Chapter 438

438 Eavesdropping

When Zhao Wen and Wen Xun saw that Yu Yan’s reaction didn’t seem fake, they felt that the news might really be wrong. After all, they had accidentally heard someone mutter it and they didn’t see who said it.

Seeing this, Zhao Wen and Wen Xun comforted her. “Someone might have been mistaken.”

Yu Yan believed that no one would spread such news for no reason. This was clearly targeted at her, so she frowned and asked, “Where did you guys hear this news from?”

The two shook their heads. “We didn’t see the person who spoke either.”

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When Yu Yan heard this, she confirmed her guess. After sending Zhao Wen and Wen Xun away, she returned to the dormitory with a heavy heart.

However, these two young men were not the only ones who received this news. The others also came to look for Yu Yan in the next two days.

Although Zhao Wen and the other two had already asked Yu Yan, they were nervous about their money. They were not smitten with Yu Yan like Qian Hao was, so they naturally had to ask Yu Yan personally. They only stopped asking after getting the answer that Yu Yan’s family was fine.

Xu Ling, who was in the same dormitory, saw all of this. After someone came looking for Yu Yan again, Xu Ling finally couldn’t hold back her curiosity and quietly followed them to see what they were talking about.

When Yu Yan returned to the dormitory, she saw Xu Ling looking at her with a gloating expression. Yu Yan rolled her eyes at Xu Ling and returned to her bed.

When Xu Ling saw that Yu Yan still looked as condescending as ever, anger surged in her heart. She sat up and said sarcastically, “I wonder if anyone has heard of the saying that a fallen phoenix is inferior to a chicken. You’re already in such a state, yet you still look down on others. I was wondering why I didn’t see you bring back any letters and packages after so long. Turns out that something happened to your family.”

As soon as she said this, coupled with Xu Ling’s difference in attitude before she left, Yu Yan knew that the other party must have eavesdropped on her just now.

“Xu Ling! Stop spouting nonsense! You’re a city dweller after all, but you actually eavesdropped on me. I think you’ve really been assimilated by the rural people after staying here for so many years. You’ve also become a true rural woman!”

Xu Ling was furious when she heard this. She hated being called a rural person the most.

She put the book aside. “Yu Yan, what are you still so smug about? Your cabinet has long become empty. Didn’t you buy meat every few days in the past? You haven’t eaten meat for an entire week now, right?”

With that, Xu Ling smiled at Yu Yan smugly. “Your current life isn’t even as good as mine. If it weren’t for your wealthy family, who in the youth dormitory would even talk to you? You’re just keeping up appearances now. I want to see how long you can be smug for. Without money, you’re nothing!”

Yu Yan gritted her teeth. Of course, she knew that the people around her were all trying to get benefits from her, so she couldn’t refute Xu Ling’s words.

Yu Yan felt enraged, so she criticized Xu Ling for what she cared about the most. “So what? My parents are on a business trip, so they can’t be bothered to send me money. Yet this is all you can do in this life. Isn’t your family misogynistic? Your parents only use the money on your brother.”

“Just be prepared to stay in the countryside for the rest of your life! Do you still want to wait for the return policy? It’s been so many years, but I’ve only seen people coming from the city to the countryside. How many people can return to the city from the countryside? If you don’t have connections, you’ll have to do hard labor for the rest of your life! I don’t want to go back for the time being. As long as I’m willing to go back, my parents will immediately pull strings!”

For these intellectuals, the most important thing was to return to the city and continue to be city dwellers.

Although many people had been working in the fields every day in order to survive all these years and seemed to be resigned to their fate on the surface, that was only to make themselves feel better. In fact, most of them had never given up.

Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many young people still insisting on not marrying the villagers. It was one thing to look down on them, but most importantly, once they got married, they would be trapped in the countryside and there was a high chance that they wouldn’t be able to return to the city in the future.

When Xu Ling saw the smug expression on Yu Yan’s face and heard Yu Yan say that she would be a farmer for the rest of her life, her eyes widened in anger as she stood up and pounced on Yu Yan. “You b*tch! I’m going to tear your mouth apart!”