Chapter 617: Chapter 616 Fourth Brother and Sister He
“A-Qiu— A-Qiu—”
Xie Yufei sat on the sofa, munching on sausages and sneezing.
He pondered who could be cursing him this ti, and finally concluded—
There was only one answer, it must be Uncle Team Leader missing him!
Xie Yufei took another big bite of sausage, planning to buy more from the Cooperative Society tomorrow to take back for the villagers, as everyone had been so tired from building the factory, they deserved so good nourishnt.
As he sat musing, he finally heard the sound of the door lock opening.
“Wow, you guys are finally back! If you didn’t co back soon, I would’ve started chewing on the sofa!” Xie Yufei sprawled on the sofa, eagerly looking at Su Yuncheng… and the lunch box in his hands.
Lin Nianhe glanced at the sausage in his hand and rolled her eyes at him: “Heartless but sure have an appetite.”
“Xiao He, what’s wrong? You seem pretty irritated.”
“Yeah, just think, if you were tired from a whole day’s work and ca ho to find so idiot declaring they’d chew on your sofa, how could you not be angry?”
“…”
“Got it now?”
“Understood.”
“Understood what?”
“That you and Brother Cheng have sworn to each other in lifelong commitnt.”
“…”
“Haha! Xiao He! You should treat your brother better from now on! Otherwise, I’ll call Uncle Lin!”
Lin Nianhe: “Brother Yuncheng.”
Su Yuncheng: “Hmm.”
“Be careful, don’t splatter blood everywhere.”
“Don’t worry, I’m skilled.”
Xie Yufei: “…”
After watching a martial arts scene, Lin Nianhe asserted: “Xie Yufei, you’ll die a cheap death for sure.”
Xie Yufei shrank into a corner of the sofa, still holding the unfinished sausage.
It’s quite remarkable that he had co close to seeing his own butt just a mont ago, yet his grip on his food hadn’t slackened in the slightest.
He stole a glance at Su Yuncheng and kept quiet.
He couldn’t afford to offend, couldn’t afford to offend—Lin Family’s young lady had hooked up with the least provokable guy in the courtyard, so he dared not flaunt in front of her anymore.
Lin Nianhe nestled on the sofa, eyeing Xie Yufei.
Xie Yufei shrank back further, swallowing the sausage in his mouth and said, “Miss, can you not look at with that kind of gaze as if you’re sending to my end? It’s creeping out.”
Lin Nianhe tugged at the corner of her mouth, revealing a smile: “Fourth Brother, you don’t have anything else to do in the provincial city, right?”
Xie Yufei was pleasantly surprised: “Sister He, don’t be so formal, just order if you have anything.”
“If you’re free, could you go back to Ten Miles Team for ? Help deliver a letter to Sister Shui.”
“Hey, look at what you’re saying, Sister He. Even if I had sothing else to do, I’d have to take care of your business first… Hey, isn’t it better to just make a phone call if it’s urgent?”
Lin Nianhe’s expression was very serious: “No, this matter can’t be discussed over the phone. I still have to discuss production lines with the match factory and can’t leave. Can you make the trip for ?”
Xie Yufei, seeing her serious deanor, also turned solemn and nodded in agreent: “Alright, I’ll go back first thing tomorrow morning.”
Xie Yufei was thinking that after his return, he could co back again since the provincial city wasn’t far.
What he didn’t expect was—
Wang Shui finished reading the letter in two seconds, and looked up at Xie Yufei: “Are you sure this is the letter that Nianhe specifically asked you to deliver to ?”
Xie Yufei drank water, playing with Xiao Qian Xin: “Yes, what’s the matter? Did I get the wrong one?”
“No,” Wang Shui imdiately put the letter away, saying, “I’m just wondering why she would trust you to carry such an important letter.”
“Hey, it’s just a letter. Across the entire Three Northeastern Provinces, who’s more reliable than ?” Xie Yufei puffed up his chest.
Wang Shui: “Oh, you’re right.”
She replied very perfunctorily and then said, “I’m going to pack so things; you’ll ride back to Ten Miles Team later, okay?”
Sie Yufei looked at her, puzzled: “Why? You can ride a bike yourself.”
Wang Shui simply pointed at her right foot and said: “I sprained my foot. I can walk alright, but riding a bike is no good.”
“Alright then, take your ti.”
Sie Yufei didn’t think much about it and played around with Xiao Qian Xin while waiting for Wang Shui to pack her things.
Wang Shui glanced at him and, while he wasn’t paying attention, stuffed the letter from Lin Nianhe into the stove.
The letter actually contained only two sentences—
“Don’t let Sie Yufei go to the provincial city.”
“If you can’t, break his legs.”
The first sentence obviously ant that Lin Nianhe had encountered sothing she absolutely didn’t want Sie Yufei to witness. Wang Shui imdiately thought of Guan Manling she saw on the train last year;
The second sentence was clearly Lin Nianhe’s personal desire.
Wang Shui watched the letter turn into ashes before she moved away from the stove and then turned to see Sie Yufei looking at her, visibly annoyed.
“What are you looking at for?” Wang Shui couldn’t help feeling a little panicked.
Sie Yufei just “oh”-ed and asked, “Doesn’t your leg need to be looked at in the health clinic?”
“Oh, no need; it’s just a sprain, nothing serious.”
Wang Shui heaved a silent sigh of relief and hobbled into the inner room.
Watching her limp, Sie Yufei was confused: “Hey, wasn’t it your right leg that got hurt? Why are you limping on the left one?”
Wang Shui’s breath hitched, but then she boldly retorted with the sa confident attitude as Lin Nianhe: “You must’ve gone dumb from sitting in the car too long; it’s clearly my left leg that hurts.”
“You pointed at your right leg just now!”
“You saw wrong.”
“…?”
Wang Shui was a bit softer-hearted than Lin Nianhe after all. Feeling a bit guilty, she said, “Look, when we are face to face, your right side is my left side, right? You saw it wrong.”
Sie Yufei: “Is that so?”
“Yes!”
Wang Shui moved up to Sie Yufei with a smile, limping, and said sincerely, “Don’t worry, I definitely won’t tell Nianhe that you can’t tell left from right, so she won’t laugh at you.”
Sie Yufei suddenly felt that Wang Shui seed quite nice.
He grinned and said, “Okay! Thanks!”
Wang Shui quickly left with a guilty conscience.
If she delayed any longer, her conscience would really start to hurt.
Wang Shui fooled Sie Yufei into returning to Ten Miles Team; she headed straight for Li Dahe’s house without going back to the Educated Youth Corps.
It was lunchti, and Li Dahe had just finished eating.
Without worrying about manners or etiquette, Wang Shui quickly pulled Li Dahe aside and babbled on for a while.
After listening, Li Dahe looked totally baffled and glanced at Sie Yufei playing with a dog in the courtyard, then whispered, “Did Miss Lin say why she didn’t want him to go to the provincial city?”
“She didn’t,” Wang Shui shook her head, “Her letter was quite scribbled; probably sothing urgent she couldn’t explain clearly.”
“Okay then,” Li Dahe pondered for a mont, convinced that Lin Nianhe would never harm Sie Yufei and nodded, “I got it, this is doable.”
He wiped his mouth and motioned for Wang Shui to follow him.
His face was grave and hands clasped behind his back, as if preoccupied with serious thoughts.
“Uncle Team Leader, I’m back,” Sie Yufei cheerfully greeted without a care.
Li Dahe pretended to notice him just then and with an “mmm” said, “Good you’re back; we’re short of hands in the fields. Go change your clothes and get to work this afternoon.”
Sie Yufei: “…?”
“What are you gawking at? Do you need a couple of kicks to understand?”
“No no no, I understand perfectly, I’m going right now… You see, your temper is even quicker than your feet…”
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