When she was overcome with emotion, Ding Wanru's reaction was more passionate than ever before.

Her burning lips brushed against his ear, her voice trembling with tears:

"Yongqiang...give me a child...like Xiulian...I want...I want to have your child too..."

This intense plea caused Chen Yongqiang to pause slightly.

He stroked Ding Wanru's sweat-dampened back: "When it comes to children, we should let nature take its course; we can't force it."

Chen Yongqiang kissed away the moisture from the corner of her eyes and continued to gently soothe her, trying to calm her inexplicably agitated emotions.

Ding Wanru gradually softened in his arms, turning into a silent attachment, but the unattainable longing deep in her eyes ultimately failed to completely dissipate.

Chen Yongqiang thought he had appeased her, but he had no idea why.

The body-tempering pill he took cleansed his marrow and greatly strengthened his life essence, bringing about subtle changes far beyond the increase in his surface strength.

A slight improvement in the level of life, while bringing greater survival ability, also raises the threshold for reproduction.

The more a life form tends to be perfect, the more difficult it is to transmit its genetic information; this is a kind of natural balance.

His chances of conceiving are actually much lower than those of an ordinary man, but this change is hidden within his body and cannot be detected at present.

After the clouds dispersed and the rain stopped, Chen Yongqiang lingered for a few more moments before getting up to tidy up.

Ding Wanru leaned lazily against the headboard, her gaze softly fixed on him. "I don't care, you have to come to me at least three times a month from now on."

"I'll try my best. Coming too often will arouse suspicion." Chen Yongqiang walked to the window and saw Tianlang still crouching alertly in the shadows of the courtyard gate.

Relieved, he looked away, then glanced back at Ding Wanru: "I have to go back now."

Ding Wanru did not try to stop her, but simply whispered, "Be careful on the road."

Chen Yongqiang left the house and closed the door behind him. When Tianlang saw him come out, he immediately got up and silently followed him to his side.

When he returned home with Tianlang, he pushed open the courtyard gate and saw Liang Meie sitting on the edge of her kang (a heated brick bed), talking to Lin Xiulian.

There was a half-bowl of roasted melon seeds on the small kang table between the two, indicating that they had been chatting for a while.

Seeing Chen Yongqiang enter, Liang Meie turned around and said in a clear voice, "Yongqiang's back? I've been waiting for you for ages. I was thinking of asking you to go ice fishing at the reservoir together."

Chen Yongqiang casually hung his snow-covered cotton hat behind the door: "I went to walk the dog outside the village and just got back."

Liang Meie followed his gaze and looked at Tianlang: "This wolfhound looks much more energetic, and it has also grown taller."

Without asking further questions, he steered the conversation back to the ice fishing: "What about the ice fishing?"

"The clouds are thick these past few days, and it looks like it's going to snow again. Let's wait a couple more days until the sky clears up and the ice is more transparent before we go. It's not safe to go recklessly."

His words made sense, so I could only nod and say, "That's true, you've thought it through. Okay, let's make another appointment after things settle down. Xiulian, I'll head back now, you get some rest."

Liang Meie greeted Lin Xiulian again, then got up and left.

Lin Xiulian's gaze followed Chen Yongqiang's words and fell on the wolf lying quietly in the corner: "These past few days, it's been much more well-behaved, almost like it understands human nature. How exactly did you tame it that day?"

Chen Yongqiang was bending over and poking at the fire: "A beast like that, it's disobedient, mostly because it hasn't been beaten enough. If it doesn't listen, beat it until it does."

Lin Xiulian felt that this method was a bit rough, but seeing that Tianlang had indeed become safe and reliable, she suppressed her slight reluctance.

For farming families, the simplest and most direct methods are often the most effective in dealing with livestock.

Little did she know that Chen Yongqiang's words were only half true. If it weren't for the system's contractual power and the miraculous effects of the Spirit Awakening Powder...

Even if he killed Tianlang with fists and sticks, he probably couldn't erase the wildness deeply rooted in Canglang's bloodline.

The sky had just cleared up when Liang Meie, who couldn't stay still, arrived again.

After staying at home for a few days, Chen Yongqiang wanted to get some fresh air, so he loaded all his ice fishing equipment onto his sled.

Liang Meie helped pull the mobile tent, and the group walked towards Qingba Reservoir, with Tianlang following beside them.

"I hope I can catch a lot of fish today." Liang Meie was also planning to exchange the fish for some money.

"The weather is good, we should have a good catch." Chen Yongqiang was very confident in his special bait.

Upon arriving at the reservoir, the ice surface was sparsely populated, revealing a vast and desolate scene.

After the initial novelty wears off, if there are no results for several days in a row, people's enthusiasm will dissipate.

Chen Yongqiang chose a sheltered spot and, together with Liang Meie, began to chisel open the ice and move the tent over the ice hole.

Another layer of wooden planks was laid inside the tent, and a small stove was lit, gradually bringing warmth.

Chen Yongqiang ordered Tianlang, "Keep watch outside!"

Sirius obediently lay down at the tent entrance, resting his head on his front paws, his ears occasionally twitching slightly as he listened to the sounds outside.

Liang Meie, who had crawled into the tent, sighed comfortably: "It's really warm in here! I could stay here all day without any problem."

Chen Yongqiang threw a handful of specially made bait into the ice hole: "If it doesn't work, why would I go through all that trouble to make it?"

The two then quieted down. Chen Yongqiang stared at the float under the ice cave, while Liang Meie boiled a kettle of water and roasted two sweet potatoes by the stove.

The temperature inside the tent gradually rose, and Liang Meie's forehead was covered in a fine sweat. She took off her cotton-padded coat and said, "You've turned this stove up too high; it's a bit hot."

Chen Yongqiang glanced at her, but didn't reply. His gaze returned to the ice cave.

Not long after the bait was scattered, before the fish were attracted, Liang Meie approached Chen Yongqiang.

"Take off your coat too, it's so hot," she said, reaching out to unbutton his cotton-padded jacket.

The two had been intimate before, and their actions were naturally affectionate, as if it were just an ordinary thing.

With her help, Chen Yongqiang felt much lighter after taking off his heavy cotton-padded coat.

Liang Meie did not immediately retreat to her original position, but gently pressed herself against Chen Yongqiang's back.

"Yongqiang, there's something I want to tell you."

"What's wrong?" Chen Yongqiang adjusted the angle of his fishing rod.

"I secretly went to the county hospital a couple of days ago," she said softly.

Chen Yongqiang turned his head to the side: "What's wrong? Are you sick?"

"I'm not sick, I went to get a checkup. A woman's checkup."

Chen Yongqiang was startled: Could she be pregnant? No, the system didn't give any notification.

"I haven't been feeling well these past couple of days, and I even thought I was pregnant..." Liang Meie continued.

"What results did the test show?" Chen Yongqiang wondered. If Liang Meie was pregnant now and the system hadn't given any indication, then it was very likely that the child wasn't his.

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