Zhuang Zhimeng got lost as she walked; this deep mountain forest was no joke.

Just as they were panicking and not knowing where to go, they tripped over something.

Just as she was bracing herself for a painful but intimate encounter with the ground, a pair of strong hands suddenly caught her. Zhuang Zhimeng's hand inevitably touched the other person's chest—hard as a rock!

Zhuang Zhimeng looked at the other person, who was a young man. Although the young man was dressed in coarse linen clothes and was thin, he could not hide his noble air.

He possessed a face sculpted by a master craftsman, with sword-like eyebrows and bright, sparkling eyes. His nose was high and straight, his thin lips slightly pursed, and the bridge of his nose full. Any more or less would have been too much or too little; it was truly just right.

Zhuang Zhimeng thought to herself, "Such a handsome young man, I wonder who will be lucky enough to have him in the future. Now I finally understand the feelings of those who chase after young heartthrobs in later generations. It's true that good looks are justice! What a pity! If he were at home, I would eat two more bowls of rice just looking at his looks."

In the blink of an eye, Zhuang Zhimeng only thought about it in her mind!

An Qingbai thought to himself, "Are all girls this soft-bodied? This young educated youth is so pretty. I wonder if she can endure the hardships of the countryside."

Neither of them spoke for a moment, as if the world had lost its color.

Zhuang Zhimeng quickly straightened up after realizing what had happened. "Thank you so much! If it weren't for you, I would have definitely fallen! Are you also from the Anyang brigade? Where do you live? I'll prepare some thank-you gift and send it to you later," Zhuang Zhimeng said gratefully to An Qingbai.

"No need!" came a cold voice.

"So what's your name?" Zhuang Zhimeng continued to ask.

An Qingbai didn't answer, and turned to leave!

He just left like that! Gone… For the first time, Zhuang Zhimeng began to doubt her own charm. What was wrong with this guy? She was a pretty girl, after all, so why was he avoiding her like this?

Never mind! We'll meet again if fate allows!

Looking down at the thing that had tripped me, I realized it was a piece of Polygonum multiflorum, almost shaped like a human.

This thing looks ancient, probably a hundred years old. Zhuang Zhimeng wouldn't have noticed it if it hadn't surfaced. She'll dig it up and put it in the warehouse; you never know when you might need it.

"Zhimeng! Zhimeng!" Jiang Yanxia's anxious voice carried on the wind.

"I've been looking for you for ages! I was so worried! What are you doing here?" Jiang Yanxia asked anxiously.

"I'm lost! I just wandered here!" Zhuang Zhimeng explained.

The two walked back while talking.

After greeting the aunties, Zhuang Zhimeng said to Jiang Yanxia, ​​"Someone helped me earlier, and I wanted to thank him, but he ignored me! I don't even know where he lives! I should at least pay him a visit."

"What does it look like? Let's ask the aunties, maybe they know!" Jiang Yanxia suggested.

When I told my aunts, they actually knew.

It turns out this man's name is An Qingbai, and his family background is considered bad. His grandfather was a landlord, but the old man was a very kind person and never mistreated anyone.

Later, when the old man passed away, no one made things difficult for his family during the political movement. The village took it upon themselves to allocate a piece of land for them on the edge of the village, and they moved there to live, entirely as a way of repaying the old man's kindness.

The village avoids contact with them too much, fearing they might be implicated.

An Qingbai is a good kid. He's 20 years old this year and the third child in his family. He's a very capable worker, always getting full work points.

Previously, a female educated youth approached him because he was good-looking, but when she found out he was from a landlord's family, she turned around and cursed him as the son of a landlord and a member of the "Five Black Categories".

After that, An Qingbai stopped having contact with the educated youth.

Hearing this, Zhuang Zhimeng felt a pang of sympathy for An Qingbai for some reason.

When An Qingbai came down from the mountain and returned home, the image of that young educated youth kept appearing before his eyes.

He kicked his own foot with his left, almost tripping over it. Not knowing what had happened, he quickly greeted his mother and hurried back inside.

"I don't know what's wrong with the third brother. He came down from the mountain and went straight back to the house without saying a word," Shi Meiling said to An Qingbai's father, An Tanxiao, with a puzzled look.

"He's probably fallen for her! I wonder who it is that's caught his eye!" An Tanxiao guessed.

“Our third son is 20 now, he can start dating. Since he hasn’t said anything, let’s just pretend we don’t know, so as not to put pressure on him. Maybe he doesn’t even know it himself!” Shi Meiling analyzed.

Zhuang Zhimeng and Jiang Yanxia placed the baskets at the educated youth settlement.

Seeing so many mountain produce, Shi Hongye couldn't help but blurt out, "Mengmeng, did you pick all of these from the mountain? Can I have some? I want to eat some too!"