Chapter 140 His intentions are not pure!
He glanced at her silently, "Gossip spreads so quickly in the village. Don't you even bother to tell the truth from the lies? You just blurt it out."
"What else?" Yan Huiqi looked at her with a smile.
"Don't you know that in the first two months after you came back, people were saying that you came back to take care of the baby because you were pregnant?"
Yan Ruo shook his head helplessly, "I really don't know."
As he spoke, he looked at the little guy who was squatting on the ground, holding Yan Huiqi's calf and rummaging through the leaves.
"Aren't you afraid that she'll get pricked by the chestnut ball?"
Yan Huiqi glanced down and said, "It's okay. I've checked this small piece. If I don't let her have her fun, she'll cry again."
"Then why did you bring her here?"
"It's not that I wanted to bring her here, but she saw her brothers and sisters coming out and insisted on following. What can I do?"
Seeing her helpless and vicissitudes of life, Yan Ruo could only respond with sympathy, "Then you can slowly take care of the children here. I'm going to go pick chestnuts."
There was little sunlight in the chestnut forest, and a gentle breeze blew from time to time, but there were too many mosquitoes. Fortunately, both of them were well prepared.
Xu Shaoyu imitated Yan Ruo and searched for a long time before he found a chestnut.
Seeing Yan Ruo's continuous progress, he couldn't help but feel curious, "When did your eyesight get so good?"
Yan Ruo raised the corners of his lips, cleared his throat, and said solemnly, "This is all experience."
Xu Shaoyu wondered, "Doesn't this chestnut forest have an owner?"
"Not now, but there were in the past." While speaking, Yan Ruo picked up a chestnut ball and pried out the chestnuts inside with a clamp while speaking.
"When I was little, we would only come to pick up the crops after the owners had finished harvesting. The owners usually didn't harvest very cleanly, so even children could come and pick up some snacks."
After picking chestnuts for two hours, shaking half a bag of chestnuts, and looking at the forest ahead that he had never been to, Yan Ruo still felt a little unsatisfied.
Finally, he withdrew his gaze and said, "Let's go back."
Xu Shaoyu took the things from her hand and asked, "Don't you want to go check over there?"
Yan Ruo shook her head. "Forget it. Just have fun and reminisce about my childhood. I've been busy for two hours and my eyes are blurry."
Xu Shaoyu held her hand and said, "Then let's go back."
The sun was setting in the west, casting specks of light through the tall chestnut trees. A cool autumn breeze blew gently, and the leaves underfoot made a rustling sound.
Neither of them spoke, their fingers tightly clasped as they walked slowly forward, feeling an unprecedented tranquility and warmth.
It took more than twenty minutes to walk to where the electric scooter was parked.
After putting the things into the frame in front, Yan Ruo sat on the electric scooter and patted the seat at the back, "Come on, I'll take you for a ride."
Xu Shaoyu looked speechlessly at the short, slow-moving electric scooter, "How dare you say something like 'going for a ride'?"
Yan Ruo smiled and was about to say something when a car passing by slowly stopped and backed up to them.
Who is this? She was a little surprised because the license plate of the car was unfamiliar.
As the car window slowly rolled down, a familiar face appeared in front of Yan Ruo.
The man in the car had one hand on the steering wheel and the other on the car window. When he looked over, there was disdain and complacency in his eyes.
"Yan Ruo, it really is you. I thought I recognized the wrong person."
Because she was out picking chestnuts, Yan Ruo deliberately wore some gray clothes, not afraid of getting them dirty or getting them tangled.
He was wearing a half-worn straw hat on his head and the sleeves that Yan's mother wore when she worked, and he looked a little shabby.
She searched her mind for a long time before finally remembering the other person's name, "Zhou Ming?"
Zhou Ming had a bright smile on his face, but when he looked at Yan Ruo, his expression was rather condescending. He glanced at the basket where the bags were placed.
"I'm picking chestnuts. This is all I've picked up in an entire afternoon. Why are you being so frugal? You could buy a whole bag at the market with just a few dozen yuan."
"I'm about to go to the county town. How about I buy some for you?"
Yan Ruo frowned and said, "No, it's just that I haven't picked chestnuts in a long time, so I brought my boyfriend here to experience it."
"Boyfriend?" Zhou Ming's gaze shifted to the man next to him who had remained silent, but he was shocked by his appearance and aura.
"What does your boyfriend do?"
Yan Ruo glanced at Xu Shaoyu and said, "Just like me, an ordinary worker."
Zhou Ming breathed a sigh of relief. A poor worker standing there pretending to be a boss.
He stepped back, revealing the beautiful young woman in the passenger seat, and introduced her proudly, "This is my girlfriend, Lisa."
Yan Ruo greeted with a smile, "Hello, Yan Ruo."
Lisa looked her up and down, with disgust in her eyes. When her gaze swept over Xu Shaoyu, her eyes lit up obviously.
After a few seconds of pause, he reluctantly replied to Yan Ruo, "Hello."
Zhou Ming looked at his girlfriend lovingly and started explaining to himself.
"Lisa is from South City and has never lived in the countryside. She can't get used to living here, so I specially booked a room at the Muyun Hotel in the county town."
Muyun is the most luxurious hotel in the local county. It is said that the most expensive room costs one or two thousand yuan a night.
Although this is the countryside, life is very convenient with water and electricity.
Is he showing off that he has a Princess and the Pea as his girlfriend?
Yan Ruo remained calm and nodded noncommittally. "In that case, I won't waste your time."
But Zhou Ming didn't seem to be in a hurry to take his girlfriend to the county town.
"It's not that urgent. We haven't seen each other for years. I heard that you recently started a business at home, selling agricultural products?"
Yan Ruo nodded and said politely, "Yes, if anyone around you needs it, remember to recommend it."
"Of course." Zhou Ming responded, but his face was full of disapproval.
"But, does anyone buy the things we produce here? If you want to start a business, why don't you choose a reliable field?"
"Like me, I work as a software developer in South City. Now I have a house and a car. If you want to find a job in South City, you can always come to me."
"After all, we've known each other for so many years, so I can still help with this. Lisa can also help. Her father's company just established a partnership with the Xu Group and is in the process of expanding its operations, so they need to hire a lot of people."
Lisa quickly spoke up, "Xu's requirements for partners are very strict, and my company also has requirements for recruiting people."
Xu Group, Yan Ruo glanced at the somewhat dusty Xu Group president who had just finished picking chestnuts, and looked at the two people in the car with a subtle expression.
"I'm doing okay now, so I won't bother you."
After talking for a while, seeing that she still looked indifferent, Zhou Ming probably felt that it was boring and left.
Looking at the car going away, Yan Ru took a deep breath and finally left.
Xu Shaoyu, who had been silent the whole time, said calmly, "That guy named Zhou something, does he have ulterior motives towards you?"
Yan Ruo had an expression that said, "Listen to what you are saying," and said, "He has a girlfriend."
Xu Shaoyu, "That means I pursued you before."
"Well, it seems, I guess so. But I never thought about him. How did you guess that?"
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