Chapter 34 Shen Lin Embarrasses Himself

Zheng Jiayu tilted her head and looked at Shen Lin, pretending to be puzzled, and asked, "If you don't want it, why are you asking me for wild pears?"

Aunt Lin couldn't help but laugh: "It's not that I don't care, I just want to get these things from you without working for them."

After saying that, he reached out and poked Zheng Jiayu's forehead: "It's only because you're kind that you believe in Shen Lin."

Zheng Jiayu rubbed her head: "I thought she really couldn't find it."

The women around him shook their heads helplessly: "You're still too naive. Don't trust just anyone in the future, especially those who have hurt you."

Zheng Jiayu nodded thoughtfully.

"I've got it."

Although these people did not mention Shen Lin's name, those who knew the situation knew who they were talking about.

This made Shen Lin feel embarrassed and annoyed, but she couldn't say anything.

After all, they didn't mention her name, so she couldn't just rush over, could she?

So, Shen Lin turned and left angrily.

After Shen Lin had walked away, Aunt Lin said disdainfully, "I don't know what this person came here for."

"After doing so many things to hurt Jia Yu, he's now trying to get close to her. It's only because Jia Yu has a good personality that we can talk to him nicely. If it were us, we would have chased him away long ago."

Wu Xiaohua nodded in agreement: "It's best for everyone to stay away from people like Shen Lin."

"I am a cautionary tale."

Thinking of something, Wu Xiaohua took a few wild apples out of her basket and put them into Zheng Jiayu's basket.

Under Zheng Jiayu's gaze, Wu Xiaohua awkwardly scratched her head: "Jiayu, I'm sorry. I misjudged you before. Please take these fruits and eat them; they taste very good."

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

Zheng Jiayu did not refuse and happily accepted the fruit given to her by Wu Xiaohua.

The group chatted and laughed as they went home.

When Zheng Jiayu got home, she put today's things together with the things from before, and washed the wild pears and put them in the basket.

Since Gu Yunting wasn't coming home for dinner, Zheng Jiayu simply cooked herself some noodles, ate them, and then started tidying up the house.

When Gu Yunting returned in the evening, Zheng Jiayu had prepared quite a few dishes.

“Chen Lin came up the mountain with us today, but she didn’t ask for anything. When we were about to leave, she asked me for some wild pears.” Zheng Jiayu told Gu Yunting everything that happened on the mountain.

Gu Yunting listened to Zheng Jiayu talk about this while he ate.

“The Shen family is rich, so it’s quite normal that Shen Lin doesn’t care about these things.”

"But she didn't like it, yet she insisted on going with us. And to make matters worse, she even reached out and asked me for it. Isn't that awkward?" Zheng Jiayu really couldn't understand Shen Lin's thinking.

They were clearly at each other's throats just moments before, but the next second Shen Lin was talking to her affectionately, as if nothing had ever happened between them.

Just thinking about it gave Zheng Jiayu goosebumps all over her body.

Shen Lin is so flexible and adaptable.

"If you find it annoying, just tell them to leave. If you find it boring, just watch and enjoy the show."

Zheng Jiayu couldn't help but laugh: "You're treating people like a joke."

Gu Yunting shrugged: "Isn't that right?"

With Shen Lin's current actions, what else could it be but a joke?

She wanted to build a good relationship with Zheng Jiayu, without even considering what had happened between them before.

After all that happened, it's problematic to pretend nothing happened and talk to Zheng Jiayu like that.

“She should have done these things when I first arrived. If she had, I might have believed her then,” Zheng Jiayu commented seriously on Shen Lin’s actions.

Gu Yunting was both amused and exasperated.

It seems Zheng Jiayu didn't let Shen Lin off the hook either.

"How long do you think Shen Lin can last?" Zheng Jiayu asked curiously.

“She won’t last long unless she can integrate into the family of the aunties and sisters-in-law in the residential compound. But Shen Lin has always been very arrogant and thinks that the aunties and sisters-in-law in the compound are all peasants and are not worthy of walking with a high school student like her.” Gu Yunting knows Shen Lin too well.

Shen Lin graduated from high school, came from a well-off family, and had a job as a teacher.

"Shen Lin is a teacher at the school in the residential compound, along with children from the village. But Shen Lin has always looked down on these children and teaches them perfunctorily." Gu Yunting had heard some of this from the older children in the residential compound.

But they can't interfere in school matters; they can only wait until things escalate before taking any action.

Zheng Jiayu listened attentively to Gu Yunting's words and said with some concern, "If that's the case, isn't Shen Lin misleading young people?"

Other people pay tuition for their children's education, so what if she doesn't teach them properly and it ruins their studies?

"Because of Shen Xizhen, even if the school principal is dissatisfied, he can't say anything. After all, Shen Xizhen is a doctor, and doctors are very scarce in this area, especially in winter." Many people get sick in winter, and that's when the value of doctors becomes apparent.

No one can guarantee whether they will get sick, so most of the time people turn a blind eye.

It's just that the children are suffering.

Zheng Jiayu was somewhat dissatisfied with this attitude, but she also knew that given the current situation, there was nothing they could change.

"Okay, don't be angry. We'll do what we can, and for the things we can't do, we'll just have to leave it at that for now."

"But……"

Reaching out to rub Zheng Jiayu's head, Gu Yunting said reassuringly, "Don't worry, it will be alright."

Zheng Jiayu remained silent. Could something involving self-interest really be a good thing?

Nobody knows for sure. We can only do as Gu Yunting said and take it one step at a time.

After returning home, Shen Lin kept thinking about her problems.

How exactly did Zheng Jiayu manage to chat so happily with those peasants?

Doesn't she feel ashamed?

Shen Xizhen already knew what had happened today. She glanced at Shen Lin and said, "Shen Lin, other people are more willing to go all out than you, which is why they integrated so quickly. You, on the other hand, are so high and mighty. Who would want to walk with someone like you?"

Shen Lin pursed her lips and said indifferently, "Who cares?"

Shen Xizhen ignored Shen Lin's hypocrisy and said, "If you want to have a better life in the family compound, you should take the initiative to integrate into their lives. Don't act like a spoiled princess. Doing so will only make them dislike you more."

"Also, you should pay more attention to the school's work. Don't always let people come to me saying that you're misleading students." Several people have already brought this up, but she hasn't taken it seriously.

But the fact that his boss came in person today forced him to take the matter seriously.

Shen Lin frowned and said unhappily, "Those children are dirty, I don't like them."

"If you didn't like it, you shouldn't have taken the job in the first place. Since you did take it, you should have taught those children properly, instead of misleading them here," Shen Xizhen reprimanded sternly.