After Lu Jinghuai and Lin Yan finished eating the watermelon, they returned to their room to briefly discuss their plans for the future.
"Later, after dinner, we'll go out for a walk. You can just find an excuse to bring Qianqian out."
Lin Yan also lowered her eyes and thought about what kind of excuse would be appropriate.
Suddenly he thought of the watermelon he had just eaten, and after hesitating for a moment, he spoke.
"How about we take a walk to the Xu family's house later? Tell them that the watermelons you bought this afternoon were delicious and we want to buy a few more, but we can't find anyone. So we want Lu Yingqian to go find someone to buy watermelons for us."
Lin Yan thought about it briefly and quickly came up with a set of words. It was very simple, but the simpler the excuse, the more useful it was.
After listening to this, Lu Jinghuai thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay."
…
When the two came out of the room, Xu Manyu had already gone to the kitchen to cook. Zhang Guodong just came out and saw the couple with a smile on his face and spoke.
"Tomorrow the elders of our village will be back. We can all go to my second uncle's house and we will definitely be able to negotiate the road construction then."
Lu Jinghuai suppressed the deep thought in his eyes and smiled.
"That's great news. We've been staying at Brother Zhang's house for quite a while, and we've disturbed you and your sister-in-law's lives these past two days."
"That's nothing." Zhang Guodong waved his hand, hinting, "You guys are helping the village build roads. This is a rare and good thing. How can we not support you?"
The two sides smiled in tacit understanding. It seemed that it was a happy thing for both the host and the guest, but only they themselves understood the little thoughts behind it.
…
After a simple dinner, Lin Yan started talking about the watermelons she bought in the afternoon. They were quite sweet and she wanted to buy two more.
Lu Jinghuai responded naturally and stood up: "Just after dinner, I want to go for a walk. I can also buy two to freeze for tomorrow."
No one felt anything was wrong with this set of explanations, especially Song Jingya, who didn't know what was going on and looked dazed and absent-minded.
Lu Jinghuai and Lin Yan successfully left Zhang's house and pretended to go to the watermelon field where Lu Jinghuai bought watermelons in the afternoon.
The melon farmer was indeed not at home. The two looked at each other and walked towards the Xu family.
After seeing the Xu family yard, Lu Jinghuai stopped, pointed in a direction and said to wait for them there. Lin Yan still walked in that direction.
As expected, the Xu family had just finished dinner and were enjoying the cool air in the yard. Lin Yan naturally called out to Lu Yingqian who was mending clothes in the yard.
"Shanshan."
When Lu Yingqian heard the voice, she subconsciously looked up. When she saw Lin Yan outside the yard, she was stunned for a moment and blinked in confusion, but still put down her kung fu and walked over.
"Sister Yanyan, why are you here?"
Lin Yan smiled naturally and said, "My husband went out to buy a watermelon this afternoon. It was quite sweet. I said I would go out to buy a few more in the evening, but I couldn't find him. I walked to your house."
Lu Yingqian understood immediately and pointed in a direction and asked, "Are you talking about the melon field in that direction?"
Lu Yingqian was pointing in the direction of the melon field where Lu Jinghuai bought melons.
"Yes, that's the direction." Lin Yan curved her eyes and looked very happy, as if she was really happy because she got the clue about the melon field.
"Shanshan, whose melons are those? Are you free now? Could you take me to find the owner of the melon field?"
Lu Yingqian naturally did not refuse. She turned around and briefly explained the situation to her mother behind her, then trotted out.
The two walked side by side.
Lu Yingqian also introduced the melon field to Lin Yan: "That melon field belongs to Uncle Zhang. Uncle Zhang has been growing melons for sixty years. His melons are the sweetest in the village."
Lin Yan nodded in understanding: "No wonder, the melon is indeed a good one."
The two of them took a detour in their conversation. When they turned around and could no longer see the Xu family's yard, Lin Yan finally spoke.
"I was just saying we're almost at your house and we could go find you to ask, but my husband didn't come with us. He's in that direction. Let's go find him first, okay?"
Lin Yan pointed in the opposite direction, and Lu Yingqian nodded without thinking.
"all right."
In this direction is a field planted with sugarcane, with a small path in the field.
The path was a bit narrow, so two girls had to walk one in front and one behind.
Finally, after passing through the sugarcane field, Lin Yan called out, "Lu Jinghuai."
Lu Jinghuai came out from behind the sugarcane field. Lu Yingqian felt a little awkward when she saw the strange man, so she stayed close to Lin Yan.
"Sister Yanyan, now that we've found him, let's go to Uncle Zhang's house quickly. People in the village usually go to bed early, especially the older generation. If we don't go now, Uncle Zhang will wash up and go to bed later."
As Lu Yingqian was about to turn around and lead the way, Lin Yan grabbed her wrist. Lu Yingqian was stunned and looked at Lin Yan in confusion.
"Sister Yanyan?"
Lin Yan also pursed her lips. When she met Lu Yingqian's gaze, she felt a little reluctant, but she still took out her cell phone from her pocket and spoke.
"Shanshan, don't worry. Let me show you a photo, and then we'll go buy some watermelons."
"Ah?" Lu Yingqian was a little confused and stared at Lin Yan blankly. Lin Yan had already switched her phone to a photo in the album and handed it to Lu Yingqian.
Lu Yingqian took the phone and looked over, her eyes blank and she fell silent.
The photo was a solo portrait of a girl who looked 80% like her, with similar eyebrows, eyes, mouth and nose.
The only difference is that Lu Yingqian seems a few years older than the girl in the photo.
"Sister Yanyan?" Lu Yingqian was a little confused, and she subconsciously asked Lin Yan for help again.
Lin Yan held Lu Yingqian's hand and looked at Lu Jinghuai, as if urging him to explain quickly.
Lu Jinghuai didn't waste any time and just lowered his eyes to look at Lu Yingqian's phone screen. Because it was an anti-peep screen, it was pitch black and he couldn't see anything.
But the image of that photo had already appeared in Lu Jinghuai's mind.
Lu Jinghuai's brows softened. "The person in the photo is my sister, Lu Yingqian. The photo you saw was taken on her fourteenth birthday. She's 23 years old this year, but..."
Lu Jinghuai paused and took a deep breath. "But when she was fourteen, something happened in our family. She was kidnapped at fourteen, and it's been nine years now."
Lu Yingqian's body froze for a moment, her eyes filled with confusion: "Then she...you asked me to come over..."
Lu Yingqian has always been a smart girl. She seemed to have guessed something, but she was a little afraid to admit it. Her head was in a mess, and she thought of her parents and relatives.
Lin Yan knew the current situation and didn't give Lu Yingqian time to figure it out. She had no choice but to pull Lu Yingqian's clothes and speak.
"Shanshan, do you think she looks like you?"
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