"Well, Wenwen..." Xu Xiangdong was thinking about how to express his gratitude to Tao Wenwen, and then he remembered that Hu Zi's mother had just suggested stewing potatoes for her. It seemed that his thanks seemed too insincere, but the family usually did not have enough food for the whole family, and they could not afford any extra food.
Thinking of this, Xu Xiangdong found it even more difficult to speak.
"Hmm?" Tao Wenwen glanced at him sideways. After a long wait for his next words, she asked again, "What's wrong?"
Xu Xiangdong scratched his head, feeling rather embarrassed. "Well, thank you for what happened today. And don't take my mom's words too seriously... She's just a bit harsh, but she's actually a very nice person."
Tao Wenwen tilted her head and thought, no child would be willing to say with her own mouth that her parents are bad people. Even she, who had endured so many years in her previous life, was unwilling to say this out loud.
"I don't care." Tao Wenwen said lightly: "If you stand up and testify for me, I will help you save your sister. I will repay the favor I owe you."
Speaking of favors, Xu Xiangdong's face turned red with embarrassment. All the medicines he got from Wang Xiaomin over the years and the favors he owed him could not be repaid even if he stood up to testify for Tao Wenwen a hundred times.
He also knew that Tao Wenwen said this just because she didn't want him to take it too seriously.
Everyone in the Tao family is very kind.
Xu Xiangdong thought with emotion and secretly glanced at Tao Wenwen again in the moonlight. He really wanted to say something to her, but he was too tongue-tied and didn't know what to say at all.
And Tao Wenwen seems to have changed now.
In the past, Tao Wenwen was timid and stayed at home all day long. Sometimes when he saw her, he wanted to talk to her, but she would either ignore him or go upstairs and ignore him again. In his eyes, Tao Wenwen at that time was just a fragile and pitiful little sister.
It was only during the two times I met Tao Wenwen that I realized how much she had changed. She was willing to go out of the village and talk to everyone. She walked with her back straight and could fight back on the spot if she was bullied.
Xu Xiangdong also realized that Tao Wenwen, who had always been like a child, had grown into a big girl without him noticing.
When she stood next to him, she was as tall as his shoulders. Moreover, she was not like other girls in the village. She was dirty all over because she had to do farm work in the fields every day. Her skin was dark after being exposed to wind and sun for a long time. Her hair was dry and yellow. She looked like an old aunt even though she was only seventeen or eighteen years old.
Comparing Tao Wenwen with them, Xu Xiangdong suddenly felt that Tao Wenwen was like a flower growing by the riverbank, beautiful and clean, the kind that makes people want to pick it and take it home to appreciate it...
When Xu Xiangdong thought of flowers, he seemed to really smell a scent of flowers. He didn't know what the scent was, so he sniffed it hard. The pleasant fragrance seemed to come from Tao Wenwen's body. It was so faint that it made people even more fascinated.
Xu Xiangdong was shocked by his own thoughts and hurriedly took a few steps back, putting a little distance between him and Tao Wenwen.
Tao Wenwen did not notice Xu Xiangdong's changes. All her attention was on the intersection of the path ahead. In the moonlight, there seemed to be several figures wandering there. Faintly, she could hear their voices, and as they got closer, the voices in front became louder and louder.
The voice sounded familiar, with a ferocious tone.
Tao Wenwen immediately guessed who those people were at the intersection and stopped.
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