Ali put down the bamboo basket, then picked up a wooden stick from the ground and pointed it at Zhu Yu.

Zhu Yu stopped immediately, and Ah Li took a wooden stick and wrote on the ground: "You're not a good person!"

Zhu Yu said apologetically, "Little mute girl, I'm a good person. I just wanted to tease you, but I'm willing to take responsibility for you. I'm serious."

Ah Li glared at Zhu Yu and continued writing: "Ah Li, that's my name."

"Ah Li".

Zhu Yu called out, then picked up a stick and wrote on the ground: 【Zhu Yu】

"Hey, my name." Zhu Yu tapped the wooden stick in Ah Li's hand with the stick.

Ali moved the stick away, and Zhu Yu then took the stick back.

After the two sticks chased each other for a while, Zhu Yu grabbed Ah Li's hand and said, "So don't hide from me anymore. I was very worried about you these past few days while you were away."

Ah Li didn't believe it. If this person was worried about her, why didn't he go to find her?

Zhu Yu seemed to understand Ah Li's thoughts. He smiled slightly and explained, "It's not that I don't want to find you, it's that I'm not familiar with this place. I'm worried that I'll get lost and won't be able to find my way back. Then I really won't be able to see you again."

This bamboo forest is very large and dense, and every bamboo stalk stands straight and grows to be almost the same size.

The bamboo house was hidden in this bamboo forest. If Ah Li hadn't brought him back and let him find it himself, it would have been quite difficult.

Ahri thought about it and realized that it was indeed true.

In the quiet of the night, Ah Li wanted to move her bamboo bed back to its original place.

After much effort, she finally managed to move the bamboo couch, but just as she was about to drag it away, Zhu Yu casually and easily moved it back to its original position.

What are you doing?

Ah Li was stunned, her hands still gripping the bamboo couch tightly, her eyes filled with confusion.

Zhu Yu, however, acted as if nothing had happened, lying down between the two bamboo beds. He even propped his head up and patted the spot next to him, a mischievous smile on his face. "I told you we'd sleep together."

His voice was full of coquetry and anticipation.

Ahri released the bamboo couch, gesturing with her hands, "I didn't agree!"

Zhu Yu pretended not to understand, and he sat up halfway and pulled Ah Li over with one hand.

Just as Ah Li was about to fall onto the bamboo couch, he carefully protected her, allowing her to fall steadily onto him.

At this moment, Ah Li lay in Zhu Yu's arms, listening to his strong heartbeat and feeling his firm arms and warm embrace.

She remembered that she was being held tightly by Zhu Yu and couldn't move.

Zhu Yu added, "Don't struggle, or I don't know what I might do."

Ahri suddenly looked up at the man. Was he threatening her?

Zhu Yu then raised his hand to cover Ah Li's eyes and whispered, "Go to sleep. I haven't slept well these past few days because I've been worried about you."

Every time I'm about to go to sleep, I worry that something might happen to this person, or that they might suddenly come back without me noticing.

Ah Li sensed the weariness in his voice, so she stopped struggling and obediently leaned against Zhu Yu's chest.

At this moment, both of them relaxed and enjoyed this rare tranquility and warmth.

Later, Zhu Yu quite liked Ah Li's quiet demeanor and the peaceful feeling of living here.

Zhu Yu also discovered two solitary graves deep within the bamboo forest.

Ah Li told him that her parents were resting there.

In reality, they were the original owner's parents, a couple deeply in love who came here because they were tired of everything in the world.

The original owner's mother was deaf and mute. When she was injured, she met the original owner's father, a doctor who went up the mountain to collect herbs.

The doctor was kind-hearted and somewhat frail.

The original owner's mother was often teased because of her good looks.

Even after the two became husband and wife and had the original owner's child, there were still people who wanted to bully the original owner's mother.

The doctor tried to protect his wife, but was brutally beaten up.

At that time, none of the neighbors stepped forward to help; instead, they stood by and did nothing.

The doctor felt that he had practiced medicine and saved lives, but in the end, no one came to save them, so he left with his wife and daughter.

They stumbled upon this bamboo forest and discovered bamboo houses within it.

The bamboo house contains medical books, ancient texts, and other items that have been there since the beginning; it's unknown which master left them behind.

The doctor then led his wife and daughter to settle down here.

Zhu Yu never expected that there was such a couple in the world, and that the man was a doctor.

If it were him, and he were treated like that, he would poison everyone to death.

Zhu Yu thought this through and said to Ali, "If it were me, I would poison anyone who dared to bully you."

Ahri raised her hand and immediately covered his mouth, shaking her head to indicate, "No, you can't."

"Why?"

Zhu Yu took Ah Li's hand off his mouth and then held onto her hand tightly.

Ah Li gestured, "Father would be unhappy if he heard this. He only thought about saving people, not harming them."

Especially the Heavenly Dao; once it learns that the male protagonist still has such thoughts, who knows if it will strike him with lightning.

Zhu Yu indicated that he understood, and then continued to ask, "So, according to you, your father was a doctor, and they shouldn't have died so young, leaving you all alone."

Ahri gestured sadly, "What good is being a doctor? When it's time to die, you'll die anyway."

The doctor was injured after he was beaten up.

He passed away a few years after bringing his wife and daughter to this bamboo forest.

Unable to bear the immense grief, his wife also chose to follow him in death, leaving the young original owner to live a lonely life in this bamboo forest.

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