After Rebirth, Minor Character Only Wants to Level Up

Outside, Ye Ling ran into Si Daochen at the village entrance, seeing him coming out with a bucket again. Remembering the last time Si Daochen had warned her, Ye Ling, in a rare good mood, teased him.

"What? Do you have something to tell me again?"

The evening sky was darkening, hiding the redness on Si Daochen’s face, "Ye Ling, you’re a girl, you can’t be so frivolous, it’s not good for you."

Such seriousness made Ye Ling lose her teasing mood. She waved her hand nonchalantly, "Uptight. You go ahead and fetch your water."

With that, she turned around and headed home.

Si Daochen stood in place, holding the water bucket, watching Ye Ling’s figure enter the Ye Family’s courtyard before turning around to walk toward the well. Si Daochen was fair-skinned, but a bit skinny, with high cheekbones and large eyes. Though he looked delicate, unlike typical rural kids, he gave the impression of being calculative, yet he seemed honest and quiet, making his appearance seem contradictory.

By the well, apart from Si Daochen fetching water, there was no one else around. Si Daochen didn’t know why, but as soon as he saw Ye Ling’s silhouette from his home’s courtyard, he would bring the bucket over. Yet, when he met her, he said such a thing, not knowing if Ye Ling would dislike it.

Water gushed from the well into the bucket and splashed onto Si Daochen’s cloth shoes, bringing him back from his thoughts. He hung the small metal bucket and, now unenthusiastic, carried the water home.

Meanwhile, back at Ye’s house, Ye He Ping was still complaining about his youngest daughter. Seeing his mother suddenly collapse, he panicked, throwing his cigarette away and taking a few big steps to the bed, "Mom? Mom? What’s wrong?"

Ye Ling pushed open the door and heard her father’s panicked voice. Hearing it was about her grandmother, she rushed into the room in a few steps, only to see her father standing by the bed, shaking her grandmother who was lying unresponsive on the bed.