The Ding family members cried every day and claimed that they would give twenty yuan to anyone who could find little Ding Ding.
However, even so, there is no trace of Xiao Dingding, and many people speculate that Xiao Dingding was abducted by human traffickers.
Because of Xiao Dingding’s disappearance, everyone in the village is very careful to keep an eye on their own children to prevent human traffickers from abducting their children again.
After a light rain, all the educated youth in the village took a rest. Qin Yuping asked Wang Jiajia to go to the mountains to pick mushrooms.
"The weather has turned cold, and this is the last batch of fresh mushrooms. If you don't go now, the next time you go up the mountain, all you'll find are dried ones, which might be very old."
Wang Jiajia was a little scared. "A child just got lost in the village. Let's not run around."
Qin Yuping laughed at her, "You're such a coward! The person missing is a child, not an adult. If a child can be abducted, can adults be abducted too? Why are you so scared?"
Wang Jiajia hesitated for a while, but was persuaded by her and decided to go up the mountain with her to pick mushrooms.
Wang Jiajia always liked to keep Lu Xinyue company, so she called Lu Xinyue over. It would be safer for the three of them to go up the mountain together.
As they were walking on the road, Wang Jiajia saw Xu Nuannuan's house and wanted Xu Nuannuan to go with them.
"Xu Zhiqing is so capable, I'll go and ask Xu Zhiqing to go with us."
Qin Yuping didn't want Xu Nuannuan to follow her. "No, forget it. I don't have a good relationship with her. I would feel uncomfortable if she went."
Lu Xinyue wanted to make peace between the two of them.
He smiled and said, "Yuping, why are there so many animosities between us colleagues? The four of us can go up the mountain together, talk and laugh, and your relationship will be eased."
"Lu Zhiqing, I know you mean well and want us to reconcile. But she's not the easiest person to get along with. I'm afraid that if we talk, it won't ease the relationship, but will make it worse."
"Then why don't you just stop talking to her? You spread your mushrooms and she picks hers, and neither of you can get close to the other."
"It's better not to yell. I feel awkward if I don't talk to her."
Qin Yuping repeatedly insisted not to call Xu Nuannuan. Lu Xinyue and Wang Jiajia were about to listen to her, but they saw Xu Nuannuan in front of them, and Wang Jiajia called Xu Nuannuan casually.
"Nuannuan."
Xu Nuannuan saw them holding bamboo baskets and asked, "Are you going to the mountains?"
"Well, Nuannuan, we are going to the mountains to pick mushrooms. Do you want to come?"
Xu Nuannuan also wanted to go up the mountain to pick some mushrooms. After all, if she didn't go now, it would be difficult to pick fresh and tender mushrooms in the future.
She saw Qin Yuping, but she automatically ignored her.
"Okay, I'll go with you. You wait a moment while I go home and get the basket."
But Qin Yuping stopped her and said, "I think you'd better not go. I don't want to be with you, and I don't want to see you."
Xu Nuannuan snorted and glanced at her sideways.
"Is this mountain yours? I can go there whenever I want. What's it to you?"
"I was the one who first suggested going mushroom picking with Jia Jia. We agreed not to invite you, but I didn't expect to see you again."
After she said this, if Xu Nuannuan had any self-awareness and knew that she was being disliked, she would not have followed her.
Xu Nuannuan always surprised her. "This mountain is not yours, and this land is not yours either. If you don't want to see me, close your eyes, or don't go. I'm going anyway."
"Xu Nuannuan." Qin Yuping stamped her feet anxiously.
Wang Jiajia and Lu Xinyue saw that the two of them were not getting along, and they were caught in the middle, so they looked unhappy.
Wang Jiajia said, "How about this, I called Nuannuan, so why don't I go with Nuannuan and you two keep her company."
Lu Xinyue felt that this was the best way to resolve today's conflict. "Okay, let's do this."
But Qin Yuping still disagreed, "Jia Jia, you can't be with her. We agreed that the three of us would be companions and we can't separate."
The meaning is very clear. Xu Nuannuan either goes up the mountain alone or doesn't go at all.
In fact, her ultimate goal was not to let Xu Nuannuan go up the mountain.
Xu Nuannuan felt that she was a little strange. Even if she had a grudge against her, there was no need for her to target her like this.
We were just going up the mountain together. If she ignored me, wouldn't it be fine if I ignored her? It wouldn't affect our mutual mushroom picking, so why did Qin Yuping have to exclude me?
"Qin Zhiqing, you're doing everything you can to prevent me from going. Don't you have some ulterior motive?"
Qin Yuping's expression changed immediately, and she said, "I simply don't want to be with you. Why should I go up the mountain with my enemy?"
Xu Nuannuan chuckled, "What if I insist on going?"
"Then go by yourself. Xinyue and Jiajia are going to follow me anyway."
"Yuping, why are you doing this?" Lu Xinyue advised her, "We're not children anymore. There's no need to be so harsh. The conflict between you two is over. You can't keep it in mind forever."
We are all educated youth who have come here to work in the countryside. We should help each other when we encounter difficulties and be united and friendly. I still hope that you can put aside your past grudges, forget the unpleasantness of the past, reconcile, and build a beautiful friendship. "
"Hmph, it's impossible for me to be friends with her." Qin Yuping's attitude was firm.
Xu Nuannuan said, "I'm not a petty person, but Qin Zhiqing is so determined that it's useless for me to try to reconcile with him alone. Since Qin Zhiqing doesn't want me to go, then I won't go. You guys go."
Qin Yuping breathed a sigh of relief. Xu Nuannuan finally stopped following them.
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