Chapter 8

As Li Yuechan was examining the man, the man was also examining the girl in front of him.

He knew he was quite handsome, but this girl’s gaze at him was a bit too direct, wasn’t it?

Gu Zhixing lightly coughed and said a little embarrassedly, “Um… Are you okay?”

Li Yuechan lifted her small face, revealing a dazzling smile, and said, “I’m fine, how about you?”

Gu Zhixing had meant to say he was fine, but suddenly a sharp pain shot through his waist, probably from accidentally hitting a rock when they tumbled down the slope.

While rubbing his waist, he still told the girl, “I’m fine.”

Seeing this, Li Yuechan furrowed her brows, inwardly pondering: This man’s waist doesn’t seem to be doing too well! That won’t do, a man’s waist is very important.

The passion that had just been ignited was instantly cooled like a bucket of ice water.

She responded indifferently, “Thanks.”

After saying that, she turned her head to look for her bicycle.

Gu Zhixing just stood there dumbly, he couldn’t hear the girl’s thoughts, and felt like the girl’s enthusiasm had suddenly disappeared.

In his previous life, Gu Zhixing’s fate had been tumultuous, and he had eventually met a tragic end in the cold prison.

However, who would have thought that when he opened his eyes again, he had miraculously returned to his 25-year-old self.

From that moment on, he had secretly sworn that in this lifetime, he would definitely find the true culprit who had framed him and sent him to prison, to avenge this grievance.

Later, he discovered that as long as he made eye contact with someone, he could know what they were thinking.

This made him overjoyed, but also a little uneasy, and he couldn’t help but sigh inwardly: Heaven was really good to him!

On the other side, Li Yuechan propped up her bicycle, but found that the handlebars were crooked. Now what? She could repair cars and airplanes, but had never fixed a bicycle before.

Li Yuechan watched as the man just walked over, clamped the front wheel between his legs, and started tinkering.

Li Yuechan took it back and looked, wow, he had really fixed it! This man was quite capable!

She smiled and said to the man, “Thank you!”

Gu Zhixing also smiled and replied, “No problem!”

Li Yuechan looked at the man, he was wearing a white shirt and ordinary black pants, but somehow it seemed a bit strange to her.

So she curiously asked, “Are you a soldier?”

Gu Zhixing’s pupils suddenly contracted, and Li Yuechan’s heart skipped a beat, thinking, “Ah, I guess he must be on some special mission!”

She quickly waved her hands and said, “I didn’t ask anything, I don’t know anything.”

Then Li Yuechan got on her bicycle and waved to the man, “I’m leaving now, thank you today!”

Gu Zhixing watched the girl’s retreating back, feeling his heartbeat quickening.

He struggled to suppress the fluttering in his heart, as his purpose in coming to the Huaishu Village this time was a very important mission!

Gu Zhixing took a deep breath and turned to walk towards the village.

Li Yuechan rode for a while longer and finally arrived at her adoptive grandmother’s place.

Looking at those nicely built brick and tile houses, wow, the whole way here was just mud houses, her grandma’s family seemed to be doing quite well.

She lifted her head and knocked on the door, then pushed the bicycle and walked in boldly.

At this time, her grandmother should be home, while the others had probably gone to work.

She opened her mouth and shouted loudly, “Grandma~”

A plump old lady with a headscarf came out from the house, her drooping eyes staring straight at Li Yuechan, and asked, “What, you’re back alone, where’s your mom?”

“Oh, my mom went to work, we don’t have any eggs at home, so I came to exchange some.”

The old lady glanced at Li Yuechan’s empty basket, pursed her lips and said, “Wait.”

In no time, she came out of the house carrying a basket, “Here are a hundred eggs, give me the money.” She extended her thick, fat hand.

Li Yuechan puckered her lips and fished out six yuan from her pocket, handing it to her grandmother, “Grandma, keep it.”

Inwardly, she was grumbling that the eggs in the village cost only a few cents each, but her grandmother was charging six cents, she was really being unfair.

Huang Hehua counted the money, satisfied, and stuffed it into her own pocket. Just as Li Yuechan was about to push the bike and leave, her grandmother said again, “How about the basket money, one cent, give it to me.”

Li Yuechan showed her teeth, this basket was her grandfather’s own woven willow basket, and she was still asking for money. But she didn’t want to take advantage of them, so she took out another cent and handed it to her.

She shouted loudly, “Grandma, you keep it.”

Thinking about it, Li Yuechan said again, “Grandma, I’ve been riding for more than an hour, my stomach is so hungry, do you have anything to eat at home? Can you make me something?”

To her surprise, Huang Hehua’s eyes widened like copper bells, “Nothing to eat, the family is almost out of food, go back and eat at your own home.”

Li Yuechan looked at her plump grandmother, and she didn’t look like someone who couldn’t get enough to eat.

“Okay then, Grandma, I’m leaving.”

“Go, go, hurry back home, you might still catch the noon meal.”

Li Yuechan saw her grandmother chasing her away like swatting a fly. Alright, she was just an unwelcome person.

She rolled her eyes, and in a flash, ran into the kitchen, grabbed a piece of cake in her mouth, and rode off on her bike.

Huang Hehua opened her mouth wide, she had just been momentarily stunned, what had happened?

She grabbed a broom and chased after her, “You little bitch, give me back my cake.” But Li Yuechan’s figure had already disappeared outside.

Li Yuechan turned a corner and put the eggs in her space, if they broke it would be heartbreaking, and no one would know since they were covered with a cloth.

While eating the cake hungrily and riding the bike, hmph, might as well eat it if she could.

She hadn’t even left the village yet when she saw the man from earlier walking into the village, and he was walking quite fast. So he came over so quickly? No wonder with those 1.8-meter long legs.

Li Yuechan didn’t greet him, she just rode her bicycle away.

These people of this era are always gossiping, if she greeted him, she might be labeled as a loose woman, it’s better to keep her distance.

Gu Zhixing watched the girl leave without greeting him, feeling a little disappointed in his heart, shaking his head and chuckling self-deprecatingly.

He came to a courtyard, knocked on the door, and walked in after it opened.