Chapter 51: The Orchard

Su Ruan followed her grandpa to the orchard and was introduced to everyone they ran into as his granddaughter. Initially, Su Ruan had not thought too much about it. However, after being introduced for the fifth time, Su Ruan began to feel as if her grandpa wanted to show her around to everyone.

She was already this old and it was making Su Ruan slightly embarrassed.

After a while, Su Ruan told her grandpa that she wanted to look around and walked away. A breath of relief escaped her once she got farther into the orchard. Su Ruan looked around and thought that the cherry on the trees was looking especially delicious.

She wanted to go ahead and pluck them. However, Su Ruan did not know whether that was something she could do.

The view in front of her was beautiful. After looking around for a while, Su Ruan took out her phone, snapped a few pictures, and posted them on her social media.

In just seconds, Lin Qing had commented on her photo. "So pretty! Su Ruan, is this the one from your grandpa's orchard?"

A few days before she headed to D Town, Su Ruan had informed her best friend, Lin Qing that she would be heading to D Town to visit her grandparents.

In the beginning, Lin Qing was shocked by Su Ruan's sudden decision to take a long break. However, as she recalled everything that Su Ruan had gone through the past few months, Lin Qing thought that it would be a good idea for Su Ruan to take this break.

Perhaps, once she came back from this break, Su Ruan would cheer up a bit more.

"Mhm… What do you think? Pretty, right?" Su Ruan typed back.

When Lin Qing did not reply to her messages again, Su Ruan decided to continue walking around and enjoying the breeze. However, a couple of minutes later, Lin Qing called her.

"Su Ruan, are you having fun?" Lin Qing asked as soon as the phone was connected.

Su Ruan laughed happily when she heard her question. "Well, it's relaxing and fun over here. Do you want to come over and play?"

"I wanted to. However, the boutique will be busy recently. I don't know when will I have time to come and play."

A faint smile curled on her lips as she heard Lin Qing's disappointed sigh.

"Looking at those cherries dangling on the trees was enough to make me jealous. Su Ruan, sent me over a box of those cherries to help me cheer up."

Su Ruan began to laugh. "Alright. I'll ask around. If it is something that I can do, I'll send you a box of it."

Lin Qing's eyes lit up. "Really? Su Ruan, you're the best. Do you know how much I love you?"

Su Ruan merely rolled her eyes at her friend's exaggerating words.

"How long are you planning to stay there? Are you planning to return to Capital City soon?"

There was a brief silence on Su Ruan's part when she heard the questions. "I don't know. I haven't made any decision yet. Staying in this town is pretty relaxing. Perhaps, I would stay longer here."

"You're not planning to head back to work?"

Su Ruan raised both shoulders into a shrug. "I don't know. Perhaps, I would be looking into a few freelance writing in the time being. Did you miss me?"

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"Of course, I miss you. My life is pretty dull without having you around."

Su Ruan laughed again. She pursed her lips into a thin line and spoke, "I will return to Capital City in a few months. After all, I have already promised Yu Zhi Yi that I would attend his wedding as his best woman."

Lin Qing heaved a sigh when she heard that name. She still could not believe that Su Ruan would accept Yu Zhi Yi's request to be his best woman. Sometimes, she wondered if Su Ruan was a fool?

The person that Su Ruan had loved for years was finally getting married but Su Ruan had to attend this wedding and stay close to witness this union up close.

What can be more heartbreaking than that?

Sometimes, Lin Qing thought that Yu Zhi Yi can be quite cruel. But then, she remember that Yu Zhi Yi had no idea of Lin Qing's feelings towards him.

The two friends chatted for a bit before Lin Qing had to get back to work.

Su Ruan looked up and realized that she had walked too far into the orchard. When she remembered the last time she had fallen into the lake, Su Ruan decided to turn around.

"Sister Ruan, there you are."

Just as she had almost reached back to the spot where she had parted with her grandpa, Su Ruan ran into her cousin, Ma Yu Xi.

As she was working in the orchard, Ma Yu Xi was not wearing the bold clothes on her body this time. The girl was dressed in faded jeans and a short sleeve t-shirt. Her hair was styled into the same ponytail to give her some height.

"I've been looking all around for you," Ma Yu Xi said once she reached Su Ruan's side. "Grandpa said that you decided to come and look around."

"Mhm… the scenery over there is quite pretty. I took some pictures to show around to my friends."

Su Ruan noticed the way her cousin was looking at her and knew that the girl was worried that she would get lost in the orchard.

Ma Yu Xi heaved with relief when saw that her cousin was not injured in any way. "Do you want to taste the cherries? We just plucked a few of them from that other side." Ma Yu Xi pointed her finger in a direction.

Her eyes lit up. A while ago, Su Ruan was still thinking about eating those cherries. Now that her cousin had offered her to taste a few of them, Su Ruan was not going to decline.

She followed her cousin to a small shed ad saw a few baskets of them.

Ma Yu Xi helped to clean up a few cherries before she was allowed to taste them.

A contented sigh escaped her once Su Ruan take a bite at the fruit. It tasted very sweet and juicy.

"Yu Xi, is it possible if I wanted to send a small box to my friend?"

Ma Yu Xi laughed. "Of course. Sister Ruan, when you send a box to your friend, remember to let her write a review and help us advertise our fruits to her friends. These days, we are trying to sell the fruits online."

The cousins continued to chat a little bit about this website for a while.

"Sister Ruan, tomorrow is my off day. What do you think about hiking and watching the sunrise together?"

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