Dark shadows loomed on the walls, and the indoor temperature reached a new high.
Ling Huanwu closed her eyes, looking forward to a 400-meter race in an infinitely expanding space tomorrow.
They awaited her to stockpile food and lead the entire island's people out of hunger during the famine years.
Just as she was making grand plans for the future, a series of urgent knocks sounded at the door at just the right time.
"Sir, something's happened! Open the door quickly!"
Ling Huanwu hooked her arm around his neck and shook her head vigorously, signaling him with her eyes not to go.
Zhou Jiuzhen paused in unbuttoning his shirt, kissed the tip of her nose, and reassured her, "I'll go see what's wrong and come right back."
Ling Huanwu tugged at his clothes, watching helplessly as he slipped through her fingers, sensing something was wrong.
Sure enough, as soon as the door opened, a group of people at the door started making noise.
"Commander, it's all over! All the oysters in the sea are dead, and all the oysters in the neighboring villages on the island are dead too. All the hard work of the islanders this whole year has gone to waste!"
Oyster farming is the island's main source of livelihood.
It takes at least a year from seedlings to centralized sales, which means that the island's aquaculture farms will have no revenue for the entire year.
Before Zhou Jiuzhen could even greet Ling Huanwu in his room, the villagers grabbed him and disappeared without a trace at the door.
Ling Huanwu was left alone and helpless in the room, her hand outstretched.
At the other end of the military dormitory, Zhou Shuyao pleaded and begged, but in the end, Song Yaoyao, who was protecting her belly, pushed him out of the dormitory.
"I won't allow you to hurt the triplets in my belly! Go wash yourself by the well!"
The door slammed down in front of him, leaving Zhou Shuyao humiliated.
Zhou Shuyao ran to the well and poured about ten buckets of water over himself, but he still couldn't get rid of the heat on his body.
The sea breeze made him feel even more uncomfortable.
He moved along, intending to take a walk on the beach, but unknowingly ended up in front of his elder brother's stone house.
Looking at the light shining through the door, Zhou Shuyao pictured Ling Huanwu's alluring figure swaying gracefully by the stove at dusk.
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