"That Widow Xu hasn't read as much as you, how can she compare with you?" Aunt Wang boasted.
Wang Muling had seen so much flattery that she naturally wouldn't listen. She rolled her eyes and asked, "Aunt, who is that man who always helps Widow Xu?"
"Man?" Aunt Wang was confused for a moment, then immediately realized, "You mean Jun Haoyue?"
"Jun Haoyue..." Wang Muling repeated the name in his mouth. The person was as good-looking and nice-sounding as the name.
"Yes, it's him. Why does he help Widow Xu in everything? Are they husband and wife?" Then she overturned her guess, "Oh, no, Widow Xu is a widow, they can't be husband and wife. Then what is their relationship? Aunt, tell me~"
When Aunt Wang heard her asking about Jun Haoyue and saw the spring in her eyes, she thought to herself, oh no, her niece has also been bewitched by Jun Haoyue.
No, she couldn't let her niece be bewitched by the 'vixen'.
"Jun Haoyue is the cousin of Widow Xu. His family was so poor that he had nowhere to go, so he came here for refuge. He has nothing but a good-looking appearance and relies on Widow Xu for support." Aunt Wang made up the story without blinking an eye.
Wang Muling was indeed disappointed after hearing this. Such a good-looking guy turned out to be a gigolo. Tsk tsk, it really took away his points.
Aunt Wang stared at the changes in her expression and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the admiration in her eyes turn into disgust.
......
After Jun Haoyue took Xu Xingchen away from the field, he did not go home, but took her to the dead wood forest.
However, the dead wood forest now is no longer a 'dead wood forest'. With the spring breeze in April, all things come back to life, and the trees in the dead wood forest are lush and green, and the creepy feeling of winter is completely gone.
When we arrived at the forest, the mottled spots on the ground swayed with the wind, and the birds sang happily on the branches. It was peaceful and quiet, which made people feel comfortable.
Xu Xingchen took a deep breath of fresh air and asked, "Didn't you say the seedlings in the greenhouse were wrong? Why are they here?"
Jun Haoyue walked under a tree, stroked the trunk, and replied, "You seem too tense, come out and relax for a while."
Xu Xingchen pursed his lips and said, "I don't have any. I'm going back to check on the greenhouse." Then he was about to leave.
Jun Haoyue's feet collapsed and he grabbed her wrist, "You pushed yourself too hard. You've already paid for the villagers' losses. Just take a good rest."
Xu Xingchen turned around, hesitant, "That's it?"
"that's all."
"Okay." Xu Xingchen reluctantly accepted his kindness. Jun Haoyue secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
The two of them walked in the woods, the sun shining through the branches and leaves onto their bodies, making them feel warm but not too hot.
At first, the two of them were an arm's length apart, looking at each other without saying a word, and walking on their own.
Unconsciously, the sun set in the west. Xu Xingchen's brown eyes were illuminated by the setting sun, like glass, gleaming with light. "Let's go back."
Jun Haoyue looked into the depths of the forest and said, "Let's go a little further in."
Xu Xingchen didn't answer, but looked at him dimly. She felt that Jun Haoyue might be hiding something from her.
A wild rabbit whizzed past them. Jun Haoyue said, "Let's have roasted rabbit tonight. I'll go catch it."
As he said this, he nimbly entered the woods. Xu Xingchen let out a sigh and didn't even say the word of refusal.
After a moment's thought, she waited for him there. However, after a while, Jun Haoyue still hadn't returned, and the sun had already set. The forest, without any light, became eerie, and the owls' cooing added a terrifying sound effect.
Xu Xingchen was a little scared and called out timidly, "Jun Haoyue?"
Rustling, rustling.
This time, Jun Haoyue didn't scare her like he did during Dong Tian's time. He quickly showed up and said, "I'm here."
He was holding the rabbit's ears in his hand, and his body and head were covered with leaves. The gray rabbit raised its wet nose and stepped back and forth.
Xu Xingchen looked at the gray rabbit's eyes that looked like black grapes, and suddenly felt pity for it. "...I don't want to eat the rabbit. I was just about to call you, but you ran away quickly..."
Jun Haoyue curled his lips, "Okay." But he didn't let the rabbit go. Instead, he put it in her arms and said, "Keep it and eat it when you want to."
Xu Xingchen held the rabbit in her arms with a dazed look on her face. What she was thinking was, can she still eat the rabbit she raised?
Jun Haoyue looked at the sky and made a plan in his mind, "Let's go back."
"oh."
Xu Xingchen didn't know the way at night, so she couldn't follow the same route she had taken during the day. She felt that the road during the day was different from the road at night.
So she followed Jun Haoyue and let him lead the way. However, she didn't notice the secret smile on the man's face. Xu Xingchen didn't know how Jun Haoyue walked, but she felt that he was taking many twists and turns.
Suddenly, the scene before their eyes opened up, fireflies were dancing in the sky, and the bright green light surrounded them.
The fluorescent light shone on Jun Haoyue's face. There was a faint smile on Ruyu's face. He just stared at her quietly, with deep affection in his eyes.
Can't hide, can't escape.
Xu Xingchen's heartbeat quickened unconsciously, the tips of his ears slowly turned red, and he licked his lips unconsciously.
Jun Haoyue looked at her, his eyes becoming deeper. He quietly took her hand. The little hand in his big palm struggled slightly before letting it go. Just like that, he led her out of the woods.
When I reached the village entrance, there was no one in sight. Warm yellow candlelight was on in every household, which looked strangely similar to the fireflies that had just been flying all over the sky.
The road was quiet with only the two of them walking around. Xu Xingchen was still immersed in his own world and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
Jun Haoyue also led the way carefully to prevent someone who was in a daze from tripping or bumping into something.
Arriving at the door, "Stardust, we are home."
Xu Xingchen suddenly realized it. When she came to her senses, she immediately pulled away the hand that had been held all the way and stammered a "yes" in reply.
Jun Haoyue didn't care. He unlocked the door skillfully and pushed it open.
Xu Xingchen put her hands behind her back and clenched them twice. Her hands were still warm, carrying Jun Haoyue's body temperature.
She took a step forward to follow him in, but she felt a gaze on her from behind. She turned around in confusion, but it was pitch black all around, and there didn't seem to be anyone around.
"Stardust?"
Jun Haoyue found that the person behind her did not follow her, so she called her.
"Hey, here I come." Xu Xingchen shook his head, maybe he was wrong.
As soon as she opened the door to the inner room, the scene in front of her darkened. "Daddy~" Munduner suddenly hugged her head.
Xu Xingchen's face was filled with black lines. He held his son down and said, "I'm not the father, I'm the mother."
“Daddy——”
Mundun'er reached out to the other side again, and Jun Haoyue was one step away from her without her knowing.
Looking at the distance between them, Xu Xingchen put his hands on his hips and said, "You little heartless thing, the father you've been thinking about all the time won't even jump on you and has dodged you, yet you're still clinging to him."
Jun Haoyue hugged Munduner and teased him, "I'm just quick to react."
Xu Xingchen rolled his eyes, lit a candle, and placed Mundun's small backpack on the table.
She opened her small backpack and was greeted by a fragrant aroma. She took out the fragrant oil paper package and opened it to find that it was roast duck.
"Dun'er, you went to Kyoto?"
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