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Chapter 25 Disdain, a complete roughneck
Qiao Guowen also knew.

They could say they watched Lu Xiao grow up; he was a reliable child.

"It's just that Nian Nian's experiences are a bit too legendary, I'm worried..."

"Don't worry, it's okay."

After comforting her husband, Nian Yunci remembered the shoe print on his clothes and changed the subject, asking what had happened to them in the mountains.

Qiao Guowen didn't really want to tell his wife, mainly because he didn't want her to worry.

But when he saw his wife's concerned face, he hesitated, still unable to bear hiding it from her.

"Yun Ci, don't worry, I'll explain it to you slowly..."

inside the house.

Qiao Nian, who felt like her lungs were about to explode, immediately took deep breaths after being able to breathe freely.

His chest heaved violently, as if his lungs could explode at any moment.

Lu Xiao loosely wrapped his arm around her, his elbows resting on the kang (a heated brick bed) to support his weight.

He stared intently at the girl beneath him, her eyes sparkling and her face as beautiful as a peach blossom.

The lips I just kissed are now even more moist and glossy, even more alluring.

"Near."

The man's voice was deep and husky, and the emotions within it made one's heart tremble.

Qiao Nian...

She didn't want to talk to him, and even turned her head away, giving him a disapproving look.

A suppressed chuckle reached my ears.

Qiao Nian?

"What are you laughing at? Are you crazy?"

She couldn't help herself and turned her face back to glare at the man in front of her.

Five years is just a matter of sleeping for her, but for the man in front of her, it is a real journey of more than a thousand days and nights.

Time has left its mark on his face.

The cheeks that Qiao Nian used to dislike became even rougher, and the skin became even darker.

He's a complete roughneck, no longer the youthful guy he was when he first started working.

"Really old."

Qiao Nian complained, expressing her strong dislike.

"Rough skin, rough lips, rough all over."

The boy next door who was always so clean-cut now has a beard that's prickly.

Qiao Nian touched her chin; it still hurt a little.

Her charming and adorable appearance is just like it was back then.

Lu Xiao reached out and touched her hair. Qiao Nian slapped his arm and kicked his calf without hesitation, "Move aside, you're pressing on my stomach."

Upon hearing this, the man immediately sat up.

The next second, he lifted her up from her lying position and pulled her into his arms.

Qiao Nian?

Does this jerk have this problem where he feels uncomfortable if he doesn't apply something to his face?

"Near."

A deep male voice came from above, "Welcome home."

Also, he misses her so much.

His deep voice was filled with so many emotions.

Hearing his reassuring voice, Qiao Nian, who was being held by him, stopped struggling.

She nestled obediently in his arms.

"Lu Xiao."

"Ok?"

"I'm actually very scared too."

Her voice was very soft, as if she were talking to Lu Xiao, or as if she were talking to herself.

“I’m afraid that during these years I’ll miss out, something will happen to my parents, I’m afraid you’ll find another woman, and I’m afraid I won’t be able to protect the baby…”

She hasn't mentioned it to anyone since she woke up.

Deep down, she was also filled with fear.

She didn't want to tell her parents; she didn't want them to worry about her.

But leaning against Lu Xiao's chest, she instinctively wanted to speak.

Perhaps it was the bond they shared growing up that made her completely unguarded around him, willing to reveal her whole self to him.

She didn't want to hide her fears or her temper from him.

"It's okay, it's okay."

Holding your beloved girl in your arms and truly feeling her presence fills the void in your heart.

"I'll handle it."

As long as his little girl is happy, she can throw tantrums and act spoiled towards him every day.

He will handle the rest.

Qiao Nian hummed softly, offering no reply. Lu Xiao held her for a while, then loosened his grip slightly, looking down at her, his gaze lingering on her lips.

Slowly approach.

Qiao Nianxin seemed to be playing a drum.

But they forgot to move aside.

"Nian niang, niang niang..."

Nian Yunci knocked on the door. "Um, the noodles are ready. Why don't you and your son-in-law come out and eat first before we talk?"

Qiao Nian blushed deeply at her mother's voice.

She pushed away Lu Xiao, who was getting too close.

He turned around and got off the kang (a heated brick bed).

"I'm here, Mom."

The figure that almost fled in panic left the man still on the kang (a heated brick bed) stunned. The next second, he lowered his eyes and chuckled softly.

His thoughts are still so innocent and adorable.

His gaze fell on the blood-stained bandage beside him. He wanted to tie it himself, but then he thought of the shy little girl who had just left.

"Near."

"What?"

Qiao Nian's annoyed voice came from outside.

Lu Xiao asked innocently, "Don't I need to bandage the wound on my arm?"

Qiao Nian?

I only remember fighting with that jerk; I forgot he was injured.

"Wait."

She went back to her room.

Lu Xiao sat on the kang (a heated brick bed), his narrow phoenix eyes slightly raised, looking at her with a smile in them.

Those upturned lips... I just want to tear him apart!

Qiao Nian: "What are you looking at? Haven't you seen this before?"

She whimpered and took out another clean cloth from her spatial storage, wrapping it around Lu Xiao's arm.

.........

The family of four sat around the small table at home and ate dinner.

Nian Yunci cooked two jin of noodles; there's enough for dinner.

At the dinner table, the whole family wanted to give Qiao Nian the poached eggs in their bowls.

Qiao Nian covered the mouth of the bowl.

"I'm not eating it, you guys eat it yourselves."

"Niannian, you have two babies in your belly, and you're eating for three people with one mouth. You need to eat more."

Nian Yunci spoke.

Qiao Nian shook her head and nodded, "I ate a lot."

Lu Xiao, who was sitting next to Qiao Nian, said upon hearing this, "Mom, eat. I'll exchange some milk powder coupons with my comrades later and get some milk powder for Nian Nian to help her get better."

The man now looks radiant, without the gloom of before, and not as frightening as when he had a high fever.

Nian Yunci and Qiao Guowen both praised Li Ruihua's medical skills.

Qiao Nian took a sip of the noodle soup and nodded.

“If we don’t protect talented people like Uncle Li properly, it will be a great loss to society.”

She didn't speak well of Lu Xiao because Li Ruihua saved him.

Instead, it's about offering comments from the perspective of a peer.

Qiao Guowen and his wife sighed, "Protecting them? How easy is that now?"

"Dad, Mom, don't worry too much, I'll figure something out."

Lu Xiao spoke again.

Qiao Nian raised her eyes and looked at the man beside her.

"What's wrong?" Lu Xiao noticed that she had been peeking.

Having been caught red-handed, she decided to look at it openly and honestly.

They're still legally married, so it's not illegal for her to see her husband.

"Aren't you making too many promises? Are you just trying to make empty promises to please your parents?"

"Near."

Nian Yunci and his wife disagreed with their daughter's words, saying, "Our son-in-law has never made any empty promises."

Qiao Guowen immediately chimed in, "Yes, my son-in-law always keeps his word."

Qiao Nian realized that in front of Lu Xiao, even her biological daughter seemed to have to take a backseat.

She wasn't angry.

She put down her chopsticks and asked Lu Xiao, "So tell me, what do you want to do?"

"The local hospital can accommodate a skilled traditional Chinese medicine doctor."

He meant to get Uncle Li to the military base.

(End of this chapter)