Chapter 820: Sheffield Steel: Playing with Fire!

Gradually, Zhu Yanyi noticed that the rocks in the hot areas turned redder, while white frost appeared in the cold spots. It seemed they were nearing their destination.

"How far is it from here to where Luo Ge and the others are resting?" Zhu Yanyi didn't want her attention distracted by the temperature changes. She swallowed a drop of Spirit Spring liquid, gave one to Yan Aohan, and changed the subject.

"About twenty minutes' walk at a normal pace," Yan Aohan said, looking at Zhu Yanyi. "What? Don't you want to stay with me?"

"Can you be serious for once?" Zhu Yanyi looked at her, amused and exasperated.

Yan Aohan put on a very serious face. "How am I not serious? I asked a very serious question. You're walking with me, yet you're thinking about Luo Gang and the others. Don't think I won't get jealous."

"What kind of nonsense jealousy is that?" Zhu Yanyi snorted. "I was just asking about the distance, and you're making a big deal out of it."

"Isn't it normal for me to be jealous? You don't care about me." In Zhu Yanyi's eyes, Yan Aohan suddenly looked like a six-year-old boy. "I feel like you're not twenty-six, but six."

Yan Aohan laughed out loud. "You think I'm childish?"

"How could I dare to think that?" Zhu Yanyi glanced at her. "Tell me, a grown man of twenty-six, constantly teasing a minor like me. If people knew, they'd say there's something wrong with your head." She tapped her temple.

"They're just envious and jealous," Yan Aohan said directly. "They can't imagine I found such an excellent wife."

"Hey, hey, that's too early. What wife? If my dad heard you say that, she'd blacklist you forever," Zhu Yanyi replied with a smile.

Yan Aohan sighed. "Ani, please grow up quickly. I feel like I'm hiding underground. When can I appear in front of people openly?"

"Just wait patiently. Until I'm an adult, this is how it will be," Zhu Yanyi laughed. But after laughing, she paused, looking at Yan Aohan's half-smiling expression. "You're plotting against me again." Indeed, her words today were practically a promise to Yan Aohan that when she came of age, she could become his real boyfriend.

Yan Aohan laughed happily. "Ani, I'm so happy." He took Zhu Yanyi's hand and walked forward. "I've never been this happy in my life."

"Hmm?" Zhu Yanyi looked at her curiously. "Did your family treat you badly?"

"No," Yan Aohan said seriously. "My family is very good, but some feelings just don't fit in." Yan Aohan's eyes grew deep.

"From the moment I could walk and talk, my abilities made me the unquestioned head of the Yan family. Do you know the Yan family?" Yan Aohan spoke slowly as they walked. "Not the Yan family in the capital, but the Yan family that protects the nation."

"Family that protects the nation?" Zhu Yanyi was slightly surprised. In her past and present lives, she had never known China had such families.

Yan Aohan nodded seriously, his eyes showing longing, as if remembering something. "The nation-protecting families have existed since the beginning of China. In fact, many people suspect the Yan family has survived through several civilizations."