The warm breath covered her eyelids, and Yu Jiu felt that her heart, which had been aching these past few days, had finally returned to normal.
The dog who should have been injured in his past life wasn't, but Xu Zijiang is injured in this life. She doesn't know if his leg will be as badly injured as the dog's in his past life, and never heal. But even if Xu Zijiang is lame, she is willing to marry him and be his crutch for the rest of his life!
"Hey, there are so many people here, Captain! Be mindful of the situation!"
The young dog couldn't help but let out a soft "Huh?" and turned his back to warn the team leader, "The team leader is really shameless! He kissed Yu Zhiqing in front of so many people! Did you see those young men with green eyes? They're going to tear you to pieces! These guys are all secretly interested in Yu Zhiqing!"
Thinking about how many rivals he had openly and secretly shielded the captain from these past few days, Gouzi felt incredibly noble. Indeed, the captain's love was something only he could protect! He couldn't do without him!
"Really? But I'm worried about you."
Yu Jiu could no longer hold back and sobbed as she recounted her worries of the past few days. Looking at Xu Zijiang's wound, she thought he was going to die, and tears streamed down her face.
"It's not that bad, it really isn't."
Xu Zijiang was both amused and exasperated. He didn't even bother to eat his meal before pulling the person into his arms and carefully comforting him.
The same crying sound, but how come the young educated youth's crying is so beautiful? He's itching to have her, while Li Nannan's wailing gives him a headache, and he wishes he could throw her away. Sigh, sure enough, a wife is different from other girls!
Neither Li Nannan nor Yu Jiu knew his thoughts. Li Nannan had been starving for several days and was almost exhausted. After finally getting up the mountain, everyone surrounded Xu Zijiang and Yu Jiu again, and everyone spared her a glance. She couldn't help but feel wronged and slumped to the ground, saying weakly.
"I'm hungry, I need food..."
The dog felt it was too young to eat too much dog food, so it squeezed out from Xu Zijiang and Yu Jiu's side, only to find Li Nannan on the outer edge of the crowd, who was making malicious teasing remarks.
"Oh, you're still alive? Do you know you almost made Yu Zhiqing a widow! You're just a troublemaker! Pshaw, you only deserve one bite, take it or leave it!"
The dog broke off a small piece of sweet potato and threw it on her to keep her alive. Food was already scarce, and he wouldn't give it to a bad woman like her!
"you!"
Li Nannan felt dizzy, and her hands were trembling from hunger. She didn't have the strength to argue, so she could only humiliatingly pick up the food that had fallen on the ground like a dog and stuff it into her mouth, but it wasn't enough.
"I need food, please give me some food..."
She finally lowered her proud head and pleaded tearfully.
But the dog had no mercy for women; he shook his head mercilessly.
"No, nobody knows when the flood will recede. There wasn't much food left to begin with, so how could we possibly give you any more?"
"Waaaaah."
Li Nannan pouted, cried, and then her head lolled to the side and she fainted from hunger.
"Serves you right!"
If she weren't a girl, the dog would have kicked her. She caused trouble, and the captain had to risk his life to save her, even getting injured himself. His legs and arms were so badly injured that no one knows when he'll recover. She, on the other hand, is perfectly fine. So what if she's hungry for a while? She won't die!
The dog was self-righteous, and the others had no sympathy for Li Nannan. After the initial excitement, they started asking Xu Zi about the situation in the team and what to do next.
Yu Jiu frowned unhappily and gestured for Gouzi to calm everyone down first so that Xu Zi could rest. Gouzi had gotten used to obeying Yu Jiu's orders these past few days, so he immediately scurried off.
"Anyway, the captain is back, and the problems will be solved. Everyone, there's no need to worry. Let the captain rest. Can't you see how tired he is? Go, go, go, sit down, sit down, and don't make a sound!"
He urged everyone to go back to their seats so that Xu Zijiang could have a quiet environment to rest.
Xu Zijiang had been holding on for several days and was indeed exhausted, showing signs of weakness. He touched Yu Jiu's soft, black hair and whispered.
"Then I'll take a nap first."
He spoke with weariness, his resolute face was full of exhaustion, and the wounds on his hands and legs were simply bandaged with rags to stop the bleeding. He looked somewhat haggard.
"Okay, lie down on my lap."
Yu Jiu stretched out his legs, indicating that he could use them as a pillow. Xu Zijiang was really exhausted, with a bit of stubble on his chin. Without saying a word, he rested his head on Yu Jiu's legs, closed his eyes, and soon began to breathe evenly, sound asleep.
Yu Jiu didn't do anything, just lowered her eyes and stared motionlessly at the man resting on her lap, her tense heart finally able to relax. She thought that after being betrayed by her family and best friend, she had lost all sense of emotion and wouldn't trust anyone, but she never expected that she would actually fall in love with a man.
However, Xu Zijiang is worth it, very worth it.
She curved her lips into a faint smile, which vanished in an instant. Then she closed her eyes, leaned against the wall, and fell asleep. She hadn't slept much these past few days because she was worried about Xu Zijiang, but now she could finally sleep peacefully.
The two of them fell asleep peacefully in everyone's sight, while everyone discussed it in hushed tones.
"The team leader and Yu, the educated youth, have such a good relationship!"
"Isn't that right? Once the flood recedes, I bet the team leader won't be able to resist marrying Yu Zhiqing, right?"
"Who could resist this? I wouldn't be able to resist either. A few days ago, I thought Yu Zhiqing was going to go with the team leader."
"Pah, pah, pah! That's bad luck! Stop talking nonsense!"
Everyone whispered to stop them, offering their blessings to Yu Jiu and Xu Zijiang. No one dared to say that it was inappropriate for the two to be so intimate before they were even married. Even the young men who also coveted Yu Jiu couldn't help but admire Xu Zijiang's character.
Xu Zijiang and Yu Jiu slept until after six o'clock in the evening. It was still dark outside and the rain showed no signs of stopping, but as soon as Yu Jiu and Xu Zijiang woke up, they knew that the flood was about to recede; it was just an intuition.
"I'll go take a look."
The two exchanged a glance, and Xu Zijiang spoke in a hoarse voice.
"No, you're still lame, you're not allowed to go anywhere! Gouzi, take a few people out and see if the floodwaters have receded at all, see if the water level has dropped."
Yu Jiu stopped him and directly instructed Gouzi.
"Huh? The rain hasn't stopped. I just checked when it was still light out, and it hadn't started raining. Okay, I'll go check again."
Under Yu Jiu's indifferent yet serious gaze, Gouzi muttered something but went out again. This mountain is quite high; floodwaters basically only reach a little above the foot of the mountain. To know if the water level has dropped, you have to walk a bit further down.
Even though only two hours had passed since the last check, the dog was astonished to find that the water level had receded by the length of an index finger! It had dropped significantly from the mark he had made!
"The water's receding! The water is receding!"
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