over, "Yesterday, when the tools were distributed, Li Lihong threatened me. Please handle this, okay?"

To solve a problem, one must start from its root.

Xiao Chenye: "...Okay, I got it."

Following Xiao Chenye to record things was indeed much easier; when there was no one around, they could even cool off under the tree.

At midday, it was unbearably hot, so Wen Ran rolled up her pants and carefully stepped into the creek.

The creek was crystal clear, and Wen Ran felt so comfortable she didn’t want to get up.

"Come on up," Xiao Chenye advised, "Soaking too long isn’t good for your health."

Wen Ran was having too much fun, "No rush, no one’s around now."

"But," seeing Wen Ran ignoring him, Xiao Chenye’s eyes rolled, then he feigned concern, "There’s leeches in there."

"Ah!"

Wen Ran jumped up instantly, scurried towards the bank but couldn’t climb up in her panic; eventually Xiao Chenye stretched out his hand to pull her up.

She looked terrified, "Why are there leeches in there?"

"It’s normal to have leeches in the countryside. During rice planting season, many people get bitten by leeches every year," Xiao Chenye wasn’t afraid of them, he just found them gross, "So just play for a while, that’s enough."

"Mhm mhm mhm."

The afternoon was the busiest; Wen Ran didn’t have time to be afraid, she buzzed around like a little bee, until the sunset painted the sky red. When the last basket of corn was loaded onto the car, Xiao Chenye waved to Wen Ran, ready to leave.

"Xiao Wen!"

He sat in the car, "Tell my mom not to wait for me tonight, I’ll be late. Probably won’t be back until the middle of the night."

Wen Ran nodded, "Okay, should I leave the door open for you tonight?"

"No need," Xiao Chenye started the car, grinned broadly, showing two small tiger teeth, brightly saying, "I’ll climb over the wall."

As the car slowly disappeared from view, Wen Ran ran into a tearful Bao Wenxuan, halfway there, "Boo hoo, Ranran, I’m so tired, I feel like the corn is sucking all my energy dry boo hoo hoo..."

In comparison, Wen Ran really felt her work was much more comfortable now, "Almost done, corn picking is ending soon."

"Hey," Li Gaolian timidly glanced at Wen Ran, "Wen Ran, can you do me a favor?" 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Wen Ran didn’t want to help; inexplicably, she even disliked this person.

But, some face work needs to be done.

With a forced distant smile on her face, "You tell me first, then I’ll consider it."

"It’s just," Li Gaolian hesitated, "Can I switch tasks with you? I’m so tired, I can’t take it anymore."

Wen Ran: "..."

Seriously, Big Sock, is that something a normal person would say?

"No," Wen Ran felt that with someone so clueless, there was no need to spare feelings; no need to softer words.

Li Gaolian became anxious, looked up, somewhat resentfully at Wen Ran, "Why not! I’m really tired, I’m just swapping tasks, it’s not like I’m not returning the work."

Talking to someone like that is a waste of oxygen.

Wen Ran turned and left, Li Gaolian wouldn’t give up, after two days of labor, she felt like she was stepping into the gates of hell, watching Wen Ran more comfortable than herself.

Her little thoughts were immediately stirred.

"Wait!" Li Gaolian ran forward, "Then, then, can we each take turns for a day?"

She still had the look of someone already taking advantage, "Don’t be too selfish!"

Wen Ran laughed in anger, she stopped, "Don’t look for trouble."

"You’re just selfish!"

"Slap!"

Along with Li Gaolian’s words fell Wen Ran’s loud slap.

Her eyes sparkled, ready, you say it, I’ll keep slapping without hesitation.

"You dare hit me?" She clutched her face, tears streaming down, choking, "You actually hit me!"

Wen Ran felt so hopeless, she hadn’t expected, even here, to run into such a typical little innocent flower.

That aura, so strong.

"Those words, Zhang Sisi said too, I indeed didn’t hit her little," if you’re not satisfied, you can try as well."

Wen Ran didn’t understand why, one after another took her as a soft spot to pinch, trying to take advantage.

"Tasks are assigned by the team leader, not swapped as you wish," Wen Ran raised the banner directly, "You swap today, she swaps tomorrow, over time, won’t it be confusing?!"

"Yes!" The team leader appeared out of nowhere, "Xiao Wen’s right, whatever task I give you, you go along with it!

Besides, do you think you pick corn well? Picking only two baskets a day, yet still having the audacity to shout you’re tired, even an eight-year-old kid does more than you."

The team leader decisively killed the chicken to scare the monkeys, "Your pay points, you get just one a day, if you keep being idle like this, come grain distribution in winter, you’ll easily starve!"

Li Gaolian was stunned, she lost the lady and soldiers?

Zuo Xinyue rushed out from the crowd, apologized on behalf of Li Gaolian, and hurriedly left.

...

The moon hung on the treetops.

A cart of corn was unloaded.

Xiao Chenye sat in the driver’s seat, a cigarette hanging from his mouth.

A shirtless man called, "Xiao Wu, it’s done!"

He jumped out of the car, gave the man a cigarette, "Does the count match?"

"Matches perfectly," the man laughed, took the cigarette and lit up, "I won’t hold back."

In the smoke, the man invited him to have a meal at his place.

Xiao Chenye politely declined, "No, I’ve got a stomachache, need to find a place to relieve myself. By the way, my car..."

"Don’t worry, it’s safe, you go and come back quickly."

"Okay!"

Circumventing from the textile factory to the employee dormitory building, Xiao Chenye took only five minutes.

Just as he wondered how to sneak inside without anyone noticing and give Li Chenggang a beating, Xiao Chenye noticed a sneaky person in the distance.

That figure, looked very much like Li Chenggang.

Xiao Chenye instinctively hid, and under the luminous moonlight, recognized the person as the shifty-eyed Li Chenggang.

Late at night, something’s fishy.

He thought for a bit and decided to follow quietly.

Through streets and alleys, walked for half an hour, Li Chenggang stopped, looked around, and knocked at the door.

"Knock knock knock~"