"Brother! Did you pick up my sister?"
The first thing Jiang Nuan said when she came up was to ask Steven if he had picked up Cheng Xueyuan. Cheng Xueyuan was slightly stunned, her eyes half-closed, with a complicated expression.
Steven was like an excited puppy. Although he was chatting with Jiang Nuan through the phone, he still nodded quickly and said proudly.
"I received it a long time ago! We are heading to Shengmin North Sea now!"
"That's good."
Jiang Nuan breathed a sigh of relief, and the next second Steven extended an invitation to Cheng Xueyuan.
"Ms. Cheng, do you want to talk to Nuannuan?"
Neither sister spoke. Just when Steven realized the awkward atmosphere and wanted to say something to ease it, Cheng Xueyuan spoke.
"...Nuannuan, thank you, and I'm sorry."
"It's okay, we are sisters!"
Hearing Cheng Xueyuan apologizing to her, Jiang Nuan quickly said it was okay and changed the subject.
She didn't want Cheng Xueyuan to blame herself because she felt it was not Cheng Xueyuan's fault.
"Sister, let's do this for now. When you find your brother, you can take him home with you."
"good."
The phone was hung up, the scenery outside the window flew by, Cheng Xueyuan leaned back in the chair and fell asleep unknowingly. When she woke up, they had just arrived at Shengmin Beihai.
"Ms. Cheng, are you awake? We're already here."
"Um."
Cheng Xueyuan woke up instantly. When she opened her eyes, she saw camellia flowers all over the mountains and the huge white windmill she had just seen outside the hospital window.
Cheng Xueyuan became even more certain that Cheng Luoheng must be here.
"Duke, do you want to get off here? There's a beach ahead and our car can't go in."
"Then get off."
Steven nodded, and Cheng Xueyuan understood and got out of the car.
The sea breeze blew gently, mixed with a faint salty smell. Cheng Xueyuan felt her face a little itchy, which was very comfortable.
Steven walked forward first, and Cheng Xueyuan followed behind him, also walking slowly.
“This is still a village.”
Steven looked at the simple single-family house and saw two children carrying firewood, and expressed his surprise that this place was on the coast but had an underdeveloped economy.
"It seems that the people in this village are very simple. After all, they haven't been able to develop by taking advantage of their coastal location, and they still live in such poverty."
Steven shook his head, as if he couldn't understand why this happened.
Cheng Xueyuan walked past him and continued forward, answering his questions as she walked.
"Economic development cannot be achieved without talent. With the economy already struggling, how can we cultivate and retain talent? Without talent, how can we develop the economy?"
Why not eat meat porridge?
The moment Cheng Xueyuan heard Steven's question, this sentence appeared in her mind.
She looked at the little child who carried the heavy firewood back home, stood at the door, pulled at the wooden door, and stared at them vigilantly, his eyes filled with pity.
If he were a child from a big city, he would be in school now and memorizing books.
Unfortunately, he was born in a small fishing village, so he could only stay in an empty house, carrying firewood, standing at the door and timidly looking at strangers who suddenly appeared.
Steven was stunned by Cheng Xueyuan's words. He stood there blankly, thinking about what Cheng Xueyuan said.
He grew up in a luxurious environment. No matter what he wanted to eat, drink, wear or use, as long as he opened his mouth, a servant would deliver it to him in the next second.
Moreover, he is the only child of his parents, so he has never encountered any problems like lack of love.
There is only one thing he has to do, and that is to study hard and inherit Bired's dukedom in the future.
In the past, he had only seen descriptions of people at the bottom of society in books, but most of them were just a passing mention. No author was willing to spend a lot of space in the book to describe the poor who had no impact on the story.
Perhaps what Cheng Xueyuan said was right. He had never come into contact with people from the lower class, so his thinking became one-sided.
While Steven was still standing there thinking about the problem and reflecting on himself, Cheng Xueyuan had already walked up to the little boy.
When the little boy saw that Cheng Xueyuan was coming for him, he was frightened and hurriedly closed the wooden door, fearing that Cheng Xueyuan would take him away.
Every day before leaving home, his parents would tell him that if any strangers came, he must lock the doors and windows and not let them in.
Otherwise you will be caught by bad guys.
He doesn't want to be captured by bad guys and doesn't want to leave his parents.
So he blocked the door.
Seeing this scene, Cheng Xueyuan, who was still moving forward, stopped walking.
After a moment, she took a few steps back, then stopped and spoke to the little boy through the wooden door.
"Hello, little friend. I'm here to look for my brother. I mean no harm, I just want to ask you some news about this place."
“…”
The little boy did not respond to Cheng Xueyuan, but quietly opened the window a little and looked at the strange stranger outside the door through the small gap.
"If you're really worried, can I just stand here and communicate with you?"
“…”
The little boy still didn't say anything, but just opened the window a little wider, as if to hear Cheng Xueyuan's words more clearly.
Seeing this, Cheng Xueyuan's eyes flashed with a smile, and she continued speaking towards the window.
"Do you know a big brother who has the same yellow skin as me and looks a little younger than me?"
“…I don’t know him.”
Seeing that Cheng Xueyuan was so persistent and didn't seem to have any hostility towards him, the little boy who had hesitated for a long time finally spoke.
"Don't you know him?"
Cheng Xueyuan was stunned for a moment, then thanked the little boy and turned to leave.
I thought I would have to look for it aimlessly by myself from now on, but I didn’t expect that the little boy who originally said he didn’t know him suddenly changed his mind.
"I remember now!"
"What?"
"In our village, there is indeed a big brother with yellow skin like you. He is our village doctor. His name is Xiao Chuxing."
"Xiao Chuxing?"
Hearing the unfamiliar name, Cheng Xueyuan unconsciously repeated it again with a hint of confusion in her eyes.
Although she didn't know who this Xiao Chuxing was, it was a breakthrough. Cheng Xueyuan politely thanked the little boy and then set off again in the direction the little boy pointed.
By this time, Steven had thought clearly about what Cheng Xueyuan had just said, and quickly caught up with Cheng Xueyuan, following her to find the man named Xiao Chuxing.
"I'm sorry, what I said just now was wrong."
"It's okay, you just expressed your thoughts."
Seeing that Cheng Xueyuan was not angry, Steven followed her with confidence.
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