Jia Lanhua certainly couldn’t reveal her true feelings.
"I’m thinking about how to take you down," she quietly said to herself, but what came out of her mouth was something else.
"It’s nothing. That old man is already waiting for you inside. Hurry up and get in there. If that old geezer sees us talking here, he’ll probably get jealous and cause trouble again."
Zhang Xiaoshan thought back to the last time and apologized to Jia Lanhua.
"Sister Lanhua, I’m sorry about last time. Because of me, you got slapped by the village chief. I’m sorry."
Jia Lanhua sighed and said,
"That old man and I argue every other day; we’ve long been estranged. Fighting has become a routine affair—it wouldn’t be surprising if we get divorced one day."
"Little Shan, do you understand what I mean?"
By the end of her speech, Jia Lanhua’s eyes were piercingly fixed on Zhang Xiaoshan.
Her peach blossom eyes were too captivating.
Zhang Xiaoshan was stupefied by Jia Lanhua’s words.
Why would Jia Lanhua say she planned to divorce Wu Daming due to marital discord?
And that last question obviously contained a certain flirtatious implication.
"Is she hinting at something to me?"
Zhang Xiaoshan’s heart was like being constantly nibbled on by ants, an intense itchiness overcoming him.
Because Jia Lanhua’s attitude towards him had always been ambivalent, with every encounter giving Zhang Xiaoshan a sense of being both rejected and welcomed.
Zhang Xiaoshan was somewhat overwhelmed.
He had no idea what Jia Lanhua really wanted to do.
Either give herself to him, to let him have a good time, or just be cold to him, so he could cut off that bit of hope in his heart.
But Jia Lanhua’s current attitude was of the kind that teases but doesn’t follow through.
Like the moon reflected in water or a flower seen in a mirror, an unreachable and frustrating feeling. Zhang Xiaoshan didn’t want to be alone with Jia Lanhua any longer, or he would surely suffocate to death from frustration.
"I see it’s getting late; I better talk to the village chief about the important matters."
Zhang Xiaoshan found an excuse and entered the door.
Wu Daming was sitting on the sofa in the living room of his small western-style building, engrossed in the news.
He was enjoying it until his face fell upon seeing Zhang Xiaoshan come in.
"You’re here... sit down," he greeted Zhang Xiaoshan indifferently.
Zhang Xiaoshan, noticing something was off with Wu Daming’s expression, quietly used the Mind Reading Technique.
"This Zhang Xiaoshan is getting more and more presumptuous. Last time, he threatened me to save the village doctor position for Lingling, which I had to accept since he has something on me. But this time, he dares to stand up for Luo Meili even though he knows that I approved Wu Yong’s mother and son to compete against her. He’s really not taking me seriously."
"Now, this guy is about to become an official doctor. After that, he’ll be a civil servant eating from the state’s pot. If I don’t deal with him this time, he’ll become even more uncontrollable in the future."
"How did Mr. Zheng mess this up? I clearly ordered him to ruin Zhang Xiaoshan’s examination, and yet Zhang Xiaoshan still managed to pass. Damn it."
All of Wu Daming’s inner thoughts were laid bare to Zhang Xiaoshan.
"What?" Zhang Xiaoshan remained calm on the outside, but waves churned inside him.
"Director Zheng, meddling in my exam?"
"So this was related to that bastard Wu Daming."
At that moment, a series of information converged in Zhang Xiaoshan’s mind, and he suddenly realized the truth.
No wonder Mr. Zheng kept trying to trouble him during the exam. It turns out Wu Daming had long been in cahoots with Mr. Zheng. Of course, Wu Daming is a village chief who regularly attends county meetings, so it’s not surprising that he knows Mr. Zheng.
Now Zhang Xiaoshan also understood why Wu Daming had initially agreed to let him have the village doctor position, because Wu Daming had already planned to bribe the chief examiner, Mr. Zheng, to ensure his failure.
"You old scumbag, you’re really vicious."
Zhang Xiaoshan cursed Wu Daming’s ancestors in his heart, but he kept a smile on his face and calmly said,
"Chief, did you have something urgent to tell me?"
One does not slap a smiling face; moreover, with the official appointment already issued to Zhang Xiaoshan from the authorities, making him a public servant, Wu Daming could only sabotage him in the shadows.
He still had to maintain appearances.
"Little Shan, Uncle Daming has to congratulate you; you passed your exam, and your appointment contract is here."
Saying that, Wu Daming took a document envelope from the drawer of the coffee table and handed it to Zhang Xiaoshan. Thɪs chapter is updated by 𝚗𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕·𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚎·𝚗𝚎𝚝
Zhang Xiaoshan examined it and looked elated.
Despite his extraordinary abilities, an official position in a place like White Dragon Village was invaluable, especially since he needed a socially recognized identity to live in modern society.
The identity of a doctor could effectively hide his superpowers.
"This Zhang Xiaoshan really has dog’s luck; he actually passed the exam. I’ll keep quiet for now, appease him, wait for my chance, and ruin him all at once," Wu Daming thought to himself.
But Zhang Xiaoshan was still probing his thoughts, and Wu Daming’s plan was completely exposed.
Even though he resented Wu Daming, the devious rat, since the man had no immediate plans to turn against him, Zhang Xiaoshan decided to bide his time.
He would respond to changes with constancy.
"Hehehe, all thanks to Uncle Daming’s support. Without your recommendation, how could I have smoothly become a regular employee? Hehehe. I must thank you properly when I have the chance."
"Haha, you’re too modest. Out of all the young folks in our village, you’re the one I’m most optimistic about. Don’t let Uncle Daming down."
Wu Daming was all smiles on the surface, but internally he was thinking, "Enjoy your brief happiness, hop around for a bit, once I find the opportunity, I’ll make you cry without tears."
Zhang Xiaoshan internally cursed Wu Daming’s long-deceased mother.
"Chief, there’s trouble, hurry! Chief, something big has happened..."
Suddenly, a villager rushed into Wu Daming’s house.
He stumbled in, looking frantic as if the sky had fallen.