Zhao Yanyan was thrown out, and the blanket and pillow hit her face hard.

She was completely stunned.

When she realized that she had been kicked out of the house by a country girl and was like a stray dog, she burst into tears.

Miss Zhao was pampered since childhood. Her parents held high positions, and everyone who saw her had to greet her with a smile, obey her every word, and serve her with utmost deference. When had she ever suffered such grievances?

She cried for over ten minutes with her mouth agape, completely losing her composure, and swallowed a bellyful of cold air, but not a single person in the vast forest came to comfort her!

Zhao Yanyan hated this awful place!

"Sister, why are you crying? Your blanket is all dirty!"

Zhao Yanyan suddenly heard a childish boy's voice, stopped crying, and looked ahead. She saw a boy of about ten years old, wearing a dark blue cotton-padded jacket and a military cap. His round face was particularly cute, and his big eyes were bright, clear, and clean.

Finally, someone paid attention to her. Although it was a little boy, Zhao Yanyan responded because he was cute:

"You got bullied!"

When Anzi saw that Zhao Yanyan's eyes were swollen like walnuts from crying, his childlike kindness and compassion began to overflow.

He helped Zhao Yanyan pick up the blankets and pillows from the ground and carefully patted off the dirt.

"Sister, who bullied you?"

Seeing how adorable An Zi's chubby little face was, Zhao Yanyan couldn't resist pinching it and said in a sweet, coquettish voice:

“I was kicked out and I don’t even have a place to live.”

Anzi took a White Rabbit milk candy out of her pocket and put it in Zhao Yanyan's hand: "Sister, have some candy. It's very sweet. If you eat it, you won't feel wronged anymore."

Zhao Yanyan was used to asking for things without even saying thank you, and just picked up the candy and ate it.

White Rabbit milk candy is a rare commodity even in the city, Zhao Yanyan said, smacking her lips.

"Kid, if you can afford White Rabbit candy, your family must be very rich, right?"

Anzi scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "My family is poor! The snacks I eat are all given to me by my sister!"

Zhao Yanyan thought for a moment, and realized that since the little boy was so cute and adorable, his older sister must be just as beautiful.

"Where is your sister? Can you take me to her place? I can stay with her for a few nights."

An Zi had no idea that Zhao Yanyan had been thrown out by Shen Jingyan, and readily nodded in agreement:

"Sure, my sister is such a good person! Nobody in the village dislikes her! She's beautiful, cooks delicious food, is incredibly capable and good at making money, and is always willing to help others!"

Zhao Yanyan was overjoyed: "Then hurry up and take me to find her!"

Anzi pointed to the door of Shen Jingyan's dormitory and said, "It's right here, my sister lives here!"

As he spoke, he went to push the door open.

"Sis, there's a lady outside who wants to stay with you!"

Zhao Yanyan: "!!!"

So this child is Shen Jingyan's younger brother!

She was stunned, as if struck by lightning.

Shen Jingyan was chopping minced meat in the small kitchen at the back when she heard Anzi's voice, so she took a cleaver and walked to the front.

"Anzi, what did you say?"

Anzi pulled her outside: "A lady wants to ask you to let her stay overnight! She was kicked out and she's crying so hard!"

Zhao Yanyan turned pale with fright and ran away in a disheveled state, clutching her pillow and blanket.

Anzi pulled Shen Jingyan outside, but Zhao Yanyan had already disappeared.

"Huh, where did everyone go?"

Shen Jingyan chuckled and said, "Anzi, wasn't the woman you saw wearing a white coat, a scarf, and a ponytail?"

Anzi nodded.

Shen Jingyan flicked him on the forehead: "Silly boy, I'm the one who kicked her out!"

Anzi: "???"

“She knows you’re my brother, so she definitely won’t give you a good look in the future. You don’t need to be a nice person and care about her.”

Shen Jingyan said, "She's a young lady from the city, very arrogant. We can't serve her."

Anzi nodded as if she understood, "Oh, then I won't talk to her anymore."

He paused, then looked at Shen Jingyan with concern: "Sister, I also gave her a White Rabbit milk candy."

He said calmly with a smile, "There are still a lot more in the third drawer of my desk. They're all yours."

Children are so innocent; they get excited as soon as they hear there's food.

"Come to the forest farm for dinner tonight, and we'll eat communal meals with our fellow educated youth brothers and sisters!"

After giving a brief instruction, Chen Jingyan went back to the kitchen to chop the filling.

Zhao Yanyan wiped away her tears and laid out the bedding on an empty bed in the girls' dormitory.

She sat on the bed all afternoon, looking sullen.

Her only thought was to quickly pull Gu Zhiyun back to the city; she couldn't stand staying in this godforsaken place for even a day longer!

In the evening, the logging work ended, and the workers and educated youth went down the mountain, some returning to their dormitories and others going home.

When Shang Xiaorong and Zhang Wanfang, two female educated youths, returned to their dormitory, they were surprised to find that the spoiled young lady who had publicly proclaimed herself Gu Zhiyun's girlfriend during the day and had been crying and throwing a tantrum had actually made her bed in their dormitory.

The two exchanged a glance, their feelings somewhat complicated.

However, Zhao Yanyan had not offended them, and they were not difficult to get along with, so the two of them showed a friendly smile.

"You must be Zhao Yanyan? Tell us what's on your mind, don't be shy!"

Seeing that the two looked rustic and were covered in mud, Zhao Yanyan felt disgusted and gave a curt "hmm".

Seeing that Zhao Yanyan was ignoring them, the two female educated youths lost interest and stopped trying to get closer to her.

After the two washed up and changed their clothes, Zhao Yanyan touched her rumbling stomach and asked:

"Hey, where's the place to eat?"

"There was a big kitchen in the backyard, where we educated youth ate communal meals."

Zhang Wanfang said rather warmly, "Why don't you eat with us?"

When Zhao Yanyan heard that they were going to eat from the same pot, her brows furrowed into a tight knot.

"Food cooked in a communal pot is so dirty, is it even edible?"

Shang Xiaorong's expression turned sour: "Why can't we eat it? We eat it every day and we haven't gotten sick!"

Zhang Wanfang nudged Shang Xiaorong's arm, signaling her not to speak so bluntly.

"It's not dirty at all. Grandma Xu is very clean and efficient, and her cooking is delicious!"

Zhao Yanyan had been busy all day and was starving. Then she thought that Gu Zhiyun would definitely be at the dinner table, so she accepted the reality that she had to eat at the communal restaurant.

As soon as Gu Zhiyun put down his tools, he ran to Shen Jingyan's dormitory without even washing his hands.

As soon as I entered, I smelled the aroma of steamed buns, filled with cabbage and pork.

His little girl was tending the fire, and the steam rising from the stove made her cheeks rosy.

When Shen Jingyan saw Gu Zhiyun's tall figure leaning against the door with a handsome smile on his face, her heart started racing.