Wear it quickly! My mad dog-like host!

Mingyi gave Yu Mingxiu a thumbs up, her face full of sincerity: "Amazing."

How can you not be impressive if you can render a puppet, whose perception of human emotions is limited, speechless?

Long-lost brothers and sisters... "Cough cough cough cough..."

Mingyi coughed a few times with a laugh and asked Yu Mingxiu directly, "Then which side of your parents' past do you think we are?"

Yu Mingxiu stared at Mingyi in silence for a long while, then pursed her lips, unsure of where to begin.

Mingyi didn't rush her. She lowered her head and sent the happy news to the four-person group chat. In the meantime, she checked in a few more guests.

By the time she remembered Yu Mingxiu again, she was already gone.

Yan Meng and Chen Nianhe walked in hand in hand, carrying a bag of wild pears.

"These were just picked, I picked them carefully, and they're quite sweet." Chen Nianhe handed a bag of wild pears to Mingyi.

Mingyi reached out and took it, then casually placed it on the table. Seeing that the two of them were covered in sprigs of thorny grass, she smiled and asked, "Are there many people on Pear Mountain?"

In September, wild fruits in the mountains began to ripen one after another, including wild pears near the village. To make it easier for tourists to experience the joy of picking, the villagers of Lihuadian started building platforms around every pear tree in the mountains a few days ago.

This year it's for harvesting, next year it's for better viewing of the pear blossoms in full bloom.

Some villagers who had been working odd jobs outside the village returned one after another. They tidied up their homes and made them cleaner, and then took on the responsibility of maintaining order in the village.

With more tourists, there are always some people with abnormal minds who cause trouble. If the wild pear tree isn't kept in sight, some people might actually do something outrageous like cutting it down.

“Many.” Yan Meng sniffed, her voice thick with a nasal tone.

The temperature in the mountains started to drop, and she caught a cold because she hadn't taken proper precautions these past few days.

Not only her, but several of the long-term residents also showed signs of catching a cold.

They hadn't initially expected to stay here so long. They kept saying they were leaving, but their minds and bodies wouldn't go along with it. They were so conflicted that they neglected to buy warm clothes, which meant they had no thick clothes to wear when the temperature difference between day and night was significant.

Mingyi opened the drawer, took out a small porcelain bottle, poured out a brown pill and handed it over, "Cold medicine, take it with warm water."

Yan Meng obediently reached out and took it, then walked to the water dispenser to get water and drink it.

"Why did you go up the mountain when you have a cold?" Mingyi took a wild pear, wiped it with a wet tissue, and took out a fruit knife to peel it.

"There's nothing we can do, there are just too many tourists." Chen Nianhe felt that Lihuadian was no longer as quiet and comfortable as before. "If we don't go now, we don't know if we'll be able to catch this batch of wild pears once we recover from our cold."

Yan Meng took her medicine, then came over with a cup of warm water and said, "Of course, I've been thinking about this ever since I arrived."

"Where is Jingyu?" Mingyi cut a pear and shared it with the two of them.

On the surface, An Jingyu appears cheerful every day, but her eyes are filled with pain and silent struggle. Mingyi is really worried that one day she will have to go to her room to collect her corpse.

"Her?" Yan Meng and Chen Nianhe exchanged a glance, their expressions troubled, unsure how to bring up An Jingyu's matter.

"What's wrong?" Mingyi asked, puzzled.

Yan Meng looked down at the varnish on the front desk, scratched it with her hand, then looked up at Ming Yi, pondered for a moment, and asked the question they had been wanting to ask: "Ming Yi, what is the relationship between the four of you?"

Yan Meng had never seen Mingyi's and the other three's ID cards, nor had she investigated them. She only assumed that "Mingyi" was their work code name, so their relationship must not be that of siblings.

With such outstandingly good-looking men and women working together, it's really hard for Yan Meng and others not to wonder how close their relationship really is.

Are there any couples among Mingyi and the other three?

Mingyi asked in surprise, "Huh? Why are you asking that?"

Yu Mingxiu thought the four of them might be her brothers and sisters, but what did Yan Meng and the others think they were?

"You need to answer us first before we can decide whether to tell you or how to tell you what to do next," Yan Meng said seriously.

Mingyi blinked: "Brothers and sisters."

"Brothers and sisters?" Yan Meng pressed, "Or cousins? Are you related by blood?"

"Hmm...right?" The four of them were carved from the heartwood of the same tree, so how can they not be related by blood?

Yan Meng and Chen Nianhe exchanged a glance, then looked at Mingyi, who was munching on a wild pear. Yan Meng cleared her throat and asked in a low voice, "So... what do you think about Mingsi dating?"

"???" Mingyi looked up at the two of them, feeling that her hearing, which allowed her to hear the Pear Blossom Lake from here, seemed to be malfunctioning. "What?"

Is Mingsi dating?

"With whom?!"

Mingyi was shocked. A puppet talking about a romantic partner? A human partner?

No, he's just a piece of wood, how could he possibly understand anything?!

Yan Meng scratched her head, struggling to say, "Actually, it can't really be called dating, how should I put it..."

Chen Nianhe continued, "Jing Yu relies on Ming Si, and Ming Si doesn't refuse Jing Yu's advances. To be honest, their relationship is a bit complicated, and I'm not sure who is more... um... the victim."

She always felt that Ming Si and Ming Zhan were like central air conditioning, able to warm anyone up.

Given a man's personality, she should have sided with An Jingyu and reprimanded him, but considering the current situation, she really didn't know which side to take.

Having spent so much time together, they could all tell that Anjing Yu had psychological problems.

It's unclear whether it was caused by something she went through, or if it's because people who study art are more empathetic and sensitive, leading to psychological problems. But they could see that Anjing Yu seemed to have self-harm tendencies and a bit of extremism.

Of course, they could also see that she knew about her problem and was desperately trying to save herself, trying not to have the energy to think about those negative emotions.

But her self-rescue didn't seem to be of much use.

When interacting with others, it's inevitable to absorb their negative emotions, which can exacerbate those negative feelings.

When alone, negative emotions cannot be relieved on their own.

Most importantly, she also refuses to let anyone get close to her or try to save her.

They knew from the beginning that she was chasing after Ming Si, but they just assumed it was an art student's pursuit of beauty, since she had also chased after Ming Yi and the other two before.

It wasn't until she and Yan Meng first saw An Jingyu hug Ming Si that Ming Si hesitated for a moment before reaching out to hug her back.

From then on, they saw their relationship gradually grow closer.

Yasui Yu seemed to have found a piece of driftwood and desperately clung to Ming Si.

As outsiders, the two were truly shocked by what they saw.

Anjing Yu seemed to want to lay her heart bare for Ming Si to see, wanting to occupy his time at all times, with a frenzy and extreme attitude.

But Mings's gaze towards her didn't hold much romantic feeling; it was more like a puzzlement, a surprise at why An Jingyu could be so unreserved in matters of love.

At first, she and Yan Meng both thought Ming Si was a scumbag and were about to remind An Jingyu, but then they saw Ming Si start responding to An Jingyu.

Use Anjingyu's method.

To occupy her time at all times and demand her affection.

Now look, they both seem to be sick.

……