Chapter 453: If You Can't Figure It Out, Don't Think About It

Arriving at the main gate of Liu Chuxue's house, he happened to see Liu Chuxue sitting under the street door curtain: "Liu Chuxue, cooling off here?"

Liu Chuxue saw him approaching: "Liu Cunyi, did you come over for something?"

Liu Cunyi coughed lightly with a guilty conscience: "I didn't know you were returning today, so I came to check. Do you have time to go pick cicada shells in the small woods to the south?"

Liu Chuxue looked up at him: "Pick cicada shells?"

Liu Cunyi nodded: "Yes, we've picked them before. You wouldn't look down on the small money earned from trading cicada shells just because you got a job in the city, would you?"

Indeed, every summer, the village children would go out together late at night to find cicada shells. After removing dirt and impurities, they would dry them and, once accumulated to a certain amount, deliver them to the commune or the county's purchasing station. One hundred cicada shells could be exchanged for fifty cents; for the village children, this was a considerable income.

Liu Chuxue felt somewhat suspicious. Since she started high school, they hadn't asked her to pick cicada shells again: "Why did you think of asking me to go along?"

Liu Cunyi's heart skipped a beat, and his heartbeat quickened. He turned sideways to look toward the village: "I was just thinking of building a good relationship with you. Maybe someday you could help us out."

Hearing him say this, Liu Chuxue lowered her guard: "If you put it that way, I have no choice but to go."

Saying this, she stood up: "Wait here. I'll go get the basket."

Hearing her say this, Liu Cunyi said: "Um, just take the basket and go straight to the small woods to the south. I'll go back to get my tools, and we'll meet there."

Seeing Liu Chuxue's empty hands, she nodded: "Alright, I'll be there in a moment."

Seeing Liu Chuxue about to go inside, Liu Cunyi thought of something: "Where's your sister?"

Liu Chuxue walked toward the courtyard while replying: "After eating, she went to the village to play with classmates."

Hearing her reply, Liu Cunyi was finally relieved. After all, Liu Shuqin had said she didn't want people to see her laugh: "Then just go straight there in a moment."

Having finished speaking, he ran away in a panic.

Liu Chuxue, however, stopped in her tracks. She clearly sensed his nervousness and couldn't help but think: What's going on?

But since their two families were close in daily life, their relationship was also good. She couldn't figure out why he was acting so strangely.

However, she was not someone who dwelled on things. If she couldn't figure it out, she wouldn't think about it. Anyway, meet force with force and water with earth; she feared nothing now.

She walked quickly and arrived at the small woods in the south of the village in seven or eight minutes, only to discover upon arrival that no one was there.

She couldn't help but frown.

Suddenly, she heard someone speaking inside the woods: "She has a job in the city. If this succeeds, marrying her into the family and letting her support your whole family would make for a comfortable life just to imagine."

Hearing this voice, Liu Chuxue immediately recalled the conversation she had heard that afternoon: Heh, so they were waiting for her here. She just didn't know why Liu Cunyi would help them.

But these details didn't matter. Since they wanted to play, she might as well play along with them properly.

She deliberately made some noise while simultaneously extending her spiritual sense to scan the surroundings. Only then did she discover Ding Surong hiding behind the melon shed not far away, while Liu Shuqin was hiding on the river embankment opposite. This was interesting.

Liu Jiandong, Ding Surong, Liu Shuqin, Liu Cunyi—these four???

Just then, another voice came from inside: "She should be arriving soon. After I leave, you'll have to act according to the situation."

After Liu Jiandong finished speaking, he did not exit the woods directly. Instead, he took a detour, circled around to the other side, and then wound through the distant watermelon field to meet Ding Surong behind the melon shed.