Wang Xiaoxiao ran back crying, and I hadn't even reacted yet.

I drank quite a bit of wine earlier, and now with the cold wind blowing, I feel even more dazed.

I stood there dumbfounded next to the warehouse, my mind racing, trying to figure out what was wrong.

At this moment, Wang Ping also walked over with a frown.

"She seems unhappy... Sihai, what did you say?"

I looked at Wang Ping and he was completely dumbfounded.

But I couldn't say this to Wang Ping because Wang Xiaoxiao's emotions were clearly very strange right now.

If I tell him, Wang Ping will definitely get anxious, and if he chases after me, things will inevitably become more complicated.

So I looked at Wang Ping and shook my head.

“I’m not quite sure either, but she’s clearly not happy. I think it’s better if the two of us don’t bother her right now; she might just be too agitated.”

Wang Ping looked at me and listened to what I said. He glanced awkwardly at Wang Xiaoxiao's departing figure, scratched his head, and then sighed.

"Sigh, I don't think this is something to rush. We should take it slow right now."

I frowned and pursed my lips: "Well, this isn't something we can just take it slow with. But if she has feelings for you, she'll probably accept it soon enough."

After I finished speaking, Wang Ping nodded, and we went back to the campfire. Bai Wei and his group were still singing and dancing, and the scene was very exciting.

After we got back, Xu Wei leaned over to me and whispered, "Brother Sihai, what did you say to Sister Xiaoxiao just now? I think she was crying. Sister Xiaoqiang even asked me if I wanted to go in and comfort her."

I quickly shook my head at Xu Wei: "Let's not go yet, let her calm down, she's probably not in a good mood right now."

"Did you two say something that made you unhappy?"

I don't know how to explain this to Xu Wei. Should I tell her that I wanted to set up Wang Ping and Wang Xiaoxiao, but Wang Xiaoxiao refused?

Xu Wei was fairly well-behaved; seeing that I didn't want to talk about it, she didn't ask any further questions.

Wang Ping and his friends sang and danced around the campfire, and the atmosphere gradually calmed down. They made merry until late into the night, when everyone was exhausted.

After all, we've been doing a lot of physical labor these past few days, digging holes and removing trees, and our meals haven't been very good either.

During this period, besides eating some wild fruits, we could only catch some fish and eat some shellfish. Our nutrition was very limited, so everyone was more tired than usual.

After making a ruckus for most of the night, everyone looked exhausted, so I told them to go back to their rooms and sleep.

Before leaving, Wang Ping leaned close to me and said with some concern, "I think Wang Xiaoxiao might not like me. Let's just leave it at that. Otherwise, if we talk too much, she'll feel pressured, and we might not even be able to be friends anymore."

I was also a bit tipsy, and when I heard Wang Ping's words, I just nodded and brushed it off.

I wasn't sure why Wang Xiaoxiao was so angry. I went back to my own little cubicle, lay down on the bed, and Dou Ding and Dou Ding's mother came over. The two of us, one person and one child, fell asleep in a daze.

When I woke up the next morning, the sun was already high in the sky.

Xu Wei walked into the room, saw that I was awake, and chuckled: "Brother Sihai, have you been too tired lately? You went to bed so late last night and got up so late this morning. Hurry up and finish the two bowls of soup left in the pot. If you don't get up soon, the fish bones in it will dissolve."

I quickly stretched, got up, went downstairs, ate something, and then realized that Liu Jiaojiao was the only person on the entire mountaintop sitting at the door picking wild vegetables.

Xu Wei told me that Wang Ping and the others had gone down the mountain to dig holes early in the morning. Because the progress was too slow, several female colleagues volunteered to go and help.

Wang Xiaoxiao and the others are all down the mountain.

I nodded, ate a bowl of soup, and then followed them down the mountain.

They saw that Wang Ping and his men had already pulled down several trees, and Chen Jian was leading his men to dig holes, intending to plant the trees in them.

As soon as I came down, Chen Jianli immediately came up to me with a grin: "Look, the trees in this area have been dug up. Brother Wang Ping said he didn't want to move the trees around here anymore and wanted to go to a more distant place. We also came up with a good idea. We can take a two-wheeled vehicle and transport two to three trees at a time, which will save a lot of time and speed up our progress."

I nodded. Wang Ping always has some ingenious ideas, and I could trust him completely to handle this matter.

I glanced at the crowd and saw Wang Xiaoxiao and Xiao Qiang in the distance, each holding a wooden stick and digging at the soil beside them. They were probably using it to secure the trees that had been replanted around them.

I think Chen Jian whispered, "Did you see Wang Xiaoxiao's expression today?"

After hearing what I said, Chen Jian scratched his head, looking completely bewildered: "What's wrong? Did you and Wang Xiaoxiao have a fight?"

I shook my head: "It wasn't really a fight between us, it's just that Wang Xiaoxiao hasn't been in a good mood lately, so I was just asking."

Chen Jian nodded and said, "I don't think there's anything wrong with it. In the morning, she made Liu Jiaojiao a bowl of steamed egg custard and said that in the afternoon she would go with Xiao Qiang and the others to pick some fresh fruit to dry and keep for later. I didn't notice anything wrong with it."

I didn't know what to say to Chen Jian, since this matter had nothing to do with him.

So I nodded and told Chen Jian to get to work, and I immediately went into the crowd and started working.

It wasn't until the afternoon, when Liu Jiaojiao and the others were calling out to us from the mountaintop to get something to eat, that we finally arrived at the bottom of the waterfall, quickly washed up, and went up to the mountaintop.

When I returned to the wooden house, I saw Wang Xiaoxiao carrying some branches into the house, so I quickly went over and grabbed her.

"What's wrong with you? If you're really angry, then let it out on me. What's the point of keeping it all inside? Besides, we've known each other for so long, and you've never been like this before!"

But to my surprise, Wang Xiaoxiao turned her head and glanced at me, then violently shook off my hand. Finally, she coldly went into her cubicle, covered herself with the wolf skin, and didn't say another word.

I was even more uneasy. Could it be that Wang Xiaoxiao was really angry?

But what's making her angry? Is it just because I want her to be with Wang Ping?

If that's really the case, then haven't I done something wrong with good intentions?