Chapter 538: Chapter 537: Lovestruck at Home 19

But the voice seemed somewhat familiar.

Ah Chen recalled for a moment and quickly remembered who it was, whispering to Chen Xiuying, "It seems to be a youth from the village."

Chen Xiuying frowned. A youth, what’s a youth doing looking for her youngest daughter?

The villagers actually had some opinions about the educated youth; firstly, they weren’t very efficient at work, and secondly, to make things easier, some would quickly marry villagers. But since it’s a matter of mutual consent, she wouldn’t say much. Not that she thought badly of people, but given the chance, how many of these people would want to stay back?

The most memorable one was Gu Lingfei, didn’t Su Man just get abandoned?

If this happened to any family, they would be reluctant to make a fuss, wouldn’t that be embarrassing for their family?

So even if they were upset, villagers wouldn’t make a scene over such matters, nor would they report it, unless there was no other way, and they had to fight to the death.

Ah Chen had already opened the door, and standing there was the youth she had some impression of, not bad looking, but after years of labor in the village, his skin had darkened quite a bit.

"Comrade Mei Shijie, is there something you need?" Ah Chen asked, not inviting him inside.

They really weren’t familiar.

Moreover, the other person came looking for her, something that was not in the Commissioner’s memory.

But on second thought, at this time, the Commissioner was already married to Yu Jinyong, so Mei Shijie certainly couldn’t have come looking for her.

At the moment he saw Ah Chen, Mei Shijie was briefly amazed, but quickly regained his composure.

"I mainly wanted to borrow a couple of books from Mr. Jiang."

"What books?" Ah Chen asked, wondering if Mei Shijie’s family had revealed any news and he was here to borrow textbooks. If it were just that, she would be willing to accommodate. Even if she didn’t lend them, he wouldn’t give up and could find them somewhere else.

Jiang Aiguo was the team leader; although he wasn’t close to these young folks, he could show them some respect.

"High school textbooks," Mei Shijie said, "I just want to borrow them to copy, and I’ll return them once I’m done."

"However, it’s been many years since I left those books behind, and there might be many things I don’t understand. I wonder if it’s possible to ask Mr. Jiang some questions?" At this point, Mei Shijie lowered his voice, "I think that for a matter of studying, it’s best not to forget these bits of knowledge; you never know when they might come in handy in the future."

Ah Chen understood, the other person was hinting at future changes.

At the same time, she also realized that the other person had other thoughts and was interested in her, seeing his gaze somewhat passionate, full of expectations, excitement, and nervousness.

Even if she was good-looking and from a decent family, it wasn’t enough for him to show such an expression.

A reincarnator?

Ah Chen probed a bit, and sure enough, the soul had the aura of reincarnation.

So that’s how it was.

Upon further observation, besides anticipation, the other person didn’t harbor any malicious intent, and he even gave her a reminder, not a bad sort. Wanting to find himself an excellent wife or a backer wasn’t really wrong.

"I can lend you the books. I’m quite busy lately, you’ll have to figure it out yourself. If there’s something you don’t understand, you can discuss it with the other educated youth on your side, or you can find an opportunity to ask my brother." Ah Chen cut off further hopes of Mei Shijie advancing any further. "Do you still want them?"

Mei Shijie understood, feeling a bit disappointed.

He originally intended to give it a shot; he even dressed up a little today, but indeed, the big shot still wasn’t interested in him.

Seeing his appearance, Ah Chen knew what he was thinking.

It seemed he wasn’t harboring any ill intentions.

She didn’t have any issues with reincarnators or transmigrators, considering she herself was a Missionary. Knowing it’s their opportunity, apart from their own cause and effect, as long as they don’t actively harbor harmful intentions, she didn’t require them to possess particularly noble moral character.

After all, humans should have emotions and desires.

Mei Shijie quickly said he wanted them and also dispelled further thoughts.

Lately, he was aware of the news about matchmakers trotting down the Jiang family’s threshold. Facing such an outstanding girl, no one wouldn’t be interested. He just came to try his luck, and the outcome was somewhat predictable.

Ah Chen returned to the house and found a set of high school textbooks.

When handing them to Mei Shijie, he emphasized once again, "Mr. Jiang, don’t forget to often look over these, they might come in handy in the future."

"Alright," Ah Chen agreed.

As long as he’s not harboring ill intentions, that’s fine.

Mei Shijie, holding the textbooks, walked toward the educated youth center filled with regret. No matter what, his fate was considered to have changed. If the big shot listened to his advice and started studying early, perhaps they might perform better in exams this time than in their last life, at least he played a minor role?

At this moment, he suddenly stopped in his tracks and quickly took a different path.

Recently, he avoided going near water whenever possible, and he would call another educated youth along when in remote areas, to avoid being schemed against. There was a crazy woman in the village who fancied him. At first, she wasn’t really crazy. She seemed quite nice, gentle, and soft.

How could he have known it was all her scheme?

What was more infuriating was that this person feared he would run away, not only obstructing his studies but also sold his admission notice. A complete madwoman, he spent eight years getting rid of her. But the best times were forever lost.

This life must be entirely free from her!

Even the big shot wasn’t interested in him.

Ah, who wouldn’t like someone as charming as Jiang Chen? He was dreaming, really.

So he’d just be an emotionless study machine.

Afraid of any unexpected change, Mei Shijie took off running.

"He doesn’t seem to have gone this way." The woman waiting by Yantang frowned, somewhat displeased. While initially fine, lately, it had been challenging for her to encounter Mei Shijie alone.

"Xiaomei, who was that?" Su Man asked. She didn’t come over, merely standing from a distance. Her belly had already rounded noticeably, and she didn’t dare wander about. Lately, she’d been keeping to herself, taking extra care of the child inside her.

The educated youth center in the village was quite far from here. Whether in the past or this life, Su Man wasn’t familiar at all with the educated youth in Jixiang Village and paid them little attention. She had even grown a dislike for them and didn’t want much to do with them, still bothered by Gu Lingfei leaving without a word.

"An educated youth who came to borrow books."

"Borrow books? For what purpose?" Su Man immediately became alert.

Did someone from the educated youth center know about the upcoming resumption of college entrance exams?

Thinking about it upset her. Yu Jinyong really was useless; after all this time, he still hadn’t secured Jiang Chen.

What should she do?

Was she really going to watch Jiang Chen go off to college?

She was so unwilling, how could Jiang Chen have it so easy?

Lately, her greatest delight was knowing that Jiang Chen had lost her job.

"He said he didn’t want to forget this knowledge and reminded me to look them over frequently." Ah Chen didn’t hold back, seeing Su Man’s face fall brought a bit of joy.

This could only make Su Man displeased, it wouldn’t affect anything else.

Su Man wished she could tear that talkative youth apart, what was he blathering on for?

"What’s the use of looking at those," Su Man said disdainfully, though internally she was frantic, "Now that you don’t have a job, isn’t Xiaomei considering finding a partner?"

"There’s no rush." Ah Chen replied with a smile.

Su Man clenched her fists. She was very anxious!

"Jiang Xiaomei." Just then, someone suddenly appeared besides them, greeting Ah Chen, "Do you remember that Yu Jinyong in town?"

What’s up with Yu Jinyong? Su Man’s attention was caught.