Chapter 712 - 708: Sweet Girl’s Nightmare

It was the middle of the night.

Gu Jiaojiao was sound asleep when a scream from the room next door jolted her awake.

She and Leng Yuan got dressed and rushed next door.

They found Xiao Yang just stepping out of his room as well.

The three of them gathered in Sweet Girl’s room. Gu Jiaojiao lit the kerosene lamp, and by its glow, they saw Sweet Girl on the bed, drenched in a cold sweat with an expression of pure terror.

Sweet Girl still hadn’t woken up; she was clearly trapped in a nightmare.

She was flailing her arms and shouting, "No! No! Run! Quick..."

Gu Jiaojiao stepped forward and gently called Sweet Girl’s name, waking her.

The moment she woke, Sweet Girl burst into tears.

Gu Jiaojiao went to her, pulling her into an embrace and patting her back. "Don’t be afraid. It’s all right now. The traffickers have been caught. They’re not coming back."

Gu Jiaojiao’s soothing presence helped Sweet Girl’s emotions settle, and she slowly calmed down.

Seeing she was all right, Gu Jiaojiao offered a few more words of comfort.

She assumed that Sweet Girl was still traumatized by the encounter with the human traffickers and that was why she kept having nightmares.

Sweet Girl suddenly looked up, her eyes filled with sorrow. "Sister, it wasn’t the traffickers that scared me. I dreamed about Big Brother."

"In my dream, the face of the trafficker who tried to grab us that day suddenly changed into Big Brother’s. He was in danger. I saw someone trying to hurt him, and I screamed for him to run, but he couldn’t hear me at all."

Upon hearing this, Gu Jiaojiao glanced up at Leng Yuan, but ultimately said nothing more. She comforted Sweet Girl for a little while longer until she coaxed her back to sleep.

After she and Leng Yuan left Sweet Girl’s room, Gu Jiaojiao couldn’t help but ask him a question.

"Is it true?"

’She knew it. Leng Yuan definitely knew something!’

Leng Yuan paused for a moment, then nodded. "Yes."

Gu Jiaojiao understood at once.

「Two days later.」

The busy harvest season began. The vast fields of wheat needed to be harvested, and during this time, everyone was required to work.

Whether it was the village loafers, those who didn’t need the money like Gu Jiaojiao, or even those without the strength for heavy labor, everyone had to do their part.

Even Sun Yeshu, despite being pregnant, had to go out to the fields.

She couldn’t do the heavy lifting, so she followed behind the children, gleaning fallen wheat stalks and doing other light tasks.

For the past few days, Sun Yeshu had been holed up at home, refusing to go out.

Somehow, word of her visit to Gu Jiaojiao had gotten out and spread through the entire village. She had become the local laughingstock.

It wasn’t just her. Her husband, Leng Qingtian, was also mercilessly teased whenever people saw him.

"Hey, Qingtian! How come you’re not at that thirty-yuan-a-month job with the free housing? If you wanted a job, you should have gone and asked yourself instead of sending your wife."

"Your wife really has some nerve. Thirty yuan a month, a free house, not too tiring, and flexible hours? Is she asking for a job or to be the boss?"

Leng Qingtian was furious. He’d never wanted a job like that, but since it was Sun Yeshu who had done the asking, nobody believed him when he tried to explain.

In the end, he had no choice but to take the blame.

However, for the past few days, Leng Qingtian hadn’t given Sun Yeshu a single pleasant look, and even Aunt Leng had lost her temper multiple times.

As for the others, this was a matter for the second branch of the Leng Family, not the third, so they were content to just watch the drama unfold.

Sun Yeshu felt wronged, too. ’I was slapped twice, mocked by the entire village, and now my own husband and mother-in-law are furious with me. And everything I did, wasn’t it all for Leng Qingtian?’

’Wasn’t it all so our family could have a better life?’

’Leng Yuan is a member of the Leng Family. He’s so capable, so what’s wrong with him helping us out?’