Ye Linxing didn't look back and grabbed her hand casually.
"We're about to get married, so let's hold on to each other."
What he said was so reasonable that Jian Yuelan was speechless.
The afterglow of the setting sun shines on the sky, and the calm sea is rendered in more brilliant colors by the afterglow.
Seagulls circled in flocks in the sky.
Looking at Jian Yuelan who was bending down to pick up clams next to him, Ye Linxing felt particularly calm.
"Zhizhi, do you want to drink coconut juice?"
His eyes fell on the coconut tree not far away, and he asked.
Jian Yuelan hesitated for a moment, "You pick it or should I pick it?"
When the man looked at her, Jian Yuelan sighed, rolled up her sleeves and walked toward the coconut tree.
"Wait, I'll pick a few for you."
While talking, she came to the coconut tree.
Looking up, there were many fruits hanging on the tall coconut trees. She clenched her fists and looked at Ye Linxing, "Stay away, lest they fall and hit you."
The man stepped back obediently and raised his eyebrows to indicate that she could start.
"Dog man."
Jian Yuelan muttered, raised her small fist and punched the tree trunk twice.
With a thumping sound, several almost mature coconuts fell from the stems and fell from the sky.
"enough."
Seeing her clenching her fist to hammer again, Ye Linxing stopped her.
Jian Yuelan said oh, and picked up coconuts with him and put them under the tree, "No one will see them and take them, right?!"
"No······"
"Auntie, can you give me a coconut?"
A weak female voice with a strong accent suddenly came.
Jian Yuelan and Ye Linxing followed the sound and saw a little girl with messy hair like a chicken coop and a dirty face emerging from behind the rocks.
She looked at them timidly.
The little girl's feet were bare, and her clothes were patched and didn't fit properly, exposing her thin calves and arms. The bruises on them were stacked together, and they looked like they had been beaten with bamboo sticks.
Seeing the marks on her body, Ye Linxing looked serious.
"What happened to you?"
The little girl took two steps back in fear, ignored him and mustered up the courage to point to the coconut. She said cautiously, "Auntie, I'm hungry."
Jian Yuelan's mood was very complicated at this time.
This baby belongs to the Yang family and is called Yang Zhaodi.
She is also the vicious female supporting character in the original text that makes people hate her with all their teeth.
Her life was more rough than Huang Yang's.
Anyway, the first half of Huang Yang's life was rough, but the second half was bright.
Yang Zhaodi is different. Her life is nothing but darkness.
Sister-in-law Yang is a severe patient who favors sons over daughters and tried five times to have a son.
Yang Zhaodi is the eldest, with three younger sisters and one younger brother, Yang Bao.
The Yang family is poor and burdened, and they really cannot afford to raise so many children.
Sister-in-law Yang threw away her daughters except Zhaodi and gave them away.
Only Yang Zhaodi, the eldest brother, was left who could work and take care of his younger brothers.
Yang Zhaodi was abused by her own mother since she was a child. When she grew up, she fell in love with Yu Guodong, a future boss.
After her confession was rejected, she became mentally distorted and went south to work. After being deceived and sold, she became a human trafficker.
As many as 87 women and children were abducted by her, and she was caught while abducting the 88th person.
After a trial, she was sentenced to death because of the serious circumstances, ending her miserable and sinful life at the age of 43.
But now, she is no longer a vicious female supporting character, but a poor little girl.
Looking at the little girl's timid eyes filled with hope, and thinking of the more than 80 people who would be trafficked by her in the future, Jian Yuelan told herself to find a way to change.
It is not easy for women to survive in this world, so it would be great to be able to help.
Help Yang Zhaodi and save 87 families, she will not lose.
Thinking of this, she opened a coconut with her bare hands and handed it over, "Drink."
"Thank you, Auntie."
Yang Zhaodi, who was starving, politely thanked her, took tons of coconuts and drank them with an almost snatching gesture.
She drank quickly and urgently, then choked.
The cough was heartbreaking.
"Slow down."
The child was really too thin, and Jian Yuelan did not dare to pat her to relieve her pain, for fear of breaking her spine.
"Slow down, slow down, no one is going to compete with you, there is not enough for you, drink slowly."
Yang Zhaodi smiled shyly, and continued to drink with a fierce attitude like a food guard or a puppy.
"Did you bring anything to eat?"
Jian Yuelan breathed a sigh of relief and poked Ye Linxing with her finger.
He touched his pocket and took out a box of matches, "I only brought this."
"I can't get enough of the coconut water. I need to get her something to eat."
She looked around and said to Ye Linxing, "Can you go find some dead branches in front? I'll go behind the rocks to find some seafood to bake for her."
"No need, Auntie, I'm full."
Yang Zhaodi quickly stopped her, and Jian Yuelan touched her head, "Water won't fill your stomach. You listen to auntie and just wait here while we go get you something to eat."
With that said, she stood up and glanced at Ye Linxing.
"be safe."
Ye Linxing warned her and touched her head, "Don't run around. Just wait for us here and we'll be back soon."
Yang Zhaodi looked at him and found that although the uncle looked fierce, his eyes looked at her very warmly.
Instantly, her eyes turned red, and she choked with sobs and said yes.
Ye Linxing looked at her deeply and turned to find firewood.
Jian Yuelan, on the other hand, carried the bucket and went to the rocks to look for food.
"Uncle and aunt are good people." Yang Zhaodi wiped the tears from her face with her hand, and a bright smile appeared on her face.
A very good person, better than her parents.
Jian Yuelan climbed onto the wet and slippery rocks and arrived at her destination as if walking on flat ground.
There is no tide now and the water level is normal.
She squatted on the rocks and looked down. The dense barnacles made her scalp numb.
Barnacles are delicious, fresh and sweet.
But pulling out barnacles requires tools such as clamps. She can pull them off with bare hands, but they will break.
So, she gave up on the barnacles and focused her attention on the water.
There are snails and fish.
The fish are not big, some weigh one or two kilograms, and some are as thin as a finger. There are quite a lot of them.
After taking off her shoes and getting into the water, Jian Yuelan got busy.
As time passed by, Yang Zhaodi, who was waiting quietly at the spot, began to panic. She ran over and lay down on the rocks to look.
Not seeing Jian Yuelan, she immediately shouted anxiously, "Aunt, aunt..."
"Auntie is here, Zhaodi, don't be afraid, she will be here soon."
Jian Yuelan replied, threw the newly caught fish into the bucket, climbed up, put on her shoes and walked back.
"Look, aunt caught a fish for you."
She held the bucket for the child to look at. The child glanced at it and opened his mouth in an O shape.
"Okay, what a big fish."
It's not big, just over a pound, but it's already big for a little girl who has never eaten fish since she was a child and has only chewed fish bones.
"Zhaodi doesn't need to be hungry tonight."
The little girl pursed her lips and hummed shyly. Soon, Ye Linxing came back with a bundle of dead branches.
"Eat."
After the fish was grilled, Jian Yuelan handed it to her.
"Thanks."
She reached out to take it, and Jian Yuelan handed another one to Ye Linxing. The man took a bite and frowned.
"Unappetizing?"
Jian Yuelan asked knowingly.
Before Ye Linxing could answer, Yang Zhaodi, who was so hot that she couldn't stop talking, immediately said, "It's delicious."
"Auntie's fish is the best fish I have eaten in so many years."
Complete it in one go and speak sincerely.
Jian Yuelan didn't feel happy, only sad.
It is impossible to say that fish with no oil or salt, only the head and internal organs are removed, is delicious.
But Yang Zhaodi was as satisfied as eating delicacies from the mountains and seas.
She couldn't understand why Sister-in-law Yang, who was also a woman, treated her daughter so harshly.
"Eat, there's not enough."
Ye Linxing glanced at her and saw her expression was gentle and her eyes were filled with smiles.