I'm wearing it, but I'm still suffering.

To ease the awkwardness, the man took the initiative to chat with Chen Ke, "Are you two here to dig for medicinal herbs?"

After hearing what he said, Chen Ke waved his hands and nodded, which made the man very confused.

It wasn't that Chen didn't want to say anything, but in order to catch up with the man's pace, he was a little out of breath and couldn't answer immediately.

Liu Xiaoxiao had now noticed Chen Ke's situation. Seeing the man's confusion, she answered for Chen Ke, "My name is Liu Xiaoxiao, and this is Doctor Chen from our town. What he meant just now was: We're not grandparents, but we're definitely out here collecting herbs."

The man felt her voice was familiar as soon as she spoke. Thinking of the name she mentioned when introducing herself, he asked, "Are you the granddaughter of Liu Yingcai?"

Liu Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, then replied, "Yes, my grandfather's name is Liu Yingcai. I wonder who you are?"

The man, convinced it was true, introduced himself, "My name is Liu Jiaming, and I'm from the same village as your grandfather. You don't come here often, so you might not recognize me. My father would call your grandfather "Uncle" when he saw him! We appear to be peers, so just call me Brother Liu."

Liu Xiaoxiao nodded and said, "Okay."

Then Liu Jiaming pointed at Liu Xiaoxiao's face and continued, "You're like this... I didn't recognize you just now, please don't mind!"

After saying that, he reached out to Liu Xiaoxiao's backpack, lifted the edge of the backpack, and said, "Put the backpack down, I'll help you carry it."

Liu Xiaoxiao knew her face might have been dirty from digging herbs earlier, so when the person pointed at her face, she quickly wiped it with her hand. But before she finished wiping, she suddenly felt a lightness on her back, which startled her. Fortunately, she heard the person's words right after that. It turned out that he wanted to help her carry something!

But the herbs were not very heavy, and Liu Xiaoxiao was not familiar with him, so she wanted to refuse. However, Liu Jiaming kept holding it and wouldn't let go, so she finally put it down reluctantly.

But I still complained silently in my heart, "You are so proactive, are you trying to pursue me?"

Thinking of this, she looked up and quickly glanced at him. Hmm? He might not look that great! But his height is okay. But a young man like him shouldn't be interested in a little one like me! And he also said that we haven't seen each other much, so that's even more impossible. But why did he take the initiative after hearing my name?

Liu Xiaoxiao was walking and thinking, not paying attention to the road under her feet. Suddenly, a vine tripped her, but because she was daydreaming, she didn't pay attention to use the force. This trip caused her whole body to lean forward, and she instinctively let out an "ah" sound.

Liu Xiaoxiao thought that Liu Jiaming, who was walking in front of her, would turn around to catch her fallen body after hearing her voice, but she was overthinking it. The man did look back at her and stretched out his hand, but just when he was about to catch Liu Xiaoxiao, he retracted it. As expected, Liu Xiaoxiao's body made a solid contact with the ground.

Fortunately, when she fell, she instinctively landed on her hands first, which avoided injuries to her face.

In this way, my hands were scratched by branches and pebbles.

Just as she cried out in pain, Liu Jiaming came over and asked, "Are you okay?"

Liu Xiaoxiao was annoyed when she heard his voice. He could have held her hand just now, but he took it back, making her so embarrassed now. And he even dared to ask her if she was okay. She got up angrily, stomped her feet, and wanted to point at Liu Jiaming and ask him.

As luck would have it, the patch of land where she stood up had been completely wiped clean by the vegetation around her as she fell and got up again. She was now wearing cloth shoes and stamping her feet angrily on the slippery ground, knowing without a doubt that another fall was waiting for her.