Yu Yao rubbed its belly.
It's so soft and comfortable.
The puppy lay on the ground, wriggling and licking her hand, its big eyes wet and looking incredibly cute.
"It itches!" Yu Yao rubbed the puppy's head one last time, then stood up. "It's getting late, I have to go now, you should go home too."
The puppy followed her and Lu Ze for a few steps, barking a few times.
Yu Yao waved at it, "Go back now!"
After the two figures disappeared at the end of the road, the puppy turned around and went back the way it came. After walking only a hundred meters, the puppy suddenly started barking wildly at a certain tree.
A dark figure emerged from behind the tree.
Under the moonlight, the dark figure revealed a sinister smile, "You damned dog, how dare you ruin my plans."
A moment later, the sounds of dogs barking and cursing echoed from the woods.
Without their bicycles, Yu Yao and Lu Ze had no choice but to walk back to the military compound.
Yu Yao was still shaken and weak from the fright. She was still some distance from the unit.
Lu Ze simply carried her back on his back.
Yu Yao lay on his back, her head resting on Lu Ze's shoulder. His strong back made her feel especially safe and secure.
Their skin was pressed together through a layer of clothing, and they could feel each other's body temperature.
The softness on his back was so obvious that Lu Ze stiffened.
Seeing that he suddenly stopped, Yu Yao asked, "What's wrong?"
Lu Ze cleared his throat and lifted Yu Yao up a little. "It's nothing."
Yu Yao thought she had grown heavier and was about to fall, so she hugged his neck and tried to rub against him.
The softness of her chest rubbed against Lu Ze's back, turning his neck and ears completely red. He walked forward stiffly.
The darkness was the best disguise, so Lu Ze could only try to distract himself by talking.
"It's so dark, don't ride too fast next time."
“I didn’t want to ride that fast either. When I was riding, I heard a noise behind me and thought someone was there. Then I remembered what you asked Company Commander Song to tell me, so I wanted to ride faster and shake him off.”
Who knew it would be a puppy? If she had known it was a puppy, she wouldn't have ridden so fast.
“We’ve already caught Bull Shark. Given the crimes he’s committed, he’ll be executed. Don’t worry about him retaliating.”
Hearing him say that, Yu Yao felt relieved. Then, thinking of something, she suddenly leaned close to Lu Ze's ear and said, "Lu Ze, I have good news for you. All nine types of canned food that I developed have passed the test."
Her hot breath blew on his ears and neck, sending a tingling sensation through him.
Lu Ze turned his head away without making a sound, his voice low and husky: "You're great, I knew you could do it."
Some of the canned goods from Haixing Food Factory were supplied to the troops stationed on the island. Lu Ze had tried them, and the canned goods developed by Yu Yao were in no way inferior to those canned goods.
Her passing was within Lu Ze's expectations, but he was still happy for her.
Yu Yao smiled and said, "I think I'm pretty good too. By the way, after the Laba Festival, it's the final of the canned food research and development competition. If you have time that day, you can come and watch my competition."
Lu Ze hummed in agreement and silently noted down the important date, January 12th.
Yu Yao, worried that he might feel pressured, added, "If there's a training session, it's okay if you don't come. I'll take lots of photos, and I'll develop them and show them to you later. That's the same thing."
She's someone who loves to share so much, how could she not want him to see it?
Lu Ze said, "After completing this mission, I will take a day off. I will save the time for the competition."
"Really?" Yu Yao was visibly happy.
Lu Ze hummed in agreement.
Yu Yao wrapped her arms around his neck and shared the plans for that day with Lu Ze.
Lu Ze listened quietly, responding to her from time to time.
Making sugar water is a very energy-consuming task, especially since today is the last day. In order to finish the remaining production tasks before leaving get off work, Yu Yao was busy all day.
In the quiet night, surrounded by Lu Ze's calming presence, Yu Yao felt her eyelids growing heavier and heavier.
As they walked, Lu Ze noticed that the person on his back had fallen silent. He stopped and called out, "A Yao?"
The only response he received was a shallow breath.
Lu Ze curled the corners of his lips, gently lifted the person who was about to fall up, and slowed down to let her sleep more peacefully.
The bright moonlight shone on the road, flanked by farmland and sugarcane fields of the island's first production team. Lu Ze carried Yu Yao on his back as they walked along the road.
The moonlight lengthened their shadows, which fell on the dirt road, intertwining and becoming indistinguishable.
I got home at 10 p.m. Luckily, tomorrow is the weekend and I don't have to work.
Lu Ze helped Yu Yao clean herself up and put her on the bed.
He went to the courtyard and brought the dried shrimp and oysters that were drying on the bamboo strips into the main room before closing the door and going back to his room to sleep.
The next day, Yu Yao slept until late morning before getting up.
The breakfast on the stove had gone cold, so she took some firewood to heat it up. Thinking of the crab sauce she had made a few days ago, she got up and scooped out a plateful to taste.
Crab sauce made from fiddler crabs is not as bright as crab sauce made from crab meat and roe; its color is slightly grayish-blue.
It looks a bit scary and smells like seafood; most people might not be able to accept it.
This crab sauce is like stinky tofu, with a unique seafood smell that makes people want to stay away, but it tastes very delicious. The unique seafood flavor dances on the taste buds like surging waves, making it irresistible.
When Yu Yao told Su Meihua and Aunt Ge about it before, she was worried that they wouldn't be able to accept it, so she deliberately described the fishy smell as more intense. Unexpectedly, both of them said they wanted to try it.
I wonder how their dishes will taste, and whether I'll be able to accept them.
As they were talking, they heard Aunt Ge and Su Meihua's voices coming from outside.
"Aunt Ge, are you going to go beachcombing?" Yu Yao asked, looking at the small nets and buckets in their hands.
Ge Jinhua smiled and said, "That's right, we want to catch more fiddler crabs."
"The crab sauce you taught us to make last time was absolutely delicious. At first, we couldn't accept it; we thought it smelled too bad."
I never expected that after forcing myself to try it once, I'd almost have my tongue ripped off from the deliciousness. It's not that we made too little last time, it wasn't enough; this time we're planning to make a lot more, so we wanted to ask if you wanted to come.
Su Meihua finds it funny whenever she thinks about how her family avoided her when they opened the crab sauce jar, and she can't help but share it with Yu Yao and Ge Jinhua.
Yu Yao found it funny when she heard Lei Xiaojun wake up and see his father eating crab sauce, and think his father was eating poop, so scared that he wouldn't let Commander Lei hug him all day.
Ge Jinhua also laughed and said, "Our family is similar. At first, we thought crab sauce could be very fishy, but when the smell came out, Qin Ye almost threw up. At first, he refused to try it, but after we forced him to take a bite, he fell in love with it."
Now he can't eat a meal without crab sauce. Seeing that the crab sauce is almost gone, he keeps urging me to catch more fiddler crabs to cook with.
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