The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man

The wait stretched until five in the morning, when Leng Yuan finally returned with the young men from the village.

As soon as they got back, they didn’t say a word and went straight inside to sleep.

Their families saw them return so late and knew they must be exhausted, so no one disturbed them.

When Leng Yuan returned home, Chen Xiaoli and Yu Fangfang got up and left.

The two of them came out of the room to find the sky already beginning to lighten. They had been busy all night!

Luckily, it wasn’t the busy farming season, so it didn’t matter if they skipped a day of work in the fields.

When the two women got home, they saw their husbands were also getting ready for bed, so they decided to go to sleep as well.

The village chief had also been busy for most of the night.

That morning, many homes in the village were quiet. As for the production team leader, he still had to go arrange the day’s work. It was the first time he’d seen so many people miss work, but he wasn’t the least bit angry. He even praised those who hadn’t shown up.

Leng Yuan knew Gu Jiaojiao liked things to be clean, so he washed up before entering the room. He saw that Xiao Yang was already asleep and looked at Gu Jiaojiao with a pang of heartache. ”Why aren’t you asleep yet? You don’t have to wait for me.”

Gu Jiaojiao didn’t make a sound, her pitch-black eyes fixed on Leng Yuan, unblinking.

Leng Yuan’s heart softened. He stepped forward, his voice gentle. ”Were you scared?”

Gu Jiaojiao shook her head, then nodded, and in the next moment, threw herself directly into Leng Yuan’s arms.

Leng Yuan caught her in an embrace. Just as he was about to speak, he felt a patch of dampness on his chest.

His movements paused for a second, then his hand came to rest comfortingly on Gu Jiaojiao’s back.

”Shh, I’m okay. Don’t be afraid.”

Gu Jiaojiao’s tears flowed uncontrollably.

Today’s events had truly terrified her. She thought something had really happened to Leng Yuan, and at that moment, her mind had gone completely blank.

That feeling of despair and helplessness... she hadn’t even known what expression to make to ease her emotions. Her brain felt like it had crashed.

She had used herself to threaten the human traffickers, fully prepared to die at the time.

But thankfully, her man was fine. He was standing right in front of her, alive and well, and had even rescued her from the traffickers’ hands.

But Gu Jiaojiao couldn’t shake off the terror from that moment.

She hadn’t cried in front of Xiao Yang. She hadn’t cried in front of the villagers. She hadn’t cried in front of her friends.

Now, seeing her man coaxing her in that same, exceptionally gentle tone, Gu Jiaojiao felt a prickle in her nose, and the tears started to fall.

’I don’t want to cry. I really don’t.’

But the tears just wouldn’t stop falling.

Leng Yuan held her, comforting and coaxing her for a long time, until her sobs finally subsided.

Once Gu Jiaojiao had calmed down, she lifted her small face. Her eyes were terribly red and swollen. ’I must look a mess, crying like a madwoman.’

Leng Yuan looked at his precious wife in his arms, her eyes red from crying, and couldn’t help but lower his head to kiss her brow and eyes. Then he got out of bed, wet a towel, and gently wiped the teardrops from her face.

The faint light of the kerosene lamp in the room had gone out at some point. Outside, the sky was gradually brightening. Leng Yuan lay in bed, holding his wife, and only closed his eyes after watching the woman in his arms fall into a deep sleep.

That night, he had led his men to five of the traffickers’ dens—three in Qingshan County and two in the neighboring county—rescuing children and women who hadn’t yet been sold.

At the same time, they’d also managed to get information on several other dens in different locations. However, those were quite far away, so the matter was handed over to the relevant authorities. After giving their statements, they had come back.

After that long night, Leng Yuan was exhausted too.