early morning.

Diao Chan felt as if something was pressing down on her.

Her face flushed the moment she opened her beautiful eyes.

He then quickly closed his eyes, pretending he was still asleep.

But her flushed cheeks and trembling eyelashes had already betrayed her.

I quietly turned my head and looked at that resolute face so close to mine, and my heart started racing again.

After confirming that Duan Yu had not woken up.

Diao Chan then carefully and gently moved the arm that was pressing down on her body away little by little.

Call ~

After doing all this, Diao Chan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he quietly got out of bed.

Turning around to look at Duan Yu behind her, Diao Chan felt her cheeks burning.

With her pearly teeth gently biting her red lips, a hint of girlish longing flowed through her lowered eyes.

The sky outside was not yet fully bright.

I left the house last night after sleeping in my clothes all night.

Then began the daily grind.

Chop wood, fetch water, boil water, and sweep the yard.

For years, Diao Chan had to repeat these tasks every morning.

However, compared to usual, Diao Chan had a hint of sweetness on her lips while working today.

Their diligent figures seemed much lighter and more agile.

Diao Chan took two still-warm eggs from the henhouse, put them in her bosom, and then placed them in boiling water.

In no time, the two boiled eggs were scooped out.

Then it was carefully placed in an earthenware bowl.

........

The rooster crows.

Duan Yu opened his eyes on the bed.

He realized that the beautiful woman beside him was gone.

But there seemed to be lingering warmth in my arms, and the fragrance and softness of her body seemed to remain between my palms.

"Oops."

"Could I have crossed the line while I was asleep?"

Duan Yu looked at the boundary he and Diao Chan had agreed upon the night before.

Duan Yu originally said that he was going to sleep on the floor last night.

But it's still March.

The ground was cold as the permafrost hadn't thawed.

If you slept there for one night, you'd either freeze to death or get seriously injured.

Diao Chan couldn't bear it.

So they put him to sleep in the bed.

The two squeezed onto the small bed and agreed on a dividing line in the middle.

To be honest, Duan Yu didn't have any ill intentions towards Diao Chan, such a kind girl.

They saved him and took him in.

If he harbors any more evil intentions, then he would truly be a despicable person.

Therefore, when he slept, he always maintained a supine position without crossing the line.

But when Duan Yu woke up, he found himself lying on his side.

Moreover, the arm had already been thrown to Diao Chan's side.

"Brother Duan..."

Just as Duan Yu was recalling whether he had done something he considered unforgivable last night.

Diao Chan's gentle voice rang out from outside.

Duan Yu, dressed in coarse linen clothes, quickly got up.

Outside, the beautiful Diao Chan walked in, carrying an earthenware bowl.

When their eyes met, Duan Yu immediately noticed the shyness in Diao Chan's eyes.

"Brother Duan..."

Diao Chan shyly placed the earthenware bowl in her hand in front of Duan Yu.

It was the same porridge as yesterday, but this time there was an egg in it.

Duan Yu was stunned for a moment.

In this day and age, people's families are already struggling financially.

Being able to eat your fill once a day is already a luxury.

Breakfast is out of the question.

Looking at Diao Chan's thin and delicate body, it's clear that there's no way her family would have breakfast every day.

Last night, Duan Yu said he was going into the mountains to hunt early this morning.

It seems that Diao Chan remembered those words.

"Brother Duan, didn't you say you were going hunting in the mountains today?"

Diao Chan lowered her head shyly and said softly and gently, "You'll need to eat something to have the strength to go into the mountains."

"These are eggs..."

Diao Chan pushed the earthenware bowl towards Duan Yu.

Then it seemed like she remembered something.

He quickly stood up.

"Brother Duan, you eat first..."

He then got up and walked outside.

Duan Yu looked at Diao Chan, who had walked out of the door, with a puzzled expression.

Before long, the petite and slender Diao Chan entered the house carrying Duan Yu's camouflage uniform, as well as a bow and arrows and a quiver.

"Brother Duan, you should take these clothes back."

"There are no suitable clothes for Brother Duan at home."

"And this bow and arrows, they were left to me by my father in my younger days."

“Brother Duan is going into the mountains to hunt, so he will definitely need it.”

This girl.....

Duan Yu smiled and said, "If you give me the clothes, what if your uncle asks about it?"

"And aren't you afraid that I'll just leave and never come back?"

"Then you lost a lot of money, didn't you?"

Diao Chan, who was sitting on a small stool opposite Duan Yu, immediately shook her head.

"No... I believe in Brother Duan."

"Brother Duan doesn't lie."

Duan Yu smiled.

This girl is so kind and innocent.

Duan Yu smiled and nodded, then reached out and tucked a strand of Diao Chan's hair behind her ear.

This ambiguous gesture immediately made Diao Chan's cheeks turn even redder.

Like a ripe apple.

Duan Yu looked at him with such urge that he wanted to go up and kiss him.

"half each."

Duan Yu picked up the egg from the bowl and broke it open.

Diao Chan shook her head and waved her hands repeatedly in refusal.

"Brother Duan, you eat it, I won't eat it."

“I didn’t eat it before either.”

"Just a little bit at night is enough."

Duan Yu forcefully shoved the half-egg in his hand into Diao Chan's hand.

"Don't worry, with me here, we'll have plenty of meat and fish for every meal."

Duan Yu smiled and promised, "I'll also buy you beautiful clothes, pretty dresses, and rouge."

Diao Chan's eyes were filled with surprise as she listened to Duan Yu's words.

Three meals a day, every meal filled with fish and meat, beautiful clothes, pretty dresses, and rouge—these were things she had never dared to imagine.

Regardless of whether or not one can actually possess it.

But listening to Duan Yu's words, she already felt a sweet warmth in her heart.

Diao Chan nodded shyly.

"Chan'er trusts Brother Duan."

The two of them, each holding half an egg, sat in the dilapidated thatched hut, and suddenly felt a touch of cozy homeliness.

This feeling was very warm to Diao Chan, who had lost love since childhood.

A bite of egg, a mouthful of hot porridge.

It was sweeter than the honey water that Diao Chan drank in her childhood memories.

..........

Before long, they finished eating the eggs and drinking the porridge.

Duan Yu changed into camouflage clothing.

He is 1.88 meters tall and has a robust build.

This is beyond the reach of the vast majority of people in this era.

Even without malnutrition, Duan Yu would still stand out from the crowd.

He carried a longbow and a quiver.

Duan Yu waved goodbye to Diao Chan, who was standing in front of the fence gate.

"Go back now, I will definitely be back before sunset."

Diao Chan nodded reluctantly, biting her red lips with worry.

Only after Duan Yu's figure disappeared from sight did Diao Chan reluctantly turn her gaze away.

"You brat, how come there's only one egg left? Where's the other one?!"

"Did you steal some food?!"

Vicious curses rang out behind Diao Chan.

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