Chapter 28 Examination

Thinking about the dark bread she had eaten these past few days, Chen Yanran was on the verge of tears, "Brother Wen Zhong, what's wrong with her?

Is it true that she doesn't like you anymore, and do we have to starve and keep eating the worst dark bread?

That stuff is both hard and tastes weird, I don't want to eat it."

Dong Wenzhong's mind was also a mess, and he didn't care about Chen Yanran at all, he shook off her hand in anger and snapped, "You ask me, but whom should I ask?"

It was all Chen Yanran's fault. If it weren't for her insisting on talking to him that day, Xu Ying wouldn't have run over there and fell into the river, and if she hadn't fallen into the river, none of this would have happened.

Dong Wenzhong was filled with regret.

Chen Yanran didn't expect him to be so rough with her. Her face turned red with anger, and with a nasal tone filled with sourness, she said, "Brother Wen Zhong, you're actually yelling at me."

Afterward, Chen Yanran covered her face and ran off.

But Dong Wenzhong remained unmoved, his face extremely grim.

The young guys around were overjoyed at this scene, especially those male educated youth.

They had all come to the countryside with Dong Wenzhong from home, where each was pampered as a son or daughter of a family, but here, not only did they have to work hard labor,

they also had to eat the worst food. When they first arrived, they got blisters on their hands after less than a day of work and were so exhausted by the end of the workday that they just collapsed onto their beds.

Moreover, they earned few work points and thus received less grain. Some couldn't even fill their stomachs.

Yet Dong Wenzhong was different. The guy was fair-skinned and clean, always wearing a white shirt and glasses, looking gentle and scholarly, which greatly pleased the girls.

As soon as he arrived, girls were showing him kindness, but somehow, he managed to captivate the team leader's daughter.

The team leader's daughter was pretty, pampered at home, and every time she looked for Dong Wenzhong, she either brought an egg and a coarse grain bread or a chicken leg and a biscuit.

This guy lived a comfortable life, and later, due to this relationship, the team leader began to arrange easier tasks for Dong Wenzhong.

But this time, no one knew what conflict had happened between the two. Since the team leader's daughter woke from her fall in the river, she had stopped talking to Dong Wenzhong altogether.

It had been four straight days now, which was truly strange.

Even the team leader began to assign Dong Wenzhong the same kind of work as them.

Without Xu Ying's help these days, Dong Wenzhong's life was unbearably hard.

They all thought these two had made up just now, apparently it was a misunderstanding.

"Wen Zhong, what's wrong with you and Xu Ying? Are you angry?"

Dong Wenzhong's face was expressionless, and he said nothing.

The crowd immediately started teasing, "Dong Wenzhong, this won't do. If you lose Xu Ying to rely on, how will you get by?"

"Exactly, we've got to hand it to Dong Zhiqing. He hasn't learned anything since coming here, but living off a woman, now that he's learned."

The group burst into laughter.

Dong Wenzhong was so furious he was steaming, staring down the few, his heart filled with rage. He wanted to fight them, but he was thin-armed and thin-legged, no match for these people who were used to farming labor.

"You guys stop spewing nonsense, Xu Ying and I just had a tiff. I'll just coax her a bit, and it'll be fine."

Everyone paused, uncertain if the two would really make up. If they did, and Dong Wenzhong went tattling to Xu Ying, they'd be done for.

One of them, looking at Dong Wenzhong, forced a smile and said, "Dong Zhiqing, we're just teasing you, don't take it to heart!"

The rest chimed in, "Yeah, yeah, just a joke."

Dong Wenzhong gave a noncommittal 'hmm,' his gaze stealthily drifting over to Xu Ying's direction.

At that moment, Xu Ying was intimately holding Lu Daya's hand, whispering into her ear, "Sister Daya, I heard our elementary school is hiring teachers.

But there's a test, and I think your grades are definitely good enough. Study more at home these days, and when the time comes, I'll help you register."

Lu Daya's eyes suddenly sparkled, "Yingying, is that true?"

Xu Ying smiled and nodded her head, knowing that Sister Daya would definitely be interested.

"But I don't have any books. My mother threw away all the books from my primary school," Lu Daya said anxiously.

Being a primary school teacher meant not only an easy job but also a steady monthly salary. That was way better than doing manual labor.

But she had not a single primary school textbook at hand, how could she possibly pass the exam?

Xu Ying gave a secretive smile, "Don't worry, Sister Daya, leave it to me. I'll handle it."

In her past life, she had been involved in the very same matter, except it wasn't her taking the exam, but Chen Yanran and Dong Wenzhong.

Back then, Dong Wenzhong had begged her to help find primary school textbooks for him.

For Dong Wenzhong's sake, she even went out of her way to meet with the principal of their village school, painstakingly ingratiating herself with the principal every day and ultimately garnering some insights from his wife.

Afterwards, Xu Ying busied herself day and night compiling key study materials from the primary school curriculum until finally, it took her a week to sort everything out.

Then she handed them over to Dong Wenzhong and Chen Yanran, neither of whom let down her hard work and both successfully passed their exams to qualify as primary school teachers.

In this life, it seemed teacher qualifications were out of reach for those two!

Lu Daya gave her a grateful smile, "Thank you, Yingying."

"What's there to thank! If anything, I should be thanking you," Xu Ying said with a smile.

Xu Ying was naturally beautiful, tall, and slender, with light and graceful movements, and her fair complexion was like jade due to never having worked the fields.

Now, her smile added a girlish charm that captivated anyone who caught even a glimpse.

Previously, Xu Ying was seen by the villagers as aloof and cold, only ever giving Dong Zhiqing an affectionate, silly smile.

Now, the young men working in the fields were all stunned, "Look, Xu Ying is smiling."

Hearing these people making such a fuss, Dong Wenzhong couldn't help but curl his lips disdainfully.

Xu Ying smiling was perfectly normal. Didn't all humans smile? Whenever that woman smiled at him, her eyes were filled with unabashed ingratiating behavior, which was utterly revolting.

Thinking about Xu Ying's recent changes, Dong Wenzhong couldn't help but glance her way.

Underneath the big tree, stood two girls, one of whom had sparkling eyes and teeth that shone brightly with a slight smile, just like a blooming peach blossom, bewitching at first sight.

With just a glance, Dong Wenzhong's heart missed a beat, unlike the previous foolish smiles directed at her.

The Xu Ying of today smiled with self-confidence and possessed an unblemished quality like that of a lotus rising unsoiled from the mud.

Dong Wenzhong was utterly entranced.

Chen Yanran noticed all this and jealousy covered her face, fingers involuntarily entwined tightly, pinching the tips hard, "Vixen."

Feeling the intense gaze upon her from the side, Xu Ying turned her head and saw Dong Wenzhong's face that annoyed her, and quickly turning away, she pulled an egg from her clothes and handed it to Lu Daya.

"Sister Daya, eat this later. I'm heading back home now."

Lu Daya didn't stand on ceremony this time, smiling gratefully and taking the egg.

Watching Xu Ying leave, Lu Daya continued her work.

Dong Wenzhong saw Xu Ying give Lu Daya the egg and his face twisted with anger.

What exactly was going on with Xu Ying? All because he had helped Chen Yanran lie to everyone, she was angry?

These kinds of things had happened before; so why was she so upset this time?

In his heart, Dong Wenzhong still believed Xu Ying liked him and was just behaving coldly because she was angry.

When Xu Ying got home, Mrs. Xu had just pulled up a few radishes from the vegetable garden.