Thinking of all this, Wen Xian couldn’t help but feel a headache.
It wasn’t that she was afraid of hardship, but that going abroad felt like moving even further away from Lu Xiao.
She now felt increasingly dependent on him, and the thought of parting with him again soon made her heart sour.
But then, who made her choose Captain Lu, who worked in the west...
In life, oftentimes, you can’t have it all.
So, thinking about it, she cherished every moment she had now.
Chinese New Year’s Eve was about spending time together as a group.
Wen Xian and Little Jin Zhu followed Mom in learning how to make dumplings, but Wen Xian’s dumplings either leaked stuffing or were oddly shaped, she ultimately let go and carefully wrapped tiny dumplings with small pieces of dough.
Mom disapproved strongly, redoing many that leaked stuffing and jokingly chided, "How can you eat them if they’re ?"
When Lu Xiao arrived, he heard this and glanced at Wen Xian, who was trying not to laugh, and simply said, "It’s okay, Mom, I’ll eat them."
Wen Xian immediately felt happy.
But what made her even happier was teasing the adorable Little Jin Zhu.
Jin Zhu was seventeen this year, lively and beautiful, with two pigtails hanging over her shoulders, her round face and big eyes, her fair skin with rosy cheeks — still in school, she looked utterly sprightly.
At that moment, seeing Zha Xi occasionally coming to help with odd jobs, appearing frequently in front of them, a glint flashed in Wen Xian’s eyes.
After Zha Xi left, Wen Xian couldn’t help but gently nudged her arm, with her back to Mom, her lips silently moved:
"What’s going on, what’s your relationship with Zha Xi?"
As she spoke, she glanced at Zha Xi’s retreating figure.
If she remembered correctly, Sang Nian also seemed to have liked Jin Zhu before.
But this time when she returned, it seemed like they barely talked anymore.
What happened between them?
At these words, Jin Zhu immediately understood, her face turned embarrassed quickly, and with her mom there, she stammered and couldn’t quite explain herself.
It wasn’t long before her eyelids reddened slightly, her eyes lowered, biting her lip as if she remembered something, tears almost swirling in her eyes.
Seeing this, Wen Xian promptly found an excuse to wash her hands and pulled Little Jin Zhu outside.
She had keen eyes, noticing that Sang Nian seemed to have some friction with her.
And indeed, that was the case.
The two reached the compound outside the jurisdiction, where the little wolf pup Lu Ping’an hadn’t seen Wen Xian in a long time, hopping up and down asking for her attention; Wen Xian picked him up and while stroking his fur, asked Little Jin Zhu:
"Have you been upset for a long time?"
Little Jin Zhu nodded, her eyes still slightly red. There was nothing that could be done, as she was still in school and couldn’t use a phone there, so whenever they argued, it dragged on for a long time.
She hesitated for a moment, then slowly said:
"Originally, when Brother Zha Xi was hospitalized after an injury, Mom didn’t have time, so she sent me to bring him food and take care of him.
Just that, shortly before that, I had some disagreements with Xiaonian, and then he also went to the hospital and accidentally overheard some easy-to-misunderstand words."
Everything happened so abruptly.
In fact, in their western region, many girls marry quite early.
So, at this age, it’s not necessarily considered as being in love too early.
Zha Xi is three years her senior, Sang Nian is a year older.