"Thank you for the apples you gave me last time. My little niece loves them." Qiao Xiaoni said, then turned and got on her brother's bicycle.

Qiao Xiaoshan said to Su Chen, "Brother, I'm going first. Your family must be worried because we haven't been back for so long. I'll come to your house to see you after I finish my work in a few days, and we brothers will have a good drink together."

"Okay, I got it. Be careful riding your bike on the road, and don't forget there's someone on the back!"

"Don't worry, I'm very good at it!" Qiao Xiaoshan said, then got on his bicycle, as if to prove something by riding quite fast.

Qiao Xiaoni felt her bottom was a little sore from the bouncing, so she patted his back:

"Ride slower, don't ride so fast."

"Oh! Are you feeling unwell?"

"Of course! If it were comfortable, would I let you ride slower?"

"Oh, I understand. I'll ride slower."

Qiao Xiaoni felt her cycling speed had slowed down significantly. She looked back and didn't see Su Chenhao following. She had seen him when they set off, and thought he might be busy with something else or taking a back road. To find out his identity, she decided to use her mysterious ability:

"Brother, are you close to him?"

Qiao Xiaoshan started talking: "You're not familiar with him, but my brother and I are quite familiar with him. He lives in the neighboring Sujia Village. When we were kids, we often ran into him when we went up the mountain."

Don't let his age fool you; he's about the same age as the older brother. He's incredibly cunning. Even when they go up the mountain together, he always manages to find prey.

You were too young then to know how hard life was. If my brother and I hadn't secretly gone up the mountain to get things to trade for food, our family wouldn't have survived so well.

As Qiao Xiaoni listened to him, she sensed his inner memories. It turned out that the man's name really was Su Chenhao, and he was 25 years old this year. There was only one younger brother left in his family. His father had fallen and died when he was very young while hunting in the mountains. Later, he went up the mountain at a young age to barely support the family.

His mother fell seriously ill after his father left, and her health deteriorated afterward, making it impossible for her to do heavy work. It was difficult for her to even get out of bed, and he shouldered the burden of everything for the family at a young age.

About two years ago, his mother passed away. Later, to support his younger brother, he went to work in another village with a group of people from a neighboring village.

Qiao Xiaoshan recounted everything he could remember, but receiving no response from his sister, he couldn't help but turn around.

"Have you been listening to me all this time?"

Qiao Xiaoni gave him a push on the lower back: "I'm listening to everything you're saying. Just ride carefully and watch out for the road ahead so you don't fall."

Qiao Xiaoshan turned his head back and continued, "My older brother and I admire him very much. He is so young, yet he manages all the household affairs by himself."

Fate was unfair to him; it seemed as if he was brought into this world only to suffer.

“Maybe it’s to let him suffer first and then enjoy the sweetness later!” Qiao Xiaoni chimed in, “People who can endure hardship will not have too bad a life in the future.”

"Girl, you're right. He's finally reaping the rewards of his hard work. I glanced at his hand when I paid him just now; he must have made quite a bit of money over the years."

"Sigh, I should have gone with him back then. I could have made money, gotten married, and all the major life events would have been settled."

"Is that all you've got? You think getting married is the end of your life? Don't you want a better life? Look how well city people live!"