Chapter 125: Waiting Just for You

"I bet it was you who spilled it and you’re just afraid to take responsibility, so you blame Zhao Si’en?" Gu Lingling said with a cold laugh.

"Don’t talk nonsense, I didn’t do it." Wei Yan Yan said loudly, her eyes shifting a bit, "This is our winter supply. If I spilled it, what would we eat?"

"Then how do you explain these footprints?" Gu Lingling pointed to the footprints beside the millet, "These footprints aren’t Zhao Si’en’s, right?"

Zhao Si’en is several years younger than Wei Yan Yan, and her feet are smaller.

"Whoever spilled it, you can tell by looking at the soles of their shoes." Gu Lingling said.

After hearing this, Zhao Si’en hurriedly took off her shoes, and her soles were completely free of millet.

"I... maybe I just got it wrong." Wei Yan Yan said awkwardly, "I just came in and saw the millet on the ground and was in a hurry to gather it into the dustpan..."

So you stepped on the millet?

Gu Lingling sneered.

"Be careful in the future." The village chief said with a frown, clearly not believing Wei Yan Yan’s words either, "You’re all comrades at the educated youth point, you should help each other."

"Since it was a mistake, apologize to Comrade Zhao Si’en, and let this matter pass."

"I..." Being asked to apologize to Zhao Si’en, and right in front of Gu Lingling, Wei Yan Yan felt a bit humiliated, but since the village chief demanded it, "I’m... I’m sorry, Comrade Si’en."

Her voice was almost as quiet as a mosquito’s.

Gu Lingling wanted to say something, but was stopped by the village chief’s glance, and Zhao Si’en had already forgiven Wei Yan Yan.

After all, the two of them still had to live under the same roof.

If she thoroughly offended Wei Yan Yan, who knows how she might torment Zhao Si’en in the future.

"Isn’t there another way?" Gu Lingling asked the village chief, "Watching her bully people like this?"

"You aren’t often in the village, Wei Yan Yan isn’t simple." The village chief said meaningfully, "The more we protect them, the more viciously she bullies others in secret."

"Alas," Gu Lingling sighed, "Just pity her at such a young age, like our Xiuxiu’s age."

Xiuxiu is the village chief’s youngest daughter, and very cherished at home because she has only brothers before her.

"Let me think of a way." The village chief thought of his own daughter and then of Zhao Si’en just now, along with the child’s usual obedience and politeness, and couldn’t help being moved.

"Village chief, kind actions yield good returns, you will surely be rewarded." Gu Lingling said earnestly.

But the village chief just smiled and didn’t take it seriously, and Gu Lingling didn’t explain further.

Anyway, in two years at most, this movement would be over.

Little did they know, Wei Yan Yan held a grudge over this incident.

But Wei Yan Yan is not someone who acts disruptively; she didn’t know Gu Lingling’s identity, so she sought out familiar people to inquire.

Turns out she’s Gu Lingling, that little brat Gu Juan always talks about.

Wei Yan Yan’s lips curled slightly.

Not long after Gu Lingling separated from the village chief, she headed up the mountain with a bamboo basket on her back.

Who would have thought she would soon encounter Tao Zhiran, who was clearly waiting for her.

But Gu Lingling was puzzled, as she thought there was no interaction between her and Tao Zhiran.

"Hey Lingling," seeing Gu Lingling act as if she hadn’t seen him, Tao Zhiran hurriedly called out, "Wait a minute."

Lingling?

Gu Lingling furrowed her brow, turned around and looked at Tao Zhiran, "Does Comrade Tao have something to say?"

"I... I’m waiting here specifically for you." Tao Zhiran was surprised that Gu Lingling pretended not to recognize him.

Gu Lingling didn’t speak, just frowned at him.

"Can I borrow your book to read?" Tao Zhiran said, blushing.

"I’m sorry, I didn’t bring the book back." Gu Lingling said flatly, "Also, Comrade Tao, please address me by my name or as Comrade Gu in the future."

After all, they weren’t that acquainted, right?