The sudden voice made Tao Dazhuang jump.
He subconsciously released Xie Churan from his embrace.
His eyes were full of panic.
He hadn't expected that it was almost evening, and someone would still come up the mountain.
Upon seeing Chen Nan, a stranger.
A trace of ferocity flashed in his eyes: "Where did you come from, you punk? How dare you meddle in my business? Believe it or not, I'll make sure you can't leave Qingshan Gully alive?"
"Chen Nan?"
"You're back?" Xie Churan also recovered from her panic, her face filled with disbelief.
She had been missing Chen Nan.
However,
There had been no news of him for the past two years.
She had even thought Chen Nan was no longer alive.
His appearance at this critical juncture was entirely unexpected for her.
The next moment.
She threw herself into Chen Nan's arms, weeping with joy.
"Sis, I'll teach this guy who has ill intentions towards you a lesson first." Chen Nan looked at Tao Dazhuang, his eyes flashing with anger.
Tao Dazhuang's eyes widened in fury: "Damn it, you think I'm afraid of you?"
Chen Nan's appearance ruined his good deed.
He wished he could tear Chen Nan to pieces.
Chen Nan kicked him flying, making him face-plant.
Tao Dazhuang stood up, clutching his chest, his eyes tearing from pain: "Fine, you've got guts. We'll see about this."
"I'll make you know the consequences of being my enemy."
"If I don't drive you out of Qingshan Gully, I'm not surnamed Tao." He then left down the mountain path like a stray dog.
Xie Churan ignored Tao Dazhuang's threats, excitedly hugging Chen Nan's arm: "When did you get back? Why haven't you sent any news in the past two years?"
Chen Nan smiled and said, "I got back last night, and I came to see you as soon as I returned?"
Xie Churan's arms wrapped around Chen Nan's neck like twin snakes, her eyes full of affection: "So eager to see me, did you miss me?"
Although Xie Churan had left the city and moved to the countryside to live.
She was indeed well-maintained.
A black camisole paired with a translucent sun-proof jacket.
Her stunning décolletage was faintly visible.
Giving off a hazy beauty.
Below, she wore a long black skirt.
The entire person exuded an elegant and mature charm.
Chen Nan secretly swallowed, a charming smile appearing on his face: "Do you miss me?"
Xie Churan directly pushed Chen Nan down onto the sandy ground: "You tell me, do you miss me?"
For a moment.
The northern mountain seemed to welcome a second spring.
The peach blossom forest was filled with the scent of spring.
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The sun set in the west.
Xie Churan rested her head on Chen Nan's arm, watching the sunset in the west amidst the peach blossom forest, her face filled with satisfaction: "Today has truly sated my craving, it's like Chinese New Year!"
*Poof!*
Chen Nan almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
What did she take him for?
Then he thought about it.
Xie Churan was the oldest among all his confidantes.
Although she looked only in her thirties.
Her real age was forty.
They say thirty is like a wolf, and forty is like a tiger.
Therefore.
She would crave some things more than others.
What?
Forty is a bit old?
There were many older goddesses in the entertainment industry.
And they were all very charming.
Just like female stars such as Jun Bo, Li Li, and Yuan Yuan.
Perhaps Chen Nan's disposition had matured too much.
He instead felt that age could endow a woman with a unique charm.
This kind of charm was something women like He Shanshan couldn't possess at their current age.
It was like the difference between new wine and old wine.
At this moment.
Xie Churan's phone rang.
Upon answering, Xie Ling'er's excited voice came through: "Mom, Aunt Shanshan said Brother Chen is back."
"Is he with you? I miss him, you guys should come back quickly."
Xie Ling'er had just woken up.
Seeing Jian Ning's Rolls-Royce, she thought Jian Ning had arrived.
She got up and took a stroll, only then spotting He Shanshan fishing by the reservoir.
After inquiring, she learned the news of Chen Nan's return.
Xie Churan hung up the phone with a worried frown, a complex emotion in her eyes.
"In the two years you were away, I advised Ling'er to find a boyfriend."
"After all, she's already twenty."
"When I was her age, I had already had a child."
"But..."
"That girl, for some reason, is just infatuated with you."
In fact, after Xie Churan learned that Chen Nan had left for a period, although she felt an emptiness in her heart.
She felt that an opportunity had arrived.
As long as Chen Nan was not around.
She could completely introduce a boyfriend to her daughter.
But the results were not satisfactory.
Chen Nan stood up, brushed the sand off his clothes, and said, "You can rest assured with whatever I do. I will certainly handle Ling'er with the right discretion."
He had known for a long time that Xie Ling'er had a good impression of him.
Otherwise, when he entered her dream to save her, she wouldn't have done that kind of thing to him.
However.
Given his relationship with Xie Churan.
Even if he were a beast.
He couldn't lay a hand on Xie Ling'er, could he?
After picking some peaches.
Chen Nan and Xie Churan, chatting and laughing, arrived at the villa by the reservoir.
Seeing Chen Nan return, and just like two years ago.
Xie Ling'er excitedly hugged him.
It seemed like she had a lot to say, but because her mother and He Shanshan were also present.
She could only hold back.
Xie Churan said, "I called Old Zhao from Xishan and asked him to bring over two free-range chickens."
The area of the three mountains combined was less than two thousand mu.
She had not only planted many fruit trees.
She had even raised many free-range chickens, enclosed by wire mesh on Xishan.
Although the fruit trees hadn't brought much profit in the past two years.
The free-range chickens and eggs had earned several hundred thousand.
He Shanshan smiled and said, "I caught a carp earlier, so tonight we'll have both chicken and fish, we can have a good meal."
Xie Ling'er also said, "I just went to the vegetable garden and picked some cucumbers, eggplants, and also peppers and potatoes."
Chen Nan said, "I haven't cooked in a long time either. I'll take care of tonight's dinner." With that, he entered the villa kitchen and began to busy himself.
Slaughtering the fish, scaling it, eviscerating it.
At the same time.
He Shanshan and Xie Churan, mother and daughter, washed and cut the vegetables, waiting for Chen Nan to cook.
As Chen Nan was stewing the fish.
Xie Churan glanced at the time and couldn't help but complain, "What's wrong with Old Zhao today? It's been more than half an hour, why hasn't he delivered the chickens yet?"
Catching chickens during the day was difficult.
But at night, the chickens would go to fixed places to roost and sleep.
In the past, when she wanted chicken at night, a phone call to Old Zhao would suffice, and he could deliver it by electric bike in more than ten minutes.
Smelling the aroma of fish from the pot.
She picked up her phone and dialed Old Zhao's number: "Old Zhao, what's the situation today? Haven't you caught the chickens yet?"
Old Zhao panted heavily, "Boss, I was just about to call you. All the chickens on our mountain have disappeared."
Xie Churan was greatly surprised: "What's going on? Why have all the chickens disappeared?"