Chapter 30: Shen Anan’s Unbelievable Luck

“Xiao Shen, you don’t have to go to the countryside!”

Lao Zhou, breathless, his voice filled with uncontainable excitement.

Shen Anan, upon hearing this, froze.

No need to go to the countryside?!

Why?

“The notice just came down. The ‘Up to the Mountains and Down to the Villages’ program is ending, and the educated youth are returning!”

This time, Lao Zhou’s words reached everyone clearly.

Wasn’t that clear enough?

No one needed to go to the countryside anymore; even those already there were returning to the city!

“Really?”

Shen Anan’s voice trembled, a tremor she hadn’t even noticed herself.

She had just casually mentioned it, and it actually came true!

“This child, I thought you were destined for hardship, but your luck is incredible!”

Lao Zhou couldn’t help but exclaim.

You said that it has been so many years since the rural revitalization movement started. Do you know when it will end? But just before Shen Anan got on the train, she was notified that the trip to the countryside was cancelled!

“Alright, no need to pack. Just stay at the Huo family from now on!”

Lao Zhou finished, then quickly left.

He still had to go back to his unit.

Now a notice has suddenly been issued that I am responsible for going to the countryside, and I have a lot of things to do now.

Just tell me how many educated youth are going to come back to Hecheng. This is a big project!

After Lao Zhou left, Shen Anan remained in a daze.

How did she suddenly avoid going to the countryside?

She secretly pinched herself.

Ouch! It hurt!

It was real!

“If you’re not sure if it’s real, why don’t you pinch me?”

Huo Rufeng’s voice came.

Shen Anan instantly blushed.

Meanwhile, at the Chengnan(South City) Supply and Marketing Cooperative.

Shen Xiuxiu was in a fantastic mood all day, even giving the male colleagues pursuing her a lot of smiles.

As long as Shen Anan left, she could just wait for the Shen family to prosper and enjoy her life as a young miss. The good days were just around the corner.

But she felt a nagging unease, her right eyelid twitching incessantly.

No! She had to go to the train station to check.

What if something went wrong, and Shen Anan slipped away?

However, when she arrived at the train station, she learned that the program to send people to the countryside had been cancelled that day?

Cancelled?!

Shen Xiuxiu’s heart sank.

Could it be that the Huo family, again, used their influence to protect Shen Anan? Otherwise, why wouldn’t this batch of people have to go to the countryside?

Her temples throbbed, her hands clenched into fists, trembling with anger!

Good!

Last time, her report wasn’t enough, was it? The Huo family had to protect Shen Anan, right?

Fine! Then she would report again! This time, she would bring down Shen Anan and the Huo family together!

Taking a deep breath, Shen Xiuxiu headed straight to the office where she had previously reported Huo Rufeng for abusing his power.

She was familiar with the place.

Shen Xiuxiu barged in and bluntly stated, “Leader, Huo Rufeng, from the Huo family, abused his power once and still hasn’t repented. I’m here to report him!”

Upon hearing this, several staff members were stunned.

What?!

What else did Huo Rufeng do?

“Comrade, please sit down. Let’s talk calmly.”

Before the staff member finished, Shen Xiuxiu didn’t even bother to sit, continuing, “Shen Anan was supposed to go to the countryside today, but none of that batch went!

Tell me, if it wasn’t Huo Rufeng abusing his power again, how could it be such a coincidence that Shen Anan’s group didn’t have to go to the countryside?”

Shen Xiuxiu crossed her arms.

She thought that after she finished speaking, these people would immediately rush to the Huo family to investigate.

However, they looked at her meaningfully!

What was going on?

Shen Xiuxiu glared at them, “Why aren’t you going to investigate the Huo family? Haven’t I made it clear enough? Huo Rufeng abused his power for Shen Anan!”

She shouted.

Could it be that Huo Rufeng had bribed these people?!

Shen Xiuxiu gritted her teeth.

“If you refuse to investigate, I’ll report this to a higher authority. You’re simply…”

Before she could finish, one of the staff members coldly said,

“Comrade, a notice was just issued today. The ‘Up to the Mountains and Down to the Villages’ program is officially over. All educated youth are returning to the city; no one needs to go to the countryside anymore!”

What?!

After hearing this, Shen Xiuxiu froze in place, her face filled with shock.

Impossible, how could this be?

How could it be such a coincidence that the program ended on the very day Shen Anan was supposed to go to the countryside?!

“I don’t believe you, you must be lying to me…”

Shen Xiuxiu’s face turned pale.

She had worked so hard, made so much fuss, and this was the result?

“If you don’t believe it, the file is here. Take a look!”

The staff member directly handed Shen Xiuxiu the document from above, clearly stating the nationwide end of the “Up to the Mountains and Down to the Villages” program!

Shen Xiuxiu looked at the document; the bright words were like a slap in the face.

She weakly put down the file.

Shen Anan’s luck was unbelievably good!

Chengnan, the Huo family home.

“Anan, you can finally settle down here!”

Yang Qiuju sighed with relief.

This child must have suffered a lot before; now, heaven is making up for it, right?

Otherwise, why would the notice cancelling the program arrive just today?!

Shen Anan lowered her head, somewhat at a loss.

She had been prepared to go to the countryside; who would have thought she wouldn’t have to go now?

She still couldn’t figure out why!

Turning around, she handed the envelope filled with money and coupons to Huo Rufeng.

“Brother Huo, since I don’t have to go to the countryside, I’ll return this money and coupons!”

Huo Rufeng, who had been lost in thought, instantly frowned.

“Once it’s given to you, there’s no reason to take it back. Keep it.”

Then he turned away and rolled his wheelchair away.

Shen Anan：……

What did that mean?

She turned to look at Uncle Huo and Aunt Yang.

“Aunt Yang, would you help me return it? I don’t need that much money…”

She hadn’t even spent the last salary Aunt Yang gave her.

She ate and lived at the Huo family’s, and Aunt Yang paid for the groceries; what did she need to spend money on?

Yang Qiuju took two steps back.

“Keep the money. Rufeng gave it to you, and we’re not outsiders.”

She didn’t dare take the money for her son.

Although she seemed to yell at her son, when it came to important matters, she followed his decisions.

Shen Anan helplessly looked at Huo Aihua.

“Uncle Huo, then…”

“Xiao Shen, you can’t give it to me. If you give it to me, Rufeng will get mad at me. Have pity on an old man; I can’t handle his temper. Just keep it, okay?”

Huo Aihua also didn’t intend to take it back.

He also thought the money should be given to Shen Anan.

If his son hadn’t given it, he and his wife had planned to give it to her!

Seeing that it was hopeless, Shen Anan gave up and went to buy groceries, thinking that she could continue with the dietary therapy.

This was the only way she could repay the Huo family’s kindness.

But she didn’t expect to be stopped before she reached the market.