Lu Xiaoyun waved his hand, and seeing that Wen Xi was no longer asking about the matter, he finally felt relieved. He really couldn't answer Wen Xi's question.

In the past, he might have had a slight liking for Nie Xiulan, but how could a man be content with only one woman? Besides, Nie Xiulan hadn't agreed to date him, which meant that as a single man, it wouldn't be unreasonable for him to date anyone, right?

Wen Xi is very beautiful. She has a small, delicate oval face, fair and smooth skin, big and bright eyes, a high and straight nose, and a small and delicate nose.

Although he couldn't see his nose or anything below it because of the scarf, he could imagine how red and alluring his lips must be, enveloped in the warmth.

Lu Xiaoyun was just fantasizing, and his whole body tensed up uncontrollably.

Knowing that Lu Xiaoyun wouldn't give a clear answer, Wen Xi didn't press the matter further. After all, they had only met twice and weren't that familiar with each other yet. So, Wen Xi changed the subject, "Lu Xiaoyun, I heard that Zhu Jiawen is getting married soon. It might be inconvenient for him to continue living at the educated youth settlement after he gets married, right?"

There's still an empty house in the village. Hopefully, Zhu Jiawen and Xu Xiaohong won't set their sights on it. Even if they do, she won't give it up.

The group chatted and laughed as they arrived at the mountain. They picked up any branches they saw on the ground, regardless of size, as they could all be used as firewood.

Some branches were broken by the heavy snow and hung on the trees. Several people worked together to pull the branches off the trees, shake off the snow, and put them on ropes made of straw. When there was enough firewood, they could tie them up and drag them down the mountain.

There were four people standing on the mountain: the female lead Lin Yiwan, her childhood sweetheart Lin Jing (17 years old), Lin Jing's brother, the villain Lin Lan, and another person, Lin Qing.

When her gaze fell on Lin Qing's face, Wen Xi's pupils trembled, and her breath hitched.

She never expected to run into the young man she had liked in her past life but never had the chance to confess her feelings. Lin Qing was casually rubbing fallen leaves with the soles of her feet and talking to Lin Lan. Even when she saw someone coming, she didn't give them a second glance.

Wen Xi had a gut feeling that Lin Qing didn't like her in his past life. Otherwise, he wouldn't have remained silent for two years, only occasionally stealing glances at her. Perhaps he wasn't looking at her, but at someone else, and she saw it and misunderstood.

However, this is no longer her past life, and Wen Xi no longer has that feeling of budding romance, nervousness, or shyness. In other words, she no longer has the same feelings for Lin Qing as she did in her past life.

Although Lin Lan is the main villain in the book, he is not actually bad.

It's because his younger brother, Lin Jing, has liked Lin Yiwan since childhood and is determined to marry her when he grows up. But then Xia Minglei suddenly appears and gets very close to Lin Yiwan. In order to help his brother keep his future wife, he always makes things difficult for Xia Minglei.

Back in the village, Lin Lan could only pull off some petty tricks, and she always ended up shooting herself in the foot.

After the male and female protagonists left the village to study at university, Lin Lan resolutely chased after them for the sake of her younger brother. She joined forces with the female villain to kidnap the female protagonist, hoping to force her to be with her brother. But how could a villain possibly defeat a female protagonist with a cheat ability?

In the end, he was not only arrested but also sentenced to death, suffering a very tragic fate.

Lin Jing, the man who hid behind his brother, was not affected at all. Later, he even felt ashamed and published a notice in the newspaper to sever ties with Lin Lan. He then got married and had children.

Wen Xi looked at Lin Jing with a hint of disdain. No wonder the female lead didn't like him. What was there about a man who only knew how to hide behind his brother that was worthy of being liked?

However, this is a matter between brothers, and Wenxi, as an outsider, should not meddle. Her main task is to help Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue get through the next few years, and when they return to the city in the future, they can go wherever they want and do whatever they want.

Wen Xi knew that Lin Lan was actually a very outstanding young man, but the original author did not give him a good fate. Just like her, Shen Jiaojiao, and Jiang Yue, the more unfortunate they were, the more it highlighted the sweetness, happiness, and fulfillment of the male and female protagonists.

Wen Xi turned her head to look at Xia Minglei. Xia Minglei looked at Lin Yiwan and Lin Jing standing together, and his expression was indeed very bad. He and Lin Yiwan had always addressed each other as "brother" and "sister". Even though they had feelings for each other, they had never said it because Lin Yiwan was only sixteen years old and still young!

However, looking at Lin Jing standing next to Lin Yiwan today, Xia Minglei felt very uncomfortable, and he decided to put some things on the agenda.

"Are you new educated youth?" Lin Lan asked, seeing several unfamiliar faces.

“Yes, the five of us are new educated youth. We’re here today to gather firewood. I’m Wenxi.” As she spoke, Wenxi took out a handful of White Rabbit milk candies from her pocket and gave one to each person present.

"Please have a piece of candy. We're new here and there's still a lot we don't understand. We hope you'll give us your guidance in the future."

When the candy was given to Lin Qing, Wen Xi saw that Lin Qing's expression was indifferent and without the slightest fluctuation. She then realized that this person had not fallen in love with her at first sight. It seemed that she had misunderstood in her previous life.

That's for the best, because she doesn't want to have any emotional connection with anyone. She will eventually return to the city and to her parents and second brother. She can't possibly get married and stay in the countryside.

Everyone introduced themselves and got to know each other at a basic level.

Then they scattered and continued gathering firewood. The firewood they gathered was too small to burn easily, so they needed to cut down some large, dead trees. But since they didn't have sickles or axes, they could only gather some small pieces of firewood to take back.

Wen Xi pulled Shen Jiaojiao aside and whispered, "Jiaojiao, I'm going to see if I can catch a pheasant or a rabbit. I won't go far, so don't worry about me. If they ask me where I went, remember to cover for me, okay?"

Although Shen Jiaojiao really wanted to go with Wen Xi, there were so many people here. How would they divide the pheasants and rabbits they caught? Would everyone who saw them get a share?

But why should some people who did nothing be entitled to share their pheasants and rabbits?

So Shen Jiaojiao nodded in agreement, "Don't worry, I'll cover for you, but you have to be careful and don't get hurt."

"I'm not here, so don't pay any attention to Lu Xiaoyun, okay? There's a story between Lu Xiaoyun and Nie Xiulan, so you don't want to get revenge on him," Wen Xi reminded her again.