His back was broad and muscular. He used his shoulders to support her without uttering a single word of complaint.
"Lu Xingzhi, when I am old and no longer able to walk, you must piggyback me and walk like this." Jiang Yao could not help but say coquettishly.
Unexpectedly, Lu Xingzhi briefly said, "I won't."
Jiang Yao pounded him with her little fists in retaliation and he chuckled. "Darling, I am a few years older than you. When you are unable to walk, I am most likely unable to piggyback you too. By that time, you will sit in the wheelchair and I will push you. We will go wherever you like, I will never push you to the west if you want to go to the east."
Jiang Yao, who was on his back, smiled silently, impressed by that idea.
There were almost no brick houses in the area of the old town as most of them were old houses made of wood with a strong sense of culture. They were all of the same height, but they looked quite run-down.
Lu Xingzhi, with Jiang Yao on his back, stopped in front of an antique house. It was similar to Jiang Yao's house back in her hometown, and a loess wall surrounded the two rows of houses. If Lu Xingzhi had not brought her here, it would have been hard for Jiang Yao to believe that there was such a place in Nanjiang City.
Lu Xingzhi held Jiang Yao's hand with one hand and knocked on the door with the other. The door was not locked, and it opened automatically when he knocked on it. Both of them stood at the entrance and saw an old woman in her fifties holding an old basin while feeding the chickens in her courtyard.
When the old woman heard the noise from the door, she pouted unhappily and looked toward the door. As she saw their unfamiliar faces, she asked in an impatient tone, "Are you looking for someone? Who are you looking for?"
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