Chapter 40

Jiang Muning looked at him in astonishment, she saw a pile of fish bones in front of her.

“Okay.” Jiang Muning smiled sweetly, she picked up a piece of fish.

“Delicious?”

“Delicious.” Jiang Muning replied happily, she directly ate all the remaining fish.

Seeing that she liked it, Qin Muye didn’t ask any further, he silently continued to pick out the fish bones.

She saw that his cold expression, those deep eyes were focused on the fish. His movements were very careful, even a tiny fish bone, he would try his best to pick it out.

Jiang Muning’s heart pounded, when she was little, her parents had helped her pick out fish bones, but after she turned ten, her parents had let her do it herself.

Because they said that they wouldn’t be able to stay by her side to take care of her for the rest of their lives, so she had to take care of herself.

Looking at the man in front of her, Jiang Muning couldn’t understand his thoughts.

After lunch, Qin Muye took a short break and then went to the army to work.

Jiang Muning continued to lie down, Qin Muye also emphasized that she couldn’t go for a walk in the evening, lest there be wind and make her catch a cold.

She readily accepted his instructions.

She returned to the room and lay down on the bed, Jiang Muning entered her space.

Jiang Heng wasn’t there, so Jiang Muning could walk around the deserted island freely.

When she first came here, it was a deserted island. But after these days of hard work with Jiang Heng, the deserted island had changed.

There were farmlands, forests, and Jiang Heng had even planted fruit trees.

The weeds had been pulled out by Jiang Heng, it looked very clean.

Not only that, Jiang Heng had also followed the main storyline and built a thatched hut, the deserted island had come alive.

“I hope this place can be built into a paradise, a place of peace.” Jiang Muning smiled as she imagined.

Jiang Heng had been the main labor force these past few days, Jiang Muning didn’t want to take advantage of him. So, she decided to take advantage of the fact that she was feeling better today and work hard.

She looked at the panel, today’s task had been updated.

“Harvesting apples, this doesn’t look difficult, I’ll do this.” Jiang Muning muttered to herself, then she came to the apple tree.

The apple tree wasn’t tall, Jiang Muning stretched her joints and prepared to climb the tree.

The modern Jiang Muning was agile, she had lived in the countryside with her grandparents for a few months. She had climbed trees to get bird eggs, she had done it all.

She hugged the trunk with both hands, her legs clamped around the trunk, she slowly moved upwards.

Finally, she reached the apples, Jiang Muning grabbed an apple.

“Snowball.”

As the voice fell, a white figure appeared: “Master, do you need anything?”

“I’m picking apples, you catch them below, okay?” Jiang Muning asked with a smile.

Little Snowball blinked its round eyes: “Okay.”

So, Jiang Muning started picking apples, when she picked an apple, she threw it to Little Snowball.

Little Snowball moved very fast, it could catch the apples in the shortest amount of time.

Unconsciously, all the apples on the whole tree were about to be picked.

Just as Jiang Muning was working diligently, someone suddenly scared her from behind. As a result, Jiang Muning lost her balance and fell directly from the tree.

Little Snowball quickly dodged to catch her, Jiang Muning, who had fallen, didn’t fall flat on her face.

Seeing her embarrassed appearance, Jiang Heng laughed loudly: “Jiang Muning, you’re really a coward.”

“Jiang Heng!” Jiang Muning shouted angrily. “You’re dead, I’m going to get you!”

As she spoke, Jiang Muning got up from the ground, she grabbed the apple in her hand and threw it at him.

Seeing this, Jiang Heng took off running, Jiang Muning chased after him angrily.

“Short legs, you can’t catch me.” Jiang Heng said triumphantly.

“Don’t let me catch you!”

“You used to claim that you were brave, you can be scared like this, you idiot Jiang Muning…”

On the deserted island, Jiang Heng ran with all his might, Jiang Muning chased after him with all her strength.

Her period pain hadn’t gotten better, after running a few laps, Jiang Muning’s stomach ached badly.

She stopped, Jiang Muning covered her stomach, her face was completely bloodless.

“Little wimp, are you okay?” Jiang Heng shouted at her with a playful smile.

Jiang Muning’s eyes turned red with anger, her stomach ached more and more, tears flooded her eyes, and tears flowed out.

Seeing her crying from afar, Jiang Heng was startled, he quickly ran towards her: “Hey, why are you crying? You’re always tough and resilient, why are you crying?”

Tears flowed down her face, Jiang Muning shouted with difficulty: “You’re tough, your whole family is tough.”

“My whole family is pretty tough.” Jiang Heng agreed.

Jiang Muning was in so much pain that she couldn’t straighten up, seeing him in front of her, she slapped his back, a solid slap.

Seeing her sweating from the pain, Jiang Heng knew that he had gone too far, he could only stand there obediently, letting her vent.

“Okay, okay, a woman should be tough, shed blood but not tears, don’t cry, you’ll become an ugly monster with red eyes if you keep crying.” Jiang Heng comforted her.

Jiang Muning kicked him: “You’re the ugly monster.”

“I’m not.” But seeing that she was still crying, Jiang Heng could only agree. “Yes, yes, I’m the ugly monster, don’t cry, you can’t be an ugly monster with me.”

“I don’t want to.” Jiang Muning said, wiping away her tears.

Her stomach ached badly, Jiang Muning bent over and sat down on the chair by the farmland.

Jiang Heng obediently walked behind her, muttering to himself: “It’s not that I can’t beat her, it’s just that I’m kind, I won’t bully her while she’s sick.”

Sitting on the chair, Jiang Muning sniffed, she said in a muffled voice: “Jiang Heng.”

“Yeah?”

“I miss my parents.” Jiang Muning said with red eyes. “They would be so heartbroken if they knew I was dead.”

Jiang Heng sighed: “I miss my old man and old woman too, but it’s no use, we’ve already been killed in an avalanche.”

Jiang Muning didn’t speak, she silently wiped away her tears. Yes, they were already dead.

Seeing her like this, Jiang Heng patted her shoulder: “Don’t worry, I’m here. In this world, we’re the ones who have known each other the longest, let’s support each other and live a good life.”

For over twenty years, they had often quarreled and fought, but they were also the ones who understood each other best.

“I don’t want to support each other with you.” Jiang Muning said with a pout.

“Do you think I want to? It’s just that we have to bow to reality.” Jiang Heng shouted.

The two of them bickered like children, the sky in the space was still blue.

In the evening, after dinner, Qin Muye prepared to leave.

He needed to go on a three-day closed training, starting with tonight’s night training.

Qin Muye simply packed his backpack and took the ten yuan he had on him and gave it to her: “Go buy some food. If you don’t have enough sanitary napkins, buy some too. I’ll get paid when the closed training is over.”

Jiang Muning took the ten yuan, she felt like she was being taken care of.

“Okay, be careful.” Jiang Muning said with a smile.

“Yeah.” Qin Muye replied simply, he walked towards the door.

Jiang Muning saw him off to the door, she smiled and waved at him.

“Close the door at night, if you need anything, ask the neighbors for help. The neighbors are all very friendly.” Qin Muye reminded her again.

This was the first time she had heard him say so much, Jiang Muning teased: “Brother Muye, you have a nagging side.”

Qin Muye was embarrassed.

Gu Manli watched the scene from afar, her eyes were filled with shock.

Wasn’t Qin Muye forced to marry her? Why was he looking at Jiang Muning so gently?