Chapter 149 - 118: The Past [2 in 1]

Chapter 149: Chapter 118: The Past [2 in 1]

She figured that overthinking things wasn’t as good as simply enjoying a nice meal. It was a shame that the Red Victory Trading Market wasn’t open, meaning she couldn’t even buy some flour to make dumplings. Zhou Qian was so badly injured; she ought to cook plenty of dumplings to nourish him!

She mentally listed various plans: buying flour, buying meat, and digging up shepherd’s purse. Before she could decide how many types of fillings to use for the dumplings, the car stopped at the entrance of the administrative hall.

Huai Yu had just stepped out of the car, preparing for another round of waiting, when she suddenly saw a staff member come out and stick something onto the bulletin board at the hall’s entrance.

She subconsciously moved closer to take a look.

"Schools are officially resuming. Teachers previously registered with the Education Bureau may return to their posts with their credentials..."

Ah, it was a job posting!

Huai Yu’s spirits lifted, but she quickly calmed down. She had absolutely no hope for this job. One look at the handwriting in her notebook—scrawled like a dog scratching at the dirt—was enough to tell her she probably couldn’t be a teacher.

Not to mention, even her ID card was freshly made.

"2066 Annual Conscription..."

She absolutely refused to do that! Whether it was heavily-sentenced convicts escaping from prison or the mutated plants that had nearly killed Zhou Qian, she couldn’t beat any of them anyway. A person had to know their own limits.

The last notice read:

"Huh, the Guard Army selection has begun? You can register through military academies, Superpower training institutions, or sign up individually..."

Huai Yu felt a slight itch of temptation.

It wasn’t that she wanted to join the Guard Army. However, her Superpower was strange, and so far, only Lin Xuefeng had taught her some basic knowledge. Everything else she had to figure out through blind exploration.

This feeling was quite uncomfortable.

But the temptation lasted only for a moment. She quickly remembered the numerous secrets she harbored and could only sigh dejectedly.

Because of the Labor Day holiday, it was completely dark by the time she returned home. Holding a desk lamp, Huai Yu went to check on Big Pup, Second Pup, and the little chicks one by one. Only then did she lift the curtain and squat in front of Ke Taichiro’s room.

"Taichiro, you’re so smart. Do you feel wronged sleeping out here all the time?

"I’m sorry, I really didn’t know you were this clever. Do you want to sleep inside the house now? I can use a basin to make a nest for you."

She couldn’t help but laugh after saying that. "If you don’t like something so simple, I also have a camp bed."

Zhou Qian was only in such good spirits now thanks to Ke Taichiro’s medicinal pills. Looking at the bug now, Huai Yu felt as though it was radiating the golden aura of "The Best Taichiro in the World." Naturally, she wanted to treat it well in every way possible.

However, Ke Taichiro was a steadfast, highly representative, and hardworking classic model worker. Even though the sky was dark, it was still holding a pile of bamboo leaves and chewing slowly.

Hearing Huai Yu’s barrage of questions, whether it understood or not, it simply spread its wings as a gesture.

It seemed to say, "I’m working! Don’t disturb me."

This kind of expression naturally wasn’t as direct as language, but Huai Yu somehow seemed to understand. She laughed again.

"Alright then. Tomorrow I’ll take you a bit further out to see if there are any fresh plants."

Taichiro worked diligently without asking for anything in return, and this was its only little hobby. If she didn’t support it, what else could she do? If worse came to worst, she could just take it on another trip to Sanqing Mountain!

She couldn’t shake the feeling that the tree cocoon she hadn’t found was somehow very important.

But there was a more important matter at hand.

Since she hadn’t been able to visit the Trading Market, she had bought absolutely nothing today. She couldn’t possibly cook bean sprout porridge again tomorrow, could she?

That would show far too little sincerity.

Huai Yu thought it over. Even though she was mentally exhausted from running around all day, she still picked up her lamp and walked over to the vegetable patch.

With all the earlier hassle and delays, the field was only maintaining its vitality because she had hurriedly watered it that morning.

The cowpea vines had already grown quite long, but she hadn’t had the time to build trellises for them yet...

Huai Yu silently made a mental note of the chores for tomorrow morning. Right now, she cupped her hands around a cowpea seedling and slowly let her Power of Induction flow out.

In the dead of night, only that single lamp rested on the ground. A swarm of bugs, big and small, gradually gathered from afar, desperately chasing the light source.

As Huai Yu slowly used her power, she curiously recalled her conversation with Zhou Qian earlier that day.

"Little Yu, your personality doesn’t seem like that of a child from a happy family. Haven’t you noticed? When someone treats you with even a fraction of kindness, you want to repay them a thousand or a hundred times over.

"Only those who lacked support and sufficient affection in their childhood would treasure every bit of goodwill."