Chapter 3: What a Poor and Miserable Destined One!

Wen Chi's stunned expression was noticed by Sui Sui, who mistakenly thought that she had intimidated him with her powerful aura.

That's right! She was the overlord of the spring mountain forest! So awesome! <(￣︶￣)>

Sui Sui was secretly delighted and deliberately pretended to be fierce, pointing at Wen Chi from a distance: "Humph, yes! I'm sent by the program team! They're afraid you'll starve to death, so they asked me to take care of you!"

In Sui Sui's mind, the program team was like the Heavenly Dao, and taking care of Wen Chi was equivalent to fulfilling this earthly karma. Her logic was really strong!

She didn't know that her random guess happened to be right. Wen Chi's last doubts were completely dispelled. He said "Follow me" and turned around to lead the way.

At this moment, there was no live camera, and there was only an ignorant little cub beside him. Wen Chi relaxed his guard a little and no longer hid his limp when walking.

"Wait!" Sui Sui quickly ran to Wen Chi, staring at his foot. "You're injured!"

Wen Chi tightened his lips and said in a muffled voice: "I'm okay."

Sui Sui's eyes rolled around, not knowing what she was thinking. Suddenly, she pointed at the pile of fruits like a small mountain under the orange tree not far away: "Look! That! Eat it!"

Wen Chi immediately understood where the colorful mess on her face came from. "Are the oranges sweet?"

"Sweet... ah, no, I didn't eat them!" Sui Sui's eyes widened like bells.

Wen Chi thought to himself: If you threw away the oranges with pits and bumps bitten under the tree, it would be more believable. But he didn't puncture the little cub's self-esteem and just nodded, "Hmm", and walked over to pick up the oranges and put them into the bamboo basket.

In a short while, the small bamboo basket was half full. Wen Chi picked it up and weighed it. It was quite heavy. He was secretly happy that this trip was quite fruitful. He never thought that the oranges were picked by the little cub and only thought that they were specially prepared by someone hidden nearby by the program team.

"Let's go." Wen Chi picked up the oranges and walked in front first. Although it was still difficult for him to walk, he tried his best to act as if nothing had happened.

Sui Sui didn't immediately follow. She turned her head and looked around. Finally, she saw Hill quietly poking its head out from behind the bushes and relaxed. It must have heard someone coming and quickly hid behind the bushes.

However... how did the predestined one discover her? Sui Sui racked her brains but couldn't figure it out. She stood there in a daze for a long time.

Wen Chi, who had just walked a few steps and was sweating all over his head, looked back and saw that Sui Sui was still standing there. He couldn't help asking: "Why don't you go?"

Sui Sui didn't hesitate and directly asked the doubt in her heart. Wen Chi curled his lips and replied: "I heard someone snoring."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Sui Sui's face turn bright red. It was really strange. The face smeared with mud, dust, and juice could still change color?

"Humph." The angry Sui Sui stiffened her neck and refused to move.

Seeing her like that, Wen Chi's heart softened. He turned back and extended his big hand to Sui Sui: "Let's go."

Sui Sui pursed her small mouth. Suddenly, scenes she had seen in the village flashed through her mind, such as fathers holding their daughters' hands and brothers leading their sisters... There were so many warm scenes. At that time, she didn't understand and only felt empty in her heart, as if eating a hundred sweet fruits couldn't fill it.

Now, she seemed to understand a little. The little ginseng spirit who was used to running wild in the mountains slowly extended her small hand and put it into Wen Chi's warm palm. A wonderful feeling surged in her heart.

This time, she didn't resist any more and obediently let Wen Chi lead her forward.

One person and one ginseng, one tall and one short. The setting sun shone through the gaps in the leaves, casting golden beams that lengthened and brought their shadows closer.

...

Sui Sui had been wandering around nearby for two days. Today was the first time she had entered this small thatched cottage.

This cottage was only about thirty square meters. The bamboo-woven walls divided it into two rooms. The inner room was for sleeping, and the outer room was a combination of kitchen, dining room, and living room. The decoration was really shabby. The walls were bare and unpainted, and the wooden floorboards on the ground creaked when walked on. The furniture and furnishings were so old that they seemed to have been brought out from an old antique drama.

Simple, plain, and original... In a word, it was — extremely poor.

Sui Sui's eyes looking at Wen Chi were suddenly filled with pity. This cottage was the poorest one she had ever seen! Compared with her fairyland-like spring mountain home, it was a world of difference. Even compared with the self-built houses of the villagers, it was also rather shabby.

Even Hill wouldn't live in such a shabby house. Could it be that this was the home of the predestined one? It seemed that God had seen that the predestined one was too pitiful and specially sent her to save him. Sui Sui had a heavy burden on her shoulders!

Wen Chi, who was busy sorting out the oranges, suddenly felt a chill on his back. He looked back and saw that there was nothing unusual in the house except for an extra dirty little cub.

After putting away the oranges, Wen Chi extended his hand to Sui Sui: "Give me the bag."

"What?" Sui Sui blinked her eyes, looking confused.

Wen Chi pointed to her body: "That bag."

Hearing this, Sui Sui immediately became like a small beast protecting its food. She tightly grasped the bag strap with both hands and became extremely vigilant! This was the precious bag she had picked up nearby yesterday. It was black and not as bright and beautiful as the bags carried by other children in the village, but it was her first bag in her life.

She had grown up in the spring mountain. That place was wonderful, a fairyland that mortals dreamed of, but it lacked these modern things. When Sui Sui went down the mountain, she used a piece of torn cloth found in a corner to pack her things.

When she picked up this bag, she was almost jumping for joy. How could she bear to give it to Wen Chi?

Wen Chi wasn't in a hurry. He thought that the program team had told the little cub to take good care of the bag, which made her so nervous. So he patiently explained: "Aren't you sent by the program team? There are emergency supplies prepared by them for me in this bag."

Sui Sui didn't quite understand what the program team and emergency supplies were, but she understood one thing: this bag belonged to the predestined one.

For a moment, her big eyes were filled with grievance, which made Wen Chi's heart ache. He thought she was going to cry in the next second.

Wen Chi panicked and froze. He was most afraid of children crying and even more afraid of having to comfort them.

Who knew that the expected tears didn't fall. Sui Sui pouted and slowly took off the bag. Her movements were as slow as if the movie was playing at 0.5 speed, but she still handed the bag to Wen Chi.

"Give it back to you." Sui Sui's voice was small and reluctant.

Only she herself knew that this was because she was guilty.

Wen Chi took the bag, thought for a moment, and then came to his senses. He was a little uncomfortable and scratched his head: "Do you like this bag? I'll give it to you later."

"Okay... okay." Sui Sui's voice was floating and not as excited as Wen Chi expected.

The little cub who had just been full of vigor and put her hands on her hips was now like a wilted eggplant, listless.

Wen Chi felt really uncomfortable seeing her like that, but he didn't know what to say. He could only silently open the bag and see what was inside.

The supply bag was not big. Even though Wen Chi didn't know what was inside in advance, he guessed that it wouldn't be mostly food.

After all, there were only three chances to ask for help. How could the program team only give some eat... er... grass (a kind of plant)?

Hey, it was really grass. Green, with roots and leaves, so fresh that it could drip water, and with a little mud, just like it had just been pulled out of the ground.

Wen Chi vaguely guessed something. But before he could open his mouth, the little cub beside him had already spilled the beans: "These are all good grasses! Soaking them in water is good for your health!"

Wen Chi:...