I didn't know what to say. I just stood there, staring at Chen Jian, who was still dripping wet, his mind a complete mess.

After standing for a while, I realized my legs were numb, and I leaned on Chen Jian and fell to the ground on a rock.

Chen Jian sat down next to me and sighed, "Brother Sihai, I really didn't realize you had such a lot of suitors. It's a good thing that they keep coming one after another, but I'm afraid you can't handle it all by yourself."

I glared at Chen Jian and said, "Stop talking nonsense! When did you two get here? Did you hear everything? Why didn't you say anything?"

Chen Jian scratched his head, clearly confused as well: "Just now, after we took a shower, Wang Ping said he wanted to talk to Wang Xiaoxiao about this himself, to ask if she was angry. So I came up with him, and when I got here, I looked around and found you and Wang Xiaoxiao standing behind this book. I thought you two were still arguing, so I wanted to come over and help explain. But who knew? When I got behind the treehouse, I found Wang Xiaoxiao crying. Brother Wang Ping grabbed me and told me to be quiet, and that's when I heard what Wang Xiaoxiao said..."

This is driving me crazy! Did those two hear everything they were saying? If so, this is truly inexplicable...

I've not only lost my friendship with Wang Xiaoxiao, but now I'm afraid I've also lost Wang Ping.

I was stunned, not knowing what to do, and felt completely drained.

Just then, Chen Jian patted me on the shoulder.

"Sigh, since things have already come to this, what's the point of being anxious? I think we should just let nature take its course. If Accountant Wang really has feelings for you, forcing her to be with Brother Wang Ping won't make them happy, will it? Besides, from the time we've known Brother Wang Ping, I don't think he's the kind of person who would force someone to do something. If he knew that Accountant Wang had feelings for you, I don't think he would bother her anymore. So I think this matter will probably just be awkward for a day or two, and then it will pass."

I do hope this matter can be as simple as Chen Jian said, but things can change in an instant. If it were as easy as he described, there wouldn't be so many troubles.

"Forget it, what's done is done. Even if I rack my brains, what can I do? In any case, all I can do now is let nature take its course."

I sighed and looked at Chen Jian: "You should go back first. Liu Jiaojiao just had a fight with you, and she must be in a bad mood right now. If she's angry, the baby in her belly will also be in a bad mood. Why don't you go back and comfort her and go to sleep early? As for my affairs, you don't need to worry about them."

Chen Jian wiped the water off his face with his clothes and nodded, but he was still a little worried.

"Then don't overthink it. I'll head back now."

After saying that, Chen Jian got up and went back to his cabin. Not long after, I heard a series of footsteps. It must have been Xiao Qiang and Xu Wei who had returned. The two seemed to be chatting and laughing, discussing something.

I sat there dumbfounded in the backyard for a long time before stiffly getting up and returning to the cabin.

On the way back, I passed by Wang Xiaoxiao's cubicle, which was covered by a wolf skin. I had no idea what he was doing inside.

I returned to my own wooden bed, feeling utterly lost and disoriented, but my mind was still a mess.

This whole thing has really gotten a bit out of control for me. Thinking about it now, I realize that Wang Xiaoxiao has indeed been much nicer to me. I remember when Wang Xiaoxiao found out that I was with Xiao Qiang, she seemed to be very upset, but she didn't say it like Xu Wei did.

Perhaps she was feeling just as bad as I was back then, but I never imagined that she would actually fall in love with me.

Xu Wei and Xiao Qiang took a long time to get along before things stabilized. Now that Wang Xiaoxiao is involved, I don't know what to do.

It turned out to be a never-ending, drawn-out legal battle.

But Wang Xiaoxiao has already been very direct, so I can't just pretend I don't know anything.

And the most troublesome thing is that Wang Ping now knows about it too.

Wang Ping and I have been getting along very well lately. I've been thinking that if we could really become good brothers, many things would become much simpler in the future.

But now the relationship between the two of us has become awkward and complicated, and I really don't know how to handle it.

I lay in bed with a splitting headache, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. It was the first time I had ever experienced insomnia when I could have rested.

The next morning, I woke up early, went down the mountain to take a cold shower, picked some wild vegetables nearby, and when I returned to the top of the mountain, I found that Wang Xiaoxiao had also woken up.

Her eyes were red, and it was obvious that she hadn't slept well last night either.

Looking at Wang Xiaoxiao, I no longer had the courage I had yesterday, because I really didn't know how to face her sincere and heartfelt sincerity.

Standing awkwardly to the side, Wang Xiaoxiao seemed not to see me at all. She skillfully put some dry firewood into the campfire, and then took the mud pot down the mountain to wash it.

It's obvious they don't want to talk to me.

I only approached the campfire after Wang Xiaoxiao left, and started carefully whittling some new chopsticks with a kitchen knife, my mind still a jumble of thoughts.

A while later, Xiao Qiang woke up, came out of the room, and immediately threw herself into my arms, acting coquettishly.

"Sihai, I want to eat grapes."

When I heard Xiao Qiang say that, I was still thinking about Wang Xiaoxiao, so I just agreed. But Xiao Qiang clung to me like a leech, and her little hands even reached into my clothes and groped around.

But I'm not in the mood for it at all right now, and besides, it's broad daylight, so even if I wanted to, I couldn't just do it now.

I was about to tell Xiao Qiang to stop fooling around when Wang Xiaoxiao came up from the foot of the mountain with a mud pot and saw Xiao Qiang and me together.

Xiao Qiang blushed instantly, but still leaned in and kissed me on the cheek before tossing her hair and walking to the water reservoir next to the waterwheel to wash her face.

Wang Xiaoxiao's eyes reddened again. At this moment, I felt like I had done something wrong and had been caught, and I felt extremely embarrassed.

Wang Xiaoxiao sniffed, walked past me coldly, went to the campfire, placed the clay pot on the fire, and then turned to head down the mountain. But perhaps she was walking too fast, and due to an accident, she fell directly onto the rock face at the top of the mountain.

I was startled and, without thinking, rushed forward and pulled Wang Xiaoxiao into my arms.

"How are you? Did you fall?"

Wang Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, then her eyes reddened even more. She looked at me, bit her lip, and without saying a word, she reached out and wrapped her arms around my neck, then kissed me...