My Beloved Super Fierce Wife
Chapter 454 Not interested in looking for a love rival

Chapter 454: 454 Not interested in looking for a love rival

Elsewhere.

Lin Tang didn’t pay much attention to Tang Kairui’s sudden arrival and departure, and she continued to lead Gu Yingzhou towards Small Blue Mountain.

After walking for a while, Gu Yingzhou couldn’t help but ask, "Is your nickname Lin Xiaotang?"

Lin Tang was caught off guard by the question. "Ah? No."

That name was something Tang Kairui would shout only when he was really irritated, nobody else called her that.

Without further comment, Gu Yingzhou simply nodded, "Hmm."

Lin Tang looked at him with a puzzled expression, "Why do you ask?"

Gu Yingzhou paused for a moment, then smiled, "No reason, just asking."

Since the young lady didn’t notice anything, he thought it was better to drop the subject, to avoid unnecessary troubles.

He might be magnanimous, but he had no interest in finding himself a rival in love.

Lin Tang, who was none the wiser, muttered softly, "Weirdo."

Gu Yingzhou realized that Tangtang was completely clueless and reached out to rub the top of her head, "I’m saying I like you just the way you are."

He began to feel fortunate that his face was to the little lady’s liking.

When Lin Tang suddenly received praise, the corners of her mouth began to lift unconsciously.

The two didn’t speak again and focused on heading towards the medicinal field.

The medicinal field was located on Small Blue Mountain, and the path there was not easy to navigate.

Thankfully, due to frequent foot traffic, a small trail had been formed.

As they walked, Lin Tang spotted a tree a few steps away with fruit that looked like fiery red lanterns hanging from it.

They were bright red, clustered together, very eye-catching.

Her eyes lit up and she pointed towards that tree, "Zhouzhou, those are ’mountain reds,’ sour and sweet and also soft. Do you want to try them?"

Gu Yingzhou rarely ate wild fruits and was immediately interested.

"Sure."

Having said that, he handed the camera to Lin Tang and went to the tree to pick a handful.

"There’s a pond nearby," Lin Tang reminded him.

The rural folks weren’t so particular; after picking fruits, they would just rub them a bit with their hands and consider them washed.

But city folks were different, they would feel uneasy about eating fruit that hadn’t been washed.

Gu Yingzhou washed the fruits in a small pond, took one, and tasted it.

Indeed, just as Tangtang had said, they were sour and sweet and a bit soft, and the taste was very good, even better than hawthorn.

Gu Yingzhou fed Lin Tang one, "The taste is not bad, try it."

Lin Tang bit into it and nodded, "Delicious, I used to crave these a lot when I was a kid."

Back then, her family was so poor they couldn’t even afford enough food, let alone snacks. Eating a wild fruit occasionally would leave her incredibly satisfied.

Hearing the young lady’s unintentional remark and thinking about his own worry-free childhood meals, Gu Yingzhou felt a pang of bitterness.

"Tell me about your childhood," he said.

Lin Tang was caught off guard by the question. Time had passed for so long, she had long forgotten what it was like when she was a child.

She faintly remembered that she loved to study and would carry books with her everywhere.

Her family was very fond of her, always providing her with the best they had, even more so than her nephews and nieces; it was truly a unique kind of favoritism.

Caught in a moment of distant memories, Lin Tang smiled, "When I was a kid... it was pretty boring, just studying all the time.

I wasn’t very healthy, so my parents wouldn’t let me do any work in the fields or at home, just telling me to study well.

When I was little, I didn’t understand it and felt different from the other girls in the village. It was only when I grew up that I realized what deep and far-reaching a parent’s love could be.

My dad and mom were worried about my weak health and wanted me to get out of the village, secure a stable job, and not follow in their footsteps..."

Lin Tang tried to gather memories from her mind but could only recall a few fragmented scenes.

It could be said that she spent the majority of her first sixteen years engrossed in studying.

Gu Yingzhou never looked down on working people. Knowing that Lin Tang’s family worked hard on the land to afford her education, he felt admiration.

"Your family is really nice."

He had been to other villages and had seen the intense malevolence towards girls there.

Not being allowed to study was considered light; in more extreme cases, girls were treated like livestock and eventually faced the fate of being traded for dowries.

Seeing Tangtang grow up into someone who is sunny and bright-eyed, Gu Yingzhou felt grateful towards the Lin family.

Lin Tang nodded in agreement, "My family really is great."

Growing up in the Lin family was her blessing.

Gu Yingzhou thought of how everyone in the Lin family now had a secure job and a twinkle of amusement crossed his eyes.

Mutual love and affection, no matter the form it takes, always touches the heart.

"You’re also really good," he said with a sense of wonder.

Despite being doted upon from a young age, her temperament remained unwarped, never assuming that everything she received was just a matter of course.

Just for that alone, Tangtang deserved all the good things in life.

Lin Tang’s face blushed at the earnest praise from her significant other.

It was embarrassingly sweet.

"We should be close now, let’s keep going."

As she spoke, she took the lead and started walking ahead.

Gu Yingzhou couldn’t help but laugh when he saw the young lady feeling shy.

Lin Tang turned her head and glared at him, annoyed, "Is that polite of you?"

"Hahaha..."

Gu Yingzhou couldn’t contain his mirth upon hearing that.

She was too adorable.

Seeing that the young lady’s face had turned an annoyed red, he reined in his laughter, picked a fruit, and held it to Lin Tang’s mouth.

"Don’t be mad, have a fruit."

Lin Tang turned her head away, refusing him.

"Humph, a slap followed by a sweet date, you’re pretty adept at this, Comrade Gu."

When Gu Yingzhou heard his little friend calling him ’Comrade,’ he chuckled with a low, warm voice suffused with laughter.

"...I wouldn’t dare ’slap’ you; you’re being too hard on me with that accusation."

The cheesy words flowed naturally from his mouth.

When he realized what he had said, Gu Yingzhou paused and ruefully pinched the bridge of his nose.

He had often looked disdainfully upon his parents for being so sappy with each other. Now he was realizing... when you meet that person, you really can become unlike yourself.

Lin Tang, having fended for herself outside, would always opt for softness when confronted with someone she could rely on.

After hearing Gu Yingzhou’s words, her expressions softened, and she chose to let the matter slide.

"Cheesy! Let’s go, or we’ll be late getting off work."

Gu Yingzhou saw the gleam in the young lady’s eyes, realizing she was a sucker for this kind of talk, and his face marveled with thought.

No wonder his mother would burst out laughing like a duck at his father’s cheesy words, flashing her back molars.

Do all ladies fall for this approach?

Should he call his father for some advice?!

Lin Tang didn’t notice Gu Yingzhou’s inner conflict, and led him around a bend to their destination.

A vast open woodland came into view.

Fearing that wild animals might come and spoil the medicinal herbs, traps had been set up around, along with wooden stakes.

There were clusters of Iris domestica flowers, strings of purple Salvia miltiorrhiza blooms, and even the yellow and white flowers of honeysuckle...

Gu Yingzhou was surprised by the scene, "This is such a large-scale operation?"

He had assumed Lin Tang’s talk of planting medicinal herbs was intended to provide villagers with an additional source of income, not expecting it to be this grand.

With her eyes fixed on the medicinal field, Lin Tang spared Gu Yingzhou a teasing glance, "Did you think it was just a minor venture?"