Even if things got too heated, in the end, Xie Jingchen merely held his obedient wife and they purely slept; this made Yan Jinsu almost doubt, now that this man had gotten her, did he no longer cherish her?
Of course, this was just a fleeting thought when she was bored, because as for what Xie Jingchen’s reactions were like, no one knew better than her, the couple held each other every night as they fell asleep.
Yan Jinsu might not know how the ’her’ in the past and he interacted, but just seeing how much Xie Jingchen was willing to do for her sweetened her heart to the point of cloying.
Every night, after Xie Jingchen would ’take a small taste then stop’, he would hold her and intimately talk about various things, involving everything that had occurred since her rebirth—the matters particularly about her current relatives and friends.
He specifically mentioned Liu Dongzhu, Yan Jinxian [Zhang Shan Ni], the Wu Family, etc.,—all these individuals were the ones Yan Jinsu needed to be wary of; next were Uncle Zhang’s family and the Yan Family, who were relatives they as a couple were gradually accepting.
Hearing from Xie Jingchen that they could leave Abyss Valley tomorrow, Yan Jinsu felt a hint of reluctance, which showed on her face as listlessness.
Here, after all, was the place where Yan Jinsu and Xie Jingchen opened their hearts to each other, though it was a terrible environment, lacking a fragrant sea of flowers, without a galaxy of twinkling stars—but in her heart, it was a place treasuring her beautiful memories.
"What’s wrong?" Xie Jingchen felt her unhappiness as his little wife softly leaned on his chest and looked down at her pale little face.
Yan Jinsu hugged him tightly, feeling a bit down, shaking her head, "It’s nothing."
Xie Jingchen was always a man with meticulous attention to detail, and seeing her expression, he roughly understood that perhaps for his little wife, this place, just like that scene of falling into the water, was a memory that could be cherished in her soul.
For him, it was the same.
"Silly, this place, as long as you want to come, I’ll accompany you again. Only you could be reluctant to leave such a perilous place."
For another woman, she might shake her head and refuse to revisit such an environment.
Hearing this, Yan Jinsu unhappily glared at him and said in annoyance, "Do you really hate this place that much?!"
Xie Jingchen, helpless, hurriedly tried to please, "Wife, wherever you are, it’s the most beautiful environment!"
Yan Jinsu, holding back her anger glared at him, wanted to laugh but sternly restrained herself, and snorted lightly, "You said it, later, we’ll still come here for a ’vacation’!"
A vacation? Choosing such a place? Yan Jinsu’s words really made Xie Jingchen want to laugh out loud: what a precious wife!
"Okay, okay, Madam Tai, wherever you point, that’s where I’ll go!"
Xie Jingchen stroked her back soothingly, coaxing her, "Alright, it’s late at night, be good and sleep, tomorrow, you might not be able to rest."
Tomorrow was their day of departure!
"Um... Brother Chen, I’m cold—" Yan Jinsu, having worried all day, was indeed tired, and under Xie Jingchen’s familiar stroking motion, her drowsiness gradually came over her, and as she was about to fall asleep, she instinctively snuggled deeper into his embrace, murmuring.
Hearing this, Xie Jingchen took out a down duvet from the Space Button again and covered her with it, their two bodies pressed closely together, hoping Yan Jinsu’s body temperature could raise a bit more—
"We can’t delay any longer." Jingchen Xie looked down at the little woman who was already deep asleep, his brows furrowed as he placed a warm hand on her back, almost moving her entirely onto his body, using his own body temperature to warm her chill.
When they first fell into Abyss Valley, his wife found even one down comforter too hot. But now, after staying only seven or eight days, even two down comforters couldn’t keep her warm, reflecting how unsuitable the environment was for her body.
If it weren’t for the Spirit Core Water still left in their Spatial area, the situation would be even worse.
Lately, both had been relying on Spirit Core Water and absorbing Crystal Cores to recover their spiritual power, and the consumption of Spirit Core Water had been incredibly fast.
If his wife hadn’t brought back the brew from her parental home into the Space, perhaps by now they would have run out of Spirit Core Water.
Now they had no excess, and now that the Spirit Core Liquid was used up, there were only a few cups of Spirit Core Water left in both their Spaces, and since his wife’s health was failing, Jingchen Xie refused to accept the Spirit Core Water Yan Jinsu offered, so Yan Jinsu’s Space had a bit more.
But it wasn’t much more either.
Thinking that tomorrow he had to carry his wife to climb the cliffs back to the surface, Jingchen Xie forced himself not to dwell on it, held his shivering beloved wife tightly, and gradually fell asleep—
Meanwhile in X county town, Jingzi Xie, finally learned from Zhou Zhenghui’s mouth that her Third Brother and sister-in-law had both gone missing for a week. She was so shocked that her emotions became a mess, and she clutched her boyfriend’s hand tightly, crying:
"Uncle, I want to go home! I need to go back now!"
As fresh undergraduates need to stay in dorms, it was her mid-month break, and she had not seen her Fifth Brother and Uncle for a while. This had led her to leave campus, never expecting to hear such news!
"Little Zi’er, don’t cry just yet. Third Brother and his wife are in danger; I can’t just stand by! Trust me, the Zhou, Yan, and Tao Families have all sent a battalion to search for them! Given Third Brother and his wife’s abilities, there certainly won’t be a life-threatening issue, they must be trapped somewhere. Stay calm!"
Zhou Zhenghui knew that once this young woman heard something had happened to her favourite Third Brother and his wife, she would definitely become emotionally unstable and chaotic! But not telling her such an important thing would only cause more issues later.
He had already delayed it to his limit.
"Really, really?" Jingzi Xie stared at him, her whole body trembling.
"Of course! I wouldn’t lie to you, don’t worry! It’s deep mountains out there, you’re just a little girl, you won’t even be able to make it into those mountains, even if you go back now you can’t do anything—"
"No, I still have to go back!" Jingzi Xie shook her head, looking at Zhou Zhenghui as tears suddenly streamed down:
"Uncle, my dad, and my mom must be extremely heartbroken, and also Xiaojiu and Xiao Shi, what if they can’t find my sister-in-law? And Xiao Si and Xiaoqi too, they rely so much on my sister-in-law, knowing that she’s missing, they must be uneasy too—"
Zhou Zhenghui thought, and indeed that was true!
Yan Jinsu, that woman, seemed to carry a magical power that made people who she genuinely cares about depend and trust her involuntarily.
For instance, this young woman in his arms! If it weren’t for Yan Jinsu solving her emotional problems, his journey to chase his wife might have been even more difficult!
"Okay, I’ll go back with you!" Zhou Zhenghui hugged her tightly, wiping her reddened eyes as he promised.
"Mm, thank you, Uncle!" The company of Zhou Zhenghui instantly calmed Jingzi Xie’s heart.
"By the way, where is my Fifth Brother?"