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Erlong's house is an old wooden house with three bedrooms and a living room. The kitchen is a small room built with adobe at the back of the old wooden house, and then surrounded by adobe bricks, connecting the wooden house and the kitchen into a whole, forming a small yard.
The house had not been occupied for some time, grass had grown in many places at the base of the walls, and the inside was a mess. It was almost dark now, and it would definitely be too late to clean it up today. After thinking about it, Chen Nanxing decided to stay at Huang Guihua's house for one night.
It is a paid residency, of course.
Chen Nanxing had no good feelings towards this village, and naturally had no trust in the people there. He was not stupid enough to be moved by Huang Guihua's few affectionate words. He insisted on having bodyguards guarding him for nearly 24 hours to eliminate the possibility of danger.
The night passed peacefully. The next morning, Chen Nanxing politely declined Huang Guihua's invitation to dinner, borrowed some tools, and went to Erlong's house with his bodyguards.
As soon as they arrived there, the two bodyguards rolled up their sleeves and started working together to clean the house. They were both tall and strong, and because they exercised every day, they had built up muscles and looked very strong.
Before hiring bodyguards, Chen Nanxing deliberately chose those with balanced development in all aspects. Now it seems that the value of money is fully reflected here. The two of them are as good as professional housekeepers in cleaning the house. They are busy running around in a hurry and Chen Nanxing doesn't need to do anything.
Before the sun set, not only was the house cleaned up, but all the necessary basic living supplies were also purchased from outside.
After all this, there was no problem living in Erlong's house. Chen Nanxing and two bodyguards settled down in this small village.
The house that had been empty for a long time was suddenly occupied by someone, and the villagers all came to join in the fun. In the first one or two days, Chen Nanxing still had the energy to deal with it, but on the third day, Chen Nanxing simply stayed indoors and didn't go out.
There is electricity in the mountainous area, but the signal is intermittent. This is just right because Chen Nanxing doesn't want to look at his phone at all. Before leaving, Chen Nanxing released a wave of evidence of Lin Shanglu's infidelity through the media.
So since coming here, Chen Nanxing's cell phone has been turned off all day long. On days when the house is not open, Chen Nanxing stays in the yard to bask in the sun and read.
The door had been closed for three days and no one had visited, so Chen Nanxing asked the bodyguard to reopen the door. Her range of activities became larger, and she would go out with a bodyguard from time to time.
In the isolated mountainous area, time seemed to have stopped. Before he knew it, Chen Nanxing had lived a leisurely and comfortable life for more than a week.
One evening when the sun was setting over the mountains, Chen Nanxing was standing in the courtyard where three people were eating with the door closed when a series of knocks on the door came from the front.
The three of them looked at each other. Bodyguard A put down his bowl and went to open the door. Chen Nanxing put down his bowl and listened carefully to the movement outside.
Perhaps because they were some distance apart, Chen Nanxing could not hear the conversation outside clearly. He could only hear the bodyguard's sporadic words such as "inside", "Miss Chen", and "eating".
When the bodyguard's voice could no longer be heard, footsteps came from outside. Chen Nanxing and bodyguard B turned their heads to look in that direction.
Dozens of seconds later, bodyguard A appeared in the courtyard, followed by Lan Mei, and then... it was Ji Chuan!
Chen Nanxing stood up from the wheelchair in astonishment: "Xiao Ji?"
This wheelchair has become Chen Nanxing's exclusive vehicle. Although her sprained ankle has healed long ago, the number of chairs in the Erlong family is scarce and difficult to make. In addition, Chen Nanxing is lazy and doesn't want to walk, so she still sits in a wheelchair.
Seeing Chen Nanxing, Ji Chuan was also very excited: "Nanxing! It's really you! I finally found you!"
Chen Nanxing could hardly believe her eyes, but the weight on her shoulders was real.
Ji Chuan was carrying a huge travel bag on his shoulders. Because his hands were on Chen Nanxing's shoulders, the pet bag in his hands was placed on the ground, and Lihua stayed inside obediently.
Perhaps because she saw Chen Nanxing, Lihua was as excited as her owner. She was spinning around in the pet bag and calling "Meow meow meow" at Chen Nanxing.
Unbelievable, Chen Nanxing dazedly took Lihua out of the pet bag. Before he could say anything, Lanmei, who came in with Ji Chuan, quietly moved to Chen Nanxing's side and whispered goodbye to him:
"Sister, I'm going home first."
Ji Chuan’s sudden visit had such a huge impact on Chen Nanxing that he ignored Lan Mei.
Hearing that she was leaving, Chen Nanxing immediately said, "I'll take you there."
Lan Mei's hand waved in refusal, leaving only a shadow: "No, no thanks, sister."
She was afraid that Chen Nanxing was really going to send her off, so she ran out after she finished speaking.
The nights pass quickly in the mountains in winter. Basically, it is dark in the village as soon as the sun sets behind the mountain. People here are frugal and reluctant to turn on the lights, so the village becomes even darker.
Through his discoveries over the past few days, Chen Nanxing learned that there are many men in this village. Even though Lanmei grew up here, Chen Nanxing was still worried about her walking this road alone at night, so he immediately asked bodyguard A to take a flashlight and send Lanmei home.
Bodyguard A left. Bodyguard B saw that Ji Chuan had a lot to say, so he tactfully moved a stool, took his meal, and sat at the entrance of the yard.
In this position, he can ensure that Chen Nanxing and Ji Chuan will not be disturbed, and he can keep an eye on Ji Chuan's every move. He can also react quickly when Chen Nanxing is in danger to prevent Chen Nanxing from being hurt.
There were only Chen Nanxing, Ji Chuan and a cat named Lihua left in the yard.
Ji Chuan did have a lot to say, but his hunger came out before his emotions, and it was even louder in this quiet environment. Ji Chuan touched his stomach awkwardly:
"Nanxing, can I eat here?"
"Brother Xu cooked extra rice today. I'll help you serve it."
Chen Nanxing was still a little confused. When he heard that Ji Chuan wanted to eat, he still didn't react. He held Lihua and went to serve Ji Chuan some rice.
Brother Xu is bodyguard B, and he takes turns cooking with bodyguard A, Brother Ren.
Ji Chuan tried his best to do what he could not do, and never let Chen Nanxing do what he could do.
"No, you sit down, I can go by myself." He put the huge travel bag on the ground against the table leg to prevent it from falling. After standing and looking around, he asked Chen Nanxing: "Where is the kitchen?"
Chen Nanxing sat down without hesitation. She took her hand off Lihua's head and pointed at the adobe house: "There."
Ji Chuan was really hungry. He filled a bowl with rice and sat on a wooden stool, eating with some green vegetables. Chen Nanxing was afraid that he would choke, so he went to the inner room to pour him a glass of water to help him.
"Eat slowly, don't rush."
It would have been fine if she hadn't said anything, but as soon as she did, Ji Chuan choked on a big mouthful of rice. He stretched his neck because of the choking, and Chen Nanxing quickly handed him the water.
With the help of water, Ji Chuan swallowed the meal with a painful expression. Chen Nanxing felt that he still needed to drink water, so he went to get the kettle from the house.
The food stuck in his throat was hard to swallow, and the belching that followed made Ji Chuan extremely uncomfortable. He held the bowl in his hand, hiccuping, and looked at Chen Nanxing pitifully with eyes filled with natural tears:
"Can I, hiccup, stay here today?"
What else could he do? In this remote mountainous area, where could he not even sleep on the streets? Where else could he live if not here?
"good."
Chen Nanxing couldn't kick him out, so he had to let the two bodyguards live in one room and leave the other room empty for Ji Chuan to move in.
Ji Chuan thought: "Then when you, hiccup, leave, hiccup, can you call, hiccup, come on me?"
The way he burped and talked at the same time was full of humor, but Chen Nanxing hadn't realized that she could see Ji Chuan in this small mountain village surrounded by mountains, so she couldn't laugh. She asked Ji Chuan about this topic:
"Didn't you see the letter I left for you?"
Ji Chuan burped: "I saw it."
Chen Nanxing couldn't understand his persistence.
"Then why are you..."
Ji Chuan had his own reasons: "Your foot was injured when you left. How could I let you be alone outside like this? I sent you text messages but you didn't reply to me. How can I feel at ease?"
As he spoke, he sounded more and more aggrieved, and even his tone was tinged with aggrievedness. Chen Nanxing didn't know what expression to use to say those words that Ji Chuan didn't like to hear, so he had to lower his eyelashes and not look at him.
"Xiao Ji, I'm not divorced yet. You're easily causing unnecessary trouble..."
She spoke so tactfully that Ji Chuan couldn't understand what she meant. Before she could finish her words, he was eager to express his opinion:
"I'm not afraid! I'm not afraid of trouble."
Young people's sincerity is always prone to impulsiveness. Chen Nanxing gently stroked Lihua's head, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a beautiful arc.
Ji Chuan seemed to have contracted a disease that made him laugh whenever Chen Nanxing laughed, but his smile only lasted for three seconds, because in the fourth second he heard Chen Nanxing say.
"But it's hard for me to do this."
It was raining heavily in Ji Chuan's world. He remained silent and did not respond. After their eyes met for a moment, Chen Nanxing was defeated before Ji Chuan.
She sighed softly and returned the topic to the original question: "Xiao Ji, how did you find yourself here?"
If Chen Nanxing didn't trust Ji Chuan's character, she would really suspect that Ji Chuan had installed a real-time locator for her.
Changing the subject, it was raining heavily and then turned cloudy in Jichuan again.
"I asked the hotel front desk, and they said you didn't leave alone. You had two bodyguards following you. So I figured you hadn't left Zhaofeng yet. Then I remembered you mentioned in Licheng that you were born in the mountains, so I came here to look for you."
It sounds like there is nothing wrong with it, but G City is mostly mountainous, and it is incredible that Ji Chuan can lock onto this one among so many mountainous areas. Chen Nanxing is incredulous:
"You found this place after searching?"
After saying so much, Ji Chuan's hiccups subsided, and he excitedly told Chen Nanxing about his successful path to finding her.
"Didn't you say you lived in an orphanage until you were twelve? I looked at the map and found there was only one orphanage in Zhaofeng. I went there to deliver some supplies to the children there and asked the staff about you. Luckily, Director Zhou of the orphanage remembered you. She said you were from Dingweng Township. After I got there, I rented a motorcycle and asked around in several villages, but they all said no. When I got here, I asked a girl, the one who just brought me here, and she said there was a beautiful sister in a wheelchair who had just arrived here. I thought it was you, so I asked her to bring me to see you, and sure enough, it was you!"
“…”
It was a tortuous and bizarre journey. There were about a hundred villages in Dingweng Township, and at least twenty villages were located in the mountains. Ji Chuan searched one by one. Chen Nanxing didn't know whether to praise him for his perseverance or for his stubborn temper.
Ji Chuan didn't notice either of them. He pulled out a camera from the large backpack on the corner of the table and held it in front of Chen Nanxing like a treasure.
"I filmed some videos at the orphanage, including an interview with Director Zhou. Would you like to see them?"
There was only one employee named Zhou in the orphanage who still recognized her, and that was her former caregiver, a gentle and bright aunt.
For a long time, Chen Nanxing regarded her as a mother-like figure.
Come to think of it, they haven't seen each other for so many years.
Chen Nanxing let go of Lihua, let it lie on his legs, then took Ji Chuan's camera with both hands.
"……Um."
Looking at Chen Nanxing's face as he lowered his head to watch the video, Ji Chuan felt so excited that it seemed as if a little man was dancing in his heart. He had filmed these specifically for Chen Nanxing to see.
They were both looking for Chen Nanxing. Ji Chuan relied on his strong reasoning ability and the little details that Chen Nanxing usually revealed to him and successfully found Chen Nanxing after nine days.
Meanwhile, Lin Shanglu was still frantically searching for Chen Nanxing all over the world.
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