Mu Wenxi leaned close to his ear and said something that made him somewhat incredulous: "Being a couple isn't bad either, don't you think?"
Song Xici suddenly looked at her: "So, you actually heard it that day, right?"
Mu Wenxi smiled and said, "Oh, you just realized that?"
Song Xici was a little angry. How could she do this!
He asked hesitantly, "So, have you agreed now?"
Mu Wenxi suddenly became very serious: "I just think that this kind of thing needs to be considered carefully. Don't worry, I'm serious."
They had always been waiting for someone to take the initiative and make the first move. When Song Xici suddenly said those words that day, she didn't react at first, but now she wanted to follow her heart.
Song Xici gave a soft "Mmm": "I'm sorry, I was too hasty. I couldn't help but say it out loud. I thought you didn't hear it."
Mu Wenxi shook his head: "That's good. Let nature take its course."
Song Xici didn't answer this time; he wanted to give the girl a formal confession.
The air in the small mountain village is indeed very fresh; as soon as you open your eyes, you see greenery everywhere.
Mu Wenxi opened his arms and shouted from the top of the hill, "This place is so beautiful!"
Song Xici smiled slightly behind her, protecting her with his hand as if afraid she might fall: "Would you like to go see my house?"
The further they walked, the better the road became, until a small village came into view. Although the village was somewhat dilapidated, it had a unique charm.
Mu Wenxi: "I really like it here."
An old woman carrying a basket was walking into the village from the entrance. She saw the two of them and stared at them for a while: "Hey, is that Song Wazi coming back? Song Wazi?"
"Auntie."
"Hello, Auntie."
The aunt ran and shouted, her basket clattering: "Song boy is back with his girlfriend! Uncle Song, your Song boy is back with his girlfriend!"
Song Xici pursed her lips: "Don't mind them, they just like to shout."
Mu Wenxi: "It's okay, they are very simple and honest, I like them very much, but I have never seen you shouting before."
Song Xici: "You wouldn't want to see this."
After the old lady's announcement, many people in the village came to see the two of them. Grandpa Song was already waiting at his doorstep.
"Grandpa, I'm back."
Grandpa Song pretended to hit him: "You little brat, why are you back now? You never came back before."
Mu Wenxi looked at the old man and saw how much he resembled Song Xici: "Hello, sir, I am Xici's girlfriend, Mu Wenxi. You can just call me Xiaoxi."
Grandpa Song immediately changed his attitude: "Xiao Xi, okay, okay, come, come, come sit at our house."
Grandpa Song beckoned the two of them in, and Song Xici pulled Mu Wenxi inside.
Wen Xi looked left and right, observing the surrounding environment. There were a few simple mud-brick houses with mottled walls and spider webs in the corners.
Mu Wenxi: "Is this where you lived when you were a child?"
Song Xici: "Hmm."
Mu Wenxi suddenly touched Song Xici's face with a touch of tenderness: "You've worked hard."
I can't believe there are still such backward places.
It is incredibly difficult for a young boy from the countryside to escape these hardships and go out into the world, let alone leave his hometown alone to make a living in a big city.
Song Xici took the hand off his face and held it tightly; this was the decision he regretted the least.
Grandpa Song: "It's much better now. Our village is about to be renovated, and the roads outside have been repaired."
Mu Wenxi: "Grandpa, why don't you go to the big city with Xi Ci?"
Grandpa Song waved his hand: "Hey, I'm not going. It's so nice here. If I go to the big city, no one will play with me."
Song Xici: "Grandpa himself doesn't want to go."
Grandpa Song served tea and snacks to the lady: "Here, young lady, have some of this. It's a local specialty."
The pastries in front of them looked like they'd been there for a while. Just as Song Xici was about to ask her grandfather to take them inside, she saw Mu Wenxi pick up a pastry and put it in her mouth: "Grandpa, it's really good, delicious."
Looking at Mu Wenxi's smiling eyes, Song Xici felt a warmth in her heart.
Grandpa Song: "Xi Ci, how many days are you staying? I'll take you to see the town."
"OK".
Song Xici did indeed plan to go to the town, since no one had been able to live there for so many years.
"Grandpa, I'll take her. We'll stay in town for the night and come back tomorrow morning."
Grandpa Song: "Okay, okay."
The two walked out hand in hand.
Song Xici: "My grandfather is the best. My family was too poor to afford school, but my grandfather supported me all by himself, sending me to a good high school in town and helping me get into a good university."
Mu Wenxi: "But you are also amazing. In a place with such poor educational resources, you were able to get into one of the top universities in the country from your town. I have no idea how much effort you put in."
Song Xici: "Well, I can work part-time when I'm in college. The school also provides scholarships. If I work hard to get scholarships, I can save some of my living expenses and send some to my grandfather. I originally wanted to take my grandfather to the city with me, but he refused."
Mu Wenxi suddenly became very curious: "How come I have no recollection of such an outstanding junior?"
Song Xici: "Maybe it's because I was a freshman in college and you just graduated?"
He scratched his head, then remembered something and took out his phone: "There's another possibility: I was too ugly back then."
He found the photo and handed his phone to Mu Wenxi to see: "This is a photo of me during my college entrance examination."
Mu Wenxi took the phone with a puzzled look. The boy in the photo had bangs covering his eyes, wore black-rimmed glasses, and had a beard. In addition, he was wearing a school uniform: "Hahahaha, isn't this the old-fashioned 'emo' style?"
Song Xici said somewhat shyly, "Yes, but everyone in town dresses like this, and I didn't have time to get a haircut until after I started school."
"But are you nearsighted?"
Song Xici: "No, those are non-prescription glasses. I didn't want to have a relationship too early. Someone wrote me a love letter back in high school, so I started wearing them."
Mu Wenxi tugged at his ear: "You're smart, otherwise you might have been chased away long ago."
Song Xici felt somewhat aggrieved that the other person didn't trust him: "Impossible, I only like you."
Mu Wenxi suddenly stood on tiptoe and kissed Song Xici: "Tomorrow I'm going to ask Grandpa to show me your old photos."
Song Xici didn't react for a moment and put his arm around her waist: "Okay, I'll show you everything."
After walking for a while, Song Xici suddenly asked, "Have you always been here? To be honest, I'm very curious why I've never seen your parents before, and I never heard of them when we were in college."
Mu Wenxi: "It's a long story. When I was a child, my parents divorced. Later, they both started their own families. As I grew up, I became less close to them. But it's already very good that they were able to raise me to adulthood."
Song Xici: "From now on, I will be your family."
Mu Wenxi was very content, her life was already very good: "Yes, so were yours and Grandpa's."
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