Chapter 413: Just How Thirsty Are You?
"You bastards! Who told you to touch my vegetable patch!"
Liu Fanglan came running over, shouting curses. The worker, who had just finished his job, was about to leave when her tirade stopped him in his tracks. He stared at her, completely baffled.
’Doesn’t this vegetable patch belong to the woman beside me?’ he thought. ’I’ve already been paid for the job. Where did this screaming lady come from?’
"I did."
Liu Fanglan was just about to run over and berate the worker some more when she suddenly heard a voice from beside her.
She whipped her head around and saw Shen Nian standing nearby, looking at her with a cold expression.
"You..."
She had been so focused on the vegetable patch that she hadn’t even noticed Shen Nian standing right there. ’So, Shen Nian really was the one who had it dug up?’
’She actually did it! She really went and did it!’
"And another thing, Sister-in-law Liu, who said this was your land? It’s clearly ours! The three-day deadline has passed. I did warn you."
"You..."
Liu Fanglan felt a knot of anger tighten in her chest. Her mind had been on other things for the past couple of days, so she hadn’t given the vegetable patch a second thought. She had only just remembered and came over to check on it.
How could she have known Shen Nian would actually do what she said she would? She wasn’t even afraid of her causing a scene!
"Are you planning on spreading more gossip, Sister-in-law Liu? Go right ahead. If you do, I’ll go to the group’s management and let them decide once and for all who this land really belongs to!"
"..."
Liu Fanglan had, in fact, been about to cause a scene, but Shen Nian’s words brought her up short.
’If I really make a scene and she really calls the group’s management over, then the fact that I’ve been occupying her land will come out. I might even be punished by the group.’
’No, that’s absolutely not an option!’
’But what about everything I planted? Is it all just gone for nothing?’ She couldn’t accept it. It wasn’t fair!
Seeing that Liu Fanglan had no response, Shen Nian ignored her and turned to the worker who had just finished his job.
"Thank you for your hard work, sir."
"Not at all, not at all! You paid me for it."
The worker waved his hands at Shen Nian. He’d never seen such a pretty young woman before, and she was even prettier when she smiled.
Then he glanced back at Liu Fanglan. ’Tsk, tsk,’ he thought. ’They’re both women, but how can they be so different?’
"Here’s the rest of your pay. Thank you again!"
"Hey! I’ll just be over there. If you need a hand, just give me a shout."
As he said this, the worker shot a pointed glance at Liu Fanglan. His expression was clear—he was worried she would cause trouble for Shen Nian.
’One is so vicious, and the other is so gentle. If a real fight broke out, of course he’d be worried about Shen Nian.’
Liu Fanglan, of course, caught the worker’s glance and shot a vicious glare right back at him. ’Hmph, a lowly laborer dares to glare at me!’
However, Liu Fanglan didn’t start a fight with the worker. He wasn’t her target—Shen Nian was.
"Hmph. Some people have no shame! All they know is how to throw themselves at men! It’s bad enough doing it out and about, but now she won’t even spare a common laborer! How desperate can you get!"
"How can you say something like that!"
The worker was even more furious than Shen Nian. ’That woman’s words are just too vicious!’ he thought. ’There’s nothing going on between me and Shen Nian, how can she spout such nonsense!’
’It’s one thing for him—he’s just a rough working man—but Mr. Lu’s wife is different! A woman’s reputation is incredibly important!’