"Ahem! Well, I'm going to take a look around." After saying that, Lin Xiaoxiao pulled Tang Xue away. A moment later, Shenyang heard Lin Xiaoxiao's unrestrained laughter.
Shenyang turned his stiff neck. "You did that on purpose."
"What do you mean by intentional or not?" Shen Wei took the bottle from Shen Yang's hand, screwed on the cap, and chased after Lin Xiaoxiao in the direction she had left.
Shenyang stomped his foot. Although he was a little annoyed that he had provided the others with something to laugh about, he wouldn't stay in this godforsaken place alone just because he was upset.
Without Shen Wei's prompting, Shen Yang had already jogged after him.
"I hadn't realized before, but Shenyang is quite an interesting person." Thinking about what had just happened, Lin Xiaoxiao still found it somewhat amusing.
Tang Xue tilted her head and glanced at Lin Xiaoxiao's profile. "Can't you resist this kind of interesting type?"
Tang Xue felt like she was being consumed by jealousy. Whether it was Xiao Yu or Shen Yang, as long as Lin Xiaoxiao cared about them even a little bit.
If there is even the slightest difference, she feels as if her heart has been thrown into a pot of boiling oil, suffering agonizing torment.
Although reason tells her that Lin Xiaoxiao doesn't like these people.
However, Tang Xue really couldn't ignore the fact that she had diverted Lin Xiaoxiao's attention.
Perhaps, from the moment she fell in love with Lin Xiaoxiao, she had long forgotten what rationality was when faced with anything related to Lin Xiaoxiao.
"I wouldn't say I couldn't resist them," Lin Xiaoxiao said, stroking her chin. "I just think they're all very interesting, and I think it would be fun to be friends with them."
"Friends?" Tang Xue chewed on the word over and over, as if trying to taste different flavors in it.
“Yeah, don’t you think it’s fun to be with someone like that?” Lin Xiaoxiao shook the hand that was holding Tang Xue’s.
For Lin Xiaoxiao in her previous life, the word "friend" was a luxury.
She was always alone, as if she had been isolated from the world and would never have the chance to integrate into it.
But after arriving in this world, she possessed many things she had never had in her previous life.
Friendship, family, and love.
Silently grasping Tang Xue's hand, Lin Xiaoxiao felt her heart filled with Tang Xue's image in that instant. This overflowing emotion made her feel particularly satisfied.
"Aren't you happy being with me?"
"What?" Because Tang Xue's voice was a little soft, and Lin Xiaoxiao was thinking about something, she really didn't hear what Tang Xue was saying.
"I said, aren't you happy being with me?" Biting her lip, Tang Xue still managed to ask the question.
She wanted to know her place in Lin Xiaoxiao's heart, and she was eager to know whether Lin Xiaoxiao considered her different from others.
Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes widened, as if she had suddenly heard something she found hard to understand.
Her relationship with Tang Xue cannot be simply described as either happy or unhappy.
It should be said that being with Tang Xue was the happiest time of her life; that kind of happiness cannot be simply described with words like "happy".
"Xiaoxue, what silly question are you asking? How could I not be happy when I'm with you?"
Stopping in her tracks, Lin Xiaoxiao gripped Tang Xue's hands tightly, stared into Tang Xue's eyes, and said, word by word, with great determination, "I should say that the time I spend with you always makes me so happy that I forget who I am."
"So happy that... you forgot who you are?" Tang Xue repeated Lin Xiaoxiao's words.
I felt my heart was completely filled by Lin Xiaoxiao's words.
"Xiaoxiao, me too. The time I spend with you is the happiest and most carefree time of my life."
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Author's Note:
Thank you to all the little angels who voted for me or watered my plants with nutrient solution between 2022-03-16 14:30:46 and 2022-03-17 00:08:21!
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Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!
Chapter 86
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As for Shen Mo, whose plans were ruined by Xiao Yu, she had already gotten out of bed at eight o'clock in the morning.
Although eight o'clock is not a particularly early time to get up for many people, Shen Mo felt that she was probably the earliest to get up among all the guests today.
She had once seen a quote online: "The way to a person's heart is through their stomach." She had tasted Tang Xue's cooking yesterday.
Shen Mo felt that Tang Xue was still a little bit inferior to her. She believed that only after Lin Xiaoxiao tasted her cooking would she be impressed.
Shen Mo, who was already envisioning a bright future, didn't think there was anything outrageous about her idea.
In Shen Mo's opinion, if Tang Xue could win Lin Xiaoxiao's heart, then so could she.
She could do what Tang Xue could do, and she didn't think she was any worse than Tang Xue.
Even in Shen Mo's mind, she had a slight advantage over Tang Xue.
Fortunately, all of this was just Shen Mo's self-indulgence. If even a tiny bit of these thoughts of hers were to leak out, she would probably be criticized to the point of questioning her existence.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Chen Mo, who was busy in the kitchen, finally finished making breakfast.
Upon hearing the commotion outside, she quickly ran out, but when she saw who was coming downstairs, the smile on Chen Mo's face froze slightly.
"Good morning, Teacher Chen."
"Good morning, Xiao Shen." Chen Xingyu glanced downstairs a few times. "Looks like no one else is up yet."
No, no, no, Teacher Chen, the others aren't still asleep; they've already had a three-hundred-round battle with the production team.
I wonder what's going on with the four-person hiking group now. I really want to see the girls getting together.
I desperately need my daily candy supply; if I don't get any more, I'm going to collapse.
The staff waiting at the foot of the mountain seemed to be waiting in vain; I searched high and low, but still couldn't see the young ladies.
They should be coming down soon, it's been so long.
What worries me is that they haven't come down the mountain for so long; I wonder if things aren't going well.
[Pshaw, don't talk nonsense. The progress is definitely going super, super smoothly.]
As the audience said, Lin Xiaoxiao and her friends had a pretty good harvest this time. They not only picked some wild vegetables that grow in summer.
They also found several heavy jicama, because they hadn't brought any tools when they came, and they had put in a lot of effort to pick wild vegetables.
Fortunately, they eventually met some kind people who helped them pick enough wild vegetables and also harvested four substantial jicama.
They originally dug out eight, but they used the other four to repay the kind people who helped them and exchanged some things with them.
"That's enough, sir, we can't take any more." Seeing the old man preparing to pick a few more, Lin Xiaoxiao quickly stopped him.
"Yes, sir, that's enough." Seeing the small basket stuffed full.
Looking again at the jicama and peaches on the ground beside him, Shenyang suddenly felt pain in every joint of his body.
As for why things turned out this way, it all started with the first jicama they saw.
When Lin Xiaoxiao discovered the jicama, the four of them, who had no tools, stared at each other blankly.
Just as Lin Xiaoxiao was about to say that she was going back to get her tools, an old man carrying a hoe slowly came into their view.
After that, things became much simpler. With the old man's help, they found eight sweet potatoes and some wild vegetables that the old man pointed out to them.
Although Lin Xiaoxiao had no opportunity to use her skills during this process, she was arguably the happiest among them when she saw what they had gained.
Since their harvest was obtained with the old man's help, the group also picked some wild vegetables for him, in the absence of any other sweet potatoes.
They picked out four sweet potatoes from their harvest as a reward for the old man.
The old man initially refused to accept it, and the two sides reached a stalemate, which led to the current situation.
"You young people are no good. Your health isn't as good as an old man like me." He placed the freshly picked peach into Lin Xiaoxiao's hand.
The old man patted Shenyang on the shoulder and said, "Young man, especially you, you need to exercise more."
puff!
Lin Xiaoxiao stopped smiling the moment Shen Yang looked over, but couldn't help it again the next second after Shen Yang looked away.
Shen Yang rolled his eyes. Oh well, this wasn't the first time he'd been looked down upon.
Although the person looking down on him now is an old man, once something like this happens once, it will happen again. Shenyang felt that he could just lie down and let the ridicule take its course.
"Grandpa, is there any water on this mountain?" Lin Xiaoxiao glanced at the peach in her hand, then at Tang Xue's lips, and moved closer to the old man.
"Yes, I'll take you there." The old man laughed heartily. "The mountain spring water is delicious; you can't find it in the city."
"Oh, right, it's not far from here, you don't need to bring anything else." The old man picked up his water bottle and beckoned the group to come with him.
Shenyang, who had been feeling a bit listless, picked up a few peaches and chased after them.
"Xiaoxue, how are you?" Lin Xiaoxiao squatted down next to Tang Xue. "Wait here for me, I'll go get some water."
"Wait a minute." Tang Xue grabbed Lin Xiaoxiao's wrist. "I'm fine. I want to go with you."
"But..." Lin Xiaoxiao was a little conflicted. She was full of energy and didn't feel particularly tired.
But she had seen Tang Xue secretly rubbing her legs. To be honest, she felt a little sorry for her and regretted her decision to come hiking today.
"I also want to see the spring water that the old man mentioned." Tang Xue squeezed Lin Xiaoxiao's palm. "You can't see it in the city."
"Okay." Lin Xiaoxiao finally gave in. "I'll massage your legs when we get back. Oh, and you should soak your feet properly too."
Lin Xiaoxiao, who was already planning what to do when she got back, didn't notice.
When Tang Xue heard that she was going to massage her legs and feet, a hint of shyness flashed in her eyes, and her long black hair covered her slightly reddened ear tips.
The mountain spring the old man mentioned wasn't far away; they arrived after walking for about ten minutes.
On the rugged mountain wall, a stream of water, about the thickness of a thumb, flows down the rock face and finally converges into a pool about one meter wide.
"Grandpa, is this the mountain spring water?"
Shenyang ran a few steps and squatted down by the pool. Fortunately, he still had his senses and did not squat down to wash his face.
"Yes." Although the old man was a few steps behind Shenyang, he was still very fast. He took out his water bottle, filled it with water at the edge of the pool, tilted his head back and took a sip, letting out a satisfied sigh.
Shenyang licked his lips, wanting to go ahead and do it, but remembering that the old man had just filled a kettle with water, he ultimately held back.