Chen Tan didn't expect Qin Li to do this. When she slid forward, in order to maintain her balance, she instinctively stretched out her arms and bumped into him.
She just happened to be lying in Qin Li's arms, hugging his waist.
After being stunned for a moment, she put her hands on his chest and tried to push him away in panic. However, the ice under her feet was very slippery, and she became increasingly unsteady.
Her body swayed left and right, and she could only grab Qin Li's clothes tightly and lean closer to him.
Qin Li turned around and just wanted to take her hand, but he didn't expect her to throw herself into his arms.
He lowered his eyes to look at the little head pressed against his chest, and smelled the faint and elegant girlish fragrance on her body. His ears turned red and his neck felt hot.
My heart is pounding.
Chen Tan's slightly trembling hands grabbed the clothes on both sides of his waist, slowly stepped back three steps, and finally stood up straight.
She lowered her head and closed her eyes, trying not to think about her own expression of social despair. She loosened his clothes and whispered, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."
"It's okay, I'm your elder brother."
Qin Li's tone was sour, but he kept his arms around Shen Tan. After making sure she was stable, he grabbed her wrist and said, "Mr. Meng's ox cart won't wait for anyone. Let's go."
"Um."
Chen Tan looked at the road that was still halfway downhill and did not refuse.
Holding Qin Li's hand, she did not slip again and walked steadily to the bottom of the mountain.
Qin Li saw a group of people waiting for the production team's ox cart at the village entrance, so he quickly let go of her, picked up the two baskets that had rolled down earlier, walked in front of her, and let her hold the baskets.
Chen Tan was secretly annoyed. Why didn't she think of grabbing the basket in his hand just now?
At least such an embarrassing scene wouldn't have happened.
When the people at the village entrance saw the two of them, they all craned their necks to look at Chen Tan, wanting to know who she was.
"She is the new woman Qin Li brought back?"
"I haven't seen it, I guess."
"Qin Li is really brave. He married an older woman and then found a younger one. Isn't he afraid of being caught?"
The whispers of the crowd made Meng Wenwu, the captain of the Dongwa team, who was standing behind the crowd, look cold.
Today's society is not the feudal society of the past. Marrying two wives is not a good idea.
He walked up to Qin Li and looked into Chen Tan's eyes, which were watery and very attractive.
It seems that the rumors in the village are true.
"Qin Li, come with me."
He waved his five fingers downward.
Qin Li saw why Meng Wenwu was looking for him.
He looked at Chen Tan, straightened her coat collar, and tightened the gray towel around her neck. "I'll be there in a moment."
"Well, go ahead." Chen Tan nodded.
The original owner didn't talk much and didn't interact with the villagers.
The group of women who were surrounding Shen Tan and waiting for Qin Li to leave, listening to her gentle tone, became more and more certain that Shen Tan was the girl Qin Li brought back from outside.
Meng Wenwu took Qin Li and stopped ten meters away.
"Qin Li, what's going on with that female comrade? If someone reports her, you'll be put under house arrest!"
He lowered his voice, but was quite angry.
"And that Chen Caihua, they all said you locked her up, what's going on?"
Qin Li is tall, and even wearing an old and fading army green coat, he looks mighty and upright.
With his full beard and deep gaze, he doesn't look at all like a 20-year-old young man.
He didn't reply immediately, but stared at Meng Wenwu for a few seconds, "You're not qualified to be a captain. You believe everything you hear. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"
Meng Wenwu's face flushed red from being rebuked. "What's this all just groundless speculation? When you went to buy cotton that day, were you hugging a beautiful woman?"
"Yes, it's that lesbian from today. What's wrong? I can't hug my own wife, right?"
After Qin Li finished speaking, he pursed his lips and gave a teasing smile.
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