Chapter 49

Chapter 49

~End of chapter 48

Li Mang found her hand, placed it on his hard place, and pressed on it.

Mu Qing let out a sigh so low it was almost imperceptible. She had thought that this night would be peaceful until dawn.

She obeyed his wishes.

His breathing became heavy again.

Just as she thought about the possibility of succeeding once again with her old trick, the both of them suddenly froze and stopped moving.

A deep and low horn resounded in their ears. The silence of the night was broken by this sound.

Chapter 49

This discovery made her a little uncomfortable.

She thought about it for a while and felt that this worry of hers was mostly just based on the fact that he was the only close person that she could rely on here. His existence directly determined the state of her life here before she leaves in the future. So, she was worried about his well-being. There was no other reason apart from that.

When she thought like this, she felt some relief. Seeing that the skirt was still on the ground, she picked it up, folded it and put it on the animal skin, then got up from the ground and went to Naduo’s hut.

It was just dawn, and usually, most people were not up at this time. But today there was something unusual, and all the way over to Naduo’s hut, she met some women who were already doing their work, while talking. Although Mu Qing could not understand, but she felt that they were probably still talking about the incident that happened last night, there was some anxiousness on their face that couldn’t be concealed.

Mu Qing had never been so eager to know what they were saying, so that she would not have to be in the dark and overthink about the matter. But she could only deduce from their looks that something unexpected had happened last night, which was why some of the men, including Li Mang, had not returned all night long.

She quickened her footsteps.

Naduo was sitting in front of the fire cooking breakfast while talking to a woman beside her. That woman lived near her hut and Mu Qing was quite familiar with her face. Her expression looked very sad, and Naduo looked like she was comforting her.

Mu Qing did not see Youyou’s father, he was probably also with Li Mang now. She sat down silently in front of the fire and started adding firewood to it.

Although there was a smile on Naduo’s face, but her eyes inadvertently still showed some traces of concern, just like the other women here as well. Even as the pot of soup on the fire was boiling in front of her, she did not notice it, until it started to overflow and make “chi chi” sounds, that’s when she lifted the lid, in a fluster.

Mu Qing’s mood suddenly became heavy. She once again speculated on what Li Mang and the other men in this tribe had gone to do last night. Was it to track an enemy, or perhaps to track some prey?

Translator : Laura