Zhang gave Lin Yinan a meaningful look, "Anan, do you want to go help your future mother-in-law?"
Before Lin Yinan could speak, Old Mrs. Zhao glared at her.
"What help are you offering? We're not married yet, and we're not his servants."
Lin Yinan nodded in agreement.
"Am I trying to make a good impression on my mother-in-law?" Zhang said awkwardly.
"No need. They're shouting so loudly right now, they might just be trying to get our Anan to come and help."
Old Mrs. Zhao was quite old; how could she not see through her little tricks?
Zhu Jinhui was furious. She was speaking so loudly, and that little bitch Lin Yinan didn't even have the sense to come and lend a hand.
She was sitting there, head down, eating nonstop. Was she a reincarnated starving ghost?
Although Su Yunru was dissatisfied, she still cooperated with her mother and continued to act.
“Mother, I have never done such heavy work since I was a child. Why don’t you ask my future sister-in-law to come and help me?”
Lin Yinan pretended not to hear and continued eating the jerky.
This jerky is delicious, but it makes your jaw very tired from chewing it.
Seeing that Lin Yinan remained unmoved, Su Yunru simply called out to her, "Sister A-Nan, your horse meat is particularly difficult to grill, come and help us grill it."
Indeed, shamelessness makes one invincible.
Did they forget that she was the one who brought the horse back?
"I have some grilled ones here. Do you want me to chew them up and feed them to you?" Lin Yinan said in a cool voice.
"Pfft!"
Yun Er and several Yun family guards standing nearby couldn't help but chuckle softly.
The brothers Su Yunjin and Su Yunyan blushed with embarrassment.
Su Yunyan snatched the charred meat from Su Yunru's hand. "Sister, help Mother to rest. Second Brother and I will grill the rest."
The horse meat was given to them by their future sister-in-law out of respect for their eldest brother. Their mother and sister even wanted her to come over and help them roast it, which was a bit too much.
A horse leg, there's quite a lot of meat on it.
Enraged, Su Yunru threw the meat in her hand on the ground and turned back to the cave.
Upon seeing this, Zhu Jinhui quickly got up and followed her inside.
She had never done any cooking before, and she was truly fed up with living like this during their time as refugees.
When Su Yunzhi returned with water, she saw her two younger brothers by the fire and frowned, asking, "Where are Mother and Ru'er?"
Su Yunjin told her brother everything that had just happened.
When Lin Yinan was mentioned, Su Yunzhi glanced in her direction and saw that she looked calm and not angry, so she felt relieved.
It seems I need to find an opportunity to have a proper talk with my mother.
Before long, Su Kunliang, who had gone with the others to cut grass, also returned.
His four sons sat by the fire, busy roasting meat, but his wife and daughters were nowhere to be seen. His heart sank, and he felt a growing urge to explode, though he didn't show it on his face.
He put down the grass and stormed into the cave.
Subsequently, Zhu Jinhui and Su Yunru reluctantly emerged from the cave.
Zhu Jinhui sat by the fire, occasionally glaring at Lin Yinan with gritted teeth.
Lin Yinan shrugged, indicating that it didn't matter; taking a few more glances wouldn't hurt her.
Before long, a man riding a horse emerged from the woods.
"Yun Qi, you're back!"
Yun Er stood up excitedly and rushed forward to grab the reins.
A quick-thinking Yun family guard put down the roasted meat he was holding and rushed into the cave to call Yun Mo.
Yun Mo strode out of the cave. "Yun Qi, what's the situation outside?"
Yun Qi hugged the water pouch and gulped down a few mouthfuls of water before wiping his mouth.
"My lord, the Hu people have already captured Jiancheng. I saw traces of supplies on the official road, and I suspect that those Hu people were chasing after the fleeing government troops."
Yun Mo frowned in thought.
Su Kunliang found it hard to believe. He had taught at Jiancheng Academy for many years and knew many of the officials there.
"How could Sword City have fallen so quickly?"
Lin Shuo, on the contrary, worried, "Wouldn't it be unsafe for us to stay here any longer?"
Yun Mo glanced at Su Kunliang, then comforted Lin Shuo, "Uncle Lin, don't worry. The Hu people are good at operating on the plains. They are not familiar with the mountains and forests, so they won't come up here."
"Should we travel through the night tonight?"
There was still a lot of unroasted horse meat left, and Lin Yiheng felt reluctant to part with it.
"No need, we can rest here tonight and continue our journey tomorrow morning. Jiancheng used to be Yicheng. If Yicheng falls, then the Hu people will not be far from Shangjing."
"Therefore, the imperial court will definitely send a large number of troops to guard the city."
Yun Wu continued, "If the Hu people want to take Yicheng, they will definitely gather a large army before launching another attack."
Lin Shuo felt much more at ease after hearing their seemingly logical arguments.
Su Kunliang began to doubt Yun Mo's identity. "You say your surname is Yun, but what is your connection with the Yun family of Yanmen Pass?"
Yun Mo bowed to him frankly and said, "To be honest, sir, Yun Guangyao is my grandfather, and I am Yun Mo, the third son of Yun Zhentian."
Su Kunliang was immediately startled and bowed to him with his hands clasped in greeting.
"So it's General Yun."
Yun Mo returned the greeting, saying, "The entire Yun family is now prisoners. You may simply call me Yun Mo."
Su Kunliang's eyes stung with tears. Heaven was blind; the imperial court had missed the Yun family army, and the Great Yan Kingdom was doomed.
"The Yun family has been loyal and virtuous for generations, and the officials of the court have failed the Yun family!"
"With my entire family moving south this time, the Yun family will cease to exist in the Great Yan Kingdom," Yun Mo said calmly.
Lin Yinan had already guessed his identity, so she wasn't too surprised.
The group sat around the fire, roasting meat and chatting about what was happening outside.
It wasn't until dusk that the Lin family finished roasting all the dried meat.
The Lin family arranged for people to stand guard with the Yun family guards at night, as they needed to get up early the next day to continue their journey, so everyone went to sleep early.
Lin Yinan has always been a light sleeper. In the past, when she was on a mission, it was common for her to only get a few hours of sleep every two or three days. Since she couldn't fall asleep after sleeping during the day, she took over the night watch for Lin Yizhang.
She lay on a large tree not far from the cave, looking up at the starry sky.
I can't remember the last time I saw stars. After the zombie outbreak, the air, land, and water resources were severely polluted. It was hazy during the day and pitch black at night.
She wondered if the Earth, once it reaches a certain stage of development, would activate a self-cleaning mode and start afresh.
"Anan, are you asleep?"
Su Yunzhi called softly from under the tree; he was on duty for the first half of the night.
Lin Yinan's thoughts were interrupted, and she looked down at him.
"What's up?"
Su Yunzhi's eyes shone brightly under the night sky as he held up the roasted sweet potato in his hand.
"Here, have some."
"I'm not hungry."
Lin Yinan refused, not wanting to have too much to do with him.
"Take it, you can eat it when you get hungry later."
Su Yunzhi persisted, looking intently at her.
Helpless, she had no choice but to climb down from the tree and take the warm sweet potato from his hand.
"Thanks!"
"Anan, it's only right that I'm kind to you, you don't need to thank me!"
Su Yunzhi's eyes were filled with deep affection and love.
Holding the warm sweet potato in her hand, Lin Yinan felt it was burning hot.
After a moment of intense thought, she looked at him and said earnestly, word by word, "Su Yunzhi, let's break off the engagement."
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