But what he cared about most at that moment was whether she would be angry or disgusted with him.

"Alright, I won't tease you anymore. Lie down and rest for a while. I'll go get the food, and we'll eat inside. You must be tired after a long day." Seeing his awkward and reserved appearance, Li Mai decided to stop teasing him, reached out and patted his head, letting him off the hook.

He was indeed just an innocent young boy of this era, not the cunning fox that his teacher was.

Zhou Quan felt her movement, his heart skipped a beat again, and he raised his dark eyes to look at her with a slightly shy expression.

Seeing that he was silent, Li Mai went over and got him a pillow so he could lie down for a bit and then eat.

Zhou Quan didn't lie down until Li Mai left the room.

His eyes followed Li Mai's figure until she left the door, after which he stared blankly at the doorway.

For a moment just now, he felt he saw the figure of another person in her eyes.

He even felt as if she was looking at another person through him.

Am I just overthinking things?

And what she just said was very philosophical; it's not something a teenage girl could say.

Or perhaps it was the many things she had experienced in Lijia Village over the years that gave her those feelings? Or perhaps it was her current situation after marrying him that prompted her to express them?

He instinctively felt that Li Mai's emotional outburst stemmed from the pressures of life, which was why he suddenly panicked, fearing that she might succumb to the pressure and leave him one day, and that he would lose her.

But when he saw the hint of reminiscence in her eyes, he realized he might be overthinking things; perhaps she was thinking of someone else.

Thinking about it this way, he instantly became even more depressed!