Chapter 16: Crying for Half a Day with a Punch

Suo Ruanruan placed the net bag on the ground and shook Chen Apo's arm, "Nai, I don't want to work at the textile factory. I'm scared."

Chen Apo, who loved her the most, would definitely not let her work at the textile factory after hearing her say that.

Sure enough, just as Suo Ruanruan had expected, Chen Apo nodded helplessly and said, "Since you don't want to go, then don't go. I'll talk to the brigade leader tonight and see if I can arrange something else for you. It's almost time for the summer harvest. With your slender arms and legs, what can you do?"

If it were the previous Suo Ruanruan, she really couldn't do any heavy work.

But now, she was no longer the old Suo Ruanruan!

Suo Ruanruan stood up, looked around, and finally fixed her gaze on a withered tree.

It was an unknown tree, with a trunk thicker than Suo Ruanruan's waist.

Suo Ruanruan walked a few steps forward, bent down, and hugged the tree trunk with both hands.

Seeing Suo Ruanruan's actions, Chen Apo's voice trembled as she spoke, "Ruanruan, you—"

Before she could finish her sentence, Chen Apo saw Suo Ruanruan lifting the withered tree and walking towards her step by step.

Suo Ruanruan smiled brightly, her eyes full of pride. "Nai, look! Although I have slender arms and legs, I have strength! I can do any kind of work. I'll earn work points to support you in the future!"

Seeing Suo Ruanruan's face seeking praise, Chen Apo was both angry and amused. "You girl, having strength doesn't mean you should use it like this! Put it down quickly, what if you hurt your back?"

Suo Ruanruan gently put the tree down and said with a smile, "Nai, you always say I'm just a child, so I don't have a back, right?"

Distracted by Suo Ruanruan's diversion, Chen Apo couldn't stay angry. "You've grown up, I can't argue with you anymore!"

As soon as she heard this, Suo Ruanruan ran to Chen Apo's side, tugging at her sleeve and acting coquettish. "Nai, I'll always be your little treasure!"

"You!" Chen Apo pointed at Suo Ruanruan's nose and then took her to eat.

Despite the delay, their faces were covered in food, but the two of them still enjoyed their meal.

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More than ten meters behind them, Xiao Chengjin cautiously withdrew his gaze, turned around, and sat against a tree.

He was so scared!

How could Suo Ruanruan, that delicate and soft little girl, have such great strength?

Such a lovely girl should have burst into tears after being hit once, shouldn't she?

Xiao Chengjin fell into deep self-doubt. When he was about to stand up and regain his composure, he looked up and saw Suo Ruanruan.

Suo Ruanruan was holding a net bag and smiling, "Why are you sitting here?"

Xiao Chengjin subconsciously glanced at Suo Ruanruan's hand, swallowed hard, and stammered, "N-nothing."

Suo Ruanruan looked down at the net bag in her hand and suddenly realized, "Are you hungry? Come, let's go to my house for a meal!"

Consider it a thank you for the candy he gave her.

Xiao Chengjin thought of Wang Aijuan and her daughter as they walked. It was a miracle that they had survived until now.

But thinking of Liu Xiuli's nosebleed that morning, Xiao Chengjin felt that this miracle might not last much longer.