Transmigration: On the Gossip Front

Zhang Tao lifted his head and saw Zhang Yu at this moment. The latter noticed he was being watched and flashed a smile at him.

Seeing Zhang Yu’s smile made Zhang Tao feel as though he’d been struck on the head, sinking into a semi-conscious state. Then, he only remembered someone forcing something down his mouth. After that, things went blank, as if it was a complete memory gap.

Exactly, it must have been Zhang Yu. With this in mind, Zhang Tao pointed at Zhang Yu, "Zhang Yu, it definitely was your fault."

Everyone looked confusedly at Zhang Yu. The latter wore a baffled expression, "Big brother, what do you mean by that?"

"The three of you are tangled together. Don’t tell me you don’t have feelings between you; otherwise, why would the three of you be on one kang, and unclothed?"

"A few days back, weren’t you sleeping well on the large shared bed? Everything was fine, but yesterday you insisted that you weren’t resting well and had Xiao Juan move to the large shared bed, while you wanted to sleep in Xiao Hui’s room."

"When I heard Xiao Juan tell me about this, I said it was inappropriate, but then you told me either all three of us sisters could sleep there, or I should shut up."

"Of course, I couldn’t agree to all three of us sleeping together. I’m used to resting alone."

"Then you said I was overthinking, that you were siblings, very close siblings who often shared a bed in childhood, and accused me of having a filthy mind for even thinking that way."

"Fine, since you’ve put it that way, what else can I do? Now I understand, it turns out it wasn’t me being indecent, but I simply didn’t expect you would take it that far with a threesome."

Zhang Yu let out a few bewildered "tsk-tsks," "Now that everyone knows, you feel embarrassed and want to blame me for it."

"I’m really puzzled why I would even scheme. Yesterday, when you and I were arguing, Xiao Lei, you all heard it, right?" Zhang Yu knew they were about to get physical, so he deliberately caused a scene.

Several from Xiao Lei’s group who were present nodded in agreement, and even recounted the events of last evening.

"Yesterday you insisted on getting rid of Xiao Juan, I said it wasn’t appropriate, and you accused me of having a filthy mind."

"I get it now; in essence, everything is my fault, I’m to blame."

"Everyone, I’m sorry, even though I don’t know why I’m apologizing," Zhang Yu said helplessly, "In short, it’s all my fault."

Everyone initially thought given Zhang Tao’s attitude, Zhang Yu would surely retaliate. Instead, surprisingly, Zhang Yu apologized. How could this be?

At first, Zhang Tao felt quite smug hearing Zhang Yu apologize. He believed this whole situation was surely caused by that young lady stirring trouble from behind; otherwise, why would she apologize? But as he listened, he realized something was off. Yes, she apologized, but she didn’t know why.

Zhang Tao’s face turned ugly. Seeing him, Zhao Yadong felt secretly delighted, "Zhang Yu, since you don’t know what’s wrong, what are you apologizing for?"

The rest echoed, "Exactly, if you don’t know what’s wrong, why apologize?"

"Isn’t it because there’s a mistake that an apology is needed?"

Zhang Yu calmly stated, "There’s no choice. That’s just how it is at my home; why apologize, who’s at fault, isn’t important. What matters is that I apologize, even if it’s unrelated to me."

"Big brother, I’ve apologized. Is that enough?" Zhang Yu yawned, "Now that I’ve apologized, can I go back to rest?"

"By the way, I no longer eat the family meals, so I shouldn’t have to starve for a day; I assume I won’t have to face the wall for an hour and then write a self-critique either."

"Honestly, ever since coming to the Northeast as an intellectual youth, I haven’t written any self-critiques. Really, I wouldn’t know how to write one."

"Back home, whether it was your mistake, or Zhang Li’s, it was always my fault. As soon as something went wrong, it was my doing."

"Sorry, I apologize once more. I won’t wait. I’ll head back and rest." Zhang Yu let out a big yawn.

Zhang Yu turned and went back to the room. Seeing that she was leaving, Zhang Juan said, "Big brother, sis, I’m heading back to rest too. I really don’t know what to do with this situation."

"I will write a letter back home to apologize properly." After saying this, Zhang Juan turned and ran off.

Ugh, it’s already morning, what are they going back to rest for? Zhang Tao was thoroughly annoyed by their actions.

At this point, if he didn’t realize that he had been thoroughly tricked by Zhang Yu, he would really be a fool.

"No wonder some people are so brazen, daring to say it’s Zhang Yu’s fault—the fact is, she caused everything." Zhao Yadong kept shaking his head, "Honestly, I’m very curious, Zhang Tao, how could you just decide it must be Zhang Yu’s doing?"

"Zhang Hui was sleeping in her room, after all, it is her room. You were also sleeping in Zhang Hui’s room yesterday, which is normal. But how did that hooligan end up in your room?" Zhao Yadong was really stumped.

"I remember that the Educated Youth Courtyard locks its gates at night. Did anyone hear someone knocking last night?" Upon hearing this, Xiao Lei realized, exactly, the Educated Youth Courtyard would close the gates on time.

The intellectual youths living in the front courtyard all shook their heads, "Didn’t hear anything."

"Exactly, when we saw that thug, we thought he must have come early yesterday." The intellectual youths in the front yard were startled by the hooligan, but didn’t think much at that time.

Now, after hearing Zhao Yadong’s question, they suddenly identified a big issue, "How did you get here?" Xiao Lei sternly looked at him, "Without our permission, you dared to scale the wall in the middle of the night."

"Right, this is a big deal. We can’t just inform the village; we need to notify the Youth Corps Office." Zhao Yadong interjected, "Didn’t a thug sneak into the Educated Youth Courtyard next door one night, and got sent to the Great Northwest to plant trees?"

Initially, everyone thought it would be enough if the village handled the matter, fearing it might be overly serious to involve the Youth Corps Office.

Seeing everyone’s reluctance, Zhao Yadong continued, "Anyway, soon I’ll be leaving once I receive my notification of acceptance. How this gets handled concerns you."

"Currently, there are still a lot of people in the Educated Youth Courtyard, but soon people will leave to study, and the number remaining will dwindle. If someone else follows suit by then..." Zhao Yadong intended to intensify the situation.

Initially, people didn’t want it to escalate, wanting to avoid tension in the village which wouldn’t be good for them.

However, after listening to Zhao Yadong’s words, their expressions shifted. Indeed, now with so many people, someone dared to do this. What about when the Educated Youth Courtyard starts having fewer and fewer people? How secure will the remaining intellectual youths be?

There isn’t only one hooligan in the village, just that this one is more brazen than others.

With that thought, everyone agreed, "We need to involve the Youth Corps Office."

"Right, notify the Youth Corps Office."

"Must be severely punished."

The hooligan initially didn’t panic when he heard mention of the team leader. He knew notifying the village meant merely a light criticism or being assigned work, punishments he never took seriously, believing them to be mere trifles.

But hearing about involving the Youth Corps Office made the hooligan tense, "I didn’t climb any wall. I didn’t climb any wall. Yesterday, Zhang Tao actively invited me to his house for food and drinks, and then somehow, I found myself here."

"He brought me to the Youth Corps Office." The hooligan repeatedly asserted that Zhang Tao was the one who brought him to the Educated Youth Courtyard.