Ji Xingguo leaned against the fence with one hand and smiled at the camera lens, looking very reserved and serious. However, he was wearing an embroidered dress in the style of ethnic minorities, which made him look particularly amusing.

Ji Wanmei snapped two photos of the people and scenery in quick succession.

Seeing that Ji Wanmei had a camera, several other families also came over to ask her to take one or two photos for them as souvenirs.

Ji Wanmei didn't refuse; she quite liked taking pictures. After taking a few photos for the other families, the farmer led them further in to see the other wild birds.

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At that moment, Lei Tingjun, thousands of miles away, was also staring at a photograph in a daze.

The photo in his wallet, which he kept in his pocket, was taken when he and Ji Wanmei went to Zhejiang and were by West Lake.

That time, it wasn't just him and Ji Wanmei who went; Luo Chunyan was also there. After getting the photo, Lei Tingjun cropped out Luo Chunyan from the side, making it look like a solo photo of him and Ji Wanmei.

After that, he always kept the photo close to his body in his wallet, and would take it out to look at it whenever he missed her.

In the letter Ji Wanmei sent him last time, she also included a photo.

It was taken in front of Zhao Si's electronics wholesale store when he and she went to Guangzhou last time.

They stood close together intimately, her smile gentle, and even Lei Tingjun himself had a faint smile in his dark eyes.

That period was when he and Ji Wanmei were at their closest, and their hearts were closest.

The smiles in their eyes and on their faces don't lie.

Lei Tingjun's rough thumb lingered and tenderly stroked the girl's face in the photo.