When Zhang Chengzhi returned after explaining things, Tong Xiaohuai asked him directly.
"Uncle Zhang, that lady just said you have an orchard here? Can we go and pick oranges or star fruit?"
Zhang Chengzhi smiled and nodded, "Of course you can. Whenever you want to go, I'll take you. If you come in May or June, you can also pick lychees."
Tong Laoda looked at his wife's slightly pale face and said, "Azhi, you find someone to take Xiaohuai and the others there. Your sister-in-law and I won't go. We'll sit here, have some tea, and catch up."
Zhang Chengzhi called over a young man and asked him to take Yanbo and Tong Xiaohuai for a walk around the orchard.
The young people went out, leaving the three elders chatting in the living room.
"Boss, Xiao Huai's boyfriend looks very handsome and doesn't seem like someone who's involved in gangsters at all!"
For the past two years, Zhang Chengzhi has been hiding in this remote mountain village running this resort. He is unaware of the situation outside and therefore knows nothing about Yan Bo's background. He subconsciously assumes that Yan Bo is someone with a similar background to them.
Boss Tong glared at him. "Who said he was one of those gangsters?"
Zhang Chengzhi was very surprised, "Huh? No? Then what is he, a rich second generation?"
Although it's impossible to tell who Yan Bo is, his demeanor doesn't suggest he comes from a poor family.
Tong Laoda shook his head, "He can't be considered a rich second generation; his family members are government officials."
Tong Laoda was unwilling to talk too much about Yan Bo's background in front of Shen Weiyao. He always had a hidden worry in his heart, feeling that Yan Bo's family background was a time bomb. However, he believed that Yan Bo had the ability to defuse it.
Zhang Chengzhi was even more surprised, and frowned slightly. "An official? Then his family..."
Zhang Chengzhi was halfway through his sentence when Tong Laoda glared at him, and he wisely stopped talking.
Shen Weiyao wasn't deaf, so she chimed in, "His older brother has met Xiao Huai, but he didn't say anything. Besides, when it comes to matters of the heart, the most important thing is the two people involved. Xiao Yan is a very responsible person, so I don't think we need to worry too much."
When Shen Weiyao got together with Boss Tong, her family strongly opposed it. However, it turns out that even without her family's blessing, she has lived a very happy life all these years.
Zhang Chengzhi didn't dare to say anything more. He drank tea with the two of them for a while, then led them outside for a walk.
Tong Xiaohuai and Yan Bo followed the staff out of the resort lobby and walked along the mountainside for more than ten minutes before seeing a large orange grove in front of them, laden with bright yellow fruit.
"I really want to eat it!"
Tong Xiaohuai had never mentioned that her favorite fruit was oranges. As she spoke, she couldn't help but swallow hard.
Yan Bo looked at her greedy expression and couldn't help but smile.
Do you like oranges?
"Hmm!" Tong Xiaohuai's gaze was already glued to those bright yellow fruits and couldn't be pulled away.
"Miss, Mr. Yan, would you each like to carry one basket, or would you like to carry just one basket?"
The young man who led them there produced two baskets from nowhere, and inside the baskets were scissors.
“One, please!” Yan Bo replied.
"Two!" Tong Xiaohuai said.
Yan Bo then smiled and took the basket from the young man's hand, "Then let's have two, let's have a competition and see who can pick more and faster!"
Tong Xiaohuai took the basket and said, "Let's compete then! Do you think I'm afraid of you?!"
It seems these two are really into competing with each other!
In the morning, we competed in running; now we compete in picking oranges.
The young man glanced at Tong Xiaohuai instinctively. "Miss, would you like me to help you carry your basket?"
He only knew that the boss called her "Miss," and he didn't know that she was very skilled. Now, he just thought of her as a rich young lady who couldn't even catch a chicken, and he couldn't help but feel sorry for her.
This young lady is quite a beauty, how could her boyfriend be so heartless? He has absolutely no gentlemanly manners!
Tong Xiaohuai could easily tell that the young man wanted to help her. But she didn't need anyone's help.
"No need! Just tell us how to pick them!"
The young man took the scissors and demonstrated, but still wasn't convinced, so he followed Tong Xiaohuai for a short distance.
Seeing how nimble and decisive Tong Xiaohuai's movements were, he realized that his worries were somewhat unnecessary.
"Go back to your work, we'll go back on our own in a bit." Tong Xiaohuai didn't want to delay his work, so she gave the order and stood on tiptoe to snip the big, yellow orange off the tree.
The young man stood behind the two for a while longer, then realized he was being a bit superfluous. "Then I'll go back first. At the end of this garden is the star fruit orchard, where you can pick any star fruit you want."
After the young man left, Tong Xiaohuai, who had been holding back from looking at Yan Bo's results, finally couldn't resist and ran over with her basket to see what was in Yan Bo's basket.
In just a few minutes, she had picked four or five big, yellow tangerines and put them in her basket, while Yanbo's basket only had one pitiful tangerine.
"Why have you only picked one?"
Tong Xiaohuai didn't think that such a small matter could stump Yan Bo.
"There are so many options, it's hard to choose the right one!" Yan Bo said, quite distressed.
Tong Xiaohuai rolled her eyes at him, "Is this how you find a girlfriend too?"
Yan Bo stared at her, speaking with deep affection.
"Girls are different. You were the one I saw at first sight. I could never see anyone else!"
Tong Xiaohuai glared at him, "So cheesy!"
After scolding him, he quickly ran a few steps forward, looked up, and earnestly searched for large, ripe oranges under the new fruit trees.
Whether Yan Bo was intentionally being modest or genuinely disliked the oranges on the tree, he wandered around under this fruit tree with his basket, then lingered under that one. He watched as Tong Xiaohuai's basket was already half full of bright yellow oranges, while his own basket only had three or four oranges rolling around.
Tong Xiaohuai leaned over to take a look at his haul, and he proactively handed the basket to her and waved it, saying, "Better to have nothing than something bad."
Tong Xiaohuai naturally knew that he was letting her have her way.
I guess it's because I beat her so badly this morning that I was afraid she'd get angry, so I'm deliberately going easy on her this time.
Tong Xiaohuai was certainly not that petty, but since he was willing to give in to her as her boyfriend, she didn't mind!
Anyway, he himself said that he was willing to pamper and indulge her, so there was nothing wrong with giving in to her.
Tong Xiaohuai mocked Young Master Yan a few times with a clear conscience, and then directly shoved her basket, which was half full of oranges, into Yan Bo's hands.
"There's too much of it, it's heavy to carry!"
Yan Bo didn't say anything. He simply threw the scissors into the basket, then slung his own basket over his shoulder and followed behind Tong Xiaohuai like a little follower.
Seeing that Tong Xiaohuai was standing on tiptoe, he helped her pull the branch down a bit so that she could cut the fruit.
For the ones that were a little higher, he simply lifted her by the waist and held her in the air so she could pick them herself.
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