The couple next to the wooden house saw this and ran in this direction, but Gu Mai was closer and ran faster.
He took out a handkerchief from his pocket and squatted down in front of Land.
"Wipe it off."
Land sat on the ground, looking at the tall, unfamiliar man in front of him, stubbornly holding back the tears in his eyes.
Mom said boys shouldn't cry easily!
Somewhat awkwardly, Land didn't take the handkerchief from him, but stood up readily and patted his knees and buttocks.
"Thank you, but I'm a boy, and boys don't use handkerchiefs."
Gu Mai's hand froze in place, but he quickly withdrew it with a soft laugh.
The farmer and his wife ran to the child's side.
The woman squatted down and twirled him in her hand two or three times. Apart from the dust on his pants and buttocks, she didn't find any wounds.
Seeing his parents arrive, Land couldn't help but feel wronged, his face drooping: "But the kite broke..."
Patting his head, the tall man standing beside him comforted his son, "It's okay, Dad will make another one with you tomorrow."
Hearing this, the little girl's previously miserable face regained hope.
After the family finished interacting, they noticed that Gu Mai had been standing there for quite some time.
The man instinctively stepped past his wife and children, walked up to him, and greeted him: "Sir, is there anything I can help you with?"
Gu Mai paused slightly, then said, "Excuse me, my car ran out of gas here. I happened to see this farm and thought I'd come in to see if I could ask for help."
Following the direction he pointed, the man saw the car parked by the roadside and his doubts were dispelled.
The couple were both kind-hearted people. Seeing his noble appearance, it seemed inconvenient for him to be in this desolate place. So they said, "This place is a bit remote. If you don't mind, you can stay here for a meal. After the meal, I'll transfer some fuel from my spare tank to your car so you can drive to the city to refuel."
It was indeed getting late. Gu Mai glanced at the setting sun. The wilderness was still quite open, but it had already darkened considerably. He thanked the couple and followed them into the wooden house.
The interior is very cozy, although it is not as luxurious as the manors and castles I usually see.
"Please make yourself at home, sir. This place is simply furnished. We don't usually come here. It's harvest time these days, so we're just staying here. It's a good thing, otherwise it would be quite dangerous for you to run out of fuel here."
The man gestured for him to sit down and then went to the open kitchen to prepare the ingredients.
The mother brought Land out of the room after he had washed up and changed his clothes.
She straightened Land's curled collar and said, "You and your brother play here. I'll go to the kitchen to help Dad prepare dinner."
"Mmm!" The little girl nodded obediently, sitting on the stool and swinging her little feet that couldn't touch the floor, meeting Gu Mai's gaze.
"Could you keep my fall today a secret?" she asked him in a low voice.
Land felt awkward that someone other than his parents had seen him almost cry.
Seeing how serious he was, Gu Mai decided to tease him. "What if I don't? Actually, I have a super tiny eagle eye on me, and I've already taken pictures of you falling down and your eyes turning red."
"Huh?!" Hearing him say that, Land's legs, which had been swinging leisurely, started to twitch down anxiously.
Approaching Gu Mai, they looked him up and down, their gaze finally settling on the ruby brooch he had pinned to his head.
"You...you can't!" Her anxious little face was twisted with worry, and the sound of pots and pans clattering together just happened to block out the boy's urgent voice.
Boys at this age are very concerned about their image.
Land thought: If Rose at school finds out about this, she'll definitely laugh at me and won't play with me anymore!
Calming down, she decided to have a serious talk with the tall man in front of her. "So... what do you want in return for giving me this?"
Her fingers hovered lightly a short distance from his chest, but she politely refrained from grabbing him.
Seeing his consultative manner, Gu Mai also pretended to think seriously, "Hmm... how about this, you bring something important in exchange, and I'll give this to you."
"Really?" A glimmer of hope appeared on her little face.
She ran into her room in her slippers and came out with a palm-sized doll tied in a transparent plastic bag.
But when he stood before Gu Mai, he felt a pang of reluctance...
"I..." My fingers lingered on the bag, making a rustling sound as they touched the plastic.
Finally, I closed my eyes, steeled my heart, and handed it over.
Unexpectedly, he was so determined. Gu Mai tore off the brooch from his chest, which had three small diamonds hanging from it. In the center was a teardrop-shaped, blood-red, high-quality ruby that looked as sharp and piercing as an eagle's eye.
He held the item tightly in his hand, his gaze lingering on Gu Mai's hand with reluctance.
Land began, "Mom spent a long time sewing this; it was originally meant for Rose..."
At this point, she pouted slightly, "But I still think this secret is more important; we can't let anyone else know! This is our secret!"
Gu Mai noticed a blush creeping up his ears when he mentioned Rose, and a smile appeared on his lips.
The next second, she saw him hold up his little finger in front of her: "You promise you won't tell anyone about this!"
She placed her large hand on his and said, "Okay, I promise I won't tell anyone."
Seeing that he was quite serious, Land secretly hid the things back in the room before casually returning to his previous position.
The couple prepared dinner and called the two of them to eat.
The little incident between the two finally came to an end.
At the dinner table, Gu Mai watched the family of three chatting and laughing. He watched the mother scolding the picky eater who didn't like radishes, while the father chimed in to coax Land into swallowing the radish in his mouth.
Gumai seems to have experienced a family and love he had never felt before, and fortunately his children can experience a normal and loving family atmosphere.
That's what he thought.
After dinner, the man went to have Gu Mai's car refueled, but Land insisted on going with him. So the three of them helped Gu Mai fill the car with enough gas and prepared to send him away.
Gu Mai turned around and saw Land looking at him. He struggled to get down from his mother's arms.
Gu Mai stopped and waited for him to walk up to her, then put a lollipop in her hand.
A little embarrassed, she said, "I just asked my mom, and she said you can come visit me again. Although we haven't been at this farm for long, Dad has many farms, so next time we can go to the blueberry farm to pick blueberries."
He looked at Gu Mai with expectant eyes.
He crouched down to be at eye level with him. "Okay, I'll definitely come if I have the chance. Pinky promise."
He extended his pinky finger towards him, and saw him grin and place his finger on top of his.
She casually ruffled his soft hair, then turned and left.
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