With so many fruits, why bother washing them? Let's just rush up and pick them! Zhang Xiantao threw the wild fruits she had just picked up back on the ground and pulled Zhao Mingyue to her feet.
"Let's go pick some fruit now." Zhang Xiantao rushed to Xingxing, but her eyes suddenly lit up when she glanced at the spring.
"Wow, there's a small pond next to the spring, and there are fish in it."
I saw the stars earlier, but I wasn't too curious. Yegou Village is nestled against a mountain with many springs. The villagers draw water from the springs down the mountain and like to dig small ponds to raise fish. The streams in the village only have small fish and shrimp. The villagers will go to the big river in the town to catch big fish to raise, or go to the market to buy fish fry to raise.
The spring water is readily available. Apart from the fish fry costing a little money, the fish grass is also readily available and can be harvested. Once the fish grow up, there will be fish meat to eat. Many people in Yegou Village dig small ponds to raise fish, which is not a rare thing.
“I also have a small pond in my backyard, and I keep some fish there. Didn’t you see it?” Xingxing looked at her in confusion.
Zhang Xiantao scratched her head. "I didn't go to the backyard. I just got back and didn't have time to go see it. I'll check it when I get back."
The four of them didn't linger at the foot of the mountain for long before heading up together. Just as they reached the mountainside, a loud roar came from behind them. Candy was really wild; she already had a loud voice, but she deliberately yelled and screamed, shaking the entire forest. Even the bears in the mountains would probably be frightened by her.
"What happy thing has this silly girl encountered this time that makes her shout so excitedly?" Xingxing was no longer angry with her, and her tone even carried a hint of indulgence.
Zhu Lin looked up and saw a huge figure hopping along the path down the mountain in the distance. It was Tang Guo running towards them. "Tang Guo is coming down."
Just as Xingxing was about to say something, Tangguo had already rushed down the mountain in a flurry of activity. She leaped up, did a somersault, and stood in front of Xingxing. Everyone felt the ground shake slightly from her movements.
"Wow, Candy, what are you doing again? It's scary to suddenly jump around like that." Xingxing, with Zhu Lin behind her, poked her head out and questioned him.
Zhu Lin's handsome face was cold and stern, his tone carrying a warning: "If you dare to act so recklessly again, you won't be allowed to go up the mountain to pick fruit, and all the candy you eat will be thrown away."
What could be a more vicious punishment than not letting Candy eat? No, every word the boy just said was the most vicious thing ever to Candy, so vicious!
"Waaaaah, I don't want to, I don't want to! I want to eat it, I want to eat it!" Candy couldn't accept it, pounding her heart as if she was about to die from angina.
The young man in white rubbed his temples, really wanting to kick her down the mountain to stop her from making such a racket.
Seeing her crying so heartbrokenly, Xingxing couldn't bear it and stepped forward to comfort her softly, "Okay, stop crying. Brother Lin was just kidding, he was just teasing you. He's the kindest person, he wouldn't throw away your candy or stop you from picking fruit to eat, he was just kidding."
Candy paused in her sobbing, then secretly glanced at the boy. Seeing that he still had a cold face, she became even more upset. "He's serious. Look how fierce he is, so fierce!"
Xingxing glanced back at the boy. The boy had gentle features and a slight upturn at the corners of his lips, showing no sign of ferocity. She wondered why Candy was so afraid.
“Brother Phosphorus wasn’t mean to you, you’re mistaken,” Xingxing said confidently.
"He's really fierce, I'm scared, unless you make him promise not to be fierce to me anymore," Candy said, clutching Xingxing's sleeve and acting coquettishly.
Zhu Lin's forehead twitched. This silly girl had actually become quite clever; she even knew how to manipulate others now.
"Brother Phosphorus, say something. Don't look at her with that stern face. Candy is scared." Xingxing wasn't really clueless. She knew that the boy only acted peacefully and gently in front of her. When facing others, he was always indifferent and cold.
The stars spoke, and the boy naturally responded. He softened his expression and his face gradually became gentler.
Seeing the faint smile on the boy's face, as if his previous coldness was just an illusion, Candy shook her head in confusion and scrambled to her feet.
Then, Candy suddenly picked up Xingxing, who screamed in fright because she wasn't prepared. Since she was seven years old, she had stopped letting others hold her. As she grew up, she felt embarrassed to be held all the time. Candy suddenly picked her up without saying a word, which startled her.
"Candy, put me down! I don't need you to hold me!" Xingxing kicked her legs.
"Don't be afraid, stars, Candy will take you to eat something delicious." After saying that, Candy blew up the mountain like a gust of wind.
Zhu Lin frowned slightly and quickly followed.
Zhang Xiantao was dumbfounded. "That silly girl is not only strong but also incredibly fast. It's just that she's not very bright. Otherwise, she could have gone to the border to fight."
“I’ll be quick too, I can catch up with her,” Zhao Mingyue said.
“Yes, our Mingyue is also very capable, no less so than her.” Zhang Xiantao immediately praised her sweetheart. Sigh, there’s nothing she can do, this guy is quite jealous, he can’t stand her praising others, not even women.
Before long, Zhu Lin intercepted the candy and ordered in a cold voice, "Put Xingxing down, you'll scare her like that."
Candy was genuinely trying to scare him, and now she didn't dare to act recklessly anymore. She obediently put the person down and gently pushed him towards the boy.
"You can't do this again, you know? I don't like being carried around." Xingxing calmed herself down and ran her hands through her wind-blown hair.
Candy nodded first, then shook her head and said, "I'm not being silly. Star, I brought you here to eat. There are things Candy has hidden in this cave."
It was only then that Zhu Lin and Xing Xing discovered a stone wall covered with vines and weeds. If Tang Guo hadn't mentioned a cave, they would never have noticed the stone wall.
After examining it for a while, the boy said, "This should be a stone gate. Was this cave there originally, or was it dug out by man later?"
"Master discovered a cave here. The cave is very large and can store a lot of things. Master had a door made." Candy said this with a smug look on her face, raising her chin proudly.
"Where is the mechanism to open the stone door?" Xingxing asked.
Candy raised her chin smugly again, and said arrogantly, "No, there's no mechanism. No one else can open it, only Candy can."
Only candy? Could it be as she's thinking?
"Then open the stone door! Isn't there something for me to eat?" Xingxing urged.
Candy glanced at Zhu Lin and said loudly, "You watch, I'm very powerful. You're not as powerful as me, hmph."
Then Candy stepped forward, spread her arms, grabbed the two sides of the stone door, braced herself, strained her waist, and with two loud "whoosh" sounds, lifted the stone door up. She then moved the stone door to one side of the cave entrance.
The cave entrance was only about one person's height, and the opening wasn't spacious. The inside was dimly lit; Xingxing glanced inside a few times but couldn't make out what was inside.
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