Lucas’ mind slowly went black under Ian’s influence.

Then, he saw the glare of a fiery sun.

A slender girl stood barefoot in a muddy field deep enough to reach her calves. The girl has wisely rolled up her trousers. She wore a long-sleeved white shirt, which she tucked into her black trousers. Her legs seemed impossibly slender in her simple get-up.

The girl also wore a thin pair of gloves, while her hair was fixed in a high bun, partially concealed by a straw hat.

She had been sowing paddy in the fields from early morning till almost midday.

Sweat drenched the back of her shirt. She stood up and opened a bottle of mineral water, taking a few big gulps to quench her thirst.

She did not appear bothered by the muddy field soaking her legs. After drinking some water, she immediately got back to work.

The farmers had tilled the field two to three times before allowing the land to become waterlogged and muddy. The field had an approximate ten-centimeter level of water by the time the girl started sowing paddy. She grabbed another stalk of seedlings with her left hand and swiftly planted them with her right.

As she worked, her left thumb and middle finger rapidly divided the thick bunch of seedlings into smaller bunches for planting.

worked quickly and skilfully under the glare of the hot sun. Sweat

labor, Ashlyn could not help but feel as though two people

frowned and raised her head, yet

with

a sharp

the edge of the field and saw a disgusting, fat slug

off, her calf would

Ashlyn was repulsed.

to pull the slug off, as it would only encourage the

break the slug in half, its teeth would

“Da*n it!”

prepared to tap

a shadow loomed over her. She looked up instinctively and saw

in his hand, which he

nudges later, the slug retracted its teeth and fell to

threw it aside, exposing it to the scorching heat of the

his large palms near her wound,

alcohol and disinfected her

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