The mind-reading fake heiress changes her fate by eating melons.

"What's wrong, Second Brother?" An Ling asked, puzzled by An Yun's listless appearance. "We'll see him soon, so why are you looking so gloomy?"

“No,” An Jun explained, “I was just thinking that it’s really inconvenient for people from Huailin Town to come out.”

“It’s much better now!” Zhao Niannian chimed in. “When I was a child, there was only one dirt road here, and it was difficult to even drive a car. Moreover, Huailin Town was considered quite good. Back then, many children from the villages had to cross mountains and valleys early in the morning to go to school in town.”

Zhao Niannian exclaimed, "Thanks to the country's poverty alleviation efforts, we children from the mountains have the opportunity to go out and see the world."

“Oh, by the way, some charitable companies also helped,” Zhao Niannian added. “Speaking of which, the middle school in our town was rebuilt with funding from the An Group!”

"An Group?" An Yun and An Ling both looked surprised.

"Don't you know? An's Group also donated money to build roads in many remote villages under Huailin Town," Zhao Niannian said with a smile. "That's why when I was choosing a job, An's Group was the first company I applied to. Our team leader said that because I'm from Huailin Town, I would get priority in the hiring process!"

An Ling and An Yun, one focused solely on being a good actress and the other on being a good singer, never concerned themselves with the affairs of the An family, and naturally knew nothing about these matters.

An Ling curiously checked the character lookup tool and found out that it was indeed true.

[It turns out that my parents wanted to do something to express their gratitude because they found my second brother in Huailin Town years ago.]

Even now, the An family's charitable projects still include a specific program that supports Huailin Town.

After a two-hour drive, the three arrived at Huailin Middle School without incident. It was lunchtime when they arrived. An Yun asked the gatekeeper for the address of the teachers' office and then nervously went to the office door.

The office door was open, and there were only five or six teachers sitting inside grading papers. Someone happened to look up and see three unfamiliar strangers standing there carrying large and small bags.

The teacher looked at the three people standing at the door with great curiosity and asked:

"Who are you looking for?"

A female teacher in a black cotton coat, sitting at her desk by the window, looked up at the door upon hearing this, and her eyes met those of An Yun, who was peering inside.

Although the ID photo in that document was taken more than a decade ago, An Jun instantly recognized the eyes that were exactly the same as those in the photo.

He finally met Tu Lan.

Tu Lan also showed a look of sudden realization, then stood up with a smile and walked towards An Yun.

"Hello, my teacher told me that someone would be coming to see me today. Is it you?"

"May I ask what you need me for?" Tu Lan asked with a smile. "No matter how I ask, the teacher won't tell me. He just says it's a secret for now, and you'll find out when you get there."

An Yun pursed his increasingly dry lips, and his heart began to pound wildly. He felt that he had never been so nervous since birth, and it wasn't just nervousness, but also a bit of fear.

He was afraid that Tu Lan would see the trending topics these past two days and know that he had made such a big fool of himself by mistaking someone else for someone else. He was also afraid that she would be disappointed that he had found her so late.

An Ling stood behind An Yun and saw that Tu Lan had finished asking her question a while ago, but An Yun was still standing there dumbfounded and didn't say anything. She couldn't help but secretly kick her second brother's ankle in frustration.

What are you doing? Say something!

[What are you worrying about? Tu Lan hasn't even logged out of Weibo, how is she supposed to see the trending topics!]

Why is she thinking so much when she doesn't even know who you are?

An Yun finally calmed down a bit after being kicked. Seeing that Tu Lan was looking at him like he was a weirdo, he quickly said:

"Hello, my name is An Jun. Do you remember the boy you saved on the mountain thirteen years ago?"

Upon hearing this, Tu Lan's eyes widened slightly, revealing a hint of disbelief. She looked up and examined An Yun's face again, asking with a mixture of disbelief and undisguised surprise:

"Are you the little kid who fainted on the mountain back then?"

“Little, little kid?” An Yun repeated Tu Lan’s words in astonishment.

Seeing his expression, Tu Lan smiled even more broadly and held out her hand to compare her height with An Yun's.

“You’ve grown so tall! You used to be so skinny and small. I was already in high school back then, and you were still in elementary school. You were definitely not a kid.”

[Hahaha, you treat Tu Lan like your ideal woman, while Tu Lan treats you like a kid.]

Is this what they mean by first love failing before it even begins?

"Who are these two?" Tu Lan then turned her gaze to An Ling and Zhao Niannian.

"Oh, this is my sister Anling, and he is my friend, Zhao Niannian."

"Hello, Teacher Tu Lan," An Ling stepped out from behind An Yun and bowed deeply to Tu Lan. "Thank you for saving my brother back then. On behalf of my whole family, I express our sincerest gratitude to you!"

An Yun realized what was happening and immediately bowed, saying, "Thank you."

Tu Lan was startled by the brother and sister's extremely solemn appearance and quickly helped them up.

"Why are you making such a big deal out of it? I'm just glad I was able to save you. I was actually relieved afterwards. It was still dark when I found you. Luckily, you collapsed by the roadside. If you had been in a more secluded spot, I might not have been able to find you."

"Don't just stand here," Tu Lan said, opening the door to a classroom next to the office and gesturing for them to come in. "The children have just gone to their dorms for their afternoon nap, so let's borrow their classroom for a while."

Tu Lan first picked a chair and sat down. An Ling and the other two, like students facing a teacher, each chose a seat and sat down obediently next to her.

"My teacher said you came all the way from Haicheng overnight?" Tu Lan asked. "You must have gone through a lot. To be honest, it was quite unexpected. More than ten years have passed, and I didn't expect you to still remember this."

“It was just a small thing,” she said with a gentle smile. “I have to cross that mountain every day to go to school in town, so of course I had to help when I saw someone collapse there.”

Although Tu Lan spoke casually, they knew that even though Tu Lan was a few years older than An Yun, carrying a boy who was almost completely unconscious down the rugged mountain path was definitely not an easy task.

"To be honest, I'm very grateful that you made a special trip to come here this time."

Tu Lan looked at An Yun and said very sincerely:

"Actually, I often think about what happened back then. When I saw the doctor contact your family, I wanted to go home to get money to cover the medical expenses, but something happened and I couldn't go back."

Not being able to confirm that you had been safely picked up by your family had been a worry for me, but now that I see you are safe and sound, I am relieved.