The carriage bumped along the way, carrying the newly arrived educated youth to the brigade.
Qingdai didn't say a word the whole time, just sat next to Lu Zhan, staring at him with her big eyes.
Lu Zhan was originally sitting very straight, but slowly his posture began to stiffen. In the end, his eyes were always looking in one direction, staring straight ahead, and he didn't even dare to glance at Qingdai out of the corner of his eye.
There was a strange atmosphere between the two of them, but even Lu Zhan himself didn't understand why he felt so uncomfortable and didn't dare to look at each other?
When they arrived at the place, the team leader assigned the tasks. Lu Zhan said nothing. After putting Qingdai's luggage away, he stood there silently. After the team leader assigned the tasks, he went back without saying a word.
Halfway through the journey, Lu Zhan discovered that there was an equally silent little tail following him.
Lu Zhan was already preoccupied with something, and suddenly he noticed a shadowy gaze behind him. He turned around and found someone following him. For some reason, he felt a little guilty.
"Why are you following me?"
He was going back to his own place, why was she following him?
Qingdai gave him a very resentful look:
"Comrade, since you are Lu Zhan, why don't you admit it?"
Lu Zhan also paused, and before he could figure out what was going on, Qingdai's next words floated over slowly.
"...You are my marriage partner, who else should I look for if not you?"
Lu Zhan's eyes flashed with fear as he looked at Qingdai in disbelief, who spoke in a matter-of-fact tone.
Is this something that can be said?
Who would say you are my marriage partner and want you to go back with him when you meet him for the first time?
The key point was that the little girl raised her head and glanced at him a few more times, then frowned her beautiful willow-shaped eyebrows:
"...You're not planning to ignore me, are you?"
She spoke slowly, staring into his eyes and speaking each word. Even without much expression, her soft tone revealed a bit of disapproval and pity.
The soft tone made Lu Zhan feel uncomfortable all over.
Several years of working in the countryside had transformed him from a refined city dweller into a somewhat rough country educated youth. So when he heard the little girl's soft voice, it sounded so powerless. When he looked at her skinny arms and legs, it looked as if they could be blown away by a gust of wind.
Lu Zhan's eyes circled around her, and he felt that she didn't look like someone who came from the countryside at all, but was simply a spoiled girl raised in the city.
When he heard the other party say that she didn't want to care about him anymore, and he saw that Shui Ling looked a little aggrieved for no reason, Lu Zhan felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
"What nonsense!"
Qingdai glanced at him again, with doubt in her eyes:
"Then you don't admit that you are my marriage partner, and you don't care about me... Do you despise me for being a sickly person?"
A hint of luster unconsciously appeared in Qingdai's clear and watery eyes.
Lu Zhan frowned tightly. This little girl was indeed very sick. If he didn't take care of her, who knows how much suffering the little girl would have to endure in this educated youth camp.
But he took the person away after just meeting her once, which made Lu Zhan feel... awkward and uneasy.
And... Lu Zhan pursed his lips.
He should have said that this little girl was innocent or audacious, talking about marriage partners all the time without a trace of shame... What kind of behavior was she in broad daylight?!
"The team has arranged accommodation for the female educated youth. My side is full of rough men. How would you look if you went there?"
Lu Zhan explained dryly, although according to his previous personality, he would never explain anything to a stranger.
Qingdai smiled cunningly.
"So you admit it, right? Lu Zhan~"
Lu Zhan finally reacted and looked at the little girl's bright eyes. There was no trace of the grievance and pity that he had thought.
“……?”
Something seems to be wrong.
***
Half an hour later, Qingdai arrived at the female educated youth's residence in a simple outfit, followed by a tall man who was helping her carry her luggage.
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