Three hundred and forty-nine, a family finally reunites_1

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The next morning, as dawn's first light filtered through the crevices of the cave, it fell upon Gu Chen's face, and slowly, he opened his eyes.

A bit groggy, he rubbed his eyes and attempted to stretch but felt someone cuddled sweetly in his embrace, sound asleep.

Gu Chen reached out instinctively to stroke her long hair while murmuring,

"Pian Ran, I should get up..."

He was only halfway through his sentence when Gu Chen finally saw the environment around him clearly, and his hand froze in place.

He realized that this was not his home in Haicheng and swallowed with some difficulty, glancing downward.

Before his eyes was a beautifully sweet face in slumber; her eyebrows curved like willow leaves, her nose pert and proud.

Her lips, tempting as cherries, were gently pressed together, as she lay on his chest sleeping soundly.

Perhaps any man would be overjoyed to find in the early morning

that he was holding such a beautiful woman tightly in his arms.