"Well..." Samuel scratched his head. While waiting for the traffic light, he turned around to look at James who was sleeping, and then said with embarrassment. "I think we'd better go to the back mountain."
"Not today. Please just send us home."
"Young Madam... Well, I'm not trying to go against you. But Mr. Lu just asked me to drive you there. If we go back to the South Lake..." President would definitely be angry with him.
"He's so tired. I want him to go home and have a rest early. We can go to the back mountain another day."
"That's also what I want. But you also know his temper. If he didn't want to go, he would have gone home long ago. How could he ask to send you to the back mountain by himself?"
Elizabeth looked at his hand and knew that Samuel was right. If he really didn't want to go, how could he go with her in exhaustion?
But even so, she still said, "Just do as I said." After that, she thought for a moment and added, "If he's really angry, you can say that I forced you to do it."
Hearing this, Samuel suddenly shook his head. "Please don't! Young Madam! In that case, I will only have one result — being beaten to death by President!" Stop kidding! Although President was very kind to Young Madam! But if he really listened to Young Madam today, then... Well, it's certainly a slight exaggeration to say he would have been beaten to death. But from what he knew of President, President would dock him at least three months' salary.
Therefore, he decided to refuse Young Madam mercilessly.
After saying all these, He asked her bitterly in a pleasing tone, "Young Madam, you are so kind. You don't want me to be beaten to death, do you?"
Elizabeth did not expect Samuel to say that. She gave him a dry laugh and said, "You're exaggerating, aren't you? Haha."
Samuel shook his head. In order to enhance the credibility of what he had just said, he also swore, "I swear to God! If I lie, I'll be turned into a puppy!"
After that, he sighed silently in his heart. He didn't know where his future wife was yet. But today, to be able to save more money for their future home, he had shamelessly been a puppy for once.
"..." Elizabeth frowned, but had to compromise. "Well... Then so be it."
***
The back mountain of the Liang family was not actually behind or around the Liang family's villa. It was on a hill in the southern suburbs and was not very large. It was bought by Elizabeth's parents many years ago. They were also buried here later when they died.
Their car stopped at the foot of the mountain. Samuel turned around and shouted at James, who was still asleep, "Pres..."
Almost at the moment when she saw Samuel turning around, Elizabeth felt guilty and immediately released James's hand. Then she pretended to be serious as if she hadn't done anything bad. She interrupted what Samuel wanted to say in time and whispered, "Let him sleep."
"But..."
"It doesn't matter." Elizabeth smiled.
Even so, she did not slow down her pace. On the contrary, she speeded up. First, she couldn't wait to see her parents. On the other hand, she was afraid that James would wake up and get impatient for waiting for her for too long.
After climbing so hard to the top, she was sweating profusely. She couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
But before she could recover from her exhaustion, she saw a wooden house about fifty meters to her left. Judging from the degree of old and new, it should have been built not long ago. Next to the wooden house, there were two wooden sticks with a rope in the middle. There were a few clothes hanging on the rope. She looked at the cabin, and the doubts in her heart gradually rose. Who would build such a cabin here?
She was hesitating whether she should go forward and have a look. Before she could take any action, a voice came from behind her, "Miss, what are you doing here?"
Elizabeth turned around and saw a middle- aged man in his fifties. He had dark skin and simple clothes, but he was tall and strong. Right now, he was carrying a bundle of firewood and looking at her with his guarded eyes.
Seeing this scene, Elizabeth began to panic in her heart. She even regretted that she had just refused Samuel's company.
It's still bright now, but it's early evening after all. And they were on this mountain with too many weeds and trees. What if this man was a bad guy? What if he wanted to do something evil to her?
"You..."
Elizabeth just said a word in horror, and then the man spoke again. The guard in his eyes had disappeared, and his tone was immediately filled with respect. "Well, it's you!"
Elizabeth, who hadn't yet recovered from the shock of seeing the man, couldn't help but be stunned when she heard the words. She looked at him in a trembling voice and asked doubtfully, "Do you... Do you know me?"
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