GOSSIP

CHAPTER FIFTY

The culprit of Shan Xuefei's pitiful experience is currently very comfortable and absorbed in exchanging gossip with Yanyan.

"Is what you said true?!" Feifei feels dubious about this kind of gossip.

Yanyan slapped Feifei's arm in exasperation. Giving him a death glare for not trusting the authenticity of her news.

"I'm telling you! Your Transport Bookkeeper is enraged! No one can even come close to him! He either snaps or shouts at you. But if my daughter is shamed the way his daughter was, I don't think I would be in the right mind too! I would probably kill that scum of a man!" Yanyan said emotionally.

"But you don't have a daughter." Feifei laughed.

Yanyan pinched his hand in response.

"Feifei, this cake is so delicious. Teach me how to make this one, okay?"

Feifei just hummed in response, distracted.

"Is it also true the man has another....?" Feifei widen his eyes at Yanyan.

Yanyan giggled.

"That's what they said. But no one really knows for sure if the man is involved with another. The bookkeeper's daughter is head over heels inlove with that man. She denied the rumors. Hey, Feifei. You know, they were once caught frolicking in the fields. They said the woman just slipped and the man helped her. She even hanged herself to prove her innocence! Thankfully, the rope snapped! It wasn't able to stand her weight, I guess. But still, it frightened her family that the news was tamped down."

Looking vigilantly around, Yanyan moved closer to Feifei and said on a low voice.

"That man is said to be an illegal immigrant from Barûk. He was hired in the gold mines as a contract worker. After the contract was over, his life was said to be difficult and he was struggling to live. They said that's the reason why he hooked up with the bookkeepers daughter." Yanyan whispered.

"When they learned of the woman's pregnancy, the child was already aborted. The woman did not even inform her family. She just took a potion to kill the child and stayed in her room. She was bleeding and almost flooded the bed with her blood! If she was not discovered by her mother in time, she would have joined her child in death."

Silence.

When he was young, he thought life is just simple.

Enough sleep, play and have fun, eat when your hungry.

Its life.

How naive he was.

Life is obviously a more complicated and intricate labyrinth.

And adults dance on the music of life's twists and turns.

"What's the name of that man anyway?" Feifei asked curiously.

Yanyan frowned. "Rong something."

Feifei hummed.

"Tomorrow at noon meal, I will go home and get the pickles I made. I will send them together with the bacon and smoked meat I made the other day."

Yanyan nodded while eating the cake.

"You have been here for almost a week right? Did the young woman ask you where her sweetheart went?"

Feifei snarled at Yanyan.

Yanyan laughed.

Feifei learned a lesson today.

A relationship is about sharing the same values, sharing the same difficulties, understanding the pains of each other and taking on the world together.

It's not about identity.

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When Feifei went home in Guhya Village, he felt nostalgic.

Its been a week since he moved.

He had been here for two months.

Suffered for two months.

With the new house, somehow, he can breathe in there.

No hurtful memories of Yuan.

Although there are occasional memories that would pop in and out every now and then.

But, he can slowly work on moving on.

Standing at the front door, he took a deep breath then entered.

He closed the door and went to get a back basket from the general storage room.

Then went to the kitchen storage to get all the cucumber and radish pickles she made. He placed it all in the back basket.

That's it. He's ready to leave.

When Feifei opened the front door, he stood frozen on the spot. His face pale.

Yuan!