Wen Li felt that Huo Yuanchen was too treacherous. He proposed this bet, and if she agreed to bet with him, she would definitely lose.

If she wanted to stop them from getting back together, she would definitely stop them from getting back together. But in this case, she would have to care about him.

She didn't want to care about Huo Yuanchen. What she wanted was to treat him as air, as a stranger from now on.

Therefore, she only replied to Huo Yuanchen with three words, "You wish."

Huo Yuanchen didn't say anything else. He hugged her, looked contented, closed his eyes and went to sleep.

Wen Li didn't dare to sleep this time. He waited until Huo Yuanchen fell asleep before he dared to close his eyes.

As a result of staying up late, I woke up late the next day.

When she went downstairs, her mother-in-law had already prepared breakfast and placed it in the main room. She smiled and invited her to come and eat.

"Eat more." Mother-in-law stuffed a red egg into Wen Li's hand.

She thanked him but didn't ask what the custom was. Why did people have to dye eggs red before eating them?

Huo Yuanchen walked in from outside.

The mother-in-law also called him to have breakfast, saying, "Come here quickly, your daughter-in-law is already up."

As he said this, he stuffed a red egg into his hand.

Wen Li glanced at Huo Yuanchen and saw that he had no intention of explaining, so she told her mother-in-law, "I'm not his daughter-in-law. I have nothing to do with him."

The mother-in-law nodded in understanding and smiled, "I understand. You city people can make a clear distinction. You have to get a marriage certificate to call her a daughter-in-law. If you don't get a marriage certificate, you can call her a friend. My son told me that. We villagers don't make such a clear distinction. If a couple has slept together, then he is your man and you are his wife."

Then, he stuffed another red egg into Wen Li's mouth and said, "Eat it. Eat more. You must have been tired last night."

Wen Li finally understood why the eggs her mother-in-law gave her were red.

She blushed and explained hastily, "No, we didn't... last night."

She thought that her mother-in-law must have seen Huo Yuanchen coming out of her room in the morning and thought about what happened last night, so she misunderstood.

Huo Yuanchen spoke up at this time. He said, "We didn't have it last night, but according to the village's name, I am indeed her man."

Wen Li was so angry with him that he kicked him hard under the table.

He raised an eyebrow at her and said calmly, "Did I say anything wrong?"

Wen Li stuffed the freshly peeled egg into his mouth fiercely, "Eat more and fill your mouth."

The mother-in-law also said, "You two are a perfect match, both of you are very good-looking. My son took me to see a movie, and I think the people in the movie are not as good-looking as you two."

Wen Li didn't want to say anything at all. She answered vaguely, finished her meal in a hurry, went upstairs to get her camera and walked out.

Huo Yuanchen also finished eating and followed her.

Wen Li asked him, "Can you please not follow me?"

He asked her in return, "Did your family build this road?"

Wen Li stopped talking.

He walked a few steps faster, rolled up his sleeves to show her, and said with a complaining tone, "There are too many mosquitoes here. It's already the end of September, and there are still so many mosquitoes."

Wen Li took a quick look and saw that his arms were covered with several bites, some of which were quite large. He immediately felt relieved and said in a strong voice, "You deserve it."

Huo Yuanchen frowned and said, "Is it bad for you to look forward to seeing me like this?"

Wen Li nodded, "Yes, I am happy when you are unlucky."

Huo Yuanchen said quietly, "Before we set off, Professor Zhou bought a bunch of mosquito repellent and sunscreen products and asked me to give them to Professor Yu. Professor Yu must have slept soundly last night. It's a pity that I don't have such good fortune."

Wen Li sneered, "Good fortune is accumulated by people. If you don't accumulate good fortune in normal times, you won't have good fortune at the critical moment."

Huo Yuanchen's expression changed and he reached out to pull her hand.

Wen Li hid and looked at him coldly, "What do you want to do now?"

Huo Yuanchen looked at her, frowning, and said, "What should I do so that you can treat me better?"

Wen Li snorted coldly, "You don't have to do anything, because no matter what you do, my attitude towards you will remain the same, and it won't get better."

This morning she was going to take pictures of her mother-in-law who lived halfway up the mountain. When she came to a fork in the road, she vaguely remembered that when she first arrived, the village chief had pointed her to the other way. The other road could also lead to the mountain, but it would take a detour and be about one kilometer longer.

She didn't want to go with Huo Yuanchen, so she decisively chose the long way.

Huo Yuanchen called her twice from behind, but she pretended not to hear and just kept on going her own way.

However, she underestimated the complexity of the mountain road. It was clearly a small road when going up the mountain, but after turning a few corners, there were more and more forks in the road.

Wen Li only remembered the direction of the mother-in-law's house, and couldn't tell which road to take. She didn't dare to walk rashly, so she had to turn back.

But there was only one road when she came, but when she went back, she felt something was wrong. The trees around her became denser and the scenery was completely unfamiliar. She realized that she was lost.

She took out her cell phone to locate the signal, but found that there was no signal at all. She had no choice but to keep moving forward.

After walking for a while, they heard the bleating of goats in front. Wen Li was delighted and quickened his pace.

After passing through a bamboo forest, she saw a few sheep grazing on the grass. The man herding the shepherds was sitting on a rock. When he saw her, he stood up suddenly, looked her up and down, and smiled with a bit of ill intent.

"Where are you going, beautiful lady? Do you want me to lead the way?"

Wen Li subconsciously took a step back.

She remembered that the village held a welcome party for Huo Yuanchen and his friends yesterday. The whole village attended, but she had no memory of the wretched man in front of her.

She shook her head and said calmly, "I don't need you to lead the way. I'm a local and I know the way."

The man nodded and said something to her.

Wen Li didn't understand, so naturally he couldn't answer.

The man smiled, revealing his dark yellow teeth. "You can't even understand the local dialect, and you claim to be a local. Who are you trying to fool?"

He picked up the sickle at hand, walked towards Wen Li, and pretended to pull her, "Come with me."

Wen Li screamed out in fear. Her attention was focused on the shiny sickle in the man's hand, which looked very sharp.

What if a man forces her with a sickle...

Wen Li wanted to curse. She had no power to resist, so she could only rely on her instinct to hold the camera tightly on her chest, thinking in her mind, if she took advantage of the man's unpreparedness and hit him on the head with the camera, what was the probability of hitting him?

She stepped back, not wanting to bump into something soon. She didn't dare look back, and smelled the familiar scent of men's perfume, faint, like the scent of the fountain pen ink she loved when she was in school.

Her back was still straight, in a defensive posture, but she felt more at ease.

The man in front of her, after seeing the man behind her hug her in his arms, his face changed and he took a few steps back with the sickle in his hand.