34: Chapter 34 Becoming a Father

Gao Feng watched this scene, and a warm current suddenly welled up in his heart, along with a trace of indescribable guilt.

He suddenly realized that ever since arriving at Panshi Stockade, he seemed to have been frantically busy for the sake of survival and development.

He was busy Cultivating, busy training soldiers, and busy planning the future of the stockade.

He paid attention to Luo Qin's growth and relied on Luo Shu's talent, yet it seemed... he hadn't truly looked at this woman, who had always silently followed behind him and managed everything for him, for a long time.

She was not like Luo Qin, who could fight side-by-side with him on the battlefield; nor was she like Luo Shu, who could use wisdom to share the burden of internal affairs.

She was just like a gentle stream of spring water, silent and unobtrusive, yet omnipresent.

She would remember what he liked to eat, and when he was exhausted, she would serve a cup of hot tea at just the right moment.

She would take the clothes he had changed out of—those torn during training—and carefully mend them stitch by stitch under the lamplight.

She turned this cold and simple wooden hut into a real "home," where no matter how late he returned, there would always be a lamp lit and a table of hot food waiting for him.

She never contended for anything, nor did she ever snatch.

She simply supported everything he did, silently, in her own way.

Gao Feng's heart was filled to the brim with an emotion called "being touched."

He stepped forward and gently wrapped his arms around Su Yue's slender waist from behind.

Su Yue's body stiffened suddenly.

A powerful, masculine physique pressed tightly against her back, making her heart instantly race like a startled deer, pounding "thump-thump" in her chest.

Her cheeks were also rapidly dyed with a charming blush, visible to the naked eye.

"Hus... Husband..." She was somewhat flustered, her voice as faint as a mosquito's buzzing.

"You've worked hard." Gao Feng rested his chin on her fragrant shoulder, inhaling the faint, refreshing scent from her hair, his voice low and full of apology. "These days, I've been too busy and have neglected you."

Hearing this, Su Yue's eyes turned slightly red.

She turned around and looked up; in those watery peach-blossom eyes, there was not a hint of grievance, only overflowing love and understanding.

"What are you saying, Husband?" She shook her head and said softly, "I know you are rushing about for the sake of our home, for the livelihood of nearly a thousand people in the stockade. I... I cannot help with any major tasks; these are the only things I can do."

Looking at her sensible appearance that made one's heart ache, Gao Feng's heart completely softened.

He lowered his head and gently kissed her soft lips.

Su Yue was initially shy and resistant, but soon, she became immersed in this sudden tenderness, leaning weakly in his arms and responding clumsily.

When the kiss ended, Su Yue was already flushed, panting, and her whole body felt weak.

Leaning in Gao Feng's arms, she hesitated for a long time before gathering the courage to say in an extremely low, shy voice:

"Husband..."

"Hmm?"

"I... I think... I'm pregnant."

These four simple words were like a thunderbolt from the Nine Heavens, striking hard into Gao Feng's mind!

He was completely stunned on the spot!

"You... what did you say?"

He couldn't quite believe his ears, and his hands gripping Su Yue's shoulders tightened slightly due to his excitement.

Su Yue was gripped a bit painfully, but her face was overflowing with a happy and shy smile.

She nodded and said affirmatively: "My period this month is more than ten days late. And recently, I've been easily tired and cannot stand the smell of grease. I... I guess, I'm pregnant."

Pregnant...

I, Gao Feng, am going to be a father?

I am going to have my first child in this chaotic world?

A joy that was hard to describe in words, along with complex emotions that were impossible to articulate, flooded his entire body!

He scooped Su Yue up horizontally and spun around in the room several times with joy!

"Hahahaha! Great! That's great! I'm going to be a father!"

At this moment, the encirclement by the Government Soldiers, the hegemony of the stockade—all of it was cast to the Nine Heavens.

In his heart, only the joy and responsibility of becoming a father remained!

What he wanted to protect was no longer just a force, or a stockade.

It was a real, complete home!

It was his woman, and his unborn child!

This conviction was stronger than ever before!

He carefully placed Su Yue on the bed, then crouched down and gently pressed his ear against her still-flat abdomen, as if he could hear the heartbeat of that little life.

"From today on, you don't have to do anything; just focus on nurturing the baby!" he said in an unquestionable tone.

"But..."

"No 'buts'!" Gao Feng interrupted her. "I will have Luo Shu arrange two clever maidservants to come over and take special care of you. If you dare to overexert my son... or daughter, I won't forgive you!"

Watching his overbearing yet concerned appearance, Su Yue's heart felt as sweet as if it had been smeared with honey.

She nodded obediently and buried her head happily into Gao Feng's embrace.

Outside the window, the moon was high in the sky.

Inside the room, the lamplight was warm.

And a greater storm was quietly brewing and taking shape outside the valley.

The news of Su Yue's pregnancy was like a gentle spring breeze, dispersing the clouds of "war" over Panshi Stockade.

Gao Feng's face also gained a bit of gentleness that was rarely seen in the past.

He really did as he said, having Luo Shu select two of the most diligent and meticulous maidservants from among the newly arrived refugee girls to be responsible for taking care of Su Yue's daily needs.

As for himself, whenever he had free time, he would accompany Su Yue, either taking walks with her or telling her interesting anecdotes from his past life, making Su Yue laugh repeatedly.

These warm and peaceful days allowed Gao Feng's heart, which had grown increasingly cold due to killing and power struggles, to become warm and soft once again.

He understood the meaning of his struggle more deeply.

Everything he did was not just to carve out a place for himself in that chaotic world.

It was also to protect this hard-won warmth, and to ensure that his unborn child could grow up safely and happily in an environment without hunger or oppression.

This sense of responsibility transformed into the most primal and powerful driving force for him to constantly become stronger.

The development of the stockade also entered the fast lane amidst this tranquility.

More than a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Through Old Qiu's tireless efforts, nearly five hundred more refugees were brought into the stockade in batches.

The total population of Panshi Stockade officially broke through the 1,500 mark!

Among them, the number of able-bodied men reached over six hundred!

This was a force sufficient to make any faction take notice.