Tian Jing glanced at Aunt Li, who was now smiling through her tears, and could only choose to appease her own man.
"...That's how it is. Wasn't I just discussing possible contingencies with Aunt Li? Wasn't I worried that the requirement to conceal your elder brother's identity would eventually become leverage for Aunt Li to blackmail me?"
"You're such a fool, a complete liability, a liability to your wife."
"Tiantian~" Li Zhengguo reached out and pulled his Tiantian into his arms. "I'm sorry, it's my fault. Ever since I learned I had an elder brother, my mind hasn't been clear. Don't be angry."
Tian Jing raised her hand and tugged at his cheek. "You've learned to act cute?"
"I have to. I'm no longer my mother's only son, so I can only find balance with you."
"Found it?"
"Found it. Tiantian protects me the most," Li Zhengguo said with a bright smile.
"Then why aren't you letting go? Aunt Li is still here."
His Tiantian was a little embarrassed, but Li Zhengguo still refused to let go. "My arms have a will of their own. They say they can't bear to let go."
This scoundrel, speaking such cheeky nonsense again.
Tian Jing raised her feet and stepped on his. "Let go, or not?"
"Never letting go, never."
Tiantian's slight weight was nothing. Li Zhengguo refused to yield.
Aunt Li, almost sickened by their affection, quickly offered her opinion. "It's alright, it's alright. Who hasn't been young?"
"Exactly. So young you're still foolish when you're old."
Unable to blame her own man, Tian Jing turned her attention to someone else. It was Aunt Li's dawdling that had taken up too much time, causing Li Zhengguo to come looking for her.
Being rebuffed, Aunt Li didn't mind. Her latter half of life would no longer be foolish.
"Well, I'll be heading down the mountain now."
"You're not going to bury it here?"
"I'm afraid I won't be able to bury it back the way it was. It'll be too much trouble for you. I'll go down the mountain first. I've been up too long, and Zhengguo even came to find me."
Li Zhengguo raised a hand and waved. "Alright, we'll handle it here. Aunt Li should head down the mountain."
Aunt Li hurried down the mountain.
Li Zhengguo continued to embrace his Tiantian. "Tiantian, if I ever have to choose, I will only choose you. Don't give up on me easily."
"You silly goose, I was just saying that to deal with Aunt Li, and you've used it against me. Are you still going to harp on it?"
"I'm just scared. Whether it's true or not, hearing it scares me."
"I'm really impressed with you. Hurry up and restore this place."
Li Zhengguo lowered his head for a kiss, and only then did he release her to bury the three jars.
Tian Jing told him the order of burial, and after he was done, she would use her ability to restore the soil on the ground to its former appearance.
"Tell me, why did you come back?"
"My elder cousin didn't want to go. He didn't want to report Aunt Li. Then we ran into people from the supply and marketing cooperative on the way, so we came back. I sent my elder cousin back to water the vegetable patch and followed Aunt Li's tracks."
"What do you think of your second uncle?"
"My second uncle is a taciturn man, a man with no presence."
"Why speak so politely?" Tian Jing glanced at him. "You should say, 'A barking dog doesn't bite.'"
"Yes, Tiantian is right."
Li Zhengguo agreed, then lowered his head and kissed her again. His Tiantian was beckoning him with her eyes.
Suddenly being kissed again, Tian Jing felt helpless. When she was released, upon hearing the reason for the kiss, she promptly pushed him down.
Didn't he say she was seducing him? Then she would seduce him properly.
Li Zhengguo's self-control vanished in front of Tiantian. "Tiantian, let's go soak in the hot springs."
"Didn't you say people from the supply and marketing cooperative were coming?"
"Never mind them. Right now, I just want to be with you."
Activating her ability shield, Tian Jing took him and leaped onto the treetops...
...
Tian Jing finally understood the consequences of playing with fire.
Her man already lacked a sense of security, and after she provoked him further, he completely lost control.
"Tiantian, don't leave me. I can give up everything, I only want you."
In the depths of their passion, Li Zhengguo was still worried that his Tiantian would leave.
Tian Jing's only answer was a kiss in return.
Finally, Li Zhengguo, holding the sleeping woman, cleaned up and tenderly laid her on his chest.
Waking to a rhythmic heartbeat, Tian Jing opened her eyes and met a pair of dark eyes.
"Tiantian is awake?"
"Mmm."
Tian Jing's voice was a little hoarse. She tried to turn over but was held.
"You should circulate your ability first."
Tian Jing circulated her ability for a few rounds before her body finally recovered.
As soon as she opened her eyes, a series of tender kisses landed on her face and lips.
"Tiantian, my Tiantian, you'll always be by my side, won't you?"
Tian Jing suspected Li Zhengguo was ill, with a paranoid personality and extreme insecurity, a diagnosis she, Dr. Tian, had made.
She raised her hand and cupped his large head, which was still kissing her. "Zheng ge, I said I'd take you with me even if I died, so you're the one who's not allowed to run away."
Li Zhengguo smiled thinly. "Mmm, we'll be together in life and death."
At this moment, Li Zhengguo in Tian Jing's eyes was incredibly handsome and a little foolish.
"We should go down the mountain."
"Mmm, down the mountain. Tomorrow, we'll come up again to prepare for transplanting seedlings."
"Yes, the seedlings are tall now. It's time to transplant them."
"I can do it alone. You just watch from the side."
"I can use..."
"No need. I can take care of you, Tiantian. Your man isn't useless."
"Okay, let my man handle all the farming."
"That's more like it."
"But it hurts me to see you tired."
"I'm not tired. My body is very good. You've cured all my old ailments."
"Then I'll give you essence extract in the future."
"Okay. My body is yours to regulate, and I'll do all the hard work. My Tiantian, you just need to enjoy it."
"You'll spoil her."
"She can't be spoiled," Li Zhengguo said, leaning in for a light kiss. "Tiantian is a kind-hearted girl, she can never be spoiled."
Tian Jing sighed and rested her head on her man's chest. What more could a wife ask for than such a husband?
"What's wrong? Why the sigh?"
"I'm happy, being pampered."
"Hahaha," Li Zhengguo laughed foolishly. "It's not enough. There's so much more I want to give you."
"Mmm, give it to me slowly. I'll receive it one by one."
They dallied until sunset before heading down the mountain.
...
"Big brother, sister-in-law, you're finally back?"
Li Min greeted them with excitement.
Li Zhengguo raised his hand to block her. "What are you doing? Speak from a distance."
"Oh, it's about the people from the supply and marketing cooperative. After they saw our vegetable sheds, they said they'd bring people to visit and learn starting tomorrow."
Tian Jing raised an eyebrow. "Did they say anything about supplying plastic sheeting to Kushima?"
"No."
"What did Captain Ou say?"
"The captain said nothing. After seeing off the people from the supply and marketing cooperative, he said to ask big brother to visit his place when he got back."
"Zhengguo."
Tian Jing said to the person beside her, "Tell Captain Ou to make a request for ten mu of plastic sheeting."
"It probably won't be granted. Plastic sheeting is very difficult to obtain."
"That's usually. With these plastic vegetable sheds, what reason or excuse won't there be?"
"I'll go try."