Under Jiang Li's shocked gaze, Lu Chaoli said seriously: "Comrade Xiao Jiang, I like you."

There was no expression on Jiang Li's face except surprise, and she did not avoid Lu Chaoli's serious expression.

Lu Chaoli clasped Jiang Li's shoulders with both hands, leaned over and looked at her. The shock on Jiang Li's face gradually dissipated, and what remained was only calmness.

She looked at Lu Chaoli quietly without saying a word. Seeing this, Lu Chaoli's heart, which was filled with passionate love, gradually sank.

He seemed to already know the answer.

Lu Chaoli forced a smile, then stood up and loosened his grip on Jiang Li's shoulders. Fearing that the two of them would be embarrassed in the future because of his abrupt decision tonight, Lu Chaoli quickly changed the subject.

"It's getting late. I'll take Comrade Xiao Jiang back home."

Lu Chaoli turned around first as he spoke. The moment he turned around, the smile that he had forced on the corners of his mouth slowly fell, and his usually bright peach blossom eyes gradually became dim.

He should have known this result a long time ago, right?

After all, he was unsure from the beginning.

Comrade Xiao Jiang is from the city and will return to the city in five years. Comrade Xiao Jiang is good-looking and educated. What kind of partner can he not find?

He was just a poor boy with nothing. How could he give Comrade Xiao Jiang a better life? Lu Chaoli smiled self-deprecatingly.

He took a deep breath and suddenly felt a little regretful for rashly saying these words that had been hidden in his heart for a long time.

Tonight he broke the window paper between the two of them. Comrade Xiao Jiang will probably avoid him in the future, right? Lu Chaoli took a deep breath, trying to suppress the messy emotions in his mind, but the more he wanted to escape, the more the loss and worry in his heart would rise from the bottom of his heart.

Lu Chaoli lowered his eyes somewhat dejectedly. He was about to send Jiang Li back to the Youth League Institute, but just as he took a step, he heard Jiang Li's voice from behind him.

"Lu Chaoli, I seem to... fall in love with you too."

Lu Chaoli stopped where he was, and his eyes, which had been lowered, suddenly raised!

His brain suddenly went blank, and the chirping of cicadas and crickets around him were all automatically blocked out by him.

Lu Chaoli stood there with his eyes wide open, not knowing how to react for a moment.

Seeing that he didn't turn around, Jiang Li walked up to him.

"What’s wrong with you?"

After hearing Jiang Li's voice again, Lu Chaoli seemed to have his acupoints activated and excitedly grabbed Jiang Li's shoulders.

"Comrade Xiao Jiang, what did you just say?"

Lu Chaoli's eyes rippled and he looked at Jiang Li expectantly.

Under his expectant gaze, Jiang Li repeated what she had just said: "I think I like you too."

As soon as the voice fell, Jiang Li's body instantly flew into the air.

"Comrade Xiao Jiang said she likes me. Comrade Xiao Jiang said she likes me!"

Lu Chaoli picked up Jiang Li and spun around excitedly. The originally silent forest was now filled with his excited laughter.

Jiang Li exclaimed and subconsciously hugged Lu Chaoli's neck.

"Lu Zhaoli, put me down! You're making me dizzy!"

"No, I will never let you go again in this life!"

Lu Chaoli looked up at her with a firm attitude, his mouth almost stretched to his ears.

Although he did not let go of Jiang Li, he did not continue to hold her in circles. He stood where he was, looking up at Jiang Li who was so close to him, exuding a rebellious air.

Lu Chaoli, who had caught up with the person he liked, felt like he had won a battle, and his whole body exuded a sense of joy.

He held Jiang Li tightly in his arms. Jiang Li's weight was very light for him, so light that he didn't feel tired at all even after holding her and walking around the village three times.

Jiang Li hugged Lu Chaoli's neck, looked down at him, with a smile in her eyes and at the corners of her mouth.

Jiang Li raised her eyebrows and looked at Lu Chaoli, who was baring his teeth. "So happy? Tell me, how long have you been coveting me?"

Lu Chaoli looked at her and said word by word: "I have been coveting you since the first time I saw you."

Under Jiang Li's gaze, Lu Chaoli repeated what he had just said.

"Comrade Xiao Jiang, I like you. I have liked you since the first time I saw you."

Lu Chaoli looked frankly and told her without hiding anything that he had liked Jiang Li since the first time he saw her.

His mother called this situation "compatibility", his father called it "magnetic attraction", and he called it "love at first sight".

It's all about you, it's all about you.

Jiang Li's lips curled up slightly: "Then why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Lu Chaoli's eyes were a little evasive: "I, I'm afraid you will reject me and think I'm superficial, so I want you to get to know me better."

Lu Chaoli has always been as bold as an ox, but he was timid when it came to confessing his love to Jiang Li.

Jiang Li covered her mouth and laughed out loud, and Lu Chaoli also laughed.

It was the first time that Jiang Li saw him laughing like an idiot. She patted Lu Chaoli on the shoulder and said, "Put me down quickly. Don't you think it's too heavy to hold me up all the time?"

Lu Chaoli shook his head without hesitation: "It's not sinking, not at all. I'm willing to hold it for my whole life."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and put me down."

At Jiang Li's insistence, Lu Chaoli let her go.

As soon as he put the person on the ground, Lu Chaoli grabbed Jiang Li's hand, holding her tightly as if he was afraid that Jiang Li would go back on her word.

"I'll take Comrade Xiao Jiang back to the Youth Institute."

Jiang Li nodded, and when she was about to move forward, Lu Chaoli took her in another direction.

Just now, that bastard Zhou Guoqing blocked Jiang Li in the woods in front. Lu Chaoli was afraid that Jiang Li would have a psychological trauma so he didn't go through that side.

The two held hands and talked and laughed, with the moonlight and the fragrance of flowers serving as their backdrop.

When they were halfway there, Lu Chaoli suddenly stopped and asked, "Comrade Jiang, are you tired after walking so far?"

Jiang Li tilted her head and looked at him first: "Don't worry, you won't be tired even if you walk this far."

But Lu Chaoli thought that Jiang Li was being polite to him. How could Comrade Jiang not be tired after running so far in one breath to avoid that bastard?

Thinking of this, Lu Chaoli took two steps forward, grabbed Jiang Li's arm and let her put it on his shoulder, and then he pulled Jiang Li's entire body onto his back.

"I'll carry Comrade Xiao Jiang back."

Lu Chaoli turned around and looked at Jiang Li behind him.

Jiang Li put her arms around Lu Chaoli's neck, with a faint smile in her eyes: "Okay."

The school is at the west end of the village. If you go around the road at the west end of the village to go to the educated youth institute, you can only come to the village. Usually at this time, the villagers are eating at home, and they didn't see anyone along the way. But as they walked, they suddenly heard a noisy sound coming from the front.

Jiang Li then realized belatedly that the village chief had called a meeting of the villagers today.

Hearing the sound coming from far away and getting closer, Jiang Li hurriedly patted Lu Chaoli on the shoulder.

"Lu Zhaoli, please put me down."