On his first day in the mountains, Xun Xiangbin demonstrated his ability to live a life of luxury.

The phrase "living in luxury" wasn't meant to be derogatory; it was simply that city life was vastly different from life in the mountains, and he, who had been living in the city for five years, couldn't bear the hardships of the mountains.

Back in the city, most people lived a life of commuting to and from get off work on a bicycle.

But in the mountains, everyone wrapped themselves tightly in their big floral cotton-padded coats and braved the bitter cold to go out in search of food, even wearing nailed shoes.

That day, Luo Xiujuan and the villagers set the traps together before going to the mountains to harvest.

The traps were set to catch a few pheasants. Although she also raised chickens at home, Luo Xiujuan set up several traps on the nearby mountains when she had nothing else to do.

The snow and ice in the mountains had not yet melted, and when Xun Xiangbin heard that she wanted to go up the mountain, he refused to agree no matter what.

In order to prove himself useful to Luo Xiujuan and to make amends, he took a cloth bag, put on nailed shoes, and followed the villagers into the mountains.

But he didn't have the skills.

Luo Xiujuan's trap caught a pheasant, but he didn't know how to dismantle it. By chance, he aroused the pheasant's fighting spirit, and it flapped its wings and kept pecking at him.

That pheasant was clever too.

Not only can it peck people, it can also fly up and peck people.

It scratched Xun Xiangbin's face with its claws, and its sharp beak aimed at Xun Xiangbin, trying to peck out his eyes.

Xun Xiangbin could only fend off the pheasants' close-range attacks while frantically trying to dismantle the traps. The more anxious he became, the less he could dismantle them. The scene was chaotic, with chicken feathers flying everywhere.

In the end, I don't know how it was done.

With a clang—

The trap has been dismantled.

The pheasant flew away.

His body jerked backward, and he tumbled down the cliff edge.

Fortunately, the cliff wasn't too high or too steep. After rolling a few times, it crashed into a tree stump, saving its life.

That's good now.

Xun Xiangbin originally stayed to take care of Luo Xiujuan, but now that he's fallen, it's Luo Xiujuan who's taking care of him instead.

Rumors were circulating in the village, and Lü Guohua had also heard about Luo Xiujuan and Xun Xiangbin's past. After learning about this, he felt sorry for Luo Xiujuan at home.

However, as the village head, he still made a simple visit to Old Qin's house to offer his condolences.

Xun Xiangbin wasn't seriously injured in the fall; his arms and legs weren't broken, but he hit his head and bled quite a bit. He was lying weakly in bed and couldn't say much when he saw people.

Later, when Luo Xiujuan took care of him, she discovered that he seemed to have forgotten people.

Luo Xiujuan asked him, "Do you know who I am?"

He shook his head.

Luo Xiujuan then asked him, "Do you know where this is?"

He shook his head again.

Luo Xiujuan thought he had injured his head, and with her last glimmer of hope, she asked, "Then you still remember yourself, right?"

This time, Xun Xiangbin nodded and said, "I know."

He said his name was Xun Xiangbin, and he was a newly arrived educated youth in the countryside. He didn't know why he had broken his head. He also asked Luo Xiujuan when he could recover and go out to earn work points.

Luo Xiujuan had mixed feelings at that moment.

The person who was clinging to you one second, saying they would stay by your side for the rest of their life to make up for it, suddenly forgets everything.

Oh well, Luo Xiujuan thought to herself that this was probably fate.

It's a good thing that Xun Xiangbin has forgotten her. She never intended to get back together with him anyway. Forgetting her will allow them to start new lives.

In the end, Luo Xiujuan did not tell Xun Xiangbin about their affair.

He told Xun Xiangbin, as a stranger, that many years had passed, the movement of sending educated youth to the countryside had long ended, and he had returned to the city five years ago. He said that he had accidentally gotten into an accident in the mountains while visiting the countryside.

Xun Xiangbin initially didn't believe it.

From his perspective, how could so many years have passed since he just fell down?

But Luo Xiujuan gave him a mirror.

He looked in the mirror, gazing at the weathered face reflected there, the stubble on his chin and the fine lines around his eyes, and no longer doubted him.

“His condition is like this for now. I want him to rest and recover at home first. Once he has recovered, I will personally take him back to the city.”

"That's what Luo Xiujuan said on the phone."

After learning from Lü Guohua that Xun Xiangbin had fallen off the cliff, Qin Zheng asked Lü Guohua to call Luo Xiujuan and inquire about the matter in detail.

Having heard the whole story, Ye Yun suddenly felt an indescribable sense of desolation.

Having lived under oppression for so long, Xun Xiangbin finally mustered all his courage and strength to resist, resolutely and firmly staying in the mountains to stay by the side of his beloved girl.

But it was precisely because of his feelings that he forgot all of this.

It's like a person living in the dark ocean, who finally decides to climb ashore to see the light, but forgets their original intention when they come into contact with the light.

"It's good that you know what's going on."

Ye Yun remained noncommittal about Luo Xiujuan's decision, only saying something indifferently.

Luo Xiujuan also gave a soft "hmm".

After hanging up the phone, Ye Yun felt a little breathless for some reason. She lay on the small couch by the window, staring blankly at the few winter sparrows on the fingertips outside the window.

...

In the mountains.

It gets dark early, so Luo Xiujuan hung up the phone and said goodbye to Lü Guohua before hurrying home in the dark.

Before she even reached Old Qin's house, she saw someone standing motionless at the doorway with a kerosene lamp in hand, waiting for her.

As I got closer, I realized it was Xun Xiangbin.

Luo Xiujuan was startled. "Good heavens... what are you doing here?"

She quickly pulled Xun Xiangbin's cotton-padded coat sleeve and led him into the yard, saying, "Hurry back, aren't you afraid of falling outside?"

Xun Xiangbin smiled sheepishly.

"It's cold outside, dark and slippery. I noticed you didn't bring a light, so I came out to meet you."

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