Chapter 51: Orange-Flavored Fruit Candy

Ye Siling was lying.

Chi Wan saw through the lie immediately.

She knew in her heart that the shape of the dark red bruise couldn’t have been caused by a collision.

It was a complete circle.

Like a rope wrapped around her pale wrist.

How could anyone not be worried?

Chi Wan’s beautiful face grew gloomy, her expression heavy with concern.

Who was it?!

Who was hurting Ye Siling?!

There was no trace of this in the original novel Chi Wan had read.

Even without the golden finger of an omniscient perspective, she would find out who was hurting Ye Siling!

This matter, like a thorn, was deeply embedded in Chi Wan’s heart.

When Huo Nanchuan’s eyes swept over with concern, Chi Wan suppressed her heavy mood.

She forced a smile, pretending to be fine.

She even cheerfully patted the cloth bag at her waist.

Huo Nanchuan already had many things to worry about.

Chi Wan didn’t want to add to the troubles of this responsible man.

“Ah Chuan, let’s go~ We’ll go home quickly and plant the Blood Grass.”

“Mm.”

Huo Nanchuan responded softly.

They left from the small path behind the mountain.

Their figures remained close together, inseparable.

However.

Not long after they left.

Huo Nanchuan’s steps suddenly stopped.

He turned around abruptly.

His black eyes were like sharp arrows, looking towards the direction behind him and Chi Wan.

“Ah Chuan, what’s wrong?”

Chi Wan was startled.

She turned around as well.

At the same time, she saw Huo Nanchuan’s tense expression and the wary aura emanating from him.

Someone was behind them.

Huo Nanchuan clearly felt a gaze.

It was coming from behind him and Chi Wan.

It carried a chilling coldness.

It wrapped around his back.

Even though it was only for a brief moment, the feeling of his back turning cold made the man instinctively nervous.

Especially after experiencing Chi Wan being targeted.

Huo Nanchuan became more aware of his surroundings.

But when he turned to look.

There were two barren mountains in the distance, with dense forests inside.

On both sides of the mountain path were abandoned groves, also filled with trees.

It was quiet all around.

There was no one else besides him and Chi Wan.

This caused Huo Nanchuan’s brow to furrow.

But when he turned to look at Chi Wan, he quickly showed a gentle expression.

Huo Nanchuan simply said.

“It’s nothing, maybe I heard wrong. Let’s go home quickly.”

Chi Wan’s mind was still preoccupied with Ye Siling’s matter.

So she hadn’t paid much attention to her surroundings.

When Huo Nanchuan’s expression changed.

Chi Wan listened carefully to the sounds around her as she left with Huo Nanchuan.

There was the sound of the wind, the rustling of leaves.

There was the sound of water, the gentle flow of the stream.

And also…

Crack!

It was the sound of a branch breaking.

As if it had been stepped on by someone.

Huo Nanchuan’s feeling was right.

Someone was indeed hiding behind them, watching them with dangerous eyes.

…

“Sister-in-law, this… isn’t this just a wild grass from the back of the mountain?”

That evening after dinner.

The entire Huo family, except for Huo Nanchuan who was in the house, were gathered in the courtyard.

As the weather got hotter, the sunlight also lasted longer.

The glow of the sunset still lingered.

The sky was still bright.

They all squatted around the well in the courtyard.

Of course, they weren’t looking at the unchanging well, but at the Blood Grass that Chi Wan carefully nurtured beside the well.

After returning at noon.

Huo Nanchuan found several earthenware jars and took a hoe to dig the most fertile black soil from the field.

He prepared everything for Chi Wan.

Chi Wan only needed to hold the Blood Grass and carefully place it in the small pit of soil.

There were six earthenware jars in total.

Chi Wan chose the best feng shui location in the courtyard, which was next to the well, and carefully protected it.

She even wished she could check on it three times a day.

Hoping that the Blood Grass would multiply, one becoming two, two becoming three.

When Huo Dongzhi and Huo Chuchun came back.

They also noticed the new things in the courtyard.

Zhang Yue’e, fearing that the two youngsters would fight and play, even reminded them several times.

“That thing is your sister-in-law’s precious treasure. It’s very valuable. When you’re playing in the courtyard, be careful and don’t break it!”

Her tone was full of anxiety.

Actually, for Zhang Yue’e, she didn’t understand herbal medicine, and to her, it looked no different from wild grass.

She just followed Chi Wan’s lead and cherished it.

After all, trusting Chi Wan was always right.

As a result.

Huo Dongzhi and Huo Chuchun became even more curious.

After dinner.

They squatted in front of the earthenware jars, shaking their heads and looking carefully, round and round.

But no matter how they looked.

They couldn’t see a single flower…

And there was Huo Dongzhi’s initial question.

This thing was simply a weed, not even as beautiful as the orchids at Li Shu’s house next door.

The orchids didn’t bloom, but at least their leaves were emerald green, and they didn’t turn yellow in winter.

Faced with such criticism.

Before Chi Wan could speak.

Huo Chuchun spoke up in a serious tone.

“Second Brother, you don’t understand. This is called Blood Grass! Sister-in-law said it’s a very precious medicinal herb, not even available in the city, only in our village.”

Being told off by a girl younger than him.

The boy’s face flushed red.

Huo Dongzhi retorted.

“You know so much? Then do you know what the Blood Grass does?”

Faced with the counter-question.

Huo Chuchun remained calm, her face still beaming with a smile.

She confidently said.

“I don’t know now, but Sister-in-law will definitely tell me.”

Huo Chuchun turned to Chi Wan again.

She asked with sparkling eyes, “Sister-in-law, isn’t that right?”

At this moment, the bright girl was completely different from the shy and timid girl she used to be.

Chi Wan immediately responded.

“Of course. Whatever our Chuchun wants to know, Sister-in-law will tell you everything.”

Her words were full of care.

Huo Dongzhi on the side felt like he was being excluded from the two women.

He muttered softly.

“Hmph, you’re just Sister-in-law’s shadow. Always Sister-in-law this, Sister-in-law that.”

“So what, because Sister-in-law is the best to me! I just like Sister-in-law the most!”

Huo Chuchun not only said it, but also hooked her arm around Chi Wan’s.

The two leaned shoulder to shoulder.

Head to head.

“But you used to…”

Huo Dongzhi’s expression was anxious, his lips moved, and some words were about to come out.

But they got stuck in his throat.

He didn’t know why, but he couldn’t utter a single word.

Before…

Before you were clearly my shadow.

When you cried, when you laughed, you always clung to me.

Boys and girls grow up, and due to their increasing physical maturity, they gradually drift apart.

All of this is normal.

And in the entire village, there was no better brother-sister relationship than his and Huo Chuchun’s.

But why…

Huo Dongzhi felt a kind of restlessness that he couldn’t express at his age.

This restlessness was even without reason.

On the side.

Huo Chuchun was still happy, asking Chi Wan all sorts of questions, wanting to know why the Blood Grass was red, why it looked so ordinary…

The inquisitive girl had countless questions.

Chi Wan patiently answered them all.

But at the same time.

Half of Chi Wan’s attention was on Huo Nanchuan in the house.

She heard a clear “tick-tock.”

A very soft sound.

Only Chi Wan could hear it.

Her face lit up with joy.

Chi Wan suddenly stood up, gave Huo Chuchun a random excuse, and turned to walk towards the small house.

Beside the well.

In front of the earthenware jars.

Huo Chuchun and Huo Dongzhi were still half-squatting.

Huo Chuchun poked the stubborn and awkward boy next to her.

She smiled with her crescent eyes, “Second Brother, are you angry?”

“Hmph, I’m not angry.”

Huo Dongzhi snorted, his dark bright eyes fixed on the Blood Grass, staring blankly, but he couldn’t help but glance at the girl next to him.

The corners of his mouth were also tightly pursed.

They were still drooping.

If he said he wasn’t angry, no one would believe him.

Huo Chuchun looked at Huo Dongzhi and couldn’t help but steal a smile.

She didn’t laugh out loud.

Just starlight-like brilliance flashed in her clear pupils.

Huo Chuchun reached into her pocket and took out a small candy wrapped in shiny candy paper.

She spread out her tender white palm.

She handed it to Huo Dongzhi.

“Second Brother, here you go.”

“It’s the fruit candy Sister-in-law gave me.”

“I picked them out, I picked out all the orange-flavored fruit candies. This one is for you~.”

Huo Chuchun knew that Huo Dongzhi liked orange-flavored fruit candies the most.

So she carefully picked them out, not eating a single one herself, wanting to keep them all for Huo Dongzhi.

The stubborn expression on the boy’s face gradually disappeared.

The sharpness in his brows and eyes softened into a gentle smile.

When Huo Chuchun stuffed the candy into his palm.

Huo Dongzhi mumbled softly.

“I’m not a child anymore, you don’t need to coax me like this…”

But.

Huo Dongzhi, who was not a child anymore, was indeed coaxed by an orange-flavored fruit candy.

…

Inside the house.

As soon as Chi Wan stepped through the door, she immediately asked.

“Ah Chuan, are you done?”

Huo Nanchuan had just taken off the magnifying glass that was clipped to his eyes.

His deep brows were still tired from using his eyes too much, and he was pinching the bridge of his nose with his fingers.

He relaxed his tense nerves slightly.

He immediately heard Chi Wan’s clear and soft voice.

He opened his eyes slightly.

In his blurry vision, he immediately saw a bright and charming smile.

Chi Wan’s face was right in front of his eyes.

In an instant.

His fatigue faded, and his vision was clear again.

Huo Nanchuan unconsciously raised the corners of his lips.

He said with a smile, “I’m done, it’s all finished.”

Huo Nanchuan’s task this time was a bit difficult.

After all, watches were much more intricate than bicycles, with layers upon layers of complex parts and structures.

He had finished most of it a few days ago.

But there was one, not a watch, but a pocket watch.

Although both were clocks, there were some differences in their internal construction.

Huo Nanchuan spent two days on it.

The progress was still very slow.

He was busy with other things during the day, so he could only work late at night with a flashlight.

Chi Wan couldn’t help at all in this matter.

She could only help him press acupoints to relieve the tension around his eyes when Huo Nanchuan used his eyes too much.

When she heard the clear “tick-tock.”

Fortunately, all the hard work had paid off.

Chi Wan looked at Huo Nanchuan’s workbench.

It was actually just a broken old table.

On one side were several silver watches, and in the middle was a golden pocket watch.

This pocket watch was probably an antique.

The golden metal case even had some delicate carvings.

And now.

The hour hand, the second hand, were all ticking gently.

The combined value of these things was probably more than everything in the house.

Chi Wan couldn’t help but feel happy for Huo Nanchuan.

She felt proud for this man.

She excitedly stepped forward and cupped Huo Nanchuan’s cheeks.

She kissed his cheek hard.

Bo~

It made a clear sound.

“Ah Chuan, you’re so amazing!”

Chi Wan’s eyes curved slightly, and the smile on her red lips was like blooming peach blossoms.

Huo Nanchuan even smelled a faint floral scent at that moment.

On the soft touch of his cheek.

And in the breath on his nose.

The hard work of the past few nights was insignificant at this moment.

He slowly raised his hand.

His strong arm wrapped around Chi Wan’s slender waist.

With a slight twist of his wrist, Chi Wan fell into his arms and sat gently on his lap.

The faint fragrance became even stronger.

Chi Wan wrapped her arms around Huo Nanchuan’s neck.

She leaned softly against the man’s chest.

She silently deepened this intimate embrace.

She leaned against Huo Nanchuan’s shoulder and whispered, “Ah Chuan, aren’t you going to deliver the goods to Brother Zheng tomorrow?”

“Mm.”

Huo Nanchuan responded softly.

As he nodded, he glanced at Chi Wan’s face.

Unsurprisingly, he saw the slyness behind her bright eyes.

Chi Wan immediately followed up, “But aren’t you going to discuss the contract with Secretary He tomorrow? Why don’t I go to the county to deliver the goods? Don’t worry, I can ride a bicycle now.”

Just talking about this.

Chi Wan couldn’t help but beam with excitement.

Her heart was so eager.

Huo Nanchuan’s eyes were filled with tenderness.

He said softly with a smile, “So, this is why you’re throwing yourself at me?”

This scene.

Wasn’t it throwing herself at him?

Chi Wan raised her pointed chin and asked with a smile.

“So, do you agree?”

Huo Nanchuan’s gaze deepened slightly.

He murmured, “Mm, you can try harder.”

The following words.

Disappeared in the kiss between their tightly pressed lips.

Chi Wan’s slender wrist tightened even more.

That’s how it was.

The next day, the task of delivering the watches to Zheng Kui in the county fell to Chi Wan.

Chi Wan specifically asked for leave from the production team.

That night, she once again carefully checked the inventory in her Spirit Treasure Space.

She clearly recorded everything, from rice and wheat, potatoes and sweet potatoes, to chicken, duck, fish, and meat.

This trip, she wasn’t just going to deliver goods, but also to find a way to make money.