Chapter 5

Lu Chen obviously didn't expect that this was the reason why Meng Yinyin called him.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally broke free from Meng Yinyin's hand, freed the corner of his clothes, then turned and left.

With the corner of her eye she noticed Lu Chen's footsteps gradually moving away, and Meng Yinyin's tears began to flow again.

She had been saying that Lu Chen was a good man, but he just left so ruthlessly!

How could there be someone in this world who is so ignorant of how to be gentle with women?

She was so mad!

Meng Yinyin was crying while getting angry, and she had to keep sucking her nose to prevent it from flowing down. She looked more ferocious than ever before.

She continued crying for a while, and just as she looked at her sleeves with a troubled heart, ready to sacrifice the clothes on her body, a hint of green suddenly appeared in her sight.

Meng Yinyin raised her head subconsciously and saw that Lu Chen had returned at some point and was standing in front of her with his arms outstretched to her.

In his hands were a few leaves that were almost as big as his palms.

The leaves are tender, with a fresh light green color, and have complete shapes. They look quite cute.

Meng Yinyin was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized something.

So, Lu Chen didn't just leave without caring about my life or death, but went to pick leaves for me?

She had lived in the Nanjiao Brigade for about half a month and had heard about some of the local people's habits.

For example, local people are reluctant to spend money to buy straw paper, so, ahem, sometimes when they are outdoors, they will use local materials, such as stones, bamboo strips, leaves, etc.

So Lu Chen planned to use tree leaves to blow his nose.

"Is this for me?" Meng Yinyin asked with a sob, and saw Lu Chen nodded.

It really is...

Thinking about how she had just mistakenly sunk the ship, Meng Yinyin couldn't help feeling a little ashamed.

She lowered her head, thanked Lu Chen, and reached out to take the leaf in his hand.

However, when I picked up the leaves, I didn't look up and accidentally touched Lu Chen's fingers.

When she watched him work before, Meng Yinyin stared at his hands for a long time and knew clearly how big and powerful his hands were. But when she touched the thick silk on the palm of his hand, she was still a little scared.

Like a dead tree trunk, hard and a bit disgusting.

Is this the hand of a skilled worker?

Looking at her own slender, white and tender hands, Meng Yinyin could not imagine that her hands would become like Lu Chen in the future.

The mere thought of it made her shiver with discomfort.

Forget it, forget it, I’m really not cut out for this job!

Meng Yinyin muttered something silently in her heart and quickly put this little matter out of her mind.

Then she watched the leaves in her hands become tangled.

This was her first time using leaves to blow her nose. Although the leaves felt soft, she always felt that they were a little strange.

Meng Yinyin, who was fully focused on thinking about how to use the leaves, did not notice that Lu Chen in front of her was stunned on the spot, and the hand that Meng Yinyin had accidentally touched was extremely stiff.

Soft, delicate, and lighter than a feather to the touch.

Pursing his lips tightly, Lu Chen suppressed the tingling sensation that spread from his palms to his heart.

Then he turned around and sat back on the stone with an expressionless face.

But this time, he chose to sit with his back to Meng Yinyin.

When Meng Yinyin heard his movements, she subconsciously turned around and glanced at Lu Chen.

Seeing Lu Chen so considerately turning his back to her, she couldn't help but feel a little secretly happy.

You wouldn't be able to tell, but Lu Chen was quite sensible. He knew he was embarrassed to blow his nose, so he took the initiative to turn away.

Well then, she declared, he was a good man after all.

However, when Meng Yinyin withdrew her gaze, she inadvertently noticed Lu Chen's two ears that were so red that they were almost bleeding.

She was stunned, then looked up blankly.

The sun isn't that big, so why are his ears red from the sun?

Unable to figure it out, Meng Yinyin could only stop worrying about it. She lowered her head, folded the leaves, and then blew her nose awkwardly.

Finally, after wiping her nose clean, she dug a hole for the leaves and buried them in it, which was a way of respecting their efforts for her.

Leaves, rest in peace, pat.

After tidying up her hair and clothes, Meng Yinyin felt that she had regained her beautiful appearance. Then she walked up to Lu Chen again.

Perhaps it was because she had just cried in front of Lu Chen and had lost most of her face, Meng Yinyin no longer had the initial reserve when facing him.

Furthermore, judging from the fact that Lu Chen went to pick leaves for her and thoughtfully selected the most beautiful leaves for her, Lu Chen has already been associated with the word "good man" in Meng Yinyin's heart.

Then, she is not welcome? !

The next second, Meng Yinyin bit her lip, suppressed her anxiety, and asked softly.

"Comrade Lu Chen, do you have anything to say about what I just said?"

Her voice was pleasant to begin with, and after crying just now, it became even sweeter and softer, like a sweet rice cake buried deep in her memory.

That glutinous rice cake was secretly given to him by his eldest uncle's family out of pity for him because he had been lonely since childhood. It was the sweetest and most delicious thing he had ever eaten.

Because I cherish it so much, it leaves a deep impression on me.

But at this moment, he suddenly felt that the sweetness of the glutinous rice cake was far inferior to Meng Yinyin's voice.

But for some reason, this voice made Lu Chen feel inexplicably irritated.

Lu Chen had no idea what caused this irritation.

Because he had never had such an experience before, such close contact with another person.

The rest of the people kept their distance from him because of their birth or because of his eccentric and eccentric personality. As soon as they saw him, their expressions changed drastically and they turned around and ran away. This resulted in Lu Chen having contact with no more than ten people in the entire team.

The number of people who dared to talk to him could be counted on one hand.

He still couldn't understand why Meng Yinyin, a woman who looked delicate and weak, would get dizzy when exposed to the sun, get tired if she stood for a while, and cried more fiercely than a three-year-old child, dared to get so close to him.

Isn't she afraid of herself?

But what made Lu Chen most irritated and uneasy at the moment was that she kept calling his name in a soft voice.

"Comrade Lu Chen?"

"The land is sinking, the land is sinking..."