In fact, Xiang Huan had similar questions before.
But she never asked, but today Narino put it on the table.
When I first met the second son of the Xu family, my mother, Pan Ning, investigated his background. The information she got only said that he dropped out of school for a period of time when he was young, but the specific reason was not found.
Xiang Huan has always associated this with Xu Jiandong running to Marriage Town to be a forest lookout, but he has never verified it.
Xu Jiandong has never mentioned this to her, and the two of them have a tacit understanding that you won't ask and I won't mention it.
Today, when Cheng Ye suddenly asked, the second young master of the Xu family answered happily.
But using "in order to atone for sins, punish yourself." is not too harsh.
Xu Jiandong came back from the kitchen. The water on his hands was not completely dry, so he wiped it on his pants and sat down again.
Meeting Xiang Huan's questioning eyes, he smiled and lowered his head.
"When I was almost eighteen years old, I made a... Internet friend, a girl from this town. I skipped school before the college entrance examination... and came here to find her."
Xu Jiandong said this slowly. Xiang Huan and Cheng Ye looked at each other after listening.
"We met, but we didn't die." Xu Jiandong looked up at Xiang Huan, smiled and continued, "She brought me to the edge of the forest farm, saying she wanted to live in a tent and watch the stars at night."
A picture emerged in Xiang Huan's mind.
"When we were chatting online, she told me that I brought a camping tent with me when I came over and took her up the mountain."
Hearing this, it was quite romantic. Xiang Huan imagined what the young Xu Jiandong would be like, forgetting what topic caused these things.
Cheng Ye's face was calm, his eyes were fixed on Xiang Huan's hand, looking at the apple that had oxidized and started to change color.
Xu Jiandong narrowed his eyes slightly, paused for a few seconds, and took a deep breath.
Xiang Huan suddenly realized that what he heard next would not be a good direction.
"That day, we were camping and setting up a tent in the mountains. I was originally worried that it would be unsafe, but the girl said nothing would happen." Xu Jiandong raised his head as he spoke.
He looked out the door.
"There were so many stars that night. It was the first time in my life that I saw the sky full of stars. The girl was right outside the tent... and took the initiative to hug me."
Narino coughed lightly.
Xiang Huan also lowered his head unnaturally and stopped looking into Xu Jiandong's eyes.
We are all adults, and everyone knows what will happen next in this situation.
Xu Jiandong didn't go into details, and then skipped to what happened in the middle of the night.
"We slept in the tent until midnight. I got up and went to use the bathroom. I walked a little further. As soon as I finished my work and was about to go back, I heard the footsteps of many people walking towards our tent."
When Xu Jiandong was talking about this, Xiang Huan subconsciously squeezed the peeled apple in his hand.
"I didn't know what I was thinking at the time. I felt a chill on my back and was very scared. I squatted down and didn't go back. I just stared... at those figures surrounding the tent."
Xu Jiandong lowered his head again and stopped talking.
Xiang Huan pushed hard with her fingers, and she pushed the apple that had lost its peel into a pit, and the juice rubbed all over her hand.
"Don't eat this, give it to me." Narino noticed this and reached out to grab the apple.
He didn't dislike it, so he took a bite and ate it.
Xiang Huan got up and wanted to wash her hands. She was accustomed to going to the sink outside the door to wash her hands. Xu Jiandong followed her outside.
Narino sat and continued eating apples, staring blankly at the air in front of him.
There is no running water here. To use water, you need to press water from the well. Xu Jiandong presses the water, and Xiang Huan lowers his head and squats down to take the water and wash his hands.
When Xu Jiandong asked her if she wanted to continue, Xiang Huan lowered her voice and told him to go back and stop talking.
"You don't want to know what happened."
Xiang Huan stood up, looking past Xu Jiandong and landing on Chengye who was eating an apple in the room.
"I don't want to know, it's all over."
After saying that, he walked quickly back to the house.
Xu Jiandong stood in the yard and didn't come in for a long time, giving Xiang Huan and Cheng Ye time to talk.
"Let's go back. You can't live in the house even if you look at it. If you don't want to go back to that hotel, we'll find another one." Xiang Huan came in and said he was leaving.
Narino only ate half of his apple. After hearing this, he shook his head and said he didn't want to leave.
Xiang Huan glared at him, "Then what are you doing here? Hurry up."
"I've finished it. There's nothing else. I just haven't finished listening yet. Why doesn't Brother Xu come in?" Cheng Ye said, and called Brother Xu outside.
Xiang Huan frowned, "You mean, you just came up and asked the question just now?"
Narino nodded, took a big bite of the apple, and finally finished it.
Xu Jiandong, who was outside, agreed and walked in, but he didn't sit down again, but looked at his wooden bed.
After watching it, he told Cheng Ye that this was just a place for him to sleep, and if they didn't leave tonight, they would have to make do with it.
Apparently, he didn't want to continue what he had just said.
Xiang Huan was afraid that Chengye would ask for more information, so he immediately answered the call and asked Xu Jiandong if there was a folding bed or something so that she could sleep there to make ends meet.
The implication is that if she and Narino don't leave tonight, they have to sleep here.
Xu Jiandong understood and replied that no, but he could make a bunk on the floor and leave the bed for them to sleep on.
Xiang Huan opened his eyes wide and looked at the wooden bed. He didn't expect Xu Jiandong to arrange it like this.
There was no problem sleeping two people on that wooden bed. She used to sleep with Xu Jiandong, but the situation was different now.
Narino finally finished eating the apple, got up, threw away the core, and walked directly to the bed when he came back.
Xiang Huan's mind was a little confused and he said something out of nowhere, "I'll make a bunk on the floor and you guys sleep on the bed."
The two men looked at Xiang Huan together.
Xiang Huan's palms were sweaty, and he forced a smile and explained that it was not convenient for him and their current relationship to sleep in the same bed.
The best sleeping plan is what she just said.
There is indeed nothing wrong with this, but the three of them all tacitly understood what was going on.
"Brother Xu, I think we should follow what Xiang Huan said. It's not cold now, so laying the floor is not a big problem." Chengye took the lead in expressing his position.
Xu Jiandong looked at Xiang Huan again, and finally nodded.
He went to get the tools for laying the floor, and said that occasionally colleagues would come to lay the floor, and there were moisture-proof and cool-proof ones, so there was no problem sleeping on the floor.
"It's too unfair to let a girl sleep on the floor." Xu Jiandong looked at Xiang Huan again, wanting to confirm that she was really okay.
"Don't worry, it's not like I haven't slept yet. Come on, I'm sleepy." Xiang Huan knelt down to help.
Xu Jiandong finished it for her and checked it carefully before getting up and going to the wooden bed.
He pointed to the inner end of the bed and said to Narino with a smile, "You sleep inside and squeeze in with me tonight. It's just one night, and I'm going to wrong you."
"It's okay, I can do whatever it takes." After Narino finished speaking, he took off his shoes and got on the bed.
