Chapter 56 My Life, My Choice! (1/2)

Yan Yu felt the little girl squeeze his hand tightly.

He looked down at her.

Just then, Ruan Tang also looked up, and their eyes met in the air.

Looking at the undisguised intense affection in the man's eyes, Ruan Tang suddenly felt relieved.

Yes, everyone has their own secrets.

As long as your heart is set on yourself, that's enough.

The doubts that had been swirling in his heart were completely melted away by the burning passion in his eyes at that moment.

Ruan Tang's dimples returned, like they were filled with the sweetest honey, flowing straight into the man's heart.

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Before dawn, the entire Jixiang Brigade was already brightly lit.

Chen Fengshan shouted, clearly outlining everyone's tasks.

"Get moving! Harvest the rest of the wheat before dark!"

"For the drying and threshing section, work in groups of three, taking turns. No one is allowed to slack off!"

On the threshing ground, the wheat ears that had been drying were being carried into the warehouse in baskets.

The monstrous steel machine tirelessly spewed forth golden grains of wheat, which poured out like quicksand, quickly piling up into delightful little mountains.

The commune members' faces were filled with the ecstatic joy of surviving a disaster, and their enthusiasm soared.

Only when the last rays of sunset were swallowed by the night was all the wheat harvest finally completed, waiting for the machine to turn them into life-saving food.

As the machine's "guardian," Yan Yu naturally had to stay and keep an eye on it.

Ruan Tang walked to his side, looking at his profile, which appeared even more handsome and sculpted in the firelight, and said softly, "I'll go back with Sister Xiang Nan and the others first, and bring you the food when it's ready."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Yu's brows furrowed into a deep frown.

His aura suddenly subsided, and the scorching temperature around him instantly dropped to freezing.

Should we let her walk alone at night?

Absolutely impossible.

Just as the man was about to refuse, Ruan Tang seemed to see through his thoughts. She tiptoed, her soft body exuding a sweet fragrance, and leaned close to him with a sly smile.

She quickly pulled a small wooden bird, no bigger than the palm of her hand, from her pocket and proudly waved it in front of him.

The bird was carved so lifelike that the texture of each feather was clearly visible, as if it were about to take flight at any moment.

"Look, I have this to protect me, it's really powerful."

Her eyes sparkled with tiny lights, and her voice was soft and sweet, as if she were begging for praise—she was incredibly cute.

Yan Yu's gaze lingered for a moment on the small wooden bird that contained faint energy fluctuations.

Is this the little girl's "weapon"?

It bears a striking resemblance to some of the individual defensive devices he had seen in the apocalypse.

The coldness between his brows melted away quietly.

His little girl, even her self-defense gadgets are so cute.

Yan Yu stretched out his large, calloused hand and placed it on the top of her head, gently rubbing it with tender care.

His voice was deep and husky, tinged with a hint of doting affection that he couldn't control.

"Okay, I'll wait for you."

Yan Yu stood at the entrance of the threshing ground, watching Ruan Tang and Lin Xiangnan walk away, chatting and laughing.

His invisible spiritual power, like a giant net, silently enveloped the little girl, constantly watching her surroundings and ready to eliminate any potential dangers at any time.

Yan Yu watched Ruan Tang's figure disappear completely around the corner of the village road before turning away and preparing to go to the warehouse to check on the operation of the machines.

After taking only two steps, a sharp and malicious question suddenly came from the shadow of the woodpile.

"Yan Yu, the Yan family will not accept Ruan Tang."

Yan Yu's steps did not falter even for a moment.

He continued walking forward, as if the sound were nothing more than the noisy chirping of insects in the night, unworthy of his attention.

Standing beside the woodpile, Gu Jinzhou's face turned pale and then red when he saw that he was being completely ignored!

A surge of anger, stemming from humiliation, rushed straight to the top of my head!