Jiang Ruonan had spent the entire morning feeding the chickens and fetching water, and now she had to chop wood and make a fire. Hua Tingjue had never seen her eat.

He asked her with concern: "Have you eaten? Breakfast."

From his estimation, the sixteen-year-old girl was about 1.7 meters tall, but she looked too thin, so thin that she looked unrecognizable.

From the time he met her yesterday until now, he had a general understanding of her family background. Perhaps because she had a daughter, he felt a bitter feeling in his heart.

He knew that most of the girls who went to work in Tianshang Renjian were from poor families and good-looking, but he had no idea that Jiang Ruonan's life was so hard.

Given her difficult family conditions and the fact that she didn't have any relatives around her, he was particularly worried that she wasn't getting enough to eat.

Before Jiang Ruonan could answer him, he ran towards Granny Nie's house and shouted, "Wait a minute, I'll be back soon."

Jiang Ruonan ignored him and let him come and go freely. She continued to carry the firewood under the eaves and prepared to chop it with an axe.

Hua Tingjue quickly ran back to his resting place, carrying his schoolbag, fearing that he would be a step slower. Soon he stopped in front of Jiang Ruonan, panting.

"Hey, there's some food here, take a look."

"This is chocolate. It is said that girls like it, and eating sweet chocolate will make you feel good."

"This is toffee, and it's sweet too."

"This is pure milk. I'll heat it up for you later."

Finally he took out something and showed it to Jiang Ruonan excitedly, "Ding ding ding, bread!"

"I don't know what flavor you like, you can choose it yourself." Hua Tingjue placed the bag in front of her, looking as if he was letting her choose. The main reason was that he really couldn't remember what she liked to eat, because in her previous life, she was so well-behaved that she seemed to be able to eat anything.

Jiang Ruonan's hands were instantly filled with things. She was caught off guard and didn't even have time to react. She was holding a bunch of things she had never seen before.

She looked at the most eye-catching chocolate in front of her, which was wrapped in platinum paper. There was a string of unfamiliar characters written on the wrapping paper. It was not English, but there was a cursive word "Chocolate".

She knew the word - chocolate.

"I don't want it." Jiang Ruonan was still the same Jiang Ruonan. She refused without thinking.

"Ah?" Hua Tingjue was disappointed, and then he quickly peeled a chocolate and stuffed it into her mouth, handed her the bag, and snatched the axe, "Here, eat slowly, I'll chop wood."

He bent over to chop wood, and when he looked up, he smiled as bright as the sun, with big white teeth and curved peach blossom eyes. "How is it? Isn't the chocolate good?"

He lowered his head and picked up the firewood, chopping it hard. "Don't worry, I'll be done in a moment."

The chocolate melted in the mouth, and the mellow and rich taste spread on the tip of the tongue. This was the first time Jiang Ruonan had eaten chocolate in sixteen years.

Will eating it make me feel better? she asked herself.

It seems a bit.

She was a little happy, but Hua Tingjue was terribly tired.

Because chopping wood is really tiring and requires a lot of skill. Using brute force will only backfire. By the time he finished chopping the wood, his back could hardly straighten up.

"Hmm." Hua Tingjue moaned and carried the firewood to the kitchen. Looking at the pile of firewood, the corners of his mouth curled up, "I am such an excellent man!"

"..."

Jiang Ruonan, who heard this later, had a frozen expression and murmured, "Wang Po is selling melons and bragging about herself."

……

After Hua Tingjue finished chopping the firewood, Jiang Ruonan was still not idle. She went around to the back of the house. It turned out that there was a small field behind it. She drove the ducks in the yard into the field.

Hua Tingjue saw the flocks of ducks swaying and twisting their buttocks as they walked, and he was full of praise: "You raised all these? You are amazing!"

At most they raised some pets, but the fact that Jiang Ruonan could raise so many chickens and ducks by herself was completely beyond his understanding.

Jiang Ruonan paused with her hand holding the stick. She had heard people praise her for her academic performance, but no one had ever thought she was amazing because she raised chickens and ducks.

She suddenly turned her head and looked up at him.

What a strange rich man.

The sudden eye contact made Hua Tingjue blink, "What, did I... say something wrong?" He asked cautiously, even slowing down his speech.

Fearing that she would say "no" the next second, Hua Tingjue snatched the basin from her hand, picked up the food and ran away.

Let’s go feed the ducks!

Jiang Ruonan quietly looked at his tall back, thinking of the poem "How can a golden fish stay in a pond?" She also knew that he definitely did not belong here, and he was born incompatible with this place.

She had been convinced of this since the first time she saw him, but now... it seemed that she needed to redefine her thoughts. He tried to adapt, and his cheerful and lively appearance seemed to indicate that he grew up in this desolate mountain.

All just for her?

does it worth?

Jiang Ruonan pinched her fingertips, completely unaware of the pain, her eyes were blank, and she gradually lost her mind.

……

When it was time for lunch, Hua Tingjue returned to the kitchen and saw Jiang Ruonan tinkering with something. She picked up a black object that looked like a tree root and asked curiously, "Hey, what is this?"

Jiang Ruonan was cutting vegetables. She turned her head to look at what he was holding. She was shocked and stunned. She immediately shouted angrily, "Don't touch it!"

Her voice came so suddenly that Hua Tingjue was so frightened that he couldn't hold the thing and it fell directly to the ground. Jiang Ruonan walked up quickly, picked it up and hurriedly hid behind it.

His tone became serious: "Go wash your hands!"

"Oh...oh oh." Hua Tingjue, who was a little slow to react, nodded, then quickly ran out to wash his hands.

After Hua Tingjue ran out, Jiang Ruonan glanced at the things she had just hidden and let out a long breath.

……

Mu's old house.

"What?! You said Xiaojue didn't go to Switzerland, but went to Yixi Town?" Mu Fengye was handling affairs in the study and stood up suddenly.

"Yes." Butler Xu nodded.

Mu Fengye frowned deeply and stood up with the help of the handrail. He was so angry that he couldn't stand steadily and held his forehead with a headache. Butler Xu hurried forward to support him.

"Old leader, please take care of yourself."

After a long pause, Mu Fengye took a steady breath, frowned and ordered in a cold voice: "Go and find out who has made him so obsessed!"

Two days later, Lin Tian from the other side brought back news that Hua Tingjue was accompanying Jiang Ruonan to pick corn. He quietly walked to Hua Tingjue's side.

"Puchi Puchi." He didn't say anything but made some strange little noises.

Jiang Ruonan paused for a second while breaking the corn, but it was so fleeting that she pretended not to see anything.

Hua Tingjue secretly observed her expression and saw that she was calm and composed. She took a big step back with the bench. Lin Tian took the opportunity to whisper in her ear: "Third Young Master, the old commander sent a message saying that he wants to ask you a question."

"Huh?!" Hua Tingjue was startled and stood up quickly. He glanced at her next to him and lowered his voice in disbelief, "Grandpa knows?"

"Yeah." Lin Tian nodded cautiously.

There was no way to contact them on the mountain, and it was urgent to get down the mountain. Hua Tingjue had no choice but to say goodbye to Jiang Ruonan temporarily. Before leaving, he told her solemnly:

"I'm going down the mountain, tomorrow... oh no, the day after tomorrow." He promised righteously, "I will definitely be back the day after tomorrow. Will you come back to Beijing with me then?"

"That `s a deal!"

"When I come back, I will definitely take you back to Jing City!"

"I'm leaving now, bye~"

Jiang Ruonan lowered her eyes and remained silent. She neither agreed to his promise nor refused. She just watched him leave in the car quietly.

It was snowing, and she returned to the house, feeling inexplicably irritated.

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