Chapter 16 One Thing Missing

　　*Pa-ta!*

　　The "Operation in Progress" light above the emergency room went out. The door opened, and the doctor walked out. Yuan Wen and the others immediately surrounded him.

　　"The surgery was successful. The patient is out of danger... After transferring to the intensive care unit for a few days of observation, she can be discharged." The doctor, wearing a wide mask and sterile cap, covered most of his face, revealing only his eyes, and spoke calmly.

　　Hearing this, the huge stone in Yuan Wen's heart instantly fell to the ground.

　　"Doctor, thank you! You've really helped us a lot!" Yuan Wen sincerely thanked him.

　　"You're welcome. You maintain law and order, and we heal the wounded and rescue the dying. This is what we should do." The doctor's eyes showed a smile. He nodded and turned to leave.

　　Looking at the doctor's eyes, Yuan Wen suddenly felt a strange sensation she couldn't explain.

　　But she couldn't pinpoint what was wrong...

　　"Keep an eye on her 24 hours a day until she's discharged," Yuan Wen ordered the soldiers and police officers behind her. "Even when she goes to the bathroom, you must send someone to watch her!"

　　"Yes!" the soldiers and police officers replied firmly.

　　...

　　Li Tianran was awakened from a hazy dream.

　　He opened his eyes to see a white ceiling and two furry little heads in his line of sight.

　　No, perhaps one of them could no longer be called a small head.

　　It was a dog's head at least twice the size of Li Tianran's head.

　　Seeing Li Tianran wake up, Xiao Hei stuck out his bright red tongue and licked his face, making a whimper.

　　"Big Brother, you're finally awake..." Han Han cupped her chin in her hands, lay on Li Tianran's bed, and said with a giggle, "Big Brother was talking in his sleep just now. Han Han listened for a long time!"

　　"How long have I been asleep?" Li Tianran rubbed his eyes and looked at the clock on the wall.

　　He saw that the hour hand was pointing towards 11 o'clock.

　　It was almost noon!

　　"It's so late already!" Li Tianran was a little surprised.

　　His daily routine had always been very regular, waking up at seven o'clock, unchanged for twenty years. This was the first exception.

　　"It seems I was really too tired last night..." Li Tianran sighed. What happened last night was still vivid in his mind.

　　As soon as he closed his eyes, the ugly faces of the people from the Congregation of Self-Salvation and the tragic state of the girls with iron chains embedded in their flesh appeared.

　　The two images constantly switched in his mind, eventually turning into darkness.

　　"Big Brother, I've accomplished a great achievement today!" Han Han said with pride, pointing to a large bowl of millet porridge, several dishes of pickles, and a plate of chicken cakes on the bedside table: "The farm's old hen laid eggs, and I made all of this myself!"

　　Li Tianran was a little surprised.

　　"This... you made this?" Li Tianran asked.

　　"Of course." Han Han seemed very proud, saying, "Han Han can take care of Big Brother too. I'm amazing, right!"

　　Li Tianran really didn't expect that Han Han would know how to make breakfast, and it even looked pretty good.

　　"Han Han is awesome!" Li Tianran pinched Han Han's face, but then said very seriously, "But you're not allowed to go to the kitchen in the future."

　　Han Han was too young and could easily get burned.

　　"Okay," Han Han said, pouting her mouth, somewhat disappointed.

　　Li Tianran smiled and rubbed her head, picked up the bowl, and began to eat.

　　The porridge was a little burnt, and there was no soy sauce or salt in the chicken cakes, so they tasted a little bland, but Li Tianran's stomach had been rumbling with hunger for a long time. Moreover, this breakfast was cooked by Han Han herself, giving him a sense of satisfaction like an old father.

　　If the cub he raised with his own hands completed some kind of achievement, then the sense of fulfillment in his heart was difficult to express in words.

　　A breakfast that didn't taste very good also made Li Tianran taste a feast fit for an emperor.

　　After quickly finishing the meal, Li Tianran took the bowls and chopsticks to the kitchen to wash them, but he suddenly noticed that nearly half of the original dozen or so bowls and plates in the cupboard were missing. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Li Han, where have all the bowls in our kitchen gone?"

　　"On the road to completing a great achievement, sacrifices are usually required..." Han Han said shamelessly, "They made outstanding contributions to my cause."

　　"Speak human language!"

　　"I accidentally broke them, and now they've returned to the trash can," Han Han said, feeling a little embarrassed, lowering her head.

　　Li Tianran shook his head helplessly.

　　Just then, a pleasant notification sound rang in his mind.

　　"A visitor has arrived!"

　　"Detecting the visitor's identity. Detection successful! Building the other party's image!"

　　Soon, an image appeared in Li Tianran's mind.

　　"Yuan Wen?" Li Tianran raised his eyebrows in surprise after seeing the other party.

　　"Crap!"

　　Li Tianran untied his apron. He remembered that he was supposed to report to the military police station this morning!

　　But he slept until eleven o'clock, obviously past the time he had agreed with Yuan Wen.

　　She had come to his door!

　　"Tap, tap, tap!"

　　Li Tianran trotted all the way downstairs and saw Yuan Wen standing at the gate of the farm.

　　"Officer Yuan, I'm sorry!" Li Tianran said with an embarrassed smile, "I overslept!"

　　It was a very perfunctory reason.

　　But Yuan Wen seemed to believe it. She didn't seem angry or resentful about being stood up. Instead, she nodded lightly and said, "I know. What happened last night may have left you physically and mentally exhausted."

　　"Please wait a moment while I get ready. I'll go to the military police station with you right away," Li Tianran said.

　　"No need," Yuan Wen said. "We... can talk at your house."

　　"My house?" Li Tianran was stunned.

　　"Not welcome? Inconvenient?" Yuan Wen asked with a light smile.

　　"No..." Li Tianran also smiled and said, "Of course you're welcome."

　　...

　　"Your house is quite big!" Yuan Wen said, walking around the living room of the small building, looking around curiously.

　　"This used to be a restaurant... but later the business wasn't good, so I closed the restaurant. I haven't cleaned up all this mess yet." Li Tianran said, looking a little embarrassed at the tables and chairs piled up in the corner. "Please excuse the mess."

　　Since the world changed, Yuan Wen was the first person to receive Li Tianran's permission to enter the farm.

　　This represented that Li Tianran had recognized her in some way.

　　But even so, Li Tianran still deliberately hid his secrets, concealing those combat warriors and ultra-modern things.

　　It wasn't that he didn't trust Yuan Wen, but in this era, it was better to be more careful.

　　"The house is decorated quite warmly!" Yuan Wen came to the second floor and saw the various dolls and anime wallpaper hanging on the living room wall. She said with a surprised look, "I can't tell that you're a big man. Your house is well-organized, and you have everything!"

　　"I'm used to taking care of myself," Li Tianran said with a smile, walking to the kitchen to pour water for Yuan Wen. "There are more things to consider, so I'm a little more careful."

　　"Actually, for Han Han, this house is still missing one thing!" Just then, Han Han ran out and said with a giggle, "Hello, Sister Yuan!"

　　"Han Han," Yuan Wen squatted down, hugged Han Han, and said with a smile, "What are you missing? Sister Yuan will buy it for you, okay?"

　　"The thing I'm missing can't be bought with money," Han Han said mischievously. "I'm..."

　　"Just missing a sister-in-law!"

　　"Cough, cough!"

　　Li Tianran, who was drinking water, was immediately choked.

　　Yuan Wen's face also turned red instantly.

　　The atmosphere became a little awkward.

　　Li Tianran coughed and pretended to be serious, saying to Han Han, "Han Han, go back to your room and study! I have something to say to Sister Yuan!"

　　Han Han's eyes rolled, and she showed a look of "sudden realization," covering her small mouth and saying, "Oh, I understand! I'm so stupid! So I was a third wheel!"

　　"I'll disappear right away!"

　　*Dun, dun, dun!*

　　Han Han came quickly and left quickly, returning to her room like a gust of wind, and also dragged Xiao Hei, who was lying silly next to the sofa, into the room and locked the door with a *pa-ta* sound!

　　Only Yuan Wen and Li Tianran were left in the living room.

　　The atmosphere became inexplicably ambiguous.

　　Li Tianran stood in front of the refrigerator, silent for a moment, and tentatively said, "Why don't you sit down for a while, and I'll go take a shower?"

　　Yuan Wen's face turned bright red in an instant, and a look of shock appeared in her eyes. Her breathing also became slightly disordered.

　　She stood up suddenly, and said with shame and anger, "What did you say? Li Tianran, so you're actually this kind of person? I thought you were an upright person! You're so bold, you shameless rogue! I should really arrest you and put you in jail for a few days..."

　　Li Tianran stood there in a daze, holding a bowl of red dates in his hand, looking at Yuan Wen with an extremely astonished expression. "I kindly offered you something to eat, and you're scolding me so badly... If you don't like eating dates, you should have said so earlier!"

　　This time it was Yuan Wen's turn to be stunned. "You... you're talking about the dates to eat?"

　　"What did you think I was talking about?" Li Tianran seemed to suddenly understand something. His eyes were a little strange, and he glanced at Yuan Wen's flushed face, and said with a slightly raised corner of his mouth in a tone of sudden realization, "Oh... I understand! What are you thinking about? I'm not a casual man!"

　　Yuan Wen wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into!

　　Now only one sentence could describe her mood at this time...

　　Guarding against the heavens, guarding against the earth, the female rogue was actually me!