Jiang He even climbed up the ladder. Jing Xing, who was standing under the tree, didn't dare to blink and kept staring at the person on the tree, fearing that he would accidentally miss the chance to catch him.
Ji Chengzhou, on the other hand, placed Lu Nanying on the cherry tree. He stood on the ladder, holding her with one hand and holding the basket for her with the other.
When they came here, everyone seemed to have exiled their nature, without any of the CEOs or young masters from wealthy families that they used to be like.
Even Gu Ting, a doctor with a mysophobia, started to pick peaches.
Everyone was hanging on the tree like monkeys, except Gu Jiujiu, who was squatting on the ground with a basket picking strawberries.
She picked the big, red strawberries, cut them, put them in the basket, and even ate them directly.
Her taste buds were awakened, and the sweet and sour fruity aroma made her smile instantly, and her peach blossom eyes seemed to be able to speak.
Looking at the girl with juice all over her mouth, Lu Nanjing handed her the handkerchief.
Gu Jiujiu looked up at the person who came, and the smile on her face froze instantly.
"It's clean, wipe the corners of your mouth." Looking at her reaction, Lu Nanjing's heart seemed to be cut open.
The pain was so severe that he even felt suffocated when breathing.
When Gu Jiujiu met the man's hurt eyes, she realized that her expression control just now was a bit excessive.
"I……"
Seeing that Gu Jiujiu seemed to be hesitant to speak, Lu Nanjing did not say anything either. He knew that he should leave at this time, but he just wanted to see her for a while longer.
Just as he was about to withdraw his hand, a small hand covered with a little dirt took it.
Gu Jiujiu looked at the familiar handkerchief in her hand. There was a rather ugly little lamb on the corner of the handkerchief. "Isn't this..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted, "Well, it's yours. You lost it when you went to Lu's house."
Of course Gu Jiujiu knew that the lamb embroidered on the handkerchief was her previous handicraft. It was her first time learning it, and the embroidery was very ugly. Later, she searched for it for a long time but couldn't find it. She didn't know where it fell.
Her heart changed drastically at this moment.
She didn't even understand why he kept such an ugly handkerchief like hers, if he didn't dislike girls younger than him.
Seeing Gu Jiujiu frowning, Lu Nanjing quickly explained, "I thought you didn't want it anymore, so..."
"Have you always carried it with you?" Gu Jiujiu asked in a hoarse voice.
Lu Nanjing became even more anxious now. It was easier for him to kill people than to coax them.
"I...Jiujiu, don't be afraid, I just..."
Major General Lu, who could curse people without using dirty words in the army, was almost at a loss for words when facing the girl in front of him. He was afraid that she would regard him as a pervert.
"Brother Lu, I have a question for you."
Gu Jiujiu thought for a while and decided to ask the questions in her mind.
That day Yingying said that maybe he told others that he was younger than him, not necessarily including her.
At first she thought Lu Nanying was just coaxing and comforting her, until she saw the handkerchief that had been lost for seven or eight years, which gave her the courage to face it.
"Don't you like girls who are younger than you?"
He heard that the person who used to cling to him and sweetly called him Brother Jing has now become distant and called him Brother Lu.
His heart was broken into pieces.
"Jiujiu, why do you think I don't like girls younger than me?"
"Also, why do you call me Brother Lu? You used to call me Brother Jing."
His heart ached, his liver ached, his head ached, he ached everywhere, and he didn't understand how he became Big Brother Lu.
"Answer my question first." Gu Jiujiu's tone was firm. She knew that if there was no result this time, she would never have the courage again.
"When did I ever tell you that I don't like girls younger than me?" Lu Nanjing was so angry that he laughed.
No matter when he said it, he didn't know how to respond. His mind was a mess.
"When you were in college, Yingying and I went to see you one time..."
Gu Jiujiu told him what she heard that day, then squatted down and continued picking strawberries.
He would think about what happened at that time, as if something happened. He still remembered it, but it turned out that only his sister was there to go to the snack street with him.
"So, when we agreed to go to the snack street, you followed Yingying to the school to find me. After hearing what I said to others, you left without asking a single question?"
Gu Jiujiu bit her lip and said nothing, carrying the basket and moving forward a few steps.
"So, the reason you didn't show up on the day I graduated and joined the army was because of this incident."
No one knew how lost he felt that day. In the past four years, although he would occasionally send her messages when he had free time and she would reply, he always felt that something was missing.
"I actually went there that day, but I didn't appear in front of you." I heard the person on the ground mumbling softly.
Who is Lu Nanjing? He is the god of war and sharpshooter of the special forces. He has always had a keen sense of hearing.
"You went, but why didn't you see me? Even though we are a few years apart in age, we grew up together. Don't you have any trust in me for so many years?"
"Don't you know that if you don't see me that day, you might never..."
Lu Nanjing couldn't control his voice, and everyone looked in their direction.
I saw a petite figure squatting on the ground holding a strawberry, motionless, and the tall man standing next to him had an angry face.
Gu Jiujiu looked up and tears fell from the corners of her eyes.
Lu Nanjing's anger was half extinguished in an instant. He hurriedly said sorry and left the orchard as if escaping.
The sudden accident made everyone lose the will to continue.
Ji Chengzhou picked up Lu Nanying from the tree and ran towards Gu Jiujiu as soon as he put her down.
Jiang He even climbed down the ladder in two or three steps.
"Jiujiu baby, what's wrong? Why is big brother so angry?"
Gu Jiujiu didn't say anything, but just sat down on the ground with her little face buried in her knees.
Jiang He and Lu Nanying looked at each other for two seconds, nodded at the same time, and turned to look at their men.
We grew up together, and many times we don’t need to communicate, we can understand each other with just a glance.
Ji Chengzhou walked over to Lu Nanying, took out a wet tissue and wiped her hands, "Let's go take a look. Leave the things here and I'll ask the servants to come get them later."
"Well, we'll go back to the house in Xiaohe Dijing International later. Uncle Gu and Aunt Wen will be worried if Jiujiu goes home like this."
The men left in a hurry, and when they returned to the main building, Lu Nanjing's military jeep was gone.
"Mom, Aunt Xi, where is Brother Jing?"
Ji Chengzhou ordered the servant to go to the orchard to get the fruit, then entered the living room of the main building and saw the parents setting up the table to play mahjong.
Behind the three ladies sat their husbands, and only Jiang Hao was fighting alone. Ji Chengzhou laughed. This scene really had remained unchanged for thousands of years.
"He just came over in a hurry and said he had something urgent to do and left first. I saw that he didn't look very good and seemed to be in a hurry, so I didn't ask any more questions."
"Okay, we have things to do, so we'll leave first. Yingying and the others picked some fruit, I'll come back tomorrow to get more."
Everyone was in high spirits and didn't notice anything wrong with his words. Ji Huai stood up and walked out.
"Azhou."
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