Chapter 212

212 MOTHER AND SON IN THE FOREST

Note: this chapter contains a flashback scene

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[“Mother! I’m thirsty!” The little boy with long brown hair and a pair of blue eyes called out to his mother while pouting sadly.

The boy was indeed not happy when his throat felt dry, and that was why his little hand immediately grabbed his mother’s sleeve to make the older woman stop walking.

And his mother stopped walking before she looked at him with her pair of warm eyes. Not only did her eyes look warm, but even the smile on her pretty face showed the same radiance, and the boy was always happy to see the smile on his mother’s face.

The woman’s delicate hand lifted before landing on the boy’s brown hair, and she said to her son, “You’re feeling thirsty again, hm? But we just had lunch at Wu Li, and you also drank water at the tavern, right? Why are you feeling thirsty again, ChenChen?”

They were currently in the forest after they visited the human empire on this sunny day. They still had to walk past Mount Heping before they could return to the palace, but the little boy suddenly delayed their journey saying he was thirsty.

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Just the two of them in the forest. Even if the two of them were well-dressed, and even if the boy had the status of the Second Prince of the Dong Lang Empire, there were no guards to guard them while they were away from the palace, but neither of them looked worried even if they were alone in the deep forest.

Just now the little boy suddenly said that he was thirsty, and that was why they even had to stop walking before they could reach their palace in the Dong Lang Empire.

“It’s very hot today, Mother! That’s why I feel my throat is so dry, and I think I can even drink my own sweat because I’m too thirsty!” The little boy bluntly answered his mother’s questions, and he even pointed out how his white clothes were drenched in sweat after they had made the long journey from Dong Lang to Wu Li before they returned to Dong Lang from Wu Li.

The boy was only six years old, but it seemed that he was quite good with his words, and that was why he could even argue with his mother in this situation.

The mother smiled at her son while shaking her head, but she still brought her hand to her waist to pick up the bottle hanging from her waist. The bottle was already in her hand, and she was about to hand it over to the little boy when she noticed something odd with the bottle.

With a frown on her forehead, the woman wearing white clothes gently shook the bottle, but her ears couldn’t catch any sound coming from within.

“I think we no longer have water we can drink, ChenChen,” the woman spoke to her son, and her brown eyes filled with regret as she pointed it at her son.

The son named “ChenChen” looked disappointed after hearing his mother’s words, but he still reached out his hand to take the bottle from his mother’s hand. It seemed like the boy couldn’t immediately believe his mother’s words, and that was why he used his little hands to gently shake the bottle.

Unfortunately, the boy couldn’t hear anything from the bottle either, and now he knew that his mother had not lied to him and that the bottle was indeed empty.

The little boy was indeed disappointed that he couldn’t even drink water when he was so thirsty, but when he and his mother didn’t say anything else, his sharp ears managed to hear enough noise to bring a smile to his adorable face.

“I heard the sound of the river, Mother!” The little boy shouted with joy because he was sure the sound that greeted his ears was indeed coming from the water in the river.

It was indeed the sound of a gurgling stream as it flowed along the riverbed, bubbling over rocks and branches. The little boy had a sharp hearing at times, and that was why he managed to catch the sound even though his mother didn’t mention anything about the river in the forest.

Compared to his mother, the boy’s hearing was indeed sharper and more sensitive, and that was why the woman frowned when it was difficult for her to hear the voice her son heard.

“There is indeed a river in this forest, ChenChen,” the mother spoke to her son again. “But I think the river is quite far from where we are now, and I don’t think I will be able to reach the river because I’m too tired now.”

The woman looked embarrassed as she admitted that she was very tired by now, but the boy named ChenChen seemed to be able to understand his mother’s feelings.

The two of them left the palace at dawn and walked from Dong Lang to Wu Li, and then they decided to return to Dong Lang just an hour before noon. It was past noon now, and they had only just reached the forest, but the woman looked very tired by now.

The boy did understand his mother’s feelings, and that was why he boldly spoke to his mother again, “I’ll try to find the river myself, Mother!”

It seemed that the boy was very sure of his decision, but his mother widened her eyes after hearing the boy’s firm words. “No, ChenChen! You can’t go to the river alone! You’re still very young, and I’m worried if you get lost in this forest!”

The boy could see how his mother was worried about him, but he just smiled at the woman before saying, “I won’t get lost, Mother! I’m the Werewolf Prince of Dong Lang, and I will definitely be able to find the river and return to you safely. Didn’t you always say that I would grow up as a strong man like my brother, Mother?”]