Rebirth: Throwing the Bamboo Horse

An Zikang, who had been worried and frightened for several days, finally regained his senses, and fell asleep on the bed for a day and a night before he fully recovered.

After staying in Beijing for a few more days to make sure that An Zhentang was alive and kicking again, he bought a plane ticket to Lang City, and when he arrived, he arranged for someone to drive to Longping Village.

It is said that more than 300 years ago, the people in this area suffered from floods, and the imperial court sent officials here many times to carry out large-scale construction projects, but with little success.

Until a wandering monk passed by here and found that the cause of the flood was a dragon in the river.

In order to benefit the people of this side so that they can live in peace, the wandering monk took action to subdue the evil dragon.

The blood of the dragon is sacrificed to the sky and the meat of the dragon is in Zhenjiang, and the remaining keel bones are used to build a temple in a cave in the mountain. Villagers will come to the temple to worship before fishing in boats for safety, hence the name of Longping Village.

The area around the river in Longping Village has been lifted out of poverty and become rich because of the good development of the fishery industry.

However, halfway up the mountain, in a mountain depression, because of the steep terrain and inconvenient access, it has always been in a poor state of relying on mountains and living on mountains, and its life is very backward.

And the new research and development project of Lin Xia's company is a special fungus in this mountain depression.

After testing, the nutritional content of this fungus is dozens of times higher than that of the same food fungus, and some trace elements even reach the medical level.

But maybe due to geographical environment factors, it cannot be cultivated in the cultivation room, and can only be grown in Longping Village.

So the company sent Lin Xia and his team to investigate on the spot to see if it is feasible to build Longping Village into a cultivation base for the company's subordinates.

When the car drove down the mountain, it was already impassable, so we could only walk into the col.

An Zikang could only get out of the car and walk.

The two bodyguards kept An Zikang in the middle, and the assistant followed the bodyguards at the end.

Even An Zikang, who went to the gym regularly, was sweating and out of breath, while the assistant moved step by step on a thick branch.

Looking at the scorching sun overhead and the completely invisible forest, the little assistant wanted to cry but had no tears.

He is just a small assistant, barely able to belong to the social elite, and has no survival skills in the mountains at all.

Boss...he really isn't a decathlon talent, boss!

In the future, this kind of work must be abandoned! !

Lin Xia was doing comparative statistics with some colleagues using the data from professional surveys. Hearing that a villager said that someone was looking for him, he put down the information and followed the villagers out with some doubts.

An Zikang stood under the tree at the entrance of the village, even though he was drenched in sweat from walking up the mountain, his inherent elegance and nobility still made him not at all embarrassed.

Especially in the stark contrast of having a little assistant who was as tired as a dog, An Zikang seemed calm and dignified.

Some villagers who hadn't seen much of the world didn't dare to go up to talk to him, and a few little girls gathered together and stared at him eagerly.

Seeing that the visitor was still a little uncertain, Lin Xia was stunned for a long time, "...Zikang?"

Hearing the voice, An Zikang turned to look at Lin Xia. He hadn't seen him for more than half a month. He probably couldn't eat well or sleep well in this mountain. He got tanned a lot and lost a lot of weight.

Lin Xia saw that the person walking towards her was really not herself, so she realized that she ran over in surprise, "Why are you here? I'm not dreaming!"

An Zikang smiled, "I'm here. I'm not dreaming. Do you have a seat? My assistant is going to be exhausted. Find a room for them to have a good rest."

The village head arranged accommodation for Lin Xia and the others. There was a vacant courtyard house, which had been vacant for many years. The village head had someone repair the severely damaged place before they could barely move in.

There are a lot of empty rooms, but except for the room where they and their group lived, the rest are messy and untidy.

So Lin Xia directly took the three of them to the room where he lived, let them rest first, and then discussed with the village chief to find some people to clean the rooms.

When he finished his work and made arrangements, he went back to the room and saw the person who had taken a shower and changed clothes and was sitting on the bed flipping through the documents he had placed on the bed. He couldn't hide his joy in his eyes.

"Zikang, are you tired? It's not easy to climb up from the bottom of the mountain, and the road is very difficult to walk. Would you like me to give you a massage?"

An Zikang put down the documents in his hand, pulled Lin Xia to sit beside him, and wiped the sweat from his forehead

"I didn't expect the conditions here to be so bad. The things I sent people before must not be enough. Why don't you find a way to contact me and send some more?"

Lin Xia shook her head, "Fortunately, I grew up in the countryside, and I often helped adults with farm work when I was a child. Although the environment is a bit poor, I don't need to do the work. I can't get tired, and the roads are not good. Let's go, it's too troublesome to have someone deliver something, anyway, it's not an essential thing, so it's better to finish it quickly and go back early."

An Zikang looked at Lin Xia who was chattering happily, his eyes were shining brightly.

He has never seen such a lively and energetic Lin Xia.

Seeing Lin Xia's gradual transformation from an immature college student to a young man who can be independent now, An Zikang suddenly felt a little strange for some reason.

It seems that the little sheep that blushes and shy when touched too much has grown up and can never be found again.

Lin Xia talked for a long time about the progress of work and interesting stories in the village. Looking at An Zikang, who was listening quietly, she touched her nose in embarrassment, "Did I talk too much? When I saw you suddenly, I thought I was dreaming. Zikang, I am really happy that you are here, are you tired? Or else you should sleep for a while, and I will call you after dinner."

An Zikang gently hugged Lin Xia into his arms, "Lin Xia, with such a busy job and life like this, are you happy? Do you think you are happy?"

Lin Xia looked up suspiciously, looked at An Zikang's serious eyes, feeling a little uneasy

"What's the matter, Zikang? Why... would you ask such a question?"

An Zikang smoothed a lock of curled hair on his head, "It's not what you're doing after working so hard. You're working hard just to prove yourself, but what you can do is not what you want to achieve." your dream, tell me, are you really happy doing this?"

Lin Xia slowly sat up straight, bowed her head and remained silent for a moment

"Although I worked a lot of jobs before graduation, I never worked in a big company. I didn't understand the so-called workplace rules at the beginning, and I often offended people unconsciously. Sometimes people gave me small shoes to wear. I don’t know it myself, but I want to make myself a person worthy of you. When I came out of the village to study in college, I was thinking, I want to work hard to get ahead, and I want my relatives in the sky to see me. It's very good, but after meeting you, as long as I can see you, I feel that even if I can be your little waiter for the rest of my life, as long as I can see you every day is enough."

When Lin Xia said this, she couldn't help but smiled slightly.

"I never thought that one day I could be with you. When you kissed me for the first time, I even had the illusion that I was so happy that I was about to die. I thought my life was enough, but everyone It is greedy, you are so good, so excellent, there are so many people around you every day, I can’t match any one of them, I greedily want more, greedy want to monopolize, but I am afraid, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep you"

An Zikang stretched out his hand, and gently smoothed his slightly wrinkled brow.

Lin Xia held his hand, "Zikang, I don't want to hide behind you all the time, I also want to walk side by side with you, maybe it will be a bit hard at first, but I want to try hard"

Seeing Lin Xia who was so persistent, An Zikang felt a little sour in his heart.

I looked at him quietly for a moment, feeling distressed, sighing, sad, and more disappointed

"Lin Xia, I said that one day I would take you home. I told my family that this is the partner I want to be with for the rest of my life. Do you remember?"

Lin Xia nodded, An Zikang smiled wryly

"But you don't trust me"

Lin Xia quickly wanted to refute, but An Zikang suppressed his words

"Everyone has their own way of life, and the way to love is also different. I said, I like you and want to form a family with you. I don't know about those gossips. I told you not to care. , as long as we live our own lives well, it’s more important than anything else, I don’t care if I can’t care, these are just talking behind our backs, now I have the ability to make them shut up, then I’ll be honest with my elder brother in the future, with Mr. Bai and me After my godfather confessed, what he faced was not the criticism of those three or two kittens. Maybe those with status would say more hurtful things. Not all families with rich background are gentlemen, only you Really learn to ignore these gossips so that you will not be hurt by those words,

Maybe you think that because of my identity, I am not the weak side so I can ignore these things, but Lin Xia, when we are together, we are one, what I can do is to block those real injuries for you, Let you slowly learn to be truly strong and strong, I have said it many times, but you still don't understand, you always feel that only you have a certain social status, you have the right to speak,

But have you ever thought that when you pursue these things that we don't need at all, and the relationship we really need to manage well, it will slowly fade away with the passage of time."

Lin Xia's face turned pale, and she looked at An Zikang in a panic.

"Wh... what do you mean? Clean it up... Zikang, I don't understand, you... what do you want to say?"