Li Xiuxiu's city doesn't have an airport, so she can only take a slow, old-fashioned train, which takes all night to get there. After getting off at the station, Ye Qingqing suggested that she rent a car, otherwise she would have to transfer between different trains and spend the whole day on the road.
Bruno agreed, saying he could drive, but there were very few car rental shops at this time of year. They looked around but couldn't find any, so they ended up hiring a taxi for him to drive back to Li Xiuxiu's hometown.
Li Xiuxiu was right; the road conditions were terrible, and the taxi was bumping around terribly. Fortunately, they arrived at Li Xiuxiu's hometown before noon. It was a beautiful and quiet little mountain village.
"Your house is so beautiful," Bruno praised sincerely, taking out his camera to take pictures. He is not only an outdoor sports enthusiast but also an amateur photographer who travels all over the world every year to take various beautiful landscape photos.
“I’ve lived here for over ten years, and it’s just so-so. You’ll get tired of it if you stay here for too long,” Li Xiuxiu said with a smile.
With Bruno's company and comfort, she is now in a good mood and able to face her illness positively.
"How could that be? The scenery here is so beautiful."
"Even the most beautiful scenery gets boring after a while. Besides, there are no cinemas or shopping malls here, no modern facilities, and it's inconvenient to see a doctor or go to school. There's no internet either, and the TV signal is very poor. It might be nice to stay here for a few days on an occasional vacation, but you'll get tired of it if you stay for too long."
"As long as you're with me, I won't feel that way." Bruno suddenly confessed, and Li Xiuxiu glared at him shyly. Since confessing their feelings, the two have made rapid progress and often show their affection in small ways.
Ye Qingqing, who was following behind, rolled her eyes. She shouldn't have come along as a third wheel; she had been bombarded with PDA the whole way.
Li Xiuxiu hadn't called home before she arrived. It was afternoon, and the weather was lovely. In the open space at the village entrance, many elderly people were sitting and basking in the sun, some children were playing, and several women were sitting together sewing shoe soles, chatting and laughing—a scene of harmony.
Someone spotted Ye Qingqing and the others first, exclaimed in surprise, and stood up to call out loudly, "Xiuxiu is back! Why didn't your mother mention it?"
Everyone else looked up, their eyes scrutinizing Li Xiuxiu with a hint of disdain, but when they saw Bruno, they were surprised. Why did he bring a foreigner back?
After thinking for a moment, the group's eyes grew even more disdainful. It seemed Li Shanxing was right; Li Xiuxiu had indeed been having affairs with foreigners in the big city, and now she had even brought them home. It was truly outrageous.
As for Ye Qingqing, she was collectively ignored by everyone, whose attention was entirely on Bruno. They whispered among themselves, occasionally pointing and giving him ambiguous and meaningful glances, which made everyone very angry.
"I didn't tell my family."
Unlike before, Li Xiuxiu didn't go home and greet everyone. She just left. These so-called elders usually praised her to the skies, but when things came out, they exaggerated and vilified her, wishing she were dead.
After they had gone some distance, the sounds from afar drifted over.
"What kind of airs are you putting on? You don't even greet people properly. Humph, you've been causing trouble outside and disgracing our village. Now you've even brought a foreigner home. You're shameless!"
"I have to go back and tell them not to go near Li Xiuxiu. She has a lot of nasty diseases, and it would be terrible if I caught it."
"Oh dear, is talking contagious? I was just talking to her."
"Probably not. I've heard that this disease is only transmitted through sex. Otherwise, why are all the women who get this disease promiscuous? How could you get a dirty disease if you don't sleep with men?"
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