To make up for the debt owed to Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

It's just that she really didn't care enough about the Gu family and Gu Juncheng in her past life, so much so that she didn't pay any attention to Chen Xia either.

The villagers stepped forward and helped Gu Juncheng and Chen Xia out of the net.

Chen Xia finally stopped clinging to Gu Juncheng's neck, but instead took Gu Juncheng's hand in her hands. "Oh, Brother Cheng, your hand is bleeding. What should we do? It's all my fault."

Lin Qingping stood at the back of the crowd, her gaze piercing through the throng to fix on the two people.

Gu Juncheng, a man with extremely keen senses, had already noticed her presence. He withdrew his hand and said in a nonchalant tone, "It's nothing, just a minor injury."

Once the people were rescued, the villagers went about their own business, busy with farming.

Only Gu Juncheng, Lin Qingping, and Chen Xia remained on the back mountain.

Chen Xia only noticed Lin Qingping standing next to Gu Juncheng at this moment, and called out "Sister-in-law" with a very surprised expression on her face, "You're here too?"

Lin Qingping wasn't sure if Chen Xia's surprise was genuine or feigned. She smiled and looked at Gu Juncheng, "Mother never told me there was a younger sister in the family. How come I don't know her?"

Before Gu Juncheng could say anything, Chen Xia immediately interrupted with a smile, "I've known Chengzi since we were toddlers. It's all my fault today. I shouldn't have arranged to meet Chengzi to catch up. We encountered a landslide, and Chengzi got injured. I'm so sorry, sister-in-law!"

Tsk tsk tsk. Lin Qingping clicked her tongue several times in her mind. This level is really high!

Lin Qingping smiled slightly and took Gu Juncheng's arm. "Chengzi, dinner is ready at home. Mom asked me to come and call you for dinner. Do you want to come with your friend?"

Chen Xia's gaze fell on Gu Juncheng's arm, which she was holding.

In rural areas these days, it's rare to see a couple holding hands like this in public.

Chen Xia's gaze dimmed, and she gave an awkward laugh, "No, no, I have something to do..."

"Oh, then we'll be going now, goodbye." Lin Qingping took Gu Juncheng's arm and walked down the mountain. She would look up at him from time to time and noticed a withered blade of grass on his temple. She smiled and reached out to pick it off for him.

Behind them, Chen Xia watched Lin Qingping's radiant smile, but her eyes grew increasingly dim.

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Lin Qingping knew that Gu Juncheng was watching her.

From the moment she took Gu Juncheng's arm on the mountain, Gu Juncheng had been watching her.

But Lin Qingping pretended not to know.

Back home, she found the medicine Gu Juncheng had applied to her arm the night before, sat down in front of him, and ordered him to extend his hand.

The reason for using commands is that a tough guy like Gu Juncheng wouldn't care about a slight scratch on the back of his hand.

“This is different from what we usually do…” He completely ignored her.

Lin Qingping could only put on a stern face and say, "I don't care how well you train! In the army, your soldiers listen to you, but at home, you listen to me!"

Gu Juncheng reluctantly reached out his hand to her, but she ignored him and carefully applied medicine to the back of his hand, blowing on it as she did so. Gu Juncheng looked at her focused expression and was speechless.

Lin Qingping didn't care what he thought. She only let him go to eat after she was satisfied with the makeup. Zhiyuan ate the whole meal she prepared today and stayed by the table, reluctant to leave.

As they left, Zhiyuan's mother-in-law, Liu Fen, was still nagging him, "If you like to eat, then eat more! Why did you run away?"

Lin Qingping knew that Zhiyuan liked the pumpkin pancakes today, but as a child living under someone else's roof, and someone she had always disliked, he was inevitably sensitive and couldn't change his ways in a short time.

She left two pumpkin cakes for Zhiyuan, and they would give them to him later.

Speaking of which, Zhiyuan loved sweets in his past life. It's hard to believe that someone as stubborn, tough, and street-smart as him would like sweets...

Gu Juncheng was taken aback when he saw the food on the table.

She would be stunned too, after all, since she married into the Gu family, no one in the entire Gu family village has ever seen her do any work.

Gu Juncheng always eats quickly. She was sitting across from him, and before she had even finished one pumpkin pancake, he had already devoured a whole bowl of food...

"Is it delicious?" she asked him with a smile, her voice sweet and slightly coquettish.

Gu Juncheng was about to eat his second bowl when he heard this and paused in his chopsticks. After taking a bite, he said, "She asked me to help with the orchard because her brother injured his foot."

Lin Qingping took a bite of the pumpkin cake, nodded, and smiled with her eyes crinkling, "Mmm!"

Was he answering her that the lunch was delicious? Or was he explaining things about the mountain to her?

This "she" naturally refers to Chen Xia...

Anyway, that's just his personality. He's reserved and doesn't say what's on his mind directly. He was like that in his past life too. I don't know what he's thinking. He just sends her money and nice things that are hard to find in the countryside every month.

He still enjoys a high reputation in the village. The village secretary thinks that since he was from the army, he knows a lot, so when he comes back, he consults him on everything. They just finished eating and invited him over again.

This kept them busy all afternoon. In the evening, they invited Gu Juncheng to stay for dinner and also sent someone to invite Lin Qingping to join them.

Lin Qingping was happy to agree!

She went there happily, but no sooner had she stepped inside than Chen Xia arrived.

Chen Xia smiled and picked up a piece of meat, saying, "Secretary, during the time my brother injured his foot, we were so grateful for your help with the farm work. Otherwise, I don't know what we would have done. My brother asked me to come and thank you."

Then, feigning surprise, she exclaimed, "Oh, Brother Cheng and his wife are here too!"

The Party Secretary chuckled, "Yes, I'm having Chengzi and his wife stay for dinner. Why don't you join us?"

"This..." Chen Xia glanced at Gu Juncheng and Lin Qingping, "That's great! I haven't seen Brother Chengzi in so long, sister-in-law, do you mind?"

Lin Qingping smiled broadly, but inwardly she chuckled.

The village secretary invited her to dinner, and she came to say she minded? Surely she wouldn't be that rude?

Besides, even if she said she minded, Chen Xia still sat down, didn't she?

After the dishes were served, the village secretary brought out a jar of homemade wine.

In those days, wine was a luxury. How could the villagers possibly buy wine? They all brewed their own. And even if they did brew wine, they wouldn't brew rice wine, because grain was too precious. They would just pick various wild fruits from the mountains, such as wild plums, wild grapes, and wild plums, and brew them into wine. Gujia Village was nestled against the mountains, and almost every household did this.

The Party Secretary enthusiastically filled Gu Juncheng's glass with wine, but Gu Juncheng said he wouldn't drink because he had to go back to his unit the next day.

A hand reached out and picked up the glass in front of Gu Juncheng. "Brother Cheng is on rules and can't drink alcohol. I'll drink this glass for Brother Cheng!"

Chen Xia.

Hmm? Lin Qingping thought this person was really interesting.

Chen Xia looked at Lin Qingping with a pure and innocent expression, "Sister-in-law, Chengzi and I are like brothers, I drank it for him!"