Chapter 61: A Loud Sound

"It's fine." Long Fei smiled at Su Ruan's mother. "Auntie, I can be on my own."

Su Ruan halted when she heard his words. Just as she think that it was better for her to leave Long Fei alone, her mother made a gesture to her to stay by Long Fei's side.

After all, this was her grandpa's orchard. It wouldn't look good for her to leave him alone without anyone around.

Taking a deep breath, Su Ruan continued to follow Long Fei at a certain distance. She watched as Long Fei walked leisurely, looking around the place as if he was going on sightseeing.

She could not deny that walking around her grandpa's orchard can be very relaxing. The wind was blowing softly and the rustling of the leaves could be heard.

The surroundings in the orchard were too relaxing that she had fallen asleep under the shady trees while reading a book.

She really liked staying around this place.

After following him for a while, Su Ruan suddenly had this feeling as if Long Fei was quite familiar with the orchard.

Just as she was thinking about this matter, Long Fei suddenly stopped on his track and stared at a certain tree on his left side.

Seeing that he was in deep thought, Su Ruan followed his gaze and wonder what he was looking at. She really could not understand what was going on in his mind.

Then, Long Fei turned and flinched, as if he had only noticed Su Ruan's presence behind him. "Miss Su. Sorry, I only wanted to take a walk around this place. The surroundings around here are quite pleasing."

"It's fine." Su Ruan thought about his reaction when he saw her and immediately felt a little guilty that she was following him around without making a sound. After pondering for a while, Su Ruan decided to explain. "My mother was worried that you might get lost in this orchard. Once you get farther inside this orchard, everything around you might look all the same."

Long Fei raised a brow. "Have you gotten lost in this orchard before?"

"Only the first few times after I came over to this place. I think I'm getting familiar with the surroundings. It's fine as long as I didn't go too far."

The orchard was quite large.

Usually, Su Ruan did not dare to go further unless there was someone else with her. If she walked around absentmindedly, she might snap out of her trance without knowing how to return.

Long Fei lowered his head to hide the smile on his face. He seemed to remember that the first time he saw Su Ruan, the girl had also got lost in the orchard after playing around with her cousins. At that time, he had snuck into Old Man Ma's orchard as he was avoiding the lessons from the elders.

Somehow, he ran into that crying girl and helped her to return to the house. He told her not to mention his presence in the orchard and the little girl had obediently agreed.

"Miss Su, if you don't mind me asking, what kind of work do you do?"

Su Ruan hesitated to answer when she heard his question. "I used to be a journalist."

"Used to?"

Su Ruan flashed him a faint smile. "I quit my job due to some reasons."

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Long Fei lowered his head and did not speak for a long time. "Then, are you planning to stay in this town for a while?"

Su Ruan heaved a breath of relief when he did not ask her further about her reason. "I guess so. After all, it wasn't easy for me to accompany my grandparents."

The two exchanged a look. Long Fei was the first to look away and spoke, "We should get back. Otherwise, that boy would start to panic when he did not see me."

Su Ruan nodded and did not inquire about the young man who came with him. She walked slowly until she realized that they were walking side by side.

Because of their closeness, Long Fei could smell Su Ruan's scent as the wind blew over. His hand tightened into a fist as he thought of how much her presence could influent him.

Perhaps, this was the reason that the elders were anxious to find her.

If they could get Su Ruan to their side, then it would be easier for them to control him.

A loud sound could be heard, coming from the mountain.

Su Ruan and Long Fei turned around simultaneously to look for the source of that sound. However, both of them could not see anything.

"What was that?" Su Ruan asked in panic.

Long Fei continued to scan around his surrounding. After a few seconds, his eyes narrowed as he focused in a direction. "Illegal loggers."

Su Ruan turned to the man beside her in shock. Then, the sounds that she had heard just now, was the sound of a tree falling to the ground?

It should be a very large tree for it to produce such a loud sound.

Moreover, judging from Long Fei's tone of voice, this doesn't seem to be the first time that such things happened.

The two of them were not the only ones who had heard the sound. From a distance away, Su Ruan could hear the workers whispering among themselves, questioning what was that sound and where did it come from.

She remembered seeing the trees in the mountain while hiking with her cousin a few days ago. Looking at the sizes of those trees, Su Ruan could guess that some of them have been around for perhaps hundreds of years. It would be sad if someone cut down those trees.

The sound of his phone broke the silence. Long Fei accepted the phone call but did not say anything for a long time. After a while, he slid his phone back into his pocket and looked at Su Ruan apologetically. "I'm sorry, Miss Su, but I have to leave now."

Her eyes flickered, thinking that she had never seen Long Fei with such a serious look on his face before. After meeting him in this town, she had often seen him with a gentle side. The man often had a smile on his face.

Without waiting for her, Long Fei turned around and jogged back to his vehicle where Song Wei was waiting for him,

After exchanging a few words with Ma Hao Dong, Long Fei and Song Wei finally left.

Su Ruan turned to look in the direction where Long Fei was looking at before and frowned.

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