After leaving Xing Zhaozhao's house, Lin Wan hurriedly headed down the mountain, but she didn't see Zhang Wenming anywhere along the way, so she started to get anxious.
Where is she? She's already gone? No way? Did she misunderstand something?
Suddenly, a rustling sound came from the nearby woods.
Lin Wan suddenly stopped and turned around, just in time to see Zhang Wenming standing among the shadowy trees, smiling gently and waving at her.
Overjoyed, she immediately followed him inside. Just as they were about to reach the top, her foot slipped, and she nearly fell. A hand reached out and pulled her into an embrace, and burning lips pressed against hers repeatedly. Her head spun, and without thinking, she moved to meet his…
At this moment, Fu Lan, leading Xiao Qinshi, had already arrived at the entrance of Xiaogaozhuang Village.
"Hello, this is Xiaogaozhuang, right?" Fu Lan called out to a young man of about fifteen or sixteen who was passing by.
When the young man saw Fu Lan, the color on his handsome, bronze face deepened instantly. He stammered nervously, "Y-yes, you are..."
Fu Lan smiled and said, "Hello, my name is Fu Lan, this is Xiao Qin Shi. We are here to see Sister Xing Zhaozhao. Do you know where she lives?"
"Oh, so you're here to see Aunt Xing? I know, she lives up in the mountains. I'll take you there," the young man said.
Fu Lan's smile instantly became even sweeter: "Really? Thank you, you're so kind."
Young man: "..."
The young man clutched his chest, feeling short of breath and about to faint.
"Follow, follow, come with me," he said, hurrying ahead.
Fu Lan immediately pulled Xiao Qin Shi along and followed.
"Hey buddy, slow down, we're not going to keep up."
The young man who called out "Little brother" stumbled and almost fell, quickly switching to small, quick steps.
Fu Lan: "..." It didn't have to be this slow.
"What's your name, young man?"
"High, high, high, high, high... green mountains."
Gao Qingshan is Captain Gao's eldest grandson. If Captain Gao knew that his beloved grandson had become a stutterer, he would probably slap him across the face.
Halfway there, they suddenly heard humming and chirping sounds coming from the woods beside them.
The three of them turned their heads to look at each other.
"What...what is that sound?" Fu Lan was a little scared and tightly gripped Xiao Qinshi's hand.
Although Qin Shi was young, he was quite brave. He listened carefully and said, "It sounds like a human voice. Is someone injured? They're screaming in pain..."
Upon hearing that someone might be injured, Gao Qingshan's expression immediately hardened, and he walked towards the direction from which the sound came: "I...I'll go and see."
"I'll go too." Fu Lan pulled Xiao Qin along and followed cautiously behind.
They hadn't gone far when the humming stopped, then resumed, turning into a satisfied sigh from a woman.
Gao Qingshan and Fu Lan stopped in their tracks, their faces turning bright red.
They recognized the sound and immediately understood what was happening inside. They froze, afraid to make any noise and make contact with the people inside, which would be embarrassing.
Xiao Qin looked completely bewildered, utterly confused. He glanced at Gao Qingshan, then at Fu Lan, and was about to ask, "How..."
Before he could finish speaking, Fu Lan covered his mouth.
From the bushes where the sound had come from, a rustling sound arose again, and then a woman's face lifted up from within, her cheeks flushed with a beautiful blush.
By this point, even if Xiao Qinshi didn't understand anything, he could roughly guess what had happened.
Especially when they saw that familiar face, the three of them were startled and turned to run away in fright.
"What's that sound?" Lin Wan was also startled and looked up. Before she could see what was happening in front of her, Zhang Wenming grabbed her waist, rolled over, and pinned her down.
"It's nothing, just the sound of the wind," Zhang Wenming casually dismissed, a malicious smile playing on his lips as he watched the three figures flee.
Gao Qingshan, Fu Lan, and Xiao Qinshi emerged from the woods and ran wildly up the mountain. They ran quite a distance before stopping, panting heavily.
Gao Qingshan squatted on the ground, still somewhat incredulous as he recalled what had just happened: "That...that was Aunt Xing?"
Fu Lan clenched her small fists, unwilling to believe it: "Impossible, Sister Xing is not that kind of person."
“But, but that face...that’s Aunt Xing’s face,” Gao Qingshan said.
Xiao Qinshi, on the other hand, remained relatively calm: "Who said that? Maybe they just look alike?"
As he spoke, he glanced at Fu Lan.
Fu Lan understood what he meant and looked over in surprise: "Really? Sister Wan isn't that kind of person. Besides, Sister Wan doesn't live here."
“They are cousins. If Sister Xing can visit her, she can naturally come to see Sister Xing as well,” Xiao Qin said, continuing to walk up the mountain towards Xing Zhaozhao’s house.
Fu Lan thought for a moment and followed.
Now only Gao Qingshan remained, looking completely bewildered: "W-what do you mean? There's someone who looks like Aunt Xing? Someone who looks so much like her?"
“Go see Sister Xing and you’ll find out,” Fu Lan said, turning to look at him.
Gao Qingshan quickly followed.
When they arrived at Xing Zhaozhao's house, Xiao Qinshi went straight over and knocked on the door.
When Xing Zhaozhao heard the knocking, she thought Lin Wan had returned. She opened the door with a hint of impatience, but when she saw Xiao Qinshi and Fu Lan standing outside, her expression quickly changed to one of surprise and delight: "What are you two doing here? Oh, Qingshan is here too?"
When Gao Qingshan saw Xing Zhaozhao, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and called out, "Aunt Xing, Aunt Xing."
Xing Zhaozhao raised an eyebrow: "When did you start stuttering?"
Gao Qingshan's youthful, handsome face froze.
"Sister Xing." Xiao Qinshi and Fu Lan breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Xing Zhaozhao and called out in unison.
Xing Zhaozhao noticed something was off about their expressions, frowned, and asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"
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