Meng Shaode regained consciousness and helped Caodian sit up, looking his daughter up and down.
She was worried about Tuoba Yan, and in that instant, Meng Shaode felt a sense of his daughter growing up.
But Tuoba Yan was truly unworthy of his precious daughter.
If his skills could be utilized in this era, he would surely achieve great things, and in the future, his daughter would also have a distinguished status.
It was just a pity that he lacked the right opportunity, and was too timid, always worrying about his wife and daughter.
"If Xiao Yan can return alive, Dad will allow you to talk about your feelings." Because if he didn't return, there would be no chance.
If he returned, it would mean this brat still had some abilities, and they could consider it a matter for the future.
It would not only fulfill his daughter's wishes but also gain someone capable of protecting her.
"Dad, what time is it, and you're still talking about feelings."
A Jiu's damn heartbeat was erratic again, but looking outside the cave, she worried he wouldn't return.
"My daughter," Meng Shaode said, earnestly grasping his daughter's hand.
"You've grown up, you have someone you care about, Dad sees it, Dad has thought it through. Although Xiao Yan may not have the ability to capture Menghua City, he has never bullied you; it's always been you bullying him, and that reassures me."
The most important point was that Meng Shaode had narrowly escaped death this time. He had genuinely feared he wouldn't return and that there would be no one to care for his wife and daughter, leaving him with no peace even in death.
"Dad!" A Jiu lowered her head, a subtle blush appearing in her eyes. "Daughter hasn't bullied him either."
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All afternoon, A Jiu hid in the valley, tending to the vegetables.
But she was clearly absent-minded.
The eggplants had grown to the size of her palm, but A Jiu was oblivious.
Cai Lihua called out several times for dinner, and her repeated calls of "Jiu'er" seemed to go unheard.
In A Jiu's mind, Tuoba Yan always liked to brag, and his words were often too blunt, even to the point of risking his life.
"Our program does not allow lying..." This voice echoed again.
What kind of program didn't allow lying?
But Tuoba Yan had lied before. She remembered that Tuoba Yan had lied then because he didn't want her to be angry if she knew.
Wasn't that also a lie?
"Huff, huff!" Heavy breathing came from behind. "I looked all over for you, why are you hiding here?"
A Jiu turned around then, her eyes meeting her mother's. She then noticed that three of the eggplants had ripened and split open, their seeds turned black. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
"Mom, I'm planting vegetables. We'll keep them for future needs." A Jiu quickly picked them, deciding the old ones were fine and keeping the seeds would be good.
"Oh, so many?" Cai Lihua handed A Jiu a cornbread made entirely of wild vegetables and began picking vegetables herself.
As she picked, she said, "These are producing too much. They've grown so well; we'll have a good meal tonight."
The moment she finished speaking, Cai Lihua suddenly couldn't laugh. She realized she had been overly pleased and took a bite of a cucumber in her hand.
"It's hard to say. If someone asks, what will we say?"
A Jiu took small bites of the cornbread and drank some spiritual spring water. "Mom, I was thinking the same thing. Otherwise, we wouldn't have to eat cornbread every day."
Today's cornbread had no meat, only wild vegetables that had grown tough and stringy in late autumn. Even when chopped and kneaded into cornbread, it was quite hard to chew.
After taking two bites, A Jiu lowered her head and began picking vegetables to send into her spatial dimension.
Cai Lihua, who had been busy for a while, suddenly noticed her daughter's troubled expression.
"Daughter, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing. I'm just thinking if Xiao Yan will be alright when he leads the troops out to battle." A Jiu glanced down at the cornbread and then picked up a cucumber to eat.
"Ah?" Cai Lihua finally noticed her daughter's abnormality. After staring blankly for a moment, two words came to mind: it's over.
This was the look of burgeoning love.
After A Jiu, lost in thought, had collected all the vegetables into her spatial dimension, Cai Lihua urged, "Don't stay here too long; go back soon."
In reality, Cai Lihua hurried back to the cave to tell her husband.
Meng Shaode, instead of being angry, smiled genuinely. "Our daughter has grown up."