That night, a thunderstorm broke out outside.
Lightning flashed and thunder roared. To Mo Jingchun's surprise, Li Xuanyu got out of bed, drew back the curtains, and opened one half of the window.
Satisfied, Li Xuanyu quickly slipped into Mo Jingchun's arms, like a little cat.
Her eyes half closed, Li Xuanyu savored every second.
"Honey."
"Mm?"
"Tell me, you don't smoke or drink. When you're sad—when you're really sad—how do you get through it?"
Mo Jingchun froze at her question. He... seemed never to have thought about it before.
After his mother died that year, how had he made it through all that grief?
Mo Jingchun thought for a long time, then suddenly smiled. "Candy."
"Candy is really sweet."
"Is that so? Then why do you always take advantage of Candy?"
"Hahaha, one thing has nothing to do with the other. How can you lump them together?"
A thunderclap boomed, and the storm outside seemed to grow heavier.
Early the next morning, Mo Jingchun had barely arrived at the office when he received some bad news.
After a night of heavy rain, a mountain flood had struck his hometown, leaving some families' Chinese Herbal Medicine Planting Bases in ruins.
One section of the Village Access Road had also been washed out, making it impossible for vehicles to pass.
After hanging up with the village chief, Mo Jingchun furrowed his brow.
"Zero, coordinate things and get the road reopened as soon as possible."
"Will do, boss."
Once he'd made the arrangements, Mo Jingchun checked the weather forecast for the next few days on his phone. Seeing that the week ahead would be sunny, he breathed a sigh of relief.
His hometown lay within a Nature Reserve, a natural reservoir where trees and other features helped store water. The downside was