QT_Host_Is_Fierce_C137
by MarineTLChapter 137: Female Educated Youth 7
“If you’re so fragile, then stay home. Why come out at all? Just to be a nuisance? You can’t stand the smell? Who spoiled you like this? You think the whole world is your mother and has to cater to your every whim? Have you never left the house, or have you just never been beaten? You’ve got quite the ego, don’t you? And you have the nerve to talk to me about manners? I don’t have any, so what are you going to do about it!”
The girl was so furious she was huffing and puffing.
The only man in the carriage questioned Ren Xin with a stern, serious expression. “Comrade, aren’t you being a bit harsh? Comrade Jiang Ran was only making a suggestion. When traveling, everyone has their inconveniences. We should all be more understanding of one another.”
Ren Xin wasn’t about to indulge them. Anyone who delayed a ginseng’s meal deserved to be blasted.
“Oh, look at you playing the judge and trying to smooth things over with me. Who do you think you are? I’m being harsh, so what? Go ahead, hit me! If I don’t sue you for every penny you’re worth, I’ll consider your life a clean slate.”
“You…”
“Get lost!”
The naive girl wasn’t convinced and was about to speak up…
“You get lost too!”
The naive girl looked aggrieved.
The four of them didn’t dare speak another word. They kept a close eye on Ren Xin’s expression as they went out one by one to buy food. They ate as quietly as mice, not even daring to make a smacking sound while chewing.
The atmosphere made Ren Xin look like a total bully.
Book Spirit Number One remarked, “Actually, the four of them aren’t bad people. They’ve just been well-protected by their families. Shen Shen…”
Ren Xin disagreed. “What defines a bad person? Does it have to be murder or arson? In my book, if someone makes me unhappy, they aren’t a good person!”
Well… that made sense!
Ren Xin finished her large wrap, took her toiletry bag out of her luggage, and turned to leave.
“That was terrifying. How can someone be so scary? When she told me to get lost, I almost actually did it,” the naive girl said, patting her chest in lingering fear.
“Jiang Ran, can’t you keep your temper in check when we’re away from home? Look at the trouble you’ve caused, getting us all dragged into it. We got scolded for nothing.”
Jiang Ran retorted, “Feng Xue, I can’t believe you’re saying that to me. You’re the most disloyal person I know. I’m never being friends with you again.”
The little clique declared its dissolution. As the only man in the team, Chen Jianbing felt he should do something.
Just as he was about to speak, Ren Xin returned.
Chen Jianbing tactfully shut his mouth. Honestly, nothing he said would matter anyway. It was better to just leave it be. Everyone could go their separate ways!
The naive girl looked at Ren Xin, then looked again after a moment.
Ren Xin looked up at her. “Something on your mind?”
The naive girl asked with an air of unearned familiarity, “Actually, I just wanted to ask, are you also a Sent-down Youth?”
Ren Xin nodded.
“Me too! We’re going to Qiong Province. What about you?”
“Same.”
The naive girl continued mindlessly, “We’re going to Haili Village. I heard the people there live very well, with plenty of warm clothes and food. Plus, there’s seafood and the ocean…”
The other three were desperately shooting looks at the naive girl, trying to stop her from provoking the bully.
Unfortunately, their positioning was off. Their signals were directed at the wrong person and were seen clearly by Ren Xin.
Ren Xin rolled her eyes and interrupted the girl’s incessant chatter. “Let’s get some rest.”
“Okay! Let’s talk tomorrow then!”
The night passed without dreams. When Ren Xin woke up the next morning, the others were still asleep.
She was the first to go out and wash up. Taking advantage of the empty restroom, she slipped into her space for a quick “combat-style” shower, put on clothes she had just flash-dried, and swaggered back to the carriage.
Only then did the others begin to wake up one by one.
The remaining days passed in peace. They had discovered that as long as they didn’t provoke Ren Xin, she was actually quite easy to get along with.
Consequently, everyone relaxed, sharing their dreams and ambitions for the future, claiming they would surely become figures who would change the era.
With such a talent for bragging, they should consider opening a school for it.
It was only 1972. There were still five long years ahead1 that would teach them how to be real people.
Book Spirit Number One sighed, “What a pity for these fresh, tender sprouts. I wonder how Shen Shen is going to trample them. I’ll pray for them.”
Ren Xin replied, “…” You’re just talking for the sake of talking because you’ve got nothing better to do
Translator’s Notes
- five long years ahead: A reference to the year 1977, when the National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao) was reinstated after the Cultural Revolution, allowing many sent-down youth to finally return to the cities. ↩
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