Reborn in the 80s: My Whole Family Secretly Hears My Thoughts and Goes Wild with Success! - Chapter 155

Tian Man was officially transferred to Guojing News and even brought Li Xiaoli along with her.

Although Guojing News wasn’t as large as the Evening News, its internal factions were incredibly messy. Tian Man worried that going it alone would put her at a disadvantage, so she wanted to bring along someone to support her.

If possible, she would have preferred to bring more people, but Hou Haihua didn’t have that much influence, and the editor-in-chief of the Evening News wouldn’t have allowed it.

True to his word, Hou Haihua allocated an entire page in the second section for Tian Man to start a column, naming it “Tian’s Legal Insights.”

Ever since Tian Man conceived the idea of starting a legal education column, she hadn’t been idle. She essentially utilized all her previous connections.

She sought out and met with everyone connected to the law: courts, procuratorates, public security bureaus, lawyers, and professors from political science and law universities.

Since she wanted to pursue this endeavor, she first needed to gauge the likelihood of its success.

To make it happen, aside from gaining approval from the newspaper’s leadership and higher authorities, guidance from these professionals was indispensable.

Fortunately for Tian Man, Hou Haihua and Qian Chunyang provided tremendous support. It was their assistance in coordinating efforts that made the progress remarkably smooth.

Tian Man had already obtained the case files for one legal case. The next step was to conduct interviews.

Meanwhile, after a period of participating in campus legal awareness activities, Ye Jiawen had also thought it over and agreed to collaborate with Tian Man on her column.

Today, Tian Man and Ye Zhiqiu came to the school to meet Ye Jiawen.

The three of them sat in a secluded pavilion. Tian Man handed a document folder to Ye Jiawen: “Jiawen, here are the case materials. Please take a look.”

Ye Jiawen was responsible for providing detailed legal analysis of the cases. Therefore, Tian Man would give her the case materials in advance so she could prepare.

In the meantime, Tian Man would interview the parties involved and their families, then write a detailed account of the case and the interview records, supplemented by Ye Jiawen’s legal analysis.

This type of column was unprecedented; Tian Man was truly feeling her way forward.

Initially, this was the only format she could conceive. If any aspects proved unsuitable later on, they would make adjustments.

Tian Man had other matters to attend to and left first. Ye Zhiqiu stayed to help Ye Jiawen transcribe the case materials.

This would be the routine each time: after Tian Man provided the case materials to Ye Jiawen, she had to copy them all down and then promptly return them to Tian Man.

“Jiawen, there you are! I’ve been looking for you.”

Ye Jiawen turned her head and saw Guo Jia, with Wen Liang accompanying her. As she stood up, she spread her textbook over the scattered papers on the stone table.

Both Guo Jia and Wen Liang naturally noticed her action. Wen Liang’s face immediately darkened, while Guo Jia teased, “Jiawen, what are you writing that’s so secretive? It couldn’t be a love letter to your sweetheart, could it? Or did you just receive a love letter from him?”

“Neither,” Ye Jiawen replied, looking at Guo Jia. “What did you need me for?”

“They’re showing a movie in the auditorium tonight. Are you going?”

“No, I need to go to the library to look up some materials.”

“You’re always at the library! Just smell yourself; you carry the scent of printer’s ink and musty books from the library.”

Guo Jia naturally looped her arm through Wen Liang’s and waved at Ye Jiawen. “Alright then, if you’re not going, we’re off.”

“Go ahead.”

Seeing the two leave, Ye Jiawen sat back down and hurriedly continued transcribing.

Ye Zhiqiu glanced up just in time to see Wen Liang looking back at Ye Jiawen.

“Jiawen Sis, that male classmate likes you.”

“I don’t know, and I don’t want to know,” Ye Jiawen replied without pausing her writing. “He’s Guo Jia’s boyfriend now.”

Shortly after she returned from visiting Ling Hang, Guo Jia had announced that she and Wen Liang were together.

Since then, the two had been practically inseparable.

They ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner together, and went to the library together.

Although, it seemed Guo Jia went to the library much less frequently after that. She always accommodated Wen Liang.

Wherever Wen Liang wanted to go, she would follow.

Every night when she returned to the dorm, Guo Jia would chatter on and on about what she and Wen Liang had done that day, and she particularly loved detailing their relationship progress.

After listening a couple of times, Ye Jiawen felt quite uncomfortable, so she started staying at the library very late every night before returning to the dorm.

Once back in the dorm, she would wash up and go straight to bed.

Unless it was absolutely unavoidable, she would only catch a few words. Ironically, Guo Jia seemed more invested in Ye Jiawen’s relationship, constantly questioning her about it.

Compared to Guo Jia and Wen Liang, she and Ling Hang indeed didn’t seem much like a typical couple.

Ling Hang called her every Sunday evening. But with people always around, they couldn’t talk much.

They wrote more in their letters. She discovered they actually had quite a few common interests.

A foreign poet she greatly admired—Ling Hang not only knew of him but actually owned a collection of his poems.

Furthermore, many of the novels she had read, Ling Hang had also read.

When it comes to relationships, different people are drawn to different things. Only you yourself can tell if someone is right for you. So far, she felt Ling Hang suited her just fine.

“Zhiqiu, it’s getting late. You should head back. I won’t keep you for dinner today.”

Ye Zhiqiu gathered her things. “I’ll grab a bite at the cafeteria and then head to the library.”

“By the way, Jiawen Sis, this Sunday, Xiao Wu and Xiao Xiang have time off. I told them to come to Fu’an Hutong. You should come over too.”

“Alright. I haven’t seen those two rascals in over a month. I wonder if they’ve filled out a bit?”

“Zhiqiu, I’ll take care of buying the groceries that day, so don’t worry about it.”

“Okay.”

The two sisters reached a fork in the path and went their separate ways.

Sunday.

Ye Zhiqiu told Lu Shuangshuang that she was going to Fu’an Hutong. Lu Shuangshuang ended up giving Dong Xiaomei a ride to Fu’an Hutong.

After knocking twice, the door was opened by Shen Xiang, who had changed his name to He Bin.

He Bin was unaware that Lu Shuangshuang and Ye Zhiqiu had now become friends. In his memory, Lu Shuangshuang was still Shen Liya’s friend, so he naturally didn’t have a favorable expression for her.

“What are you doing at our house? Trying to harm my sister again?” He Bin deliberately put on a fierce act.

He used to get into fights often and knew that appearing tough could intimidate people.

Similarly, Lu Shuangshuang didn’t know that He Bin wasn’t the same Shen Xiang from before. She only remembered Shen Xiang’s former delinquent demeanor.

“I should be asking you that,” Lu Shuangshuang retorted, poking He Bin’s forehead with her finger. “What are you doing here, huh?”

“This is my home!” He Bin puffed out his chest.

“Your home?! You’ve got some nerve. This is Zhiqiu’s home!”

Just then, Lu Shuangshuang saw Ye Zhiqiu coming out of the house and called out to her loudly, “Zhiqiu, come quickly and deal with this little rascal!”

“No respect, no manners, no upbringing! Really, just like that Shen Liya!”

“You’re the one who’s just like Shen Liya!”

He Bin was so angry his eyes reddened. Even now, he still hated hearing those three individuals’ names.

“You bullied my sister, and I haven’t even settled that score with you yet!”